Top 10 Dumbest Survivor Moves

1. Erik gives up immunity - Survivor: Micronesia

   Like, come on, dude. Why would you give up immunity in that spot? But you got to give it to the girls. I didn't even think it was possible to convince someone to do that at the final 5. But look, we have Mr. Dumbest Survivor doing it. How can you be that gullible?

   Definitely the dumbest move I've ever seen if you're trying to win. Was he hoping to get a date out of it or something? Actually, when you consider that he was the only guy left with four girls heavily manipulating the direction of the game, it might have been a smart move - just to keep what little bit of sanity he had left.

2. Woo chooses to take Tony to the end instead of Kass - Survivor: Cagayan

   One of the dumbest moves out there. Definitely not as dumb as Varner in The Outback or Tyson in Season 20, but dumber than the rest of the moves out there.

   I mean, it was Chaos Kass! How stupid do you have to be to bring Tony, the guy who everyone didn't hate?

   Woo could have won 1 million dollars. Instead, he made one of the greatest winners' road to victory even easier.

3. James gets voted out with two idols - Survivor: China

   Oop, play an idol just to be safe! If you don't feel like you need it, play it anyway because plans change in this game.

   He thought a majority would be united.

   If you get voted out with 2 hidden immunity idols, even if you are confident, keep one and play one.

4. Tyson switches his vote and accidentally votes himself out - Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains

   Among the five very obvious overrated dumb moves, this was the dumbest of them all. You really need to understand the circumstances leading up to this. While JT's and Erik's moves were bad and made little sense, NOTHING about Tyson's move made sense at all.

   First of all, that would get yourself voted out, and it also gets your alliance voted out. He got lucky that Rob Mariano is still friends with him.

   That was a very bad move, and not only did he cost himself the show, but he also cost Boston Rob his game too.

5. J.T. writes a letter to Russell and gives him his immunity idol - Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains

   I like sending letters to my friends, but they're not villains or in competition with me over $1 million.

6. Jason thinks a stick with a face is an idol - Survivor: Micronesia

   And then he goes out with a REAL idol.

7. Colby takes Tina to the end instead of Keith - Survivor: The Australian Outback

   He was actually happy that Tina won.

8. Brandon gives up immunity - Survivor: South Pacific

   This was a bad move but not as bad as Erik's. At least Brandon gave it to someone who voted with him. What makes these moves hard to justify is that both players were manipulated by legends. The difference is that Brandon was played by Coach, who had been truthful up to that point since they were in an alliance. Erik, on the other hand, was convinced by Cirie, who wasn't even aligned with him, to give up his immunity necklace. If Erik were a smart fan, he would have known that he, Cirie, and Natalie would have formed a majority, so there was no need to give up the immunity necklace.

   This one was worse than Erik's. He thought he was playing with God. The biggest reason why it was worse is because he probably saw Erik make that move and should've known better after 23 seasons that it wouldn't work out.

9. Garrett has an open forum to decide who to vote out - Survivor: Cagayan

10. Varner outs Zeke as transgender - Survivor: Game Changers

    When it comes to overrated dumb moves, aside from the obvious top five, this would be number one because everyone on social media and elsewhere couldn't stop talking about it for a long time. I'm glad that Varner has repaired the situation, and he definitely regrets it. He was trying to save himself, but ironically, he didn't realize he was actually going to stay in the game if he hadn't made that move. Five of the other players, including Zeke, were planning to vote out Ozzy.

    Don't know where Varner was coming from. But at least he regrets it.

The Newcomers
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    Ozzy doesn't play his idol - Survivor: Micronesia

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    Jason doesn't play his idol - Survivor: Micronesia

The Contenders

13. Manono tribe gives up immunity - Survivor: One World

    This was the stupidest game move because everyone on that tribe knew that one of them would be going home, and they all gave up safety.

    Colton had an awful strategy. Couldn't he have not found the immunity idol so we could avoid his headache?

14. Ian jumps off the pole and gives Tom a million dollars - Survivor: Palau

    Ian jumped off the pole so Katie could make the final two???

15. Sean's alphabet strategy - Survivor: Borneo

16. Cochran flips on Savaii - Survivor: South Pacific

    Flippers automatically get pegged as unreliable and untrustworthy. Why would you ever, EVER do it? This is another reason to believe Cochran isn't NEARLY as good of a player as Probst or Cochran himself would have you believe.

    In South Pacific, yes. In Caramoan, no.

17. Taylor steals food, blames Adam, and gets voted out - Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X

18. Drew throws a challenge and gets himself voted out - Survivor: San Juan del Sur

    Again, you want numbers. If you need to throw the challenge to lose, you can just pick them off after the merge.

    Drew: I will throw this immunity challenge. I'm too good of a player.

    Later...

    Jeff: Drew, the tribe has spoken. (snuffs his torch)

    Definitely a way to go up on the Survivor Wall of Shame.

19. Ciera flips - Survivor: Blood vs. Water

    If she'd stayed with Tyson, Gervase, and Monica, she was guaranteed final four!

    She should have just flipped earlier.

20. Chris goes home with an idol in his pocket - Survivor: Ghost Island

    Your biggest rival, Domenick, just played a Legacy Advantage, and you still don't play your idol as an insurance policy? Unbelievable.

    Did you REALLY think THAT many people would go along with a split vote? (Actually, they would. In the next episode, everyone but Michael splits the vote between Michael and Libby.)

21. Lex saves Amber and votes off Jerri - Survivor: All-Stars

    Don't listen to Rob if he's trying to get you to vote his way! He is really tricky. Lex should've voted off Amber. As much as I love the Marianos, that was a terrible move.

22. NaOnka and Kelly quit - Survivor: Nicaragua

    NaOnka wouldn't have lasted much longer because of how much of a jerk she was. But Purple Kelly had no good reason to quit. Nicaragua is "the season of the quitters," as Holly almost quit too.

    You can tell Jeff wasn't happy. Not one bit.

23. Zapatera throws a challenge to vote Russell off - Survivor: Redemption Island

    That is just pure stupidity, especially since it was so early in the game. If it were right before the merge, I could understand, but this was just the beginning, and they were only two people ahead.

    You needed to keep Russell until the merge. Until merge time, keep him. Rob would have voted Russell out, so that means you had the numbers.

    Doesn't seem dumb at first, but they lose like crazy after that.

24. David on day one picks Garrett as the weakest person on the tribe - Survivor: Cagayan

25. Dreamz breaks his deal with Yau-Man - Survivor: Fiji

    This move may have gotten him into the final 3, but it also doomed his chances of winning the game. The deal itself was pretty stupid because, even if he had given Yau Man the immunity necklace as promised, he probably would have been voted out anyway.

    Dreamz lost basically after this. Honor your word, man.

26. Laura B. tells Vytas that he is going to be voted out and gets voted out instead - Survivor: Blood vs. Water

    Bad luck, really. That was a bad decision, girly.

27. Kass flips on her alliance - Survivor: Cagayan