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Ranking Survivor Winners...But It's Only Based On How Much I Like Them

I found a YouTube video the other day that ranked all the Survivor winners based on how entertaining they were as characters (shoutout to TheMeridianReview) and it gave me an idea. I got the impulsive thought to rank every winner, but in the most bias way imaginable. I wanted to rank them based only on how much I liked them as people and how I felt about their edits or games. Because if there's one thing I love, it's ranking things for no reason based on random criteria! So, here's my definitely not biased ranking list.  The scale I'll be using:  1 – hate them, 2 – dislike, 3 – neutral, 4 –like, 5 – love --- The Really Don't Vibe With Them Tier 47. Dee (45), 1.17, she had the makings of a really good winner, I admired her skill in challenges, her sharp strategic mind, and dominant gameplay, but her villainous moments ruined it for me. not because a villain shouldn't win, but because the edit didn't commit to making her a full-fledged villain winner. they st...
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Survivor 47 Episode 13 - Positives and Negatives of Remaining Players & Ranking Winner Contenders

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  So, last week we said farewell to my winner pick and disaster prince Andy, a truly heartbreaking and ironic turn of events even though we all knew he was going to go in the aftermath of Operation: Italy, but I don't think anyone expected him to go like THAT. Shooting himself in the foot while trying to earn respect, only to earn so much respect that it gets him idoled out? What an Andy way to go. So poetic. I could appreciate it through my tears.  We also lost ice queen Genevieve at 5th, which I also predicted, and it was sad to see her go, especially when I had just started to like her only a couple episodes before her departure...but such is the way things go on Survivor.  Now we're down to four, so let's take one last look at everyone's edits before the finale.  #1. Rachel (13:8)  Positives "we won as a community" quote  from the complex tribe (gata)  gained strategic visibility during the merge  gets a lot of advantages and is shown using t...
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Survivor 47 Episode 12 - Positives and Negatives of Remaining Players & Ranking Winner Contenders

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Uh...what just happened.  First of all, phenomenal episode all around, one of the best of the new era. A true underdog moment, a ragtag team of 3 vs a stacked alliance of 4, and they somehow survived thanks to Andy's plan. And getting to see Andy finally get recognition and respect from the audience was...vindicating to say the least, considering how I clocked his mastermind potential from Episode 5, but I'm glad everyone else is seeing it now. :')  Thanks to the collective efforts of Andy, Sam and Genevieve, Caroline was the one that went home last week, which was a bit of a shocker for me - I had her at 4th out of 8 in terms of viable edits, but I did predict correctly that there was an off chance she'd go home if something crazy happened.  Now, going into the finale (or semifinal?), it's a lot harder to figure out where things are going to go for these guys, but I'll update my lists and see where things stand.  #1. Andy (17:11)  Positives  got a mat cha...
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Survivor 47 Episode 11 - Positives and Negatives of Remaining Players & Ranking Winner Contenders

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I read online someone say that this episode could've been an e-mail, and honestly? I agree. Not the best episode of the season, but at least we got some much needed emotional content for some of the castaways, which I appreciated. The softie within me is always a sucker for an emotional reflection segment.  But back to the analysis! Last week, as we all expected, Kyle went home, and no one is surprised. I had him at 7th out of 8 in terms of my winner contenders, so it was only a matter of time before Grim Reaper Jeff came to snuff his torch. This week, however, things are looking a little different going into Episode 12.  As always, I'm looking at everyone's edits and listing out their positives and negatives, then ranking them based on who has the best case so far, as objectively as possible.  #1. Andy (18:10)  Positives  got a mat chat  is shown last in the opening credits with a beaming smile (like Dee in 45)  "i see this as a numbers game" confess...
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Survivor 47 Episode 10 - Positives and Negatives of Remaining Players & Ranking Winner Contenders

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First off - Rome's boot list was wrong! At least when it came to the predicted Caroline boot, so we seem to be in the clear...for now. There's still a chance that they could be right, but at least for tonight, I can forget about it, and go back to doing what I love - overanalyzing stuff. And boy oh boy was this episode a lot.  Last week, I had Gabe ranked at 7th out of 9, and he ended up being the one to go home, so once again, I was decently close! I think I'm onto something here, tbh. So, let's see where everyone stands going into Episode 11 tonight.  #1. Andy (19:10)  Positives  got a mat chat  is shown last in the opening credits with a beaming smile (like Dee in 45)  "i see this as a numbers game" confessional early on in premiere  gained strategic prominence at the merge  has told us his strategies and is shown doing them (pretending to be on the bottom/pathetic to lower threat level, pit people against each other)  well-liked by every...
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Survivor 47 Episode 9 - Positives and Negatives of Remaining Players & Ranking Winner Contenders

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*Jeff voice* Alright. It's been a week. Thanks to a certain chaotic gremlin (Rome), the entire Survivor community has been thrown into a tizzy. Spoilers are a-flying, and I was among the poor unfortunate souls who had to see the alleged boot list, including the supposed winner of the season. Now, did that throw me for a loop for a few days? Absolutely. But, the harder I thought about it, the more it seemed like something wasn't adding up. So, in honour of my middle name (delusion) and the small chance that it isn't real, I'm going to keep that spoiled boot list on the backburner, and continue to analyze the season and the player's edits as I normally would, just in case Rome was trolling us or things were swapped around. I don't want to get blindsided thinking I knew the whole outcome.  As always, I weighed out the positive and negative aspects of all the players' edits, and ranked them based on who had the best ratio of positive vs negative, all while tryi...
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Survivor 47 Episode 8 - Positives and Negatives of Remaining Players & Ranking Winner Contenders

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Basically what the title says! As we impatiently await the arrival of Episode 9, I decided to take another look at all the players left in the game to see if I missed anything. I weighed out the positive and negative aspects of all their edits, and ranked them based on who had the best ratio of positive vs negative, in an attempt to be as objective as possible.  #1. Andy (11:5)  got a mat chat  "i see this as a numbers game" confessional early on in premiere  plenty of strategic content  gained strategic prominence at the merge  has lots of allies and connections  plenty of personal content/growth arc fits all the themes  has told us his strategy of pretending to be pathetic to lower threat level, is shown doing it  has titled 3 episodes  high confessional time (12:51 mins)  gets some positive SPV from Genevieve and Rachel post-merge  Negatives  had a really, really bad Episode 1 that could've damaged his social credibilit...
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