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#24: Cook Islands
Average Ranking: 23.09

Illuminatus: 12 - No writeup

GTM: 15 - becky is underrated

Naye745: 17 - a good winner and a good finish; possibly lucky that a mixed-race, non-white coalition ended up taking control in the very controversial (and thoroughly unnecessary) race-themed season. Penner is just great. That said, a lot of the cast were duds, and a lot of the people involved had their best seasons as returnees after CI.

BCT: 24 - A season I had better memories of than it would produce upon a rewatch, Cook has too many filler cast members (edits fault?), too racy of a theme, and an overpowered idol. Sure, Yul is a great strategic winner, but too much of his win is due to his Hidden Invulnerability Idol. Highs include Penners color commentary, a jerk getting an early comeuppance (J.P.), an awe-inspiring Tribal Council set, and a legend emerging from a hot tub.

eaed: 24 - I think this is a season that ridiculously overlooked by its opening theme and it accusations of being fixed. This season tended to drag at times but I really dont think it is that bad and the challenges that the 4 overcame to win really are fun to watch but at the end of the day. It was really only okay with a large group of players that just mean nothing to me. I dont know if I could come up with them on a sporcle quiz.

Mana Sword: 25 - No writeup

DoctorBlind: 25 - Pretty bad opening concept and a worse overpowered idol, but I do love starting with four smaller tribes. Enjoyable seeing the underdog story play out as well.

FBike: 26 - I'm not complaining about the whole "tribes divided by race" thing. It is far from the biggest problem with this season. The Final 3 was actually a good thing, but it in combination with the super-idol broke the game.

Inviso: 28 - Cook Islands big drawing point was the fact that it was going to be all about race. The casting department found the most diverse cast ever up to that point, and divided them up into a tribe of white people, a tribe of black people, a tribe of Hispanic people, and a tribe of Asian people. On paper, this sounds interesting. In practice, it was not. The problem is that this cast (compared to the equally-diverse cast of Fiji one season later) was very calm. I dont know if people were just trying to play nice to better represent their race, but there just isnt a lot of personality in this group of players. Throw in some producer manipulation to benefit one alliance over the other, and you have a very bland season in which the underdogs dominate and were just supposed to be happy because theyre underdogs. No thanks.

darkx: 28 - Like with Ghost Island, I respect the producers for trying an idea that was taboo even back then, and flat-out wouldn't get past the network today, even if it was just a ratings stunt. Unfortunately, it led to one of the most boring casts ever, with the defining moment being a telegraphed underdog story that to this day many fans believe was rigged. I'll give it this - the Cook Islands are without a doubt the most beautiful location Survivor has ever visited.

YoRyan: 30 - if survivor ever jumped the shark, it'd be with this
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