[Macie Lightfoot]

Okay so this season was...... pretty good! Lulu is an all-time disaster tribe that was truly a sight to behold. That being said..... I think the season kinda peaked early? The tribe swap just kinda came at the wrong time and the post-merge was your usual New Era bullshit. I still think this was a much better season than the recent ones we've had, but New Era Survivor can only be so good and the edit still kinda didn't make sense in a lot of ways and we really didn't NEED 90 minute episodes so I'm still kinda fearful of the direction this franchise is taking

1. Katurah (A++++++++ backstory while also being funny and having a hilarious hatred for Bruce, wish she received a bigger and more prominent edit)
2. Dee (wish she received a more CPN accurate edit but I'm obsessed with this girlboss who just sits back and effortlessly commands everyone else and them just listening to her without any question or doubt?????)
3. Bruce (THIS being our single returnee lmaosdfja;lsdkfj such an unaware and oblivious disaster of a human being who really doesn't mean any harm but is sooooooo annoying to everyone he comes in contact with <3)
4. Brandon (maybe the worst Challenge performer of all time in 45 seasons which is a truly remarkable feat, but also fun and self-deprecating about it all!)
5. Hannah (quitting IMMEDIATELY because she misses nicotine and vaping <3 mom)
6. Emily (pre-swap Emily was ALL TIME............ but then she became a boring toneless gamebot and that makes me sad )
7. Jake (loveable hot himbo doofus who cried all the time and screamed in frustration when nothing ever went his way)
8. Julie (an underedited but fun mom who was somehow a big threat to win??? Wish we saw more of it!)
9. Sabiyah (didn't LOVE her but she was a fun early boot with hilarious arc with the wax Idol. She had potential)
10. Kellie (kinda boring and underedited but got fun towards her boot when she just complained about being unwillingly shackled to Bruce alol)
11. Kendra (a fun kooky gal but a little TOO in on the joke and tryhardy for me)
12. J. Maya (seemed to have potential but super underedited until she randomly decided to have a one-sided rivalry with Sifu)
13. Kaleb (nice guy but overedited and BORING so no thank you)
14. Sean (misread a TC so he pretended to quit bc he was missing some dick which lmfao?!?!?! but also kinda whiny and annoying lol)
15. Austin (advantages advantages advantages Idols Idols Idols Amulets Amulets Amulets)
16. Sifu (underedited but annoying and would just scream like a super saiyan every time he was on screen, no thank you))
17. Brando (tried to bond with Drew over Pokemon once and that's enough for red for me)
18. Drew (ANNOYING with his forced metaphors about the ****ing Sword of Damocles and the Ring of Gollum and bildungsroman just shut uppppppppp thank god we never got to meet ~Basile~)