This is the "she's okay" tier honestly. Might contain some genuine shock boots to some, so proceed with caution.
30. Graham Survivor SA. I almost lumped him in with BAD because he's another relatively boring man who won over a bevy of much better characters on his season. Ultimately, though, he really did very little that was directly offensive to me or my homegirls, and I couldn't even really finish the season due to how much of a death march it was come the merge, so I don't feel that strongly about him. Puh.
29. Wendell. I will not lie, him being a black winner on US vivor improves his standing significantly, along with the fact that he beat Domenick who was truly terrible. But I do find him really douchey regardless, boring winner of a boring season. Laurel was right there.
28. Ethan. He seems like an okay person but aggressively boring TV if I'm being real. Kim J robbed, but it's good he won and not that booger Lex. I think you'll find a common theme in this area of the ranking is "This Could Have Been Worse"
27. Chris U. This season seemed really terrible and so I honestly didn't watch it and don't really know who Chris is, but in a sense that has nothing to do with him as a person I find his win really funny, his dick is also gigantic. I feel like his win takes a big doodie on modern Survivor so it gets my stamp of approval
26. Tina. Might be a shock boot because I find her to be rootable enough on both AO and BvW, but her overwhelming southernness offends me too much. Happy she won over Colby but like, she did Jerri wrong and I find it telling that before I realized that was Elisabeth Hasselbeck I was fully rooting for her over Tina on my first watch of that season. Kinda meh.
25. Jeremy. A fun and chaotic enough presence but evolved into a douchier bro with each returning season. Happy enough with his win in Cambodia although he was kinda boring, in analogy to Boston Rob he is a much less offensive Boston rep that makes me feel slightly less ashamed. His wife is really good which drags him upward.
24. Yul. Similar to Ethan in seeming to be an overall decent person but just boring TV, like imagine being iconic enough to slay the white people alliance but still hanging in my memory as having a boring and rigged victory. Poor Becky
23. Fabio, I have weird mixed feelings on him because I honestly hated him while watching live, but in retrospect I find his out-of-nowhere victory really funny and I can't say I would have DREAMED of voting Chase over him in finals. Nothing about him is really likeable but he's also just.... not really that bad?
22. Todd, kind of an annoying gay but I can't be too mad he won, I also feel like his tragic addiction storyline post-survivor brings him upward in a weird way like JT. A robbery of Courtney for sure but far from a win that ruined the season.
21. Rob B, Survivor SA Island of Secrets. I'm definitely mad he won over Nicole Capper but Rob himself did little to offend other than steamrolling, and was kind of a fun villain in the process. I just couldn't root for him over the other stars. But he's not at all BAD- again, FAR FROM season-runing.
20. Parvati, I do like Parv but find her to be annoyingly overhyped, like most of the men near the bottom but not to nearly as offensive of a degree. I guess she did some cool things and stuff #girlboss but let's be real, what about PARVATI HERSELF is exciting? IDK. I was weirdly satisfied to see her BTFO of WiWa.
19. Amber, this will offend some people but I physically cannot rank her higher knowing she lays with Boston Rob. I really loved her across all appearances honestly (sans her working with Rob), her win of All Stars is kind of deliciously random and I can understand a lot of the hype behind her. Similar to Parv though there's not much about Amber HERSELF I can find that exciting
18. Aras, just barely edged out of the GOOD WINNERS tier by being a touch too boring, and a man. I have no beef with Aras, he's cute, but I unquestionably prefer DD as far as that final 2. Panama is still one of my favorite seasons and his win is okay?
STILL IN THE RUNNING: (Top 17)
Rich
Vecepia
Jenna
Sandra
Chris D
Earl
Natalie W
Sophie
Kim
Denise
Natalie A
Michele
Kristie
Jericho
Shane
Pia
Nicole
COMING UP NEXT: We are getting down to winners that I actually LIKE. The next batch of boots separate the women from the GIRLS and it's honestly gonna be a surprise how many I'm cutting, idk yet.
This is the "she's okay" tier honestly. Might contain some genuine shock boots to some, so proceed with caution.
also my fav survivor trivia is amanda todd and courtney all thought courtney won leaving ftc lmao