The recent Amazon slaughter continues with Alex, the big douchebag of the season. I remember once seeing a video on Youtube titled, "Survivor: Douchebag" which was a season made up of the biggest douchebag from each season, and Alex was the representative from Amazon, and, having not seen Amazon in a while, I was like, "What did he do?" Upon a rewatch, I totally agree. Alex just had this super cocky attitude about him, and it got even worse when the tribes switched and he ended up with Shauna and tried to keep her around, despite the fact that she was sick and the weakest member of the tribe, just because he had a huge crush on her. Then the merge hit and he had his one good moment where he was cocky about Roger getting voted off. But it quickly went downhill again after he was so bitter about Rob blindsiding him. So yeah, screw Alex.
379. Joel Klug (Borneo, 11th place)
One look at Joel and you'd think that, especially in more recent seasons, he's someone who is guaranteed to make the merge - he's young, athletic, and good-looking. Unfortunately he is also a huge douchebag, which has been the early downfall of several people who fit his description (most recently Matt on One World). He was extremely cocky and condescending, and had a hint of chauvinism in him as well. This usually spells disaster for my liking (though not always, it's just that a couple of people were extremely entertaining in doing so, unlike Joel, Matt, and a few others). I think the worst part about Joel is that we didn't see him taunting the snake in the edit as it actually happened. That would have been great for his downfall.
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I can agree with labeling Alex as the douchebag of the season. You have to really wonder what strategic value he thought telling Rob that "at the final four, I'm pretty much guaranteed to vote you off" had at the final SEVEN. That, in and of itself, I wouldn't call a douchebag move, but it does show an extreme amount of confidence that, as we saw, was not necessarily warranted. So...I dunno. I feel like calling that a "douchbag move" for the time that it happened at may be allowing what followed to retroactively color my perception of it, but at the same time, it's hard to see why he would do that and expect it to have any positive benefits.
Joel is one of those guys whose general perception is a little confusing to me. Yeah, the edit made him seem kind of chauvinistic, but the specific comment that was chauvinistic can be attributed to Gervase ("Girls are the stupidest thing on the planet next to cows"), so it's a little strange to see so much of the consequence of that comment thrown on to Joel and Gervase seeming to get off relatively free. So while I can understand having him low for his season, it just seems a little off given that Gervase was the one who made the comment. Maybe someone can explain the general perception to me?
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378. Russell Hantz (Heroes vs. Villains, 3rd place)
Let me preface this writeup by saying that Russell played a terrible game in Heroes vs. Villains. I'll give it to the people who say that he played a great strategic game in Samoa. You have your case, and I accept it. But Russell played an awful game the second-time around, and he got lucky in several ways that led him to make the finals.
First thing he got lucky with was the timing of filming. Heroes vs. Villains was filmed after Samoa was filmed but before it aired, so nobody, not even Russell had watched Samoa yet. This was a huge advantage going in, because everybody knew everyone else's cards before the game even started. If they had seen Samoa before playing Heroes vs. Villains, Russell would have been the first one voted out, no doubt in my mind. But as it stands he was a complete enigma. All they knew was that he was a Villain, and there are several reasons people could be considered Villains in Survivor, some of them worse than others. Todd is considered a villain because he is sneaky. Sandra is considered a villain because she is sassy. Judd is considered a villain because he's a loud, foul-mouthed bully. Shane is considered a villain because he is bats***. And Boston Rob is considered a villain because he has mastered the art of the backstab. Obviously some of those reasons are just pains in the ass, and others are big strategic threats. But nobody knew how to classify Russell, so he could have easily gone in and changed his image and played a different game. Problem was, despite the jury completely trashing him, he was under the impression that he had won Samoa, and figured that his game was flawless, so he played a game similar to the one he played the first time that pissed everyone off so much. He quickly made an alliance with a few young girls, and easily passed through the first few days because there was an old man on his tribe that was an easy first boot. But then everyone began to get pissed off by him. He was intentionally alienating himself from the tribe by doing things such as not participating in group activities and looking for the immunity idol when the rest of the tribe agreed to leave it out of play. This made him an easy target at the Villains' second tribal council in episode 6, in which Rob had a foolproof plan to oust either Russell or Parvati and get the next one the next time.
Only problem is Tyson is worse than a fool, and that's the second thing Russell got lucky about. According to Tyson, he had already been planning on switching his vote to just get rid of Parvati and take the risk that Russell was going to play the idol on himself. He said that his conversation with Russell was completely insignificant in his decision, and is pissed off, as am I, that the editors gave Russell all the credit and fueled his ego and his fans' enthusiasm for him. According to Tyson, Russell was positive that he was going home when he played his idol on Parvati (hence his quote before handing her the idol), and the only reason he played it on her was because he knew that even if he made it through this tribal council and Parvati was voted out, he would be next, so he decided to leave the game with some dignity and look like a tragic hero. But when that didn't work out and his alliance made it through that tribal council completely intact, he decided to just go back to being the complete ass hat he was in Samoa.
Then he made his one move that I really give him credit for, and that was getting Jerri to flop. She had unsettled beef with Rob from All-Stars, and was an easy pick to try to get him out, and my hat is off to him for getting Rob out when he did. Then he goes back to getting lucky.
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By episode 9, the Villains had been to four tribal councils and four men had been voted out. Looked to the Heroes like Russell was next, so J.T. decided to give him his immunity idol to ensure that Russell would play it and be safe at the next tribal council, then flop to the Heroes side at the merge. Now this was actually a pretty brilliant idea on J.T.'s part, since, if he had been right about the women's alliance on the Villains tribe, this plan would have ensured that the Heroes and Russell were the final six. But Russell is lucky enough to have not had his season air, because no sane person would have done this having seen how he played in Samoa. So even though J.T. really helped ruin the rest of the season with that, I don't consider it the dumbest move ever because it could have worked out brilliantly. So now Russell has an idol and a bigger ego than ever, goes into the merge and gets rid of J.T. with his own idol.
The last lucky thing to happen to Russell was Candice flopping at the final 9. At this point Sandra was totally willing to work with the Heroes and systematically take out the remaining Villains. Unfortunately Candice was being stupid and refused to vote against the Villains, so this screwed up that and essentially gave Russell a free ride to the final five. And from there he didn't have to do s*** to get further along.
Now, I hate Russell here not only because he got lucky and fans think he was actually skilled, but also because he hogged screen time. Again. And this time I'm a little more unforgiving of that because it was an All-Star season, where everyone is supposed to get fairly equal airtime; instead it became The Russell And Nobody Else Show Part 2. But I am forgiving of the fact that he actually made for a pretty entertaining Reunion show this time. Instead of last time where he just spend all of his time bashing Natalie and getting Probst to agree with him, this time he was just so pissed off and everybody was so sick of him (see Parvati in the above pic) that it was actually pretty funny. Even Jeff, who usually has a huge boner for all things Russell (hence the fact that every season since Samoa has either featured or mentioned Russell, [a bit of S25 and S26 speculation ahead] and it's not looking like that pattern is going to change for S25 and 26), was telling him to shut up.
So basically, the people who say that Russell should have won Samoa have absolutely no idea of how Survivor works and just got caught up in Russellmania, but I can at least forgive them, for they know not what they've done. But the people who say he should have won Heroes vs. Villains are just plain wrong, end of f***ing story.
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GC definitely had potential to be very entertaining, but to me just came off as a bit unpleasant. He was the one who raced ahead of his tribe in the first challenge rather than stay back and help the others get up the hill. He was then lazy and pretty disruptive around camp. His fight with Crystal was a bit entertaining, but it's not enough to shoot either out of this bad tier. His most entertaining moment was when he disappeared shortly before a challenge, and later joked that he was going to look for a Popeye's. Other than that he seemed like a pretty unpleasant person, but not so ridiculously unpleasant that I actually liked him like a couple other people from the season.
376. Jamie Newtwon (Guatemala, 8th place)
Jamie is in a similar situation as GC in that he was pretty unpleasant, but not so unpleasant to the point where he was actually likable. From the first five minutes of the season, you knew Jamie wasn't going to take any crap when he was the one person who was actually visibly disappointed that Bobby Jon and Stephanie were in the game. Some of his remarks were just pretty annoying, and his behavior at the merge feast/challenge was uncalled for. He is the worst person ever as far as rubbing it in the participants' faces when you sit out to eat during an immunity challenge goes. And then he couldn't even keep his mouth shut on his way out when he got blindsided. And despite "THAT'S how you vote someone out!" he was still bitter towards Steph on the jury. His highlights were all fights with Bobby Jon, but those were more Bobby Jon moments IMO.
375. Cook Islands, the last season still completely intact, finally takes a hit 374. Name that was usually shown on screen during confessionals is 3 letters long 373. A female from Palau who is not deceased 372. Religion played a huge role in their edit 371. Despite being in a season that was dominated in screen time by one person, this person who lasted deep into the season still managed to get at least one confessional in every episode they were in.
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375. Cook Islands, the last season still completely intact, finally takes a hit
Wait what? Cook Islands is seriously the last season completely intact? o_O
also predicting JP, and how you view him as less of a douchebag than these recent douchebags is beyond me... though he did have a more "haha that's what you get for being a douchebag" story than most other douchebags.
-- I never said anything about banging her. Also, I wouldn't bang her. -LusterSoldier (on a fat pageant mom whose daughter chugs Mt. Dew)
I was pretty surprised that Cooks took this long to show up, but I guess it's just that a lot of the cast is just that forgettable. And it's weird that the cast is boring and forgettable given that it is the most ethnically diverse season in the history of the show (even if it was intentionally so). And that also makes it weird that the most generic-looking person of the entire season is the worst. Basically Adam's role varied from episode to episode, but it was always one of three things - being a complete dick to anyone that he didn't like, showmancing with Candice, or being completely invisible. And I hated the fact that he was the last person left outside of the Aitu Four, when the other four people that were booted after the merge were so much more interesting and even most of them more likable. So in a cast where a lot of people were just boring, Adam was boring AND was an a****** at the same time. So he gets the bottom spot.
374. Jed Hildebrand (Thailand, 14th place)
I've never been a big fan of Thailand partially because unlike other seasons that just have a boring cast, Thailand's cast is actually unlikable for the most part, and Jed is one of the worst offenders. He was a lazy, incompetent douchebag around camp and seemed to feel like his sole value of being good in the challenges (and he wasn't even THAT good in the challenges; hell he even got kicked out of one) should have kept him around. Unfortunately his attitude wasn't liked by most of the members of his tribe and he was the third person voted out of Survivor Thailand and the first person voted out of the Sook Jai tribe. And incidentally, he is the third person eliminated in my countdown from Survivor Thailand and the first person from the Sook Jai tribe, so obviously I'm very happy with his placement in the season.
373. Kim Mullen (Palau, 15th place)
The 8-man peen slaughter is finally broken. I'll be perfectly honest, for the first couple episodes of Palau, I could not for the life of me distinguish between Kim and Jenn. But later the difference really came out. Kim was just totally worthless to her tribe and should have been one of the first ones out. The fact that this woman made it four episodes is beyond me (and apparently beyond James as well). And of course she had a showmance with another useless person (both to the tribe and to the season), just adding to my hatred of her. So she ends up down here.
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I'll be honest, it's been quite a while since I've seen Borneo, so I may be being a little generous with Dirk here. Upon a rewatch he could easily fall to bottom 20 territory. Basically his whole edit consisted of him being religious, which itself isn't always that bad, but he was kind of a dick about it, trying to push his religion on other people, bashing others for their sexual lifestyles that he didn't agree with (Kelly and Stacey for not being virgins and Richard for being gay). So I'm not very fond of Dirk. And like I said, I may be highballing his placement a bit. I wouldn't be surprised if, as the years pass, he eventually becomes my least favorite from Borneo.
371. Monica Padilla (Samoa, 7th place)
Yup, believe it or not, despite how little it seemed she was shown, Monica actually had at least one confessional in every single episode up through her boot (given it was EXACTLY one confessional in 10 out of 12 episodes, but a save is a save). I didn't believe it when I first heard it either, but upon my latest rewatch of Samoa I made sure to keep an eye out for that and it was true! However this also meant that I got to keep an eye out for all the negative things that Monica brought to this season, and it wasn't as pretty as she is. For starters, she was part of the young + Laura Galu alliance that sucked so much and was awful to everyone they didn't like. An example of this would be when she opened a coconut, took a sip, and told Yasmin sitting next to her that there was no milk in it. After Yasmin got up and left she told her friends, "There's milk in it." This is pretty much exactly how Monica played the game - being a snarkly little popular b****. Oh, and she's apparently bffs with Russhole now, which is always a sour note for me.
370. A runner-up in a Final Two 369. A member of an ultra-cocky alliance of which no members won 368. A "Fan" 367. Voila! Another "Fan" 366. Displayed name had an initial at the end
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Well that was a complete whiff. Monica below Shambo, really? The others are understandable, either they just didn't occur to me at all (I assumed you meant nickname for 3 letters, don't remember Kim in the slightest) or I just didn't choose them (Adam and Dirk were pretty bad).
Basically when I made that clue, it was because there are some people that wording it that way would have included and excluded. For example, Fabio and Coach, whose names are Jud and Ben, respectively, would be out since Jud and Ben were not usually shown as their displayed names. But it could open up the door for, say, Sarge, whose real name, Lea, was what was usually shown in confessionals even though he was almost always verbally called Sarge. Basically I was being an a****** with that clue. ;)
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So I'm looking at the charts for each season as to who had at least one confessional in every episode through their boot and there's some interesting stuff. Some people I didn't expect, some people I expected and weren't there, and it's interesting how the lists have gotten smaller in recent seasons.
Borneo - Richard, Kelly, Rudy, Sue, Sean, Gretchen, Joel, Stacey, B.B., Sonja Australian Outback - Colby, Keith, Rodger, Jerri, Alicia, Jeff, Michael, Kimmi, Mitchell, Mad Dog, Debb Africa - Kim J., Lex, Tom, Frank, Brandon, Clarence, Lindsey, Jessie, Diane Marquesas - Paschal, Sean, Tammy, Rob, Gina, Gabe, Hunter, Patricia, Peter Thailand - Brian, Clay, Helen, Shii-Ann, Robb, Ghandia, Jed, Tanya, John The Amazon - Matthew, Rob, Heidi, Alex, Deena, Dave, Shawna, Jeanne, Janet, Ryan Pearl Islands - Sandra, Lill*, Burton*, Rupert, Savage, Osten, Shawn, Michelle**, Ryan S.**, Nicole** All-Stars - Rob M., Rupert, Kathy, Jerri, Ethan, Richard, Rob C., Jenna M., Rudy, Tina Vanuatu - Twila, Rory, Mia, John P., Dolly, Brook Palau - Tom, Stephenie, Bobby Jon, James, Angie, Ashlee, Jolanda, Wanda, Jonathan Guatemala - Judd, Gary, Jamie, Brian, Margaret, Brianna, Jim Exile Island - Terry, Cirie, Sally, Austin, Nick (WTF?), Dan, Melinda, Tina Cook Islands - Jonathan, Nate, Cao Boi, Stephennie, J.P., Billy, Sekou Fiji - Earl, Dreamz, Yau-Man, Rocky, Anthony, Sylvia, Erica, Jessica China - Todd, Frosti, Jean-Robert, Aaron, Dave, Leslie, Ashley, Chicken Fans vs. Favorites - Ozzy, Jonathan, Joel, Mikey, Fairplay Gabon - Sugar***, Matty***, Randy, Marcus, Ace***, Gillian, Michelle Tocantins - J.T., Stephen, Coach, Brendan, Carolina Samoa - Russell H., Mick, Monica, Ben, Betsy, Mike, Marisa Heroes vs. Villains - Russell, J.T., Coach, Rob, Tom, Randy, Stephenie, Sugar Nicaragua - NaOnka, Brenda, Marty, Jimmy T., Jimmy J., Shannon, Wendy Redemption Island - Rob, Russell, Francesca South Pacific - Coach, Cochran, Jim One World - Troy, Jay, Jonas, Colton, Nina, Kourtney
*Lill and Burton didn't have confessionals in "What the... (Part 1)," but technically they weren't back in the game yet.
**Michelle, Ryan S., and Nicole didn't have confessionals in "What the... (Part 1)" and "What the... (Part 2)," but technically they weren't still in the game.
***Sugar, Matty, and Ace may or may not count due to the unique situation this season in that the first two episodes were shown back-to-back on premier night, and whether or not they have a confessional in every episode depends on whether you count it as one or two episodes
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I remember once seeing a video on Youtube titled, "Survivor: Douchebag" which was a season made up of the biggest douchebag from each season, and Alex was the representative from Amazon, and, having not seen Amazon in a while, I was like, "What did he do?" Upon a rewatch, I totally agree.
I don't remember much about him, but I still remember him completely sucking. Amazon had a lot of people who sucked. Alex was one of the worst though.
Who else was in that video?
Unfortunately he is also a huge douchebag, which has been the early downfall of several people who fit his description (most recently Matt on One World). He was extremely cocky and condescending, and had a hint of chauvinism in him as well.
I'm not a Joel fan. He was one of the least interesting for Borneo. But I feel like a lot of his negativity came from what others were saying about him, rather than what we were actually shown. Some of the stuff they would splice with what others were saying, almost sounded more like an over-reaction from their part. I think Joel was sometimes just trying to be nice and helpful, and people would take it the wrong way.
But as it stands he was a complete enigma.
Except to Parvati!
According to Tyson, Russell was positive that he was going home when he played his idol on Parvati (hence his quote before handing her the idol), and the only reason he played it on her was because he knew that even if he made it through this tribal council and Parvati was voted out, he would be next, so he decided to leave the game with some dignity and look like a tragic hero.
Russell admits this too! I've seen him say that in interviews.
So even though J.T. really helped ruin the rest of the season with that, I don't consider it the dumbest move ever because it could have worked out brilliantly. So now Russell has an idol and a bigger ego than ever, goes into the merge and gets rid of J.T. with his own idol.
Russell had been playing things up in front of the Heros for a little while. How much of that affected JT? Who knows. JT clearly already had the idea, and maybe Russell's comments and body language when he knew JT was taking the bait was enough to fully seal the deal.
"instead it became The Russell And Nobody Else Show Part 2."
Jamie is in a similar situation as GC in that he was pretty unpleasant, but not so unpleasant to the point where he was actually likable.
I don't even remember anything specifically Jamie said, but I just know that him and Judd were the two I couldn't stand that season.
Adam was boring AND was an a****** at the same time. So he gets the bottom spot.
This is the most accurate description of Adam I've read. Parvati is my bottom CI spot, but Adam has got to be next for me.
Jed is one of the worst offenders. He was a lazy, incompetent douchebag around camp and seemed to feel like his sole value of being good in the challenges (and he wasn't even THAT good in the challenges; hell he even got kicked out of one) should have kept him around.
Jed was horrible. He was generic, but at the same time, a total smug ass. If Ghandia didn't exist, Jed would easily take the bottom spot for that season. You know you're bad when you are a young athletic male, and you get voted out of your tribe first (not counting gender divided seasons of course).
And of course she had a showmance with another useless person (both to the tribe and to the season), just adding to my hatred of her. So she ends up down here.
Kim sucked a lot. Jeff Wilson was bad too, but no where near Kim level. She was probably the worst person in Palau.
I'll be honest, it's been quite a while since I've seen Borneo
No wonder you made a horrible mistake of changing your Borneo ranking from 2nd to 6th!
Upon a rewatch he could easily fall to bottom 20 territory. Basically his whole edit consisted of him being religious, which itself isn't always that bad, but he was kind of a dick about it, trying to push his religion on other people, bashing others for their sexual lifestyles that he didn't agree with (Kelly and Stacey for not being virgins and Richard for being gay). So I'm not very fond of Dirk. And like I said, I may be highballing his placement a bit. I wouldn't be surprised if, as the years pass, he eventually becomes my least favorite from Borneo.
Was he actually hostile toward people? He was pretty boring, so I don't remember much about him. I thought he was just laid back, and more inquisitive-like. Not actually "bashing" people.
Oh, and she's apparently bffs with Russhole now, which is always a sour note for me.
lol...
Your Russell hate is unhealthy.
Monica did suck a lot though. Wasn't there some bloated comment she was making in her boot episode about how she knew she was going out, but she was happy to have changed the game, even though she didn't change anything in the slightest.
GUESSES!!
370. Lill 369. Burton, Sash, Alex, Kenny, or Silas. 368. Chet 367. Joel 366. J.P.
Alexis may very well be the most wasted contestant slot ever on the show. I know there have been far more boring and generic people than her, but the point is that she was a boring and generic person on what was supposed to be a tribe of superfans. As I've said before, the "Fans" actually consisted of Jason and Erik, plus 8 recruits that hadn't even seen enough of the series to know which season Cirie was from. And of them all, Alexis was the most generic and boring both to look at and listen to, plus she had an ultra-generic name (though perhaps not as generic as a certain other female Jones from many seasons prior). So I was like, "God damn, this chick better be like the biggest surprise personality ever!" And lo and behold, she wasn't. She was crappy and generic the whole time. And I hold a grudge against her for that.
366. John Kenney (Vanuatu, 11th place)
I'll admit, a lot of my hatred for John K. is just everyone else's hate for him rubbed off onto me. I watched Vanuatu for the first time in a long time earlier this year, and going in all I remembered about John was that he was in a cocky alliance that didn't even realize that they couldn't vote people out without a majority, and that he was the second-most effeminate straight man ever to play the game (although I'm fairly certain that he's the first). But knowing that everyone else hated him, I went in specifically looking for the negatives in him, and I discovered that yeah, he was pretty much a douche. He got in with a stupid alliance (only one of which ranks even in the top half of this list), was a dick to Chris, and then when he had a free ride to the merge, he screwed it up by targeting Chad and getting his own ass voted out as a result. So yeah, while a lot of my hate for John is rubbed off from others, he's still pretty bad.
365. Came back into the game in the same season after being voted out 364. Had a very noticeable hairstyle 363. A first boot from a season with a themed tribe split 362. Had some sort of heroic/sympathetic story that wasn't mentioned in the edit 361. Shares their given name with somebody else in this set of clues
PS: If you guys want a serious Chet write-up, I'll do one.
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It's so sad that Exile Island had such a terrible final two, especially when you consider that the entire jury was at the very least passable in terms of entertainment value, be it that they were bats*** crazy and made good TV or were likable heroes that were easy to root for. But damn that final two. Shane said it best - neither of them should have been there. And Danielle could by all means be last for this season in my rankings - she was a lazy prettygirl for much of the season, and got all pissy when things didn't go her way. A notable example was when she was all pissed off at Exile Island after having been sent by the guy that she screwed over with her vote the night before. And then she betrayed Terry at the final three after he helped save her ass at the final four. He could have easily voted her out knowing that Cirie had no shot in any sort of final immunity challenge (and especially not in what it turned out to be). I will admit that her arguments with Shane in a couple of the early episodes provided a little bit of entertainment, and that's what prevents her from being any lower. She did NOT deserve to EVER come back for another season, let alone the 10th anniversary season.
369. Mookie Lee (Fiji, 8th place)
I don't remember hating Mookie while Fiji was airing, but over the years I've realized he was pretty bad. For the first half he was pretty much just Rocky's lackey in picking on Anthony, and then he ended up in the Four Horsemen alliance with Alex, Edgardo and Dreamz, and they were just super douchy and cocky up until Edgardo's boot. Best thing Mookie did was f*** up the Four Horsemen alliance by telling Dreamz that he had the hidden immunity idol. Good job, Mookie, and I mean that seriously. Otherwise we may have ended up with the worst final four in reality TV history and spared Amazing Race 20 of that title.
368. Chet Welch (Fans vs. Favorites, 14th place)
The story of how Chet Welch not only avoided coming in 20th place on Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites, but actually managed to Survive to 14th place is an heroic one. Chet valiantly fought in every single challenge, but was outcast from his tribe because he was already so very wealthy and powerful that they knew he did not need the money. But he convinced Joel that he would be a dream to take to the finals Jimmy Johnson style, so Joel kept him around until the swap. Once the two tribes swapped, Chet, thinking he was better off with Ozzy and crew, began being an a****** to Joel, so Joel made a push to get him out. The group thought that Chet was more valuable in challenges however, so they booted Joel. When Jonathan got medivac'd, this pushed everyone up one more spot, but unfortunately it was not to be for Chet, as the others saw him as too big of a threat. He took his boot like a man and went down as one of the greatest and most robbed Survivors of all time.
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The story of how Chet Welch not only avoided coming in 20th place on Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites, but actually managed to Survive to 14th place is an heroic one. Chet valiantly fought in every single challenge, but was outcast from his tribe because he was already so very wealthy and powerful that they knew he did not need the money. But he convinced Joel that he would be a dream to take to the finals Jimmy Johnson style, so Joel kept him around until the swap. Once the two tribes swapped, Chet, thinking he was better off with Ozzy and crew, began being an a****** to Joel, so Joel made a push to get him out. The group thought that Chet was more valuable in challenges however, so they booted Joel. When Jonathan got medivac'd, this pushed everyone up one more spot, but unfortunately it was not to be for Chet, as the others saw him as too big of a threat. He took his boot like a man and went down as one of the greatest and most robbed Survivors of all time.
rofl at Chet's storyline.
As worthless and terrible as Chet was, he kind of entertained me, in a train wreck kind of way. Never someone I'd say I liked. He was obviously one of the most pathetic Survivors, but it was amusing just how bad he was.
Alexis was the most generic and boring both to look at and listen to
No doubt she was one of the most generic and disposable contestants. But she had a cute look (when she wasn't wearing that stupid hat that made her look like trailer trash).
I'll admit, a lot of my hatred for John K. is just everyone else's hate for him rubbed off onto me. I watched Vanuatu for the first time in a long time earlier this year, and going in all I remembered about John was that he was in a cocky alliance that didn't even realize that they couldn't vote people out without a majority
Crap. I was going to guess him too, but I thought I remembered you saying that he wasn't as bad as everyone said. Glad you agree he's awful. Horrible contestant. Only person worse than him from Vanuatu was Ami.
And aww yeah to John P making it to your upper half. That guy would have been amazing to watch for a whole season.
GUESSES:
365. Matt Elrod (I wanted to guess Burton, but I feel like Clue 361 matches this one) 364. Semhar 363. Ryan from Amazon? He was a loser, even though I hardly remember him. 362. Keith 361. Sash (aka Matt)
Let me start by saying that had Lill not come back into the game after being voted out in episode 3, she would be at least 150 spots higher than this. I really liked her in those first three episodes. She was a heroic and true underdog and tried her damnedest in both challenges and at camp. And I was excited when she was voted back in. However, once she returned to the game, it was just awful thing after awful thing. She got Savage voted out. She helped get Rupert voted out. She took the harder person to beat to the end. And she did it all with that stupid pouty face on. And the whole storyline about whether or not it is ethical for her to lie while wearing a scout uniform was just annoying.
364. Semhar Tadesse (South Pacific, 18th place)
Just when you thought Wendy couldn't be topped as the most obvious first boot ever, along comes Semhar, and I'm pretty sure that the minute the South Pacific cast was revealed, 95% of fans were sure that she'd be the first one gone. And it came true. And let's look at her ride, shall we? Minutes into episode 1 she's already being incredibly annoying with her poetry, yet Ozzy and pals seem to gravitate towards her because she is young and has boobs. Even after she completely blows the first immunity challenge (and b****es about it), Ozzy still wants to keep her around, contrary to his usual "keep the strong, eliminate the weak" mentality. But Jim sees through Ozzy and knows he just wants to take her to the end as a goat, so he pushes for her elimination. And then in her Redemption Island duel against Christine, she began saying poetry in the middle of a life-or-death challenge, much to the bemusement of the spectators. Even Coach rolls his eyes at her. You know you're awful when the guy who wrote a poem to recite at tribal council just minutes before he was blindsided rolls his eyes at you for reciting poetry.
363. Brook Geraghty (Vanuatu, 18th place)
Here's another awful first boot. Going into my recent Vanuatu rewatch, I didn't remember too much about Brook either, other than I remember being very happy that he was the first person voted out. Brook looks like a douchebag and he remained one for his entire three days on the island. He formed an alliance that clearly didn't have the numbers, and, thinking that four was a larger number than five, was a dick to the people in the majority alliance, resulting in his immediate departure. I do give him a little credit though for being a superfan, even though I never ever would have pegged him as one.
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Two South Pacific'ers in one update, yeah, we're getting to the point where they're about to start dropping like flies. Did I mention yet that it's my least-favorite season? That's because the cast, on the whole, sucked. Even most of the people that I actually like had a few fatal flaws. In Keith's case, I hate him because he was a total douchebag. Seriously, Ozzy wasn't that bad to Cochran in the grand scheme of things. Keith seemed like he had it out for the kid from the very beginning and did very little to try to get to know him. Now, Keith wasn't even shown in half the episodes, but when he was, he was a total dick, which is surprising that that's what they chose to do with I believe the only Survivor in history to have a pacemaker (one that he'd had since he was a child, at that). Oh, and he was a part of arguably the most controversial showmance in Survivor history, but we'll get to that later in the list. In short, Keith sucked.
361. Keith Famie (The Australian Outback, 3rd place)
The two Keiths in Survivor history land back-to-back on this list. In this Keith's case, it's not so much his own fault, because he actually seemed like an okay guy, but the editors' fault. Keith had a great story potential with the professional chef who couldn't even cook rice right while on Survivor. Instead of making it a comedic storyline, they just decided to make him the laughingstock of the Ogakor tribe and into the merge. Then once Jerri was voted out, the editors were left without a villain for the season, so they chose the least heroic of 7 heroes remaining, which happened to be Keith, and decided to edit him to be as much of a dick as they possibly could, and since he was actually a pretty nice guy, this ended up meaning that they showed him in a ton of irrelevant scenes. In another season, Keith could have placed higher, but the editors screwed him over here.
360. An Asian from Fiji 359. A "dumb blonde" 358. Someone who was on The Outcasts tribe 357. Was thrown out of a challenge 356. Had a nickname that was not shown in confessionals
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i don't remember Vanuatu too well but i do remember that i hated John K.
360. Sylvia, since you said Mookie already 359. Whitney 358. Burton 357. Ben (I had to google this, sadly. It wasn't that long ago <_<) 356. not a clue. maybe i'll try to figure this out later.
And the whole storyline about whether or not it is ethical for her to lie while wearing a scout uniform was just annoying.
Lill doesn't bother me like she does for a lot of people. But this was a really tiring storyline (kind of like Twila swearing on her son), and it was so unfortunate, because it wasn't really Lill's fault at all that it was an issue. Lill was a good person, who was conflicted, and made some poor decisions. She ruined things for a lot of entertaining people, but she has a kind of underdog charm to her. If I were to rank the people of Pearl Islands, she'd be around the middle of the cast for me.
And then in her Redemption Island duel against Christine, she began saying poetry in the middle of a life-or-death challenge, much to the bemusement of the spectators.
As awful as Semhar was, at least this was a great scene.
Brook looks like a douchebag and he remained one for his entire three days on the island.
Lol at that sentence. But it's probably true. If there was anyone in Survivor who truly looked like one, it was Brook. He was pretty bland though. I also feel bad for his early boot, because I've heard him talk about how much of a fan he was. But at the same time, I didn't really like him or anything. I didn't dislike him much either. He was just...there. And I've seen Vanuatu like 4 times since it's one of my favorite seasons. I think Brady was the only person more generic than Brook that season.
Now, Keith wasn't even shown in half the episodes, but when he was, he was a total dick, which is surprising that that's what they chose to do with I believe the only Survivor in history to have a pacemaker (one that he'd had since he was a child, at that). Oh, and he was a part of arguably the most controversial showmance in Survivor history, but we'll get to that later in the list. In short, Keith sucked.
Probably my 2nd least favorite person from SP, just ahead of S***ney. He always seemed like a loser when he talked.
The two Keiths in Survivor history land back-to-back on this list. In this Keith's case, it's not so much his own fault, because he actually seemed like an okay guy, but the editors' fault.
How can you hate Keith Famie? He was an entertaining dude. I think he's one of the most underrated contestants in the history of the show. He probably even deserved to win Australia. He was my second favorite Ogakor, behind Mad Dog.
GUESSES:
360. Definitely Stacy. 359. Jaime from China? 358. I want to keep guessing f***ing Burton, because it's a crime that he hasn't shown up yet. But the way things are going, it's probably Trish or Nicole. F*** that. Put Burton on this list already. 357. Ben feels too obvious. And he was entertaining. Maybe Stephanie from Thailand. 356. Rob The General
I really couldn't remember. I was mainly paging through the seasons on wiki, and they didn't list him as Robert "The General" DeCanio, like they do with the other contestants who had a displayed nickname, such as Kelly "Purple Kelly " Shinn.
Seriously, I can't watch Guatemala anymore without remembering how awesome it was that Brianna outlasted Russell in the all-inclusive Save My Survivor contest.
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See, there was more than just a bit of controversy surrounding the way the tribes were divided in Cook Islands (by ethnicity), so in order to prove that it was actually an attempt to get a more diverse cast rather than a ratings stunt, they decided to use the same diversity ratio for the next season, Fiji, and just not separate them into tribes of ethnicity. To accomplish this, instead of using applicants, for the first time ever they used a large number of recruits. In fact, only Papa Smurf was not a recruit. Now, this gave us quite a few memorable characters, but also a ton of duds, and Stacy sure as hell was one of them. She was extremely b****y and cliquey, but not so extremely b****y and cliquey to the point where I actually like them like some others. And just when she was about to be voted out Dreamz screwed it up. And then when she was a lock for the final five, she screwed herself over by hinting that Yau-Man should play this hidden immunity idol.
359. Kelly Czarnecki (Gabon, 13th place)
How Kelly outlasted five other people in her season is one of those Survivor mysteries that I'll never understand. She is probably the biggest example of the dumb blonde ever to play Survivor, and literally nobody on either tribe liked her. She turned on her tribe at the first chance she got just because she was bitter about not being a part of the original alliance, and continued to be all negative and bitter even after Jacquie was voted out.
358. Trish Dunn (Pearl Islands, 13th place)
Trish was barely shown for the first few episodes, and when she finally began to be shown, she seemed like she was so intent on being positive that she came off a little snobbish. This all culminated with her boot episode, in which she tried to get Rupert, the tribe's most valuable member, voted off for seemingly no reason. She was then made a part of The Outcasts tribe, where she obviously had no chance at getting back in due to having barely spent 24 hours with them when they went to go vote somebody back in. Trish's one shining moment came in the first 15 minutes of the season when a Panamanian woman was flirting with her and Sandra said that "she liked her. Like, in a sexual way." But even that was more of a Sandra moment.
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I'll start by addressing the clue I gave. Technically Stephanie, Robb, Ken and Jed were all thrown out of the Attack Zone challenge, but that was because they broke a very specific rule that was stated at the beginning of the challenge would result in being kicked out of the challenge. Ben remains the only person kicked out of a challenge at the producers' discretion. That being said, Stephanie was pretty useless. She was always in the minority, she was lazy around camp, and then she b****ed about her tribe voting Jed, another awful player, out. And she her uselessness was highlighted by her being kicked out of the Attack Zone challenge for pulling Ted in when she was already in the water. And apparently she was cast because she was doing some kind of sensual dance in her audition video, which is awful because personally I think she looks gross.
356. Robert "The General" DeCanio (Marquesas, 6th place)
I'm not as hard on The General as I am on John and Zoe because he actually seemed like a pretty nice guy in general, but he was still terrible. He tried to be all tough and macho, but actually came across as pretty whiny and annoying (like Boston Rob said, compensating much?). Plus he was a member of one of the worst alliances in Survivor history, which is always a negative. Oh, and the fact that his nickname made no sense whatsoever as he was not a general. In fact, he was a limo driver.
355. Was not voted out but did not make it to the finals 354. A homosexual 353. Was announced by Jeff as a contender for the Fan Favorite award at the Reunion 352. Began on a tribe with Russell Hantz 351. Wasted a Hidden Immunity Idol
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