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Dec 17
2009
12:05 AM ET
'Survivor': Ranking all the seasons (including 'Samoa') from best to worst
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1 – Palau
2 – Cook Islands
3 – The Amazon
4 – Tocantins
5 – Micronesia
6 – Guatemala
7 – Samoa
8 – Marquesas
9 – Borneo
10 – The Australian Outback
11 – Gabon
12 – Fiji
13 – China
14 – Pearl Islands
15 – Africa
16 – Panama: Exile Island
17 – Vanuatu
18 – All Stars
19 – Thailand
My favorite seasons were Pearl Islands- Sandra was a great underrated winner with excellent villains, blindsides, twists, and characters
Cook Islands- also a beautiful location, the Aitu 4 dominance made for great TV as well as other funny moments like Billy’s declaration of love- Yul and Ozzy were the best final two ever
Tocantins- Taj,and Stephen rank very high up as my favorite survivors and the location was breathtaking, I loved Sierra and Coach was hilarious
The others, China was great because of James’s epic fail, Todd’s scheming and Jaime’s stupidity- the location was miserable though
dont like Russell so Samoa was a snooze, great characters and winner on Africa.(Guatemala, Panama, Palau, Vanuatu all kind of blur together for me)
Almost all of my synopsis’ are going to end in, except for the winner, I find the sole survivors to be a little undeserving most of the time. In my eyes, there are 2 series of Survivor, Borneo-Fiji and China-Nicaragua. Game play in the first half was about Outplay and in the second it is about Outwit, that is why I like the sarcastic, witty humor of the second half to be more entertaining.
Micronesia: The best cast, the fans vs. favorites concept was amazing, amazing blindsides, and the best final 2. Also, Parvati = best survivor ever.
Heroes Vs. Villains: What should be considered the only All-Stars season on account that they played like All-Stars. Parvati’s double hidden immunity idol play is easily the best move in Survivor history.
China: Probably the best cast, aside from seasons with past survivors, great challenges, great
blindsides. Courtney. That’s all I have to say.
Palau: The only season pre-China with a great cast, great challenges, good ending. The only downside was Ian being ridiculous about his love for Tom in the Final 3 challenge.
Gabon: Such a great cast, Sugar in Gabon was the best storyline the show has had, just a bad ending. Also, best landscape in my opinion. I really love the landlocked seasons because the water challenges aren’t just swimming and retrieving.
Samoa: The Natalie edit triumphing over her ally Russell made this season amazing to watch.
Tocantins: Aside from the Final 3 challenge and the winner, an underrated season. Also, I loved the addition of wearing your tribe color.
Exile Island: A decent twist that they kept around for the right amount of time, Cirie’s move to get rid of Courntey sits at a brilliant second place for the best move, in my book.
Now for the not so good…
Nicaragua: Started off great, some of the best pre-merge episodes. Once they hit the merge, terrible. Brenda, Alina, Jane, and Marty were the only ones that should have proceeded, and only Jane did. Also, the medallion of power was dumb and boring. I hate that they brought in a celebrity for ratings.
Outback: Such a boring season, and Colby ruined this season by taking Tina, she didn’t earn it, he did, but she did deserve it once he brought her. Amber and Elizabeth were the only ones who did it for me.
All-Stars: Boring to watch, all this was was a Rupert showcase where he did nothing. I did love that such an underrated person won though, go Amber.
Thailand: Not a single good character in the lot, boring boring boring, also, I do not understand the obsession with Shii Ann. The only season I didn’t watch religiously.
Fiji: The most boring season, worst final 3, oh yeah, this is the season that started that stupid tradition.
I agree with some of the ranking. I would definetely put All-Stars in the top 5. I thought it was AWESOME! Robfather, Lex being bitter, everything was great and I loved the commentaries on the DVD’s. I would also put Gabon, Tochantins, and China higher.
Heroes Vs Villains. Russell and Parv were great! Lol