Noep!

I can't believe Kathy is gone :( A legendary player! Honestly though, she did defy the odds so many times :clap1:

Hoping Neleh wins now :fc:

I am shaken by Neleh's new look at the finale

Wow, what an underwhelming winner :umm2: She literally won by sailing through for much of the game and then fatally backstabbing Kathy. I think that cements my opinion of the first four seasons: Borneo > Africa > Austrlia > Marquesas.

Marquesas:
Kathy
Neleh
Gina
Tammy
Zoe
Rob
Sean
Sarah
John
Vecepia
Hunter
Patricia
Gabriel
Paschal
Peter
Robert

Marquesas for me didn't start well, but once the tribes were switched two interesting dynamics formed in each of the tribes, and it was interesting seeing the power struggle amongst the new Rotu tribe. The Episode 7-9 stretch was one of the best in any season I've seen, but the last few episodes were a bit of a slog; uneventful with an underwhelming ending.

How would you rank the winners so far?

Probably Tina > Ethan > Vecepia > Richard in terms of likability. However Richard was the best game player IMO.

What are your opinions on Marquesas?

Eh, I quite like it (I'd probably go Borneo > Africa > Marquesas > Australia? Maybe?)

Also I agree that Zoe Zanidakis is bae

How bad is Thailand? I'm starting it tomorrow :worry:

It's a definite bottom five season so you might want to get through it quickly

(I mean, not to write it off completely - it does have its good moments. But the ratio between that and not-good moments is fairly big)

Good pre-merge

DIRE post merge

It doesn't really help that my lasting memory of Thailand is which is one of the more uncomfortable pre-All Stars moments to say the least

...nice Tribal Council set, though?

I was reading a spoiler free season ranking and it says that Thailand contains one of the most uncomfortable viewing Survivor moments ever, can anyone give a hint at what it is?

Think... erm... I'm trying to come up with a BBUK parallel... Jeremy Jackson?

Okay!

I hope to get it done by the time the week is out

Once you get through Thailand though you have...
Amazon - Which is great because of Christy, Rob C, Matthew etc.
Pearl Islands - My absolute favourite "original" seasons
And then All-Stars!

I kind of forget most of Vanuatu though :S

...was the spoiler-free review you read part of the Purple Rock Podcast ranking btw, Tom? Because imvho that list is disgustingly inaccurate (not necessarily in regards to Thailand, just in general)

Heidi, Jenna, Shawna and Joanna shade?

I actually can't remember tbh :/

Well that episode wasn't so bad. Gandhia is my favourite so far. Robb seems like a bit of a dick. That's all I have to say I guess.

Ew this season really sucks. This is probably the weirdest episode ever. Wtf @ Robb grabbing Clay's throat and Ted grinding on Ghandia :umm2:

Thailand's not good but it's not terrible. There are plenty of worse seasons later on :)

That's encouraging! Maybe I'm just getting tired of Survivor now tbh.