In this video, I go through the cast of Survivor: Game Changers and talk about who I personally would have cast if this was a real cast of Game Changers.
Harry Wasnak saw this comment right away and now I’m nervous for this 😂 but I will first say that half of the cast was okay, the other half was not. So basically I think only 8-10 needed replaced
JT is a game changer. The whole premise of game changers was making big moves regardless if they turned out well or not and JT giving Russell the idol fits the category.
Thank you. He didn't look at the theme the way it needed to. Innovations in the gams dont come too often so looking at it that way would produce a cast of 10
@@100amitty yeah, but winning isn't exactly game changing when you stop and consider that someone has to win the game. If you think that people who have won the game are automatically game changers you're essentially saying people like Fabio, Natalie White, and Bob Crowley
This is more of a winners vs. contenders cast You’ve got 5 female winners and 5 male winners And then 10 other great players This would be a fun winners against non winners season
Forget Game Changers, this is the perfect cast for a Winners vs Close Calls season. 10 winners, 10 people who got really close to winning. The gender split is perfect too! Winners: Richard Rob M Tony Jeremy Ethan Natalie Kim Parvati Sandra Tina So Close: Yau-Man (Cut right before final 3) Russell (2 time losing finalist, some argue he should have won one if not both times) Rob C (Cut right before final 2) Malcolm (Cut right before final 3) Ozzy (Lost by one vote at) Aubry (Many argue should’ve won 32) Amy (Could’ve won without the self destruction of her alliance) Ciera (Rock draw goes her way, could’ve won) Cirie (DONT get me started) Kathy (Cut right before final 2) THATS a season I would like to watch.
TheMurrmursonbottle Loves Colby but he just one of those players who just is there because he’s Colby. i just feel like he would come back, but won’t try to stay long if he hears his name going around. Terry would be much better to bring back
IMO jt is a game changer, he gifted Russell his idol in HvV and even though it didn’t work out for him, I think you could make a case that it changed the game. Players now will give idols to their allies to further their game all the time. Even this season IOI kellee gave dean her idol. I think there is definitely a case for jt
Honestly I’d say that Mookie from Fiji was the one who pioneered that move. It didn’t work out when he gave it to Alex, but he was the first (I think) to do that
Definitely caught me by surprise when u said cao boi made the split vote,he definitely should have been in this season. That’s one of the biggest move or even is number one when it ,comes to moves
How every Game Changer actually changed the game: Cierra ushered in the big moves era Tony used his 'bag of tricks' Caleb was the first player to be medivaced during a challenge in which the castaways were not playing for immunity, advantage, or calories. Malcomb forced the first 'live tribal' JT performed the first perfect game Sandra first 2-time winner Varner first 3-time player to never make the jury Haily proved that in modern survivor it is possible to make the old school mistake of ostracizing a deaf person Ozzy first player to get voted out 3 times in a season Debbie most occupations of any survivor Zeke first transgender Survivor player Sierra proved that when a great cast member backs out at the last minute, the casting department doesn't care to match the quality, and just puts in any random nobody (although I think she plays an ok game here) Andrea only player to get booted twice for being in a power couple Mikayla showed why you should not model the entire game for your alliance with seashells (and/or other small objects) Cirie 3-2-1 vote Aubry proves that even in modern survivor a good edit can make you look like a better player than one of the greatest of all time (Michelle Fitzgerald) and cause a major outcry in the community Tai proves that you can be cast as a hero, participate in the destruction of your camp, and then be edited as a hero Troyzan helped Kim prove how amazing her game was, as his constant rallying against her caused no harm to her game whatsoever Brad proved that you can be voted out pre-merge, have America not vote for you to get cast again, and then get cast on Game Changers having not come close to changing the game Sarah showed how the minority alliance can vote out the swing vote. See, they have all changed the game.
Eh, a lot of these, like Amy and Kathy, while they are great players, they aren’t exactly survivor legends. Regardless of whether or not it fits the theme, I think this cast would make for an incredible season, although it will obviously never happen
@@tneggs4115 couldnt disagree more. Players like Ami & Kathy carved the ways for players like Parvati & Kim. They are necessary to make a game interesting.
@@tneggs4115 I’d argue Tomato-Tomato. Not every legend has to be the biggest and the baddest. Some legends are just as a interesting even if they are more obscure
Since you made a new video around Cambodia I went back to Game Changers since that the season didn’t feel like game changers to me. Since Game Changers is “All-Stars 2” I went with these people as I felt they were iconic and fair warned, there’s a lot of Caramoan (specifically from the women side of casting) but I truly feel those players deserved being there and were popular players. New cast : Russell Hantz (Samoa, HvV, R.I.) Tony Vlachos (Stays) Ozzy Lusth (Stays) J.T. Thomas Jr. (Stays) Hayden Moss (BvW) Reed Kelly (San Juan Del Sur) Johnny FairPlay (Pearl Islands, Micronesia) Spencer Bledsoe (Cagayan, Cambodia) Ken Hoang (Gabon) Phillip Sheppard (R.I., Caramoan) Cirie Fields (Stays) Aubry Bracco (Stays) Sandra-Diaz Twine (Stays) Corinne Kaplan (Gabon, Caramoan) Amanda Kimmel (China, Micronesia, HvV) Natalie Anderson (San Juan Del Sur) Shambo Waters (Samoa) Ciera Eastin (Stays) Brenda Lowe (Nicaragua, Caramoan) Kim Spradlin (One World)
Thanks for the video. I started watching Survivor recently. Quarantine + CBS all access = started survivor at season one and have been working my way to present. I just started the Game Changers season and was pretty surprised at the cast choice so I went looking to see if others felt the same way. I guess there a few ways to interpret the term "game changers". Did they change the game as a whole, did they change the game as it pertained to their season, or did they do something that might not be forgotten in Survivor history. Even looking at it almost every way I can come up with, there are folks on the cast that just didn't do anything. Haley being the first to come to mind. Anyway, after watching your video and reading the comments I think the problem with the season is the concept in general. I think it is just too hard to pull off game changers. It really is Survivor Season 34 some players you would like to see again and some you wouldn't.
Wasn’t Game Changers the back up theme for this season. I thought this season was originally going to be something like winner-jury-pre merge groups or something like that. I never felt most of these people were game changers.
I think Johnny Fairplay deserves a spot on the cast for being the first person to fully embrace the idea of treating Survivor 100% as a game and nothing else, doing absolutely whatever it took to try to win.
While I agree that the people swapped out from the actual cast list weren't actual game changers, I would like to see people on this list who had only played once, to give more people a go. In this updated list of 20, literally everyone on this list has played Survivor at least twice already and many have played more than twice. (Kim and Natalie had only played once at that point in time, but they had already won the game.) Right now this updated cast list looks like the 20 most popular / well known contestants.
Of course you’re right that if a player changes the course of survivor history they are a game changer, but that wasn’t the theme I think they were going with for the season. The theme was supposed to be about players who changed the course of their own season(s) with big moves, good or bad. That was why Debbie was a game changer because she orchestrated the Liz blindside in Kaoh Rong and was actively changing the course of that season. That’s just an example and the same can be said for Tai, Aubry and Culpepper etc.
I think Natalie’s biggest game changing thing was the way she performed for the jury before FTC. The acting after the Alec vote and the showyness of the Baylor blindside were so tailored for the jury. The only other instance of that I could think of was Yul giving penner his hat back, but Natalie managed to do that without directly interacting with the jury
Cao boi is very much still mentioned and has a big cult followibg in the survivor community. Also gary s11 was the first person to find an idol and successfully play it (known from post interview as the target)
Best Call... Ami Cusack... Favorite Player of All Time. Underrated for her dominate Game Play in Vanuatu. First leader of the all-female alliance which is the most talked about and feared type of alliance on almost every season. Plus she a huge character that is over shadowed as well. From straight up telling people they are going home to waving machetes in peoples faces... A really good physical female with social prowess who really deserves the third chance in my not so humble opinion... And honestly you should do a video of like underrated all stars or something of that sort. Kinda highlight on over looked players like Ami, Stacey Kimball, Todd, along with others like Dawn Meehan or Christine Shields-Markoski... idk just an idea. Enjoy your videos
To be fair they put Zeke on there because he changed Survivor in a more meta commentary way; his coming out and the response to it was kind of the rationale for why they chose him I think; like the perspective they're coming from isn't just "who changed gameplay" but also "who changed the show itself".
I think JT is a game changer, especially in HvV like that move where he gave the Russel Hantz an idol at a challenge was a massive move. Obviously not a great move but it is a big move
NaOnka and Purple Kelly because after they quit, they made the rule for post-merge quitters to not be apart of the jury. I doubt them wanting to come back though and I don’t think the production would let them back.
That cast would have been epic for Game Changers! However, I would have brought in Jerri, Lex, and Shii-Ann as well. I would love for them to return for a 'Survivor Legends' season!
Gary Hogeboom was a complete game changer from Guatemala that should have been given a chance. First person to find an idol. First person to play an idol. First famous person to lie about being famous. All three big time things that just go under the radar now because Guatemala is a forgotten season
I want any Cusack back so bad! And Kathy ! Stacy might not be remembered but still a game changer! Parvati one of my favourite survivors, however, of she wasn't brought back for fans vs favourite, would she be so iconic? So I'm all for bringing people back even if not that remembered
I think Caleb is a game changer, had a life threatening med Evac and showed that survivor is dangerous to go on. Big dude gets taken down by nature. And the fact that he hasn’t gone to a tribal council I think they wanted to see him play the game. Reminder game changer isn’t always a good thing. JT GAVE HIS IDOL TO RUSSELL, it’s historically something that you should not do. He was *one*of the first people who was loyal to his alliance and actually won. Jeff Varner IS LITERALLY A GAME CHANGER LMAO he got the rules to change about the unfair tie vote w/ previous votes. He brought attention to the unfairness. Your right about hali not being a game changer Ozzy is a huge game changer and I’m surprised he was in contention to be replaced. Zeke got people to draw rocks for him right after he backstabbed the same people. Rob C is obviously the better game changer but he’s obviously never playing again. ANDREA CAME UP WITH THE PLAN TO STALK THE MAIN TARGET LOOKING FOR THE IDOL 💀💀 lord have mercy.. Michaela could’ve easily been replaced with Cydney from Koah Rong lmao lots of questionable replacement choices (mainly winners which I think production was trying to avoid) but ok Sarah was a victim of one of the biggest flips in survivor history. She showed that although you may think your on the top, you need to respect your alliance members bc they’re all on the bottom. 💀💀
JUSS but Caleb isn’t the first big dud to be med evaced. People like Russell and Skupin has more intense med evacs while also being more active in the game.
Y’know, I could see this cast have happening, solely due to the fact that because there are so many winners, they would feel confident coming back. I know Winner Paranoia is not as strong as it was in earlier seasons, but it’s always a possibility and I have to imagine most winners wouldn’t want to come back because of that.
Ok I feel like as a cast maker like this, you kinda have to separate survivor into two groups. Pre HvV and post HvV. imo you can’t just put half the fast from HvV in these casts. I know they are game changers but you have to think about it like anyone past HvV can make the cut. I love Russell and rob and parv but they wouldn’t put all 3 back on the cast again, it’s already been done. I think production tries to use big names from past HvV in these type of all star casts, they aren’t going to bring back players from like marquesas. I’ve seen everyone season but the casual fan hasn’t and it won’t bring in viewers if like Ethan and Kathy are making the cast. People would rather see players like tai or michaela back. (I think there is a case for both of them to be on the cast btw). I just don’t see survivor reaching back past HvV to grab players when there are fresher more popular players to casual fans today. It’s about to be season 40, I just don’t think they are going back that far for players. I also think that just because a player did soemthing first doesn’t mean they did it better. Like honestly does anyone need tina back😂. These are all just my opinions, I do love the videos keep up the good work I look forward to them every time I see a notification!
A better cast would help a little bit, but I just don't see why this season was necessary at all. All-Star seasons should be spaced out much, much more widely so that they can feel special.
I do not think people understand the concept ofr this season It essentially reafers to players who wanted to make a move to change the game but were taken out before they could make the move but it was their willingness to change the game.
In what way was jt not a game changer? He was the first player to have a perfect game(never had a vote cast against him and got all jury votes) and he was the first player to ever manipulate the vote split
Here's what I would pick if I wanted to re-cast Survivor Game Changers: Stays: Tony Sandra Aubry Malcolm Cirie Michaela (she was a pretty dominant challenge threat during the MVGX pre-merge) Sarah (I think they casted her because she had a lot of ideas of how to change the course of the game with the advantages) Andrea Ozzy ( while I'm not the biggest Ozzy fan, I see why many people worshipped his legacy back in Cook Islands & Micronesia) Tai (I give him credit for not playing that overpowered idol for Scott in Kaoh Rong.) Recasts: Stephenie (probably one of the first few successful down & out underdog players to ever come close to winning) Rob Cesternino (one of the most influential and strategic masterminds in the Amazon. He was the ping pong master) Richard Hatch (while I don't particularly find his controversial nude act in All-Stars memorable, he was literally the inventor of the Survivor game styles we know and love to this day) Bob Crowley (while he is old, that doesn't stop him from being the first of many to craft a fake idol and use that as a successful strategy) Jay (He's a bit of a dicey choice because I do see him popular on the Challenge nowadays, he did change the course of the game by swerving last minute to take out Michaela in a spectacular blindside) Parvati (she's a mastermind at playing 2 idols at once and being an iconic player by leading the Black Widow Brigade) Sugar (I think she might not play again due to life events that occurred after Heroes vs Villains, but I feel like she changed the flow of the game by being one of the few players to hold onto an idol until the last days of the game and make it to the finals) Vecepia (she doesn't get a lot of credit for her gameplay. She was able to conjure the boot order at the final 9 immunity challenge by flipping the script with the Rotu members, as well as also having a hand in booting Hunter, one of the early boots that was a camp provider. She also prepared the ingenious move of keeping her luxury item as a study guide for the final 4 immunity challenge.) Earl (I hate that I'm also putting more winners than regular players on my cast, but Earl was the first unanimous jury vote winner in the original Fiji season.) Ian (I think he's a reason why we don't see many standard endurance challenges in the final 3 in Survivor anymore. He gave it up for Tom to win the season just to get his friendship back)
JT is a game changer, it was even said at the beginning that it meant big moves that may or may have not worked out. The Russell idol move is absolutely fitting. This was fitting. I love Ethan too but he is in no way more of a game changer than Ethan. Vecepia is absolutely not a game changer, no, no. And I do agree you're getting too deep with the winners as replacements. Are you kidding me Ozzy is absolutely a game changer! His fake idol move, his surviving again and again on immunity challenges.
my cast would be Tribe 1 1 Rafe season 11- dominated guatemala 2 Earl season 14- dominated fiji 3 Mookie season 14- main player in the four horsemen alliance 4 Kenny season 17- dominated gabon 5 Garrett season 28- found idol within day one 6 Steph season 10, 11, 20- palau legend 7 PG season 15, 31- underdog fave of china 8 RC season 25- dominated team challenge and voted at first tribal during merge 9 Kelly S season 21- queen of purple edit and could have slide deep into the game 10 Kelly season 19- was voted off in the most epic tribals Tribe 2 1 Natalie season 19- winner of the start of new school gameplay beating the dominant tribe 2 Danni season 11, 40- defeated the dominant tribe being the last one standing 3 Francesca season 22, 26- voted out first twice 4 Amanda season 15, 16, 20- first to make it to the end twice. 5 Holly season 21- from losing her head to strategic mastermind 6 Chris season 38- 3rd voted out to winner 7 Davie season 36- mastermind of many epic tribals 8 Cao Boi season 13- invented the split the vote concept 9 Brian season 11- was swap fucked and could have made it deep 10 Jeff season 10- left early due to injury. could have made it deep.
For the Game Changers Cast I think it’s alright except for the fact that there were many people who weren’t Game Changers. The easy fix for that is changing the name and I believe Survivor Champions vs Contenders would’ve been much better received. The Tribes could be Champions: Tony J.T Brad Malcolm Caleb Sierra Sandra Ciera Cirie Aubrey Contenders: Zeke Tai Ozzy Troyzan Varner Sarah Debbie Andrea Hali Michaela I think this simple change makes the 4th ever all returnee season better received
Cao Boi should 1000% be on this list! Stacey shouldn’t because she was a bad player and character other than her “game changing” idea. But Cao Boi was an amazing character and also created one of the most important strategies in the history of the game
I remember Jeff said this season will have the most game changing player in survivor history and you saw the cast and half of them didint do shit in there first season
This is my first time watching this video but JT changed the way Heroes vs Villains actually turned out. If he did not give Russel his idol this season would of been completely different in the end with a Hero actually winning potentially number wise.
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I feel like this theme doesn’t work if you just replace everyone with winners
Harry Wasnak saw this comment right away and now I’m nervous for this 😂 but I will first say that half of the cast was okay, the other half was not. So basically I think only 8-10 needed replaced
Yes I totally agree with u
Yeah you basically just brought back all the winners we haven’t seen in a while who are or aren’t on winners at war
Ethan is not a game changer. Tony is not a game changer. I agree with u
@@Dylan-fb8cy how the fuck is tony not a game changer
This is literally
Survivor: Winners vs Losers
Half of the people on this cast are winners and the others are losers! You are so right
@@OriRozenthal I'm talking about the recast
Earl Tan Wait wat why the heck do you know my account name?? I didnt comment anything on this video...
@@OriRozenthal You do know that I mentioned you, I can't do that unless there's a comment I am replying to.
@@earltan7067 How did you reply to OriSwag, they don't have an account it seems
JT is a game changer. The whole premise of game changers was making big moves regardless if they turned out well or not and JT giving Russell the idol fits the category.
Thank you. He didn't look at the theme the way it needed to. Innovations in the gams dont come too often so looking at it that way would produce a cast of 10
I think he’s also the first contestant to win final tribal council with a clean sweep (like everybody voted for him) in the end
Chris Yu Earl from Fiji is the first one.
@@chrisyu7968 First to play a perfect game, second to sweep the jury.
Tommy Dankert part of the theme of game changers is players who have made big moves. Some worked some didn’t. But that was the intent for the season.
Justice for Cao Boi and Stacey!
Justice for Michelle Yi 😔😢
Waaaay to many winners. Might as well been an all winners season.
Matthew Barker I mean winners are game changers
@@100amitty ehh, not necessarily. There are a lot of winners that played similarly to past winners
rsheed123 doesn’t matter they frickin won
@@100amitty yeah, but winning isn't exactly game changing when you stop and consider that someone has to win the game. If you think that people who have won the game are automatically game changers you're essentially saying people like Fabio, Natalie White, and Bob Crowley
There’s 3 😂
This is more of a winners vs. contenders cast
You’ve got 5 female winners and 5 male winners
And then 10 other great players
This would be a fun winners against non winners season
I think the original intent was going to be game changers vs. second chancers but was changed after Natalie Anderson had to drop out.
so pretty much season 40
Forget Game Changers, this is the perfect cast for a Winners vs Close Calls season. 10 winners, 10 people who got really close to winning. The gender split is perfect too!
Winners:
Richard
Rob M
Tony
Jeremy
Ethan
Natalie
Kim
Parvati
Sandra
Tina
So Close:
Yau-Man (Cut right before final 3)
Russell (2 time losing finalist, some argue he should have won one if not both times)
Rob C (Cut right before final 2)
Malcolm (Cut right before final 3)
Ozzy (Lost by one vote at)
Aubry (Many argue should’ve won 32)
Amy (Could’ve won without the self destruction of her alliance)
Ciera (Rock draw goes her way, could’ve won)
Cirie (DONT get me started)
Kathy (Cut right before final 2)
THATS a season I would like to watch.
hayden wouldve won if the rock draw eliminated tyson
Omfg, finally someone respecting Cao Boi. I can never seem to find anyone who remembers him, which is a damn shame
Im always preaching to my people about Cao Boi. ima start a petition to get him brought back
He was my favorite up till his Elimination. Underrated strategist of Survivor
I remember him. I thought he would’ve been brought back by now.
He hasn't been brought back because hes more known for his racial humor then he is for strategy
Geek Not Gamer I loved Cao Boi. i would like to see him back.
I mean Tyson is a game changer because when he voted for Parvati instead of Russell definitely changed the game
It changed the season, not the game
So this is basically "deserving winners vs winners"?
Do you mean winners vs people who almost won?
Says Russell is the first to give an idol to someone else.
Me: RIP Sugar Kiper
JPB productions does this make sugar a *game changer* ?
Yes actually
Reality Time well she is a game changer. she kept all the good people and managed to eliminate all the villains in her season
@@realitytime543 Sugar had a lot better of a strategic mind than people gave her credit for. She just had a horrible social and challenge game.
Or RIP Mookie and Alex
Want a good replacement for Ozzy? Terry Deitz.
Great replacement Colby would also work to imo
Just Ben Colbys had his chances. Terry really only got one.
@@TheMurrmursonbottle Facts and his second chance ended from forces outside the game. He deserves one more chance
TheMurrmursonbottle Loves Colby but he just one
of those players who just is there because he’s Colby. i just feel like he would come back, but won’t try to stay long if he hears his name going around. Terry would be much better to bring back
Terry was more dominant winning 7 and he was first
IMO jt is a game changer, he gifted Russell his idol in HvV and even though it didn’t work out for him, I think you could make a case that it changed the game. Players now will give idols to their allies to further their game all the time. Even this season IOI kellee gave dean her idol. I think there is definitely a case for jt
JT although a goofball you can't deny he plays the game hard and is entertaining
S8 was about to comment this
Honestly I’d say that Mookie from Fiji was the one who pioneered that move. It didn’t work out when he gave it to Alex, but he was the first (I think) to do that
Definitely caught me by surprise when u said cao boi made the split vote,he definitely should have been in this season. That’s one of the biggest move or even is number one when it ,comes to moves
You want a theme for dream casting? Battle of the Decades. Four teams of 5, 1-10/11-20/21-30/31-40
Omg yes
Good idea, but those aren't decades tho. Survivor hasn't been around for 40 years
@@lilkoolj577 Survivor has two seasons every year. He meant every season number decade. I thought that was obvious.
@@isaakberghe837 well that's not what decade means
Wences Acosta oof the 21-30 decade would be a STRUGGLE to cast
This was a pretty good assessment. Enjoyed listening to this as I enjoyed my morning coffee.💛
How every Game Changer actually changed the game:
Cierra ushered in the big moves era
Tony used his 'bag of tricks'
Caleb was the first player to be medivaced during a challenge in which the castaways were not playing for immunity, advantage, or calories.
Malcomb forced the first 'live tribal'
JT performed the first perfect game
Sandra first 2-time winner
Varner first 3-time player to never make the jury
Haily proved that in modern survivor it is possible to make the old school mistake of ostracizing a deaf person
Ozzy first player to get voted out 3 times in a season
Debbie most occupations of any survivor
Zeke first transgender Survivor player
Sierra proved that when a great cast member backs out at the last minute, the casting department doesn't care to match the quality, and just puts in any random nobody (although I think she plays an ok game here)
Andrea only player to get booted twice for being in a power couple
Mikayla showed why you should not model the entire game for your alliance with seashells (and/or other small objects)
Cirie 3-2-1 vote
Aubry proves that even in modern survivor a good edit can make you look like a better player than one of the greatest of all time (Michelle Fitzgerald) and cause a major outcry in the community
Tai proves that you can be cast as a hero, participate in the destruction of your camp, and then be edited as a hero
Troyzan helped Kim prove how amazing her game was, as his constant rallying against her caused no harm to her game whatsoever
Brad proved that you can be voted out pre-merge, have America not vote for you to get cast again, and then get cast on Game Changers having not come close to changing the game
Sarah showed how the minority alliance can vote out the swing vote.
See, they have all changed the game.
You made me LOL at some of these!
Brad😂
Might as well just call this Survivor legends
Eh, a lot of these, like Amy and Kathy, while they are great players, they aren’t exactly survivor legends. Regardless of whether or not it fits the theme, I think this cast would make for an incredible season, although it will obviously never happen
@@tneggs4115 couldnt disagree more. Players like Ami & Kathy carved the ways for players like Parvati & Kim. They are necessary to make a game interesting.
@@devinwillis101 I’d argue that makes them game changers more than legends though
@@tneggs4115 I’d argue Tomato-Tomato. Not every legend has to be the biggest and the baddest. Some legends are just as a interesting even if they are more obscure
I just saw the coments about a bunch of winners... so Im leaving and saving my time
This is an underrated channel
Ok first you trash talk Vecepia
Then you say Michaela is not a Game Changer
Then you almost decide to replace Aubry
We can’t be friends
no fr
Ciera
Tony
Jeremey(Replaces Caleb)
Malcolm
Ethan(Replaces JT)
Sandra
Hatch(Replaces Varner)
Parvati(Replaces Hali)
Ozzy
Kathy(Replaces Debbie)
Rob C(Replaces Zeke)
Natalie A(Replaces Sierra)
Kim(Replaces Andrea)
Tina(Replaces Mikayala)
Cirie
Aubry
Yau Man (Replaces Tai)
For the people complaining about too many winners: you cannot deny that this would be an amazing cast to see on a season
Since you made a new video around Cambodia I went back to Game Changers since that the season didn’t feel like game changers to me. Since Game Changers is “All-Stars 2” I went with these people as I felt they were iconic and fair warned, there’s a lot of Caramoan (specifically from the women side of casting) but I truly feel those players deserved being there and were popular players.
New cast :
Russell Hantz (Samoa, HvV, R.I.)
Tony Vlachos (Stays)
Ozzy Lusth (Stays)
J.T. Thomas Jr. (Stays)
Hayden Moss (BvW)
Reed Kelly (San Juan Del Sur)
Johnny FairPlay (Pearl Islands, Micronesia)
Spencer Bledsoe (Cagayan, Cambodia)
Ken Hoang (Gabon)
Phillip Sheppard (R.I., Caramoan)
Cirie Fields (Stays)
Aubry Bracco (Stays)
Sandra-Diaz Twine (Stays)
Corinne Kaplan (Gabon, Caramoan)
Amanda Kimmel (China, Micronesia, HvV)
Natalie Anderson (San Juan Del Sur)
Shambo Waters (Samoa)
Ciera Eastin (Stays)
Brenda Lowe (Nicaragua, Caramoan)
Kim Spradlin (One World)
Only ones who deserved to be there were Malcolm, Ciera, Tony, Tai, Aubry, Sandra, Cirie, Ozzy (I guess), and maybe J.T.
AUBRY IS SO SO SOOOOOO underrated isnt she ?
U are amazing!!
Thanks for Ami, she needs to be remembered.
Yaaaas!!!
Russel Hantz is my favourite survivor player ever!
Actually, ppl do talk about Cao Boi now and if GC 2 happens. Cao Boi is coming back.
Thanks for the video. I started watching Survivor recently. Quarantine + CBS all access = started survivor at season one and have been working my way to present. I just started the Game Changers season and was pretty surprised at the cast choice so I went looking to see if others felt the same way. I guess there a few ways to interpret the term "game changers". Did they change the game as a whole, did they change the game as it pertained to their season, or did they do something that might not be forgotten in Survivor history. Even looking at it almost every way I can come up with, there are folks on the cast that just didn't do anything. Haley being the first to come to mind. Anyway, after watching your video and reading the comments I think the problem with the season is the concept in general. I think it is just too hard to pull off game changers. It really is Survivor Season 34 some players you would like to see again and some you wouldn't.
Great video
I'd like to see them try this again, but with a better cast
Game changers was more ppl who were willing to make big moves, and JT made the biggest move of survivor history.
My cast:
Brenda Lowe (Nicaragua,Caramoan)
Tony Vlachos (Stays)
Russell Swan (Samoa,Philippines)
Malcolm Freberg (Stays)
J.T Thomas (Stays)
Sandra Diaz-Twine (Stays)
Johnathon Penner (Cook Islands,Micronesia,Philippines)
Candace Woodstock (Cook Islands,Heroes VS Villains)
Ozzy Lusth (Stays)
Kass Mcquillen (Cagayan, Cambodia)
Joe Anglim (World’s Apart, Cambodia)
Parvati Shallow (Cook Islands, Micronesia, Heroes VS Villains)
Kim Spradlin (One World)
Amanda Kimmel (China, Heroes VS Villains)
Cirie Fields (Stays)
Aubry Bracco (Stays)
Keith Nale (San Juan Del Sir, Cambodia)
Russell Hantz (Samoa, Heroes VS Villains, Redemption Island)
Erik Rechenbach (Micronesia, Caramoan)
Stephanie Lagrossa (Palau, Guatemala)
Wasn’t Game Changers the back up theme for this season. I thought this season was originally going to be something like winner-jury-pre merge groups or something like that. I never felt most of these people were game changers.
I think Johnny Fairplay deserves a spot on the cast for being the first person to fully embrace the idea of treating Survivor 100% as a game and nothing else, doing absolutely whatever it took to try to win.
Too many winners but I am happy someone finally gave Kathy V some much needed love
I would love for this is to be a Legends season cast!
Michaela and Caleb deserved thier spots in my opinion
While I agree that the people swapped out from the actual cast list weren't actual game changers, I would like to see people on this list who had only played once, to give more people a go. In this updated list of 20, literally everyone on this list has played Survivor at least twice already and many have played more than twice. (Kim and Natalie had only played once at that point in time, but they had already won the game.) Right now this updated cast list looks like the 20 most popular / well known contestants.
JT gave Russel the idol in heroes vs villains
Idk about russel, because tony was already on here and was similar to him
The fact that we didn’t see Russell back in game changers I don’t think he will ever come back
This practically becomes a champions vs challengers season
Of course you’re right that if a player changes the course of survivor history they are a game changer, but that wasn’t the theme I think they were going with for the season. The theme was supposed to be about players who changed the course of their own season(s) with big moves, good or bad. That was why Debbie was a game changer because she orchestrated the Liz blindside in Kaoh Rong and was actively changing the course of that season. That’s just an example and the same can be said for Tai, Aubry and Culpepper etc.
People need to give Cao Boi more credit
Do a runner up rankings video
Russel is definitely a game changer, but how many times does he have to play to realize his strategy is not a winning one?
Who would of thought people who have used new strategies and had success with them by winning the game would have other people using their strategies
even if the people are well rounded players, it’s still fits game changers because if not it’s just going to be a all winner season
This is a legends cast
I think Natalie’s biggest game changing thing was the way she performed for the jury before FTC. The acting after the Alec vote and the showyness of the Baylor blindside were so tailored for the jury. The only other instance of that I could think of was Yul giving penner his hat back, but Natalie managed to do that without directly interacting with the jury
Cao boi invented the idol cancel out
Cao boi is very much still mentioned and has a big cult followibg in the survivor community. Also gary s11 was the first person to find an idol and successfully play it (known from post interview as the target)
litteraly majority of the People that were in game changers were not even game changers. I like Your list btw.
Varner did change the game a bit in Cambodia, but not much in all stars.
Varner wasn't even on All-Stars.
Best Call... Ami Cusack... Favorite Player of All Time. Underrated for her dominate Game Play in Vanuatu. First leader of the all-female alliance which is the most talked about and feared type of alliance on almost every season. Plus she a huge character that is over shadowed as well. From straight up telling people they are going home to waving machetes in peoples faces... A really good physical female with social prowess who really deserves the third chance in my not so humble opinion... And honestly you should do a video of like underrated all stars or something of that sort. Kinda highlight on over looked players like Ami, Stacey Kimball, Todd, along with others like Dawn Meehan or Christine Shields-Markoski... idk just an idea. Enjoy your videos
To be fair they put Zeke on there because he changed Survivor in a more meta commentary way; his coming out and the response to it was kind of the rationale for why they chose him I think; like the perspective they're coming from isn't just "who changed gameplay" but also "who changed the show itself".
why is michele fitzgerald not in this cast?
I think JT is a game changer, especially in HvV like that move where he gave the Russel Hantz an idol at a challenge was a massive move. Obviously not a great move but it is a big move
NaOnka and Purple Kelly because after they quit, they made the rule for post-merge quitters to not be apart of the jury. I doubt them wanting to come back though and I don’t think the production would let them back.
How can so many people be the one to start the big move era
What happened to Tom??
That cast would have been epic for Game Changers! However, I would have brought in Jerri, Lex, and Shii-Ann as well. I would love for them to return for a 'Survivor Legends' season!
Jerri Deff shoulda been brought back for game changers.
I’m pretty sure some guy in season 18 did the idol strip thing cause people kept saying he had it 😂 or maybe season 17
Gary Hogeboom was a complete game changer from Guatemala that should have been given a chance. First person to find an idol. First person to play an idol. First famous person to lie about being famous. All three big time things that just go under the radar now because Guatemala is a forgotten season
@@jeffreycraven6231 you mean swap lol
You forgot to mention Kelley Wentworth, she was contacted by CBS to be in S34
RaphPlay Roblox did she decline?
Yes
winners vs legends then I guess cause you got 10 and 10
I want any Cusack back so bad! And Kathy ! Stacy might not be remembered but still a game changer! Parvati one of my favourite survivors, however, of she wasn't brought back for fans vs favourite, would she be so iconic? So I'm all for bringing people back even if not that remembered
game changer could also mean changing the dynamic of the season ur in
i think the theme wasn't just changing the game in the future i see it more as they changed THEIR game
Parvati over Hali is obviously more of a game changer but how many times do you we need the same player?
I think Caleb is a game changer, had a life threatening med Evac and showed that survivor is dangerous to go on. Big dude gets taken down by nature. And the fact that he hasn’t gone to a tribal council I think they wanted to see him play the game.
Reminder game changer isn’t always a good thing. JT GAVE HIS IDOL TO RUSSELL, it’s historically something that you should not do. He was *one*of the first people who was loyal to his alliance and actually won.
Jeff Varner IS LITERALLY A GAME CHANGER LMAO he got the rules to change about the unfair tie vote w/ previous votes. He brought attention to the unfairness.
Your right about hali not being a game changer
Ozzy is a huge game changer and I’m surprised he was in contention to be replaced.
Zeke got people to draw rocks for him right after he backstabbed the same people. Rob C is obviously the better game changer but he’s obviously never playing again.
ANDREA CAME UP WITH THE PLAN TO STALK THE MAIN TARGET LOOKING FOR THE IDOL 💀💀 lord have mercy..
Michaela could’ve easily been replaced with Cydney from Koah Rong lmao
lots of questionable replacement choices (mainly winners which I think production was trying to avoid) but ok
Sarah was a victim of one of the biggest flips in survivor history. She showed that although you may think your on the top, you need to respect your alliance members bc they’re all on the bottom. 💀💀
JUSS but Caleb isn’t the first big dud to be med evaced. People like Russell and Skupin has more intense med evacs while also being more active in the game.
ten winners in 1 cast. imagine if they actually used this cast and divided the winners and non winners
where’s abi?!
i would have put steph from palau and guatemala over ami for sarah's replacement.
Y’know, I could see this cast have happening, solely due to the fact that because there are so many winners, they would feel confident coming back.
I know Winner Paranoia is not as strong as it was in earlier seasons, but it’s always a possibility and I have to imagine most winners wouldn’t want to come back because of that.
I want spencer on this list, he would be good
game file plays yesss loved Spencer
I would be interested if you re-made this list but made a no-winners rule.
Mike Halloway should deff be on Game Changers.
Ok I feel like as a cast maker like this, you kinda have to separate survivor into two groups. Pre HvV and post HvV. imo you can’t just put half the fast from HvV in these casts. I know they are game changers but you have to think about it like anyone past HvV can make the cut. I love Russell and rob and parv but they wouldn’t put all 3 back on the cast again, it’s already been done. I think production tries to use big names from past HvV in these type of all star casts, they aren’t going to bring back players from like marquesas. I’ve seen everyone season but the casual fan hasn’t and it won’t bring in viewers if like Ethan and Kathy are making the cast. People would rather see players like tai or michaela back. (I think there is a case for both of them to be on the cast btw). I just don’t see survivor reaching back past HvV to grab players when there are fresher more popular players to casual fans today. It’s about to be season 40, I just don’t think they are going back that far for players. I also think that just because a player did soemthing first doesn’t mean they did it better. Like honestly does anyone need tina back😂. These are all just my opinions, I do love the videos keep up the good work I look forward to them every time I see a notification!
A better cast would help a little bit, but I just don't see why this season was necessary at all. All-Star seasons should be spaced out much, much more widely so that they can feel special.
People prob turned down so that's y it was mixed
1/2 of the cast are winners
I do not think people understand the concept ofr this season
It essentially reafers to players who wanted to make a move to change the game but were taken out before they could make the move but it was their willingness to change the game.
Cao Boi not here? He invented the split majority vote!
In what way was jt not a game changer? He was the first player to have a perfect game(never had a vote cast against him and got all jury votes) and he was the first player to ever manipulate the vote split
Manipulate the vote split...wasn’t his idea though Tom suggested it to him. He just was the swing vote there.
10 winners might as well be champions vs challengers
Here's what I would pick if I wanted to re-cast Survivor Game Changers:
Stays:
Tony
Sandra
Aubry
Malcolm
Cirie
Michaela (she was a pretty dominant challenge threat during the MVGX pre-merge)
Sarah (I think they casted her because she had a lot of ideas of how to change the course of the game with the advantages)
Andrea
Ozzy ( while I'm not the biggest Ozzy fan, I see why many people worshipped his legacy back in Cook Islands & Micronesia)
Tai (I give him credit for not playing that overpowered idol for Scott in Kaoh Rong.)
Recasts:
Stephenie (probably one of the first few successful down & out underdog players to ever come close to winning)
Rob Cesternino (one of the most influential and strategic masterminds in the Amazon. He was the ping pong master)
Richard Hatch (while I don't particularly find his controversial nude act in All-Stars memorable, he was literally the inventor of the Survivor game styles we know and love to this day)
Bob Crowley (while he is old, that doesn't stop him from being the first of many to craft a fake idol and use that as a successful strategy)
Jay (He's a bit of a dicey choice because I do see him popular on the Challenge nowadays, he did change the course of the game by swerving last minute to take out Michaela in a spectacular blindside)
Parvati (she's a mastermind at playing 2 idols at once and being an iconic player by leading the Black Widow Brigade)
Sugar (I think she might not play again due to life events that occurred after Heroes vs Villains, but I feel like she changed the flow of the game by being one of the few players to hold onto an idol until the last days of the game and make it to the finals)
Vecepia (she doesn't get a lot of credit for her gameplay. She was able to conjure the boot order at the final 9 immunity challenge by flipping the script with the Rotu members, as well as also having a hand in booting Hunter, one of the early boots that was a camp provider. She also prepared the ingenious move of keeping her luxury item as a study guide for the final 4 immunity challenge.)
Earl (I hate that I'm also putting more winners than regular players on my cast, but Earl was the first unanimous jury vote winner in the original Fiji season.)
Ian (I think he's a reason why we don't see many standard endurance challenges in the final 3 in Survivor anymore. He gave it up for Tom to win the season just to get his friendship back)
Ethan was a strange choice but I respect that
Lol this is winners at war but a little different
Hayden should be on
JT is a game changer, it was even said at the beginning that it meant big moves that may or may have not worked out. The Russell idol move is absolutely fitting. This was fitting. I love Ethan too but he is in no way more of a game changer than Ethan. Vecepia is absolutely not a game changer, no, no. And I do agree you're getting too deep with the winners as replacements. Are you kidding me Ozzy is absolutely a game changer! His fake idol move, his surviving again and again on immunity challenges.
my cast would be
Tribe 1
1 Rafe season 11- dominated guatemala
2 Earl season 14- dominated fiji
3 Mookie season 14- main player in the four horsemen alliance
4 Kenny season 17- dominated gabon
5 Garrett season 28- found idol within day one
6 Steph season 10, 11, 20- palau legend
7 PG season 15, 31- underdog fave of china
8 RC season 25- dominated team challenge and voted at first tribal during merge
9 Kelly S season 21- queen of purple edit and could have slide deep into the game
10 Kelly season 19- was voted off in the most epic tribals
Tribe 2
1 Natalie season 19- winner of the start of new school gameplay beating the dominant tribe
2 Danni season 11, 40- defeated the dominant tribe being the last one standing
3 Francesca season 22, 26- voted out first twice
4 Amanda season 15, 16, 20- first to make it to the end twice.
5 Holly season 21- from losing her head to strategic mastermind
6 Chris season 38- 3rd voted out to winner
7 Davie season 36- mastermind of many epic tribals
8 Cao Boi season 13- invented the split the vote concept
9 Brian season 11- was swap fucked and could have made it deep
10 Jeff season 10- left early due to injury. could have made it deep.
Natalie is not a game changer lol
For the Game Changers Cast I think it’s alright except for the fact that there were many people who weren’t Game Changers. The easy fix for that is changing the name and I believe Survivor Champions vs Contenders would’ve been much better received. The Tribes could be
Champions:
Tony
J.T
Brad
Malcolm
Caleb
Sierra
Sandra
Ciera
Cirie
Aubrey
Contenders:
Zeke
Tai
Ozzy
Troyzan
Varner
Sarah
Debbie
Andrea
Hali
Michaela
I think this simple change makes the 4th ever all returnee season better received
Requirements to fill most spots: interesting character, social player, athletic player
Requirements to replace Jeff Varner: ✨gay✨
Cao Boi should 1000% be on this list!
Stacey shouldn’t because she was a bad player and character other than her “game changing” idea.
But Cao Boi was an amazing character and also created one of the most important strategies in the history of the game
I remember Jeff said this season will have the most game changing player in survivor history and you saw the cast and half of them didint do shit in there first season
This is my first time watching this video but JT changed the way Heroes vs Villains actually turned out. If he did not give Russel his idol this season would of been completely different in the end with a Hero actually winning potentially number wise.