Hello! As part of wrapping up M&N's Survivor, I figured it was time to update the season rankings.
Some things to note:
1. These are my rankings. Mike's rankings will obviously be different.
2. Just like you, I am human so my opinions/rankings on seasons change all the time but for now, this is what I'm feeling.
3. 6 seasons will be revealed at a time so we're looking at 5 blogs in total to go through all the season rankings.
4. There will be some twist names thrown out in these rankings. If you’re wondering how these twists worked, feel free to check out the season overviews on the wiki to get an idea of the twist. https://mns-survivor-series.fandom.com/wiki/M%26N%27s_Survivor_Series_Wikia
Okay, let's get started with the rankings!
25. Egypt (S12): In Egypt, we saw the emergence of the “Pyramid Duels” and “Mummy’s Curse” twist. In retrospect, these twists should have been used either in an all returnee season or I should have listened to Mike and let Mummy's Curse be a bit more powerful. In this case, the twists fell very flat as the cast was quite inactive and those who were active, didn’t see the benefits in trying to win the duels. Egypt also was fairly predictable as Ray (GentlemanG) managed to run the whole game from start to finish so it just felt like we were counting down the days until the reunion. Overall, this season ranks a bit higher just because of Ray and Ruben (JeffProbstTF). Ray was excellent in his gameplay and Ruben sent great confessionals and was a breath of fresh air personality wise.
26. Tasmania (S17): Tasmania on paper was a very stacked newbie cast especially 17 seasons into the series. However, right at the start of the season, everything started to go downhill where IRandomal123 and RArsenault quit. We also saw Darcy (Boots22) getting swap fucked which also hurt the season as Darcy was an active player. The twists played out okay but again, the inactivity really hurt this season. It got so bad that the winner of this season, Dylan (DBWs), would actively try and cause chaos just to improve ratings. The only reason this season ranks higher is because of the “All Immune” Tribal Council at F5 where for the first time in the series, everyone was immune before the votes were read. Tasmania had some fun players but in general, it was kind of a let down. Maybe that’s my fault for over hyping it pre-season.
27. Galapagos Island (S11): Oh man this season was rough to host. It was super inactive and I don’t think Eric (Awwsum11) was even invested and he WON. Parvati (ParvatiS) was great but again, this season was not competitive at all. The only reason this season ranks higher than Fiji is because of one person: UnicornChicken aka Tyler. Tyler was a great player and character. Had he won, this season would have been ranked so much higher but by him getting voted out 4th, it was a tough blow to Galapagos Island’s ranking.
28. Fiji (S26): In many ways, this season was probably the worst job Mike and I have done casting wise. Actually fuck that, I blame Mike. We were deadass informed of the premade who applied pre-season and they STILL got casted even though I told Mike many times to cut half of them. Kelly (Kelly2722) still claims to this day that he didn’t apply with his friends and that it was a coincidence but either way, a better job should have been done by us. In the end, this season pretty much got run by the friend group and Kelly dominated every aspect. This is a rare season where our hosting skills impacted the seasons rankings.
29. Sweden (S21): The theme of this season was “Dynamic Duos” but in reality, it should have been “Toxic and Draining”. We saw many uncomfortable fights, people quitting due to pictures posted and overall it was just not a fun season. Jake (Lemjam6) really ran the season but his alliance quite frankly ruined the fun of the season. Similar to Fiji, Mike and I should have done a better job casting and cutting some pre-game relationships.
30. Zimbabwe (S4): I’ll be honest, I can’t remember a season that had me more frustrated than Zimbabwe. Great winner (Rob/robulusjgreisonne) but the F3 was just a dominant alliance who ran the game from start to finish with no opposition. It was very predictable and when you add a quit and a medical evacuation during the MERGE, it was probably as close as I’ve gotten to quitting hosting. Also while this is gonna sound petty, I was really proud of the season logo (especially because it was at the start of the series and I was still learning how to make logos) and Mike came up with a great twist (Target Twist) but then it all got ruined by honestly, a very dumb cast, who couldn’t see a VERY obvious trio (Rob, Hudson, and Sam).
Remaining Seasons:
S1: Uruguay
S2: Maui
S3: Hong Kong
S5: Mongolia
S6: Taiwan
S7: The Caribbean - All Stars
S8: Saipan
S9: Nicaragua
S10: Greenland - Fans vs Favorites vs Failures
S13: Kyushu
S14: Greece - Second Chances
S15: Ethiopia
S16: India - Blood vs Water
S18: San Marino - Battle of the Bloodlines
S19: Brazil
S20: Madagascar - Heroes vs Villains
S22: Easter Island
S23: China - Clash of Clans
S24: Guatemala - Last Chances
S25: Ghost Island
S27: Monte Carlo
S28: Turkey - Unfinished Business
S29: Siberia - The Last Dance
S30: Maldives - All Winners
PYN if you want to be tagged in the next one! :)
Comments
29. Sweden (S21): The theme of this season was “Dynamic Duos” but in reality, it should have been “Toxic and Draining”. We saw many uncomfortable fights, people quitting due to pictures posted and overall it was just not a fun season. Jake (Lemjam6) really ran the season but his alliance quite frankly ruined the fun of the season. Similar to Fiji, Mike and I should have done a better job casting and cutting some pre-game relationships.
Kelly (Kelly2722) still claims to this day that he didn’t apply with his friends and that it was a coincidence but either way, a better job should have been done by us. In the end, this season pretty much got run by the friend group and Kelly dominated every aspect.
Hey Tasmania had like 4 interesting votes and those were half of the total votes so half the season was epic and it deserves at least Top 25 ! Also me engineering a (3)-2-1-1 vote only for ??? reasons (ratings) only for it to be destroyed by a self vote just about sums up the vibe of the season.
