Top 10 Worst Things About Survivor
Don't get me wrong, I love this show. But there are some flaws that REALLY irritate me.Seriously, I want to see more of the survival and social aspects of the game. I love Survivor Guatemala because it was primarily focused on survival.
How many top-five players would really last in a survival situation by themselves? Not many.
Island of the Idols sounds like a twist that was made at the last minute, and it is super pointless. It feels like they rushed to come up with something and landed on this. To make it worse, the person who won the season didn't even go there.
Fewer themes based on players' occupations, please. We don't need more seasons like Cagayan. Bring in something fresh, like more tribes.
I love Survivor. It's my favorite show ever, but HvHvH... fake categories. What does that even mean?
Yeah, having more than one or two a season seriously dilutes their impact. How can you be considered a true Survivor when you have a shield? That doesn't happen in real life (unless you count bribing a cop or something like that).
One at each camp is fine, but when it's replaced after being played, it gets overpowered. Survivor Guatemala had ONE IDOL.
One a season: great! Two a season: fine. Three a season: okay... More than that, it's a case of too much spice ruining the soup.
The cast assessments are awfully biased.
The absolute worst season ever. They clearly rushed the casting, twists, and challenges. The season was WAY too focused on big moves, completely ruining the legacies of some Survivor legends.
This twist is terrible. It's just a hidden immunity idol you can only play on specific days. This advantage is what ruined Cirie's game.
As I mentioned, the Legacy Advantage was terrible. We also got the Reward Steal, Extra Vote, Vote Steal, etc. Less twists!
I can't believe they are keeping this twist in. It's an insult to the general format of the show and discourages smart gameplay. Now your fate in the game is based on your ability to make fire rather than your ability to play strategically. Screw this twist.
They make it too obvious who's winning. Even in the first season, we all knew Hatch would win.
Winner edits are seriously annoying. Survivor HvHvH had by far the most unbalanced winner edit ever.
Yeah, it's pretty disgusting how Probst doesn't even bother to hide his affection for those he considers "worthy" Survivors. I mean, Cochran? The guy weaseled through the whole show, then came back as a "favorite," was granted a golden road to victory, and said he would never play again in a rare display of hubris? Come on!
No matter what, Jeff Probst will do anything to bring up his boyfriends: Colby, Boston Rob, Cochran, Ozzy, Zeke...
This goes along with obvious producer interference since Probst is a producer. Be objective, damn it.
Yeah, it killed the Survivor Auction, which was one of the best parts of the early seasons. Sometimes a change to the show is a devolution, not an evolution.
I thought HvHvH would be okay, but now I see they are going for the too-many-twists nonsense that ruined Game Changers. Come on, Survivor, just let the people play the game!
Don't have any advantages? Kiss your ace goodbye. Look what happened to Cirie.
Survivor uses favoritism rather than getting viewers' opinions (with the exception of Cambodia) on who should return. That's why we got players like Brandon, Phillip, Corrine, and Francesca returning instead of actual fan favorites like Shambo, Erinn, Leif, and Benry.
It's quite obvious Probst tried stuffing in as many of his boyfriends as he could into Game Changers.
Good thing they don't have returning players anymore.
Guess what, Mom! I was named the Ultimate Survivor even though I only spent three days with the whole cast!
Part of Survivor's appeal was seeing new and diverse locations. Now it's like watching a movie set in the same place, over and over again. Snooze.
Part of the fun of Survivor was seeing new locations every season. Now, we just get Fiji. Sure, it's a great location, but even the best birthday cake gets a little old when you have it every year.
Lazy, lazy, lazy. It's OK to number Super Bowls, but by numbering Survivor seasons, you make them sound like the same exact show run over and over. And, in essence, that's what they are.
I quit at 40 because of this and one other reason.
Come on, I thought we were supposed to have a physical aspect in this game. No wonder Ozzy never won immunity in Game Changers.
Here's a hint: If you have a requirement or mandate to make things equal, you're being just as repressive as those who would keep others out. #dropmic
Hey, Survivor - it's your show. But tweaking the results is really no different than the Quiz Show scandals of the 1950s. How do you live with yourselves when you know, deep down, that the results of most seasons are tainted?
Let's play a game... whoever can spot obvious producer interference in any season takes a swig of beer, okay? You'll be drunk before episode five and probably dead by episode eight.