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Double update! #26 now, #25 in about two hours.

#26: Samoa
Average Ranking: 24.18

darkx: 17 - Hear me out. If you ignore Russell's insanely oversaturated edit, there's actually a lot to love about this season - Erik's nutty adventures, crazy Shambo, the king of one-liners Dave Ball, a dramatic medivac, and a surprising but deserving winner. Even Russell himself was at least an entertaining villain, leading me to believe that had the editors done their fucking job and not just made this a season-long preview for HvV, this could have been a near-elite season.

Mana Sword: 18 - No writeup

DoctorBlind: 18 - Now Im not the biggest Russell Hantz fan out there, but I cant deny his presence improved the season. First time I can really remember idols being abused (which sort of spawned a trend I dont enjoy), but it did make tribal councils thoroughly enjoyable. Pretty lame cast overall though.

Inviso: 22 - Samoa is a lot like Africa in that the season ends up revolving around one REALLY strong personality, and I feel like ones enjoyment of the season is dependent on whether or not you can tolerate that personality. In my case, I cannot, but Im also willing to admit that the season would have been dull without said player. Granted, without said player, maybe the editors do a better job of balancing the edit so that one person doesnt get nearly triple the next-highest player in terms of confessional count. But whatever. Its hard to truly judge Samoa because for every positive, there is an equal and opposite negative, and they balance out to a rather bland season. The post-merge ispretty dull and drawn out, but at the same time, theres a little bit of life, and the ending salvages the season a LITTLE bit with some unpredictability. Its still very much below average though.

GTM: 22 - CGI Brett the silent assassin

Illuminatus: 26 - No writeup

BCT: 27 - The worst edited season to date. If I have to hear AHM RUSSELL HANTZ one more time just shoot me. The challenges were bad, the weather beat too much personality out of people (Jaison, anyone?), and the edit just made everything terrible.

YoRyan: 27 - top 10 season turned into a bottom 10 season because of editing

FBike: 28 - The only thing saving Samoa for being considered as one of the bottom 5 is Russell. We might not like him, but most first-time viewers did.

eaed: 30 - In my rewatch, I think I liked Samoa a lot more than I thought I would. The arrogance that screamed off of the members of the Galu tribe made the Foa-Foas seem almost likeable. Also, while dominating in the amount of confessionals, Russell 1.0 isnt that overwhelming. I found him almost rootable at times. However, once Foa-Foa turns Shambo it really gets one-sided and dark and then the boringness takes over.

Naye745: 31 - the purple tribe actually had a lot of good characters - Dave Ball, Laura, Erik, even Shambo, but the Russell show consumed everything and the season hurts for it. gets minor brownie points for building up the entire season's plot to show why Russell lost (and Natalie won).
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