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.
#10: Samoa (Season 14, March 2012)
Winner: bekla123 (5-4-0)
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And we enter the top 10 with Samoa. Samoa is and always will be a forgotten little gem of a season. I actualy don't get why people don't remember it more, possibly because of HvV after it. But whatever. Let me go on a rant about why this season is so good.
After a pretty good pre-merge in which was particularly interesting due to the inclusion of the Odd Necklace, the merge arrived and the game really started to take off. Former Foa Foa was in a heap of trouble, as they merged 8-4 down, just like the real Samoa. But the first two votes did not send any Foa Foas home. Insted, after Neil won Immunity, a huge blindside of big threat Klaus happened as everyones votes went everywhere. RoboZoe thought she was in control of this new master alliance, but all the Former Galus plotted to take her out, and old tribal lines re-formed. RoboZoe however had an idol, and not wanting to keep it around, she played it, not knowing they were targeting her. She survived to her own shock, and Disney was sent home with just ONE vote cast against her. Galu were now down to six. Bekla again won the next challenge. As Hinata had the Odd Necklace two days in a row, she had to give it up, and this was the perfect opertunity for Galu to strike and take out a strong player. So they did, and Hinata bacame Jury member three. Prozach saved himself from Galu's firm grasp on the game by winning Immunity. Again trying to avoid the Odd Necklace, Galu targeted Benner, the person who had caused the fall of Foa Foa, and someone who was not likely to be given the Necklace. Benner was voted out, leaving Prozach and Zoe as the final two Foas Foas remaining, to Galu's six. When Neil won his second challenge, Bekla was worried about her position in the game. She wanted to have the necklace in her hand. So, with another Galu, she jumped ship and joined Foa Foa, JUST to get the Odd Necklace. Mybash was blindsided, leaving a angered Robin wondering what had happened. When Bekla had the Odd Necklace in her control, she saved herself at the next Tribal, fearing a blindside after admitting her guilt. RoboZoe, much to everyone's dismay, won Immunity, and Galu were forced to vote out Prozach, to keep the five remaining Galus together. Bekla and the mystery Galu jumped back to the alliance and it was bye-bye Prozach as the fifth member of the Jury. At the Final 6, RoboZoe was on her own as the final Galu, and when Bekla won her third challenge, Zoe's fate was sealed. Following a suprise flip from Robin to vote out Jimbo, RoboZoe became Jury member number six, officialy ending what was left of the Foa Foa tribe. At the next Immunity Challenge, Neil won, and Robin thought he was manipulating the tribe. However, at Tribal, Bekla, Neil, Jimbo and Pekic teamed up and took out the major force in the game, sending Robin packing. At Final Immunity, Neil won his fourth challenge, narowlly beating Bekla. It looked ,like Bekla was the obvious vote, however everyone was shocked when the votes tied 2-2 to Pekic and Jimbo. Jimbo lost the F4 tiebreaker and became the 9th and final member of the Jury. At the Final Tribal Council, Pekic was hounded on for doing nothing, while Neil was praised for his physical ability by many. Bekla faced harsh opposition from Mybash for flipping for the necklace, and from RoboZoe for relying too much on Immunity idols and necklaces, however most of the fallen Foa Foas liked the way Bekla had got ready for the impending moment Galu had to turn on each other by getting the Odd Necklace. In the end Bekla's likability factor and social and strategic moves gave her the title of Sole Survivor in a close Jury vote - 5-4-0, with Neil coming in second. Pekic recieved no votes to win.
So it sounds like a pretty straightforward merge, right? Well, yes I guess it was. But this was one of the first seasons where I fealt that everyone was playing the game. I would say Pekic was the only dissapointment in that merge tribe. It was cutthroat to the very end as people fought to keep their ties alive. It wasn't just a pagonging, there were roadbumps for Galu along the way, and Bekla is one of the few people able to flip, flip back, make it to the end and still win (not to mention the fact she did it again the next season). That wasn't all. The drama in this season was very high with everyhting that was going on. In most seasons you get the drama stuff happening behind the scenes, while this season it was always playing out because everyone always had something new to add to the game. There were some characters in there too like RoboZoe and Robinhood. It was an all-round damn good season, and THAT is why it is top 10.
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.