This week on Wednesday, Survivor will premiere it's 34th season. This will feature 20 former players that has said to have tried to made game-changing moves in their seasons. Either if it worked for them, or it didn't, they would be eligible for this season.
I find it interesting that we are having a all-returnee season when we just recently got out of one with "Second Chances", but i'm not one of the people running the show behind or in front of the scenes, So I'll just talk about it.
What I plan to so is that, whenever there is a all-returnee season for a show, I will do a ranking on my thoughts on the contestants. It wouldn't matter if they should be on this season or not *Though it could effect them a bit*, it's my own opinion on them and what they were like on their previous seasons. This will work with #1 being the one I'm rooting for the most, and #20 being the one I'm rooting for the least.
One more thing, if you don't watch Survivor, then go watch the show NOW, as there will be spoilers ahead. .
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With that said, let's begin the countdown.
Number Twenty:
Brad Culpepper
Previous Season(s): Blood Vs Water: 15th
I can kinda see why someone might see him as a "Game-Changer". He created the majority alliance at the time, and he tried to make a move against it, which ended up failing as the target Caleb Bankston ended up turning the tables on Brad at tribal, which ended with Culpepper being voted out instead. But as we couldn't get Caleb to be on this season *May he Rest in Peace*, they might as well go for the victim of the game changing move. Honestly, I put Brad at the bottom as honestly, there wasn't much else to him in Blood Vs Water outside of looking like the bad guy of the pre-merge, and not even a fun one. Even if we did get fun moments with people attacking him after he voted them out. Brad created a alliance and he shot himself in the foot, and while he tried to change his target to someone else *who we will get to* it was too late as he was caught and booted off, and I see him not doing well here either. His biggest obstacle, is himself and I'm not sure if he can outcome it. We'll see
Number Nineteen:
Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth
Previous Seasons: Cook Islands: 2nd, Micronesia *Fans Vs Favourites: 9th, South Pacific: 4th
*Sigh*, I'll just be honest, I don't like Ozzy. I'm sure he's a nice guy and he might have been cool in "Cook Islands" though I have yet to see it. But while "Micronesia" might have been a bit of a start of Ozzy's downward with a bit of arrogance, "South Pacific" was a chore to watch him go through the season. I will give credit, that he one of the best players physically, but his social game sucks, a lot. If it didn't, he wouldn't have been blindsided with an idol in "Micronesia". I thought he went on "South Pacific" to improve on his social game. How does getting voted out three times in one season alone, make your social game an improvement? Espically, when you up the arrogance, and spend time bullying people like "Cochran" or laying on a hammock with another idol. And honestly, watching him leave with a up and applause from the jury with sickening to me, if anything it made his ego even bigger. I don't see Ozzy winning this season, at all.
Number Eighteen:
Sandra Diaz-Twine
Previous Season(s): Pearl Islands: 1st, Heroes vs Villains: 1st
Time for a serious question, while I get that Sandra is a game-changer, being a two-time winner and all, but why would she agree to sign up for this? She would be lucky if she wasn't one of the first four people voted off. She won twice, why would anyone take her to the end? Plus, she was never good at challenges, in fact she might be one of the worst ever in challenges. And with a cast like this where most of them are strong physically, it will be tough for her to survive the beginning espically if she is always on the losing tribe. Honestly, I never thought she was that great of a player the first two seasons either. "Pearl Islands, where I think she was lucky to be in the final 2 with possibly, one of the biggest goats in Reality TV history, as she could have lost against anyone else, even against "Fairplay". And personally, I would have voted Parvati in "Heroes vs Villains" to win, but that's just me. If she can make it past the first half of the game, she might have a shot and if she makes the finals again, then the other players doesn't deserve to be called "All-Stars". But, I think she has the biggest obstacle and I'm not sure if she will do well, and honestly, I'm ok with that.
Number Seventeen:
Previous Seasons: Kaoh Rong: 15th
Time for another serious question, What did Caleb do that was game changing? Yes, I know that his evacuation in "Kaoh Rong" was tragic, but that wasn't something that changed the game. If you wanted someone that almost died and was game changing, then you could have picked Russell Swan from "Samoa" as his evacuation was tragic and it effected the game for his tribemates, for better or for worse. But here is Caleb and really, the reason he is this low is because I saw him on "Big Brother" and I was not a fan of him in that game. Him being on Survivor didn't make things better as he wasn't around long enough to change my opinion on him. Now he has a second chance *A format that would work better for him to be honest* and let's see how he uses it.
Number Sixteen:
Sierra Dawn Thomas
Previous Season: Worlds Apart: 5th
On the topic of people where it's questionable if they were "Game-Changers", we have someone that was said to have played a quiet game-changing game. Even that is questionable. She is game-changing because she was loyal to people that were targeting her at the start of the game? I fail to see how that is game-changing. And honestly, I just find her bland and not interesting. Not much to say as she didn't leave much of a impact on me in "Worlds Apart".
Interesting Fact: Originally, they were gonna have "San Juan Del Sur" Sole Survivor, Natalie Anderson to be in this season but dropped out last minute and Sierra took her place. I'm not the biggest Natalie Anderson fan, but I found her more interesting to watch then Sierra. I don't hate her, I just found her forgettable.
Number Fifteen:
Aubry Bracco
Previous Season: Kaoh Rong: 2nd
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Number Fourteen
Debbie Wanner
Previous Season: Kaoh Rong: 9th
I put them together as they were from the same season, same brains tribe, both were involved in the same blindside and both I'm mixed on.
Let's start with Aubry, I admit, I really wanted to like her in "Kaoh Rong", she seemed nice, would have a good story in the game as starting from the bottom to the top, and someone that could rule the game strategically. Is it bad to say, I think she is overrated? I'll explain. The one move I will give credit for, is on convincing Tai to betray his alliance and join her, so that she will not get voted out. That I will get credit for. Outside of that, there was moments that made me scratch my head. I remember when after Julia joined the other alliance for the reward challenge, and Aubry thought she was a traitor. She was joining a team for a reward challenge, and someone from your side had to go there. You didn't know for sure that she was joining their side officially. Then she got obsessed on getting Julia out for it, and I never got why her, instead of someone from the other alliance. Then she betrays her ally Debbie for really, no good reason.
In fact, let's talk about Debbie. The one that was considered the female version of "Coach". originally, I couldn't stand her. I just found her really annoying the first few episodes as she was always having too much energy, and came off as that annoying cheerleader. So I was upset when she blindsided Liz at that tribal, especially when it should have been Peter. But that's another story. Eventually, once she cooled down a bit and started to be more of a player instead of a character, she started to grow on me a bit. But of course when that started happening, she gets blindsided as apparently her loyalty was questioned by Aubry which ended up being another bad call. Honestly, I would have been loyal to Debbie as she seemed trustworthy, even if she was weird.
I don't know how these two will perform, but I'm not expecting much.
Number Thirteen:
Jeff Varner
Previous Season: The Austrian Outback: 10th, Second Chances: 17th
The guy that gave up the game for peanut butter and got voted out in a tie-breaker that demolished his tribe. That alone is enough to put him on this season. I saw a bit of his scenes in "The Austrian Outback" and from what I got, he was quite funny. In "Second Chances" he kinda went out there on the move making. At least he did start the trend of the "Voting Blocks" that season even if he wasn't there very long after a foot injury. At least he did something. How will he do this season? Well, clearly he worked on being more healthy after "Second Chances", but its a question mark on how he will do with his mind. Time will tell. He will be great, or a disaster.
Number Twelve:
oh, I'm not making any friends for this pick
Tai Trang
Previous Season: Kaoh Rong: 3rd
I do have reasons for putting Fan Favourite Tai, this low on the list. I'll say that, I really wanted to like this guy. He was nice, fun, and has a funny moment once in a while. With that said, once the merge came, it was hard to see him play. When watching him play in the merge, I saw him playing a game that I really don't like seeing people play. It was the playing by emotions card. The one where you play the game and make choices based on how you feel, instead of picking the smart route. I'm talking about the imfamous moment where he betrays his alliance *And his only shot of a easy win*, after being easaily convinced by Aubry of leaving the bad guys and being with good people. I get that you want to put a bit of heart in your gameplay, but you need a balance. You also want to think with your head, and think of the smartest choice that can get you the win and he blew it when he blindsided and humiliated a ally, for no good reason. I don't know how Tai will do this season, I wouldn't trust him after what he did last time. I want Tai to do well, but I'm not sure if he can.
Number Eleven:
Hali Ford
Previous Season: Worlds Apart: 11th
Before I say anything, I want to say that, I like Hali. She was part of my favourite alliance of "Worlds Apart. The No-Collar Trio of her, Jenn, and Joe. They were fun to watch, and you can tell they were trying to play the game and were in charge at the start. With that said, she misses the top 10, because I'm not sure what she qualifies her as a game-changer. That was because, they didn't show enough of Hali. They put the focus on Mike, Joe, Jenn, Shirin, Rodney, Dan, Carolyn, or Will, but usually not Hali. Which is a shame because when she does appear, she is fun to watch and I hope she does well here.
That is it for now. Tomorrow, we will begin the top 10 of the contestants.
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