Have any later Survivor contestant's appearances tarnished their initial appearance?
 

For me:

Kathy ruined herself in All-Stars and it makes me look on her less fondly
Tasha was TRASH in Cambodia and it makes me see more through the lines on her Cagayan appearance and I don't stan her as much there
Dawn was so much worse in Caramoan but I didn't really stan her in SP anyway
Monica was worse in BvsW but I still love her One World incarnation
Skupin (no reason needed)
Jenna L.
Gervase!!! (He was diabolical in BvsW)

Some who weren't as good but I blame the editors:

Kelly Wigs, Brenda, Monica (Cambodia)
Kimmi was worse in Cambodia but partly due to editing and partly due to her being totally different to Australia

Tasha, most of the All Stars cast, people who completely fizzled out like Rob C and Yau-Man, most of the favourites in Caramoan as if they had any positive impression to tarnish in the first place, maybe Shirin?

Oh and Jonny Fairplay, which... yeah, let's forget his whole Micronesia stint ever happened shall we

Welp that was a wasted spot

Colby Donaldson: Massive individual competitor that was a shadow of himself on All Stars and an even bigger disappointment Heroes vs Villains.

Rupert Boneham: A likable guy on Seasons 6 and 7 becomes an useless and unlikable individual on Heroes vs Villains

Well I haven't always seen someone's first Survivor appearance before their second one but:

Ozzy in Micronesia (but he redeemed himself in South Pacific)
James in Micronesia/HvV (one of the best examples for this IMO because he just progressively got less entertaining / less likable but was GREAT in China)
Phillip in Caramoan
Ciera in Cambodia (kinda but still liked)
Peih-Gee in Cambodia
Shirin in Cambodia
Joe in Cambodia (he went from somewhat likable but pretty boring to a lot less likable and even more boring)
Stephen in Cambodia (kinda but still liked)

Most are from Cambodia :joker: But it is one of the few seasons with a full returning cast.

I tried to leave out people that regressed mainly only due to being an early boot... otherwise I'd include people I really liked that didn't leave that much of an impression in their return seasons like: Vytas, Yau-Man, Sugar, Fairplay, etc.

My post got deleted for somereason but I posted Phillip and James as well
-Andre kind of annoyed me her second run too but that was also cause she doesn't seem likeable outside of her first season either

Stephenie in Guatemala
Rupert each time he returned