Honorable Mention: Dan getting his idol nullified in David v. Goliath. I know it made for a fun tv moment, but like how you say immunity wins are sacred, so too were successful idol plays at that point. Dan played that round exactly correctly, but was eliminated by a new advantage that he had no reason to believe would be in the game.
Nahhh It's like saying "if the votes are there, hidden immunity idol plays shouldn't matter because Survivor is about eliminating people using votes" I'm merely pointing out the double standard here. :) no cap
@@myperspectiveisimnotblind except the concept of idols existing, was never a surprise. Jeff made a point of announcing in season 11 and 12 that idols exist. So people could reasonably plan for existence of idols. You can't plan for something you've never seen on the show before. Its like if you get the numbers for a vote and someone bust out an advantage that says "my vote count for 4 votes". You'd probably think wtf
I kinda want to add Wanda and Jonathan into this. Imagine prepping to go on Survivor for months only to be out of the game before the first Immunity challenge. I think it's the cruelest production has ever been to its contestants.
Even though the do or die twist never eliminated anyone, it is, in my opinion, the worst twist ever. It literally only exists to eliminate someone over a trivia murder party mini game
That twist is stupid, but I think what stops it from being the worst is the fact that the players at least had a say in it. Although both Deshawn and Lindsey survived it, both were incredibly dumb for putting themselves in that situation in the first place.
I think the worst part of the hourglass was they could have added some legit suspense with it if Erika was ALSO immune to being voted out. That way, it would feel more like the train dilemma where she has a choice on who she wants to burn with it. But since she wasn't, she'd obviously pick the option that ensured she was safe going into the next round.
I feel like the first ever Tribe Swap in Survivor: Africa was snubbed from this list. Three players from each tribe go on a "journey" only to find out that they're not going back to their own camps.
Thailand should have taught us not to do this to players. We lost getting a good flip and seeing a wonderful villain story and instead we got a boring Pagonging and Shii Ann not being the full character she deserved to be. And it’s always this bad. Survivor needs to let the players play, not try to force these moments.
hate to be the "welllll acttualllyyyyy" guy, but 44 wasnt the first time producers made or offered fake idols, just first time they were taken/accepted. waiter/caretaker to nuns/part time model Debbie was given the option of a fake model during her exile with Cochran
Domenick also found the fake idol David planted for Jay in Millennials vs Gen X, and Domenick used it to convince people that with that fake idol in addition to his real idol, he had two idols.
I'm so glad you, even jokingly referenced how close up the confessional cam was in Edge of Extinction. For so long, I thought I was the only one who noticed it in that and Winners at War. And if Survivor turned into Mario Party for seasons 41 and 42...does that mean Probst is Bowser?
Three things about the hourglass that make me hate it even more than the obvious flaws: 1. The way Jeff explains it to Erika, he's very clearly trying to influence her (already obvious) decision. He essentially says that she can either seize the initiative and take control of her destiny, or passively drift along to a fate that's been chosen for her. 2. Why is the mechanic _smashing_ the hourglass? You're not supposed to smash them, you're supposed to flip them. My aunt actually tried to defend it by saying that smashing it is more visually interesting than flipping it. But you know what's less visually interesting than flipping it? Telling people that you smashed it when no one was looking. 3. Erika's speech as she swings the hammer. Clearly the camera crew told her she had to say something, when really the choice was so clear that no explanation was necessary. Nevertheless, what she came up with was just . . . sad.
i genuinely can't tell if producers just chose the most boring possible erika confessionals to show or if she was just shockingly bad at them (despite clearly being an intelligent and articulate person) because a lot of them were uh. yeesh
@@uglyaniimals I suspect the latter. For one thing, neither intelligence nor articulation necessarily equate to on-screen charisma. For another, Erika seems to be one of a handful of players about whom it is widely assumed that there’s a wealth of rich, exciting content deliberately left on the cutting room floor. But we can’t possibly know that any such thing exists.
I have been watching some Survivor Australia and the production twists there are even crazier - Go to tribal council but need to win a challenge to vote. Go to tribal council as a tribe but insert individual immunity contest, Go to tribal council but vote to send a player to the other tribe instead of out of the game. I guess it is harder to fill 49 days with suspense.
I actually like the outcast twist more than RI or the edge since the players who come back in A) only can re-enter pre-jury phase and B) have to be voted back in rather than just win a challenge.
I also like the fake merge twist (and I like to think a good chunk of the production team that knew about the twist were laughing like the maniacal masterminds they were being), but it ended up taking Thailand and sinking the rest of the season. Shii Ann getting axed due to this twist ruined what could have been a really cool setting where she helped get rid of her old tribe and maybe even win the season depending on how everything else went. I still think Thailand has one of the best variations of the theme song to date however, and that won’t be changing anytime soon xD
The hourglass twist freaks me out - not the consequence of it but that it involves intentionally breaking glass on a beach... just no... don't do that!
@@petermcgill3405 Yes! My mom said well Erika made the choice we all would make! A chance to safe is the only option! My mom was mad at Jeff for creating that bullshit twist!
Trish and Lil agreed to vote each other in and Ryan S. had a great relationship with Lil. The only person who might have voted Lil back into the game to not deal with her on the prejury trip was Nicole.
@@queenzoroark I mean that might be true but we have no way of knowing for sure how Trish would have voted without the deal. Burton/Michelle didn't vote her, Ryan S. was obviously her closest friend out there, Trish and Lil had an agreement to vote each other, and both of them upheld this. That leaves Nicole who is the only possible person who could have voted Lil in solely on not wanting to deal with her on the prejury trip.
The do or die ones are some of the worst, and the only reason it isn't as bad as it could be is because everyone got a heads up to not even compete to outright avoid it, and that it miraculously got the one in three chance to survive both times. Lindsay was so desperate to beat John, for seemingly no reason cause it could have easily blown her game by destroying her alliances numbers whether John was taken out anyway. It was just a very strange descision built on an intense rivalry she had with him. And Deshaun? I can't even remember why he competed.
next year: top 5 horror scenes in survivor. cirie and ami crab hunting, machete mat, the actual horror movie stock music that plays during shonee's boot tribal in au HvV... theres more im sure of it thats just off the top of my head
I definitely thought when Devon had the "advantage" placed in his bag when it turned out someone had used the advantage against him was going to be on here. Also, the "The Jerks in German" joke is so underrated
Honorable mention: Survivor 45 swap they had a challenge set up, and it looked like it was going to be a hero challenge for reward. But nope swap time.
9 times out of 10, whenever Swap, Merge or something like the Family Visit in WAW, there's a challenge set up to curve expectations. Its also worth noting that in this era in Survivor Reward challenges are rare, so most of the time you expect it to be an Immunity Challenge, yet the tribes who one last time, didn't bring statue. Regardless with this new era filled with Superfans and Game bots, this situation shouldn't be a real surprise outside of screen grabbing reasons.
For the hourglass in Survivor 42, I thought they were flat out NOT going to tell Rocksroy about the hourglass and that he would have to figure it out entirely on his own. It still would've been a tad unfair but at least it wouldn't have been so blatantly obvious, and if he did figure it out on his own that he had to smash it, the safety could have been a justifiable reward. But nope, they just had to tell him ultimately turning it into a carbon copy of the twist in 41. You're right, it was essentially Mario Party but more specifically, during Chance Time!
this isn't really related to the video, but i really hope that the people who made the merge in 45 make the jury. its a final 13 with a final 3. just have 10 jurors, not 8, don't go 2 votes with no jury. i feel like if you make the merge, you make the jury. i get it, if you survive a merge that shows your adaptability and social skills, but i just don't want a 7-1-0 jury vote again.
ShiiAnn fans still think she would've won the season if not for this deception. It was literally the difference between her missing out on the jury or being jury member #3
I dont think for a second she would have won. But she would have had a much deserved deep run and better character development. It would have made Brians inevidable win feel more satisfying because at least SOMEONE else was playing for themselves too. But watching Shii Ann try to "outwit outplay outlast" only for it to blow up in her face in a way she couldnt have anticipated would have done nothing but discourage aggressive gameplay in later seasons (remember how boring the gameplay in All Stars was?) This was only season 5. Far before survivor felt just like a bad game of mario kart. Strategy used to mean something.
how dare you think that getting to the final ten, having a "coming together" feast, and living on the same beach was a merge. only the thailand final ten of thailand could believe that it was a merge. pfft.
I have 0 sympathy for the players in that situation, you can't just ASSUME the state of things, the specifics are extremely important. Players have the freedom to question Probst "Are we merged?", players can also play intelligently enough to not burn their former allies the moment they think the merge hits, they can still pretend to be on their old side but secretly be working for the other one. Them playing sloppy isn't the fault of the fake merge - it's their fault for being lazy and complacent.
remember when Survivor to trick us that 44 and 45 were tough seasons and in 44, two people get themselves injured due to their over excitement and in 45, two people quit because their experience wasn’t what they thought it would be…..yeah me too
Honorable Mention: Dan getting his idol nullified in David v. Goliath. I know it made for a fun tv moment, but like how you say immunity wins are sacred, so too were successful idol plays at that point. Dan played that round exactly correctly, but was eliminated by a new advantage that he had no reason to believe would be in the game.
Another reason the idol nullifier is the worst advantage in the game
Nahhh
It's like saying "if the votes are there, hidden immunity idol plays shouldn't matter because Survivor is about eliminating people using votes"
I'm merely pointing out the double standard here. :) no cap
Yes it’s extremely unfair. What they’re gonna do next is having an advantage to nullify an immunity necklace.
@@myperspectiveisimnotblind except the concept of idols existing, was never a surprise. Jeff made a point of announcing in season 11 and 12 that idols exist. So people could reasonably plan for existence of idols. You can't plan for something you've never seen on the show before. Its like if you get the numbers for a vote and someone bust out an advantage that says "my vote count for 4 votes". You'd probably think wtf
It was absolutely the worst advantage in survivor history. So unfair. To Dan and also super unfair to Janet
I kinda want to add Wanda and Jonathan into this. Imagine prepping to go on Survivor for months only to be out of the game before the first Immunity challenge. I think it's the cruelest production has ever been to its contestants.
1:26 "you don't have to put much effort into it"
Oh Idoled out, come on. that took him hours to make
lol i felt so bad for ozzy jeff just thru it into the fire 😢
“Which Burton called them The Jerks in German”
It took me a minute, ngl
I will always appreciate a good Simpsons reference in these vids.
Even though the do or die twist never eliminated anyone, it is, in my opinion, the worst twist ever. It literally only exists to eliminate someone over a trivia murder party mini game
That twist is stupid, but I think what stops it from being the worst is the fact that the players at least had a say in it. Although both Deshawn and Lindsey survived it, both were incredibly dumb for putting themselves in that situation in the first place.
I think the worst part of the hourglass was they could have added some legit suspense with it if Erika was ALSO immune to being voted out. That way, it would feel more like the train dilemma where she has a choice on who she wants to burn with it. But since she wasn't, she'd obviously pick the option that ensured she was safe going into the next round.
The fact you mentioned Mario Party for the hourglass twist is a perfect metaphor and I applaud you for that😂😂
I feel like the first ever Tribe Swap in Survivor: Africa was snubbed from this list. Three players from each tribe go on a "journey" only to find out that they're not going back to their own camps.
Well they did go on a journey-to the other tribe for the next 2 tribals
Five times players tricked survivor: when they brought their stuff to tribal in final 5 in survivor 44
this would actually be an amazing video idea if you could think of enough instances of it
wait I haven’t watched that season, what happened?
It’s crazy that the hourglass was implemented when production supposed wanted players to “earn the merge”.
Thailand should have taught us not to do this to players. We lost getting a good flip and seeing a wonderful villain story and instead we got a boring Pagonging and Shii Ann not being the full character she deserved to be.
And it’s always this bad. Survivor needs to let the players play, not try to force these moments.
Jamal should've just used the parchment to get his vote back
hate to be the "welllll acttualllyyyyy" guy, but 44 wasnt the first time producers made or offered fake idols, just first time they were taken/accepted. waiter/caretaker to nuns/part time model Debbie was given the option of a fake model during her exile with Cochran
Domenick also found the fake idol David planted for Jay in Millennials vs Gen X, and Domenick used it to convince people that with that fake idol in addition to his real idol, he had two idols.
also there was the ghost island fake idol that dom got
@@tbranson6301and fake advantage in 39
I just got to the part where they mentioned that in the video....
8:41
his humor mixed in with shade and snark is why Luke is the best
and Ted's grin 😂 his line about being 150 to 200% happy with the wife that he has is such an underrated iconic quote.
I'm so glad you, even jokingly referenced how close up the confessional cam was in Edge of Extinction. For so long, I thought I was the only one who noticed it in that and Winners at War. And if Survivor turned into Mario Party for seasons 41 and 42...does that mean Probst is Bowser?
Three things about the hourglass that make me hate it even more than the obvious flaws:
1. The way Jeff explains it to Erika, he's very clearly trying to influence her (already obvious) decision. He essentially says that she can either seize the initiative and take control of her destiny, or passively drift along to a fate that's been chosen for her.
2. Why is the mechanic _smashing_ the hourglass? You're not supposed to smash them, you're supposed to flip them. My aunt actually tried to defend it by saying that smashing it is more visually interesting than flipping it. But you know what's less visually interesting than flipping it? Telling people that you smashed it when no one was looking.
3. Erika's speech as she swings the hammer. Clearly the camera crew told her she had to say something, when really the choice was so clear that no explanation was necessary. Nevertheless, what she came up with was just . . . sad.
i genuinely can't tell if producers just chose the most boring possible erika confessionals to show or if she was just shockingly bad at them (despite clearly being an intelligent and articulate person) because a lot of them were uh. yeesh
@@uglyaniimals I suspect the latter. For one thing, neither intelligence nor articulation necessarily equate to on-screen charisma. For another, Erika seems to be one of a handful of players about whom it is widely assumed that there’s a wealth of rich, exciting content deliberately left on the cutting room floor. But we can’t possibly know that any such thing exists.
@@aperson22222weird how you assume that
@@ashen_roses Not really. You've heard of Occam's Razor?
I LOVED THE MARIO PARTY REFERENCES. your humour is ALWAYS funny to watch! Thanks for awesome content!!
The only survivor channel that makes me laugh out loud constantly, especially at the ben joke 😭
Justice for jamal
Dean the ONLY person who would fall for hand-written advantage?
RLY?
*sad Jason Siska noises*
1:36 I know it’s Halloween season, but was it really necessary to jump scare us with footage of Danny flossing
I was like 666... very spooky. Shii Ann's face when it wasn't the merge lives rent free in my head.
I have been watching some Survivor Australia and the production twists there are even crazier - Go to tribal council but need to win a challenge to vote. Go to tribal council as a tribe but insert individual immunity contest, Go to tribal council but vote to send a player to the other tribe instead of out of the game. I guess it is harder to fill 49 days with suspense.
I actually like the outcast twist more than RI or the edge since the players who come back in A) only can re-enter pre-jury phase and B) have to be voted back in rather than just win a challenge.
I kinda love the Fake Merge and wish they would do it again. They should just straight up do a One World season, though.
I also like the fake merge twist (and I like to think a good chunk of the production team that knew about the twist were laughing like the maniacal masterminds they were being), but it ended up taking Thailand and sinking the rest of the season. Shii Ann getting axed due to this twist ruined what could have been a really cool setting where she helped get rid of her old tribe and maybe even win the season depending on how everything else went. I still think Thailand has one of the best variations of the theme song to date however, and that won’t be changing anytime soon xD
Your narrating cracked me up more than several times 😭😭😭 I LOVE THIS CHANNELLLL
"The only person in Survivor history who might believe a handwritten note is an actual advantage" Have you forgot about Jason Siska?
Erika always looks like she's about to cry.
Would the first Final 4 fire-making twist count? I still am mad on Devon, Chrissy and Ryan's behalf for that one.
Freaking Ben.
The hourglass twist freaks me out - not the consequence of it but that it involves intentionally breaking glass on a beach... just no... don't do that!
How come I did not know that Chris from The Challenge USA 2 was on Survivor?
The hourglass twits or as my mom put it! The bullshit twist! Even though my mom said she would smash the hourglass because well safe!
I remember when the twist happened, nobody was mad at Erika because she made the only move that made sense. Everyone saved their anger for Jeff.
@@petermcgill3405 Yes! My mom said well Erika made the choice we all would make! A chance to safe is the only option! My mom was mad at Jeff for creating that bullshit twist!
If you hate Devens, you hate chaos; if you hate chaos, you hate fun
cant lie this was hilarious great episode
Trish and Lil agreed to vote each other in and Ryan S. had a great relationship with Lil. The only person who might have voted Lil back into the game to not deal with her on the prejury trip was Nicole.
Nobody except for Rya S would want Lil in that prejury trip, even without the deal, I believe Trish wouldn't like Lil much.
@@queenzoroark I mean that might be true but we have no way of knowing for sure how Trish would have voted without the deal.
Burton/Michelle didn't vote her, Ryan S. was obviously her closest friend out there, Trish and Lil had an agreement to vote each other, and both of them upheld this. That leaves Nicole who is the only possible person who could have voted Lil in solely on not wanting to deal with her on the prejury trip.
The do or die ones are some of the worst, and the only reason it isn't as bad as it could be is because everyone got a heads up to not even compete to outright avoid it, and that it miraculously got the one in three chance to survive both times. Lindsay was so desperate to beat John, for seemingly no reason cause it could have easily blown her game by destroying her alliances numbers whether John was taken out anyway. It was just a very strange descision built on an intense rivalry she had with him.
And Deshaun? I can't even remember why he competed.
I've never watched Survivor before but I love your videos?
Thank you for watching! You should check out Survivor too!
next year: top 5 horror scenes in survivor. cirie and ami crab hunting, machete mat, the actual horror movie stock music that plays during shonee's boot tribal in au HvV... theres more im sure of it thats just off the top of my head
I definitely thought when Devon had the "advantage" placed in his bag when it turned out someone had used the advantage against him was going to be on here.
Also, the "The Jerks in German" joke is so underrated
Survivor 41 was basically the closest (I hope) we will ever get to Mario Party: Island Edition
Hourglass, The Tribe has spoken.
Honorable mention: Survivor 45 swap they had a challenge set up, and it looked like it was going to be a hero challenge for reward. But nope swap time.
Why would that be an honourable mention, they always have a challenge set up for tribe swaps
@joltkip7079 not always sometimes it just an empty beach
9 times out of 10, whenever Swap, Merge or something like the Family Visit in WAW, there's a challenge set up to curve expectations. Its also worth noting that in this era in Survivor Reward challenges are rare, so most of the time you expect it to be an Immunity Challenge, yet the tribes who one last time, didn't bring statue. Regardless with this new era filled with Superfans and Game bots, this situation shouldn't be a real surprise outside of screen grabbing reasons.
So funny. So Boston Rob, if we see an idol clue in a volcano is that too good to be true? haha
I have to stop watching these videos at work. I don't want to get fired for giggling uncontrollably.
“The team with the Dallas cowboy beat the team with the old ladies”
I’m confused, what’s the difference?
For the hourglass in Survivor 42, I thought they were flat out NOT going to tell Rocksroy about the hourglass and that he would have to figure it out entirely on his own. It still would've been a tad unfair but at least it wouldn't have been so blatantly obvious, and if he did figure it out on his own that he had to smash it, the safety could have been a justifiable reward.
But nope, they just had to tell him ultimately turning it into a carbon copy of the twist in 41. You're right, it was essentially Mario Party but more specifically, during Chance Time!
At 7:50 that is so accurate!
Production making fake idols is actually a cool idea
Rocksroy’s shelter tho 👀
I want Boston Rob to go in the Big Brother house.
Find the idol and make it means something a.k.a. Russell Hantz!!!
The hour glass twist is so stupid. Obviously anyone would smash the glass to keep themselves safe. 😂
this isn't really related to the video, but i really hope that the people who made the merge in 45 make the jury. its a final 13 with a final 3. just have 10 jurors, not 8, don't go 2 votes with no jury. i feel like if you make the merge, you make the jury. i get it, if you survive a merge that shows your adaptability and social skills, but i just don't want a 7-1-0 jury vote again.
Excited for a potential 9-1-0 to break up the monotony 🥲
@@XanderMatthews-nv9zf This comment makes me laugh and cry at the same time. Thank you.
‘which skinny ryan dubbed ‘the jerks’ in german’ oh my god
Who hates Devins??? And who hurt you??
Survivor 39 Island of the Idols... AKA Survivor 39 Murphy's Law
The hourglass is useless, when someone is vulnerable, why wouldn’t they break the it and make themselves safe?
Are you drunk Luke? You sound super drunk in this video.
Survivor screwed over Cirie in season 16 by tricking the players and making it a final two vs final three. We all knew she deserved to win that season
ShiiAnn fans still think she would've won the season if not for this deception. It was literally the difference between her missing out on the jury or being jury member #3
I dont think for a second she would have won. But she would have had a much deserved deep run and better character development. It would have made Brians inevidable win feel more satisfying because at least SOMEONE else was playing for themselves too. But watching Shii Ann try to "outwit outplay outlast" only for it to blow up in her face in a way she couldnt have anticipated would have done nothing but discourage aggressive gameplay in later seasons (remember how boring the gameplay in All Stars was?) This was only season 5. Far before survivor felt just like a bad game of mario kart. Strategy used to mean something.
how dare you think that getting to the final ten, having a "coming together" feast, and living on the same beach was a merge. only the thailand final ten of thailand could believe that it was a merge. pfft.
I have 0 sympathy for the players in that situation, you can't just ASSUME the state of things, the specifics are extremely important. Players have the freedom to question Probst "Are we merged?", players can also play intelligently enough to not burn their former allies the moment they think the merge hits, they can still pretend to be on their old side but secretly be working for the other one. Them playing sloppy isn't the fault of the fake merge - it's their fault for being lazy and complacent.
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remember when Survivor to trick us that 44 and 45 were tough seasons and in 44, two people get themselves injured due to their over excitement and in 45, two people quit because their experience wasn’t what they thought it would be…..yeah me too
The fake merger is so funny! But in a way it kind of like Survivor 41 and 42 earn the merger crap!
First 😅
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sorry i just think this is fun
“Honey, wake up!! Idoled Out posted!!”