User blog comment:IDrankYourOJ/The Worst Twists in Survivor History/@comment-5002930-20180420130139

 De finitely agree with a lot on this list.

Palau Schoolyard Pick and Blood vs. Water First Impressions

 In the pa st, Probst has gone on record saying how certain twists didn’t pan out because they violated some core principles of the game. In the case of ‘’Palau’’, Probst regretted what happened to Jonathan and Wanda because it should “always come down to a vote”. Jonathan and Wanda didn’t even get that opportunity.

With ‘’Blood vs. Water’’, Probst stated that production hated how Willard in ‘’Palau’’ and Cao Boi in ‘’Cook Islands’’ were eliminated without even getting the chance to fight for some form of immunity. Hence them changing the Double Tribal Council format in later seasons to allow everyone to first compete for immunity. Yet, what they did in ‘’Blood vs. Water’’ really screwed over Laura B. and Candice since neither even had the chance to win immunity (or create any social bonds) before they were unceremoniously voted out and sent to Redemption Island (especially the Codys, since they were last minute replacements for RC and her dad so were targeted for being newcomers; not including Rupert since he foolishly took the bait and switched with his wife).

Haves vs. Have Nots

 Completely i diotic and lead to one of the worst pre-merge stages ever.

Redemption Island

 We all know why thi s was even created in the first place. Truly the worst twist ever.

Legacy Advantage

 Ri diculous. You’d have thought that Probst would’ve learned his lesson after advantage-geddon, but he just seems to think that makes for compelling viewing ugh. This crap is everything wrong with modern ‘’Survivor’’: too much reliance on BIG MOVEZ, idols, and advantages instead of just letting things play out naturally. Hope it never shows up again after this season.

Game Changers Exile

 I wa s okay with the idea of the luxurious ship since it’s a nice twist on previous exiles. However, I saw no point in bringing Cochran there. Why even? Imagine Sandra being the one sent there. Are we supposed to believe that she needed advice from him? Waste of airtime that could’ve gone to the actual contestants on that season.

Final Four Fire Making Challenge

Only second to Redemption Island as the worst twist ever. It completely undervalues both the winner of the Final Immunity Challenge and the person they bring along, especially in an era when the jury places a lot of value in the performance they see at Tribal Council (hence idiots like Mike Zahalsky throwing idols into the fire and Ben acting up with stupid theatrics about “Ben Bombs” ugh). They changed from Final Two to Final Three? Whoops, the production favorite just goes out in 4th. So they come up with this crap? Again, this violated the principle of always coming down to a vote.

I really hope they get rid of this for season 37, especially after the near universal outrage last season. ‘’Survivor’’ usually repeats things in a conscious effort to try to prove that some twists weren’t just ratings stunts (like racially-diverse casts) or rigs to help certain people (like Redemption Island). Hope that this season is the last we’ll ever have to see this crap.



<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">On that list, I didn’t really mind the Medallion of Power. Ju st found one advantage to be too much (the 4th Immunity Challenge, which La Flor won largely because of the lopsided advantage). It was pretty clear why it was there, especially since they just dropped it after the switch.