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.
#8: One World (Season 22, September 2012)
Winner: Alaadin (6-2-1)
Wiki page: http://bit.ly/NOISL4
One World :D Another enjoyable season which was a joy to watch. The One World twist which featured pre-merge made it one of my top pre-merges of all time tbh. It was so exciting to see the game twist and turn almost every Tribal, which you don't usually get in a pre-merge season. It's definately a twist I am considering for the future.
Straight off the merge, a key secret alliance of six cememted themselves together. The alliance was Alaadin, Smiley, Adam, Survivor, Ares and JB. This whole alliance would control the votes for the majority of the game. Inside the alliance, there were four people dubbed the Core-4. They were Alaadin, AdamBongo, Survivorfan1111 and _ares_. After two big gameplayers, Alyxandra, Bluba and Ditzy, were all blindsided in back-to-back Tribal Councils, Smiley20 broke off from the alliance and he, Milkisgood and NCFX, voted for Adam. Smiley thought he had the votes to secure the blindside, but he did not. The people he thought were loyal to him ratted him out and the major alliance. With Smiley immune, they voted out Milkisgood- another blindside. Smiley20 was shocked that the votes went awry and turned to a different tactic. Winning challenges. And he did just that. With the return of the Victor But Voided twist, most of the majority alliance was immune and couldn't vote. However, the alliance still managed to get the vote split to blindside JB from the game, who was thought to be one of the closest allies of Smiley. The once alliance of six, was now an alliance of four. When Smiley won Immunity again, the alliance had to go for one of the people outside the alliance, and NCFX became another blindside, as he thought he was tight with the four, after voting with them at previous tribals. They had to prevent Smiley from winning Immunity, and they succesfully did with Survivorfan winning it. They then assured Smiley that they were with him and that Adam was to be blindsided, but all votes went on Smiley accept for his own, and Smiley became the seventh Juror, another victim of a blindside. At the Final Five, the Core-4 alliance stuck together to get rid of TheBizareOne, to result in the Core-4 being the Final Four. After chears and celebrations, they had to decide which of the tight alliance would miss out on the Final Three. That person ended up to be _ares_, who became the ninth and final Juror. At the final three, Adam was praised for using his alliance to keep him in, even though he was sometimes a constant target. However, they were unhappy with the amount of blood Adam had on his hands. They pushed away Survivorfan, saying he didn't do as much as the other two, while Alaadin was given props for controling many votes from behind the scenes and still staying under the radar. He had also recieved no votes the entire season. In the end, they saw Alaadin's game the best and he was awarded the title of Sole Survivor in a 6-2-1 vote.
I admit that this season I enjoyed pre-merge more that post-merge, but post-merge was also quite fun and entertaining. The Core-4 alliance was one of the most solid groups of four and probably one of the best alliances to play this game. We also had a very interesting winner in Alaadin, who is one of few people who can perfect the social game to not be a floater or follower, but to be involved in the moves while at the same time getting no blood on his hands. He wasn't the best winner ever, but he also wasn't the worst winner ever. So all round a decent season which deserves recognition for being far from simple. The people who made the bonds to get through the switchy pre-merge deserved to be sitting at the end of the game.
Fave Castaway on Season = Smiley20 :D Such a rootable person this season.
Hint: A season which DID have a black tribe *changed*
Still remaining:
S10 Redemption Island
S15 Heroes vs Villains
S18 China- Second Chances II
S19 South Pacific
S20 Gabon- Brains vs Brawn
S23 Thailand- Past vs Present
S25 Best of the Best
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.