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| 17. | Survivor: Thailand (season #5) A painfully boring season that best exemplified why I almost stopped watching the show. The cast bored me, and the token Asian woman (Shii Ann) annoyed me. This season also featured the lamest twist ever: rival tribes cohabitating instead of merging. blog Highlights: Can't remember any. | |
| 16. | Survivor: Panama - Exile Island (season #12) I considered this season the flukiest in that the most annoying people seemed to dominate the game instead of getting voted out at the beginning (admittedly, Cirie Fields eventually impressed me in a later Survivor season). The only player that I liked (Terry) made it pretty far only to get betrayed and eliminated after the final challenge. That reinforced my disdain for the unpredictability of the final challenge--and unfortunately, the expansion of a final two into a final three didn't start until next season. :( Highlight: Rooting for Terry in individual immunity challenges. | |
| 15. | Survivor: Guatemala - The Mayan Empire (season #11) I just remember this season for the returning Stephenie LaGrossa. Although I enjoyed rooting for her, I lamented how she tarnished that "America's sweetheart" image from "Survivor: Palau". Highlights: Can't remember any. | |
| 14. | Survivor: Marquesas (season #4) A dull season except for the pivotal power shift and the infamous Purple Rock tiebreaker. Highlights:
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| 13. | Survivor: Pearl Islands (season #7) I hated the twist in this season where eliminated castaways voted two outcasts in. I also hated how two of my favorite castaways, Rubert and Andrew, got voted out while two of my least favorite castaways, Jonny Fairplay and Lillian, made it all the way to the final episode. Highlights:
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| 12. | Survivor: China (season #15) A season highlighted only by the bizarre coincidence of one castaway (James) ending up with both hidden immunity idols. Highlights:
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| 11. | Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire (season #9) A female-dominated season where the last man managed to win against all odds. I remember a lame controversy about whether a player crossed the line by swearing an oath on her son. Highlights:
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| 10. | Survivor: Africa (season #3) I loved the generational clashes in this season. Didn't care much for the self-righteous winner though. :( Highlights:
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| 9. | Survivor: The Australian Outback (season #2) This season had a good villain (Jerri) and a memorable tragedy where Michael Skupin passed out into the fire. Highlights:
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| 8. | Survivor: The Amazon (season #6) The first season to divide tribes into all-male and all-female castaways. Made for some interesting social dynamics. Highlights:
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| 7. | Survivor: Gabon (season #17) A veritable encyclopedia of the different "Survivor" strategems, including: a) a player who voted tactifully and constantly lied, b) a player who voted emotionally and felt that "the good guys should win in the end", and c) a "paragon" player, good at challenges, who tricked voters with fake immunity idols. blog Highlights:
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| 6. | Survivor: Fiji (season #14) This season reminded me of a counter-intelligence thriller because of that one episode where a rival alliance conspired to use a hidden immunity idol. It also featured a castaway that I hated more than anyone in Survivor history, Dreamz, because of a deal with that he infamously reneged on. Granted, back stabs happen a lot on Survivor--but it make me sick how this guy boasted on and on about how he'd honor the deal and show his son a good example. Then he had the nerve to act all proud of the betrayal! Stinking hypocrite. blog Highlights:
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| 5. | Survivor: Borneo (season #1) Although I remember complaining about the lack of strategy among these castaways, this first season of Survivor kept me on the edge of my seat and led to some interesting talk around the water cooler. Highlights:
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| 4. | Survivor: All-Stars (season #8) This season pitted a lot of renowned Survivor players against each other, stirred some intense emotions, and sparked the romance between my favorite Survivor couple, Rob and "Ambuh" (both of whom I later enjoyed watching in "The Amazing Race"). Highlights:
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| 3. | Survivor: Palau (season #10) A season highlighted by two of my favorite players: Tom Westman and Stephenie LaGrossa. I actually consider Tom the best Survivor player of all time. He inspired such respect in fellow players that the jurors actually took his BS seriously. He even inspired one player to forfeit the last immunity challenge for him! Now that's what I call charisma. blog Highlights:
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| 2. | Survivor: Cook Islands (season #13) One of the only seasons where the player that I heavily rooted for, Yul Kwon, actually won the game. He overcame formidable obstacles too: a mutiny and a popular player (Ozzy) in the final vote. Although this season took a lot of criticism for dividing the tribes by ethnicity, I welcomed the variety. I also loved how this season finally cast some charismatic "intellectuals", i.e., Yul and another favorite player of mine, Jonathan Penner. blog Highlights:
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| 1. | Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs Favorites (season #16) A refreshing season that cast some of the most diabolical players in Survivor history--most notably, an alliance of women that kept ensnaring men in their traps. This alliance led to my favorite Survivor moment of all time: the final four women managing to persuade the last surviving man to give up his immunity! By the way, props to Cirie Fields. If she had won the game, I probably would've declared her as the new best player of all time instead of Tom. blog Highlights:
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