[Cal.]

Just finished episode 8, after the merge - idk how to feel about Andrew Savage - it's odd that he was hyped up so much with editing yet went just before jury.

YAAASS @ Lil being back in the game, I love her so much and I'm glad she went with the Drakes in the end considering the Morgans did screw her over (altho justice for Tij - I hope they don't come for her)

1. Tijuana
2. Sandra
3. Christa
4. Lil
5. Rupert
6. Darrah
7. Ryan O
8. Burton
9. Jon

[Headie]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Tijuana, Sandra and Christa are the holy trinity

I can confirm this is true. Lil is also an icon.

[Cal.]

Noooo Tijuana</3 Going the night before ha birthday</3 Ugh I can't stand Jon he's vile - don't believe T got the boot. And she didn't promise Christa would be out next - it was a throwaway comment. I'm fumed Sandra and Christa believed him but I guess Christa thought she was the next out when it would have been Jon. (Also can't believe DARRAH of all people is the only one left from the 'Morgan alliance' - Lil wasn't in it)

1. Sandra
2. Christa
3. Lil
4. Darrah
5. Burton
6. Jon

[Cal.]

(And yeah it goes without saying the grandmother thing is VILE and it can't even be called 'good gameplay' it's just VILE)

[Cal.]

Finished episode 14, Lil taking Sandra to the final 3 Jon should have gone before Darrah IMHO but whatever. It worked out well in the end.

UGH I can't find the last episode </3

All the links that say they're for The Reunion are for 24 and idk why

[Cal.]

Pearl Islands:

AMAZING season Loved the outcasts twist, some amazing castaways and the dynamics in the final few episodes are amazing in the way the votes are so unpredictable and nothing seems set in stone until the actual castaway is eliminated at tribal council (even if I didn't like some of the results). LOVED IT

1. Sandra (QUEEN)
2. Tijuana
3. Christa
4. Lil
5. Rupert
6. Darrah
7. Trish
8. Michelle
9. Andrew
10. Osten
11. Nicole
12. Ryan O
13. Ryan S
14. Shawn
15. Burton
16. Jon

[Dominic]

That top 5 <3333

[Moosething]

Is Survivior: Redemption Island any good?

[Dominic]

Originally Posted by Moosething

Is Survivior: Redemption Island any good?

Worst reality TV season of all time

[Cal.]

[reece(:]

Originally Posted by Moosething

Is Survivior: Redemption Island any good?

The premerge is certainly watchable to see Hantz get owned but post merge is dire.

[Dominic]

Hantz getting pwnt is litteraly the only good thing of that season.

[Cal.]

Watched the first 2 episodes of Borneo today. It's really good and it's really interesting to sort of go back in time from Pearl Islands to Borneo and see how it all started (even though I've only seen the one season). It's good and it's nice to see them trying things out (like the way Jeff explains Tribal Council ect). So much drama still and it's interesting that there's more of a survival/group dynamic aspect so far compared to Pearl Islands which was focused a bit more on challenges.

1. Susan
2. Richard
3. Romona
4. Rudy
5. BB
6. Gretchen
7. Stacey
8. Gervase

The rest are in the second half of my rankings but I don't know them well enough to rank them properly.

[LukeB]

I miss my survivor watch

[reece(:]

Rewatching Gabon<3

[Braden]

Just finished watching Micronesia moments ago.

Holy ****, this season might have just surpassed Borneo as my favourite of all time, which is a hard feat to accomplish. It is near-flawless, and I am so pleased with the outcome. The Black Widow Brigade may be my favourite alliance in Survivor history and Amanda and Parvati are my favourite combination of people to make it to the final tribal council. It was fun to watch Parvati put herself on the map as one of the greatest players of all time, and it's made me so excited for Heroes vs. Villains. Especially since Parvati, Amanda and Cirie all come back...and James but w/e, I heard that particular appearance ruins his Survivor legacy, so I'm all for it in that case. I really got came to hate James by the end of this season.

There were so many great moments at tribal council this time around. Cirie vs. Penner, Amy's last plead (totally emotional ), Ozzy's blindside, Jason's blindside and Erik giving his immunity necklace to Natalie were all so exciting to watch.

The boot order definitely correlates to how good this season turned out because a lot of unlikable people went early (Mikey. B and Joel (moreso Joel)), as well as those who really weren't that interesting (Fairplay, Mary, Yau-Man). But there were also some gems in a cast full of already brilliant players (Tracy, Kathy & Jason ), and I know this may be an unpopular opinion but I really enjoyed Penner this time around. I know he probably would've annoyed me had he not been injured, but his story this time around was really fun to follow.

Such a fantastic season, and I'm glad Jeff gave it recognition as the best season to date as he read out the votes (even though he tends to do that a lot ). And may Natalie Bolton's jury question go down in history As well as the formation of the first fake idol, Eliza: "It's a ****ing stick!"

Cast ranking:

1) Parvati
2) Amanda
3) Natalie
4) Cirie
5) Ami
6) Eliza
7) Tracy
8) Kathy
9) Penner
10) Jason
11) Alexis
12) Chet
13) Erik
14) Ozzy
15) Fairplay
16) Yau-Man
17) Mary
18) Mikey
19) James
20) Joel

Seasons ranking:

1) Micronesia
2) Borneo
3) Pearl Islands
4) Vanuatu
5) China
6) The Amazon
7) Panama
8) Palau
9) Marquesas
10) Africa
11) The Australian Outback
12) All-Stars
13) Fiji
14) Guatemala
15) Cook Islands
16) Thailand

[Dominic]

Justice for Cirie!

[Braden]

Do we know if Cirie would've won had she been taken to final 2, or if it were a f3?

Jeff normally asks that sort of question at the reunion, but he seemed to avoid on this occassion.

[Headie]

Cirie definitely would've won

[Braden]

Gabon seems like such a good location.

Out of all the places they've been I'd definitely want to play in Gabon.

[Braden]

Fnished Gabon last night.

Cast ranking:
Sugar
Susie
Crystal
Randy
Dan
Gillian
Paloma
Kelly
Kenny
Jacquie
Matty
Bob
Michelle
GC
Marcus
Corrine
Charlie
Ace

Season ranking:
Micronesia
Borneo
Pearl Islands
Vanuatu
Amazon
China
Panama
Gabon
Palau
Marquesas
Africa
Australia
All Stars
Fiji
Guatemala
Cook Islands
Thailand

[Green Monster]

Agree with the poster above, re Gabon. Great setting for a great season. Along with Marquasas, Amazon, Vanuatu & China is one of the seasons I can put on anytime and will never get bored of it. I def love other seasons also, but those 5 I would say have watched at least 5/6 times each.

Have done so many rewatches of seasons over the years, well pre-Hantz era ones at least. Think all of the first 18 seasons I've watched at least twice since it's original airing, with the exception of Fiji - have only managed to drag myself back to watch that once since, lol.

Have had the pleasure of chatting with Susie Smith a couple of times from that season and she is such a genuinely nice lady.

Have only ever rewatched one season in the post Russell H era. And that was literally only just finished about a week ago: S25 Phillippines.

I always quite liked the season at the time, but as time went on I wanted to see if it stood up as genuinely good or if it was just a case of it seeming to be a good season because it came hot on the heels of 3/4 seasons of absolute crap, esp Redip**** Island, SP & OW. After all, anything that would follow those 3 seasons was going to seem good in comparison, but would it stack up over time?

My conclusion: yes!

It is a very solid and entertaining season from start to finish, with some terrific characters, ranging from the maddening to the insightful, well constructed storyarcs and (comparitively speaking in terms of modern Survivor) was well edited. One of the few seasons in the past 5/6 years that has been put together with craft and a bit of love.

Definitely worth the rewatch.

[rk3388]

Originally Posted by Braden

Fnished Gabon last night.

Cast ranking:
Sugar
Susie
Crystal
Randy
Dan
Gillian
Paloma
Kelly
Kenny
Jacquie
Matty
Bob
Michelle
GC
Marcus
Corrine
Charlie
Ace

Season ranking:
Micronesia
Borneo
Pearl Islands
Vanuatu
Amazon
China
Panama
Gabon
Palau
Marquesas
Africa
Australia
All Stars
Fiji
Guatemala
Cook Islands
Thailand

Gabon is definitely one of my favourites <3
Your ranking would be perfect if you replace Dan with Kenny and Matty

[Macie Lightfoot]

Nah the one who needs to be higher is KELLY

[Braden]

Finally resuming my Nicaragua watch after putting it off for about three weeks.

Episode 3 was so unbelievably boring aside from Naonka grappling the clue from Kelly and ruining the bananas I had to stop just to get over how dull it was, and I distinctly remember that episode being the reason I stopped watching Nicaragua whilst it was airing.