[JerseyWins]

Adam
Amber
Ben
Danni
Denise
Ethan
Jeremy
Kim
Michele
Natalie
Nick
Parvati
Rob
Sandra
Sarah
Sophie
Tony
Tyson
Wendell
Yul

[MB.]

Post-premiere:

Michele (the editors protecting her after she ended up on the wrong side of the votes by completely editing her out of the first hour, before setting her up for a redemption storyline culminating in her sweeping the jury and removing Aubry Bracco's name from the fabric of the universe once and for all? Winchele At War is truly off to a flying start!)
Danni (imagine waiting fifteen years to get back on Survivor and your first shot is of you falling arse over tit out of a speedboat )
Sophie (so far, Sophierce)
Ethan (king of keeping this male cast afloat!)
Kim (I knew there was a paranoid mess waiting to be unearthed beneath the CP exterior )
Sandra (I ought to be more pumped about Sandra Diaz-Twine having an idol and voting out her biggest target by day three, but unfortunately Island of the Idols killed most of that. Well, that and the pre-game interview she gave about wanting to vote out all of the women. Still, queen stays queen etc etc)
Parvati
Jeremy
Denise
Tony
Nick
Wendell
Yul
Tyson
Sarah
Adam (sucks)
Ben (sucks)
Boston Rob (sucks, and somehow can't give a natural-sounding confessional to save his life despite this being his sixth(!) season???)

Natalie
Amber

[MB.]

Originally Posted by MB.

Post-premiere:

Michele (the editors protecting her after she ended up on the wrong side of the votes by completely editing her out of the first hour, before setting her up for a redemption storyline culminating in her sweeping the jury and removing Aubry Bracco's name from the fabric of the universe once and for all? Winchele At War is truly off to a flying start!)
Danni (imagine waiting fifteen years to get back on Survivor and your first shot is of you falling arse over tit out of a speedboat )
Sophie (so far, Sophierce)
Ethan (king of keeping this male cast afloat!)
Kim (I knew there was a paranoid mess waiting to be unearthed beneath the CP exterior )
Sandra (I ought to be more pumped about Sandra Diaz-Twine having an idol and voting out her biggest target by day three, but unfortunately Island of the Idols killed most of that. Well, that and the pre-game interview she gave about wanting to vote out all of the women. Still, queen stays queen etc etc)
Parvati
Jeremy
Denise
Tony
Nick
Wendell
Yul
Tyson
Sarah
Adam (sucks)
Ben (sucks)
Boston Rob (sucks, and somehow can't give a natural-sounding confessional to save his life despite this being his sixth(!) season???)

Natalie
Amber

Post-swap:

Michele #NewSeasonWhoDis
Sophie
Parvati
Tony
Sandra
Kim
Yul
Nick
Sarah
Wendell
Denise
Jeremy
Ben
Adam

Ethan
Natalie
Danni
Tyson
Amber
Rob

[Wojtek]

1. Sandra
2. Parvati
3. Michele
4. Sarah
5. Tony
6. Jeremy
7. Sophie
8. Yul
9. Rob
10. Kim
11. Nick
12. Denise
13. Wendell
14. Ben
15. Adam

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1. Natalie
2. Amber
3. Danni
4. Ethan
5. Tyson

[Jigs]

EPISODE 1

1. Parvati
2. Sandra
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3. Ethan
4. Denise
5. Sophie
6. Wendell
7. Tony
8. Tyson
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9. Danni
10 Jeremy
11. Natalie
12. Yul
13. Amber
14. Michele
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15. Kim
16. Ben
17. Nick
18. Rob
-
19. Adam
20. Sarah

[Jigs]

EPISODE 2

1. Parvati (-) - The queen stays evading certain elimination, so on-trend for her tbqh Her trajectory is going to be such an uphill battle but I'm here for her and I'll be rooting for her to make it as far as possible (mainly because I know, somehow, she can talk her way out of anything!)
2. Tony (+5) - Happy-go-lucky, comedic relief Tony is my favourite incarnation of Tony tbh. He's goofy and likable, a very good strategy for him considering his abrasive and intimidating gameplay in his first two tries. I want to see him on the same tribe as Boston Rob.
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3. Sophie (+2) - Imagine my shock when I realised I was starting to stan Sophie? She's cutthroat and conniving yet also has that rootability factor because she seems so put together and like she knows what she's doing so it makes me believe that she knows what she's doing and I love that.
4. Sandra (-2) - She'll always be one of my faves. I can't wait for her showdown with Boston Rob, which the editing is definitely pointing towards. I have an unholy feeling she'll get swapfcked a la Game Changers though :/
5. Denise (-1) - Crafty queen managing to conceal the special idol after being forced to tip out ha bag at Tribal Council! Her loyalties at this time are questionable but I'm rooting for her to go really far. I think she could win this.
6. Jeremy (+4) - He's definitely coming for Parvati sooner rather than later, but I love his somewhat default alliance with Michele and I think they are in a great position. Also, I stan him being able to whip out that advantage and trot back to camp if he's ever the target. Imagine the last-minute chaos!
7. Michele (+7) - Her lack of screentime is blasphemous but she's level-headed and keeping a low profile, which I don't blame her for. I have got a feeling she'll go far this season but a lack of power moves on her part will make her trajectory all too similar to Kaoh Rong.
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8. Ethan (-5) - He seems bamboozled by the style of play this season but I'm glad he was taken under Rob's wing. I'll never expect any extravagant strategic gameplay from Ethan but I enjoy his presence regardless!
9. Tyson (-1) - In the right circumstances I can see Tyson taking control of this game. Unfortunately, he's on the outs of the tribe that won immunity so we weren't shown much of him this episode. I love him in general though.
10. Kim (+5) - Messss @ her entrusting Sophie with the other half of her idol and Sophie secretly throwing it back in her face. She's desperately trying to get some pull in the game but will she ever recover from this? Idk. It seems to me like she'll always be a bit of a spare part.
11. Adam (+8) - I like him and they're pushing his "funny" moments this season. However, like Denise, his loyalties are questionable and he's literally a couple of moves away from ruining this whole season...
12. Rob (+6) - His ability to coerce people is mesmerising. I am shooketh that Sele are allowing him to run the tribe and call the shots. I admire his gameplay massively, but at the same time I also can't wait for him to be voted off!
13. Yul (-1) - In a game full of interesting and dynamic players, Yul has been way too passive to make too much of an impact. I hope he breaks out of his shell more but, judging from the current composition of his tribe & the overall dynamics, I see him being Sophie's whipping boy this season, and nothing more.
14. Wendell (-8) - Barely saw him this episode with that INV1 edgic but I do like Wendell and he'd be much higher if he actually featured in the story this episode. I do believe he will be instrumental in deciding whether his alliance with Yul/Sophie/Nick chooses to side with Tyson(...and Kim?) or Sandra and the cops.
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15. Danni (-6) - Her random blowup this episode In all honesty, I'm not sad to see her go because she was targeting Parvati due to her own insecurity in the tribe. Choices! @ her spreading Parvati's name around the tribe instead of just going to speak to her and brush things over.
16. Sarah (+4) - She didn't grate on me this episode but I still don't ******* with Sarah. I want her out because I think Cops R Us is going to harm Tony's game and I don't want Sarah to outlast him again!
17. Nick (-) - Literally who? Unless Nick starts bringing it thick and fast I'm really going to be resentful of the fact that we got Nick on the cast over iconic male winners such as Fabio, Cochran or Richard Hatch.
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18. Ben (-2) - He's the dumb idiot of this season and I don't mean that in an insulting way but, whether deliberately or not, he's positioned himself as the jester figure of Sele. Unfortunately, this means no-one trusts him, nor do they believe that he has the capacity to withhold ANY secret information whatsoever. The fact he almost got randomly booted today shows his days are numbered.

[JerseyWins]

Oh right, so I forgot to even add mine

1. Tony (just not even close, he stole the show)
2. Parvati (like Tony, a ton of entertaining/charismatic confessionals)
3. Sandra (Sandra is Sandra, she can't go wrong for me at this point)
4. Rob (overall idk what to think of him on returnee seasons but he was excellent in the scenes with Parvati for sure)
5. Jeremy (solid)
6. Wendell (solid)
7. Kim (her edit was a MESS which is funny after how cool, calm, collected her entire first season was )
8. Ben (so dumb but eh I still found it to be funny/entertaining enough; at the same time I wouldn't mind seeing him go early lol)
9. Michele (good but hardly any airtime; she don't need to be carried bro)
10. Natalie (likable but practically invisible until she was out of the game)
11. Sophie (pleeeasant surprise, I actually mildly liked her)
12. Tyson (I seriously want to like him more than I do but it seems to not come together too well he had a decent moment or two tho)
13. Denise (meh)
14. Amber (meh)
15. Ethan (he seems soooo different, no strong opinions at all just another meh)
16. Danni (meh)
17. Nick (meh)
18. Sarah (meh)
19. Yul (drywall that has equations all over it)
20. Adam (legit the only person I found consistently annoying on premiere when I think about it now)

Pretty much judging on just this premiere, although there's also some pre-biases for sure. Ngl I gotta give a MEH to most of the cast on that premiere and I like a lot of them on past history

[JerseyWins]

Won't even bother with a new ranking cause it's about the same and a ton of the cast didn't even get any airtime. But basically, Kim & Ben improved further & Danni got worse... I'm pretty glad that she went, I liked her in Guatemala but she was just weird on this season. Tyson in blue, I guess I "like" him so far & he's great on twitter so that helps.

OH and Sarah boosted a bit. HERE for a Cops R Us Reunion

[JerseyWins]

Originally Posted by JerseyWins

Oh right, so I forgot to even add mine

1. Tony (just not even close, he stole the show)
2. Parvati (like Tony, a ton of entertaining/charismatic confessionals)
3. Sandra (Sandra is Sandra, she can't go wrong for me at this point)
4. Rob (overall idk what to think of him on returnee seasons but he was excellent in the scenes with Parvati for sure)
5. Jeremy (solid)
6. Wendell (solid)
7. Kim (her edit was a MESS which is funny after how cool, calm, collected her entire first season was )
8. Ben (so dumb but eh I still found it to be funny/entertaining enough; at the same time I wouldn't mind seeing him go early lol)
9. Michele (good but hardly any airtime; she don't need to be carried bro)
10. Natalie (likable but practically invisible until she was out of the game)
11. Sophie (pleeeasant surprise, I actually mildly liked her)
12. Tyson (I seriously want to like him more than I do but it seems to not come together too well he had a decent moment or two tho)
13. Denise (meh)
14. Amber (meh)
15. Ethan (he seems soooo different, no strong opinions at all just another meh)
16. Danni (meh)
17. Nick (meh)
18. Sarah (meh)
19. Yul (drywall that has equations all over it)
20. Adam (legit the only person I found consistently annoying on premiere when I think about it now)

1. Tony
2. Sandra
3. Parvati
4. Rob (ranking him this high but like I kinda don't care if he goes so it's weird)
5. Ben (same as Rob and he might just be better than Rob right now but I have more Rob bias )
6. Sarah (love Cops R Us, she's at her best in that duo)
7. Wendell
8. Jeremy
9. Michele
10. Tyson
11. Kim
12. Sophie
13. Nick (how delayed was his flight to Fiji?)
14. Ethan
15. Denise
16. Yul
17. Adam

Tony killing it. Sandra's hilarious with minimal content which is just... what she does when she's on this show. It's a shame Denise is so far down who I'm rooting for this season, but she's just "meh" to me rn (same with Ethan, same with InvisiNick). It's just a solid group of winners and no one's being painfully unlikable - even Yul or Adam.

[JerseyWins]

Originally Posted by JerseyWins

1. Tony
2. Sandra
3. Parvati
4. Rob (ranking him this high but like I kinda don't care if he goes so it's weird)
5. Ben (same as Rob and he might just be better than Rob right now but I have more Rob bias )
6. Sarah (love Cops R Us, she's at her best in that duo)
7. Wendell
8. Jeremy
9. Michele
10. Tyson
11. Kim
12. Sophie
13. Nick (how delayed was his flight to Fiji?)
14. Ethan
15. Denise
16. Yul
17. Adam

1. Tony
2. Sandra
3. Parvati
4. Rob (the Buddy System needs a Philip Sheppard </3 I'd say this was Rob's 3rd best season of 5)
5. Wendell
6. Sarah
7. Ben
8. Jeremy
9. Nick
10. Michele
11. Kim
12. Sophie (she's getting a bit meh but still not annoying at all compared to her first season!)
13. Yul (great episode for Yul but I still find him painfully boring)
14. Denise
15. Adam

For some reason I'm barely LOVING or HATING anyone on this season GREAT swap episode tho, love the new dynamics

[JerseyWins]

Originally Posted by JerseyWins

1. Tony
2. Sandra
3. Parvati
4. Rob (the Buddy System needs a Philip Sheppard </3 I'd say this was Rob's 3rd best season of 5)
5. Wendell
6. Sarah
7. Ben
8. Jeremy
9. Nick
10. Michele
11. Kim
12. Sophie (she's getting a bit meh but still not annoying at all compared to her first season!)
13. Yul (great episode for Yul but I still find him painfully boring)
14. Denise
15. Adam

For some reason I'm barely LOVING or HATING anyone on this season GREAT swap episode tho, love the new dynamics

Haven't updated in a while:

1. Tony (A LION that's about to tear these people apart post-merge!)
2. Ben (tbh a weak #2 spot but Ben has been solidly goofy all season long )
3. Sarah (honestly it's mostly just for Cops R Us but this is Sarah's best installment yet - I was very mixed on her through both Cagayan & Game Changers but I always ended up leaning towards disliking her by the end, we'll see this time)
4. Jeremy (nowhere near as good as Cambodia Jeremy but he's solid enough still)
5. Kim (she's really confirming my liking for her as someone I did originally like but was never all that sure on because of the boring steamroll win - pretty fun yet still strategic this season)
6. Wendell (maybe as high as #4 tho, lowkey finding his cocky heel turn pretty entertaining )
7. Nick (still decent but meh/less visible version of DvG Nick)
8. Sophie (still way better than her last season but that's not saying much)
9. Michele (I'll take Kaoh Rong Winchele over this one - it's a tad on the nauseating side at times)
10. Denise (meh whatever, disappointing after I liked her a lot in Philippines </3)
11. Adam (Stacey nooooooooooo! )

Yul probably either above or below Michele. Actually a pretty tragic boot order now because of the Rob-Parvati-Sandra boots. But #AnyoneButTony

[JerseyWins]

Originally Posted by JerseyWins

Haven't updated in a while:

1. Tony (A LION that's about to tear these people apart post-merge!)
2. Ben (tbh a weak #2 spot but Ben has been solidly goofy all season long )
3. Sarah (honestly it's mostly just for Cops R Us but this is Sarah's best installment yet - I was very mixed on her through both Cagayan & Game Changers but I always ended up leaning towards disliking her by the end, we'll see this time)
4. Jeremy (nowhere near as good as Cambodia Jeremy but he's solid enough still)
5. Kim (she's really confirming my liking for her as someone I did originally like but was never all that sure on because of the boring steamroll win - pretty fun yet still strategic this season)
6. Wendell (maybe as high as #4 tho, lowkey finding his cocky heel turn pretty entertaining )
7. Nick (still decent but meh/less visible version of DvG Nick)
8. Sophie (still way better than her last season but that's not saying much)
9. Michele (I'll take Kaoh Rong Winchele over this one - it's a tad on the nauseating side at times)
10. Denise (meh whatever, disappointing after I liked her a lot in Philippines </3)
11. Adam (Stacey nooooooooooo! )

Yul probably either above or below Michele. Actually a pretty tragic boot order now because of the Rob-Parvati-Sandra boots. But #AnyoneButTony

1. Tony
2. Ben (still a weak #2 spot ngl)
3. Jeremy
4. Kim (maybe in green, I'm really liking Kim on this season, still likable but also a bit more entertaining now)
5. Sarah
6. Tyson
7. Nick
8. Michele
9. Denise
10. Sophie

Michele-Denise-Sophie is a tough one to rank. Just meh. Sophie gave me some slight South Pacific vibes this episode so she's last for now but I could probably go at least above Denise in hindsight.

[caprimint]

1) Adam - as amazing as I remember him being <3
2) Ben - so funny and I'd love to see him float his way through to the finale
3) Denise - like her friendship with Adam so far
4) Nick - seems cute and down to earth guy
5) Amber - enjoyed her, feisty and knows her ****
6) Ethan - good vibes
7) Yul - interesting, has a lot of potential
8) Wendell - probably gonna add a bit of fun/light-heartedness to the show
9) Kim - sweet girl
10) Sophie - sweet girl 2.0
11) Parvati - interesting
12) Tyson - nice guy
13) Tony - entertaining I guess
14) Rob - overrated but brings the drama
15) Michele - don't remember her tbh
16) Jeremy - smart guy but just don't like his aura
17) Danni - reminds me of Janice Dickinson
18) Sarah - irrelevant but low bc she has connections to Sandra
19) Natalie - annoying as ever
20) Sandra - literally cannot stand her

[Matthew.]

Originally Posted by caprimint

5) Amber - enjoyed her, feisty and knows her ****

Are you sure you’re thinking of the right person lol

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by Matthew.

Are you sure you’re thinking of the right person lol

Yeah? I mean at tribal council she came across that way. You could see she was ready to COME for Sandra

[JerseyWins]

Originally Posted by caprimint

2) Ben - so funny and I'd love to see him float his way through to the finale

4) Nick - seems cute and down to earth guy

13) Tony - entertaining I guess

20) Sandra - literally cannot stand her

2) Yessss Ben's goofy ass is getting way too much hate from people. He actually reminded me of Sam Smith in that premiere. Just me?

4) Ahhh Nick was pretty solid in his first season but I didn't see much from him in this premiere. I'm sure you'd love his last season, definitely your type, good ol' country boy

13) You GUESS?

20)

Originally Posted by caprimint

Bit sexist of you there to disregard Yul and Wendell like that

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by JerseyWins

2) Yessss Ben's goofy ass is getting way too much hate from people. He actually reminded me of Sam Smith in that premiere. Just me?

4) Ahhh Nick was pretty solid in his first season but I didn't see much from him in this premiere. I'm sure you'd love his last season, definitely your type, good ol' country boy

13) You GUESS?

20)

Yasss I thought you might like Ben

And Nick is so cute. He reminds me of like an American version of a British posh boy or something

Tony was the most entertaining of the show probably, but then that's not saying much

[Macie Lightfoot]

Of all the laughable parts of caprimint’s list, and trust me there are a lot, how have you all overlooked sweet girl Sophie Clarke?

[JerseyWins]

Originally Posted by Macie Lightfoot

Of all the laughable parts of caprimint’s list, and trust me there are a lot, how have you all overlooked sweet girl Sophie Clarke?

She was a sweet girl on this episode

[Matthew.]

1. Sandra
2. Ethan (Was a lot better than I previously remembered!)
3. Parvati
4. Sophie
5-19. Everyone else
20. Boston Rob

[JerseyWins]

Originally Posted by Matthew.

1. Sandra
2. Ethan (Was a lot better than I previously remembered!)
3. Parvati
4. Sophie
5-19. Everyone else
20. Boston Rob

I gotta say @ you & Stacey not feeling Boston Rob... I ranked him #4 but that's a lot to do with being hopeful from liking him in certain past seasons. Plus that one scene with Parvati laughing about how they're the biggest targets & don't even feel worried

He wasn't thrilling that episode overall (almost no one was) and he can be very hit or miss for me

[Matthew.]

Originally Posted by JerseyWins

I gotta say @ you & Stacey not feeling Boston Rob... I ranked him #4 but that's a lot to do with being hopeful from liking him in certain past seasons. Plus that one scene with Parvati laughing about how they're the biggest targets & don't even feel worried

He wasn't thrilling that episode overall (almost no one was) and he can be very hit or miss for me

Boston Rob’s just not been my cup of tea so far lol. But I get why you like him and I was actually shocked to find out he wasn’t your all time favourite

Parvati was a mix of the episode and reputation and Sophie seemed fun on the episode!

[caprimint]

Because everybody else agrees with me obviously

[caprimint]

I'd guess that Jersey's faves would be Tony & Ben tbh

[Jigs]

I think I would like Rob a lot more if he was genuinely better at the game. This is his fifth time playing and he's made FTC twice; impressive, yes, but his trajectory in Survivor doesn't really match the trajectories of players like Sandra/Parvati/Russell/Amanda, which are all pretty objective in their impressiveness.

To me, Rob is more similar to people like Kelley, Aubry, Malcolm or Joe. They are all three-time players who have done well most of the time but who haven't managed to prove that they can use their cunning/wit to overcome situations in the same sort of way that players like the aforementioned four.

I'm not saying Rob isn't a great of all time. He is. But I have never understood this narrative that Rob is one of the best strategic gameplayers because his Redemption Island win was questionable and he got slayed early in Marquesas and HvV for being a social outcast OR by getting complacent and not covering his bases enough. Parvati's played three times, only ever been voted out once and has never placed lower than 6th. Sandra won the game twice by using strategies that prioritised her ultimate survival above her (un)willingness to work with certain people who she did not personally like. Russell dominated his first two seasons despite his abrasive personality, was never voted out until his third season and was merely a victim of his own notoriety at the time of Redemption Island. Amanda Kimmel cemented herself as one of the strongest members of the dominant majority alliance on all three of her original tribes and played over 100 days of Survivor before ever getting her torch snuffed.