1. Borneo
2. Amazon
3. Pearl Islands
4. Marquesas
5. Heroes vs. Villains
6. San Juan del Sur
7. Panama
8. Micronesia
9. Gabon
10. Africa
11. Kaoh Rong
12. Vanuatu
13. China
14. Cagayan
---15. 42---
16. David vs. Goliath
17. Philippines
18. Nicaragua
19. The Australian Outback
20. Guatemala
21. Palau
22. South Pacific
23. Fiji
24. 41
25. Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers
26. Tocantins
27. Blood vs. Water
28. Edge of Extinction
29. Island of the Idols
30. Winners at War
31. Game Changers
32. Thailand
33. All-Stars
34. Worlds Apart
35. Samoa
36. Caramoan
37. Cambodia
38. Cook Islands
39. One World
40. Millennials vs. Gen X
41. Ghost Island
42. Redemption Island
The unthinkable has happened --- a modern season of Survivor has A) finished in green, B) cracked my top 15! As I said in another thread, this season has been good and fun and VERY refreshing. It's still modern Survivor, but the twists aren't quite as suffocating as in most previous seasons, the edit was largely balanced and nuanced, and while there wasn't one individual I loved as an all-time favorite, the cast as a whole is greater than the sum of its parts because these people had very interesting dynamics with each other and bounced off of each other very well. I can't believe that this show tricked me into actually getting excited about it again, but here we are? Here's to hoping The New Era can continue to give us more seasons like this because realistically I think it's about as good as it's ever going to get again.
Other changes:
-Marquesas randomly jumped up from #10 to #4?! The more I think about it the more I realize I was criminally underrating the season at #10, it's so damn good
-swapped China and Cagayan just because
-also swapped Fiji and 41 just because
-changed my bottom yellow rankings from WaW>IotI>EoE>GC to EoE>IoTI>WaW>GC because Winners at War really ages worse over time
