User blog:Alejandro Reyes/Survivor Season 26 Rumored Returnees

I was doing a google search for info about Season 26 and came across this interesting topic. Apparantly there has been a leak about who the returning contestants will be, remeber that not everything you see on the internet is accurate so these are only the RUMORED returnees.

Info:

Season 26 will take place in the Philippines. For a long time now, Survivor has been keeping 2 seasons in the same country in order to reduce production costs. This is a confirmed fact, so expect to see the contestants crying because of the rain (yes, as a person living in the Philippines; I can truly say that it's either always raining or always blazing hot.)

This is NOT a confirmed fact: Season 26 will be the 2nd Fans vs Favorites. I always thought that Fans vs Favorites were always gonna be mismatches. I mean, look at all the great players of Micronesia? not a single favorite was called back...so far

So who are the rumored returnees? Scroll down to find out. I'll be putting them in the order they competed and describe how they got voted out, how they played and my opinions on them.

Returnee #1: Erik Reichenbach from Season 16 Survivor:Micronesia (The original Fans vs Favorites) - Erik (in my opinion) is like a 2nd Ozzy Lusth because he's almost just as physical as him. During his season; he did a good job in being in the majority alliance but layed low until the tribe swap where he became close friends with Ozzy. He and Joel (both from the fans tribe) made a deal with Ozzy, Amanda, Ami and Cirie to vote out fellow fans member; Chet who they believed was pulling their tribe down (Note: There were only 8 members in each tribe during the swap) but Cirie betrayed the deal by convincing Ozzy and Amanda to vote out Joel instead (who wasn't a threat). The fans knew that they would be outnumbered now that they were in a 3 vs 4 and that the favorites were sticking together but out came an oppourtunity to vote out Ozzy when Ami (Favorite) offered her vote to Tracy (Fan) because she [Ami] was never in an alliance with the other 3 fans and couldn't trust them as well, however, Chet chose not to pursue with the plan because he wanted to leave the island immedietly and asked to be voted out. Leaving Tracy and Erik as the only remaining fans. Erik maintained a close bond with Ozzy (since the plan never surfaced, Ozzy never know that Erik was trying to blindside him) which lead to Tracy being the next person to go home. With Erik being the last fan standing; he told Ozzy that Ami was willing to jump to their side and blindside him which lead to their tribe's decision to vote out Ami for being untrustworthy (nice one Erik!). The tribes merged after Ami's elimination, where it was revealed that Parvati Shallows (Favorite) had made an alliance with Alexis Jones and Natalie Bolton which made it clear that it was Airai vs Malakai (the tribe names) rather than fans vs favorites. All cast aways unanimously voted out Eliza Orlins (Favorite) who played a fake hidden immunity idol (planted by Ozzy) that her ally Jason Siska (Fan) found, which led her to realize that Ozzy had the idol which she revealed in tribal council. Knowing that Ozzy had the idol made the Black Widow Brigade (Parvati's all girl alliance) choose to blindside Ozzy and tell everyone except Amanda, James and Erik (Who were Ozzy's closest allies). Jason was soon blindsided (with an idol in his pocket) and following the evacuation of James who sustained a life threatening injury; Erik became the last man standing vs a 5 girl alliance. He, however, won immunity which lead to Amanda and Parvati blindsiding Alexis. The remaining women were in the final 5 with Erik who won immunity once again but was cleverly convinced by Natalie and Cirie to give up his immunity (Check it out on youtube, it was VERY believable) in order to gain their trust so that they would side with him and vote out Amanda (never happened). Erik was then voted out and was dubbed as the dumbest survivor of all time.

Analysis: I'm glad Erik is back, I think its just about time. He played an amazing game but made the dumbest move ever, I don't blame him for that though. Cirie was incredibly smart for making him believe that giving up immunity was the smartest move. I think Erik will go far this season and maybe not be as gullable.

Returnee #2: Brenda Lowe from Season 17 Survivor: Gabon - Truth be told, I didn't watch Gabon, so I am in no position to add analysis, I do know however that she is a smart strategist who can get deadly if she ever makes it to the final 3 (Anyone, feel free to edit this portion)

Returnee #3: Corinne Kaplan from Season 17 Survivor: Gabon - Again, never watched Gabon... I heard that Corinne is a loud mouth though. I don't think she'll go far

Returnee #4: Dawn Meehan from Season 23 Survivor: South Pacific - DAWN! I love Dawn! she's a good player, good ally and an amazing person. Dawn is the bad ass mormon mom who became a physical strong person in the tribe! I thought she'd be one of the first to go but she really surprised me in that one immunity challenge which she (practically single handedly) won for her tribe! Amazing person! She is the perfect ally but is prone to making bad moves. Back in her season, she could have saved her entire tribe when Cochran was jumping ships since he offered her the oppourtunity to do so but what did Dawn do? she kept her mouth shut hoping that Cochran would change his mind and what happened? One by one, everyone in her tribe was blindsided...True she will never betray you but she isn't built for the mental manipulation game that is, Survivor. I love Dawn but I hate that she lacks a cut throat attitude.

Returnee #5: John Cochran from Season 23 Survivor: South Pacific - I hate this guy, he was targeted since day 1 but survived by luck... He managed to convince his tribe that Semhar was a weaker player, then saved himself again by throwing Papa Bear under the bus and by luck; Jim saved him by convincing Keith and Whitney to vote out Elyse. John made it to the merge and backstabbed everyone by jumping over to Coach Wade's alliance, making him the swing vote that killed his tribe... haha, 7th place. Should've stayed with the people who've been carrying you fucker!

Analysis: First one gone. Nobody likes him and he's a weak player.

Returnee #6: Brandon Hantz from Season 23 Survivor: South Pacific - Here is a season that brought me back to being an ultimate survivor fan! Brandon Hantz is the nephew of Russell Hants who plays an exact oposite game. He was initially in an alliance with Coach Wade who was the returning player of that season, together with their alliance of 5; they remained strong and soon became the final 5. However, a lot was said about Brandon who was overly religious and would always stick to his word...a little too much. Brandon would blurt out the alliance's strategies during tribal council and even told the swing vote Edna Ma that she was never in their alliance. This created problems which resulted to Brandon being a target in the final 5 since he would become a strong Jury threat due to his blatant honesty as well as a physical threat in challenges. However, he won immunity but gave it up to Albert Destrade to show that he could trust him... then got blindsided by Sophie, Rick and Coach and was sent to the jury by Ozzy Lusth in Redemption Island.

Analysis: Brandon Hantz is the perfect ally, he will never blindside you and he will always watch your back. The only weakness to having him as an ally is that you need to have all out control over him, otherwise, he will blurt out all your secrets. Deception is not his gameplay, its all out honesty and integrity (which was his tribe's Mantra). However, don't expect the same gameplay this season. The Hantz family was so disappointed in him that nobody (except Russell) came to watch the live final tribal council and his wife even filled for a divorce! this might make him learn a few tips and tricks from him uncle Russell and play a different game. He has a good repuation, they won't see it coming.

=Writer's Note=

To be continued

Returnee #7: Francesca Hogi from Season 22 Survivor: Redemption Island

Returnee #8: Andrea Boelhke from Season 22 Survivor: Redemption Island

Returnee #9: Phillip Sheppard from Season 22 Survivor: Redemption Island

Returnee #10: Malcom Freberg from Season 23 Survivor: Philippines