Board Thread:Season Rankings/@comment-24899664-20141222121159/@comment-27391152-20170409063404

#1 - SURVIVOR: PEARL ISLANDS

I'm gonna keep this one short and sweet

From the very beginning of these rankings, I knew Pearl Islands was going to be number one. Despite being one of the more recent seasons I've watched, I cannot deny how truly amazing Pearl Islands is - from start to finish. There are blindsides and flip-flopping, but no gamebots, there was drama and fighting but no darkness, there were plenty of amazing characters but not an unbalanced edit. It was quite simply a perfect season that deserves its spot at number one.

As Hudson pointed out, this season's storyline is one of the best in history. Pre-merge we see the Morgan tribe lose challenge after challenge, with the cocky Drake tribe stripping them bare of all their essentials. However, the Drake tribe got so cocky that they decided to throw a challenge to get rid of a strong challenge member in Burton because he was annoying. This started a domino effect as Morgan all of a sudden started to win Immunity Challenge after Immunity Challenge, showing us very early on that getting cocky and comfortable will cause your demise in this season.

After the Outcasts return, we continue to see this cockiness trend continue. The Morgan tribe was on a high after winning so many challenges, particularly Mr. Andrew Savage who had been rude and condescending towards people such as Lill in the past. This poetically comes back to haunt him as Lill flips to the Drake tribe, sending him home. With Morgan crumbling, we see a new villain emerge in the name of Johnny Fairplay. With Burton (the guy he previously blindsided) by his side, the two systematic pick off whoever they please, starting with everybody's favourite pirate, Rupert. And despite people's attempts at getting back at them, they use things (such as lying about a dead grandma) to further themselves in the game. Fast-forward to the Final Five, it appears the evil duo will bulldoze right into the Final 2, but they overlook something. While taking out all the perceived threats in the game, they exposed themselves as the two in control, bringing together the once considered useless pawns, Sandra, Lill and Darrah together to take them down. In the end, cockiness and overlooking the "goats" cost Fairplay the game, perfectly upholding the theme of the season.

Pearl Islands is simply perfection. It has hilarious moments, phenomenal gameplay across the board and some great characters too. It's a perfect season and I am honoured to place it right at the top of my rankings.