Continuing my Palau cast ranking while the season is still fresh in my mind from my rewatch.
10. Caryn
Caryn is a kind of strange contestant in that she breathes character but doesn't actually deliver much. She has this weird aura about her where she should be a huge character, but they just didn't show her much or she didn't act on it. However, when she did deliver, she delivered very strongly. Her fight with Katie and her jury speech were incredible. Best of all, though, was her boot Tribal Council, where she was so sick of everyone lying that she had a major #SurvivorBreakdown and completely called out everyone's strategies. Caryn's shining moment was to help the Palau endgame be the bitter, dysfunctional clusterfuck it was, and she also prevented us from having to see Stephenie survive past the final seven. Caryn is a solid Survivor contestant. Not great, but solid and I appreciate the role she filled.
9. Gregg
I originally had Gregg a bit higher, one spot above Jenn, but I moved him down after realizing that I liked her role as the anti-Tom player more than I liked his. Gregg was still a solid contestant, though. He was the biggest voice in wanting to get out Stephenie right away, which was good gameplay on his part and also Stephenie was terrible. When she did eventually go out, Gregg was part of an incredibly subtle, backhanded ploy to take out Tom. The plan was to take out Caryn and keep the alliance of five at the end, but then use Katie to vote out Tom. The entire time, he was going to pretend to be loyal under the guise of having taken the five to the end, despite the fact that he was actively plotting against their leader the entire time. Gregg definitely had his moments. I believe he's a really underrated character and I appreciate his role as a strong cutthroat player. I only put him so low because I like the players above him more.
8. Angie
Angie is maybe the most popular contestant from Palau on Tengaged, and I'm also a big fan of hers. The problem I have is that her storyline totally died after the first two episodes. Don't get me wrong - she was fantastic in those first two episodes. She started off as an outsider in ways that connected to her childhood, and she bonded with Coby because of it.. but then, in a huge dick move, he didn't pick her for his tribe, so she was almost eliminated right off the bat. She ended up getting picked for a tribe, so she got a chance to prove herself, but everyone viewed her as weak and she was targeted immediately anyway. She managed to stay, and then dominated the fuck out of the second episode to prove to everyone that she belonged on the tribe. It was an amazing two-episode story arc and Angie really is a nice girl. The problem I have with her is that after that.. she disappeared. She had the hilarious "WE'RE NOT GOING BACK TO IMMUNITY.. i mean tribal council :c" quote, but that's it. For her last three (or was it four? I'm not sure) episodes, she totally fell off the map and never got a legitimate conclusion. It, and by extension she, really disappointed me upon rewatch. I wanted to be a huge Angie fan, and I am a fan of her, but I'm not as big of one as I'd like to be because I don't think it's justifiable. She randomly got a minimal edit after the second week, and that prevents me from liking her as much as I could. Still, though, I don't have anything bad to say about Angie herself and she made those first two episodes amazing.
The top seven is:
Wanda (19th)
Jolanda (18th)
Janu (8th)
Jenn (4th)
Ian (3rd)
Katie (2nd)
Tom (1st)
