Wow...as a North American viewer I had almost forgotten I was a member of this board and looking through these comments I am so amazed at how many people on here are trashing their version of Survivor. I have completely the opposite opinion. I love the fact there are 24 long episodes to watch...not only that I was never bored by this season at any time. In fact I far preferred it to almost any season of American Survivor I have ever watched. I thought it was a great final three, all bringing something different to the game and that rarely happens in Survivor ..especially when the top two are the most deserving players to be there and can actually have a legitimate game to talk about rather than floating to the finale.
Hayley is not just a good but a great Survivor player and it appears a great person. It takes a lot to go through 48 days in the Outback and never seem to be without a smile on her face despite all the physical hardships and game setbacks she encountered. Hayley had the type of all round game your rarely see, physical social and strategic...there was nothing lacking. Yes she got voted out but usually those people are major targets if they ever get back into the game and she just mixed back in with everyone without missing a beat and redeemed herself to the point she got 7 jury votes and I dont think anyone cast a vote against her until final 4. Then Hayley outdebated a politician on finale night to the point that had everyone truly been undecided beforehand she would have won anyway. George really messed it up by falling back to his political roots and obfuscating when he should have been answering questions, lecturing rather than discussing, and boasting and bragging rather than trying to relate with the jurors with a bit of humility about his game and pehaps admitting some of its defects.
Anyone who thinks that..especially the current version of American Survivor....now down to 26 days permanently is better should seriously give their head a shake. Both the Australian and South African versions have overtaken it as Jeff Probst's inflating ego and his insistence on turning Survivor into a woke social project is destroying our version of the game. JLP has become a far better host than Jeff ever was.
In fact virtually everything about Australian Survivor has become better than the US version and as I am on another large Survivor board in the US many people there would also agree.
That was a great season with many interesting enjoyable characters....a fun watch (can someone explain the Flick hate on here?? IDGI) a great setting, a great final two and a superior winner.
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@blowhard89 what a refreshing post! Love your perspective and absolutely agree with you. We are lucky to have a long season with so many episodes. I also love US Survivor, but I generally binge watch and it’s over too quickly for my liking. I too was never bored, and IMO this season was edited to have the BEST and throughout the season consistently unpredictable TC’s I have ever seen on Survivor. I was literally on the edge of my seat each night.
AND YES this truly was one of the best seasons of Survivor, I agree that the ‘mateship’ bs sometimes holds us back a bit, so I’m so glad they cast players who were willing to play the game (with the exception of a few, who became too salty and personally wounded by in-game actions, but you’re always going to get that). George and Hayley were both deserving to be there at the end and both had HUGE survivor resumes with big moves. Neither a perfect player and our David Genat is still my fave player, but both George and Hayley make top 5 for me
The twists kept the game fresh and exciting and the whole “producers manipulate too much” calls are a bit tired. I’m glad there are twists. As exciting as S01 of US Survivor was, if every game played out like that with no twists after all these years it would be a boring tv show. Imagine the pagongings!
Re: Flick, I certainly didn’t hate her. I just think she left it too late in the game to try to actually play, and didn’t have the resume to even compete with George or Hayley at final TC.
