Top 5 Most Overrated Survivor Seasons

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[@matthew46058]

Completely agree on winners at war - it had the best cast ever in my opinion but it really did need 90 mins it felt crammed at some points

[@Hockeyhobo89]

90 minutes would’ve put it in most peoples top 5. It’s one of my favourite seasons but man it sucks that it just missed out on 90 minutes

[@unoficialo8572]

you mean 62 minutes?

[@matthew46058]

@@unoficialo8572 there’s literally no reason to be like this

[@unoficialo8572]

@@matthew46058 90 would be nice, but they wouldn't know what to do with all that extra time. they struggle to fill 60, already & still leave important things out.

[@matthew46058]

@@unoficialo8572 bro im saying there’s no reason to correct me to 62 minutes. when it airs its 90 mins long and obviously its 28 mins of commercials but there’s no need to correct.

[@nasierbrown8974]

Winners at War had so much potential man

[@ShaneMichealCupp]

Jeff fumbled the bag, again. 20 winners on a season and he wants to make it all about production 😑

[@dbarller]

Bold statement cotton

[@zoharshaked726]

Did it? With a season of 20 legends of the game, only one of them will prevail and the other 19 will fail. Let alone the pregame that every All Stars season has. Also the oldschoolers are much bigger targets and flashier winners, since the new winners at the time had less time to become legendary, some not at all. This season always would've been a disaster, with or without production.

[@Ruddline]

They should make 90minute episodes and rerelease it for Paramount+ I would rewatch it I bet a lot of people would.

[@zoharshaked726]

@@Ruddline They have to. This would make the season a bajillion times better. Especially for seeing how the edge dynamics were since it was a big deal.

[@iDangerousx33]

the dvg fakeout actually had me ready to go to war for a second

[@thecreativegeek7886]

I love the season; the winner is overrated, though, imo

[@kermit_4506]

​@@thecreativegeek7886 dont you mean overhated?

[@066kshitizvsingh4]

​@@kermit_4506 I think wanting to legalise incest is a valid reason to get hated

[@kermit_4506]

@@066kshitizvsingh4 it has nothing to do with him as a winner

[@066kshitizvsingh4]

@kermit_4506 it doesn't but it explains why people hate him now. Fairly certain Nick was a really popular winner when he won

[@misterpi3.14]

I think the worst part of Cook Islands is the super idol and the cast not knowing how to work around it. It was basically a guarantee that who ever found was making the finale because there was no reason for Yul to keep it a secret.

[@ichooseclark]

I know the Ulong decimation is iconic in that it has never been done before, but this was the season that most DESPERATELY needed a swap. I feel like some of the Koror underdogs like Coby, Gregg, and Jenn could have really shaken some shit up with a swap, but never really had the opportunity to.

[@bingo36able]

I agree that Cook Islands is overrated, but the idea that this is a bad cast is absurd to me. Yes, it is a more introverted cast, between Yul, Becky, Sundra, and Penner, but that's a large part of the charm for me. I love the relationship dynamics of this cast, Penner and Yul have a fascinating story of friendship and trust as Yul seems genuinely baffled that the other players hold a grudge against Penner for the mutiny when he accepts the motivation behind it as a game choice. This is a cast where a lot of the best moments are just people having the kind of low-key conversations that are rare in Survivor, and I love that awkward introvert energy in a reality TV series that often goes in very different directions for entertainment.

[@TheOscar401]

44: top heavy cast, only the Tika 3, Danny and the Matt and Frannie showmance were memorable, really predictable and yet most people have it as one of the best new era seasons, I only have it above 41 Also it’s pretty ironic how the most strategy heavy season (Second Chance)was won by the most social player in a unanimous vote

[@uglyaniimals]

see i've heard this take a decent amount but i don't agree -- jamie was the closest thing we've had to an angelina 2.0, josh being the squidward to yam yam and carolyn's spongebob and patrick is a big part of why tika 2.0 is one of my favorite post swap tribes ever, matthew set a lot of shenanigans in motion and likely would have done even more had he not climbed that rock, claire had some great sassy confessionals and exploited the sit out rules in a memorable way, maddy was the rare alpha female and got the honor of the first premiere boot to get idoled out (by a single vote !) ,,,, ill concede that everyone else isn't particularly memorable but that's a good 2/3 of the cast that stick out to me, more then a lot of universally beloved seasons have yes i'll concede that it was pretty twist heavy and the editing was a lil wonky in parts but there are some fantastic characters on it and i like how much of the season subverts survivor cliches in who makes up the dominant alliance, who the challenge beasts are, who the showmance is between, etc

[@randomderpy]

I feel like the Cook Islands premergers with the exception of Billy and Cao Boi are probably the least talked about premergers on any season besides maybe Survivor Fiji.

[@averyseldin8485]

I remember that when we were watching, my dad said that had Winners at War been an OLD SCHOOL style season, it would have been one of the best seasons in history. Like, one or two idols would have been cool but just focus on pure strategies

[@um773]

Extremely hot take here but Heroes vs Villains is overrated imo: -The main weakness is the EDIT: Lopsided in Russell's favor; making players like Danielle, Jerri, Colby, COURTNEY, even Sandra at times (the freaking winner of the season and the first two-time winner) invisible, along with taking away important storylines that would have made the season so much better (Colby/Jerri making up, more of Sandra's storyline of achieving her second win, Courtney's antics, etc.). -The post-merge is pretty much a pagonging of the Heroes; very predictable. -Some legends turn sour, making it a disappointment to experience (James, Rupert, Colby). It's a fantastic season, but it's not the greatest of all time. Cagayan, Micronesia and Pearl Islands are better imo.

[@ichooseclark]

Thank you for saying everything I would have said. Heroes vs. Villains is tremendously overrated and I consistently see it as a top three season.

[@fromhimandforhim]

agreed HvV is not top 5 like everyone talks about its more like 11-15 range

[@ericksplushvideos]

Hot Take: TBH I think Cambodia-Second Chance is the best all stars season, I rank it higher than Heroes vs Villains

[@wrongamount]

Colby played a better game than both his previous seasons, he was the ultimate underdog on the Heroes, but I believe his social game was strong enough to make him become the last one standing

[@ericksplushvideos]

@@wrongamount I guess I can kinda agree on that but I believe the worst part of heroes vs villains was James, glad he got out pre-merge

[@willcoleman1679]

Heroes Vs. Villains, the post merge was basically a pagonging

[@Quetzal00358]

The biggest problem with the twists in WAW is that they decided to introduce things like Fire Tokens in a season of ALL WINNERS The execution wasn’t ideal and it would have been better if it was introduced in a newbie season. A season of all winners was the worst time to introduce it

[@scdwolfboy]

I agree with this. You have someone like Sandra, who absolutely tanked her own game by giving away an idol that was expiring THAT ROUND, because she overvalued Fire Tokens, which were (unless I'm forgetting something) completely useless to people who were actually in the game, and not on the Edge. Just play the idol on yourself!

[@aperson22222]

I think the issue is that they conceived of the Edge and introduced _that_ in an all (well, mostly) newbie season to test it. The big takeaway of that test was that watching everyone sit around with nothing to do is boring (shocking I know) so they added fire tokens to give some structure to those segments. It may not have worked all that well, but the thought process is clear. And I really don’t see why this cast should have been so confused by them. It was a _very_ straightforward currency: Here’s a list of what’s available for purchase, here are the prices for each item. You’re telling me millionaires don’t understand simple cash transactions? And all-stars should have a better sense of what is and isn’t beneficial in that setting, not worse.

[@Mwayflowerzz]

I'll give two answers 1. Borneo. Ignoring the cultural significance it has, it does not warrant being considered for best survivor season ever like it commonly is. While it is strategically effective, pagongings don't make for good television unless they happen from beneath (i.e. foa foa to galu). The pre-merge is also very underwhelming imo compared to other pre-merges. It's a very good, if not great season that warrants a ranking around the top 15, but those who hold it as peak survivor are being extremely biased towards its cultural impact. 2. Island of the Idols. It seems like nobody likes Island of the Idols, so it might be confusing saying it's overrated. In my opinion, the fact it isn't universally considered the worst season of survivor means it is being looked at too favorably. The Dan situation was handled awfully and grossly, even worse than other seasons with similar incidents like Thailand and All: Stars. While I don't think Nicaragua is anywhere close to good, calling it worse than Island of the Idols just for being extremely boring doesn't seem fair.

[@tulsaborn545]

Micronesia: Two *ahem* quits , two medical evacuations, Chet, and telling Cirie at the last minute it will be a final 2 not three.

[@snobey]

Challange beast Chet and strategic god Jason Siska

[@harrdeeharr]

Three quits counting Fairplay. Not to mention how wildly underedited Natalie and Alexis are for making up 1/3 of the final 6.

[@tdarkhorse4]

kathy was a mental health evacuation (she was threatening to chop her finger with a machete so she could get evacuated, she was in that horrible of shape psychologically) and fairplay was publicly powerbombed by danny bonaducci a few weeks before flying out and he wasn't allowed pain meds.

[@zoharshaked726]

No no no, Chet's the reason this season is top tier, silly!

[@Ruddline]

Chet happens.

[@ganilems]

Australian Outback takes the cake for me. It was beyond overrated. It's one of those seasons in which people would start naming the cast as the reason why they think it's "really good" instead of legit reasons why it's better than actually great but underappreciated seasons like Marquesas, Panama, or even SoPa. The post-Jerri boot to the finale stretch of episodes were insufferably BORINGGGG. The Merge episode was probably the best episode, and it was comparably weaker to so many other seasons' high points. Even frickin Thailand had a better best episode of the season.

[@machine146]

As much as Jerri was hated she made the season very interesting. Same with Tocantins I realized once Coach and Tyson was gone the rest of the cast was very boring.

[@Overton1994]

When I decided to binge watch survivor, I got so bored during Australia that I had to take a break, watch a more recent season to get the motivation back, and then return to trudge through it. Painfully boring and overly long

[@mr.pencilsharpener8004]

I’ll go up to bat for AO. The cast is the season, so that’s why it’s really good. For the first 10ish seasons, the strategy came second to the social experiment, and what is more experimental than dropping 16 strong personalities into one of the harshest locations out there? The whole season is edited like a summer blockbuster with heroes and villains amongst an epic backdrop. It’s one of those seasons where the whole package is greater than the sum of its parts.

[@RavenLuna-ii6lx]

@@mr.pencilsharpener8004 S2 haters probably watch it outside of its time. They would never understand. This is the highest rated season ever and in the eyes of the general public, the peak of Survivor.

[@monicarose1]

THAT IS MY LEAST FAVE SEASON, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT.

[@aperson22222]

I've got to go with HvV. Even if it actually were the best season of all time, its reputation is so high up in the stratosphere that it would be overrated. But consider: -The premerge drags on forever. -The postmerge is a pretty predictable steamroll after the JT boot. -The ascendancy of Russell and Parvati depends on a lot of greats playing like complete morons. -It should have been a celebration of the show's ten-year history, and was billed as such, but it didn't do much with that. It almost completely ignored storylines that stretched back to All Stars and earlier, most notably Jerri/Colby; it comes off as more of an unpleasant epilogue to Micronesia than anything; and players who'd made their bones as some of the greats of the first decade, like Tom and JT, find their legacies degraded. -There were some pretty dubious casting picks. Candace and Sugar weren't anybody's heroes, James was a mean-spirited bully, and the most villainous thing Danielle ever did was speak with an annoying accent. Parvati was right to question why she'd been consigned to the Villains tribe when the Heroes included not one but two players _who'd done the exact same things she had._ -They also snubbed a couple of the one-time players that fans have been clamoring to see again for ages. Shane was cut at the last minute in favor of Russell. Now yes, they'd struck gold with Russell, so a last-minute switch to make room for him was justified; but why not give him Randy's spot instead? Randy was the only Villain who brought nothing to the table, you're telling me Shane would have been less entertaining than that? And Natalie Bolton put her life on hold and flew all the way out there just so she could hang around waiting for an opening that never came! I hope she at least got a nice vacation out of it. -Courtney only got four confessionals! -There were certainly some very innovative strategies by the standards of the time on display, but those have for the most part been copied so many times for so long that you get the Casablanca Effect: Watch it today and it's really not that impressive, because you've seen it all before. True, everywhere else you've seen it has been building on the foundation it laid, but knowing that intellectually doesn't do much to increase the entertainment value. I'm not saying it's not a great season, but it's not perfect, and nothing short of perfection could possibly justify its reputation. Also, Gabon. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. I can't think of a single element I enjoyed. It has nothing redeeming about it, nothing at all. Of all the seasons I've binge watched, which is nearly all of them, it was the only one that I truly found to be a slog.

[@bobojo6447]

Premerge villains tribe carried my perception of it. Aside from that, and the merge episode it’s just good, not great

[@therubberman1997]

Gabon is such an overrated season. It was the season that made me fall off watching the show in real time. It was so bad that I didn’t want to watch Tocantins which ironically is one the best season. Damn you Gabon!

[@gamelikeadylan9746]

Peridiam video drops.. I click.

[@ocfrey9706]

My List 5. HVV: It’s good but the merge is kinda boring compared to the great premerge 4. 44: People act like its an average ssn when it is bottom tier boring garbage 3. Palau: for the stuff peridiam said 2. 45: it was a ok season and an above average new era one but the late merge was such a steamroll and people call it the best of the new era when 43 and 46 are so much better 1. Micronesia: the premerge is so terrible it is actually so boring. A lot of quits. All the fans are incompetent. The black widow brigade was cool but they duped a bunch of idiots its not that impressive

[@daniellevine6131]

I'm just happy he didn't say Cagayan... I was ready to fight.

[@SpanishFly120]

I agree with a lot of these. Winners at War could've been great, but they didn't trust the cast and marred it with so many twists and zoomed the confessional cam in too much. Blood vs Water 1 is fine, but San Juan Del Sur is the superior BvW season, and Second Chances was missing a lot of the fun it should've had. Plus, the audience voting was really "the illusion of choice" since it was only 32 options (really 31) for 20 slots, with a bunch having 0 chance.

[@tommyfincher5451]

I've always thought Micronesia was overrated. I've seen some recent pushback to its greatness, but it's still constantly ranked in the Top 5 seasons. The premerge is long and has 3 quits and a medevac. Penner is taken too soon, Yau-man didn't do anything, Fairplay quits, Kathy quits, and Chet ruins a fabulous Ozzy blindside by quitting. The postmerge is great, but the twist to switch to a final two because of the quits and medevacs really screws over Cirie. I have it ranked in the 15-19 range. 5 great episodes doesn't make up for the frustration of the rest of the season.

[@Hockeyhobo89]

Same. It’s good but not in my top 5 or anything.

[@Overton1994]

I think of all the “great” seasons, it’s the least good. Pre-merge is a total flop; it doesn’t get good until the merge

[@Hockeyhobo89]

@@Overton1994 I don’t know if other people care about this but it would also be higher on my list if it was shot in HD. As much as I love the show sometimes it’s hard to go back and watch the SD seasons.

[@zeaferjones1404]

Narratively it is one of the few times the Villain wins. Parvati plays them all like a fiddle and when I say that it I include Amanda and Cirie because neither realized that they were doing everything she wanted. It was like Cirie and Amanda wanted Parvati to be there fall guy but instead Parvati took all the credit.

[@cecilsmith24]

the bottle twist was horrible. It wasn't right that there was an elimination that wasn't "earned". A vote shouldn't occur unless everyone has a shot at immunity in some way. Either by team or individual.

[@myperspectiveisimnotblind]

Survivor 44 is SUPER overrated. NOTHING HAPPENED that season. Aside from the TV gold moments that Carolyn's presence gave us, NOTHING of substance that adds anything to the Survivor game happened. Boring votes, predictable moves, under-edited players to make room for the Tika 3, etc. Survivor 43 is the absolute worst of the new era seasons for me, but i would place it higher than Survivor 44 in terms of gameplay, post-game effects, and greater survivor lore than the fun 44.

[@XanderMatthews-nv9zf]

I don’t know how overrated 44 is, I considered it a pretty below average season It’s a really bad editing sign when half your cast is very visibly not winning

[@ajl9772]

Cook Islands would be no better than Fiji if the Aitu 4 story wasn't there.

[@snobey]

For me both season had 1st boring part of the season, and the rest was great. In cook islands case it were 4 first episodes, but in fiji case it were first 8-9 episodes

[@baileylynn5562]

Nah I still think it would be better, haves/have nots twist was awful

[@ajl9772]

@snobey Personally I found post merge of cook islands boring after Penner was voted out. He was the only interesting TV. We already knew the Aitu 4 were going all the way and Yul would be in the finals. It was just a question if Ozzy or Yul was gonna win.

[@ajl9772]

@baileylynn5562 Idk I still found game play more interesting in Fiji (and honestly personalities, too). There was serious question marks of how the game was gonna shake out. In Cook Islands you knew after Penner flipped that the Aitu 4 were going all the way.

[@baileylynn5562]

@@ajl9772 that’s fair, Fiji did take off in the post merge, but the pre merge was so unbelievably bad for me that it wouldn’t be enough to save it, at least for me

[@monkey9186]

I agree with the second chance, I loved it a lot while watching it, but it is probably one of the worst on a rewatch, it jsut had so many fun characters on it, but the boot order was honestly rough and the nonstop paranoia really wears on you after a point

[@e_eyster]

Its an absolutely horrible season. Pretty much a returning season where everyone who made the merge are people who I never wanted to see play again. Honestly in a full rank is about 30th, and only reason its that high is the winner. Jeremy doest win and its a bottom 10 season.

[@ByloBand]

For me THE most overrated season is Micronesia. I blame Dalton Ross for the masses over-valuing this season but so much cringe, quits, injuries, and only a couple of big moments.

[@rowan4573]

I'm so happy Cook Islands was number 1 here Bur I'm also baffled that HvV didn't make the lisy

[@cblazerc]

I saw 4/5 of these coming due to the 'vote for you least favorite season' poll that happened a few months ago on reddit, in which WAW, Palau, Cambodia, and Cook Islands spent a lot of time as high vote getters who weren't eliminated. The reason BvW wasn't in that group is because it got rocked out when WAW and Palau had back-to-back exact ties.

[@AlfoMedia]

most underrated: SJDS! was in shock and awe when I saw a Survivor journalist rank it basically at the bottom

[@briandill8125]

SAMEEEEEEE! It’s literally outside my top 10 - I bet it was the Dalton Ross ranking that had the season at 40th 💀 such a good season with pettiness and drama

[@morganthompson9845]

Cook Islands was such a flop. They were expecting an added layer to the social experiment aspect of the game and it just didn’t pan out.

[@jdthomp1000]

This is fair. Returnee seasons get more love than maybe it is worth. Then those that loose something on rewatch. If you only watch once, they are good to great. Rewatch you see the flaws. Also seems to work for underrated in reverse.

[@mr.pencilsharpener8004]

Returnee seasons are like Avengers movies. They’re hype in the moment, but they turn out pretty shallow when you think about them.

[@SurvivorAndBone]

But Cook Island has the Billy and Candace showmance! The best showmance in Survivor history!

[@therealbensoule652]

Candace⁉️ from raro tribe🤨👀⁉️⁉️

[@SurvivorAndBone]

@@therealbensoule652 I fell in love in this game, her name is Candace.

[@johndebono1870]

I would argue that Palau holds up surprisingly well on a re-watch (I personally have it in my top 5). Stephenie is still amazing, but I think what makes the season work is how intense the ending gets. You can see how the time Koror has together makes the vote offs all the more intense. Ian's arc specifically gets so dramatic at the end, that really turns into one of the more epic seasons the show has produced. My hotter take in all honesty is Micronesia. There are some undeniably fun moments, but something about one tribe being pure cannon fodder, the beginning of "LOLZ blindsides are hilarious vs. tragic" era and the way Cirie went out just never sat well with me.

[@EzraDair]

One big issue with WAW is the early boots of all the old schoolers , like no offense I like me some Adam but I came to see Yul and Kim play and I got none of that

[@harrdeeharr]

For me it’s easily Micronesia. It has a great stretch of episodes towards the end but it’s wildly mis-edited, the Fans tribe is mostly duds, and all the quits/med-evacs constantly kill the momentum of the season for me

[@Loogaroo1]

I still can't rewatch Heroes vs Villains because I don't want to sit through Russell Hantz mugging at the camera for another 15 hours.

[@simonbaumgartle6357]

2nd Chance slander will not be tolerated

[@Tzedi]

Bro cook islands is fire

[@Overton1994]

Here’s My 5: Micronesia- Great post merge, but super boring pre-merge. Gabon- Too mean spirited, and no one is all that interesting save for Sugar. Cook Islands- You explained it perfectly. Panama- Overrated cast (except Cirie), also I HATE the exile island twist. The Amazon- Honestly, I don’t find a single person on the cast interesting. Also the sexism and reality tv trashiness make it age extremely poorly. I can see why people loved it in 2003, but it’s better left in the past I think

[@Ruddline]

muh peanut butter why we love Survivor though is Jeff really cares and sees what we say and so a season was never that sexist again. Unless you count...that one. But again at least they forcibly removed that old guy.

[@aperson22222]

Even in 2003 the sexism was pretty obnoxious. As someone who became an adult in the early 00s, I certainly look back on a fair bit of it with deep embarrassment, but I'm always amused to find younger Survivor commenters who seem to think it was all one big Ian Fleming book or something.

[@tommymcphee3777]

Too mean spirited? Stfu

[@bobojo6447]

Cambodia is basically the only returning cast season that I consider one of my favorites.

[@nealsidhu2697]

My picks for overrated seasons: The Australian Outback (2) - super boring, bottom 5 The Amazon (6) - decent but not good Pearl Islands (7) - average but not great Heroes vs Villains (20) - boring post-merge, top 15 but not top 10 Blood vs Water (27) - decent but not good

[@thepanpatriotsfan9295]

No way man I love Second Chance so so much I watch survivor for the strategy

[@e_eyster]

But most of the cast who makes it deep are insufferable people who I never wanted to see a second time

[@thepanpatriotsfan9295]

@@e_eyster Valid

[@therealbensoule652]

SECOND CHANCE 🔛🔝 BEST SEASON EVER MADE OR WILL EVER BE MADE‼️‼️‼️

[@TheLoserface45]

I agree with most of the points but I VEHEMENTLY disagree with your Cambodia assessment. The Terry thing was tough but the whole idea of the season is if players were going to squander their second chance or not. Woo STILL just trusted a bigger leader. Savage was his new Tony. Vytas over played his personality. Abi and Keith’s personalities were in full force with quotes like “at least you made the merge” and “Totos” and “good with balls”. Keith especially was a wrench in the main character Jeremy and Kelly’s plans in the end when he worked with them! Kimmi understanding her low place and trying to make a move that backfired! Stephen being too focused on redeeming his previous season. PLUS insane strategic moves!

[@vishwaharan6938]

finally someone recognised the pink tribe buff in cambodia!!

[@J.L.K]

Cambodia is genuinely the season i think i have enjoyed the most watching at the time of watching. Absolutely loved it.

[@coltonyounger9724]

My top 5: - Koah Rhong: People who claim this is an underrated peak season I can’t take seriously, it’s just a slightly above average season to me not much more than that - 44/46: I think people dreadfully overhype these seasons (46’s second half because nobody likes the first half) 44 is just by the books/ a lamer version of Tocantins and the characters to don’t captivate me as they could in this and 46, I also think 46 is way too extra for it’s own good unlike other seasons where 90 minutes is a benefit this one screamed padding runtime - (Still love this season for the record) Micronesia: One of the best post merges ever don’t get me wrong but the first half drags here and there for me and Parv does not get enough screen time despite being the winner - Palau: this season is so painfully overrated I don’t like seasons where it’s one tribe dominating another and a clear cut winner - (Good but not great) Australian Outback: decent season but people oversell how it’s quicker paced the back half is particularly boring and the first half isn’t as good as people make it imo. The chicken fight and Tina flipping the vote last minute are still peak tho

[@Aviator43]

Imma be honest, after the big move that defined the season, I find the post-merge of Heroes vs Villains kinda bland. It's just a Pagoning

[@Overton1994]

Honestly Russell tanks the season a few slots for me. Great cast for the most part but there are a few duds

[@felipepn3397]

In my opinion Cambodia undeservedly gets the "gamebotty" heat that should go to Cagayan. Cagayan is soooo much more gamebotty than Cambodia. And to make things worse is a newbie season. At least in Cambodia we already know the players.

[@zzzs]

I've watched a couple different survivor youtubers over the years but you always have the best takes

[@Nate9-9]

I’m surprised Cambodia and Cook Islands is here. Both in my top 5 favorite seasons.

[@brettgarvey1129]

So glad you mentioned 27, I always feel crazy ranking it as low as I have it.

[@SURVIVORkid23]

Genuinely surprised the San Juan Del Sur wasn’t mentioned. I don’t understand the love for that season. It has a couple of good rounds gameplay wise but it’s cast as a whole is probably one of the most unlikable & nobody really left me rooting for them the entire season. Also I find China overrated, the location was cool at first but it just seemed so dark & wet & muddy that I got over it pretty fast & it left a lot to desire in terms of visually stimulating. The set pieces & challenges & rewards were cool it was just all the back at camp stuff

[@keithturner5362]

For me, it’s Pearl Islands. I think before watching it, I had a picture painted of this Survivor Magnum Opus, but I struggled to really connect with the cast aside from Sandra. I’m also not a Rupert fan, so that could potentially be a reason why it didn’t work for me, because he was all over it for the first half of the season.

[@Trebbyy]

Here’s my top 5 overrated (strap in): 1. Micronesia (S16) - I’m sorry but I think this season is mostly boring until the jury phase. Even then - the Black Widows alliance run circles around some of the most collectively dumbest players to ever play, and while that is entertaining at times - eh? The random final 2 twist to snub Cirie sucks too. 2. Millenials Vs. Gen X (S33) - I never have cared for this cast, whatsoever. The twist is fine, the gameplay is fine. It’s just… overall fine. 3. Koah Rong (S32) - Dubbing this the “deadliest season ever” next to Guatemala, fair. But like Guatemala, it’s a sum of small parts season, like Guatemala. This is more entertaining than Guatemala as well, but I just consider it that season 2.0. 4. Palau (S10) - this is the Big Brother 16 of Survivor. It’s fantastic on the first watch, but every other time it’s a slog to get through or you notice more things not to like about it. 5. Marquesas (S4) - I’m ashamed because I really love the narrative of the season, but man this season can be meddling at times. It has fantastic episodes but mostly forgettable cast, minus Kathy/ Vecepia/Boston Rob. It’s like a lesser Vanuatu or San Juan Del Sur for me, but those two seasons don’t get as much praise as this one. I get it though - this season changed the game. Now my top 5 underrated seasons: 1. San Juan Del Sur (S29) - baller season from start to finish. Natalie has one of the greatest winner arch’s, memorable side characters/players, feuds etc., messy gameplay, perfect execution of gameplay. It’s well rounded. 2. Vanuatu (S9) - now I get the first 3-4 episodes are as basic of survivor as you get. But once it clicks on, dang is it entertaining. Chris’ winning game is absolutely legendary, and seeing icons like Amy and Eliza getting swindled by the con artist is just fantastic. How the story plays out is the most fascinating in Survivor history. 3. Survivor 43 (S43) - I’m gonna say it - my favorite cast of the new era. The pre jury and post jury is a rollercoaster. Jesse has to be one of my favorite players of all time, and the fact he goes down swinging puts him up there with Cesternino/Cirie for robbed clear winners in Survivor history. Idc that all three goats made it to the end, Gabler was still fun and helped make that pre jury and merge absolutely fun. 4. Samoa (S19) - I get it, it’s the Russell Hantz show. Side characters are underedited, there’s not that many memorable characters other than the ones who stood in the highest opposition. However, it’s a season that leaves me dumbfounded on the story. A guy finds idols with no clues, a tribe of 4 pagong’s an entire tribe with the numerical advantage at the merge, great idol plays and competitions, and a funny end that’s ironic/humorous/anger inducing all at the same time. 5. Redemption Island (S22) - I legitimately think this is a so bad it’s good season. I get it - Boston Rob dominates the season, Russell’s tribe of newbies suck, etc. But legit - Phillip and Boston Rob carry this season on their backs and it’s interesting to see essentially the “lock down” strategy utilized to the perfect extent it’s ever been used. You can’t help but root for Rob - just like his recent DONDI appearance.

[@lexisnyder978]

I LOVE 43 SO MUCH 😭😭😭

[@TheStrengthClassroom]

redemption island is easily the worst season. I'd say season 21-24 was the worst stretch of survivor seasons maybe ever.

[@kimclaussen9413]

My greatest (impossible) wish is that we could redo Winners at War, with extra long episodes, and ZERO twists, idols, advantages, anything. I would give anything to see all the dynamics and gameplay WITHOUT all the extra junk. I get that Edge was there basically because a bunch of them wouldn't have come back otherwise. Also, my own personal bias of course, but my ultimate favs in WoW were pretty much all old school people who pretty much all got instantly steamrolled 😅, so ya know it was also kinda really depressing to watch. 😅

[@supermish8912]

right when I needed a video most

[@LezlySmile-fw9ck]

45 and heroes vs villains were just predictable steamrolls

[@BeepPong]

I think a cool video idea would be survivor players who were “dead in the water”. Basically just survivor players who made such a crappy move, no one would work with them and their game was tanked. Example would be Mike from season 30 after the letter from home fiasco. I know he won anyway but everyone left in the game pretty much hated him after that.

[@TheGamerGirl2330]

My picks 1 Heroes vs. Villains (the Heroes tribe ruins it for me) 2 Winners at War 3 Pearl Islands (never been a Jonny Fairplay fan! Because of him the season is hard to watch for me) 4 China (The season just gets less and less interesting on rewatch for me) 5 Micronesia Dishonorable mentions are Tocantins (same as Pearl Islands except it's Coach) and Amazon (just not has aged well in my opinion)

[@Rias-sl6fq]

Palau was fun and interesting to watch the first time but in a rewatch it’s a little boring to watch Ulong get decimated and then watch Tom just steamroll while almost everyone else just sits on their hands.

[@sammywurtman6302]

Heroes vs villains. Pre merge is fun and interesting but post merge past the double idle play it becomes plain boring

[@ianscott3289]

Nah Penner is one of the greatest characters of all time

[@redpandaplush5980]

before I see your list I'll give mine: Palau, Cook Islands, Tocantins, David vs Goliath, Winners at War

[@tararulz76]

THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING WINNERS AT WAR ON THIS LIST 👏 (although it should be #1 imo)

[@jobee1]

I agree with you about survivor Palau, I only took away two things from that season. Tom killed a shark and Tom gaslit Ian into giving him the win. Wasn’t a fan.

[@oopsididamaterialism8113]

1) WaW is always my #1. But the fire tokens definitely almost tank it. 2) Palau is better in the broader context of the whole show. We know it’s possible for one tribe to totally fall apart. But it’s interesting to actually see how that can play out. And Steph coming back and actually getting to play and do so well is great payoff. Plus her hatred of Bobby Jon. *chef’s kiss

[@WhistleMeThis]

I remember when Cook Islands aired. I enjoyed it from beginning to end. I still rate it as one of the best. The cast was not edited evenly, however the they overall had a soulfulness and charm. The next season, Fiji, I remember disliking. Each week it just became more depressing. Fiji was the ‘Thailand’ of its era. Cook Islands was the ‘Australian Outback’ of its era.

[@LakersChone]

Before season 41 these were Rob's Re-watch rankings contrasted with the fan vote to determine the most overrated seasons 1) s8 All-Stars (-13 2) s9 Vanuatu (-10 3) s19 Samoa (-9 t3) s2 Australian Outback (-9 t3) s40 Winners at War (-9 6) s1 Borneo (-8 t6) s15 China (-8 t6) s26 Caramoan (-6 9) s4 Marquesas (-3 t9) s3 Africa (-3 t9) s12 Panama (-3 t9) s6 Amazon (-3

[@midnalazuli793]

I honestly didn't even know the fanbase considered Winners at War to be a good season. I just remember everyone complaining about how awful the pre-merge was, and that the only good thing about the post-merge was Tony.

[@viliusvaisvila4510]

I don't believe I'll ever get from Survivor better than Tony after merge.

[@midnalazuli793]

@@viliusvaisvila4510 Does one really good player really make up for 19 lackluster ones?

[@viliusvaisvila4510]

@@midnalazuli793 in this case one player would make up for 40 players. WaW overall was great season for me don't have a single terrible memory. Only edge of extinction was mehh.

[@midnalazuli793]

@@viliusvaisvila4510 I'd like to see you rewatch the season and focus on anything other than Tony and say the same thing.

[@viliusvaisvila4510]

@@midnalazuli793 I've never watched any season more than once I'm not sure if that's in my books any time soon.

[@thecreativegeek7886]

11:02 Keith Nale is one of my favorite Survivor players of all time. Sadly, he is no longer with us; his impact on Survivor forever will be

[@owenpierce4874]

My top 6 would be: 6- Panama 5- Worlds Apart 4- Palau 3- Amazon 2- Philippines 1- Cagayan

[@Killz89130]

Yeah I feel the same way about Winners At War. When it happened I thought it was great for the same reasons you mentioned, but I just recently watched it again and was underwhelmed. It was ok at best

[@superhumanjediknight1888]

Hard agree on Palau and Blood Vs Water especially because both of those seasons are revered so much and I just…don’t understand why lmao. They’re good! But they aren’t the world beaters people treat them like they are. Cook Islands I also hard agree with but it’s also now to the point where so many people are vocal anti-CI that I wonder if it doesn’t count as overrated. Second Chance is a fair pick despite my personal opinion on it. Winners at War doesn’t necessarily feel overrated to me because the prevailing (at least Superfan) opinion is pretty similar to yours? But idk. Give me Guatemala and Borneo on there. Maybe scalding hot takes especially with Borneo but there’s just too much reverence confusing something being iconic with being good survivor. Especially Borneo. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t call Borneo bad, but it’s not as good as people think it is with nostalgia glasses. Guatemala is just a wet fart of a season that people prop up because it’s old school and the season summary is funny

[@WilsonReviews]

Personally I have no issue with Winners at war whatsoever. It is my second favorite season of all time. As for the others, I agree

[@iabansstuffwithan_i]

My top 5 most overrated seasons: (In no specific order) 1. Heroes vs Villains The cast is good, but the late merge is annoying, most of the challenges are either boring or overly violent, and there are good moves, but other than that, the season is mid. 2. Palau Everything Idoled out said. 3. Australia I find it boring tbh, it’s been a while since I’ve seen, but it helped set up the image in my head about how boring old seasons can be. 4. 45 This season is just not good, the cast was ok, I really only liked Julie, Kellie, Emily, and Kaleb, and everyone lost their vote to the point where everything was made for a Reba steamroll, which ended up happening. Katurah was annoying, and so was Jake, but atleast he’s somewhat relatable, and the showmance was so boring. 5. Cagayan Just kidding lol, I only have 4 overrated seasons.

[@zoharshaked726]

45 was great. Even with the lost votes, Belo could've gained the numbers to get Reba out, at one point they were the majority. They didn't do that because they were a mess, not because of the votes. Either way Reba were just connected and good enough players to hide it. If you didn't fine them engaging though, I undertand why you didn't like the season. Personally I loved Reba just as much as Belo and Lulu.

[@Ruddline]

It might take Dee being on a second season and getting destroyed to put the nail in 45s coffin until then the feminists will always claim its god tier.

[@zoharshaked726]

@@Ruddline Lol I didn't like 45 bc of Dee alone. I liked Dee, but the main reason I loved 45 is mainly due to the narrative, how it goes from Lulu, to Belo, to Reba. And the entire cast was really fun to watch imo.

[@ermmmmmmbye]

I'm glad to see Palau here. I got into survivor last summer and binged everything, and this season was one where my eyes started glazing over the last 1/3, and I never understood the fanfare that this season gets.

[@snobey]

Overrated but still good: Micronesia Overrated and meh: Palau

[@GamingFanactic911]

If Winners at War had longer run time and minimal advantages, it could have easily been one of the greatest ever.😊

[@katieanderson3410]

saying cook islands is a bad cast is blasphemy to me 😭😭😭

[@gabrielkissell7464]

It’s super top heavy, overall it’s a bad cast

[@zeaferjones1404]

I'm with you about Cambodia. There is something missing. I feel like I should like it more because I like Jeremy and Kelley but I think Koah Rong is much better.

[@mikekimura2532]

Wow! 3/5 are on EW Dalton Ross Top 10 Seasons! #6 Cambodia #8 Winners At War #9 Palau #12 Blood vs Water #15 Cook Islands

[@emmypax5084]

I love Dalton Ross, but his season ranking is absolutely unhinged levels of terrible.

[@themagictntpenguin7611]

For me one of the most overrated seasons is Marquesas. It did have the first big flip against the majority alliance which boosts it up for a lot of people, but the cast is not that entertaining imo. Sean, Kathy, and Rob are all amazing casting and bring up the entertainment value of the season, but everyone else is either boring or just fine. I like Vecepia and Neleh, I think John is good for the time he was on and Tammy had interesting moments but overall the cast is lacking

[@biffbuff5810]

I feel under attack, every season in this video except cool islands is in my top 10

[@catpat4754]

I was watching blood vs Water on Paramount Canada and it removed all of the 27 first seasons while I had 5 episodes left of 27. I forgot about it and was spoiled the winner but honestly I didn't really cared oops.

[@DRGOAT999]

Talk about Australian Survivor bro

[@fancyyoungchef]

TOTALLY agree about blood vs water and Palau…….also THANK YOU for not putting Micronesia on this list, I would have flipped

[@moviemaniac14]

You just listed 3 of my top 5 seasons, lol. I watch it for the game, not the drama.

[@RavenLuna-ii6lx]

Agree. Cook Islands was the very first TRULY TERRIBLE season.

[@ThePatchster]

Cook Islands is interesting because it’s so entertaining on first watch but so boring on rewatch.

[@lerdog]

It's Panama for me. Casaya is cool and Cirie is always a delight to watch, but that's it imo

[@shanecorcoran2542]

The thing is with Cook Islands is that the editing is bad, but it seemed like 3/4 of the cast wasn’t gonna deliver to begin with, they’re all so boring

[@NoHomers23]

Cook Islands biggest sin is that it is mostly boring.

[@hommefataltaemin]

I didn’t find it boring in the least

[@XanderMatthews-nv9zf]

Yeah the Parv and Adam boots really sucked, like no drama, no suspense, no reason for Sundra to go home at all Becky and Sundra really threw in the towel at the merge

[@potato3322]

my top 5 not in order: tocantins palau cook islands winners at war micronesia

[@aaronowen4425]

I have been a survivor fan since I was a teen and have watched every season multiple times (EXCEPT for the season that Colton was first introduced - (one time was enough I consider that the worst season ever) I also preferred when Survivor went to different locations but understand its cheaper and easier to film in one location so... I guess that's basically a thing of the past. One thing about Survivor (along with other reality shows) I am seriously beginning to wonder if part of the show is scripted (binge watching during Cov. lock down is when I first started noticing things I had missed. The big thing that has gotten me to wonder this is hearing contestants use similar phrasing across different reality shows. I know law enforcement and archaeologists can use "phrasing" to know that a person was responsible for writing different letters or historical documents and the same would seem to fall true for scripts. I have notice basically the same phrase used on the following reality shows - Survivor, The Amazing Race, Hell's Kitchen, Top Chef, Big Brother and a few others with only a couple words changed. That phrase is -- "I hope the (fill in the shows name or whatever the goal is here) gods are with us/me - example. "I hope the Survivor god's are with me on this" , "This will work if the Race gods are with us/me", "I sure hope the Brisket god's are with me while I cook this over night for the challenge" etc... That is not a phrasing I have ever heard on anything but reality tv and seems to me to indicate a writer that likes that phrase working on multiple reality shows. Maybe I am wrong but has anyone else noticed this? I can honestly say I have heard some form of this phrase used on EVERY reality show at least once that I have ever watched and that just makes me wonder and seems to indicate a writer writing something to be said.

[@StevyWondr1]

I will always say it's Cagayan. A couple of reasons: - Tony eats up way too much screentime. - The entire beauty tribe is underedited. - A third of the cast come back to play again, and half of them don't deserve it. - The super idol comes back.

[@Pixi701]

I think Palau is really fun on a first watch and koror is fun because they are dominant yet hate each other, but on a rewatch it is very boring, but the first watch I loved it

[@thecreativegeek7886]

6:03 Colton should have never been allowed back. His confessionals were digusting, foul, and overall unnecessary

[@dylanlevey9847]

The “Winners at War” take is fair, honestly, as I JUST rewatched it. For one, there’s WAY too much emphasis on Edge of Extinction. We spend so much time there each episode just to watch Rob, Natalie, Parv, and Tyson… cart logs? Cart coconuts? Take Tony’s vote? (Okay, that one was entertaining as a result) If you were watching as a casual fan, there’s so much you need to know - previous seasons, perceptions of the winners, legacies - that if you hadn’t seen the seasons the winners had been on, you’d be lost as hell. I also know that people are not happy about the boot order, but in my opinion, that comes down to a lot of the older players not understanding how to react and move with more fluid alliance structures. Rob plays loyalty gang, but Jeremy, Sarah, and Tony aren’t that style. They got super far as a result, carrying other also-rans like Nick and Ben with them. Lastly, there’s so many gimmies this season, and I understand that this was a “celebration” of Survivor, but just giving everyone their loved ones was like, ridiculous. Did the season have the best cast in Survivor history? Totally. Did it have a deserving, satisfying winner? Without question. Was it a great season? Maybe not.

[@WaveOfTidal]

I find myself agreeing with everything on this list. Especially Winners At War and Cook Islands. The theme of WAW was like handing the season on a silver platter to both production and the viewers. All-time great players battling it out to see which winner comes out on top and wins again. How could we not love the idea of it? It's really too bad that production had to be so heavy-handed with the Edge twist and fire tokens. It made the season feel so bloated with all these characters every episode and having so much time dedicated to discussing the twists no less. I wish they just gave it the HvV treatment on having no huge lingering twists, just idols at most, and let all the winners battle it out without interference. Cook Islands has many legends in the making like Yul, Parvati, Penner and Ozzy. The problem is that for many of these soon-to-be returnees, this isn't the best iteration of their Survivor story. And mix them with a bunch of players we end up not caring about because the editing is so lopsided, and what we get is an honestly very dull season with some very heavy twists. Your enjoyment for the season heavily banks on how much you love the Aitu 4 story. Which is very hard to not root for of course, but it really doesn't carry the entire season when even two of the four Aitu tribe (Sundra and Becky) hardly get any time shown as Yul and Ozzy are heavily favored instead.

[@nathan4327]

For me it's Amazon, Cambodia, SJDS, WAW, and, sorry, Tocantins and Philippines. The first 3 I didn't gel with too much, WAW I love but I have to acknowledge that it way too jam-packed, and while I like Tocantins and Philippines a good amount, I don't feel that they are top 10-15 seasons like a lot of other people do.