Top 10 Best Zero-Vote Finalists in Survivor

[@ianlovessoccer77]

Angelina has to be #1, she got rice for the WHOLE tribe, climbed a cliff and oh yeah, also took negotiation classes from Stanford

[@stitchfaces]

And she nearly died

[@sillykyle17]

You joke but she could have died on that cliff

[@davidwagner5583]

I just can’t get on the Angelina train, idk what it is but I just don’t see it

[@olivermensinger6022]

@@davidwagner5583 she’s just entertainment gold.

[@tylercline9542]

She made her whole final tribel council speech about how she got rice for her tribe but said it was a "selfless" move if it was a selfless move than she wouldn't have kept bringing it up

[@jolteon345]

I'm glad to see Becky here. Her main issue is a combo of Yul's insane super idol *and* the surprise final 3. Yul's idol shouldn't have been able to give him a free ride into FTC, but being fair that's equally on Raro for not keeping the right players around to flush it, instead keeping someone who already flipped.

[@dbliss741]

Becky gets like 1 vote in that scenario. She was never beating Ozzy

[@vyaskoduvayur6887]

@@dbliss741 I would be surprised if Becky beat Ozzy, but Yul, Candice, Penner, and Sundra all mentioned post game they would have voted Becky. I don't think she gets any of the other 5 but she definitely gets some votes.

[@jolteon345]

@@dbliss741 Yeah but Becky didn’t play a bad enough game to be a 0 vote finalist, she just got stuck in her worst possible situation between the surprise final 3 and Yul’s god idol. I wouldn’t have been upset if she lost to Ozzy in a final 2 4-5, or if Yul’s idol wasn’t so broken then flipping on him in the final 4 tribal becomes an option. Everything just happened to fall against her getting votes, which is unfortunate, but not undeserved given the makeup of that final 3.

[@flagomat333]

Becky likely has Yul, Sundra, Candice and Jonathan's vote, so it really depends on where the jury starts. If it has 7 jury members like previous seasons before S13 and the jury starts with Nate, Becky wins 4-3.

[@nolanrussell6326]

She wasn't going to turn on Yul regardless. She had the chance to take out Yul's idol at final 5 along with Ozzy and Sundra and they chose not to. That's her own fault

[@petermcgill3405]

To answer your first question, losing finalists make more money than jurors, so I'd rather be a losing finalist.

[@handsoaphandsoap]

Though statistically, you’re more likely to be asked back if you’re the player that just barely didn’t make it than if you find yourself in a zero vote finalist situation so if you’re playing the long game, it’s more benificial to be a final juror.

[@rokeYouuer]

@@handsoaphandsoap I mean, at that point you need to ask yourself if it's statistically more likely to lose at final four and win your next season, or never be asked back as the loser of final three.

[@the_fd_180]

I mean for me being a finalist would be awesome for too. But I'd love to go to ponderosa.

[@NYChica23]

My ego would prefer being the final juror, because historically, the last person to join the jury is there because they're seen as such a threat to win that no one wants to go against them in the end, and I'd rather be seen as someone that had such a good chance to win that people were too scared to go up against me than the person people want to sit next to because they know they can easily beat me

[@BigShowGunnoe]

I'd rather be last voted out than be a losing finalist for a few reasons: #1 Money comes and goes, and most people talented enough to be on survivor are successful enough to make money. #2 The suspense of having the wait many months to see if you won or received a single vote is now lifted and you can move on with your life without thinking about it. #3 If you get voted out last, you were probably a great player, which means that you are likely going to get more fame, support, affirmation and recognition than a 0 vote finalist. #4 If you are voted out last, and are a better player than a 0 vote finalist (which is usually the case, but some 0 vote finalist have been great/returned after: Stephen, Russell), I would say there's a substantially greater chance of coming back to a returning player season (more fame and another chance to earn more money). Not many 0 vote finalists have returned to play again after. Sugar, Stephen, Russell and Tai are the only 0 vote finalists so far that have played another season after getting 0 votes at FTC.

[@nikolasmoore2252]

Xander is unique on this list because he's the one person on it who I was basically certain would win, facing the jury, until the votes were revealed. (The rest I expected to lose.) Based on the editing, it looked like he played a great game with an impressive comeback while Erika was invisible and did nothing, so I was absolutely livid at the result.

[@lizkw8497]

Yeah ditto. That edit was awful!!! Like, really bad. I though Xander was winning for sure.

[@Emile.gorgonZola]

I watched the season being spoiled that Erika wins and I was still kinda surprised

[@ryanmclean2000]

Thank god I’m not the only one

[@ryanmclean2000]

I will say I don’t think it was a “bad” edit in theory, I think it was an edit showing how Erika was in invisible cause that was her game. They kind of tricked us cause we’re use to the way the edit goes

[@DylanR_97]

I really think Sugar’s game in Gabon is very underrated, both strategically and on the entertainment value

[@lionboy1053]

I am glad to see Michelle's performance in Winners at War here.

[@aleksikulmala6397]

Queenchele

[@olivermensinger6022]

Yeah

[@JRJuggernaut1]

Her game will probably age like fine wine honestly. People really forget that 1. The jury really loved her performance, 2. She’s only a zero vote finalist because the jury didn’t want to chance anything by splitting their votes between her and Tony, and 3. Tony did such a great job connecting with the jury that she had an uphill battle from the start. Yes, clearly Michele’s game has flaws and the elephant in the room is how little she controlled the game overall, but in the end she didn’t just float her way to final 3, she played a calculated game that at the very least, kept targets off her back for the majority of the game. Unlike Kaoh Rong, her gameplay really defined her season more than events that were outside of her control and that should be commended!

[@freddytang2128]

I feel like Fishback is the best zero finalist because he was so strategic and didnt make any huge mistake besides not taking out JT. You can't really blame Fishback considering JT went on such an immunity streak. Fishback wasnt as unliked as Russell was, he just simply wasnt AS likeable or charismatic as JT

[@rolandgreen7484]

Yes Fishbach planned on cutting JT at each of the Final 5, Final 4, and Final 3 but he won immunity each time. Although not sure if he could have at Final 5 or even Final 4 easily. Erinn was on board, but not sure who else he can get on board to boot JT with them.

[@Emile.gorgonZola]

His FTC was bad though. He said all the wrong things

[@chxrry_384]

i feel like he would have beat almost anyone else in the season. He was amazing JT was just more charismatic.

[@stevenvegh7964]

Yeah, Fishbach was completely the brains of the JT/Fishbach alliance and I can only hope that JT has expressed his gratitude to Stephen through the years after making so many blunders in the seasons he played later without him.

[@icecreamchick45]

IMO i wish Sugar was on this list. She easily plays the most dominant game in Gabon

[@rogerdodger1984]

Im glad you gave Hannah her due. It bothers me shes forgotten all the time. She was a HUGE part of all the strategic conversations.

[@onepieceontop133]

I thought she would win, but Adam had a good sad story which sucks but she was more deserving then Ken and she was the reason that Zeke got out 😢

[@kevinbarlev5571]

thank you for the love for Dreamz, I hear a lot of discussion surrounding him as a horrible player who made it to final 3 with no chance of winning, and while it may be true that he had no chance against Earl, that doesn't change the fact that he was a very competent strategic player who made all the necessary moves to get himself to the end. Dreamz 4 second chance

[@varunkrishna1138]

I dont think he will though, he was bullied by everyone after his apperance, i bet that left a very bad taste in his mouth. Its honestly so sad. Yau Man legit admitted that he took advantage of dreamz irl misfortunes and dreamz was still bullied for voting yau man out.

[@JRJuggernaut1]

FIji was the first season I watched at all and as much as I think Earl did play the best game of the 3, I also think Dreamz deserved more credit in hindsight for how he played. I did appreciate Yau Man's credit to the guy but it really sucked watching him be berated for making what was realistically the best move for his game. I hated seeing Yau Man voted out as a teenager but watching it back now in my 30's, I get why Dreamz did what he did and I also am less bummed knowing Earl is arguably one of the show's more underrated winners. I think Peridiam's dive into Earl's win really highlighted everything great about how he played!

[@cameronholmes5590]

His best case was against Boo and Cassandra

[@dylant6522]

No one had a chance against Earl (not even Yau according to reports) so it’s not surprising Dreamz was shut out

[@lizkw8497]

I love Dreamz. Just rewatched his season. He definitely should have gotten a vote or two. He was the one sharing info to make that Edgardo move among others. Definitely strategic!

[@petermcgill3405]

This is the last Wednesday of no Survivor for spring 2023

[@olivermensinger6022]

Here’s to 44 being good!

[@petermcgill3405]

@@olivermensinger6022 God I hope so

[@ShannonLeaAnn]

Great video! Appreciated the analysis of Michele’s game in WaW- I don’t think I ever gave her much credit in her seasons, but with some perspective, she played a solid game with the cards she had

[@PatstarDeluxe]

I feel exactly the same! After watching her first win at the time I was sort of confused how she won. But in watching analysis videos about her season later, I completely understood how she won. Having just rewatched WaW I was absolutely baffled how she got 0 votes. She deserves far more credit than she gets.

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

Albert's the best 0 vote finalist by default because he's simultaneously a baseball and dating coach somehow

[@Lord_Dino]

HES A BASEBALL???? I always thought he was a human.

[@crazyinsanepenguin]

"dating Coach" GIWTWM

[@survivorturnover]

xander is just sheer criminally underrated

[@josabby474]

I’m pretty sure that Spencer got rid of Abby because too many players wanted to sit with her at the end while seeing him as a threat. Keith even said that to him after Abby was voted out.

[@Uniquanators47]

So about Tasha and Spencer not keeping Abi, it is interesting to note that if Abi stays and one of those three goes, I think it’s likely kimmi still flips and Tasha/Spencer/Jeremy or whoever go out in the next few rounds and Wentworth likely wins (which I would love I will admit)

[@ColleenJones-vk6ox]

I laughed at Natalie Tenerelli in the thumbnail. I thought for a moment you were putting her in the top 10 zero vote finalists and was getting prepared to laugh my ass off at you trying to explain that absurdity. What a letdown.

[@lucasblanken]

Oh Dawn…I was thrilled to see her back in FvF 2, I had a small little place for in my heart on South Pacific. I was thrilled to see her do so well on FvF 2, but it was hard seeing people come for her at the end. She played a great game, and was strong. I was proud of her…

[@Emile.gorgonZola]

It was so sad the way people hated on her

[@nvm9040]

okay I was shocked that Sugar didn't get a vote because she was the narrator of the season,she was a great strategic player,and overall she was fun player to watch. Sugar should have got one vote because she was the best player out of the three but i guess Bob was overall nicer to the jury

[@Yeaster]

The problem with Sugar's game was that she never necessarily had a strategy or plan behind her gameplay. She just did wtf she wanted lol

[@handsoaphandsoap]

Out of all the many returnee’s from Cook Islands, I’m surprised Becky has never been in the mix. Imo she’s the second best player on the season, next to obviously Yul, and I think she’d have a lot to bring to the table on a return. I’m not sure if she just wasn’t interested in returning or if production didn’t care to bring her back, either way she should absolutely be in consideration if they ever decide to pull that far back in the pool of players for a future returnee season.

[@sanjumitra1]

IKRRRR I think Becky is very underrated

[@reductosmash2483]

I love what a Michele lover you are because I am exactly the same way. She's an incredible survivalist and I love watching how she just turns up when she's backed into a corner and finds a way out.

[@PatstarDeluxe]

Her kicking down (literally) her puzzle both times are among my favourite moments on Survivor! She deserves far more credit than she gets.

[@reductosmash2483]

@@PatstarDeluxe Right?? It broke my heart in WaW when she was talking about how controversial her win was and how much hate she got because of her win "against people who *actually* played the game." I'm sorry, but if you win you played the game and played it hard. There isn't a single winner who didn't 100% deserve it to some degree. Besides Chris, which is a rant for another day lmao. But, in Michele's case, they all played hard and played different games, and the jury respected her game the most. Aubrey was the master strategist who was very respected but burned a lot of people, Tai was the merciless survivalist who had no respect from anyone and burned everyone but always seemed to be "in" with people even though he betrayed almost every alliance he was apart of, and Michele was the lone survivalist who was always on the outs and never really had anyone but always somehow managed to find a way to make it one more day and didn't burn anyone in the process and who wasn't very respected until the final tribal when she was able to fully explain her game and the hand she was dealt. Survivor editing just focused way too much on Aubrey and set her up as the winner too heavily, which is the case with all controversial winners (except one, and you know which one lmao)

[@PatstarDeluxe]

@@reductosmash2483 Agree totally! Do you watch the Australian version? This year's is pretty damn good and well worth watching. And the challenges are, seriously, a billion times better than the current US ones

[@reductosmash2483]

@@PatstarDeluxe I haven't! I've watched a few videos that touched on some of the best moments (I don't remember anything specific, but I remember one crazy comeback in a challenge, one crazy vote, and one incredible final tribal performance). I take it you recommend it? Would you suggest starting at season 1 or are there specific seasons you want to highlight?

[@PatstarDeluxe]

@@reductosmash2483 I've only seen 2 seasons before this current one. I would say watch this current season. It's more like old school US Survivor, where it's about sociability instead of intense strategising and it especially doesn't mess around with too many advantages. But just a good cast and good game play. Plus, I'm assuming you might be American (?), if so, will give you a great insight into Australians!

[@stevenvegh7964]

Michele says she’s not a challenge beast but it turns out she is. She is in the top 20 players in challenges out of 626 ranked in a video I saw recently which gave contests ranking using a weighted statistical model that includes both team and individual challenge win stats as well as near wins in its formula. She is one of the best to ever play the game in challenges and she doesn’t even know it.

[@Sixersszn0]

One of the most underrated 0 vote finalists in my opinion is Albert from South Pacific he convinced Brandon to give him his idol, helped convince Cochran to flip, and correctly predicted that Sophie was a threat and attempts to send her home over Rick. Had he not had a horrible final tribal, he definitely gets more than 0 votes

[@emc448]

Nah it wasn't his FTC that did him in, it was his schmoozing for jury votes that made him come off as sleazy.

[@brendanhyatt1197]

Amazing how tight these final 4s are. I bet that if David wins final 4 immunity in MGvX, we might list Adam here

[@williambuck8088]

I had David as my early winner pick after 2 episodes.

[@spdprawcereal7181]

Personally, I dont think Adam did anything to warant a win

[@kingofthorns203]

I maintain that my beloved Stephen was robbed! He didn’t stand a chance against JT’s charm (which appears in hindsight to have been a one hit wonder)

[@JRJuggernaut1]

Honestly JT is still a good presence in HvV, but Game Changers, we won’t talk about that…. But either way, the problem with someone like JT or even Cochran is that there was no way they could follow up their wins with something better, which admittedly is why I am not upset Cochran never returned after his win!

[@StarvinLG]

My take is that the point of the game is to survive, and coming in 2nd or 3rd is inherently better than being the last member of the jury, even with no votes. Make it as far as you can, no matter what

[@zeaferjones1404]

I agree Survivor KZbinrs are the only ones I've seen that will try to argue 3rd place is similar to last place. I bet every person that was voted out wished they were in the finals.

[@christopherkeniry2982]

In my opinion the only reason Russell ever made it to the end in Heroes v Villians was because Samoa hadn't aired at the time. People hadn't seen what a disgusting toad he was at that point. Compare it to Redemption Island when the cast had seen Russell play and from day 1 his tribe were willing to do anything to get him out. I think he's the most over rated and one of the luckiest players to ever play the game

[@PatstarDeluxe]

Although you don't hear it here, at 12:57 the "yeah, I did it" with the music drop is just one of my favourite moments in Survivor ever!

[@josabby474]

I think that if Dreamz had spoken with as much conviction at FTC as he did the night Lisi got voted out, he at least would have gotten a few votes. Earl, imho had the best FTC in the first 14 seasons and certainly one of the best of all time.

[@kagomefan101]

Glad that Dreamz is getting some respect for the game he played in Fiji. He was a smart player, always making sure he was in the majority and making moves to better his position to the end. Obviously he was up against Earl, so he didn’t really have a chance, but he played a great game, and I think he would do well in a modern season.

[@patrickcremin5981]

Sugar was the best 0 vote finalist. She controlled the whole game

[@Tcottong]

She literally did and just said fuck it im over it and all of you people at ftc

[@AverageArsenalFan]

Dreamz had a super good game when I look back at it

[@denisedorsey2889]

Best line ever: just like Soylent Green, Survivor is people. 😂

[@t3designs]

Fire Vid as Always Peridiam 🔥🔥

[@rogerdodger1984]

Im also so happy you put Dawn on this list. It really pisses me off the way she was treated by people like Brenda and Erik. I really thought she deserved votes, and that weird, bitter jury was hard to watch. It bothers me that Dawn was treated so badly for being emotional when she cant help that and no one said ANYTHING to her til FT. I will never be a fan of Brenda after she made her take her teeth out. It was childish and one of the most vile things Ive ever seen someone do out of unfounded revenge. It was even more wild to me how much the public supported that move. But I still LOVE Sherri putting Erik in his place, especially considering Erik was dragged just as far as her.

[@sladewilson1509]

4:04 thats not praising, that was a backhanded compliment LMFAO

[@alkatraz2020]

I just listened to yau man's interview on talking with t-bird. He denied that there was any plan from the other players to give away the truck to dreamz or to bargain with it.

[@manperc8629]

Russell Hantz got robbed Twice!!! His game in Heroes vs Villians is impeccable. That season is top 3 survivor performances of all time!! Russell hantz should’ve won heroes vs villains.

[@teamsteed1]

Thank you for posting the video.

[@Ethang1103]

My top 5 in no particular order would be Tai, Michele, Stephen, Spencer, & Xander

[@davidwagner5583]

My list is the same, while I would almost squeeze dawn in there, I just think Cochran was too dominant

[@madelinemartin9363]

kick Xander out add Becky and its perfect

[@rokeYouuer]

@@madelinemartin9363 I've always stood by the fact that Xander wins a season, just not the one he was on. Bit of a diss to Erika, but she was kind of carried by the fact that everyone wanted to crown a female winner . . .and she was the only woman at final 3.

[@madelinemartin9363]

@@rokeYouuer I could see Xander winning another season, but the jury didn't respect his game, thus he didn't win. to me, if you win you deserved the win no matter what, winning over the jury is the name of the game and the jury just liked erica better

[@joejoe5415]

@@madelinemartin9363 Xander only lost because of racism and sexism. "social awareness" was a made up term, it means being a white male after the year 2020. No matter what Xander did, they were not going to vote for a white male. Erica got handed the biggest advantage in history with the hourglass twist, she did nothing to earn that.

[@SuperSmithersGalaxy]

The clickbait of Tai made me really hope he would be here as more than an honorable mention, although I do understand that he didn’t play that great of a game on 32. Although I do still love him

[@petern326]

That jury hated Micks guts LMAOOO

[@mikerock621]

Bitter

[@BoricuaBarryAllen]

I want the source for many jurors we’re gonna vote for Dawn bruh cuz I remember I seen a ponderosa video and I remember they all said they wanted Eddie to win 😅

[@StitchinStacey1]

Unexpected soylent green reference! Love the recent content.

[@bonniefitz591]

personally, i would much prefer to go to the jury than get zero votes. only because im so self centered, getting zero votes would emotional destroy me and idk how i would recover

[@zeevnation6558]

I still think Owen from 43 with a different jury had a chance. A scrappy underdog with some clutch immunities

[@dustinjon1181]

I'm quite surprised that Xander didn't get any votes.

[@korbettkoselak1506]

Did you just drop a soylent green reference! 🔥🔥

[@anthonymort5202]

I think I rather get voted out and wonder what could have been rather than make it to the end and get 0 votes

[@rokeYouuer]

You make more money as a finalist.

[@anthonymort5202]

@@rokeYouuer I don't care about that if your 0 volt finalists that means you suck just like Romeo and Xander

[@SlaterRecordsTV]

@@rokeYouuer jury members are more likely to get asked back tho.. gotta think long term esp if you like playing the game.

[@R5cents]

I think Amanda deserves to be on this list. Tod and Parv beat her with extremely good games and final tribal speeches. But if you remember going back to the beginning of the heroes tribe, the legacy of Amanda was that she was the queen of her archetype; a beautiful, smart, and LoYaL alliance member. She has a lot a impressive blindsides under her belt. And she was a member of one of the most notorious alliances the Black Widow Brigade in her second bout. And obviously for no other reason she deserves to be on this list because she was the first person to make it to final tribal council twice.

[@brony606]

Amanda is not a zero vote finalist though. She got votes both times

[@googlyotterr]

So are we all agreeing that Carolyn should be added to the list next?

[@crosscourttennis1796]

That Sherri bait and switch... You had me ahaha

[@cup_noodl]

If we look at all other JT's attempts without having Stephen attached at the hip I think it's obvious who did the strategic heavy lifting in that duo, IMO hes in like top3 of most underrated finalists.

[@rosierosie4248]

"Survivor is people. And if you fail to win over the people, you're gonna fail the win every time." This is what Russel Hantz and the people rallying for him need to hear and understand.

[@lennonrichison2827]

You should do a video on who’s had the most incorrect votes. I know it would be a lot of data but I feel it could be interesting

[@crazyinsanepenguin]

I'm pretty sure it's Eddie from Caramoan with 8 or 9, I forget exactly

[@robertmartin6192]

Perfect list! I would perhaps just move dreamz up, but the 11 are *chefs kiss*

[@mollynoel7583]

I thought I heard a rumour that the jury wasn’t even allowed to vote for Sash, because he bribed Jane to vote for him or something?

[@kevinlohmann3185]

If there is one truth in this world, it is that a Peridiam top 10 will always actually be a top 11.

[@majomoranh]

I loved michelle in her second season. I genuinely could not believe she got zero votes. Don't get me wrong, I think tony played a great game, i definitely dont think he deserved as many votes as he got.

[@MrDuckphart]

You made me nervous by putting Natalie from season 22 in the thumbnail Ngl lol

[@travisstrong5389]

That would make a great April fools joke.

[@nelsdanburg5407]

I'm sorry I still don't get the hype behind Xander LOL. He would not make the cut of best 0 vote finalists for me as I don't find his gameplay all that impressive and he lost against close to anyone in the merge due to his lack of social connections. But that's just me. Stephen, Spencer, Hannah are the easy top 3 of this category for me.

[@olivermensinger6022]

People that think he was robbed are wrong. He wouldn’t be on my list either. He’s not horrible. He’s likable, and had a good fake out moment, but that’s it. Xander wasn’t robbed.

[@cel.2263]

Great video! But I would put Angelina in this list! She might not have the most amazing gameplay out there, but i feel like her skills are something we all appreciated so much during the season. she didn't had the jury vote at the time, but she certainly got recognition for her out-of-the-box way of playing. she is one of those zero votes finalists we will remember for a long time

[@Emile.gorgonZola]

Well she will be remembered since all the straight guys in the fandom love her and how she looks... 😂

[@kwanzaa_cake]

I genuinely think gender and age are part of the reason why Dawn got 0 votes. If Dawn was Don and a father, people would rave about how great of a character he is and scream he was robbed.

[@aaronsmith4806]

I watched the Xander aka smash smash sssaaammassh guy ad one of my first seasons and could not believe he didn’t win. He had a perfect play at tribal and had he messed even one move up his game is over!

[@hayden32040]

Justice for Hannah

[@drainstorM11]

Cochran, Dawn, and Sherri are all such underrated players

[@notamberp]

i know you didn’t just say Cochran is an underrated player lmao

[@OMVRRR]

Cochran is overrated not underrated

[@ryanmclean2000]

This video makes me want of survivor full of people who never got their torch snuffed either finalist or pulled from game ( OBVIOUSLY EXCLUDE DAN)

[@sanjumitra1]

Woww mine would be a radically different list...I'd pick - 10) Noura (Island of the Idols) 9) Owen (Survivor 43) 8) Becky (Cook Islands) 7) Tai (Kaoh Rong) 6) Hannah (MvGx) 5) Russel (HvV) 4) Angelina (DvG) 3) Owen (Survivor 43) 2) Stephen (Tocantins) 1) Spencer (Cambodia)

[@BlurryMo]

You have owen twice

[@tylerhaggerty4805]

I really wished merit was used as a metric to bring people back. It's a shame Dreamz, Hannah, etc are one- time players while we have some two, three, & four -time players on the basis of what exactly?

[@Arbysisgreat]

Sandra literally said her biggest strategic goal was to get Russell out…

[@romanzolanski6256]

not seen the entire video yet but Hannah should be AT LEAST in the top 2

[@olivermensinger6022]

Adam is one of my favorite winners and I hate how underrated he is, that people think he didn’t deserve it, but Hannah is one of the best zero-vote finalists ever. I agree.

[@olivermensinger]

Spoilers... I don't really agree with Xander being on the list, considering he did nothing outside of winning two immunities and fake Liana out with her advantage, but it's your list. You do you man. Good video.

[@davidwagner5583]

He was just very likable, I thinks that’s a big part of a player

[@olivermensinger6022]

@@davidwagner5583 that’s true. He was and is a nice guy, which does help.

[@totaldramatyler4484]

His downfall actually started when he shunned Tiffany and Evvie right before they got booted. If he tried to stick with them, and could have used his idol at F9 to take out Liana, then it's possible that he uses his extra vote to take out Shan with Erika, Evvie, and Heather, and probably Ricard, since the All Black alliance would all but be exposed here. In this scenario, Ricard probably goes at 7, Danny still goes at 6, I see Evvie going at 5, and if Xander makes Erika do fire and she loses, he has a better chance. In this scenario, he has Tiffany and Evvie's votes on lock, but Danny is a locked Deshawn vote, and Erika is a locked Heather vote. It's possible Xander gets Ricard's vote, but even if he gave a great final tribal, the only way he wins is if he gets Tiffany, Evvie, Ricard, and Naseer to vote for him to win.

[@olivermensinger6022]

@@totaldramatyler4484 yep. It also doesn’t help that he almost gave up Evvie for an idol (almost, but still).

[@vyaskoduvayur6887]

I could understand him being maybe #9 or 10 but he's way too high up, especially when he had no agency at all

[@ericdanforth3362]

I kind of wish you HAD put Sherri actually

[@queenzoroark]

Final Juror have more chance to return, but with the game in the 'gotta go fast' speed nowadays, I prefer to lose with grace, I'd be like Katie in Palau FTC.

[@anniestumpy9918]

I never watched Survivor but I like to watch those recaps. When you talk about contestants it would be better for that person to be in the picture when you say their name. From the footage you showed e.g. I didn't get who "Dreams" was supposed to be...

[@jag519]

Continuing his Charlie Brown story, Charlie Brown didnt even make it to this list.

[@angelj209]

Sugar not being mentioned is a #choice

[@SurvReacts]

If you think about it dreamz played a game that was wayyy ahead of its time and how allot of good players are playing today.

[@esdeathisbae9480]

His social game was trash tho Earl would probably win a modern jury too

[@sanatana1]

I honestly have very little respect for Russell's game more because its not repeatable. The only reason he did so well in Heroes v. Villains was because nobody there had seen the previous season and nobody knew him. Maybe its stupid to judge it that way, but as soon as he played a season where he had true notoriety, he was voted out before he could even make a move. He's a proven conman and you can't win that way.

[@esinger23]

I agree

[@lucasblanken]

Yes and no…I mean, if people had seen his Samoa game then I agree things happen very differently on HvV. However, even outside of that, he did pull of the really ballsy move of convincing Tyson he was voting for Parv and then giving Parv the immunity necklace. Sure, Tyson probably wouldn’t have trusted him had he seen Samoa, but that alone is kind of epic, especially since the cast was told going into it that he was going to be one of the most notorious survivor villains of all time once his season aired. Semi agree with you, but gotta give the credit where it’s due in some ways.

[@RaphaelBas1995]

Not to mention, it became increasingly obvious that the only reason he was allowed to even make the final three in HvV, was because everyone knew they could beat him. He thought he was dragging a goat to the end, when in actuality he was the goat the whole time.

[@nikolasmoore2252]

I agree with him ending up a goat in HvV but still believe almost any other jury would have given him the money in Samoa. Sure, Natalie outperformed him at the social game but that's only one part of the game and I thought he was superior in all other categories. The jury is intended to vote for the best player and I thought he presented an unassailable argument in his favour at final tribal council... prior to Erik's speech I really thought he could win unanimously and he certainly won the audience vote by a landslide.

[@zeaferjones1404]

Sash is an underrated villain it is just he is overshadowed by Russell.

[@Yeaster]

Dreamz played an amazing game; he just wasn't very articulate. NYC has dog cafés now, so Eddie might’ve been onto something

[@ZavidWebster]

My Season 8: Characters: Morgan Madison Strand Jun Grace Dwight Sherry Daniel Luciana Sarah Wendell Jacob Charlie Mo Jr. Alicia Althea Isabelle Skidmark Annie Dylan Max Josiah Nora Mickey Alex Diana Proctor John Walker Crazy Dog Tobias Deaths: Charlie Alicia Strand Wendell Skidmark Jacob Luciana Walker Grace Nora Proctor John Isabelle Sherry Crazy Dog Survivors: Mlrgan Dwight Madison Diana Daniel Sarah Mo Jr. Annie Max Dylan Jun Josiah Alex Tobias Althea

[@joshuamoran151]

Welcome to Carolyn taking Xanders spot

[@ddctv2617]

Michele and Russell are 1 and 2. Excited to see who 3-10 are!

[@loganswhite6645]

This is Sugar and Angelina erasure!! My queens 😔

[@jenlongsine4948]

People shit on dreams because he took the fan favorite Yao out of the game and we're all bitter Betty's because we all wanted Yao to win

[@thestatmosphere7850]

As a Fiji fan, I think Dreamz and Cassandra are both underrated as players.

[@joemitchellnfl]

Still think Xander was the most deserving finalist of 41. He got robbed

[@lacszlo]

Well, Carolyn is now No.1

[@TheMArtagnan]

7:24 russel played season 20 nearly perfectly, but he insulted the jury and didn’t own his game or admit that there was major luck involved in his game (this is true of everyone)

[@lucasroberts3489]

Everyone you mentioned were absolutely perfect to be on this list EXCEPT Michelle like be serious 😭

[@mikerock621]

1. Russell s20 2. Michelle s40 3. Sugar s17 4. Spencer s31

[@davidwagner5583]

Spencer is number 1 for me. I understand why Jeremy won, but as a viewer my vote was for Spencer

[@davidwagner5583]

Actually maybe Michelle, I’m baffled that Natalie got votes and Michelle got 0

[@olivermensinger6022]

@@davidwagner5583 the jury loved and respected her game, but they didn’t want to spread the votes too thin and get Nat to win over Tony. I think.

[@heater1237]

Natalie made the thumbnail but not the video. Poor her..?

[@goldengrill769]

Honestly, your videos are making me consider if Yau Man was actually all that as a person, I liked him a lot growing up but maybe you're right and he is very racist. His FTC looking back at it had lots of dogwhistles.

[@Mack.Flurry3]

I will never understand the jury in W@W disrespecting the edge. It was a legitimate function in the game and Natalie was there from the beginning. Then when she came back in she did all she could to navigate getting to final jury. Vote your conscience, not to make a point.

[@Star_Jewel]

Xander definitely burned his jury vote from Ricard after teasing him with the idol as if he were gonna use it to save him when he **obviously** had every intention of playing it for himself. It was unnecessary and just plain mean

[@Bluemooque]

Cassandra is over shadowed by Earl and Dreamz but she played a great game

[@the_fd_180]

Michelle WAW and Sugar come to mind for me . Michelle backs up her answers very well for me but the cast was always voting for Tony. Sugar bombed the final tribal and the cast never liked her.

[@Mr36Chamberz]

To this day no one can vividly explain to me what Erika did in 41 to win the season lol.