Board Thread:Season Rankings/@comment-24899664-20141222121159/@comment-27391152-20170311123034

With 21 seasons left to go, only one is not going to be able to make the cut for my iconic TOP 20! And sadly, the season that misses out really deserves better but I just can't put any higher than it is.

#21- Survivor: Palau

I honestly don't have a lot to say about Palau other than that it is a solid season that kinda just gave me a "well...that happened" kind of vibe. Obviously, this season is pretty much renowned for the ulonging and the underdog story of Stephenie, but to me, the ulonging is what ruined this season from being amazing. The Ulong tribe was FULL of great characters (ANGIE <3, STEPHENIE <3, IBREHEM <3, JOLANDA <3), but they were picked off so quickly that the ones we were left with come merge, were pretty ordinary.

Palau's post-merge was also solid, but didn't have a shining moment that made it all that memorable. Janu's quit was annoying to say the least and as I said, I just don't really have much to say about it. The one thing that I think saves this season a little is how unintentionally hilarious Caryn is and I just loved everything she did. Besides that, the season had some solid gameplay, a solid winner, but that's about it. Not quite enough to get into the Top 20.

TOP 20 BABY! TOP 20!!

#20- Survivor: Guatemala

This is arguably the most forgotten, least talked about season of all time (which is why it was the last one I went back and actually watched), but I'm still not entirely sure why. I mean, there were INSANE fights, an interesting post-merge and some stellar voting confessionals, but people still don't really seem to like this season much for some reason. Regardless, I think Guatemala is a really fun season that desperately needs somebody to return for a second shot (Judd, get up off your ass and play Survivor again!)

If you can't already gather, I LOVE Judd with a passion! I mean, everybody always talks about how amazing of a character Shane from Exile Island is, but I strongly believe Judd is all that and better. From his constant arguing to his rivalry with Margaret to his amazing downfall and exit, Judd is AMAZING! He is what makes Guatemala so good, but unfortunately, I feel he was almost the ONLY thing that made Guatemala so good. Sure, Danni, Stephenie, Rafe, Cindy, and Brian all had their moments of greatness, but overall, the cast (especially the pre-merge boots) was pretty uninteresting for the most part, which is what keeps this season from placing any higher.

#19- Survivor: Africa

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE me some Africa, and I do think this season gets a bad wrap in general. I, for some reason, really enjoyed the post-merge even though it looks pretty bland on paper, there were some breakout stars that NEED to return *cough*Kelly Goldsmith*cough*T-Bird*cough*. However, similar to Palau, there just weren't enough memorable moments to push it any further in my rankings.

Before I get into why this season needs more credit, I'll start with the things that didn't go so well. Firstly, the location of this season really didn't help make things more interesting. This might just be for me, but looking at a place that looks really hot and dry makes me feel hot and dry, and anybody that knows me back home KNOWS how cranky I am when I'm hot. Also, the pre-merge was pretty lacking, with nothing but the tribe swap and Silas becoming the first person to be swap-fucked to keep it interesting.

However, where I really think this season gets interesting is the merge, particularly the beginning of the merge. So, we start with the merge episode where Lex and his Boran followers stupidly decide to target Clarence because Tom didn't like him for eating some cherries without them on Day 2 or 3. Clarence knows he's on the chopping block yet for SOME reason, risks his entire game on a game of paper-scissors-rock with T-Bird at the Immunity Challenge, which ends up biting him in the butt and getting sent home (ALMOST) unanimously. Thanks to T-Bird, Lex goes fucking MAD trying to find out who "dared" voted for the king and quickly pointed the blame on Kelly (another STUPID move he made).

Knowing she was on the bottom of Boran, Kelly (<3) flips on her tribe, giving the ex-Samburus a 5-4 advantage to overthrow the Power 4. Everyone is getting all excited, ready to see the first EVER big power shift in the game when..... *thunder sounds* BRANDON THE IMBECILE decides he doesn't want to work with Frank anymore and flips to vote Kelly out. LIKE, WHAT IN THE FUCKING WORLD WAS HE THINKING?!?!??!?!11111/1111/1/1/ He not only flipped on his only allies, making them distrust him completely but literally declined his opportunity to take full control of the game when it was HANDED to him on a silver platter! Thankfully, Brandon gets taught a lesson by getting sent home unanimously after that, but I do not know why this move is not talked about often enough today! Seriously, this move was so dumb, yet is completely forgotten about.

Anyway, I feel Africa is a good season, but that's all it was. Nothing more and nothing less.