Top 10 Game-Ending Chokes in Survivor History

[@jennatodd4664]

The fact that the path for Sandra to become the first two-time winner was started just because Lil was deemed too annoying for the others to want her on the pre-jury trip always kills me 😂

[@brianlehman7624]

Wait what!?!?!

[@rt66vintage16]

Lil was absolutely annoying.

[@tdarkhorse4]

@@brianlehman7624 so the way the outcast twist worked is because they beat both morgan and drake in a challenge, morgan and drake voted out 1 member each (during which osten quit) and the outcasts had to vote back in 2 of their members simultaneously. the way production handled hat is every one of the 6 outcasts got 2 votes each, and the top 2 vote getters re-entered the game. burton was the strongest player of them so he was basically guaranteed and he got 3 of the 5 votes he could get (can't vote for yourself). lill also got 3 votes. one was from skinny ryan, who genuinely wanted her to go back into the game, and the other 2 were from trish and nicole. trish and nicole have said, as did burton on the pearl islands dvd commentary, that trish and nicole's only reason for wanting lill back in the game is because they flat out didn't want her on the pre-jury trip with them because she's annoying.

[@tmm4195]

Although it was dumb on Sarah’s part, I think her and Tony always planned to take each other to the end regardless of them being each others biggest competition. Tony was the biggest threat, but she never had intentions to get him out. If she did want Tony out, I definitely think she would’ve kept Ben over Michele. I think she was just hoping either her or Tony would win final immunity and go to the end together

[@casswashwash1070]

Yeah but i think it was less about getting tony out and moreso having both men there to take her

[@JRJuggernaut1]

I think ultimately Sarah was too concerned her game lacked a big move and she figured turning on Ben was the best way to do that. Unfortunately, it’s easy to miscalculate how that move may have hurt her more than helped her. Ben encouraging her to make the move obviously did not help matters, but clearly this all happened more because Sarah didn’t think her game could help her win on its own once Natalie put it in her head that Tony was being seen as the most likely to win! If Sarah took a step back and thought more about making it to Final 3 over taking out a threat, she would have realized her best bet was in fact taking out Michelle!

[@PeterBrown92]

Rafe instantly came to mind as soon as the video started. Was my first season of the show and he was my favourite all season and that end was painful. Getting rid of lydia made no sense, he fumbled the final challenge and then managed to mess things up even after that challenge was over. Truly a disaster of an end game.

[@e_eyster]

Not only that but the "I release you from your promise" part which now let Danni vote him out with far less blood on her hands.

[@chriskelly6019]

totally agree, Rafe was playing the perfect game and easily could have gone to the end with Steph if he only kept Lydia one more round. At the same time Danni would have taken him to final 2 but he decided to give up at the very end and let Steph have her shot. I think he ended up being the only one to vote for her

[@AustinNotTexas]

danni was actually sick those last few days which is why they kept her because they thought she would be easier to beat in the challenge

[@NYChica23]

His mistake starts at the final 6, when Danni is immune, and he decides then that instead of taking out the more well liked and therefore harder to beat in a jury vote Lydia, his best move is to take out the clear jury goat in Judd, and it's just a whole series of misplays from there

[@kellydaunis]

I was so delighted when Danni won.

[@chuck2469]

It's crazy how the final immunity of cayagan changed Survivor history. Kass lost by one second and if she wins she votes out Tony without a second thought. Given his performance on game changers it's highly unlikely Tony would win on his second attempt and without the first win under his belt he isn't on WAW and would be likely but not guaranteed a third opportunity to play

[@7RabidPenguins]

Wild that if woo had taken 1 second longer and lost, he would’ve won $1 million

[@calebos268]

0:33 "Up by 25 with under 30 to go and lost?" Wow. Even in survivor videos Falcons fans can't escape 28-3 lol.

[@JJNWSGHOST0299]

As a fan of both Survivor and the Saints, I appreciated that random Falcons dig😁

[@blazeroosterYT]

pain

[@teamsteed1]

Nope they can't.

[@samuellhutchins7843]

Fml I noticed ;-;

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

If Woo trips over in that final immunity challenge he gets sand on his face. But instead he won the challenge and got egg on his face.

[@JRJuggernaut1]

And yet I am glad it happened purely because of Tony’s performance in WAW!

[@EzraDair]

Id also add Natalie not taking on Tony in the fire making challenge, knowing she practiced plenty in EOE and she KNOWS all the jury members are drooling over Tony yet she let gambled with Sara instead of doing the more obvious choice

[@JRJuggernaut1]

Yeah, that move will always baffle me not just because it made way too much sense but because Natalie somehow thought she could win the game without taking Tony on. Say what you will about Chris but he knew he had to take Rick out at firemaking just to have any shot of winning and he was very aware of the fact that the jury was not going to vote for him solely for the connections he made on the Edge. Natalie by contrast thought she could beat Tony even if he made it to the end, which was beyond ridiculous. I love Natalie as a player but I will always be frustrated by the fact that she vastly overestimated her game and felt she should have won over Tony in WAW!

[@NYChica23]

@@JRJuggernaut1 Especially when unlike Chris, who actually took advantage of the Edge format and the perfect opportunities it presented to make the jury feel good about him in the event he came back in, Natalie ended up isolating herself and getting into fights with people she knew would be on the jury, which cost her quite a few votes when those same people didn't want her to win to the point where they didn't want to vote for Michele on the off chance that their votes could get Natalie the win over Tony

[@JRJuggernaut1]

⁠@@NYChica23 yeah, that last detail often gets overlooked but it needs to be said, the jury overall probably respected Michelle’s game more than Natalie’s and they were so concerned about making sure Natalie did not win that Michelle wound up with no votes even though they felt she deserved second place over Natalie! Chris really did make some good connections on the Edge and the jury was clearly hoping he would make a big impact once he got back into the game. He just had to make a big move and present his case, which even then he knew wasn’t a guarantee. Chris played a good game, but he also could have easily lost if his final tribal opponents were stronger than Gavin or Julie! Natalie by contrast really lacked a good perception of her position in the game, and it was borderline delusional thinking that she thought she could claim she played the best game without making any truly big moves (after being eliminated first), and against the person who ran the game pretty much from start to finish! The fact that she somewhat expected to win over Tony given the holes in her game was bizarre to watch unfold.

[@ashen_roses]

People were pumped when she lost bc you know it chapped their ass HARD when they had to respect someone like Her

[@km_studios]

I never thought Colby made a bad move, taking Tina to the end. Back in the early days of Survivor (when there was a lot more focus on the SURVIVAL component of Survivor), a lot of people were out there for the ADVENTURE, and didn't really care about playing a social-strategic game. Colby's decision to take Tina to the end was based on who he thought DESERVED to be at the end, NOT any kind of strategy. Colby was there for the adventure. He wasn't playing to win!

[@JRJuggernaut1]

1000% agree with this, I think Colby’s move actually deserves respect considering his motives and knowing that survivor didn’t quite have a template yet as far as how you win, which is exactly why Woo’s mistake by comparison is far less excusable, especially when even he knew his shot at winning against Tony was pretty much nonexistent!

[@kenneyp.9456]

Also forgetting he didn’t want to look like a bad guy on tv since a lot of people didn’t like Richard hatch back then

[@JRJuggernaut1]

@@kenneyp.9456 right, Colby’s strategy was meant to be in complete contrast to Hatch’s. He did not want to be portrayed negatively and he decided the final 2 should be about who are the most deserving players, not the easiest path to victory. I think that kind of reasoning is pretty understandable especially considering this was the second season!

[@kenneyp.9456]

@@JRJuggernaut1 exactly he thought about how his life would be effected outside of the game, Since survivor was extremely popular back then. People took stuff to heart

[@JRJuggernaut1]

@@kenneyp.9456 right, some people don’t care about those perceptions but personally I would rather keep my integrity and lose than win and not be respected for it.

[@matthewandres3306]

thank you for putting sarah here. people rarely speak on that move & how it ruined her game.

[@laurenherweyer2659]

the thing that cracks me up about Ozzy losing in SoPa is that he won that same challenge with a waaaaay harder puzzle in Cook Islands. Like one could argue this challenge was set up for him to win.

[@jacobwilliams1223]

The whole season was set up for Ozzy to win really. Ozzy was the greatest challenge beast Survivor had ever seen to that point, but his games always ended cause his strategy and social games were lacking. Redemption Island basically gave Ozzy a safety net where if he just won enough challenges, something he could do better than anyone, he got a free ride to Final 4. The fact the challenge at Final 4 was one he won before just further validates my belief the produces were trying to give Ozzy a layup. So Ozzy choking it in spite of all that will forever be hilarious.

[@PineappleLiar]

I’d say the Cirie loss is more reasonable given that Amanda has had a history of clutch immunity wins for balance-based challenges in the past.

[@JRJuggernaut1]

Yeah, especially considering that was precisely what happened the season prior when she competed on Survivor China, beating Amanda was going to be tough!

[@wirbyyyy]

i will never get tired of this channel ☺️

[@JRJuggernaut1]

It’s weird looking at some of these chokes where some I am happy happened, others I wish did not happen, and others I am torn about. Colby vs Tina is a prime example of where I feel torn, because I love Tina as a winner, but at the same time, part of me does wish Colby made the decision to cut her over Keith at the end. Honestly, I don’t think Colby deserves much flak for that decision because not only was it the second season of survivor, but also he clearly kept Tina out of a sense of morality and not due to his own ego! I respect Colby for his move even if many consider it one of the dumbest decisions in the show’s history! I mean he had way more of an excuse for his move than Woo did for keeping Tony, I am sure we can all agree on that at least!

[@jparkerez23]

Forever a crying shame that Malcolm and Ozzy don’t have one win.

[@JRJuggernaut1]

Agreed but to be fair, Denise and Sophie are still good winners who played good games. I really like Sophie but Ozzy winning South Pacific would have been an amazing arch, and the fact that his arch ended on such a whimper with Game Changers really makes me wish he won even more!

[@philipthomas8928]

​@@JRJuggernaut1 arc? Like story arc?

[@JRJuggernaut1]

@@philipthomas8928 correct, Ozzy basically went from being a physical beast who was one vote away from winning, to losing in Micronesia partially due to his overconfidence and ego, to coming to South Pacific where he was one challenge win away from winning the entire season. It would have been an amazing way for his survivor journey to end, even if some people would not have liked it due to the presence of redemption island. Personally, I think it would have been amazing to see Ozzy win because not only was his physical dominance again on full display, but he also did have a strategic game work for him as well, even if that wasn’t the reason he made it to the final 4! The fact that Ozzy’s game would have been more respected than the games of anyone in the actual final 3 should tell you how deserving he would have been had he made it to the end! Which makes it a real shame that he fell short and that his fourth appearance was his most underwhelming!

[@worthplayingfor2197]

The finale of winners at war had SO MANY BLUNDERS. Here's a reddit comment I wrote about it: Nat and Michele didn't do a single "social" move to make it go from 4-2 to 2-1 (and played each of the 3 elimination rounds badly) At final 6 Michele and Nat both had immunity, so 1 of the 4 HAD to go. They made the decision to vote for Ben which was a blunder because it doesn't guarantee that they flush Tony's idol. Then on the revote they decided to agree to vote out Denise instead of Sarah which was ALSO a blunder, because they had a better chance of beating Denise at the final 3. At the final 5, Nat found and misplayed an idol which can also be considered a blunder, but got bailed out because Ben gave up to guarantee that Sarah makes it to the final 4. (I think it's also noting that voting for Ben in this spot is a blunder for Nat and Michele because they have a better chance at beating Ben than Sarah at final 3, so a better move would've been to vote for Sarah and hope that they play the idol correctly, and then out Tony and Ben into fire at 4) At the final 4, Nat won immunity and made the blunder of putting Sarah against Tony instead of putting herself in fire, basically giving her 0% chance of winning. To recap, I'd argue all 5 of these moves were MISTAKES that lowered their chances of winning: Didn't guarantee a flush of Tony's idol at final 6 (potentially guarantee's Tony a spot in final 4) Voted for Denise over Sarah at final 6 revote (they have a better chance at beating Denise at the end) Misplayed an idol at final 5 (Looks bad to the jury, doesn't allow them to choose if they want Sarah or Ben out) Voted for Ben over Sarah at 5 (they have a better chance at beating Ben at the end AND Ben has a higher chance of beating Tony at fire) Put Tony and Sarah into fire against each other (Didn't take the risk of going into fire against Tony, which is exactly what the jury wanted to see) Watching the finale live, I was seriously in awe at how many mistakes it seemed Nat and Michele were making as they reached the end.

[@Yertos]

Oh Malcolm, you were so close. You will always have the Three Omegos alliance that pulled off my favorite hidden idol moves IMO

[@survivorfreaknr]

Jesse from 43 is a good contender for an honorable mention, I think his path to the end was a very difficult one to begin with but he did play himself into a corner.

[@JRJuggernaut1]

I thought this at one point too, except the problem is Jesse was kind of forced in a corner no matter what, he really had no great way of getting to the end and winning. If he keeps Cody around than he has to hope Cody is taken out at final 4, which can go a number of different ways depending on who makes it to that point. If he takes Cody out at final 5 then everything plays out the same as what actually happened. Jesse’s problem wasn’t that he choked per se, it’s more that he had no way to put himself in a position to win without also putting a big target on himself in the process. I can’t think of a way that Jesse could have won without taking Cody out, hence why I think Jesse did what he could given the circumstances!

[@annakornilova297]

@@JRJuggernaut1 I think there was one possible way out of the corner for him, and that was not turning Karla and Cassidy against each other at final 5, but doing it at final 4. Voting Karla out was pretty much his doing, Cassidy and Karla weren't thinking about their similar resumes at that point yet. So if he could team up with them to get Gabler out at final 5, and then convince them they shouldn't take each other to the FTC because of the similar resumes, he would've made fire against either Karla or Cassidy, which is a better chance than winning fire against Gabler.

[@SuperRainbol]

season 7 was the first season I watched but even then I was baffled that the 2 men didn't bring Lil to the reward and left of one them in the beach so the women wouldn't have a chance to plot against them, I was rooting for Fairplay but they deserved to lose after that

[@NYChica23]

For real...Fairplay and Burton let their own egos get in the way and underestimated Sandra way too much if they thought she wasn't going to take advantage of the time left alone with Lill and Darrah to do her own scheming and make sure that her plan that she'd had to screw over the guys ever since the Rupert vote finally happened

[@Harrison244]

Woo made Tony 3 million dollars 😂

[@coherentramblings7326]

Some other chokes I feel are worth mentioning... Borneo: Kelly and Sue’s falling out (I feel they both played a part in it, and I’m not sure who had the better shot at winning had they stuck together, but they had plans to blindside Richard and go to the final 2 and Richard admitted he wouldn’t have seen it coming) Palau: Ian publicly admitting he would consider betraying Tom if he didn’t win immunity, and then volunteering to be voted out at three. Gabon: Kenny voting for Matty at 7, followed by Crystal yelling at him, causing Sugar to turn on them and cut off both their paths to the end (not sure if F7 is late enough to count as the “endgame” Game Changers: Brad not only taking Sarah to the end, but also tanking his own win equity by verbally abusing Tai from F6 onwards. HvHvH: Devon flat out giving up on practicing fire making

[@kalileokalilei]

This is the Wednesday Survivor entrée, to the actual show as the main, and RHAP as the desert.

[@aaronsmith4806]

Malcom was first season I watched and couldn’t believe how badly he fumbled that end game

[@nateallen8639]

Ozzy losing the Final Immunity in South Pacific given his prowess in challenges for me. He wins that, he probably sweeps the jury given all the jury were his red tribe and we consider him a winner. THEN Coach inexplicably loses it at Final Tribal. So two blown choke jobs in one season

[@ASG-nm4cz]

Woo is an interesting case (I didn't watch Colby's season) because he didn't "choke." He knew exactly what he was doing.

[@JRJuggernaut1]

Idk, the problem with that argument is that Woo didn’t have a good justification for keeping Tony around. Tony convinced him to do it based on honor or some crap, but ultimately Woo really had zero incentive to actually keep Tony in the game. Compare that to Colby who could not have been sure of his chances against Tina but decided to keep her because he found her more deserving of winning than Keith. Whatever you think about that move Colby at least had a genuine justification behind that decision!

[@JRJuggernaut1]

Plus, this isn’t like with Survivor 41 where Xander underestimated Erika’s game and brought her to the end because he saw her as not being a threat to win. Woo knew of how Tony was being perceived by the jury, and he knew Tony would likely beat him but he did it anyway without any real justification for the decision!

[@stefanstenroos6344]

A choke video? On the eve of a series finale? 🧐🤔🤨🕵️

[@jessicasteward8477]

HAHAHAHA Was that a Boston Bruins reference at 00:10? Loved that!

[@YoMumLikesMe]

No Love for Terry Deitz on Survivor Panama? he was one immunity win away from being crowned sole survivor after winning 5 immunity challenges (and 4 reward challenges to boot) in a row after playing from the bottom since merge and everyone refusing to work with him. Also to note he had an advantage for the final immunity challenge.

[@NYChica23]

I think Peridiam said he wasn't going to base this video on challenges mainly because of how it's impossible to really practice for them/plan around the,

[@SonicGlitchmaster1]

I wouldn’t necessarily say that Terry’s game applies to this because he didn’t really make any mistakes that cost him the game. He was on the outs from the beginning and the only reason he lasted so long was because he kept winning immunity. And personally, as much as I like Terry, I don’t really think he beats anyone in that Final 4. Maybe Danielle, but it would be super close

[@wellingtoncamelo8466]

nooooo you made me remember Kelley wentworth not winning cambodia nooooo i just cant remember that, I cried so much, she was my fav

[@jc_is_the_bestt]

I wanted to hear Sarah’s pitch in WAW so bad

[@JJackson.13]

Jesse from Survivor 43 has to be at least an honourable mention here. Guy played so well, but his move to eliminate the only person who would potentially take him to the final 3, was useless “new school” resume padding. Sure, he had a chance to lose to Cody in the finale. But either way, it was a miscalculation that sunk his game immediately as nobody else in that final 5 would want to sit next to him, and he wasn’t a challenge beast who could rely on taking himself there, nor was he good at fire.

[@JJackson.13]

Sure, I can see that being a viable path as well. I just think Jesse didn’t need that move of taking out Cody to win the game. His resume was great without it. And he likely provides the best tribal council performance out of anyone out there given his speaking skills.

[@casswashwash1070]

@Jimmy I literally screamed at the tv to give the idol to karla 😭

[@casswashwash1070]

@@JJackson.13 it was a great iconic moment tho, cassidy shouldve been voted out, over ryan for sure. That kid was a goofball who fished that’s literally it 😭

[@legendarysingh2173]

@@JJackson.13 Jesse did what Dom failed to do in Ghost Island, which is cut his biggest competition. Cody 100% beats everyone in the F6, even tho Jesse was more strategic, Cody was a lot more likeable and but would’ve swayed the jury (kinda like what Gabler did).

[@JRJuggernaut1]

@@JJackson.13 I have to disagree, I think he had no path to victory if Cody was in the final 3, and he knew that. Jesse was between a rock and a hard place and had no easy way of making it to final 3 and being in a position to win, so he did the best he could. I do agree that using the idol on Karla and trying to keep her around as a shield could have been a better move at the final 5, but I also think that opened him up to possibly losing to Karla so I can see why he did not consider that move leading up to that tribal!

[@GreenBayPayton]

“You were up 25 with under 30 minutes to go and you lost?” 28-3 never gets old. Thank you for that 😂😂

[@byronleano]

Super agree with Woo, Colby, and Malcolm. 👌

[@ashen_roses]

I give Colby a little more lenience because it was season 2 and no one wants to be or look like an asshole at that point due to the, in 2000s language, FNF. Woo in 28 just got fuckin dunked on bc at that point "playing honorably" over playing to win not only looked stupid, but arrogant, bc by then we established that a) you can play as cutthroat as you want, and b) except mean people and older women, both of which Kass was.

[@Perceptionreflection]

"Rafe got outplayed by himself" also describes season 1 of Wheel of Time honestly. We love you dude but keeping the story tight and strong would have been so much better.

[@logmeister4]

I do wonder how many of these endgame chokes also had to do with the fact it’s 35+ days of starvation on an island. Obviously that’s part of the game and I’d bet the answer is all of them.

[@JRJuggernaut1]

Woo and Colby’s definitely were not due to that reason though. Woo knew he needed to take Tony out but let himself be convinced that it made more sense to keep him, which was ridiculous. Colby you can tell knew exactly what he was doing when he kept Tina in the game and considered the consequences of his actions. He just decided he would rather lose to Tina than take the easy path to victory

[@NYChica23]

@@JRJuggernaut1 Colby's also gets somewhat of a pass because of him playing on a season where the general perception of the public was still that it wasn't acceptable to play a game of lies and manipulation on Survivor, and Rich wasn't well liked by the people who saw building an alliance and riding it to the end as cheating in the game. So he very much was influenced by that mindset of letting the good people win, which is why he took Tina, because even if he did lose to her, a good person would win either way

[@JRJuggernaut1]

@@NYChica23 that’s also a great point. Rich’s game is a fascinating one to re-evaluate because while he did play a good game, it’s not like the jury was in love with voting for him either. Hell, Rudy and Sue, two of his closest allies, voted for him somewhat begrudgingly despite their close bonds. Rich’s win was a prime example of how unpredictable the survivor jury can be and how a player’s win can often be down to circumstances more than them having played the best game. Rich ultimately won because he was against someone he could beat in a vote, and because one juror randomly voted for him after basically deciding who to vote for at random 🤷🏼‍♂️ I still think Rich’s win is a good story, but he’s by no means a top tier winner from the show!

[@rt66vintage16]

It's not only 39 days of starvation, but the irritations of living with essentially strangers 24/7, who then become overly familiar. It must be incredibly hard to keep it together.

[@unoriginalandrew]

Ozzy with his Pippi hair-do will forever make me cringe.

[@bencaspar]

It's giving me 'tropical heidi'

[@worthplayingfor2197]

the thing about sarah is that she wanted get to the end with tony AND win, which is why she made her move against ben. it was her half measured attempt at lying to him but not voting him out.

[@olivermensinger6022]

Before anyone says it, no, Woo does beat Kass despite what he did. Woo may have done a lot to piss people off on the island, but he definitely beats Kass.

[@JRJuggernaut1]

I mean he probably gets Spencer, Tasha, Jeremiah, sarah and Morgan’s votes for sure, plus Trish after the way Cass treated her. I can’t find any basis for an argument that Cass would have won given how bad her jury management was! Woo did piss people off, but you could tell people easily would have voted for him over Cass, especially after taking Tony out!

[@A1PrimeTimeMovies]

Oh Woo. We should thank you. If it wasn’t for your choke job, we would have never gotten two time winner Tony.

[@JRJuggernaut1]

Agreed, which is funny because I know I am not the only one who prefers his WAW win to his win in Cagayan!

[@zofiabiaka8336]

Great video!

[@hectoralba7691]

Tasha and Spencer voting out Abi during Final 7 on Survivor Cambodia is such a CHOKE

[@otpyg13]

Tasha was never winning no matter who she sat next to. She’s a bigger goat than Abi.

[@JRJuggernaut1]

@@otpyg13 idk, I don’t think she could have won that season but I wouldn’t say she was a goat. I think she easily could have been targeted toward the end of Jeremy or Spencer get taken out at the final 8/7/6/5

[@wellingtoncamelo8466]

yes oh my gosh Rafe had that season on his hand and I couldnt believe when he got voted out

[@arievfrank8370]

In the Rick segment, why I thought that the buying a beer thing was a reference to Shaun in Australian survivor: Heroes vrs Villain when he played the idol of himself instead of Sam ?

[@TTLOSF]

Wild that both times tony made it to final tribal because of the dumbass decisions of others

[@mattm8108]

Malcolm choking is Survivor's equivalent to the falcons in Super Bowl 51

[@ajl9772]

I disagree that Cirie definitely wins a final 2. Let's look at a scenario in which she takes Amanda. Amanda automatically gets Ozzy, James and Parvati's votes. Which means Cirie needs to get the other 5. Now I'll admit she most likely get Natalie and Alexis's votes and certainly gets Erik and Eliza's votes. However, people actually overlook how Jason would have voted. Jason really liked Amanda and I think had more respect for her due to challenge wins. Against Parvati is another interesting scenerio. She gets Erik and Eliza for sure. Parvati gets Amanda and Jason for sure. Parvati felt very confident that Alexis and Natalie would have voted for her over Cirie, despite what they may say after. James and Ozzy also claimed they weren't as bitter towards Parvati as they played up and really were just trying to help Amanda look better. It's very possible we get a tie in either scenerio which would have been crazy. What's crazy is that if Jeremy didn't win immunity. Wentworth may have won the game, he probally goes home as Spencer said he wanted to sit next to her and not Jeremy. Really comes down to if Tasha forces a tie or not. Rob made a mistake, not a choke. Too early to say he choked. A lot could have happened at 5, 4 and 3. This move also could have been corrected the very next tribal if he voted out Jenna instead of Heidi. I facepalmed so hard when Devens did that. He just needed to tell him it made no sense for him to do it and held onto the idol. Honestly, it's the worst move on this list. Like with Cesternino, I feel it's a little to early to say this happens and it's hard to say if Fairplay actually wins against Burton or Lil as much as I'd like to have seen him do it. A lot could have happened. Sarah's issue was she wanted to sit next to who she knew was her biggest competition. She made a promise to the girls at the previous tribal she wouldn't vote against them if they saved her. Sarah made that promise knowing Tony would be voted out at 5 if he didn't win. The problem is, he did. So she either has to break her word and most certainly lose to Tony if she sits next to him (who I think she never was going to eliminate) or she had to put the correct people on the jury. Ben was another vote for her and she most likely gets either of the girls the next vote. Sarah made constant mistakes all season that showed she's not an elite player, but I understand why she did what she did. She made that decision based on friendship and emotion. Rafe's decision still baffles me to this day. One of the worst moves ever that still doesn't get talked about enough. You know Kass is somewhat responsible for Woo's decision. She told him earlier in the game that he was their Russell. She basically called him a goat. Woo must have felt it didn't matter who he took and took his friend to get that 100k.

[@jeilastnamejei5831]

was 6:42 a reference to the latest season of australian survivor when shaun played his idol for himself?

[@ceilidhkympton8571]

At the Pearl Islands reunion show, the jury said they would have voted for Lill (an Outcast) over Fairplay. I think Burton wins if he’s at the final two.

[@chriskelly6019]

yeah but thats after watching him talk crap on tv

[@samanderson5774]

^, those guys hated Lil

[@ceilidhkympton8571]

Chris Kelly - Good point!

[@rt66vintage16]

​@@samanderson5774 geez, who doesn't hate Lil?

[@jonnysforlife1697]

Here’s some more that I can think of: 1. Heidi not voting for Carolyn at the F6- Had she done that, it would’ve been a tied vote between Jaime and Carolyn, with Carolyn going on the revote, Yam Yam goes at 5, Carson goes at 4(with Heidi beating him in fire), and more than likely she wins the game in the F3. 2. Lindsay not playing her idol on Omar at the F6- Had she done that, she could’ve had a shield at the F5 in Omar, in which he goes at 5, and if she wins F4 immunity/wins fire, from what I heard, she wins the game. 3. Ricard blindsiding Shan at the F8, instead of blindsiding Deshawn or Danny at that particular round- Had he gotten rid of Deshawn in the F8 with him getting Shan and Liana on board, he has a good shot at winning based on the circumstances surrounding his game 4. Jesse spooking Karla into wasting her idol, and I’m not saying blindsiding Cody was a bad move at all, due to the fact that he wins against Jesse, it’s just the execution of that move is where he really messed up. Cause he had not played the idol on Owen, Karla’s not playing her idol, Cody still goes home, and at F5, he and Karla could’ve bluff their idols, resulting in the majority turning on each other, with Gabler going after Cassidy and Cassidy and Owen going after Gabler, and they can use it as a opportunity to take out Cassidy at F5, and since Jesse was close at winning the F4 immunity challenge, he likely wins without Cassidy being there, and therefore he’s pretty much given the win no matter what happens at the F4. 5. Cassidy not taking the shot to take out Jesse at fire making. The main difference between the fire making situation in 44 compared to the situation in 43 is that Heidi in 44 was losing a he game regards of what happened due to the blunder that she made in the F6, whilst in 43, I think Cassidy could’ve gotten Jeanine’s, Noelle’s, and Sami’s votes alongside James’ vote, which can result in a 4-4 tie between her and Gabler, in which Owen would break the tie to give Cassidy the win.

[@yellercat500cat7]

1 2 and 4 are correct, though hard to say what Cass, Owen and Gabler go if that’s the case. I’d argue 3 is more of a blunder on Danny and Deshawns part than Ricard. Shan needed to go but if you take out Erika first, if she didn’t win immunity, Shan goes next followed be a combination of Liana, Ricard, and Zander/Heather. Sadly I don’t see Ricard winning after Shan goes unless he immunities out. Danny and Deshawn can with wiggle room. Cass pretty much nuked any small chance she had at FTC. Plus Gabler put on a good FTC performance, plus Sami is way closer to him than Cass

[@katys.7227]

I legit thought this was going to be about choking lol

[@ajl9772]

I get why you didn't include Ian but I view it as a choke. Brad needs to be on here for season 34. If he votes out Sarah it was established he would have won. Ben Choked in season 35, but the producers gave him the Heimlich maneuver lol.

[@rynesupplitt3835]

How is Jesse NOT on this list??? He bet everything on winning the final four challenge knowing he wasn’t good at challenges or at fire making

[@sillykyle17]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Rafe's exchange with Danni after the final challenge, where he told her he was letting her out of their final 2 deal and she could vote out whoever she wanted, expecting her to keep him anyway. If he didn't do that, I think Danni does take him to the end and he possibly wins.

[@kellydaunis]

Danni still wins over Rafe

[@Jduude]

Malcolm’s my favourite player I knew this would be up here

[@LezlySmile]

Don’t forget rob taking amber

[@mattmorales8917]

Wow! Amazing that rick devens record breaking fire loss has been topped as of tonight! Go heidi

[@HatJax]

Surpised Kathy isn't meantioned for Marquesas. Similiar final 5 situation as many in this video: side with a tight pair (pascal & neleh) or vote out a "free agent" in sean. Sean rubbed people so wrong that i think he is probably a 0 vote finalist. By voting sean at 5, it set up the dangerous rock pull at 4 after V wins immunity, and then V wins immunity again at 3 which knocks her out. Not sure that V doesnt win those challenges still even with sean, but the f5 vote was a head scratcher from kathy.

[@craigresendes2403]

Because the Final 4 was the Fallen Comrades, Vee was always going to win because of her notebook (underrated strategic/social genius play), and I’d argue Vee wins at 3 since Kathy fell off first and she would’ve taken Sean for an arguably easy win. I don’t think Kathy choked there because she was most likely destined for 3rd place always. She would have needed to remove one half of each duo in order to win the game, and I don’t see a world where Sean’s voted out in 4th.

[@spencerclark4726]

I think Kathy's game was doomed at F5 no matter how she voted - either way there'd be one "strong unbreakable pair" left at F4 meaning Kathy would've needed the other remaining non-pair member gone at F4 AND Kathy would've needed to win F3 immunity. I know Kathy gets an amazing glowing edit and was super popular with fans, but honestly she's basically the original Shambo - aka a super cooky older lady who set herself up (entirely of her own free will) to be in the worst position possible come the endgame. I think there's a solid possibility that Kathy is in one of the all time worst-positions she could've been in at that Final Five. Also, when it became about race, she probably got spooked into not-siding with V/Sean.

[@Markstubation01]

What a way to remember the late Clay

[@aaronmarshall7007]

It would have been really interesting to hear what the jury had to say about the move if Sarah had won fire. Even if she did get to the final 3 it's still pretty objectively a bad move.

[@steelerscountry422]

Jessie not being on this list is criminal. Dude controlled all of season 43

[@JRJuggernaut1]

But he also didn’t have a path to win the game without taking out Cody, and he had no way of taking Cody out without putting a huge target on himself. Jesse was between a rock and a hard place and he chose the path that was more likely to lead to him winning!

[@scoobydoo3888]

might wanna add Carson

[@minifigureworks3846]

bro is setting up Jesse for the first 5 min

[@captainclutch8463]

how was the dude not giving up his immunity idol on here as number one for the biggest chokes...

[@chargingbadger867]

Because he still had to win immunity 2 more times after that to get to the end, so it was by no means a cinched win

[@captainclutch8463]

it for sure was a clintched win he was playing against 4 girls who werent physical at all lol the "lesbo" parvatti was the most athletic and he was running circles around her at challenges @@chargingbadger867

[@felixvecchiarelli6458]

Where my boy Terry Deitz at?

[@TJLatham]

Do we get Big Brother content after this👀

[@Yeaster]

Robb lol I quote him to this day

[@wellingtoncamelo8466]

Voting out Abi was so stupid and it made me really mad too because I’m brazillian and I love her lmao

[@sfxperi]

can u do top 5 worst big brother finale speeches

[@wrongamount]

The thought of Tina winning BvW instead of Tyson gets me even till this day.....☹☹☹

[@micahschuler3562]

BUT WHAT ABOUT 43's JESSE?!?!!?

[@ASG-nm4cz]

He didn't choke. He lost the immunity challenge (was never a favorite to win) and then Gabler won fire making in record time.

[@casswashwash1070]

@@ASG-nm4cz right there were moves he could’ve done like keep karla as a shield and someone he could best in fire possibly but i wouldnt say he choked.

[@spencerclark4726]

Yeah, Malcolm 100% fumbles at F5 in Philippines - he could've taken out any target besides Abi, and his chances of winning go way up. I'd also say Malcolm fumbles hard at the Three Amigos double idol play in Caramoan too, the three of them should've voted amongst themselves (guaranteeing 100% of votes voided causing a revote) and kept their idols/vote target a secret - then at the revote, intentionally have all three of them vote for three separate targets and hope the chaos of the revote would be enough to cause irreprable cracks in the majority alliance regardless of who goes - instead they announced their plan to the world, and got out the figurehead who wasn't actually running the show. Malcolm's just a really really bad Survivor player across the board, and people overlook this because he's cute and nice and gets a lot of confessionals. One thing i'll add to the Rob C. fumble is that he's basically the original Russell Hantz - his whole endgame strategy (for most of the season) involved him thinking he could take the "dumb girls" to the end as easy goats. He thought Jenna would be an easy win (even though he knew Deena only wanted to vote for a woman, and that Heidi / Alex / David all absolutely adored Jenna) - Rob's no dumb-dumb, he surely considered the possibility of lying to Jenna/Heidi to secure a 3-2-1 vote if he was truly worried about a Christy-induced rockdraw. MAYBE he felt that Matthew and Butch were so incompetent that there'd be zero possibility of keeping this plan a secret, but I really do think his path is to take out Jenna at 6 then Heidi at 5 and Christy at 4. Another huge dropped ball, but one that I don't hold against her because it would've required lightning fast reflexes and mental acuity that I doubt she had from the malnutrition and stress, is Jaclyn at F5 in SJDS. She knew that she was the target and yet Nat threw her a bone to take out Bailey - Jac could've reasonably assumed (if Nat didn't flat out tell her) that an idol would be played on her, Jaclyn could've voted for Natalie to make the vote a 3-1-1. The votes for Jac would be voided, and then regardless of how Keith voted, Nat would be voted out 2-1 or 3-0 upon the revote thanks to Missy. Jaclyn has then survived a vote-out, taken out a huge physical threat and jury threat in Natalie, made a game changing move by utilizing someone else's idol to get them out, and likely deeply ingratitated herself with Bailey/Missy. Ofc there's a chance Bailey then wins F4 and they take Jac out because her targets become too large, but I think Jaclyn could've viewed any F4 challenge as her having a decent shot to win. I don't hold any of this against Jac, but I do think she could've had an amazing endgame if she had put any thought into WHY Natalie was asking her to vote for Bailey.

[@kellydaunis]

There's no one named Bailey in Survivor.

[@spencerclark4726]

@@kellydaunis I meant to say Bayler, sorry that I don't have razor perfect memory of every single players name across 44 seasons like you do. Basic "who was at Final Five in s29?" context clues should've been enough for you to figure out who I meant.

[@jshrum4]

As a nurse, I've never understood why everyone says Cirie should be good at that challenge. Because she should have "steady hands" since she was a surgical nurse. She wasn't performing surgeries. Do people really think nurses are in there doing their surgery? 😆

[@Kaibat1205]

It will always be Woo. It’s unbeatable how bad he fumbled. Went from a W to an L in one play

[@TJ-ie9qo]

3:00 Don't do this to me 😞

[@nvm9040]

Rob learned puzzles unlike ozzy

[@tomiharv]

michele told natalie repeatedly she wanted to do fire and i fully think she beats him

[@ryanmcclure5578]

How is Cody not on here? Seconds away from 5 with an idol. He lost the challenge then his idol. All time blown lead.

[@JRJuggernaut1]

Because he lost due to a betrayal he could not have easily seen coming, not because of any real choking on his part! He didn’t even know that winning that final 6 immunity was necessary for him!

[@ryanmcclure5578]

@@JRJuggernaut1 If your on Survivor and don’t see a betrayal coming, you choked.

[@yellercat500cat7]

I really don’t think Cody gets a shot at final 3 given the make up. No one was really going to take especially if even Jesse wasn’t willing to take him. If Karla wins F6 immunity, Jesse plays one of the idols, maybe the other one for Owen who knows, but on revote, he 100 percent goes out there or if Karla joins Jesse. Even if he wins F6 immunity he still goes home at F5 via idol and/or revote. Given Cass Owen and Gabler are goats to most of this jury and voting together, idols are key here and Cody gave his away. Even if he doesn’t, he still goes home if other idols are played given that information I listed.

[@martinthompson4385]

Jay from 33 belongs on this list too tbh

[@milesarthur6269]

no terry??

[@Lintu107]

Clay was choked, pushed and robbed. He was clearly way too good at the game. RIP.

[@sdsavage54]

you could put malcolm or lisa in the three

[@smallss7197]

I have this feeling that Kass may have been able to win the jury. If she was able to explain what and why she did it, I think she would win .

[@zachfunk167]

not clay 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@damiedo]

Really liked your take on the Abi boot. Most times people focus on Skupin and Lisa taking Malcolm and Denise to final 4 as a dumb, but rarely mention the viceversa. If they split Lisa and Skupin, they now have more control over how the final 4 goes, instead of banking on the immunity challenge or firemaking.

[@ChuckleHoneybear]

Keith nale

[@Yeldbedisbej]

The biggest game ending choke was varner outing zeke😭

[@casswashwash1070]

😂😂 Bro facts what an idiot 💀 all u had to do was plead ur case normally what was he thinking

[@JRJuggernaut1]

I am glad Varner was eliminated immediately after that, the man is a vile human being and his transphobia on that season only scratched the surface!

[@goldengrill769]

Does anyone else kinda dread Finales? I just think three hours is so much time out of my day, its like every season finale of shows that I watch at one night. This seasons cast is just bland for me, they all did the yoga meetings and don't have faith new school players can do jury insults anymore. Does anyone want to see Carson get all time bragging rights? Its so gross. Are the ladies just not fun or good winners, is JamJam too telegraphed? Carolyn needs to win or bust. That's the only acceptable one for me.

[@33robbage]

Drop the review

[@teamsteed1]

Thank you for posting the video. I know this is not "Survivor" related but I could put UNC Tar Heels losing the NCAA Basketball tournament counts as a choke.

[@kates7277]

Let's go Carsooooon!

[@johnm1008]

Ozzy is pretty, there that's what *really* matters. He doesn't have to be smart.

[@somehow3106]

I feel like wu doesn’t win against kass being disliked by most of the cast. He just had a good edit

[@benrzendzian8406]

To be fair I think Spencer should have beat Jeremy. Don’t think Jeremy did anything

[@Noid1220]

That Ben sacrifice for Sarah seemed to forced to me tbh. For some reason, i couldnt buy the tears in that episode.

[@spencerclark4726]

Yeah between Ben and the ultra cringey Tony/Sarah firemaking moment, that whole finale felt super manufactured and cheesy. I'm sure it wasn't scripted or anything, but I could tell the three of them were all putting on show-tears to make themselves get hero edits. (Kinda like when Amanda put on surprise-shock when her BF Ozzy got blindsided on Micronesia)

[@Noid1220]

@@spencerclark4726 agree. Tbh, the pregame alliances kind of ruined the season for me.

[@spencerclark4726]

@@Noid1220 Yeah pregame alliances in general are why every single returnee season is inherently a less pure and more inauthentic experience just by default. But WAW, All Stars, and Gamechangers are all particularly stunted by the prealliances and also Jeff/Production's pre-season biases.

[@robw5741]

When does a nurse need steady hands ? A nurse is not a surgeon.....

[@ceilidhkympton8571]

Wasn’t she a surgical nurse, though? That’s a lot different than a nurse in a doctor’s office, etc. She even said the challenge was tailor-made for her.

[@Scarleto]

Thanking goodness that all the nurses who've done IVs for me have had steady hands.

[@antoniomarcos2504]

Spencer played a way better game than Wentworth in Cambodia. I think he can get some Jeremy votes, i think is a though battle Went Vs Spencer Vs Tasha

[@MrWanton16]

I think he threw away any chance he had at winning after Abi's boot and the way he acted at Kimmi's boot likely is what landed him 0 votes instead of possibly getting 2 or 3.

[@antoniomarcos2504]

@@MrWanton16But in a Spencer Wentwhorth and Tasha scenario dont you think he get 5 or 6 votes? Savage, Fishbach, Joe, Jeremy, Keith and Wiggles? I think Kimmi Abi Ciera Kass votes for Wentworth.

[@tmm4195]

@@antoniomarcos2504I think Spencer would deserve votes, but I don’t think he would get as many as you think. Definitely not more than Wentworth. Wentworth was the underdog. People root for an underdog. Not to mention she had two successful idol plays and many allies on the jury. She had at least 4 locked in votes on the jury. Maybe 5

[@mrjollyguy25]

@@antoniomarcos2504 Keith likely votes Wentworth, Wiggles and Joe are probably toss-ups. Wentworth had the underdog effect going for her and she was playing a terrific strategic and social game from the bottom, so she didn't need to get blood on her hands. Plus she was doing well in challenges and found multiple idols and played them correctly.

[@HolyAlondite]

@@antoniomarcos2504 Given that every breakdown I've seen of Wentworth vs *Jeremy* agrees that it's a very close vote between the two, regardless of who any individual breakdown gives the victory.This means that Wentworth had 3-4 locked votes against the number 1 threat, I don't think there's any way she loses in a FTC with Spencer and Tasha

[@kelpster_]

i have such a deep deep hatred for sarah its crazy

[@janetjohnson7279]

🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊

[@qjacks9068]

No winners grate me as much as Denise and Sarah😵‍💫

[@antoniomarcos2504]

I disagree with what you said about F5 Philippines. If Malcolm and Denise evict Liza, giving the idol to Abi, then at F4 Abi would have to join Liza and Denise against Malcolm. Abi was completely anti Malcolm getting to the FTC, Liza was not as anti malcolm to get to the FTC. Malcolm was the frontrunner he doesnt need goats at F4, he needs to remove them to get less exposed. Malcolm biggest error was not saying to Denise he wanted to go with her, and even then if denise didnt win she was out. Skupin + Liza were much more in favour of Malcolm getting to the FTC in comparison to Abi. Keeping Abi was only good for Skupin's and Liza's game

[@antoniomarcos2504]

*to join Skupin and Denise.