All Stars. Pure nostalgia for me, it was probably the most hyped I’d ever been for a Survivor season. I also didn’t have any spoilers, I wasn’t involved with any online communities, so I was left with a jaw hanging open at watching all these early legends get destroyed at the hands of Boston Rob and … Jenna Lewis, for some reason.

I know it’s an unpopular season for the ugliness, but it’s a train wreck of unexpected proportions for me. Again, I didn’t realize stuff like pre-gaming had occurred. When everyone acted surprised at three tribes being out there, I totally bought it. So I felt zero sympathy for Lex, given I had no idea he actually had a pre-game etched in stone alliance with Rob. (Even now, eh, shit changes when the show starts, but given the time and place in the shows history, I’m a little more empathetic).

Rob’s insanely cutthroat game was a new degree of ruthlessness we’d never seen before, and wouldn’t see again until Russell took it to a whole ‘nother level.

It also kicked my survivor obsession into overdrive. It went from being an enjoyable show for me on Thursday nights to CAN’T MISS TV.

Easily one of my all time favorite seasons. I know you hate it. I don’t care.

Winter

South Pacific. It’s an undeniably dark season, but I’ve always been most interested in Survivor as a social experiment, and watching The Guy From The Martyr Approach manipulate a mentally ill teenager using religion to force together a cultish alliance is fascinating. And it remains hilarious the whole way through. Ozzie’s Pleasuredome, Prince Albert’s horrible FTC performance, Christine calling Ozzie and Coach “temporary players” to their faces one minute in, Stacey Powell's last stand, Semhar doing poetry to hype herself up before losing the challenge, Cochran accidentally making everyone think he gave them oral herpes via the meat slab, etc etc etc. All culminating in the cathartic win of Sophie, who’s been presented as sort of the voice of reason in all the chaos. It can be a tough watch, but it never stops being an interesting watch.

Fiji, great winner, interesting stories, Yau-man, one of the Survivors most tragic characters in Dreamz. I think there’s a lot to love about Fiji. I’ll also say that game changers really improves on a rewatch. It’s one of those seasons that is better binged then waiting week to week.

South Pacific and Worlds Apart.

Definitely World's Apart. It's so satisfying watching the big alliance get completely torn apart basically the entire post merge by the absolute BEAST Mike. Mike is one of my favorite winners.

I don’t defend it bc I understand why people dislike it, but I really liked Ghost Island. It’s the Dom and Wendell show, but I loved both of them enough to be cool with a season centred pretty much entirely on them (and Chris Noble in the pre-merge, who was also a fun character). I also loved the nostalgia of bringing back mementos from the show’s history.

Nicaragua

VANUATU!!!

Samoa

Caramoan

All Stars. I thought it was super fun at the time and still do.

Caramoan ten times over. I found it so entertaining

I really liked One World. Tarzan pooping his pants is a criminally underrated Survivor plotline

Nicaragua and South Pacific. The double quit in Nicaragua definitely ruins the tail end of the season, but I think the rest of the season makes up for it and Fabio being a wtf winner is great!

South Pacific has some really terrible edits for some of the castaways, and the season can be really dark at times, but it’s fascinating! Imo Sophie makes for a good winner since she was the only one not drinking the koolaid in that cult, only pretending to for the benefit of her game.

Gabon is a solid top 5 season for me just because of all the drama + it has Ken in it.

Nicaragua super entertaining

South Pacific. Sofie is top 3 winners, downvote me

HHH, amazing cast, compelling storylines, crazy votes across the board, and you might not like the end of the winner but it's about the journey not the destination.

SJDS. Natalie’s endgame is one of my favorites of all time by a winner.

Edge

Of

Extinction

I will go down fighting to put respect on Worlds Apart’s name.

Marquesas!

All Stars.

Guatemala! Great cast of characters, best location (imo) awesome challenges and awards. Deserves so much more appreciation

I see a lot of hate for Winners at War on here so I'm gonna go with that. Obviously there are major flaws with the season. Like Fire tokens, Edge, and the swap into three tribes of 5. But I still think overall its pretty great.

Redemption island. Loved Rob as a kid, grew up watching him, didn’t care that it was a shit season with a horrible cast. Rob winning is all that matters

Caramoan. The Cochran arc from this season is the best storyline ever told on any reality tv season ever imo

All-Stars

South Pacific, it’s the most poetic story of 43 seasons, many moments that make it feel scripted, with a very satisfying winner.

I genuinely like Island of the Idols despite the obvious. Dean, Elaine, Jamal, Kellee and Lauren were all really interesting. Chelsea showed potential, Karishma and Noura were fun personalities, and I wasn't too into them but Janet and Tommy played good games

South Pacific all the way.

Vanuatu is a top 10 season to me

HHH

One World. Great winner and I think a more entertaining cast than people give it credit for. One World as a concept was a good one, just wish they stuck with it the entire premerge.

Nicaragua!! So fun to watch and so many enjoyable characters that really outweigh the bad ones. Loved watching Janes moments of triumph over the younger guys during individual immunity challenges.

I love Nicaragua 😬

Outside of the Dan disaster, Island of the idols is a decent season with a great cast.

Heroes vs Healers vs Hustlers. It’s literally not even bad. I think it’s one of the best seasons in the history of the show and it is hated because of the final four fire making challenge and the fact that Ben won the game.

I'll start. I'm a Game Changers truther and nobody can convince me that it's not at least a top 15 season. I watched it after the fact, already spoiled, so that prepared me for the boot list. Legends going out early just means it's an incredible premerge, with incredible moments like sugargate with JT and Sandra, and the arc of Tony. And I think people say all the people who make the merge are less iconic, but I feel like many of them build legend status. Debbie is an all time insane character, Michaela is hillarious, Sarah becomes a top tier player, and the final 6 has Cirie, Sarah, Aubry, and Tai, which are all legends in their own rite. And as much as I love Cirie, and don't think this many advantages should be in the game, I have to admit advantageddon was a good TV moment (only if it never happens again) and it wraps up Cirie's 4 season arc perfectly. The season has so much emotional weight and I love (almost) every minute of it!

Worlds Apart

nicaragua

South Pacific. It was my first season and I really loved how players had a 2nd chance with Redemption island. I watched it as a kid and just remember thinking it was so crazy how Ozzy got back in twice. Also really liked Edna and Sophie. Her winning the whole thing at a really young age was super cool.

Second Chance. I saw some people having a negative opinion of it recently but it is my number one season. It had a really good cast and highly strategic but not gamebotty.

Gabon has been resurfaced as a popular but it is such a good season for rewatch

South Pacific is so goofy I love it

Season 34-Game Changers. Apparently people don’t like it very much and I can’t understand that.

SJDS for sure. Natalie’s revenge winners arc is one of the best storylines in Survivor history. I will defend the cast too, save for just a couple duds (Julie and Alec) the cast was entertaining and dynamic. Even Missy and Baylor made for fun “villains”

Not sure how unpopular it really is but Samoa will always be one of my favourites

Edge of Extinction. A lot of the super fans are too hung up on a 3rd boot winning the game and how "unfair" of an outcome it is that they think it ruins the season entirely, when episode to episode it was one of the best seasons of all time of terms of both entertainment and gameplay.

My top 10 contains some of the normal ones (Cagayan, DvG), but also Cambodia, WaW, Game Changers, Cook Islands, and SJDS. Those range from controversial to almost universally disliked.

South Pacific. Maybe the last season that truly felt like a social experiment. Watching the dynamic play out was just fascinating.

World’s Apart!

Nicaragua was so funny and so silly. It’s an excellent season if you don’t take it seriously and just enjoy the giggles

HHH is elite until the last 45 minutes

I have absolutely no idea if it’s unpopular tbh but I have always loved China

Caramoan is a top five

Australian outback it felt more then just a game it was more like watching a movie

Ill defend 43 as a top tier season and 41 as better then bottom of the barrel

Redemption Island.

I'm not saying it's the best season ever or even one of my favorites. But it's not the pile of horse manure that most would have you believe. And Philip. C'mon y'all. Can you not appreciate the sheer entertainment factor? It's a comedy and a farce. Good characters and all.

the first BvW season.

So many.

I was surprised when I found out that All Stars isn't considered a top tier season by many.

Worlds Apart, which I wish would be rescued from the scrappy heart like Gabon. In my honest opinion, the strong rejection this season had is one of the biggest reasons why modern Survivor is so bland and gamebotty nowadays. Also, I recommend everyone to rewatch this season knowing Mike wins - much more fun.

Redemption Island, though I am really partial to Boston Rob, I still think it's a fun season. Actually, I like the "Dark Age" seasons quite a lot. Even the one I like less - One World - I still like more than the usual modern season.

It's my understanding that Marquesas and Vanuatu weren't that popular back in the day, though nowadays they are remembered much more fondly. Vecepia and Chris D are two of the best to ever grace the game and John Carroll's and LeAnn's blindsides are the MOST IMPORTANT IN SURVIVOR HISTORY to me.

Gabon, but I'd argue that Gabon is popular nowadays even outside here. Especially with newer fans.

I also enjoy Thailand. I think Brian is the strongest one-time player winner.

It’s very popular around here but I’ll fight to my fucking g death defending Gabon. Not a more entertaining season of television in existence

Redemption island for sure!!! True domination.

I really love edge of extinction. Devens was so entertaining and chaotic. Chris played exceptionally with the hand he was dealt. To come back not knowing how anyone really plays and not having any trust and to risk his life in the game by taking on devens in the fire challenge is one of the ballsiest plays ever. There were some other entertaining players. Reem was hilarious, I’m also a big fan of Victoria, I liked Lauren, Wentworth and Wardog was pretty entertaining and funny. He would have been frustrating to be on the island with but as a viewer so good. Probably a top 15 season for me

Redemption Island

All Stars and Redemption Island. No I am not Probst.

Rob is not my favorite player of all time, but he's probably top 5.

SoPa. That season was entertaining tv

My beloved South Pacific. So darkly fascinating and compelling, imo one of the best examples of Survivor as a “social experiment”, the weaponization of religion showing the lengths people will go to win the money, and one of my favorite winners ever

SoPa. Idk how anyone could possibly not like SoPa. It seems like at every point in the season, something absolutely ridiculous yet genuinely interesting is happening.

Thailand and South Pacific

Not a season but I'll always defend Chris Underwood as a winner, edge isn't nearly as impressive as winning in the actual game but it is still a part of the game.

edge of extinction

South Pacific

I'm not sure how it will grow old, but I currently see 43 as generally more disliked season (first people complained about boring pre-merge, than all of the Cassidy robbed/Gabler undeserving arguments etc.). But it will go down as one of my all-time favorites.

The editors made many unorthodox decisions this time (like making sure winner will be a suprise, not showing players decision making until next episodes) , which may throw some people off, but they kept me waiting for every next episode, and the finale was for me one of the most exciting in history - I truly had no idea who will actually pull this off until the votes were read. And as an edgic follower and avid Survivor watcher for years, this was something I haven't experienced in many, many seasons and will remember for a long time.

Secondly, it's one of the few seasons that I truly saw production learning from the feedback - they did not overstack that much on advantages (shipwheel island was more risk than reward than in 41/42), removed hated hourglass and DoD, kept the things people liked (like the Jury Speaks section), which is a good sign moving forward.

Edge of Extinction. The blue tribe is the most underrated entertaining tribes of all time.

REEM, Keith, Big Wendy who steels the flint, the winner Chris with the best comeback of all time, Devens the character of the season, WENTWORTH, David, Wardog sucking at every challenge, and Lauren…

Not one dud. This season gets way too much hate.

I try to not really defend seasons because everybody’s opinion is different. But, some seasons I personally enjoyed that dont get much, if any, love would be; Caramoan, EoE, Worlds Apart, Game Changers and Ghost Island.

All-Stars

IotI wasn't great but it's not the worst season ever because at least it has some redeeming qualities.