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13. Cole Medders (Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, 10th Place)

I dont typically root for the young, attractive guys on Survivor, if only because far too many of them are edited down to boring mannequins whose sole purpose is to be somewhat good at challenges and occasionally string together a coherent sentence. That being said, occasionally casting strikes gold and finds a character that manages to surpass his casting archetype in every way possible. With Cole, you have a guy who, on paper, is a Healer, a wilderness guide, and seems like just a generic, all-around sweetheart. Hes the type of guy whos cast more for looks than personality. Yet he wound up arguably becoming the star of the first half of HHH.

Basically, while Joe was off doing his Diet Tony Vlachos thing, he confided in Cole that hed found the hidden immunity idol. Thats great news for Cole! It put him in a similar position on the Healers Tribe to Devon on the Hustlers Tribe. And even better, Cole hooks up with Jessica as his official showmance. So youve got a power couple who are in good with the guy holding the idol. Great. And what does Cole do with this information? Well he tries to stage a coup against Joe, of course. This isnt a bad idea in theory, but Cole basically spills the secret information he has to the entire tribe, revealing himself to be kind of a strategic idiot. And thus begins the storyline of Cole cant keep his fucking mouth shut, and Jessica suffers because of this.

Through the rest of his time in the game, Cole is consistently portrayed as this dumbass who runs his mouth and spills information at any opportunity. Jessica finds a hidden advantage and shares it with Cole? Why, Coles gonna share that with Ben AND Lauren (the two outsiders) to gain their trust. And then Jessica is frustrated AGAIN. Meanwhile, Cole commits the cardinal sin of eating too much while simultaneously being too lazy around camp, which further pisses off the people who hes relying on when the merge rolls around. Jessica gets blindsided because thats just how life works for showmance pairs, and then we get Cole fighting Chrissy for a hidden immunity idol that isnt even there, while still catching all the blowback for having it.

Coles game was an absolute trainwreck, and I LOVED that the editors pulled zero punches in highlighting him as a trainwreck. In any other year, this storyline might rank him even higherbut unfortunately for Cole, there was another player that went even BIGGER. You all know who Im talking about, and well get there soon. But not TOO soon.
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