1. Borneo
2. Amazon
3. Pearl Islands
4. Heroes vs. Villains
5. San Juan del Sur
6. Panama
7. Micronesia
8. Gabon
9. Africa
10. Marquesas
11. Kaoh Rong
12. Vanuatu
13. Cagayan
14. China
15. David vs. Goliath
16. Philippines
17. Nicaragua
18. The Australian Outback
19. Guatemala
20. Palau
21. South Pacific
22. Fiji
23. Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers
24. Tocantins
25. Blood vs. Water
---26. Winners at War---
27. Island of the Idols
28. Edge of Extinction
29. Game Changers
30. Thailand
31. All-Stars
32. Worlds Apart
33. Samoa
34. Caramoan
35. Cambodia
36. Cook Islands
37. One World
38. Millennials vs. Gen X
39. Ghost Island
40. Redemption Island
Forgot I haven't done this yet but here we go. I've gone on and on and on (just ask that poster with the Judd avatar who got mad at me for being critical of a show whose quality has diminished over time) about how this show has become such a shell of its former self, and ultimately we've settled into a pattern of a deceptively entertaining pre-merge followed by a lifeless post-merge. It's a tired formula that will continue to land the show in the bottom yellow tier on average, but so it is. The 30s were easily the worst decade of the franchise and I don't think the future is looking particularly bright.
Other changes:
-Fiji moved up two spots for me bc #FijiRenaissance
-I moved down Cambodia two spots just because
-My original bottom 5 in order was GI/MvGx/OW/CI/RI and it changed to CI/OW/MxGX/GI/RI just because I was watching some Ghost Island clips as part of a project and those people are just sooooo ****ing boring that it was somehow understated in my mind? And Cook Islands and even One World get elevated just for somehow feeling vintage holy **** this show has gone down the drain if I just called those seasons vintage
