Survivor's Top 10 Most Shocking Winner Reveals

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

This video was made before season 41, so where would you put Erika on this list?

[@Sevanschuyver]

I would say she wouldn’t be a shocking winner considering the way she played and who was there with her. She wasn’t at all villain role that could sink her game.

[@bestbuddz4349]

I’d have to say somewhere in the middle. The shock factor for me came from the fact that she had an invisible edit until like, after the merge

[@wolfpack450]

I figured she had a good shot against anyone but Xander. Then I started watching Xander expose his biggest weakness (bad social reads) and botch his final tribal council like no other, and suddenly it started to become more of a reality. I would say low on the list,. It was surprising, but it doesn't come out of nowhere. Also, is that a video on this channel? "bad final tribal council performances"

[@theninjagamer1]

She isn't a shocking winner

[@bentenmenyen]

Honestly, I dont think she deserved to win. here strategy was to just hide for the entire season mostly

[@evunee]

Sophie is a classic example of how important final tribal can be. She was masterful and fully deserved her win after her constantly dunking on Coach while one upping his game in the process.

[@Lleq3]

@@robtheservantof6257 Coach is literally incapable of winning this game and if you can't figure that out from THREE seasons of seeing his behavior and how others perceive him idk what to tell u

[@jasonfieler]

Another example is this past season, 43, where Gabler really didn't have a whole lot going for him and really had an all time great FTC where he was able to perfectly explain his game in a way then jury could really latch onto

[@secrets.295]

If only Coach would stop preaching about his honorable & nobility & integrity bull crap, plus stop with his christianity preaching while backstabbing people. He probably could have won. He was too much of a hypocrite that people can't stand him anymore.

[@harryhealey4298]

@@secrets.295 absolutely, he always claims to want to play with honour and integrity. Survivor 18, he lied to Erinn and voted out Candace, he wanted an alliance with Debbie, Sierra and Erinn but then lied and said Sierra was the one who wanted the alliance. Survivor 20, he betrayed Boston Rob and flipped on him, Sandra and Courtney. Survivor 23, he found the hidden idol and then staged a finding. He would often use religion to control Brandon and got him to give up immunity so Brandon could be voted out. There is no honour and integrity with how Coach plays Survivor. He belonged on the Villains tribe.

[@afriendofafriend5766]

@@secrets.295 That was clearly strategic which is fine he just needs to admit it.

[@borrowedurchin7104]

I mean I would argue that Boston Rob did win. He got the girl and his family did end up with the money too. Either way they both kinda won that season.

[@DannyMorrs]

Yeah people were bitter about Robs game but he dominated the strategy and competitions that season. Amber played a great social game and was alright at challenges, but Rob controlled the season

[@nathanoliveira9655]

Well Rob did win a season of survivor. He won redemption island with a total of 8 votes why do you think he was on winners at war.

[@rockingredpoppy9119]

He did win, the jury was still angry with him, and there wasn't a 3rd choice in this season, so Amber got the votes.

[@SaltyChip]

It was weird how the jury was angry with rob when they admitted they made their crucial decision based off feelings and not the game when they all said they deserved to lose if they did that. Rob outplayed them and they were too salty at their own mistakes to understand they were just outplayed in the game by rob.

[@ryans413]

Then wins season 22

[@berouja]

A lot of the "shock" really stems from the show prioritizing certain personalities on a season instead of weaving a tight narrative. So many winners on this list are women who played a great game, albeit not flashy. And the show pays them dust by purposely downplaying their character arcs and shoving to our faces the big personalities of the season. Which is fair because it is a TV show meant to entertain, but to not show a winner's path to victory will always end up shocking the audience. There should be a balance between entertainment (flashy moves) and a well-edited winner's narrative.

[@cjtrules1]

As long as the winner is shown to have a chance of winning then I'm fine that it was surprising. Making every winner obvious like BR in RI and Cochran in Caramoan is extremely boring.

[@maddieiles99]

I feel like that’s what’s ab to happen in 41.

[@LoLFilmStudios]

Poor women.

[@spacecadet2172]

@@maddieiles99 that prediction didn’t age well! Hehe

[@rebeccastark8317]

Yul was not dull, put some respect on his name, yul wining wasn't a surprise because he deserved it, yul is structured, he's calculated, he takes time before making decisions, notice how he talks slowly like he's really thinking about what he has to say!

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

I like Yul, but the story was selling us Ozzy as the favorite. Even Yul has said he hid a bunch of his personality this season because he wanted to represent Asian men well.

[@missaniebananie6473]

Imo Yul and Ozzy was closer and either of them could have taken it and I would have been happy

[@lukeweber2689]

I watched it a year ago unspoiled, and I knew that yul would win as soon as he got penned to flip. Ozzy is an incredibly overrated player and has no strategy. And he’s an asshole. You can tell his lack of gameplay in s34, where he assumes that nobody will vote him out because he fishes and for that reason he spends no time on strategy.

[@nb7656]

Sandra's second win was OMG. I didn't expect her to win. Yeah i wanted her to win. I just thought Russell, Parv, or Boston Rob were going to take the win. Keep in mind this was during the live airings of HvsV. I never fathomed someone could win Survivor twice let alone a player like Sandra!

[@3amDayDreamer]

Sandra played a very low key game. I have rewatched HvV a few times and I realized that the moment Sandra got to the merge, she started working on her jury management. I think with Sandra, it's all about perception. Who knew if Sandra really cared for the Heroes, but it really looked like she cared. Sandra began her Jury performance at tribal as well. Even when she played that idol, I looked at jury and then looked at Rupert and Colby. She actually took both out of the game that night. Russell saw Sandra as a goat, so she pretended to be a goat. In the meantime, she was worked with people on the Jury. That's why she said "I don't know about that" when Russell said she was going to get only one vote. Parvati should I have worked with the jury. It seemed that she was focused on playing a strong game. Jury management and socializing with the Heroes would have helped her. I love at final 3, Parvati and Sandra verified to audience that Russell wasn't going to win and he was the goat. Sandra is a different type of winner. The fact that she won twice with the same method along with her jury managing skills makes her a great player and the deserving winner. I know a lot of players in HvV watched that season and put a lot of pieces together when it came to Sandra. People always care about big moves, but the small subtle moves add up and it really did for Sandra.

[@nb7656]

Preach!! Sandra really did what Parv could not do. Parv dropped the ball with Amanda, someone she played with previously. Whereas Sandra made all attempts to scoop up Rupert. Even when Sandra burned Rupert, albeit via private confessional, that really illustrated the game she played based off the comment you made to illustrate her superb subtle chameleon gameplay. #changa

[@silentstorm454]

@@3amDayDreamer thank you so much for saying all of this I think Sandra is so amazing I hate when people want to trash her because they don't think she was a good player or good winner like she won twice that's should already say how much of a good player she is

[@MsVitaD]

@@nb7656 this right here. Sandra was able to get Rupert to vote for her a second time, Parv was not able to get Amanda’s vote and instead Sandra got it. She played a much better social game than Parv and that’s facts.

[@krisvalderrama9043]

not to mention, based on parvati's final tribal, she always had that "she was a threat" as an excuse. i was like really? this is an all star season, everyone is a threat

[@allief2000]

Sophie’s final tribal performance was masterful. I hate when people act like she didn’t deserve to win

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

It is a shame they didn't do a better job with her story. I have a video about that coming out on Wednesday.

[@cjtrules1]

Sophie became one of my favorite players because of WAW, and I watched South Pacific to prepare for WAW so I already knew she would win. Her final tribal was incredible but Coach was the PERFECT person for her to completely outsmart and legitimately undermine.

[@RealAlexLambert]

She didn't. One of the least deserving winners ever

[@AV-jh2ss]

Sophie is one of favorite winners ever for beating Ozzy at his own puzzle at Final Immunity and for beating Benjamin and his self-righteous ego “Coach”. I want to see her play one more time - WaW showed us she had a strong game before her blindside.

[@bigbuffguy9589]

I don't know about that. Sophie deserved to win, but it was somewhat dependent on Coach screwing up. I think Sophie had easily one of the worst social games of any winner. She was lucky the other two finalists were even more disliked. That being said, I think Sophie played a great game in Winners at War until she got a little too close to Sarah, and Tony took her out.

[@AkronJosh]

Jury management 101: politely and not pridefuly boast about what you've done. Also be prideful all you want in the confessionals BUT not to the jurors faces.

[@NYChica23]

Also make sure to get to know the jury well enough to figure out exactly what they want to hear, and then tell them just that in your answers

[@paintbrush3753]

It's never fair to blame a winner for their win. They just did everything in their specific season they had to in order to win. I do think juries can be unnecessarily bitter, and it's just false to say they aren't, but it's the players' jobs to play into whatever expectation the jury has of them. For example, I think the KR jury was stupidly bitter against Aubry for playing the game (aside from Debbie, who I can see why she'd be upset at Aubry), but Michele knew her target audience better than Aubry did, and that's all Michele needed to win and DESERVE to win on top of it.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Juries are typically bitter due to how they are treated by those at final tribal. Bitter juries are very real and I agree with you.

[@jaredfreeley8283]

Some winners like Natalie w tho we’re completely unaware to the fact that they were doing something the jury would like so it’s tuf to say she had a whole lot to do with her win that she was concious of

[@morbidpanda25]

@@jaredfreeley8283 I mean, on like episode 4, Natalie had a confessional where she said "I wanna sit next to Russell at the end because I know I can beat Russell". And, well, she was right. Also, reading into the behind the scenes of Samoa, you realize that Natalie was not the lesser of three evils really, she was ADORED by most of the jury/cast, including Russell and Mick. Add onto that the fact they cut the most impressive part of her FTC (Where she goes down the line of the jury and rattles off a list of personal facts about every person sitting there to prove that she genuinely cared about them as people) and I'm under the impression that Natalie's game was not only intentional, but pretty well executed. She's not a top tier winner, but I don't think she's rock bottom like most say

[@Star_Jewel]

@@morbidpanda25 Correction: she IS a top tier winner

[@cjtrules1]

@@morbidpanda25 Natalie W would not win though in modern Survivor. She is still a goat because her whole strategy was letting Russell do everything. Just because she made genuine connections with people and wasn't an ass doesn't mean she deserves to win the game now. She won at the right time in the show's history.

[@chickenchicken9072]

Sophie had one of the best final tribal council performances I have ever seen

[@MsVitaD]

Up there with Todd, Sarah, Chris Daughtry and Earl

[@B-Mag]

@@MsVitaD and Denise Stapley

[@aldrensiscar3988]

You havent seen Kristie's performance from Aus then.

[@frida.7831]

@@aldrensiscar3988 When I'm feeling down I watch her performance to remind me that you can win anything with conviction

[@jepoymanalo9496]

But still not a great player. If I was voted out an in the jury I would want the best player in my season to win just like Jeff said the winner will represent your season in general.

[@dadman8474]

I’m a die hard Ozzy fan as I can relate to the issues with his biological father as I had with mine, but honestly Yul played a great game and if their could have been a season with 2 winners this would have been the best one for it

[@fiestadancers]

Glad Yul won. Would have been happy for Ozzy too. Totally agree with you and relate to the bio dad comment too.

[@macaronipanda9516]

I like how people kind of dis ozzy for playing to his strength in challenges, but also tend to forget that yul had the god idol and used that as a gun to point at peoples head to vote his way. Yul was just as safe as ozzy with the Idol.

[@dadman8474]

@@macaronipanda9516 yah no way either of them weren’t going to the final 3 once the merge happened

[@sparrowhunter1671]

@@macaronipanda9516 people diss ozzy because he is an asshole

[@Banned_and_Redacted]

that nonsense about being mexican yeah its so tough growing up mexican in california LMAO mamón

[@sadiedurham9461]

i really hate when people crap on winners, saying they don't deserve it. a lot of the winners on this list had a lot of people saying they didn't deserve it, but they won. that's the game. they did everything they needed to do to win, and the other person didn't. it's a complicated game and a lot of people don't realize that

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Tom Westman said it best when he said all winners deserved to win their season.

[@BenjaminKassel]

Rob and Michele had a WaW secret scene where Michele talked about having a hard time dealing with the criticism of her game and how she was undeserving. Rob said if you win, you win... and he knows both sides of that coin.

[@cameronholmes5590]

I respect all the winners of Survivor winners because they did win even if that means they weren't the ones that I wanted to win said season. I'll use Michelle as an example, Michelle is a good player but she wasn't who I wanted to see win the season but I do give her respect cause she did win. Kaoh Rong is one of my favorite seasons and the ending to it gives me bad flashbacks and nightmares whenever it's brought up in discussions

[@savageguineapig5857]

I think everyone deserved it except Chris bc he got voted out

[@Kaibat1205]

Once Upon An Island except Chris

[@freddytang2128]

The difference between season 7 and 38 is that in pearl islands, no jury member besides Burton could relate to Lil’s journey as a returner. In edge of extinction almost everyone can relate to Chris. It’s hard for them to downplay edge of extinction when the jury have experienced it themselves

[@bigbuffguy9589]

I mean, Lil played such an emotional game that I don't think it would have mattered. Burton voted for Sandra.

[@nathanvarghese4148]

We need a Survivor: Brains vs Fan Favorites vs Becky

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

What odds do you give Becky to win it all?

[@nathanvarghese4148]

@@OnceUponAnIsland well i can see her being eliminated first then live on edge of extinction then win her way back with 86 idols and a jar of peanut butter so she 100% wins

[@cfrick7312]

@@OnceUponAnIsland the same odds of her making a fire with flint without any help.

[@siwap3809]

@@OnceUponAnIsland 100%

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

@@cfrick7312 Woooooooow

[@tokyotourist]

i feel that people forget that parvati didn’t do all that well at FTC in Micronesia. it’s mostly because she was sitting next to Amanda, someone that can’t perform at FTC, that she wins.

[@jaredfreeley8283]

FTC doesn’t matter so much that I’d go to say it’s the MOSTLY reason she wins

[@daniboy7126]

@@jaredfreeley8283 Final tribal council is where you make and defend your case. Even if you played the most hardcore game, you might as well go home as a loser if you can’t do well in the FTC. Nobody expected Sandra to do that well, she won almost unanimously, nobody expected Cochran to do that well, he won 10-0-0. FTC performance is everything, you spend 38 days on playing the game and 1 day on explaining your game

[@jaredfreeley8283]

@@daniboy7126 obviously it’s a part of the game. But the reason parv Beats Amanda in s16 is not because of Amanda’s poor FTC performance parv was always winning that that’s what my point is. Also Sandra and Cochran were always winning those seasons idk what ur talking abt there. Those juries had their minds made up

[@cjtrules1]

@@daniboy7126 Apparently most jurors already know who they will vote for before final tribal even begins. They all talk at Ponderosa. Very few people come into FTC willing to flip their vote.

[@bigbuffguy9589]

@@jaredfreeley8283 Parvati won because Cirie got screwed by the surprise final two. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying she didn't deserve to beat Amanda in the final two. She did. But Cirie should have been there as well and likely would have won.

[@ljoseph5153]

First off - this is a fascinating list! I think a solid argument could be made for Jenna Morasca as one of the most shocking winner reveals. Up until that point, the winners were either given a Machiavellian strategist edit (i.e., Richard & Brian) or the social butterfly “sidekick” to an obvious powerhouse of the season (i.e., Tina to Colby, Ethan to Lex, Vecepia to Sean/Rob). Jenna was the first winner I remember who didn’t have either a highly strategic edit or the edit of a “social butterfly” sidekick. She was edited as one of the season’s immature “mean girls” who the audience was meant to root against. The show intentionally included her wanting to quit the game, and they were even starting to show Matthew as being a potential strategic threat by the final six/five (similar to the edit Lisa Donahue received in Big Brother 3). To be clear, I do think Jenna is a worthy winner in her own right (as all Survivor winners are), but she was never framed by the show to be a worthy candidate of the victory until the final episode of the season.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

I have made a very extensive video about every winner's game through season 8 that you may enjoy. Just look up their names on my channel. Jenna and Ethan have each watched theirs and commented on them.

[@ljoseph5153]

@@OnceUponAnIsland I watched both vids (well done as always). When I saw the video title, I tried to predict the ten winners who’d appear and Jenna was the only one I predicted who didn’t show up, so I thought I’d make the case. Definitely respect the rationale for the top 10 here (and I also clearly have a lot of time on my hands lmao). Keep up the great content.

[@brandonporr2757]

My mom went to high school with her

[@gillescarpentier541]

Why your voice sound so bad ?

[@gillescarpentier541]

Get a life

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Survivor is only about 2 things. 1. Get to the end. 2. Convince your seasons specific jury to vote for you. Nothing else. Whatever it takes to make those two things happen is what it takes. This is explained ever since the season 1 finale. The players do not have to appease the audience or juries from other seasons, only their specific jury. Juries can be bitter and typically that is due to massive missteps by the person being judged. For example, Boston Rob and Russell Hantz treating their juries in a way that did not appease them. They made them bitter and in a way, they didn't outplay the jury, they outplayed themselves.

[@NolanHockeyPodcast]

Once Upon An Island sometimes I'd argue though that there are such things as no win scenarios where people will decide not to vote for you a move you made but you wouldn't have made it there without the move lol like it's tough

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

@@NolanHockeyPodcast Survivor isn't fair, I will never argue that it is.

[@NolanHockeyPodcast]

Once Upon An Island haha indeed

[@nelsdanburg5407]

Russell fanboys, read it and weep. Right there in black and white. The reason why your "greatest player of all time" will never ever win Survivor.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

@@nelsdanburg5407 He could win, but he would need to eat massive humble pie coming into any other season. Basically be somebody we haven't seen before from him. After Australian Survivor 2018, I don't know if it will happen.

[@omrisabag83]

even Debbie doesn't know why Debbie voted for Michelle... funny thing is we got a re-enforcement to how unpredictable she is on her 2nd chance as well, when she flat out exploded on Brad, only to later not only vote for him but be his advocate (alongside Ozzie). one of the strangest survivors to ever play the game. :)

[@ramibaghdadi1255]

It's clear why she voted for Michele watch the jury speaks videos. She loved Michele as a person, calling her a "lovely young lady", she couldn't have possibly said anything nicer about her.

[@barbarabavier675]

Debbie’s explosion on Brad was pure strategy on her part … bad strategy,yes; but her strategy nonetheless. Watch how she mugs the camera after she explodes.

[@HigherKaiju]

@@barbarabavier675 no she has said she saw how everyone talked behind her back in first season and she came home with trust issues. And she thought maybe brad did that before realizing he wasn’t that type of person, her own words

[@zeaferjones1404]

Michele was way more liked than the edit show. I even think Joe would have voted for Michele over anyone but Aubry.

[@markjackson6431]

Natalie W, Ambaah, and Michele were all shocking because the edit didn’t really do them justice especially Natalie and Ambaah

[@3amDayDreamer]

Yooooo that "Ambaah" took me out 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ezeclipz115]

@@3amDayDreamer i love the way rob says it

[@siwap3809]

*Amboh

[@ariellee2329]

I don’t think Amber was that shocking. I think a lot of the votes for Amber were more so votes against Rob than they were for Amber. Sorry, I meant “Ambaah”.

[@markjackson6431]

@@ariellee2329 that’s why it’s shocking lol. just like how Natalie’s votes were probably votes against Russell. Sandra’s second win definitely were votes against Parvati and Russell. and i’m not saying that Ambaah, Natalie, or Sandra weren’t deserving because they were. they won because of flaws in the editors favorites. if you win....you win end of discussion

[@TheMurrmursonbottle]

I have NO idea why Michelle was so underedited in terms of visibility in Kaoh Rong. She was such a fun character in WaW with a lot of personality and a great underdog, and why she was lacking in personal content and fun moments in her winning season eludes me

[@RedEyeLordofFire]

She wasn't under-edited in Kaoh Rong at all. If anything it was the opposite the editors tried desperately to shoehorn her into every episode. We knew everything that was going on in Michelle's game even though most of it was completely irrelevant to the plot of the episode.

[@TheMurrmursonbottle]

@@RedEyeLordofFire I know that strictly from and edgic perspective, it might seem that way, but in terms of legitimately getting to know her from a character perspective, that was lacking. You can’t look at her and compare her to Aubry and Tai and tell me that she was severely lacking in terms of development and personal content.

[@TheMurrmursonbottle]

@@sean9341 She had maybe one or two episodes of completely manufactured relationship drama, that’s not really a big deal. And I believe what you’re describing is an “underdog,” I don’t know if you’ve heard that term before, but typically underdogs are very beloved characters by the fanbase. How good someone is at strategy isn’t a direct correlation to their entertainment value

[@ramibaghdadi1255]

@@RedEyeLordofFire she was under edited in the sense that she had the fewest confessionals of any of the 3 finalists, despite being the winner. This is because they were hyping up Tai and Aubry especially for GC.

[@zeaferjones1404]

@@TheMurrmursonbottle I think what happened was that they wanted the brains, brawn and beauty to fit their stereotypes. Michele having a quirky personality didn't fit with the narrative they were trying to show. However, in Winners at War Michele was one of the most interesting personalities so you saw more of her quirkiness.

[@NickWuebker]

In South Pacific, had Coach just owned up to some of his moves, he easily could've won the season.

[@cjtrules1]

Exactly. Brandon was so dang hurt that Coach didn't own up to his manipulative hypocrisy.

[@ericdelong4227]

Is it just me, or did Coach - normally very well-spoken and clear - seem to be wooden in the final tribal, as if being restricted on what to say?

[@chinnu3388]

Tip to win in Survivor : Don't make Strategies to survive. Don't form a group or Involve in a group. Don't be alone every time. Don't get in argument with other contestants.....

[@hed0nismbot]

Yeah Ozzy even said that in one of his interviews. He said that Coach was one of those people who basically ruined his chances by not being honest. Like you can lie and manipulate during the game, but all this shit resurfaces at final tribal council, and you just have to admit what you did, and people may appreciate that and respect you for the game that you managed to play. (Personally, I think that by season 23, jurors kinda stopped voting based on their hurt feelings and started picking people who played the best game) Instead, Coach doubled down on his crap and lost. And then he was mad at Ozzy for not voting for him, lol

[@Lori-xt2lf]

Survivor always likes to credit itself for breaking stereotypes, but often just reinforces them.

[@markjackson6431]

THIS….ALLL OF THIS!

[@chroniccomplainer3792]

Am i the only one who thinks michelle is one of the greatest social players ever. Parvati gets all the credit but michelle does everything she can do. I think michelle during her confessionionals shows major smarts and gameplay too. She went to final tribal twice. Thats so hard

[@cjtrules1]

Lol, you are absolutely NOT the only one who thinks this. Previous Survivor players think this. Michele is Parvati without the flirting.

[@yourlocalramen1660]

@@cjtrules1 Oml you did not actually just say this. You're seriously going to say Michele is Parvati level? Give me a fucking break. I think she's a great player, but this Michele omg queen slay is ridiculous.

[@chrism3537]

i love michelle, and she's a great strategic/social player. i think her win was only shocking in the season due to the emphasis on thai and aubrey, and i think she showed more on her ability in WaW.

[@ilikualot7546]

The reading of the votes in Cook Islands made me so happy. I wanted yul to win so badly. Survivor is a social strategic game not a who’s the strongest game

[@memeview2566]

its about both bruh

[@AsraliaX2]

Outplay? It's literally part of the name

[@kat8559]

I don't think I ever thought coach was going to win. Sophie was always my girl, and she's still one of my favorite winners.

[@kat8559]

Same thing with ozzy. A challenge beast does not make a sole survivor.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

The signs were there for him to lose, but the story never really presented Sophie as a possible winner until the very end.

[@kat8559]

Aubrey's face during 'aubrey got weaker' bitch she had a panic attack on day one!

[@jonaskinsey8746]

I remember watching that season and thinking Coach had it in the bag. I mean, he won an immunity, found an idol, flipped Cochran over to his side, led a dominant alliance. I like Sophie- a lot, but it really looked like Coaches season to lose. I just think he freaked it up at the FTC. But I agree with you, Sophies a really awesome winner!

[@Star_Jewel]

@@kat8559 Scot was right, though. She made too many critical errors in her gameplay. You don't win just by getting to the end. The jury has to respect the moves you made to get there, and that's where she ultimately failed.

[@yessickh]

We could see how smart Sophie is in WAW!!

[@jereklemetti4842]

I actually like those ”underdogs” winners like Amber, Michele and Natalie.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

I think you would like my video all about Amber's game in All-Stars then.

[@jlc1637]

Me too. It would be too boring and predictable if “the best strategist” won every time.

[@tebogomodisane9499]

Nope...Russell was robbed 2 times😤

[@tylerdean7846]

@@jlc1637 that’s like saying if I go on a cooking contest and my dish is perfect and the other is awful that the perfect one shouldn’t win. I firmly believe that if somebody played the best game they should win and I would vote them to win even if I felt burned that they blindsided me, I would t care they deserve to win.

[@XxTR1D]

Michelle and Natalie did not deserve dog crap. Amber was less deserving for sure but I understand, she was nicer and they were salty... also the fact rob and her were kinda the same person at the end. Natalie and Michelle are garbage winners, probably the only 2 that did not deserve any mention at the tribal that won.

[@TheRattleSnake93]

I loved Yul, his win was far from a shocker, the guy totally deserved it, remember watching the season and, while liking both Ozzy and Yul, there was no doubt Yul had it in the bag

[@mollyher130]

I want to see Ozzy & Joe compete each other since they both are always winning challenges

[@rockingredpoppy9119]

So if Ozzy and Joe went to final two, who would you want to win?

[@marybeth8371]

@@rockingredpoppy9119 Ozzy

[@noahsrevelations1215]

Natalie has only 15 Confessionals and she still wins. WOW she deserves better

[@geraldreodava9713]

@Peter McGill He was robbed. Natalie sucks.

[@Star_Jewel]

@@geraldreodava9713 No, he wasn't. He mishandled the jury, and it bit him in the ass.

[@cjtrules1]

@@Star_Jewel In a gameplay perspective he was robbed because he destroyed the game part of Survivor, but the most important part of the game is always social and he completely sucked at that part.

[@AllRequired]

That's still a record. Not only did Russell have more than seven times as many confessionals, the next-lowest number is roughly twice hers.

[@NYChica23]

@@geraldreodava9713 He robbed himself, because it's ultimately no one's fault except Russell's that he chose to treat the jury in such a way that bitterness would be the natural consequence of his actions...just like in life, you reap what you sow

[@savageguineapig5857]

Coach is a baller. I got a cameo from him for Christmas and it was both awesome and hilarious. I even learned coach chi.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Coach is hilarious on RHAP too.

[@Tyme0124]

LOVE Michele now, but at the season 32 finale I was speechless for MINUTES. I could not BELIEVE it! But yes, just clever storytelling I guess? The jury is EVERYTHING and we can’t forget that.

[@ramibaghdadi1255]

If you watched the jury speaks videos beforehand you would know Michele is the winner.

[@nelsonhamilton8262]

I honestly don’t mind Chris winning Edge of Extinction. Gavin didn’t even bother to look for the hidden immunity idol. Like Chris did more in the short time he was with the main group than Gavin did the entire season and him giving up the necklace to do fire and risk the guaranteed second cash prize of 100K was a very memorable move.

[@christopheeric8218]

For me there is no undeserving winner. Survivor is not about deserving the win It's about getting your ass to the end and getting votes....

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Every winner earned it!

[@divdesmitpieci6767]

I really love the underdog winners. It shows the complexity of the game and how different can good strategies be. Was rooting for Sophie, Michelle and Natalie ir their seasons.

[@chichiibegbu6223]

David vs Golith was the best season in recent years

[@AV-jh2ss]

Interesting list, but I would have made a few changes on my list: 1. Survivor: Vanuatu - Chris upsets Twila 5 to 2! Survived first Tribal Council as a target and last man standing against 6 women. He should have been back for Winners at War. 2. Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers - Ben upsets Chrissy 5 to 2 (plus 1 for Ryan). Both had different yet effective gameplay to get to the end, but I think Chrissy was more deserving of the win. If she didn’t win one of those immunity challenges, she would have been voted out. And she went from vomiting at the first challenge to overcoming her self-doubt. 3. Survivor: Guatemala - Danni upsets Stephenie 6 to 1! Stephenie was a force to be reckoned with after her disaster on Palau with Ulong. She got to the merge with other people on her tribe, took part in a tribe swap, and was at the center of a good alliance. But her arrogance cost her the win. FYI - Danni was my pick to win that season so I’m glad she won! 4. Survivor: Worlds Apart - Mike beats Carolyn 6 to 1 (plus 1 vote for Will by a bitter Rodney). Carolyn had her alliance on the jury and Mike had to win Immunity every time after pissing off the tribe by trying to pull a bait-and-switch with letters from loved ones at the Survivor auction. Upset I wanted to see the most: Survivor: Redemption Island - Phillip Sheppard upsets Boston Rob!! One of my least favorite seasons ever (but Survivor: Thailand and Palau are the two most boring and predictable seasons ever). Nothing would have brought me more joy than to see the jury vote for Phillip out of spite against Boston Rob. People complain about Russell Hantz’s gameplay and arrogance and lack of respect for other players, yet Boston Rob plays the same way and gets praised for it. It would have been fun to watch Phillip play Winners at War and see how far he could have gone.

[@justinvanveenar2953]

Man I really loved Big Tom “Don’t be Stupid, Stupid” 😂😂😂

[@Harrison244]

Gavin out of all these should’ve won but he did a terrible job at final tribal while Chris probably got to game plan with everyone on EoE about exactly what someone coming back would have to do to win plus he got buddy buddy with them all as real people because there’s no fear of hiding anything once you’re out.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Gavin didn't know the jury would respect Chris more and was probably as blindsided as most of us were. But in retrospect it all made sense.

[@Harrison244]

@@OnceUponAnIsland yeah I can’t disagree Chris did exactly what the jury needed him to do after coming back

[@bobyalex3d]

Honestly I agree Gavin was deserving. He played exactly like Tony in Winners at war. Not single vote casted agains both. Always in control of the votes. Great social game. Idc what anyone else says that was complete robery.

[@someenchilada]

That one line by Sophie left coach so stumped, there was no getting back from there, especially because she kept doubling down. Brilliant. One of my favourite players

[@TransparentEclipse]

Laurel threatening to flip but doing jack diddly squat DECEASED ME, literally died laughing when u said that. I have no idea what she expected was gonna happen going into that final tribal

[@easy_nator_gamer8498]

I remember thinking Tina could beat Colby going into that final episode. She played a strong game and even risked her life to save the tribe's rice after the flood

[@emmathedilemmma]

"including fan favorite, chris devens" wow, a new person on survivor EOE! never heard of them before hmm 😂

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Chris and Rick had a baby. Don't ask me how.

[@kellydaunis]

@@OnceUponAnIsland 🤣🤣

[@alexisberry9382]

alternate world where Natalie.W got a good edit

[@NolanHockeyPodcast]

Looking Glass Music makes Purple edit Russel LMAO

[@cameronholmes5590]

Ere is a video on KZbin of her confessionals being updated and she has about double the amount she had the whole season

[@PackerSmacker4]

I think a lot of people over low the Aubry & Michele vote way too much. Anybody who was surprised by Michele winning just wasn’t paying any attention at all. They showed us many time how good Michele’s social game is & the connections she had. Specifically Cydney was MUCH closer with Michele then she was with Aubry. Michele was the better player they showed us that many times. Not a controversial win

[@johnfeather6476]

I read an article a while back where the writer talked about how shocked he was that Jenna Morasca won “Amazon” due to the very negative edit she received on her season. Of course, what we must bare in mind is that, even if she was whiny and ‘spoiled’ like Jeff Probst said she was, what her win really boiled down to was the good relationships she had with the jury members, which Matthew didn’t seem to have. Plus, it really didn’t hurt that she got rid of Rob Cesternino when she finally had the chance, so I guess that gave her the edge.

[@dylanedwards989]

the problem with parvati not winning was the whole jury thought russell dragged her along and she couldnt convince them

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

I can't wait to do a deep analysis of HvV.

[@Star_Jewel]

It was more so she alienated the Heroes who comprised most of the jury

[@siwap3809]

u forgot how Candice tried to ruin Parvati at FTC (in Heroes vs Villains), which may have helped Sandra and hurt Parvati even more. also if u actually pay attention to the season, the jury only respected her for winning challenges. not for mind controlling Russell. it’s unfortunate, really, it is

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

The jury hated Russell so much lol

[@cjtrules1]

Parvati was guilty by association. Russell was the face of the alliance so anyone associated gets the same treatment.

[@jamesries5534]

@@OnceUponAnIsland The jury would have voted for 'the pet rock' before giving RH a vote in HvV. He played his best game in Samoa BUT he does/did not have jury/people skills. IMO, that's why he he lost Samoa, and did not get a single vote in HvV.

[@psychluv]

I feel like Parvati didn't argue her case well in HvV. She was absolutely the strategic powerhouse, but the jury didn't seem to be aware of that and she didn't help herself. Or maybe they just didn't care. Never underestimate someone who is charming or sweet (like Sandra or Natalie or Michele) on a bitterly fought season.

[@CheeryCherry3987]

I’m blown away #6 wasn’t #1 but i think it’s because I am such a new school survivor fan.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

#6 is definitely shocking.

[@CheeryCherry3987]

@@OnceUponAnIsland I’m only shocked it was only #6. I didn’t even get a chance to watch it live and I was just looking up the results.

[@Miumiu0404]

Russell forgot one important strategy which is "jury management". Having a bitter jury is inevitable. And maybe, just maybe, Natalie knows that. So to give Russell a perspective, what if Natalie manipulated and used him to doing her bidding without him even realizing it? She doesn't wanna do the dirty work herself as she figure the jury will be bitter. And as the tribe merged, she knew that Laura, Erik, John, Dave, Monica, etc all them except for Shambo was clueless 90% of the time will be bitter and spiteful. Russell under estimated the jury and that was his biggest mistake.

[@ryans413]

No jury was just bitter Jon and Shambo were the only two too vote for Russell. I can see Russell loosing in HVV but he should have won Samoa hands down. Natalie did nothing not like Parvati and yes Sandra even did more then Natalie. All Natalie did same with Mick was just take orders from Russell and just sat back let Russell keep them alive how could you as a jury member reward that. At least Sandra found idols she was plotting moves and trying stuff. Natalie just sat back did absolutely nothing and gets rewarded for it. Russell should have won Samoa Parvati HVV

[@kingofthorns203]

@@ryans413 I actually think Nat's game is very underrated. She was the one to convince the Galu women to blindside Erik and get the ball rolling on dismantling the tribe from there. And her social game was much more on point than Russell or Mick

[@gflow8357]

@@kingofthorns203 lmao

[@Itsmainduece1]

But like when Boston Rob lost I was so mad like "come on man!" at least he won in redemption Island

[@Star_Jewel]

Yeah, but it took him 4 tries and a brainless cast of starstruck newbies in order to finally accomplish it. That season was essentially rigged in his favor.

[@Itsmainduece1]

@@Star_Jewel yeah that is true you can tell he could have one in any other season in his first season if he would have not annoyed every everyone and had pretended to align with them that could have helped him and his alliance, all stars he basically ruled the game in and out but because of the fact he decided not to apologize to Tom and say I'm sorry to anyone else he lost 3-4 and in heroes vs villains if Tyson had just not got tricked by russel or if coach and Jessi never back stabbed him he could have won the game since JT would most likely tries to do the same thing and with that Rob could get atleast a vote in final tribal council

[@TheDizzleHawke]

@@Star_Jewel agreed. He created a cult of personality.

[@heatherryan3969]

@@Itsmainduece1 Who's Jessi?

[@Itsmainduece1]

@@heatherryan3969 jerri

[@ntiadicted]

Yul TOTALLY deserved his win and at least to me, it was not shocking.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Every winner deserved their win. But the storytelling really wanted us rooting for Ozzy.

[@joshtri88]

It would be great if the edit spent more time explaining to us why jurors vote the way they do. Example: clips of jurors from kaoh rong kept talking about how Michelle is young, fun, and good vibes. So SHOW SCENES OF THAT. I’m sure there were scenes of Michele relating to people and having fun. They could have made a short segment about it. Debbie was particularly enamored with Michele and appreciated her youth and energy, and they could have showed that

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

They really did this in Borneo. We heard from 6 of the 7 jurors in detail.

[@PackerSmacker4]

Think you need to watch Koah Rong again. They DID show why every body voted for Michele, you just weren’t looking for it. Cydney was much closer to Michele then Aubry, Scot & Jason earned respect for her & she had nothing to do with Scot’s elimination. Julia was always voting for Michele & Debbie was never close with Aubry. Every vote Michele got made sense & they did sufficiently explain how good her social game was. The edit of that season is completely disregarded way too much when it was actually very strong edited season

[@analiesedodd]

I actually think Millennials vs Gen X was pretty surprising at the time with Adam winning. Just that terrible couple episodes with Taylor made it seem impossible for Adam to recover, and I really thought Ken was gonna win people over with his decision to vote out David at 4. When the final tribal started giving Adam credit for Ken voting out David I was starting to doubt, but I thought it was just misdirection. I was more than happy to see Adam win but at first I wasn’t really convinced.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

As a casual, I was annoyed by Adam winning, but in retrospect I get it.

[@analiesedodd]

@@OnceUponAnIsland Yeah Adam definitely wasn’t my favorite going into the finale, but I’ve actually come around that he was the perfect winner for that season with everything going on with his mom. Him winning just made the whole story more powerful, and having seen him on WaW I like him even more. He’s by no means a perfect player, maybe not even a great player, but he’s a great character who gets a little too in his head and now looking back on it he’s really the only one out of those final three I would have wanted to win (though I do love Hannah)

[@cameronholmes5590]

I wasn't shocked that Adam won but 10-0?!?!

[@Star_Jewel]

@Riyan Sita Ken betrayed David who was literally his closest ally. That's another level of hurt.

[@ethan6483]

I personally thought the winner reveal in Micronesia was pretty shocking. It seemed like Amanda had it in the bag, I felt like there’s no way the jury is going to give her a loss a second time in a row. But then she choked at FTC.

[@cameronholmes5590]

Amanda said to Cirie she voted her out because she believed Parvati deserved to be in the Final 2 more than her. If I were Amanda I would have answered Cirie’s question like this: Cirie if I sit next to you I lose, there’s no way that I beat you that’s why I had to vote you out at Final 3

[@psychluv]

@@cameronholmes5590 Agree. Her answer to that question was a pretty big miscalculation.

[@zjzr08]

IMO Chris wasn't surprising as the others as they really hammered the finale how well Chris played the final days. Gavin even if he's there was pretty low key throughout the season, with Victoria being the perceived alpha of that pair. The finale was practically "Chris the Movie" that they do want to make you convinced Chris is a worthy winner unlike the others here. I actually felt Julie is the more possible winner having more focus as the "sidekick" to Ron before and made a "big move" with him by voting out Wardog.

[@3amDayDreamer]

Ghost Island and EoE are my favorite final 3 tribals and final tribal councils. It had me at the edge of my seat! Chris was very smart choosing to make fire with Devens...I know Dom is haunted by his decision to not make fire with Wendell. Edit: Wendell is funny af. I'm just thinking back to when he gave Laurel that immunity idol with a speech about loyalty lol. It paid off. She had no choice but to vote for him to win the game. Ghost Island really made seem like Survivor really had some supernatural elements to it. Also, Dom chose that Tony Urn.....this show is something else lol

[@CheckTMOW]

sometimes I wish I could go back and watch all 45 seasons again without knowing anything

[@Cro0kiD]

Gabler: Hold my camo

[@Vason_Gaming]

You making this video and the representation of it was amazing, you made this more shocking than the finales itself. By saying all of the last 3 survivors of describing the game season they were in and how the game went for them in that season, then showing the clip of the official clip of showing off the winner, then saying after on it was a really representation of this long term TV show 👌🏻

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Thank you!

[@Vason_Gaming]

@@OnceUponAnIsland Out of all the KZbin channels I have seen. I never seen one like you go back to a 1 year old video to review/notice AND give a ❤️ to a comment. Thanks for yourself more unique in KZbin, I respect going back to a KZbin video of this channel to do that + respond (forgot to mention that part as well). Thank you very much 😊 You made yourself more special (in a good way 👍)

[@Ethang1103]

Now we add Gabler

[@ilhamari3351]

Your videos are amazing!

[@mrsmehro2944]

Amazon deserve the top 5 at least. Nobody thought Jenna was going to win because of her bad edit whereas Matt got a hero edit.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Matt was so pumped in the ads leading up to the finale it was crazy!

[@ianvincent5069]

The season I immediately thought of wasn't even on this list I was amazed Spencer didn't win ahead of Jeremy not only did he not win he didn't get a single vote!

[@mattveslino252]

I just have to say, Chris got (and still gets) an unnecessary amount of flack for his game, but I think he played an excellent game. He got dealt horribly rotten lemons and made superb lemonade out of it. The name of the game was to survive the Edge long enough to make it back to the game and win out, and he did exactly that- almost perfectly. He absolutely dominated the finale of EOE, and although he never had the best story or best overall season narrative, he did exactly what anyone needed to do to win the game: get to the end and convince your specific jury why you're the best one to win the game. Chris had a decent strategic game, but an excellent social game (most likely on the Edge, which we will never get to see), and that was enough.

[@yoloyolo-bj3by]

exactly. the twit worked out. if the twist didn't;t work out it would be a huge flop, but people treat it like a flop cuz the winner was at EOE for most of the game, but that was the TWIST! it's all fair, and tbh the two he was against would have been even worse winners than he is... at least he made risky moves the paid off

[@HigherKaiju]

I don’t think anyone hates Chris just the twist and he is the worst winner it’s just not debatable

[@tylerg3229]

Love this video, even if its already a year old! Im fascinated with the content & how you take perspectives of fandoms/fans at the time it aired or after, because that's where Im mostly, as a suckster. Something fans have been telling Probst for years is to bring back elements of old school Survivor, maybe less twists, less idols. Definitely something, and if Season 43 isnt a cry out to get rid of the Final 4 FMC (fire making challenge), idk what else is. There's an excellent comment on here about wanting/hearing the Jury's perspective more & thats probably due to not having individual standing-up speeches anymore. So much of this game has changed twists wise, I don't even enjoy watching it much anymore )= I remember for a solid seven years this was my favorite show, starting with Samoa. Don't ask why, but I thought Mick was winning cause he was handsome, and I was just a dumb 13 year old and I wanted to look like him when I was his age. Haha!

[@Lori-xt2lf]

It’s always bad when two people fail to consider their goat might win final immunity.

[@AllRequired]

And always bad when one person fails to consider their goat might not need final immunity to win.

[@NYChica23]

Especially bad when one of those people doesn't seem to realize that they just might be the true goat of the season

[@mudsurvivor]

You can add Gabler to this list!!

[@ProudNonni]

And Gabler was my Day 1 pick to win. Funny how people's perceptions differ

[@TheMeanderingduck6]

Surprised Nicaragua didn't make it on the list, I expected it to be 1 or 2 honestly.

[@SuperDatsyuk13]

same here

[@realityretrospectiveyt]

Nat W and Michele are easily the biggest shocks for me. Chris U was another WTF winner.

[@heatherryan3969]

I was kinda shocked Sandra won over Parvati in HvV and I was rooting for Amanda to beat Parvati in Micronesia. I kinda thought she would.

[@easy_nator_gamer8498]

Jeff can't hide that look of disappointment on his face when he announced Michelle as the winner. It's clear as day he wasn't pleased. 15:17

[@TheDizzleHawke]

He knows the results in advance.

[@soccerstar0743]

You gotta do the top 10 coolest tribal council sets, and Cook Islands and Panama better be on there.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

If the patrons request it then sure.

[@bryancarson5908]

The Amazon, China, Micronesia are some of my favorites too

[@NickWuebker]

Thailand's was really beautiful.

[@kellydaunis]

I made my own top ten list. Not a video, just my own personal list

[@kellydaunis]

I found my top 10 list I made. Winners At War The Australian Outback Palau Africa Guatemala Vanuatu China Heroes VS Villains Pearl Islands David VS Goliath This is just my opinion.

[@portugoose7]

Ozzy not winning was the one that hit the hardest for me. Yul was super deserving of the win too, which made it harder because there was no "injustice" to cling to. My fav survivor player to never win

[@easy_nator_gamer8498]

Russel plays to win and he's entertaining af, meanwhile a lot of other players are just being safe and playing not to lose. He plays a very similar game as Tony, they just out-hustle everyone around them, find idols and control everything. Players tend to respect that type of game more in modern survivor then back when Russell played. I would think Russell probably wins if his seasons were more recent and I think Tony probably loses if he played during Russell's era.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

I disagree. Russell angers his juries while no one gets mad at Tony.

[@easy_nator_gamer8498]

@@OnceUponAnIsland Nobody gets mad at Tony? Have you met Kass? Do I need to spell it out in Lama?

[@morbidpanda25]

@@easy_nator_gamer8498 They get mad at Tony in the game, but Tony's persona isn't of arrogant asshole like Russell, his persona is over the top crazy goof who absolutely adores playing the game. Juries respect him, whereas they just don't respect Russell at all, because Russell is needlessly mean, almost all of the time

[@easy_nator_gamer8498]

@@morbidpanda25 I loved Tony but he was just as arrogant at times as Russel. I understand your point though, and I think Tony had a charming quality to his personality that Russel didn't.

[@Star_Jewel]

@@easy_nator_gamer8498 They mean juries haven't gotten mad enough at Tony to not award him the prize money. Do I need to spell it out in llama?

[@TOY2SHO]

Gavin not winning EoE still blows my mind to this day.

[@easy_nator_gamer8498]

Sandra played a floater game when she won both times and was probably considered the lesser of two evils in the jury's eyes against Lil, Russel and Parvati.

[@MsVitaD]

That’s not a bad thing imo

[@easy_nator_gamer8498]

@@MsVitaD It's almost like winning by default but hey a win's a win.

[@MsVitaD]

@@easy_nator_gamer8498 nothing is wrong with that. Public ally dissociating yourself with the ppl who ran the game and have the most blood on their hands in a jury full of heroes and actually trying to help them and make relationships with them is a great idea.

[@iankinnell5643]

Colby has to have the happiest reaction for a runner up

[@ajl9772]

I don't see how anyone could have thought Rob was going to sweep Amber. People were actually thinking Amber was going to sweep Rob. It was clear going into the finale Rob wasn't going to get Lex or Tom's vote. Shi ann seemed like a lock for Amber. Alicia was highly unlikely and many were questioning if Kathy would forgive Rob.

[@petrskalak5070]

Ozzy not winning has always been the biggest sting in my heart in all survivor seasons ever.

[@gtlovescandy]

I honestly was rooting for Yul over Ozzy, Yul felt more like an underdog to me, kinda like the nerd vs the jock

[@btreese7]

Brandon looks like he can't understand the big words. And Russell doesn't understand the game.

[@kobe3941]

Imagine if one season they have 9 jury members and they vote 3-3-3 😮

[@Dan55888]

I really don't know why people like Boston Rob, the way he talks in that tribal council I don't know why people think he is so strong and amazing...

[@colemanshofner3514]

I’m actually really surprised that as an eight year old I predicted Michelle winning with reasoning lol.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Wow!

[@eldin02211]

I remember 9 year old me thinking Nick would win in DvG.

[@kellbellsparkles]

With Russell, originally, I was disappointed he didn't win, but as the years passed and then watching Sarah play Game Changers, I understood. It's one thing to blindside people and still respect them. Russell didn't respect anybody and thought of them as lesser than him

[@nealsidhu2697]

Stephanie losing Guatemala(S11) was pretty shocking Also Chrissy deserved to win HHH(S35) over Ben

[@HectorRios-ue4im]

As a Mexican, Ozzie made me cringe with his “What is a mexican” I would have voted yul

[@TheDizzleHawke]

I think Rob intentionally tanked final Tribal Council on All-Stars.

[@sarah-sillz]

No one will ever be able to convince me that Russell wasn't robbed. He deserved to win that season, hands down.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

He played an amazing 2nd place game, but winning Survivor is only about 2 things. 1. Get to the end. 2. Convince your seasons specific jury to vote for you. Nothing else. Whatever it takes to make those two things happen is what it takes. This is explained ever since the season 1 finale. The players do not have to appease the audience or juries from other seasons, only their specific jury. Juries can be bitter and typically that is due to massive missteps by the person being judged. For example, Russell Hantz treating his jury in a way that did not appease them. He made them bitter and in a way, he didn't outplay the jury, he outplayed himself.

[@MsVitaD]

No ones entitled to anyone’s jury vote. If he should’ve won than he would’ve, it’s his fault for turning off the jury, something Natalie and Sandra didn’t do.

[@TheDizzleHawke]

I felt that way after the live vote reveal, but then I eventually came to my senses and realized that Russell’s social game is as weak as his strategic game is strong. The jury has to like you more (or hate you less) than they like (or hate) the other finalists.

[@jacobbruce3502]

Imo russel had everything in his resume to win but he made jets decisions that brought him down. Jason would have followed him anywhere and he also wasn’t liked as much as Natalie. And mick would have voted for russel no matter what because mick respected russels dominance at the time. Also his jury responses brought him down because he tried to play a outplay over out socialize against someone who played a piggyback game but in Natalies favor she played a very smart game by riding the coattails and helping him take out her foes while securing there votes on the way out while keeping russel from realizing that she was pulling the win out from under him. But imo a Jason, russel, shambo final ends in split between shambo and russel with russel winning by a vote

[@hollisbessone1162]

Russell played the best game. It shouldn't have been a popularity contest.

[@easy_nator_gamer8498]

Boston Rob's arrogance lost it for him.

[@kaitlynwithoutthet2106]

Or promising he would never write Alicia's name down.

[@esthergaby4913]

Let's be real though.....this video says " the MOST shocking " and honestly I really really wanted Ozzy to win but it was definitely not a "shock" that Yul won coz as much as I wanted him to win they both deserved it and they both played a great game and that showed on the votes coz Ozzy lost with only one vote is wasn't a far off win....it was clearly not a shock, they were both good

[@spahrtan412]

Welp, we got one to add.

[@chinnu3388]

Tips to Win Survivor : Don't make strategies to survive. Be cool with every Contestant. Don't form a group against other Contestant Don't involve in a Group, make your own decision Don't argue with any Contestants During a heated situation stay away Don't be alone all the time...

[@Tzedi]

It hurts so much seeing Russell losing to Natalie. The jury was so pissed cause they had the numbers and he managed to outplay them so hard. The reason about his ego is bullshit. They just couldn't accept someone is that good in the game. Cause they were trying to vote him of but they couldn't so they start hating him.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Part of great gameplay is managing the jury and pleasing them. Russell doesn't care about this part of the game (as he said during the HvV reunion) and it is why he only gets to final tribal and never has the juries respect.

[@Tzedi]

@@OnceUponAnIsland True but in modern survivor there is no way russel would lose. Also i dont feel he was so bad with them during the game. They were the opposing aliance and they were gunning for him all the time. I feel attacking his personality was more of an excuse cause they couldnt believe someone humiliate them this much.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

@@Tzedi Except Russell was playing in 2009 and needed to play a game that appeased his jury. He doesn't care about appeasing the jury.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

@@Tzedi And in modern Survivor Russell would never reach the end. In fact, he has been voted out at the first tribal he goes to in both of his appearances since HvV and we haven't seen another player play like him and reach the end.

[@Tzedi]

@@OnceUponAnIsland What I was saying is that jury's now put strategy first. A game changing performance like this would be more welcomed. Now if u are a goat is the worst thing for a player based on modern survivor jury's. No one like Natalie won neither the last seasons of the show. True I think is very difficult for Russell to reach final tribal if he plays again but if it was his first time playing he would do good also in modern survivor.

[@AnvilPro100]

It's really kind of insane to me how Richard could have done what he did in Season 1. Like I feel like Survivor should have had a few seasons of people playing nice and the winner being the person who does best at the game before someone shows up with the guile to win via alliances, tactics and playing the people rather than the game. But no. Richard came in for the very first season and set the tone for how all of reality competition TV would be from that day forward. He is Reality TV's Original Sin. And that's why he deserved to win.

[@jet__girl]

Cook Islands is perfect.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Ozzy vs Yul is so great.

[@cameronholmes5590]

I think Ozzy just didn't know what his jury wanted

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

@@cameronholmes5590 He knew what 4 of them wanted!

[@cameronholmes5590]

Once Upon An Island But he couldn't get that one more vote, I know he could have gotten Adam's vote but Adam voting for Yul was a lock since day 33

[@siwap3809]

amen

[@rockingredpoppy9119]

I think when it comes to Rob and Amber, the jury was so angry with Rob and still feeling resentment that they threw their votes to Amber. Amber in my opinion really didn't do anything.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Amber did better than Rob though lol

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Can’t wait for you to update this list and put Gabler at number 1

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Interesting how editing sometimes influences fan perception, but not always. I did not want Aubry to win, I was actually rooting for Tai, and was def shocked when Michelle won but honestly, Michelle's win is one of my faves and she 100 percent deserved it and it frustrates me that she received such a backlash for her win, and I kinda blame production/editing. :( I honestly would have loved to see her win WaW (even tho I love Tony also) - Michelle has good instincts even if she is not always on the right side of numbers and I am glad they showed her personality more on WaW because she is great!