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Bingo's Top 10: Greatest Comebacks/Biggest Underdogs

May 20, 2013 by bingo21

Here we have another blog in my series of top 10 blogs leading up to my 21st season of survivor. In our third top 10 we look at the players who made the greatest comebacks and overcame the odds in their season. These select players managed to turn the game around and were some of the biggest underdogs when they played. So with that being said let's get to the list, hope you enjoy!

10th: BBlover96 (4th Bingo's Best vs Gaia's Greats) - In a season with 2 very evenly matched teams and a 6-6 merge, it originally looked like GG might run away with a numbers advantage when Epstar59 (a member of BB) was the first taken out after the merge. However, like so often in survivor the game was turned on its head and after Epstar's elimination 4 members from GG left back to back. With only 2 GG members left (BB and Keitho44), BBlover looked set to end up in 7th place but some intense strategising along with some timely idol plays at the final 7 and the final 5 propelled him into 4th place just one vote short of the final tribal council where he very likely could have walked away a winner.

9th: ShadowBaller000 (2nd Mesopotamia) - Despite high expectations, Mesopotamia turned out to be an extremely inactive and one sided season with the Petra tribe dominating the pre-merge side of the game. They came into the merge with a 6-4 advantage (7-3 if you disregard BengalBoy mutinying to Ammon pre-merge). With the numbers as they were, it looked like it'd be lights out for the original Ammon members but due to a couple of self votes and the brotherly ties of Shadow and Piddu, 3 Petra members were the first casualties post merge. From there, the pendulum swung back as 3 Ammon members left, leaving 4 original Petra members and Shadow, the last Ammon standing. With his back to the wall Shadow won 3 challenges in a row to secure his place in the final 2. Although he lost in the jury vote, Shadow was a real underdog from the merge onwards and used both his social connections and physical talent to beat the odds and make it to the end.

8th: Hudspith (7th Second Chances) - Returning from an early exit in Scandinavia, Hudspith was once more hit with bad fortune as he wound up on a tribe that lost 4 challenges in a row and were annihilated pre-merge. Hudspith became the 5th member voted out of the game narrowly missing out on a potentially life-saving tribe swap but was offered another chance through the outcast twist. Joining the Was tribe after rejoining the game after being voted back in by the Outcasts, Hudspith was able to avoid being voted out long enough to make the merge. At the merge the numbers stood 5 original Ankh, 5 original Was, 2 outcasts (1 had joined Ankh, while the other had joined Was). With fellow returning outcast bigbrother101 the first to leave after the merge (12th Place), it looked like Hudspith might be next. Through a cunning strategic and social game, Hudspith was able to minimise the target he had on his back as a returning outcast and sneak his way through to the final 7 where he was narrowly voted out 4-3. From exiting in 18th place to winding up in 7th Hudspith mounted a great comeback and was a true underdog as a returning Outcast.

7th: TDATrentsgroup (5th Costa Rica) - In a familiar story to some of the other contenders on this list, TDA was part of a tribe that were decimated pre-merge and merged 7-3 down in numbers. The first two votes after the merge went as expected and TDA's sole remaining tribe mates Manalord and ThaMeowMeow leaving TDA down 7-1. With the writing on the wall, TDA was able to ingratiate himself with the former Bribri members and contribute to 3 of them leaving back to back. At the final 5 TDA's run came to an end as the other contestants decided it was to risky to keep such an underdog around and he was voted out 4-0(1).

6th: The Fans Pepster101, Ferdinandz, SimvivoRWay (2nd, 3rd and 4th Bhutan - Fans vs Favourites) - In Bhutan the fans struggled in the initial stages of the game, relying on the luck of the numbers in 2 tribe switches to make it far. Mongar, one of the two original fan tribes were the weakest before the 1st tribe switch and pepster and ferdinandz had to survive 3 early tribal councils to stay alive in the game. Pepster, Ferd and Sim were lucky with their respective tribe switches as the moved to stronger tribes and were able to make the merge fairly unscathed.
To be continued... (Some of the ordering may still change). At the merge the Favourites had a 6-4 advantage and even after the slight relief provided by @Milkisgood quitting the game, fellow fan thewinner's was eliminated leaving the fans still down by 2. Instead of the favourites capitalising on the numbers advantage they became concerned with threats and the fans were able to turn the tables eliminating 4 faves back to back to hold a 3-1 majority over the last remaining favourite smiley20. Unfortunately for the fans smiley was able to win the final challenge and secure a spot in the final 3 and go on to win the game. However, the ability of these 3 players to drive apart the favourites and close the divide between the two groups was a truly impressive effort.

5th: Milkisgood (1st Scotland - Arch-Rivals) - In perhaps the toughest season of bingo's survivor the two tribes Chattan and MacKay were fairly evenly matched during the initial stages of the game trading immunity wins. Chattan however, were able to get one up on MacKay winning the final pre-merge challenge and having Aerothunder return from Redemption Island to strengthen their numbers. With a 7-5 advantage things went fairly smoothly for Chattan until TylerKeith and Gaiaphage decided to switch the game up taking out threats and causing commotion in the game. Despite the unpredictability periods of the post-merge game, Chattan were still able to maintain a numbers advantage throughout and held a 4-1 advantage over Milk (the lone MacKay player) at the final 5. Although Milk could have easily been taken out at the final 5, he became the vital vote between two duos (Gaia + Tyler and Leacroft and Sarge455). After siding with Gaia and Tyler, Milk was able to win 2 challenges back to back to ensure he couldn't be taken out and would sit infront of the jury where his heroic gameplay and underdog status led to being crowned the sole survivor in a 5-4 vote.

4th: The Girls snowgirl57, AshlynArehart, Missalice3 (6th, 5th and 2nd Suriname) - In seasons where the tribes are divided by gender it can be extremely difficult to come back from a numbers disadvantage but in this season these girls were able to do just that. After an appalling start to the game in which the female tribe Aluku lost 4 challenges right off the bat, these 3 females were able to survive tribe switches where they were automatically in the minority. At the merge there was a clear male presence in the game with the Guys with a 7-3 stranglehold on the game. However, the females were able to assimilate into sub alliances within the male group and in 4 back to back blindsides male tribe-members were sent home. The streak of males leaving could not continue especially with some of the girls becoming targets due to their strong social games. At the next two votes snow and Ashlyn were eliminated from the game leaving Missy the lone girl in the final 4. Not giving up missy was able to win an immunity challenge and force the guys to turn against one another. Her journey not ending there, missy was brought to the final 2 by Timster where she narrowly lost in a 4-3 vote. The females ability to win challenges and break down the gender barrier places then at number 4 on this countdown.

3rd: DarkTyphoon23 (1st Japan) - In a topsy turvy game with 4 tribes of 5, Dark made the merge with only 1 tribemate Dolphinsoccer4. Feeling he had missed too much of the game to know what was going on, Dolphin quit the game leaving Dark as the sole remaining Aoi member. Akai (4 members left) and Midori (3 members left) where the dominant tribes at the merge with =johnoliver96 (Daidaiiro Tribe) in a similar boat to DarkTyphoon. Despite being the lone remaining player from his original tribe, the other lone player john was taken out first at the final 9 and then Dark was able to save himself from elimination by an idol at the final 8. At the next vote (final 7) Dark was vulnerable to elimination yet didn't receive a single vote against him. From this point onwards it was clear Dark would be targeted again sooner or later yet he was able to reel off 4 challenge wins in a row to propel himself into the final 2, where he went on to win the game in a unanimous 5-0 vote. As a lone player at the final 9 the odds were firmly against Dark yet his triumph in Japan puts him as one of the greatest comebacks and underdog stories in bingo's survivor.

2nd: The Cayona 3 donosaurus_rex, IceIceBaby, LusciousLips5 (1st, 2nd and 3rd Haiti) - In a short 16 person season Cayona quickly fell behind in members during the pre-merge stage. With the opposing tribe Ringot only going to tribal twice before the merge, they looked set to take out the Cayona members one by one at the merge with their 6-4 majority. Despite Cayona being a dysfunctional bunch, they were able to convince the Ringot members who were lower on the totem pole to flip and vote out their own tribe mates. In a series of blindsides, 4 Ringot members left in a row giving the once outnumbered Cayona a 4-2 majority. While one would think it would be smooth sailing from their, Cayona turned on their own and voted Mybash out of the game. With Cayona falling apart, dono was able to win back to back challenges and force the Cayona 3 to stick together producing one of the biggest turn arounds in bingo's survivor history. With no tribe switches to split allegiances, the socialising and strategising of the Cayona members was exceptional to break down the Ringot powerhouse and result in 3 minority members making it to the finals.

1st: The Guys sarge455 and joshg222 (1st and 2nd Guys vs Girls) - As mentioned earlier the seasons divided by gender result in a tribal pride and a divide that's most difficult to bridge come merge. In a hotly contested season, the girls held a slight 7-6 majority come merge. Although Whizzy was the first to leave after the merge, the girls struck back and made a point of ousting the guys to regain a clear majority (5-2) at the final 7. With josh and sarge the sole remaining male players left they were fortunate to win joint immunity at the final 7 to ensure the girls had to turn on one another. In one of the most impressive moves in bingo's survivor history, the guys were able to pit SweetRem and Leacroft against one another to oust Lea from the game. With Lea (the leader of the girls) gone, the female alliance fell to pieces as the guys knocked off the girls one by one without any threat to their standing for the rest of the game. Sarge and josh went on to finish 1st and 2nd and dominate the jury voting against the sole remaining female britty. For turning a tribe full of pride against each other in a genius way and to avoid being threatened despite a gender divide, the guys claim top spot on this segment of bingo's top 10.

Do you agree with the placings? Is there anybody else you would have included? Will anybody else join this list from season 20 or the upcoming season 21? If you'd like to be trended/tagged in these top 10 posts so you can follow them let me know. If you'd like to write up a top 10 for my series let me know as well. If you've got a suggestion for a top 10 blog then also let me know. #survivor #Bingostop10

Future Suggestions
- Top 10: Greatest Slumps (Reverse of Greatest Improvers)
- Top 10: Blindsides
- Top 10: Winners + Runner-Ups
- Top 10: Best (and Worst) Seasons
- Top 10: Twists
- Top 10: Moments in the past 20 seasons
- Top 10: Biggest Controversies
- Top 10: Fails/Dumbest Moves
- Top 10: Final 3/2s
- Top 10: Biggest Underdogs
- Top 10: Best Players
- Top 10: Players Never to Win
- Top 10: Male Contestants
- Top 10: Duos/Pairs
- Top 10: Rivalries

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mattkwon1
smiley20
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remorawr
Boots22
spinner554
jakehou97
Gaiaphage

Sent by bingo21,May 20, 2013

BTW Hudspith's vote for the F7 boot was split 3-2 by our Alliance and the other 2 voted for each other :P

Sent by mattkwon1,May 20, 2013

tag me please :)

Sent by KidA,May 20, 2013

minidude13
Joeker
Mearl
Booyahhayoob
01Gohan
LoganWorm
NicWhealdon
qwerty101
AshlynArehart
karolusmagnus
@Timster
@dolphinsoccer4
@Missalice3
@Snowgirl57

Sent by bingo21,May 20, 2013

YAY IM ON THERE

Sent by ShadowBaller000,May 20, 2013

Cute!

Sent by Timster,May 20, 2013

KidA
Leacroft
Yingyang

Sent by bingo21,May 20, 2013

I think my gameplay in BBvGG was pretty solid. Epstar got voted out at merge thanks to the outcasts but I was able to flip them back and then take them out and get the numbers to BB without losing much. (Not to mention the premerge Lincoln Blindside)

Sent by Mearl,May 21, 2013

rofl ShadowBaller000

Sent by Booyahhayoob,May 21, 2013

Me and TylerKeith better be #1 duo!!

Controlld merge and got 3rd and 2nd

Sent by Gaiaphage,May 21, 2013

Milk was able to win 2 challenges back to back

As we all look at that last immunity, tbh. :s

gaiaphage bingo21

Sent by TylerKeith,May 21, 2013

Btw, can you tag me in these? (:

bingo21

Sent by TylerKeith,May 21, 2013

tylerkeith bingo21

Biggest mistake in Bingo's series ever.

We were so close to doing the ultimate villain duo game and we lost it all by 1 second -_-

#TylerNChrisForBingosSurvivor21

Sent by Gaiaphage,May 21, 2013

yea these are all very great comebacks bingo21

Sent by Boots22,May 21, 2013

Im on it

Sent by Snowgirl57,May 21, 2013

Tags apparently quit working.

Sent by Booyahhayoob,May 21, 2013

Cayona 3 x

Sent by IceIceBaby,May 21, 2013

Wow, I can't believe I'm on this

Sent by pepster101,May 21, 2013

missalice3 snowgirl57

We just freaking rock XD

Sent by AshlynArehart,May 21, 2013

Mearl

Both of us constructed the Lincoln blindside if you remember o_o

We were both talking about how we didn't want to be controlled by Lincoln's Trio. And we came up with the idea to take out his allies and we then controlled the BB tribe :P

Sent by 01Gohan,May 21, 2013

LOVING this blog. Loves the Suriname and arch rivals comebacks..

Sent by Timster,May 21, 2013

Love AshlynArehart

Sent by Missalice3,May 21, 2013

01Gohan

Yeah, it was a team effort. I was just listing my accomplishments in that game (some may be shared with others)

Sent by Mearl,May 21, 2013

So true AshlynArehart

Sent by Snowgirl57,May 21, 2013

WOOOT BEST INDIVIDUAL COMEBACK

Sent by DarkTyphoon23,May 21, 2013

Wow 6th, not bad :)

Sent by SimvivoRWay,May 22, 2013

Cayona 3 all the way x

Sent by LusciousLips5,May 22, 2013

Cayona FOUR w00t w00t

Sent by donosaurus_rex,May 22, 2013

bingo21

Honestly TDA didnt really come to me at all, I just pulled him in since I incorrectly beleived BestHeroD and Gohan were aligned. In real Survivor that would imply strong social play but since there isn't as much copntact in group games I basically just figured he had no allies left and took him in for an extra vote so that JetteJ couldn't flip and BHD + Gohan couldnt pull in Emily and vote me out.

Sent by karolusmagnus,May 23, 2013

I really should've been on this for my 4th in Mozambique

Sent by PeaceOut14,May 28, 2013

Uh. I'm sure I made somewhere in the top 10 dumbest moves. LOL
Things went so bad for me at the end of Haiti. /sigh

Sent by DragonJason,May 29, 2013

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