Happy 4th of July everybody! Hope you're all enjoying. While I have some free time I figure it's a good time to reveal the next season. This location has a reputation and not in a good way. This season is:
MARQUESAS!
For an early season, it had a lot more things we look for in a modern season. We had 2 arrogant players in Rob and John, the crazy underdog Kathy, queen Sarah, the noble Hunter and clueless Gabriel for examples. Maraamu was great to watch as they were an absolute disaster of a tribe with really the wrong people running it in Sean and an immature Rob. Vecepia jumped on their side and hid UTR with them as shields. With them on the verge of going down in flames, the tribe swap made things a little more interesting. It allowed the Rotu 4 to form and foolishly vote out Gabriel. This really hit the new Maraamu hard and I think it made them closer as a group. We saw them have to vote out Gina and cry together as a group over it. Then we saw a potential swing start to form with the clash of Rob and John. Rob was smart enough to realize John was never going to let him and his group get to final 4 despite having an alliance. Rob decided to take advantage of his time alone with Kathy and plant the seed in her head that the Rotu 4 weren't going to take her, Paschal and Neleh to the end. Unfortunately Kathy didn't trust Rob as a person but he set the stage for the rest of the season.
What we saw next was one of the best displays of karma being a bitch and one of the biggest downfalls in survivor history. Sean convinces Kathy the Rotu 4 really are together and she sees it in their behavior. Paschal and Neleh are nice and loyal people that are blind to the fact they're 5 and 6. We then see the rope chop challenge that basically reveals the pecking order. With Sean, Vecepia and Kathy out, Sean says this is the order. The Rotu 4 could've let Paschal and Neleh win the challenge to keep their trust but instead they violently and arrogantly chop their ropes off like they have the game already won. Those 2 get pissed about the challenge and FINALLY see the truth. We then see John Carroll get blindsided and his alliance pagonged. We then see Kathy go against V and Sean with Sean getting voted out. In the final 4, V fucks up everything by winning immunity and forcing a tie with Kathy because both knew it was the only way either one was getting to the end. Paschal then ends up getting voted out in the famous purple rock. This was a defining moment in survivor because it basically drew a fear for future players to flip because they were afraid of ending up like Paschal which is why he was the perfect person to have that fate. Then of course we see V go cold and work against Kathy as soon as she drops from FIC and lets Neleh win to make her pull the trigger on Kathy. She basically pulls a move similar to Hatch with the same great results with once again the big hero of the season going down in 3rd place.
There really aren't a lot of negatives to this season. I can't think of anything that bad to really say about this season. We just seem to be entering that elite stage. I just think there were more jaw dropping moves with better casts in the top 5 seasons. Nothing Marquesas really did wrong. In the end this was one of the better seasons that's really important in survivor history for having the first big power shift after the merge and purple rock.
Stay tuned for the top 5! Hint for #5- a season where idols played a part
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
11. Samoa
10. Guatemala
9. Philippines
8. Exile Island
7. Vanuatu
6. Marquesas
Amazon
Pearl Islands
Micronesia
Heroes vs. Villains
Cagayan
