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.
#13: Africa (Season 8, May-June 2012)
Winner: 01Gohan (5-2)
Wiki page: http://bit.ly/LMRzUh
In principle, Africa was a decent season. However I think because it was a later season which had all new players it sometimes isn't recognised as much as it should be, because I actually really enjoyed it.
Pre-merge was very short. There was a quitter and a double elimination so it didn't last that long, not long enough to make it seem particularly interesting pre-merge, apart from a dramatic last pre-merge vote with the Odd Necklace. Anyway an equal merge occurred with 5-5 on original tribes.
Now to the merge. It was going to tie at the first merge vote. That was obvious. It was original Boran vs original Samburu. However, our old friend the Hidden Immunity idol came out and iMiracle was blindsided before the Jury, putting Boran in the minority. It looked like it was going to be a pagonging, until Glinda flipped to Boran, putting Boran in the majority from there, three members of Samburu were knocked out one after another until only Porsche remained on the outs. But then Glinda flipped BACK to Samburu, along with Boran member ItsMeJack and blindsided Taryn. The new threesome of Porsche, Glinda and Jack then took out Mirouku, until Jack jumped back to Gohan on Boran and voted for Porsche, while Glinda self-voted and Porsche was duped out of the game in 4th. Gohan then won the Final challenge and Glinda was taken out leaving him and Jack the Final 2, where Gohan won the game.
Now I liked this season because of the constant power shifts post-merge. I like seasons which have power shifts because it keeps it interesting an keeps it unpredictable. There were multiple allegiance shifts in this season. I mean, its quite rare that in a game where it is an equal merge with tribe vs tribe for the final two to consist of two members of each tribe. The only season I can think of where that happened is Mongolia from Gen 2.
It had its fair share of drama too, and it became quite volatile in some places. But I guess it falls into that trap that there wasn't anything to make it stand out amongst the other seasons. yes it was good, yes there were some moves made, it created some good players like Gohan, Porsche and PizPaz. I guess it just didn't make enough of an impact as some other seasons did. However I still think that it is an underrated gem of a season which deserves a lot of credit.
Fave Castaway on Season = PizyPazy because he is benteratining
suitman13 I mean, its quite rare that in a game where it is an equal merge with tribe vs tribe for the final two to consist of two members of each tribe
WRONG BITCH. GO CHECK THEY BOTH FROM THE SAME TRIBE
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.
I absolutely loved watching Africa as a viewer it was so confusing yet so entertaining at the same time=P