I just rewatched Cagayan and I forgot how great the cast was, Tony, Woo, Kass, Spencer, Tasha, Trish, J’Tia, the mess that was Garrett. So iconic, has to be on the great list
I was wondering what #1 would be - I assumed it'd be Millennials vs Gen X or Cagayan. But now that Winners at War has played out and we've seen the renewal of Cops R Us, it should have erased all my doubt that Cagayan is the best.
Jacob Renuart I loved some players from millennials vs gen x but there’s some major duds on there like literally half of the gen xers, taylor, will, Figgi cause she was onky entertaining because of michalela. That cast actually had 10 of the most boring people to ever play the game and the only ones I ever want to see again are hannah, miachaela, ken, jessica, Jay, Michele I think is her name and obviously the legend himself adam
Cagayan has such an iconic cast. Tony, Sarah, Woo, Trish, Cliff, Lindsey, Morgan, LJ, Brice, Alexis, Jeremiah, Jefra, David, Garrett, J’tia, Tasha, Kass, and Spencer to name a few. Oh wait that’s the whole cast
Rumor has it they added yet another advantage which lets a player unleash a virus on any other player. I can’t wait to see how that turns out! I hope it stays within the tribe tho!
I feel like Milennials vs. Gen X deserved a spot on here. For Millenials, you have Adam, Zeke, Mikayla, Hannah, Jay, Will, and even Mari, who was one of my favorites before her untimely exit. Then over on the Gen X side you have David, Ken, Jessica, Bret, and Sunday, all of who brought very different and unique personalities to the tribe. Millenials vs. Gen X was honestly one of my all-time fav seasons and I think it deserves a little love
Don't forget Michelle. Truly underrated player and would have gone far if she didn't listen to Jay when he told her to lay low during the first merge vote
When I saw people like David and Hannah talking about anxiety, I felt seen. Just something about that season’s cast really struck me. What an underrated season.
Amanda is literally the most annoying player to me and its literally due to the way she just stares off and stands around. I just finished Micronesia and I was so worried she was gonna win.
Am I the only one who thinks that Kass is actually underrated in terms of gameplay? I think her confessionals were completely true, but she was overshadowed by the NY accent that is Tony. She constantly put herself in the power position and was able to see opportunities to build her resume and run her own game
Great strategist... she would have had a chance to win if the jury didn't totally hate her... Which can clue us into how Tony convinced Woo to oust Kass: warning him of Kass's strong strategic gameplay (and her background as an attorney, seasoned in arguing her case) while distracting Woo from the jury's enmity toward her. (I know the edit showed Tony appealing to Woo's loyalty factor, but I'm guessing some of the conversation was cut out.)
Yes but she was not in a power position. It was 6-5 in either direction and she flipped to the other alliance and was on the bottom of that alliance afterwards. She got Sarah out who she was mad at, but now burned her bridges with her fellow Brains, making it harder to work with them in the future or potentially gain their jury votes. After that, Kass made no strategic moves that affected the game. It was all Spencer and Tasha fighting from the bottom, Tony making deals and dragging Woo in to scheme, and Trish holding the alliance together. Kass handed the power to Tony’s alliance but then just stayed along for the ride while starting fights and pissing people off. A poor social game and a poor strategic game from Kass. That’s not to take away Chaos Kass’s entertainment value. Chaos Kass is an amazing villain. Also, she’s a fucking beast at puzzles.
@@itachi0105 I disagree I think most the cast is forgettable with the only memorable ones being Aubry, Jason, Tai, Cydney and Scot. Michelle is only memorable being she was the season winner but overall she was overshadowed by the other five.
@@itachi0105 Caleb and Debbie are memorable for returning in game changers although them actually being deserving of the title of "game changer" is highly debatable.
Cook island only have Yul,ozzy,Parvati,penner,Candice,Billy are memorable Tocantins onlg have Jt,stephen,Coach,Tyson are memorable Erinn and taj are good but not that memorable MvGx i agreed
David vs Goliath was my absolute favorite cast. My favorite player kept changing week to week, they were that great. Wish I could see some of them return for more!!
How is Gabon not on this list? That was such a funny season with a lot of great characters. “You have made my life hell from day 1. Forget you, go home, good bye”
What I loved is everybody on that cast was so evenly matched as far as wits (at least after they voted out Marcus). They were all very conniving and very gullible at the same time. It seemed like anybody could get one over on anybody else at any time, which made it fun. The cast were all super damaged and weird (homeless sex worker, guy still bitterly mourning his dog who died 5 years ago, guy with a fake accent clearly trying to hide something, kinda creepy virgin gamer, etc.) but it never fell into reality TV stereotypes like a lot of other Survivor seasons. And the whole Randy cookie incident followed by Bob and Sugar setting him up with the fake idol is probably my favourite single episode of Survivor ever.
I really loved Koah Rong. It had some really good gameplay, and even though Jason and Scott weren’t the most love able characters, they were fun to watch. You have Aubrey, Tai, Sidney, Michelle, and Debbie. But even some of the less memorable players had good moments.
@@ThorHC11 David vs Goliath is a legendary masterpiece that makes me love survivor. Also, I think MvGx, WaW, and possibly EoE could even be better than Kaoh Rong
Fiji should be on the worst cast list. I'm rewatching it now and everyone besides earl and yau is either boring as hell or unlikeable which makes the season painful to get though.
I think this would have been better as a top 10. Millennials vs Gen X is the most likeable cast ever. And I’m very surprised Philippines isn’t here, that cast is STELLAR! The whole Matsing tribe is the best train wreck ever, on Kalabaw you have freaking Jeff Kent strategists like Carter Williams and even Dawson had memorable moments & then there’s TangDang which is the best if the bunch! Grumpy Artis, Peter laughing in the background whilst Abi and RC are going off and Lisa a very underrated finalist.
I say rank 'em all. All 32 mostly-newbie-season casts. (And I agree, MvGX and Philippines are probably #7 and #8) (Maybe Tocantins and Cook Islands round out the top 10)
Lisa had one of the most interesting journeys ever on Survivor. She was so emotionally invested in the game and poured herself into it, and she seemed like such a genuine person
David vs Goliath had a likable cast, but was always entertaining. Millennials vs GenX is the opposite. Likable casts don’t mean anything if there’s no entertainment.
@@TheMurrmursonbottle My favorite Lisa moment was how she came to terms that God is always with her, but has no say in Survivor. It was so refreshing to hear after Coach’s cult in South Pacific. Also her FTC performance is very underrated.
I’m surprised that Cook Islands didn’t make the list on the best side. although star power doesn’t always lead to best, Cook Islands had ALOT of star power
@@lai17 true 3/5 of the latin tribe were forgettable, I only remember ozzy and the one who had a huge crush on candice, most of the black tribe are forgettable except for nate. The caucasian and asian tribe were memorable tho. its 50/50
it would’ve been a top 10, possibly top 5 season if it wasn’t for the three medevacs. calebs brought something to the season at least, some really touching moments, but neal and joes brought the season downhill. michele as a winner is also a bit controversial, but even if aubry won, there wouldn’t be that much of a difference in the end in terms of enjoyability
@@robbierotten2874 The medevacs just made the show more real for me. Aubry goes home if Neal wasn’t evacuated, so that was really a blessing in disguise.
Sooo good. You’ve got Rupert who tries to play the game as honorably as you can because he’s the ‘good guy’, and then you juxtapose that with Johnny Fairplay who admittedly will cross any ethical line to advance himself in the game is great TV. And then you got the FairPlay-Sandra rivalry which is even better, and then Savage is just a total savage in the challenges and what not. The only thing that sucked that season was the dumb Outcasts twist.
9:19 I was randomly browsing Survivor clips before stumbling onto this Tier List and I found John's boot. He was enthusiastic about a blindside but he was also genuinely delighted that he could find irony in the fact that it was him and not Christian who fell victim to a Brochacho blindside and the tribal counsel that managed to take him out was possibly one of the most entertaining in the history of the game. He is the perfect example of someone took defeat gracefully.
I'm surprised Gabon wasn't mentioned as a good cast. We had several iconic characters and moments, from Ace's unexpected villain journey being cut short, the Randy v Cyrstal and Corinne v Sugar rivalries, to golden boy Marcus taken out in a twist. And many memorable characters.
TheMurrmursonbottle idk, Sydney, Spencer and Rob all could’ve made an appearance had they have made it post merge. Adding on with Sierra, Taj, Tyson, Jt, Coach, Stephen, and Brendan. It was quite stacked
Agreed. That's my favorite season by far. Taj, Sierra, Brendan, Coach, Tyson, even Erinn was pretty memorable. And of course the iconic dynamic duo of JT and Stephen.
michael was one of my favorite players in ghost island, and he was a good player. i could see how smart he was and how much of a strategist he was and he wanted to play, but he got snuffed by the majority far too soon.
So boring. That whole season/win was just handed to JT . Nobody was competing to win a million dollars- they were all competing to sit next to JT. Even Tyson. Great lovestory, better than Twilight, but I only cared to watch it once.
What I like about Amazon as a whole is that even though there are some not-great-for-tv personalities, they pretty much all get voted out super early. It's like they all set out to make the best boot order possible for the viewer.
@@IdoledOut that is really true! I might just have to rewatch amzon to get a different opinion. Ur a more life changing channel than u think u are. Seriously though all I do is survivor. I even want to kick off a channel like you
I thought Palau's cast was amazing. My personal favorite cast for sure. Wanda, Jolanda, Tom, Ian, Gregg, Stephenie, Bobby Jon, Coby, James, Angie, etc. were all amazing
The Gabon cast deserves an honourable mention. Literally every single person in that season was entertaining to some degree: Michelle's snarky attitude. Gillian's positivity. Paloma's adorable innocence. Jacquie's maturity. GC's apathy. Kelly's sassiness. Ace's arrogance. Dan's insecurities. Marcus' calmness amongst all the chaos. Charlie's creepy obsession with Marcus. Randy's crankiness. Corinne's bitchy one-liners. Crystal's chaotic energy. Kenny's underdog gone bad arc. Matty's constant pain and confusion from all the bullshit going on around him. Sugar's ability to control the game despite being such a mess. Susie's hilarious ignorance. Bob's charisma and unlikely win finishing the season off in glory. 10/10 season in terms of entertainment.
Was Gabon not included or am I delusional?!?! I feel like Gabon had some of the greatest characters the game has ever seen. Yes, I get it, definitely not some of the best players, but easily the most entertaining in my eyes
Kaoh Rong is one of, if not the most underrated season and cast, it was my very first season and everyone just misses it. It doesn't fit the mold of 33+ with all the advantages and twists, but it doesn't feel old either, the super-idol mechanic is fair but not broken, we got AMAZING characters like Tai, Aubry, Cyndey, Neil, Nick, Debbie, Peter, hell even the 3 early out Brawns Darnell Jenny and Alecia were interesting and my personal favorite survivor villains ever, Scot and Jason. Caleb was a nice move too and he definitely showed he was made for survivor.
good to see some Darrah appreciation, she had no right being as entertaining as she was, given her personality and game sense. But she was so oblivious to what was going on despite actually doing ok for herself it was kind of endearing. It's summed in the quote "I don't know how I'm a physical threat?" while wearing her third consecutive indi immunity necklace.
Just finished pearl islands for the first time and can’t believe people don’t talk about her more. Such a good person and cool player. Wins such cool challenges too.
No Borneo cast on here hurts. That cast is just SO ICONIC and pivotal to the series that if that cast wasn't as good as it was, the series itself might not have even continued. Tagi and Pagong were HUGE at the time, and so many of them were, and still are, incredibly memorable.
I wonder what that season woulda been like without the overpowered idol. I've never been a fan of Ozzy and hate him for throwing a challenge that got rid of Billy, who coulda been the funniest player ever. Sekou was a pretty memorable first boot. But there were plenty of duds like Nate, JP, Adam, Sundra, Becky... Cao Boi deserves respect for originating the idea of splitting the vote to flush out idols, and Jessica was a fun quirky weirdo sidekick to him.
I would put Tocantins as part of the best, intro to some of Survivor’s biggest names (JT, Stephen, Coach, Tyson) even the early boots outside of one or two are memorable. And remember Timbira whiffed their majority at the merge because of Coach’s ego/vendetta against Brendan and Sierra, allowing the Jalapao three to systematically eliminate their biggest threats (Brendan and Tyson) and make it to the final four
Cagayan was the first season I ever watched, just randomly decided to start watching it when it was airing because the show had been on for so long I figured it had to be worth checking out. I was completely in after that season but tbh haven’t enjoyed one as much since.
Nicaragua, Borneo, Tocantins, and MvGx could have been on this video (you can probably figure out which list they belong in), but overall I think the lists are pretty solid
My only issue with the Outback is Varner and Skupin - easily the two people fans hate the most after what's happened in the last few years. Other than that, epic cast
I'd really like to see newbie tribe rankings (like how returnee tribes got ranked). I just finished China, and Fei Long got its due here. But a couple months ago, I finished Panama, and I feel like Casaya is such a beautiful, dominant, dysfunctional animal that it doesn't deserve to be dragged down by...I actually can't remember the name of the other tribe. Even then, they had Dietz, and astronaut Dan, who was so completely likeable that there were no hard feelings on any side about a unanimous vote-off. But mostly I just wanted to give a shout out to Casaya, where even the method they were assembled is hilarious.
I’m watching this now that I’m starting to think 42 may be one of the best newbies casts we’ve seen, I think it may have cracked the top 5 newbie cast of all time, maybe it’s recency bias but I think it definitely has to make the top 10.
I personally think the pre-merge was one of the worst of any season of Survivor, but it's gradually been picking up steam since the merge, to the point now that I'm super excited to see who ultimately wins.
I think that the cast of South Pacific was super underrated. I think there was a really entertaining rivalry with Coach and Ozzy tribes. For some reason everyone on the Ozzy tribe were so similar personality wise with Ozzy, (excluding Papa Bear and Cochran) The people on the tribes were perfectly picked for their leader. Someone prove me wrong I want your opinions.
See, the people being "perfectly picked for their leaders" is exactly the problem. On RI they cast people who would be content to follow Boston Rob off a cliff, and in South Pacific they put a lot of people on Savaii who would be cronies for Ozzy and people on Upolu who would join Coach's creepy Jesus cult. Sophie was practically the only sane person in that cast (hence why she won)
Interesting to watch this video again, what brought most people to the chanel but it's so much smoother nowadays. A little tighter production and just sharpened writing. This is still good though. Totally see why it's got what it's got!
i agree, i love the cast of cagayan but in my opinion they really flourish in the post-merge, david vs goliath cast is freaking stellar from the start of the game to the end of the game. And cagayan cast has some stinkers like garrett
I’d argue Cook Islands for one of the best. Obviously you’ve got the aitutaki 4 that went from underdogs to sweeping the post merge, to Parvati and Jonathan Penner, then you even have some interesting early exits such as the delusional metalhead Billy and firemaster Cao Boi and Sekou who had a great personality, and just got unlucky. This cast was star studded through and through.
Especially because the concept for the 3 tribes was her idea! *After* she cast them all, she noticed that they'd break down neatly into a Brains-Beauty-Brawn division, pitched it to the producers, and thereby brought us the greatest trainwreck of a tribe that we've ever had the joy of watching.
Redemption island was my favorite season!! I think Philip was the best casting choice ever. Sooo entertaining. My second favorite casting decision was Debbie. We need more of these eccentric characters to keep it interesting!!
I've defended Zaptara by stating that it was better to vote Russell out early rather than get Starstruck and become mindless henchmen like Omatempe did for Rob
The only good thing about One World to me is watching the girls get their act together and whip the guys after the guys were such douchebags to them at the beginning of the season. I watch the guys stealing from the girls and being rude to them, and I'm like uh eventually you're going to have to work with some of them and women don't forget that kind of stuff lol. It's an amazing lesson on karma. To be fair the girls were really annoying and were a complete disaster as a tribe at first, but they got it together and then the guys completely fell apart. But I agree that the cast as a whole sucked lol
You may be the Zapatera defender, but I'm the One World defender. I like that season, maybe too much. I also think Borneo has the best cast of all 40 seasons, newbies or returnees. But I can understand leaving it off the list as it's basically an entirely different show structure than the rest of the series.
I thought cook islands would be here because we have: A mastermind A challenge beast Villains that we love to hate A dominant alliance A flirt A couple Drama Funny moments Players with massive potential that were booted early or in half of the season like Jenny and Nate But I understand why it's not here because the majority of the cast is very forgettable
@Stiles White Drama. "You're a rat / You're cancer" And funny moments. "I could forgive her, but I don't have to because she screwed with my chickens."
The Pearl Islands cast is so good that even Nicole, the first boot, seemed like an interesting person. Also with hindsight in late 2021, season 41 has a pretty great cast imo, not a dud player in sight (maybe Abraham but idk, he had a decent presence as the first boot). It's a shame they couldn't trust their cast to bring the drama and keep trying to do all these random twists that go nowhere, think it would've been a top tier great cast if they'd have just let the season play out.
I’m honestly a little shocked there was never a season that went so horribly wrong and had such terrible contestants that they just buried it and never let it see the light of day
No Tocantins? Loved the cast, with Tyson 1.0 (the best Tyson), Fish, JT, Coach 1.0, Taj, Brendon, Sierra, Erin and a lot more characters in the pre merge
I watched Cagayan fairly recently as my first new season since Fiji in high school, and man, I think I'm gonna need to go through it again. It really demands a deep knowledge of the Survivor strategic vernacular to super-appreciate, but it's perfectly watchable as a great goofy character fiesta too. It's a rare season that delivers so well both as a popcorn-muncher and a riveting chess match.
Thailand was tough to watch because of the sexual harassment, Robb's treatment of Shii Ann, and of course all of the awkwardness that involved Ice Man Brian, his wife, and Clay. One redeeming quality I can think of right now for this season is how amazing Helen's husband was in the loved ones' visit. Those two were cute, but can't think of anything else good because it's been so long since I've seen this one. Maybe I'll give it a rewatch. Or not.
Cagayan simultaneously is a mess and a masterpiece. It is exactly why we love the season so much.
Best all newbie of all time. If you were to argue it being the best PERIOD, I wouldn't disagree.
@@ryanahrens7416 I’d have to give it to Cook Islands for being the best newbie season
@@kaninesenses that's up there, too, but I'm giving it to Cagayan imo
It was, so was pearl islands 😌
Amen brother.
"Christian is probably the single greatest casting find in the 30's."
Hell yeah he is. I literally cried when he got voted out.
Same
He has to play again
@@rianhester6344 If he doesn't show up in a fans vs. favorites season I'm gonna throw hands
@@mynameissarah5117 i think he said he's not coming back anymore since he wants to focus on his work
@@clarrie93 I respect that... and I'm also really sad to hear that 😪
I just rewatched Cagayan and I forgot how great the cast was, Tony, Woo, Kass, Spencer, Tasha, Trish, J’Tia, the mess that was Garrett. So iconic, has to be on the great list
I was wondering what #1 would be - I assumed it'd be Millennials vs Gen X or Cagayan. But now that Winners at War has played out and we've seen the renewal of Cops R Us, it should have erased all my doubt that Cagayan is the best.
Even the “duds” werent boring. Like I wasn’t bored by people like Jefra or Alexis watching the show. Maybe Jeremiah but whatever
Cagayan was the season that got me into Survivor, and it’s still my fave.
"I came out here to play Survivor, not for the survival part"
Jacob Renuart I loved some players from millennials vs gen x but there’s some major duds on there like literally half of the gen xers, taylor, will, Figgi cause she was onky entertaining because of michalela. That cast actually had 10 of the most boring people to ever play the game and the only ones I ever want to see again are hannah, miachaela, ken, jessica, Jay, Michele I think is her name and obviously the legend himself adam
Cagayan has such an iconic cast. Tony, Sarah, Woo, Trish, Cliff, Lindsey, Morgan, LJ, Brice, Alexis, Jeremiah, Jefra, David, Garrett, J’tia, Tasha, Kass, and Spencer to name a few. Oh wait that’s the whole cast
jefra is boring but the rest of the cast is great
@@jesuisencoler But she got a fat dip of that guac
Season 41's cast is so good they aren't even airing the season to give us time to prepare ourselves.
Ands that period
Rumor has it they added yet another advantage which lets a player unleash a virus on any other player. I can’t wait to see how that turns out! I hope it stays within the tribe tho!
OMG PIKA ITS BRENDA FROM DIZZY LOL
@@alexrnegron "dizzy?"
i hate your profile picture
I feel like Milennials vs. Gen X deserved a spot on here. For Millenials, you have Adam, Zeke, Mikayla, Hannah, Jay, Will, and even Mari, who was one of my favorites before her untimely exit. Then over on the Gen X side you have David, Ken, Jessica, Bret, and Sunday, all of who brought very different and unique personalities to the tribe. Millenials vs. Gen X was honestly one of my all-time fav seasons and I think it deserves a little love
Don't forget Michelle. Truly underrated player and would have gone far if she didn't listen to Jay when he told her to lay low during the first merge vote
It also has the NICEST jury ever!
When I saw people like David and Hannah talking about anxiety, I felt seen. Just something about that season’s cast really struck me. What an underrated season.
sunday sucked. She was a follower and barely did anything
Love that cast! The Millennial tribe is pitch perfect.
“Doe-eyed and blurry bottomed Amanda” 😂😂😂😂I cant
Hes not wrong remember the jerri clip from hvv
*zombie eyed lol
correct
She be like 👁👄👁
Amanda is literally the most annoying player to me and its literally due to the way she just stares off and stands around. I just finished Micronesia and I was so worried she was gonna win.
13:55
Rest in peace Uncle Cliff. Truly a gentle giant who never failed to make us smile.
Condolences go out to his family and friends.
Cliff died?
Am I the only one who thinks that Kass is actually underrated in terms of gameplay? I think her confessionals were completely true, but she was overshadowed by the NY accent that is Tony. She constantly put herself in the power position and was able to see opportunities to build her resume and run her own game
Great strategist... she would have had a chance to win if the jury didn't totally hate her...
Which can clue us into how Tony convinced Woo to oust Kass: warning him of Kass's strong strategic gameplay (and her background as an attorney, seasoned in arguing her case) while distracting Woo from the jury's enmity toward her. (I know the edit showed Tony appealing to Woo's loyalty factor, but I'm guessing some of the conversation was cut out.)
Tony’s gameplay was great but he was just so obnoxious I hated that he won
New Jersey
Kaos Kass needs to be brought back
Yes but she was not in a power position. It was 6-5 in either direction and she flipped to the other alliance and was on the bottom of that alliance afterwards. She got Sarah out who she was mad at, but now burned her bridges with her fellow Brains, making it harder to work with them in the future or potentially gain their jury votes. After that, Kass made no strategic moves that affected the game. It was all Spencer and Tasha fighting from the bottom, Tony making deals and dragging Woo in to scheme, and Trish holding the alliance together. Kass handed the power to Tony’s alliance but then just stayed along for the ride while starting fights and pissing people off. A poor social game and a poor strategic game from Kass.
That’s not to take away Chaos Kass’s entertainment value. Chaos Kass is an amazing villain. Also, she’s a fucking beast at puzzles.
Doesn’t even mention chicken when talking about China what a disgrace.
DDDDAM!!!
I picked him out as an incredible being of power in the first minute. I was right.
chiken was anoying
@@lucasmack3727 The man refused to make a decision lol
Tommy Kiesling Can we cancel him just cause of that?
Hey, but did you know that Angelina got the rice for the tribe?
makes up for her not getting Natalie’s jacket
and begging for Dan to use his idol on her
she climbed a 50 foot cliff too
TheMurrmursonbottle BRUH IM DEAD
Possibly the least self aware player
Lmao
The no mention of Cook Islands, Tocantins and MvGX, that’s a rough go for me
For me I thought Koah Rong was good too
@@itachi0105 I disagree I think most the cast is forgettable with the only memorable ones being Aubry, Jason, Tai, Cydney and Scot. Michelle is only memorable being she was the season winner but overall she was overshadowed by the other five.
@@itachi0105 Caleb and Debbie are memorable for returning in game changers although them actually being deserving of the title of "game changer" is highly debatable.
Cook island only have Yul,ozzy,Parvati,penner,Candice,Billy are memorable
Tocantins onlg have Jt,stephen,Coach,Tyson are memorable
Erinn and taj are good but not that memorable
MvGx i agreed
cook islands only has the main stars that are memorable, i can’t name a single player other than izzy parvati yul and penner
As a pro wrestling fan, John the wrestler from David vs Goliath is absolutely a great guy and has proven that within the industry.
When Cagayan was first I may have jumped around the room in happiness.... only maybe.
itsNire ikr.. I might have done the same.... might have.
itsNire Cagayan was my first season, and still my favorite.
Spoiler, but I hoped it would be #1
Why are you reacting like that on someone's opinion? Its not like thats some official award ceremony lol
Alex B I don’t know, I’m weird 😂😂
David vs Goliath was my absolute favorite cast. My favorite player kept changing week to week, they were that great. Wish I could see some of them return for more!!
How is Gabon not on this list? That was such a funny season with a lot of great characters. “You have made my life hell from day 1. Forget you, go home, good bye”
What I loved is everybody on that cast was so evenly matched as far as wits (at least after they voted out Marcus). They were all very conniving and very gullible at the same time. It seemed like anybody could get one over on anybody else at any time, which made it fun.
The cast were all super damaged and weird (homeless sex worker, guy still bitterly mourning his dog who died 5 years ago, guy with a fake accent clearly trying to hide something, kinda creepy virgin gamer, etc.) but it never fell into reality TV stereotypes like a lot of other Survivor seasons. And the whole Randy cookie incident followed by Bob and Sugar setting him up with the fake idol is probably my favourite single episode of Survivor ever.
@@inimitableminimalist uh whoa. Who was a homeless sex worker?
@@ulysseswachowski sugar I assume, idk if she was a sex worker but she was homeless
It's not on there because Luke couldn't settle on how to put it on both lists at the same time 😂
@@ulysseswachowskiSugar was a "pin-up girl" so sex worker is a bit of a stretch but she was definitely no stranger to posing nude.
I really loved Koah Rong. It had some really good gameplay, and even though Jason and Scott weren’t the most love able characters, they were fun to watch. You have Aubrey, Tai, Sidney, Michelle, and Debbie. But even some of the less memorable players had good moments.
Ahh, Debbie.
Kaoh Rong will forever be the last top tier modern season. David vs Goliath was solid, but becomes too gamebotty in the merge.
@@a.jdeets5527 Shut up old head. David vs Goliath is an all-time great season.
@@ThorHC11 David vs Goliath is a legendary masterpiece that makes me love survivor. Also, I think MvGx, WaW, and possibly EoE could even be better than Kaoh Rong
Cydney*
Fiji should be on the worst cast list. I'm rewatching it now and everyone besides earl and yau is either boring as hell or unlikeable which makes the season painful to get though.
Dreamz?
Michelle?
the only rootable people on the cast of fiji are earl, yau man, and michelle imo, no one else
@@bigchill4203 Stacey?
the poverty twist I feel brings it down
Rest In Peace Cliff Robinson, amazing basketball player and a part of the best cast in Survivor History
I think this would have been better as a top 10. Millennials vs Gen X is the most likeable cast ever. And I’m very surprised Philippines isn’t here, that cast is STELLAR! The whole Matsing tribe is the best train wreck ever, on Kalabaw you have freaking Jeff Kent strategists like Carter Williams and even Dawson had memorable moments & then there’s TangDang which is the best if the bunch! Grumpy Artis, Peter laughing in the background whilst Abi and RC are going off and Lisa a very underrated finalist.
I say rank 'em all. All 32 mostly-newbie-season casts.
(And I agree, MvGX and Philippines are probably #7 and #8)
(Maybe Tocantins and Cook Islands round out the top 10)
Millennials vs Gen X has an amazing cast
Lisa had one of the most interesting journeys ever on Survivor. She was so emotionally invested in the game and poured herself into it, and she seemed like such a genuine person
David vs Goliath had a likable cast, but was always entertaining. Millennials vs GenX is the opposite. Likable casts don’t mean anything if there’s no entertainment.
@@TheMurrmursonbottle My favorite Lisa moment was how she came to terms that God is always with her, but has no say in Survivor. It was so refreshing to hear after Coach’s cult in South Pacific. Also her FTC performance is very underrated.
I’m surprised that Cook Islands didn’t make the list on the best side. although star power doesn’t always lead to best, Cook Islands had ALOT of star power
cook islands has one of the worst most forgettable casts ever
@@lai17 Thanks for the laugh😂It was greatly appreciated👏🏻
@@lai17 even returnees like Parvati are pretty forgettable on Cook Islands
@@lai17 lmao ur delusional m8
@@lai17 true 3/5 of the latin tribe were forgettable, I only remember ozzy and the one who had a huge crush on candice, most of the black tribe are forgettable except for nate. The caucasian and asian tribe were memorable tho. its 50/50
kaoh rong is such an underrated cast. it was prob due to the editing of kr but that cast is great everyone came to play!!
One of the only season in the past 10 years where there were not multiple people 'purpled' in the edit.
it would’ve been a top 10, possibly top 5 season if it wasn’t for the three medevacs. calebs brought something to the season at least, some really touching moments, but neal and joes brought the season downhill. michele as a winner is also a bit controversial, but even if aubry won, there wouldn’t be that much of a difference in the end in terms of enjoyability
@@robbierotten2874 The medevacs just made the show more real for me. Aubry goes home if Neal wasn’t evacuated, so that was really a blessing in disguise.
I loved the koah rong cast. Didnt like Michelle as the winner but she impressed me in WAW. Still the only winner in WAW to never have been voted out
I’m still amazed at how epic the Pearl Islands cast is.
Sooo good
Sooo good. You’ve got Rupert who tries to play the game as honorably as you can because he’s the ‘good guy’, and then you juxtapose that with Johnny Fairplay who admittedly will cross any ethical line to advance himself in the game is great TV. And then you got the FairPlay-Sandra rivalry which is even better, and then Savage is just a total savage in the challenges and what not. The only thing that sucked that season was the dumb Outcasts twist.
koshea44 and Osten but that’s it
It is the best pre-idol season imo
Top 3 Best All Newbie Casts
1. Tocantins
2. China
3. Cagayan
No flip that around and put Cagayan first
SGP K1N6STON I agree
yes tocantins is LIFE
cagyan was the first season I watched nostalgic+awesomeness=my fav
9:19 I was randomly browsing Survivor clips before stumbling onto this Tier List and I found John's boot.
He was enthusiastic about a blindside but he was also genuinely delighted that he could find irony in the fact that it was him and not Christian who fell victim to a Brochacho blindside and the tribal counsel that managed to take him out was possibly one of the most entertaining in the history of the game.
He is the perfect example of someone took defeat gracefully.
I'm surprised Gabon wasn't mentioned as a good cast. We had several iconic characters and moments, from Ace's unexpected villain journey being cut short, the Randy v Cyrstal and Corinne v Sugar rivalries, to golden boy Marcus taken out in a twist. And many memorable characters.
Tocantins was a rough omission for me
Coach on his own is enough to deserve a spot
All the people that made merge were excellent, but a huge amount of the premerge boots are completely unmemorable.
TheMurrmursonbottle idk, Sydney, Spencer and Rob all could’ve made an appearance had they have made it post merge. Adding on with Sierra, Taj, Tyson, Jt, Coach, Stephen, and Brendan. It was quite stacked
@@marlogreen9706 There was no Rob that season. Did you mean Jerry?
Agreed. That's my favorite season by far. Taj, Sierra, Brendan, Coach, Tyson, even Erinn was pretty memorable. And of course the iconic dynamic duo of JT and Stephen.
michael was one of my favorite players in ghost island, and he was a good player. i could see how smart he was and how much of a strategist he was and he wanted to play, but he got snuffed by the majority far too soon.
MVGX and Koah Rong are great too. Same with Tocantins, Cook Islands, Philliphines, San Juan Del Sur, Gabon, Amazon, and Edge of Excinction.
Survivor Tocantins has to be one of the best 5 casts
So boring. That whole season/win was just handed to JT . Nobody was competing to win a million dollars- they were all competing to sit next to JT. Even Tyson.
Great lovestory, better than Twilight, but I only cared to watch it once.
This is a great list! Too bad there is no Amazon :(
It was so hard to narrow it down! Amazon is such an underrated group.
@@IdoledOut I think because I am neck deep into it on my channel that it is so fresh in my mind.
I personally didn't care for amzons cast. It had a lot of duds and just average characters
What I like about Amazon as a whole is that even though there are some not-great-for-tv personalities, they pretty much all get voted out super early. It's like they all set out to make the best boot order possible for the viewer.
@@IdoledOut that is really true! I might just have to rewatch amzon to get a different opinion. Ur a more life changing channel than u think u are. Seriously though all I do is survivor. I even want to kick off a channel like you
I thought Palau's cast was amazing. My personal favorite cast for sure. Wanda, Jolanda, Tom, Ian, Gregg, Stephenie, Bobby Jon, Coby, James, Angie, etc. were all amazing
My personal top 5 newbies cast:
China, Tocantins, Cagayan, Pearl Island & DvG
The Gabon cast deserves an honourable mention. Literally every single person in that season was entertaining to some degree:
Michelle's snarky attitude.
Gillian's positivity.
Paloma's adorable innocence.
Jacquie's maturity.
GC's apathy.
Kelly's sassiness.
Ace's arrogance.
Dan's insecurities.
Marcus' calmness amongst all the chaos.
Charlie's creepy obsession with Marcus.
Randy's crankiness.
Corinne's bitchy one-liners.
Crystal's chaotic energy.
Kenny's underdog gone bad arc.
Matty's constant pain and confusion from all the bullshit going on around him.
Sugar's ability to control the game despite being such a mess.
Susie's hilarious ignorance.
Bob's charisma and unlikely win finishing the season off in glory.
10/10 season in terms of entertainment.
So well said my friend. I sometimes find it hard to articulate why I love that season so much, but you nailed it.
Was Gabon not included or am I delusional?!?! I feel like Gabon had some of the greatest characters the game has ever seen. Yes, I get it, definitely not some of the best players, but easily the most entertaining in my eyes
Gabon was a hot mess of gameplay, but you can't say that those people were boring.
💯
Gabon cast is one of the worst in term of gameplay, but entertainment-wise oh man nobody can top them, except angelina
Gabon is one of my favorites!
Gabon everyone genuinely hated each other it was the most entertaining for me also
I feel like Gabon is seriously underrated. Sugar, Corinne, Randy, Crystal, Kenny, Ace, Matty, Gillian!
2 of those are good. Matty and Randy
I think he meant Matty.
@@nightaronipepperoni ahh I see
That is one of the worse seasons. I know a lot of hate for that season.
TheNightCrawlerr thank you for the correction!
Kaoh Rong is one of, if not the most underrated season and cast, it was my very first season and everyone just misses it. It doesn't fit the mold of 33+ with all the advantages and twists, but it doesn't feel old either, the super-idol mechanic is fair but not broken, we got AMAZING characters like Tai, Aubry, Cyndey, Neil, Nick, Debbie, Peter, hell even the 3 early out Brawns Darnell Jenny and Alecia were interesting and my personal favorite survivor villains ever, Scot and Jason. Caleb was a nice move too and he definitely showed he was made for survivor.
Honorable mentions for best: Panama and Tocantins
Eh. Panama had a lot of duds
“Dawn is likeable”
Season 26: Hold my dentures
As an Australian, the use of rootable really changed the tone of some of these. :P
good to see some Darrah appreciation, she had no right being as entertaining as she was, given her personality and game sense. But she was so oblivious to what was going on despite actually doing ok for herself it was kind of endearing. It's summed in the quote "I don't know how I'm a physical threat?" while wearing her third consecutive indi immunity necklace.
Just finished pearl islands for the first time and can’t believe people don’t talk about her more. Such a good person and cool player. Wins such cool challenges too.
Cagayan is one of the first I remember really getting into survivor and honestly I think it’s my favourite season
Cagayan is such a slam dunk. And glad to see the Samoa love here.
Actual story is that cageyan was originally cast as normal season and then someone noticed that you could split them perfectly in brain brawn beauty
the ogs watched the podcast reunion
No Borneo cast on here hurts. That cast is just SO ICONIC and pivotal to the series that if that cast wasn't as good as it was, the series itself might not have even continued. Tagi and Pagong were HUGE at the time, and so many of them were, and still are, incredibly memorable.
Cook Islands? I know that most of the castaways weren't that memorable but the ones that were are survivor legends, Parvati Yul Candice Ozzy
And Jonathan
Stevedog Shazam can’t believe I forgot about Penner in that season
I wonder what that season woulda been like without the overpowered idol.
I've never been a fan of Ozzy and hate him for throwing a challenge that got rid of Billy, who coulda been the funniest player ever. Sekou was a pretty memorable first boot. But there were plenty of duds like Nate, JP, Adam, Sundra, Becky...
Cao Boi deserves respect for originating the idea of splitting the vote to flush out idols, and Jessica was a fun quirky weirdo sidekick to him.
Jenny is really underrated and I think they should have shown her more
Candice? From the Raro tribe? A legend?
Kim is one of the more favorite winners, but little know that she won against complete idiots that had no idea what they were doing.
Honestly her season was trash
I would put Tocantins as part of the best, intro to some of Survivor’s biggest names (JT, Stephen, Coach, Tyson) even the early boots outside of one or two are memorable. And remember Timbira whiffed their majority at the merge because of Coach’s ego/vendetta against Brendan and Sierra, allowing the Jalapao three to systematically eliminate their biggest threats (Brendan and Tyson) and make it to the final four
Cagayan was the first season I ever watched, just randomly decided to start watching it when it was airing because the show had been on for so long I figured it had to be worth checking out. I was completely in after that season but tbh haven’t enjoyed one as much since.
This is why I don’t suggest starting with a top tier season
No Tocantins is the only thing i disagree with
@@encycl07pedia- i can't forget taj ;-;
I think season 41 has made its way onto this list it has such an amazing cast!
As an Australian, you describing a cast as "rootable" or "not rootable" is hilarious.
Christine winning all the redemption duels, only to lose on the final challenge is honestly really sad
I loved the DvG cast. It was so refreshing to have so many likable characters
Nicaragua, Borneo, Tocantins, and MvGx could have been on this video (you can probably figure out which list they belong in), but overall I think the lists are pretty solid
The One World cast was like the US Congress: Full of idiots. XD
My only issue with the Outback is Varner and Skupin - easily the two people fans hate the most after what's happened in the last few years. Other than that, epic cast
I agree, Cagayan is one of my favorite seasons!
I'd really like to see newbie tribe rankings (like how returnee tribes got ranked). I just finished China, and Fei Long got its due here. But a couple months ago, I finished Panama, and I feel like Casaya is such a beautiful, dominant, dysfunctional animal that it doesn't deserve to be dragged down by...I actually can't remember the name of the other tribe. Even then, they had Dietz, and astronaut Dan, who was so completely likeable that there were no hard feelings on any side about a unanimous vote-off.
But mostly I just wanted to give a shout out to Casaya, where even the method they were assembled is hilarious.
Exile island needs a mention even if only for Cerie, Shane and Courtney and then no tocancins!?!? Gabon!?!? Im done!!! 😑 But otherwise i agree
Cagayan is legendary
This is what I was thinking going into the video!!!
Just started 30 and 3 episodes in and I'm enjoying the game so far everyone seems to be having a good time.
I’m watching this now that I’m starting to think 42 may be one of the best newbies casts we’ve seen, I think it may have cracked the top 5 newbie cast of all time, maybe it’s recency bias but I think it definitely has to make the top 10.
It’s a really good one, probably top 10 for me.
Literally going into this video I said. “If Cagayan isn’t #1 I’m unsubscribing.” Good work on this list!
Survivor 41 is absolutely in the top 5 best newbie casts. It’s the best season since Cagayan to me.
I personally think the pre-merge was one of the worst of any season of Survivor, but it's gradually been picking up steam since the merge, to the point now that I'm super excited to see who ultimately wins.
I think that the cast of South Pacific was super underrated. I think there was a really entertaining rivalry with Coach and Ozzy tribes. For some reason everyone on the Ozzy tribe were so similar personality wise with Ozzy, (excluding Papa Bear and Cochran) The people on the tribes were perfectly picked for their leader. Someone prove me wrong I want your opinions.
See, the people being "perfectly picked for their leaders" is exactly the problem. On RI they cast people who would be content to follow Boston Rob off a cliff, and in South Pacific they put a lot of people on Savaii who would be cronies for Ozzy and people on Upolu who would join Coach's creepy Jesus cult. Sophie was practically the only sane person in that cast (hence why she won)
Could you have a video about best episode of each season, so everybody can watch all of survivor in 40 episodes? That would be fun to do.
Tocantins I would say also has a great cast like JT, Stephen, Coach, Tyson, Taj, Sierra, Erinn
Why you be taking my comment
Fate Sharks shit didn’t realize
the fact that you didn’t add sandy is honestly offensive
Interesting to watch this video again, what brought most people to the chanel but it's so much smoother nowadays. A little tighter production and just sharpened writing. This is still good though. Totally see why it's got what it's got!
I would have put David vs Goliath as number 1 but I respect your list.
David vs Goliath is probably my favorite season. Just about everyone on that cast was a great character.
i agree, i love the cast of cagayan but in my opinion they really flourish in the post-merge, david vs goliath cast is freaking stellar from the start of the game to the end of the game. And cagayan cast has some stinkers like garrett
The problem with DvG is the winner edit is obvious.
I’m still waiting for lyrsa, Christian, and Dawn to grace the game again! I loved watching all three of them play
I’d argue Cook Islands for one of the best. Obviously you’ve got the aitutaki 4 that went from underdogs to sweeping the post merge, to Parvati and Jonathan Penner, then you even have some interesting early exits such as the delusional metalhead Billy and firemaster Cao Boi and Sekou who had a great personality, and just got unlucky. This cast was star studded through and through.
The casting director for Cagayan deserves a Nobel Prize.
Especially because the concept for the 3 tribes was her idea! *After* she cast them all, she noticed that they'd break down neatly into a Brains-Beauty-Brawn division, pitched it to the producers, and thereby brought us the greatest trainwreck of a tribe that we've ever had the joy of watching.
Redemption island was my favorite season!! I think Philip was the best casting choice ever. Sooo entertaining. My second favorite casting decision was Debbie. We need more of these eccentric characters to keep it interesting!!
That sad moment when literally three consecutive seasons were listed 😭 truly the dark ages
For me, the best casts are Pearl Islands, Cagayan and David vs. Goliath. ❤❤❤
I 100% agree with Survivor Cagayan as #1. I loved this season so much!
My first intro into survivor was Cagayan because it was on netflix, little did I know I was in for the best cast
Just watched Samoa, and Brett is so absent until he wins 3 immunities in a row. It’s just so frustrating for me
I think One World is underrated. I like the cast and the season.
That season sucked. Even the producers gave up
Lol thanks for the input Kim
I've defended Zaptara by stating that it was better to vote Russell out early rather than get Starstruck and become mindless henchmen like Omatempe did for Rob
Moral of the worst, don't do captain seasons because it shadows over the newby cast
Really wanna see Johnny Impact back. What a guy. One of the biggest blindsides ever took it laughing.
Me realizing tocantins isn’t on this list despite it being the best newbie cast >:(
Sierra? Erin (I personally love her but she was a massive goat)? Joe? Sandy? The rest were amazing
The only good thing about One World to me is watching the girls get their act together and whip the guys after the guys were such douchebags to them at the beginning of the season. I watch the guys stealing from the girls and being rude to them, and I'm like uh eventually you're going to have to work with some of them and women don't forget that kind of stuff lol. It's an amazing lesson on karma. To be fair the girls were really annoying and were a complete disaster as a tribe at first, but they got it together and then the guys completely fell apart. But I agree that the cast as a whole sucked lol
I haven't read the comments yet but at least out of Kat we got Hayden. I feel like Hayden needs to come back!
You may be the Zapatera defender, but I'm the One World defender. I like that season, maybe too much.
I also think Borneo has the best cast of all 40 seasons, newbies or returnees. But I can understand leaving it off the list as it's basically an entirely different show structure than the rest of the series.
I thought cook islands would be here because we have:
A mastermind
A challenge beast
Villains that we love to hate
A dominant alliance
A flirt
A couple
Drama
Funny moments
Players with massive potential that were booted early or in half of the season like Jenny and Nate
But I understand why it's not here because the majority of the cast is very forgettable
@Stiles White Drama. "You're a rat / You're cancer"
And funny moments. "I could forgive her, but I don't have to because she screwed with my chickens."
Idc what anyone says Francesca is one of the funniest survivors ever
The ONLY issue with the Outback is is that it has two of the most hated Survivors ever, other than that, 10/10
6:17 China is such a good cast, you didn't even have time to mention Genre Bear.
The Pearl Islands cast is so good that even Nicole, the first boot, seemed like an interesting person. Also with hindsight in late 2021, season 41 has a pretty great cast imo, not a dud player in sight (maybe Abraham but idk, he had a decent presence as the first boot). It's a shame they couldn't trust their cast to bring the drama and keep trying to do all these random twists that go nowhere, think it would've been a top tier great cast if they'd have just let the season play out.
I’m honestly a little shocked there was never a season that went so horribly wrong and had such terrible contestants that they just buried it and never let it see the light of day
I think Thailand was the closest to that.
No Tocantins? Loved the cast, with Tyson 1.0 (the best Tyson), Fish, JT, Coach 1.0, Taj, Brendon, Sierra, Erin and a lot more characters in the pre merge
Cagayan is still the best season imo
I watched Cagayan fairly recently as my first new season since Fiji in high school, and man, I think I'm gonna need to go through it again. It really demands a deep knowledge of the Survivor strategic vernacular to super-appreciate, but it's perfectly watchable as a great goofy character fiesta too. It's a rare season that delivers so well both as a popcorn-muncher and a riveting chess match.
No have u seen tocantins Taj debbie Tyson coach JT fischbach
The postmerge ruins it for me. The Morgan through Jefra boot episodes are literally just the Tony and Spencer show.
@@a.jdeets5527 that’s bc they were the only chancers to win the game
I've never watched an single episode of this show - but I've watched nearly every single one of these videos.
Thailand was tough to watch because of the sexual harassment, Robb's treatment of Shii Ann, and of course all of the awkwardness that involved Ice Man Brian, his wife, and Clay. One redeeming quality I can think of right now for this season is how amazing Helen's husband was in the loved ones' visit. Those two were cute, but can't think of anything else good because it's been so long since I've seen this one. Maybe I'll give it a rewatch. Or not.
Com on tocantins was great
Easily in my top 2 seasons!
@@OnceUponAnIsland I know how can u go wrong with it Tyson coach and it with fischbach and by far the funniest auction
I will never understand this opinion. The premerge is so unmemorable to me, except for Crazy Sandy.
Australia brought us Varner and skoopin.