User blog comment:IDrankYourOJ/The Worst Twists in Survivor History/@comment-26047483-20180422205914

10. Cochran

As Sesefied already mentioned, what if Sandra had gone there? How the hell would Cochran help? The rest of the twist on Exile didn't bother me as much.)

9. Steals (Reward and Vote)

I think both of these were bad ideas. I have no problem with adding a vote, but I don't like it when a hard-earned reward or a deserved chance to cast a vote even if the odds are stacked against you is actively taken away from a player with them having no control over it.

8. Tribe Swap (China)

I don't think I need to say anything about this one, it's pretty clear why it was unfair.

7. Fake Merge (Fiji)

Much like China's tribe swap, this was an unfair twist essentially guaranteed to skewer someone.

6. Blood vs. Water (SJDS)

This is the biggest case of a theme negatively impacting casting I think we've seen yet. If Blood vs. Water ever happens again, it needs to remain exclusively a half-returnee, half-newbie format, because it does NOT work with all newbies.

5. First Impressions (Palau)

The only thing saving this from being at number 1 is that the contestants technically had a single day where they could work on building relationships before this twist. Still terrible though.

4. Final 4 Fire-Making Challenge (HvHvH)

My issue here is almost entirely the fact that this was a surprise to the contestants. I still believe it is a mediocre to poor twist regardless, but it wouldn't be top 10 worst for me if it hadn't been a surprise.

3. Super Idol (Except for Kaoh Rong)

The single biggest get-out-of-jail-free card the game has offered, and we've seen in every season they used it aside from KR how lopsided it has made things.

2. Haves vs. Have Nots

This might be the twist that screwed over the most people overall. Survivor should not be copying Big Brother (which is where this twist originated and worked better because, you know, actual house vs isolated island), because Big Brother is awful.

1. Eliminate a Juror

I think this is the worst simply for how it takes what I feel is the single most important component of Survivor (having a jury of your fellow contestants instead of, say, a public vote or host's decision) and takes the fundamental right to cast that vote anyone who makes the jury stage deserves away from them.

As for the two other things most commonly named that aren't on my list...the Medallion of Power I consider stupid but ultimately forgettably harmless, and Redemption Island, while not great, has at least provided a fair amount of entertainment and even us a chance to see more of players while not having anyone come back in and actually make it further than fourth place.