Top 10 Most Robbed Survivor Players

These "Survivor" players were cheated out of going further in the game, perhaps even out of winning it.

Who was screwed the most by the twists, turns, or decisions of other players on "Survivor"? Vote!

The Top Ten

Aubry Bracco

Aubry finished as the runner-up during Season 32, "Survivor: Kaôh Rōng," losing to Michele Fitzgerald in a decision that remains controversial among fans.

Aubry was the clear winner over Michele. No way the latter performed better than Aubry.

I don't know what happened during her season, but she got jobbed big time.
Russell Hantz

Russell Hantz is an oil company owner and former contestant on the reality television show Survivor. He competed on three seasons of American Survivor and one season of Australian Survivor.
His highest placement was in his debut during Season 19, Survivor: Samoa, where he finished second. Many... read more

He deserved to be shut out in Heroes vs. Villains. But in Samoa, how can you say that Natalie's game was better than Russell's? She had one moment. He had many. Screw Erik Cardona.

I hate Russell. He's a troll. But there's no way he was outperformed by Natalie on Samoa (Heroes vs. Villains is a different matter). Another case of bitter juries. Bitter juries should be banned from Survivor.

Russell is a detestable slimeball, but he clearly outplayed everyone in Samoa. If not for the "Survivor" folks wanting him to return for Heroes vs. Villains (and not as a winner), he would have cruised to victory. Total producer interference.
Parvati Shallow

Parvati Shallow is an American television personality, best known for her strategic and social gameplay on the reality competition series Survivor. She won the $1,000,000 grand prize as the Sole Survivor of Season 16, "Survivor: Micronesia" (Fans vs. Favorites).... read more
Cirie Fields

Cirie Fields is an American nurse and reality TV personality who competed on four seasons of Survivor, first appearing in Season 12, Survivor: Panama - Exile Island. She advanced deep into the game with the Casaya Tribe, ultimately finishing in fourth place.... read more

If there was a final three in Micronesia, she would have won. I mean, they could have pushed the Tribal Council up one day, but they decided to make it a final two.
Also, she probably would've won Exile Island if she had won the fire-making challenge, and would have won Game Changers if she wasn't the only one without immunity at that heartbreaking Tribal Council.

Cirie kind of grates on me, but when she was voted out by virtue of being the only one to not have an idol, that truly sucks.

Cirie has been screwed on at least two of her seasons.
Ozzy Lusth

Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth is a reality television star best known for his appearances on the reality show Survivor.
He first competed in Season 13, Survivor: Cook Islands, where he finished as the runner-up to Yul Kwon in a 5-4 jury vote. The season was notable for its initial division of tribes by ethnicity... read more

The original Malcolm Freberg, only better. He was cheated out of two seasons: both Cook Islands and South Pacific. Thanks, "Survivor" cheating producers.

I'll go to my grave believing that Ozzy was the true winner of Cook Islands, not Yul. Yul was a good player, yes, but he was overpowered by the Immunity Idol that could be used at any time for any reason. There's a reason it was powered down after Season 13.
Chrissy Hofbeck

Before Season 35, "Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers," everyone at the final four got a vote to evict. It came as a major viewer blindside when, during that season, Chrissy, winner of Immunity at the Final Four, was the only one who got a vote. That vote was to keep one other player safe, and the remaining two competed in a fire-making challenge. The winner moved on, and the loser was "voted out."
She went on to lose to the winner of the fire-making challenge, Ben Driebergen, by a vote of 2-5-1 in the Final Tribal Council, and many fans called foul on this so-called audible.

There should not have been a fire-making challenge. Ben should have gone home, and Chrissy would have won.
Christian Hubicki

Christian was a strong force on Season 37, "Survivor: David vs. Goliath," until he was blindsided and voted out in seventh place, becoming a member of the jury.
Devon Pinto

Similar to Chrissy Hofbeck, Devon lost the fire-making challenge at the Final Four in Season 35, "Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers," and was forced to leave the game because of the newly introduced Final Four twist.
Benjamin Wade

Benjamin "Coach" Wade made his first appearance on Season 18, "Survivor: Tocantins," where he stayed loyal to the Timbira tribe until it began to fall apart. He finished fifth and made the jury.
He returned as a Villain for Season 20, "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains." His tribe became fractured by Russell Hantz, and he was voted out 12th as the first member of the jury.
His third appearance on Season 23, "Survivor: South Pacific," saw him lead the dominant Upolu tribe and reach the Final Tribal Council. He struggled with the jury and lost to Sophie Clarke by a vote of 6-3, in what many fans still see as one of the show's more debated outcomes.

Coach was robbed. When I watched this season, I was watching the finale, and I was like, Coach wins easily. Then they read the votes. Like, come on, guys. And the only reason they did is because Coach played all of us. IT'S SURVIVOR! Like, come on, that means he outwitted you, he definitely outplayed you. That's why he is there and you're not, why you got blindsided and he didn't. But no, he lied to us, so he doesn't win. We give it to the whiny, good-for-nothing brat. Coach was robbed, it's just a fact.

After Boston Rob won Redemption Island, Survivor would have had a major black eye if another returning player won Season 23. So they sabotaged Coach Wade.
He's an overegoed putz who didn't deserve anything in Season 18 or 20, but he truly played the most masterful game. Not Sophie.
Malcolm Freberg

Malcolm's first appearance was during Season 25, Survivor: Philippines. He managed to emerge, along with eventual winner Denise Stapley, from the ruins of the Matsing tribe to go deep into the game. In the end, despite winning a chance at the Final Immunity Challenge, he was unable to perform and was... read more

Kind of an arrogant prick at times, but he certainly was robbed at the end of the Philippines, probably because the "Survivor" producers wanted to bring him back for Fans vs. Favorites.

Malcolm is the most well-rounded character to never win. Likeable, strong in challenges, and strategic. Too bad he's never been in the winner's circle.

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The Contenders

Rob Mariano

Robert Carlo "Rob" Mariano, known by the nickname Boston Rob, is an American television personality widely known for appearing on several reality shows.
He has competed on Survivor five times as a player and once as a mentor. His first appearance, on Season 4, Survivor: Marquesas, resulted in... read more
Domenick Abbate

Domenick was clearly the dominating, driving force of Season 36, "Survivor: Ghost Island," only to lose at the Final Tribal Council to Wendell Holland after the first-ever tie vote. The tie was broken by the third finalist, Laurel Johnson.
Colby Donaldson

Colby made a memorable appearance on Season 2, Survivor: The Australian Outback, becoming one of the most popular male contestants of the early seasons. He went all the way to the end, where, in a controversial move, he chose to vote out Keith Famie and take Tina Wesson to the finale. Tina ultimately... read more

Colby was just as instrumental in Ogakor getting to where they were as Tina. He botched the Final Tribal Council on purpose.

Colby was gendered out of a victory. Survivor is about demographics. After giving Season 1 to a white male, they would have faced backlash if another white male had won Season 2. No way Tina was greater than Colby. Sorry.

Colby was a challenge beast, at least during The Outback, and a strategist as well. He was the winner. No doubt about it.
Lex van den Berghe

Lex was a driving force in his first appearance on Season 3, "Survivor: Africa." He rode a dominant alliance all the way to the end, only to lose the final Immunity Challenge, partly because of dysentery, and was voted out as the final member of the jury.
He returned for Season 8, "Survivor: All-Stars," after making a number of pre-season alliances. One of those alliances fell apart, and he was voted out at the beginning of the jury phase.
Bitter from this experience, he hasn't returned since.

Agreed with the poster who mentioned dysentery, especially since Lex mentioned that very same thing early in the season. Come on, most of us "Survivor" fans aren't that dumb!

Lex getting dysentery right before the final three challenge in Africa sounds a bit too convenient to me. I'll never believe there wasn't producer interference with him either.
Rick Devens
Xander Hastings
Neleh Dennis

Young Mormon student Neleh went all the way to the end in her only appearance on Season 4, "Survivor: Marquesas." She lost to Vecepia Towery in what many still see as a controversial decision, mostly because she was seen as too young and naive to be Sole Survivor.

It's public knowledge that at least two of the Rotu Four voted for Vecepia to win only because they didn't want to lose to a kid.

With Vecepia getting the win in Survivor IV, Survivor had the following winners for the first four seasons:
A gay man,
A middle-aged married woman,
A young Jewish heterosexual man,
An engaged African American woman.
Sounds like they got their demographics all covered, didn't they?

Another victim of demographics and a bunch of jurors who couldn't put their egos aside to acknowledge that a young person outplayed them.
Woo Hwang

Woo might be best known for his first appearance on Season 28, "Survivor: Cagayan" (Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty), where he went all the way to the end. In a controversial move, he chose to vote out Kass McQuillen instead of Tony Vlachos. This led to Tony's near-unanimous victory over Woo, 8-1.
Woo returned for Season 31, "Survivor: Cambodia - Second Chance," but was seen as a threat early on and voted out 14th, just before the jury phase.

WTF? Why in the heck would Woo go against a goat? No, I don't buy his "win against the best" argument. That's bull.

There's no way, no way, Woo chooses Tony over Kass unless there's production interference. No one, no one, is that stupid.
Tina Scheer
Terry Deitz

Air Force pilot Terry Deitz made a notable impact on Season 12 of Survivor, titled Survivor: Panama - Exile Island. He disrupted the plans of the dominant Casaya Tribe with a series of individual immunity wins, ultimately finishing in third place.... read more
Amanda Kimmel
Angie Jakusz

This poor girl was mistreated in multiple ways, not just on Season 10, "Survivor: Palau."
First, Coby promised to pick her and then reneged on that promise.
Second, she was supposed to be safe until Koror chose Ibrehem for immunity, which resulted in the target being switched to her and her being voted out.
Last, and most tragic, she died far too soon, succumbing to a rare form of cancer at the age of 40.
Stephanie Valencia

Stephanie was doomed on Season 22, "Survivor: Redemption Island," the moment she decided to ally with the notorious Russell Hantz. From that point forward, she was targeted and eventually voted off fifth.
As if that wasn't bad enough, she was one of the finalists for Season 31, "Survivor: Second Chance," but was not chosen in the end and has not been brought back since.
So Kim

So was originally scheduled to be on Season 29, "Survivor: San Juan del Sur" (Blood vs. Water II), but her loved one was ruled ineligible at the last moment.
Recalled for Season 30, "Survivor: Worlds Apart," So was quickly identified as a weak link on the White Collar tribe and voted out first, finishing 18th.
Wendy DeSmidt-Kohlhoff

Wendy was advised by her husband to lay low, but this resulted in her being seen as aloof on the older person's tribe on Season 21, "Survivor: Nicaragua," and she was voted out first, finishing 20th.