A lot of people guessed Pearl Islands because of the unaired mutiny twist. Well I hate to say it but a lot of you guys forgot another season had this too. This season is:
TOCANTINS!
There's a lot of things worth talking about in Tocantins. In the very first episode, things got shaken up with the first impressions twist with Sandy and Sierra getting targeted right away. Sandy was able to make things interesting on Jalapao really quick too. We also saw the first alliance ever based off Exile Island between Taj and Brendan. This would be key later in the game and would open up more connections by getting Stephen and Sierra involved. Part of the reason why this happened was because we had one of the best TV tribes and one of the biggest clusterfucks of a tribe in Timbira. The fact this season had Coach 1.0 is also a bonus. Arguably one of the greatest characters survivor has ever had, we just never knew what this guy would say next. We also had Tyson who was the fun and arrogant young player, Brendan and Sierra of course, the 2 black people on this tribe of course voted out before the merge and then Erinn the loner who is probably one of the more underrated entertaining women from this season. This also resulted in having a pretty deep cast. Not to mention we had a great comeback story from JT, Stephen and Taj to overcome a 6-3 deficit to start the merge after Joe's evacuation. To put the cherry on top for this season, it was the first one since Exile Island and still the last season to date to start with 16 people, have a 7 person jury and a final 2. Just a nice touch of traditional survivor we all like seeing.
So these are all pretty big positives. I bet you guys are wondering what negative I possibly have for not putting this at least 5 spots higher. My answer might piss some people off, but I felt like the editing wasn't great from this season. I just felt like they did a poor job hiding the fact JT, Stephen and Taj would come out on top. I always felt like they were never in any real danger, especially once the merge started and we saw just how divided Timbira was. I know they were never in any real danger but that's why it's a negative. The edit made them out to be underdogs when in reality they had control of the entire merge. It just felt a tad predictable. Don't get me wrong, it was great to see some of the best gameplay in survivor history from those 3 but they were almost too good for Timbira. Just ask yourself this question, did you have any real doubt those 3 would not overcome Timbira once we saw the merge? I feel like for TV purposes, other seasons still remaining had better underdog stories or had more dramatic endings.
Stay tuned for #11! Hint- this season was the start of a legacy
28. Nicaragua
27. Redemption Island
26. South Pacific
25. One World
24. Thailand
23. Caramoan
22. All Stars
21. China
20. Cook Islands
19. Blood vs. Water
18. Palau
17. Gabon
16. Borneo
15. Australian Outback
14. Africa
13. Fiji
12. Tocantins
Marquesas
Amazon
Pearl Islands
Vanuatu
Guatemala
Exile Island
Micronesia
Samoa
Heroes vs. Villains
Phillipines
Cagayan
