Earlier, someone was comparing Terry to Russell which is why I brought that up.
Excellent Survivor Seasons Ranking From Sucks
That above link is a pretty interesting survey and a lot of fun to gauge the overall reactions of the fan community. Personally, I think Vanuatu was a piece of garbage and is way overrated while Cook Islands gets an unfair rap as it had some great characters & an excellent set of twists/themes.
My ranking....
Classic:
1. Borneo - S1
2. Australian Outback - S2
3. Pearl Islands - S7
4. Amazon - S6
5. Marquesas - S4
6. China - S12
Great:
7. Gabon - S17
8. Micronesia - S16
9. Panama - Exile Island - S12
10. Guatemala - S11
Good:
11. Cook Islands - S13
12. Palau - S10
Fair:
13. Tocantins - S18
14. Samoa - S19
Terrible:
15. Vanuatu - S9
16. Fiji - S14
17. Thailand - S5
18. Africa - S3
19. All Stars - S8
Overall, my ratings are pretty in line with the fans. I disagree greatly on All Stars/Vanuatu which were generally well liked and Cook Islands which was generally hated. Only other thing I can point out is that Micronesia still seems way overrated in my mind (
especially by Jeff Probst who calls it the greatest season). It's epic failing for me is the entirety of the "fans" tribe which was the dullest group of people in the show's nineteen seasons. Samoa was generally awful aside from Russell, probably their worst cast ever aside from him.
And what the hell, winners by gameplay...
Top Tier: Richard/Tina/Brian/Sandra/Tom/Earl/Parvati
Middle Tier: Ethan/Jenna/Chris/Todd/
JT (ended up so well positioned because of coach, but I can't lower him too much because he played solid otherwise)
Lower Tier:
Vecepia (plenty of mistakes, it just all fell into place towards the end)/
Aras (dude tried to get to the end against Cirie. Nuff said)/
Yul (invincible idol) /
Natalie (bitter jury mars things, but she was integral in getting out Erik)
Ugh:
Amber (the biggest C-lister unexpectedly slid under the alphas)/
Bob (doesn't get much worse than a guy that refused to play the game winning due to a bitter jury and some girl with daddy issues practically dragging him to the money)/
Danni (credits God for her win and won due to the over thinking of a relative Survivor genius named Rafe)