Failed Idol Plays That Were Good Strategy

These immunity idol plays should have worked.
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[@tha_mau5]

Now we need successful idol plays that were bad strategy.

[@williamrauschenberg8383]

Or stupid moves that nonetheless worked

[@AustinNotTexas]

karishma's

[@roger_towny_jr]

​@williamrauschenberg8383 Like Mike Holloway voteing for Rodney over Mamma C at the final 4 because he, "didn't want to bring another goat with him to the end," But the reality was Rodney was actually the bigger jury threat of the two?

[@geroge9915]

​@@roger_towny_jr Rodney was also a goat though so doesn't really matter

[@tylerhanson1463]

Denise in WAW

[@Quetzal00358]

So I started a rewatch of Cagayan and it’s rained a lot more than I remember it raining. It made me think a video ranking the ten hardest seasons of Survivor would be very interesting

[@TheLoserface45]

That’s be cool. Marquesas and Kaoh Rong would definitely be up there. Also, I’m rewatching DvG rn and the weather flips wildly between sweltering hot to torrential downpour in the first half of the season.

[@XanderMatthews-nv9zf]

It actually didn’t rain once in Tyson’s winning season Blood vs Water

[@loganarnoldkicks4321]

@@TheLoserface45 I think Africa also deserves a spot considering they had to keep watch at night to make sure they weren't eaten by lions as well as having pretty much a large puddle as their water source

[@jaymills817]

Guatemala has to be the toughest. That hike through the jungle was brutal

[@roger_towny_jr]

Top 5 off the top of my head... Guatemala Africa Thailand Koh Rong Marquesus

[@TheLoserface45]

I LOVE the S43 strategic use of the advantages. I’ll never get over how both Noelle and Jesse used the Steal a vote and idol respectively in non-conventional ways!

[@IdoledOut]

Totally agree! 43 had a lot of creative plays post-merge

[@Lethimcookfr]

Idc what people say Danny’s impression is so corny that it always makes me laugh in a good way. 😂

[@PingPongMan3377]

Hawk Tuah girl has been mysteriously absent these past few months, maybe your wish will come true

[@IdoledOut]

I even wrote this script before she mysteriously disappeared #manifesting 🌠

[@XanderMatthews-nv9zf]

5:58 Michael sounds so soulless and bereft of life while reading his production fed lines

[@synyster5469]

Great video, as always! Another plus for adams idol save on Hannah in MvGX is that he also “steals wills thunder” that will clearly wanted from making a big move by flipping in the first place. Will did make the move but adams idol play overshadowed it

[@thefoxoflaurels3437]

Adam plays well fourth-dimensionally. He thinks about stuff a lot of players don't.

[@vaporterra]

That final 7 round at 44 was also disastrous for Jamie and Lauren because Heidi was unwilling to work with them at 6

[@KartoffelHundin]

I feel like Katurah would have told the Rebas about that plan if Jake told her

[@darthjam1536]

You should 100% make a video on ways idols were used creatively, like Jesse’s idol play, Yul’s idol flashing, Todd giving his idol to James, ETC

[@shnrmn]

I feel like if Jake told Katurah, she would leak it and turn the vote on Jake.

[@brokenpikachu9491]

Probably not considering she was the one who approached him with the Dee plan. Especially if he straight up says he’d play it on her. On top of that, she goes into a final 4 against 3 people who were solidly working together from day 1

[@evkettel1949]

You would think so, but it feels that Katurah would constantly leak information that would have benefited her game kept to herself and used to push her forward rather than get dragged as a number.

[@ashen_roses]

​@@evkettel1949so the logic here is "I don't respect her so she automatically would do the worst move"

[@evkettel1949]

@@ashen_roses no the logic here is that Katurah seemingly would get in her own way a lot of the time. Like the logical move would be to up end the Reba 4 earlier but instead she was continuously insistent on taking out numbers that would have been more open to taking her all the way.

[@aleczavala5010]

PSA for any future Survivor players watching this: If you’re on the bottom, have an idol and decide to reveal it publicly in an attempt to scare the majority into flipping, DON’T reveal who you’re targeting! Instead, let them eat each other and come to you.

[@reubenmanzo2054]

David playing his idol for Tarzan in Australian Survivor: All Stars fits as well.

[@giovanniorellana2200]

If there's anyone that can talk about Idols.....

[@IdoledOut]

Ironically talking about a bunch of players who specifically were not idoled out

[@tylerhaggerty4805]

Completely forgot about the DvG scenario. The details of it anyway. That a successful minority split vote victory is not remembered as the best actual strategic play in this show feels almost criminal. It truly was the slingshot at Goliath.

[@aaronrudolph8843]

At final 6 of Survivor 44, Heidi also dropped the ball. Lauren was immune, if she tells Jamie and Lauren to vote together with her, then plays the idol on herself, they force a 3-3 on Jamie and whichever Tika they want, and force the Tikas to flip on the revote as will only be Tikas in the future rock draw. In that scenario, if it ends up as a final 3 of Heidi, Jamie and Lauren, who wins?

[@XanderMatthews-nv9zf]

@@aaronrudolph8843 Lauren probably wins handily in this final 3 surprisingly

[@esinger23]

The Romeo tier of irrelevance 😂🙈

[@ashen_roses]

Oh God I was really hoping you weren't gonna subject us to the traumatizing Deniro impression. That shit is next to Charlie screaming TAYLOR SWIFT at a challenge in regards to things that assure I'll never be able to fully appreciate them

[@RA-hx9uc]

Dee is still the most dominant winner since Tony in WAW. She was in the drivers seat from the jump. Loved watching her perfect, winning game.

[@adamzmuda5419]

Recently, I pictured something interesting in regards to Jeff Probst and the show Total Drama. Last year I read a large fanfic where characters of various shows/games/movies competed (with the total being over 70 players) ranging from Nickelodeon characters like Spongebob, Patrick and Squidward to Adult Swim characters like Huey and Riley from The Boondocks. If there was ever a multiverse season, I would picture Jeff getting cast on one of the three teams and Chris would be clearly jealous of another host who`s more respected being on his island. Also, Jeff would`nt have gotten far (mainly due to his real hosting duties being the meta reason why he couldn`t stay long in the line recording process) and would`ve been an early boot after his team wins a challenge or two and he survives one prior bonfire ceremony. (I pictured the challenge he lost his team involved answering random questions to reach a goal, with a wrong answer getting someone electrocuted by eels, and Johnny Fairplay would`ve appeared in a cameo via TV monitor giving the question that Probst`s incorrect answer cost his team the win. After he leaves the game, Probst would`ve then gotten back at Fairplay by dropping a box of electric eels on him from above, as a drone takes away the eliminated contestants like the most recent Total Drama season).

[@roweyurboat573]

Randy's idol play would have been epic if it was actually a real idol , lol

[@freddytang2128]

Lol Adam's idol play deserve to be number 1 on this list. I mean objectively speaking, if you were there that night, you would probably also assume Will is not flipping. Why would anyone flip when Ken absurdly betrayed them in the most ridiculous fashion. I feel like 9 out of 10 people in Will's position, would have stayed with their majority that vote

[@nalgenestickers]

3 of the least threatening people to ever exist 😭😭😭

[@hotflamerunners]

I’m just happy to see you

[@tmm4195]

Jake’s plan failing was fully 100% Katurah’s fault. There was no reason for that plan to fail nor any logical reason for Katurah to vote Julie. That’s exactly what happens when you have players like Katurah that play safe and sit on their hands. People like Dee get easy wins when in reality her going at 5 should’ve been an easy vote

[@chriskelly6019]

Dee is overrated

[@summationgathering]

It's hard for me to give credit to Michael here because from exit press, it seems pretty clear the other three Malolos knew Naviti was voting for Brendan and the reason they did so was because they knew Michael would never play an idol on a man because he openly wanted to be the hero to pick up women after the show.

[@ThexJohnxSmithxShow]

I think Malcolm and Reynold in Caramoan should have made this list. It only didn’t work because of the switch to Michael at the last second

[@IdoledOut]

This was definitely a good play for Malcolm

[@itacryan]

If possible, do the top five least and/or most iconic final threes. On day 39 and/or 26.

[@catpat4754]

Never thought I would hearhawk tuah in a survivor video lol

[@zachfunk167]

amazing video idea!!!!💚💚

[@liamsalama3868]

It’s so interesting because Will was so hidden for most of the season, despite being the youngest to ever play. When I first watched him I was rooting for him to win, but him being so young clearly bit him in the ass

[@ASG-nm4cz]

I know he knew it wasn't going to work and it was the last time you can use it but I'd also say Jesse's idol play on himself. Part of pulling that Cody move was he knew he had this one. Carla had a broken hand for fire and Jesse just did an amazing move in front of the jury so they should have voted Jesse since they didn't know he had this idol.

[@daliretoncho]

We all know if Jake had told Katurah he’s using the idol on her, Katurah then goes and turns it around on Jake and gets him voted out.

[@Brittleness]

Great video!

[@BlamoFilmz]

Katurah is such a bad player, i'll never forgive her for screwing up jake's plan 😂

[@IdoledOut]

TBF I think the plan was really botched by both of them. They both had the right idea but absolutely zero trust in one another

[@popmans9999]

That was just terrible. This makes me for a Jake return.

[@BlamoFilmz]

@@popmans9999 Exactly. Like, put Jake on a season with people who actually want to play!

[@squeakyelbows]

Request: Players who returned immediately (Like Amanda in 15/16, Russell in 19/20 etc.).

[@Oddnationkingsandqueen]

I'm here early, my predictions still haven't been completely debunked yet

[@SovietWaffles]

Ironically I think Jesse getting Karla to burn her idol was bad strategy, so I think it doesn't belong on this list twice 😤

[@IdoledOut]

Personally I still think it was his best option in that spot, but I definitely understand why people don't!

[@prateekbhattacharya5067]

@@IdoledOut I think Jesse needs Karla in the final 4 to go against her in firemaking, so it would be better for him to let Karla save herself at final 5 with her idol (while Jesse protects himself with Jeanine's idol as well), and Cassidy is voted out in that spot.

[@SovietWaffles]

@ this is way too reasonable for armchair shotcalling. It's throwing me off!

[@danielcphotography957]

That F5 round on 45 makes me so mad!

[@leatherneck225]

I have to disagree with you about Jake's decision not to tell Katurah that he was playing the idol on her: if he had told her I believe she 100% turns on him and tells the others he has an idol and tries to target him. She was one of the most irrational players ever to play the game. I don't blame Jake at all for not telling her. I don't remember specifics but I'm pretty sure I recall her actively trying to screw him over the entire game, and I feel like she had already "snitched" on him once or twice up to that point. If Jake tells Katurah and then she blabs to everybody "Jake has an idol" then we're all calling Jake an idiot for telling her.

[@IdoledOut]

I do think it would have been a calculated risk for Jake to tell Katurah about the idol play, but what makes me lean towards her not blowing up Jake's spot is that targeting Dee was Katurah's plan to begin with

[@maximeloon]

Yeah, but then we're also calling Katurah an idiot because in that scenario she's willfully going into final 4 with three Reba members who are in a tight alliance and want her gone. Even for a player like Katurah, I think she could've easily realized why this would've been a bad idea and side with Jake, someone who has little to no shot of winning the game.

[@mutemapmaker6357]

Hawk tuah would be wild

[@EzraDair]

I’m really confused are these good plays or almost good plays 😂

[@cooperwilk4255]

do you always respond to this many comments? it’s kind of fun

[@booshbear]

your comment about Kellyn lmfao

[@UnbreakableBloke]

Ahhh. Kellyn seems to be a nice person but she should have never played Survivor ever!

[@katal003]

danny is one of my least favorite new era players almost exclusively for two reasons: he voted for heidi for whatever reason, and the de niro impression. awful.

[@IdoledOut]

Heidi was his #1 so I respect the loyalty. The de Niro impression though....

[@VivanLaMNWA]

I think that this moment and the “playing with the boys” scene from S45 are the lows for Survivor in the new era for me lol.

[@Quetzal00358]

I mean Heidi was his number one ally. It'd make sense why he would vote for her

[@logansmith2703]

I'd 100% call Jesse scaring Karla into playing hers a failure. Sure he succeeded in doing it, but I think it directly lead to him losing the game.

[@jackjackjackjackjack2112]

8:41 u know what yea

[@ShelbyCannon-n5s]

I would love to see a top ten ranking of the best players taken out at final 4/3!

[@brooklyn85108]

This made me randomly wonder what would happen if the idol nullifier was played against a player who played two idols. Would both idols be nullified? I feel like that’s a bit overpowered. Would the idol that negated the most votes be nullified?

[@scdwolfboy]

The nullifier, if I remember correctly, was played against somebody who had the idol played on them, not necessarily the person who played it. Sure, both times the nullifier came into play it was someone playing an idol on themselves, but that's beside the point. If someone else had been the one to play an idol on Dan or Janet, instead of themselves, it still would've nullified that idol.

[@XanderMatthews-nv9zf]

@@brooklyn85108 the idol nullifier blocks 1 idol, so in the incredibly rare scenario that you have 2 idols, you would be able to nullify the votes against you The advantage is straight up broken imo

[@gasss3740]

can someone please please please please please tell me where to watch survivor for free

[@aperson22222]

44 was so boring.

[@Markstubation01]

I heard Michael Yerger is MAGA, so disappointing.

[@kilgorehagechester7021]

Think my hottest Survivor take is that Danny’s DeNiro impression was good

[@cameronsayers1375]

You should do a Mount Rushmore of players, for every survivor era video. For example Richard, Colby, Boston Rob, and Tina for the first 10 seasons

[@VeronikaHer]

When I saw the title... I instantly thought of Adam playing the podium idol at WaW 😁😁🥹