Survivor megathread

[MichaelM24]

This may be dangerous to post, as I don't want to be spoiled on anything, but I'm a long-time fan of Survivor. Grew up watching it with my parents up to a point.

Some years ago, I started watching the show from the first season, with plans to finally get up-to-date (the last season I remember watching live was One World, which was painful from my recollection), and just recently finished up Heroes vs. Villains (S20).

Might give brief thoughts on seasons 1-20 if anyone's interested.

Planning on starting up season 21 (Nicaragua) next time I have a decent chunk of time off work.

[Sol]

This may be dangerous to post, as I don't want to be spoiled on anything, but I'm a long-time fan of Survivor. Grew up watching it with my parents up to a point.

Some years ago, I started watching the show from the first season, with plans to finally get up-to-date (the last season I remember watching live was One World, which was painful from my recollection), and just recently finished up Heroes vs. Villains (S20).

Might give brief thoughts on seasons 1-20 if anyone's interested.

Planning on starting up season 21 (Nicaragua) next time I have a decent chunk of time off work.

Would be interested in hearing those takes!

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You have a pretty interesting road ahead! Some of the early 20s seasons are fairly rough (including 21 tbh), but the later 20s to early 30s is the strongest run in the show's history IMO. The later 30s are more hit or miss (and I would recommend outright skipping 39). I've been pretty tuned out of the show until pretty recently because of 39, but it seems like the 40s so far have been hit or miss as well.

If Nicaragua is a little too rough, here are seasons you haven't seen which could be a lot of fun:
-25: Breaks the run of weak seasons in the early 20s (I actually really like South Pacific but it's kind of an acquired taste) with fun and surprising stories and gameplay.
-27: Quite fun season with an unusual twist (pairs of relatives, one of whom are returning players).
-28: Probably the most popular season since Heroes vs. Villains. Really exciting and fun, very dynamic gameplay. Legendary among Survivor seasons, sort of a modern Pearl Islands.
-37: A standout season, fun characters and very memorable.

[7,052,770]

It looks like the next Australian season is going to be an Australia vs. USA all-star season. Wow!

My guess is that you won't see anyone who's a shoo-in for Survivor 50 (Carolyn, Yam-Yam, Maryanne, Jesse, Rick Devens, etc.) on it, so it will probably consist of legends from long ago if they can get them (Tyson? Boston Rob?) and notable New Era players who may not make the cut. Also, Australia has much more physical challenges in the pre-merge and values physical strength more. And certain players who've already burned bridges with US production and aren't likely to return could end up on the cast.

Here's me taking a random stab at the USA tribe (also note that Australia doesn't have a diversity mandate):
Men - Richard Hatch, Jonny Fairplay, Tyson, Jonathan (42), Hunter, Adam (33)
Women - Parvati, Sarah Lacina, Wentworth, Ciera, Erika, Cirie

Who knows though. I could easily be 0/12.

[MasterJedi]

Paging Harry in 3…2…1

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Paging Harry in 3…2…1

I'll say it for him:

PLAY YOUR IDOLS

[7,052,770]

Sorry I had to burst into flames for a while after watching the episode...

[Progressive Pessimist]

Sorry I had to burst into flames for a while after watching the episode...

BIG MISTAKE! BIG BIG MISTAKE!

(Sidenote: "BM" is an acronym for that-sums up the whole episode).

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Is this only the second time they’ve shown every voting confessional?

[100% pro-life no matter what]

I think I disagree with the jury's decision, but I think Kenzie played a really good social game.  I think Charlie's game was just slightly better.  However, even if it had been a tie, I think Ben might have gone with Kenzie (I'm still watching the reunion, so I don't know if it was addressed).

[Progressive Pessimist]

Honestly, Ben overestimating Liz and putting her in fire-making versus Kenzie, rather than Charlie, essentially screwed over Charlie. If the final three was Ben, Charlie, and Liz-I think Charlie wins in a landslide, maybe even sweeping. I also kind of feel cheated out of not getting to see how Liz would be in the final three.

As much as I was rooting for Charlie, Kenzie was still a deserving winner. Charlie still got $100,000 though, and can pay for one Taylor Swift concert with it.

Definitely the best post-40 season though overall, by a lot.