NOTE: This is NOT a ranking of the CBS Survivor seasons it is a ranking of the 1st Generation Suitman's Survivor seasons, a groupgame which began in August 2011 and ended in November 2012.
#20: Palau- Dynamic Duos (Season 9, December 2011)
Winner: 77sparks77 (3-2-1)
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This was a decent season, and it pains me to rank it so low. It's just others were better. The cast from the offset looked great, but, like some seasons do, it just didn't make enough of an impact for me to think of it as a top season.
There were a few dissapointments this season who went out really early, like Jamie and Spinner, but that isn't what made me rank this lower. It wasn't straightforward, that was clear. It was quite a topsy-turvey season. The start of the merge was very shocking, with a big double-blindside. Joeker and Gaiaphage both voted out in one Tribal Council, and then the perpitrators of the flips then being flipped on and blindsided. Another key moment was at the final Immunity where Unit gave up the Immunity he had rightly won to Sparks, as he thought he deserved to make finals. Quite a shocking moment there too.
One thing I particularly like about this season, is that unlike other seasons where you have returnees, it wasn't returnee-dominated. The merge and the subsequent mess caused the returning duos in the dynamic duo twist, who could have worked together, to collapse and turn on one another. This had it's downside too, because had Joeker and Gaiaphage gone further I think it would have been very interesting. It's a good season which just didn't have that umph to make it up the ladder.
Sparks is one of my favorite social players of all time, and I'm glad he won because he was the underdog the entire time. He managed to get Immunity at the final challenge where he could have been voted out when he didn't even win the challenge. You just gotta love ol' Sparky :D
NOTE: This is NOT a ranking of the CBS Survivor seasons it is a ranking of the 1st Generation Suitman's Survivor seasons, a groupgame which began in August 2011 and ended in November 2012.
And please don't be Tocantins. ;(