Behind the Screen: Survivor 48: Spoiler-Free Thread

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Literally none of those people stood out in the promo lol im weakI liked the mom who was excited to leave her kids, she was real for that. It appeared to be a pretty girl which is VERY rare in the new...

— OS Kajun

What a boring as shit season. Kyle and Kamilla played well, but boringly and safely...

— Sportsman180

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Discussion thread about Survivor 48: Spoiler-Free Thread with 30 replies from the Vevmo community.

Survivor 48: Spoiler-Free Thread

OS Kajun ·

Literally none of those people stood out in the promo lol im weak

I liked the mom who was excited to leave her kids, she was real for that. It appeared to be a pretty girl which is VERY rare in the new era.

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OS Kajun#722

Literally none of those people stood out in the promo lol im weak

I liked the mom who was excited to leave her kids, she was real for that. It appeared to be a pretty girl which is VERY rare in the new era.

killakashhh#723

I didn't see jennxpenn Sad

Sportsman180#724

What a boring as shit season. Kyle and Kamilla played well, but boringly and safely.

I'm fully of the opinion that Survivor has run its course. If you're not even gonna attempt to modify the format a little bit, it's 90% likely to be stale and boring and useless, barring really good casts like 46 and 47.

I still have it firmly as the tenth worst season. It's not worse than Game Changers, nor better than 41/Edge of Extinction.

OS Kajun#725

Worst season of all-time, zero question. Only astrick is a solid winner.

killakashhh#726

I will miss Eva's weekly crash outs. Made me laugh jajajaja idgaf Smile

killakashhh#727

Oh Jeff needs to be locked up https://x.com/brian_scally/status/1925384818931421315?s=46&t=fMt1uqVzO2HK_rC5ZQVFbw

Challenge 17#728

Im very dramatic about the men's cast of survivor but this time I'm right in saying its one of the worst in show history. Joe mitch David Shauhin Justin cedrick , all awful.  

Flopnanas#729

Worst season of all-time, zero question. Only astrick is a solid winner.

nah 43 is... it has a terrible winner and a terrible season and an unlikable cast. Kyle at least is a decent winner.

killakashhh#730

43 had Gabler, Noelle, and Karla on it so just for that I'm ranking it lower than 48

Challenge 17#731

43 had Gabler, Noelle, and Karla on it so just for that I'm ranking it lower than 48

Eva is worse than noelle and karla in every way.

killakashhh#732
Eva is worse than noelle and karla in every way.

yes but 48 has STAR Biggrin

OS Kajun#733

Oh Jeff needs to be locked up https://x.com/brian_scally/status/1925384818931421315?s=46&t=fMt1uqVzO2HK_rC5ZQVFbw

Jeff just thinks he is so progressive cause he cast someone who stutters and the fanbase is gonna go wild and praise him for it, he cast these people for self-righteous reasons. He doesn't just let their story tell itself and be natural, he forces it and makes their exceptionality unlikable and that bothers me. It takes away from authentic representation.

OS Kajun#734

Jeff doesn't want Survivor to be the awesome cutthroat game it was designed to be, he wants it to turn it into his talk show that got cancelled because of low ratings and it's ruining Survivor. 

killakashhh#735

Who is worse TJ or Jeff?

OS Kajun#736

Who is worse TJ or Jeff?

Jeff. TJ is just a bad host but has no real impact on the show. Jeff is the showrunner. He actively makes the show awful in every aspect. 

killakashhh#737
oh motherchele is winning 49
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Challenge 17#738

Who is worse TJ or Jeff?

Jeff. TJ is just a bad host but has no real impact on the show. Jeff is the showrunner. He actively makes the show awful in every aspect. 

God I can only imagine if tj was a show runner

AshtonMartin#739

Now that it's over my ranking of the new era:

Seasons - 46>47>45>42>41>44>48>43

Winners - Dee>Rachel>Erika>Kyle>Yam Yam>Maryanne>Kenzie>Gabler

killakashhh#740

My PERSONAL ranking of the new era winners:

Rachel > Dee > Maryanne > Kyle > Kenzie > Erika > Yam Yam > Gabler

OS Kajun#741
  1. Dee
  2. Kyle
  3. Rachel
  4. Maryanne
  5. Kenzie
  6. Yamyam
  7. Gabler
  8. Erika
Challenge 17#742

Rachel, Dee, Kyle, Maryanne, Kenzie, yam yam, Erika, gabler. Gabler is probably my second least favorite winner after Ben. 

Infernho#743

Now that it's over my ranking of the new era:

Seasons - 46>47>45>42>41>44>48>43

Winners - Dee>Rachel>Erika>Kyle>Yam Yam>Maryanne>Kenzie>Gabler

Seasons

45>47>46>42>41>44>43>48

Winners

Kyle>Rachel>Erika>Dee>Maryanne>Gabler>Kenzie>YamYam

OS Kajun#744

47>45>42>46>44>43>41>48

killakashhh#745

I'm so hungry I could eat Solomon Yi

Cosmic Castaway#746

And then?

TwoStrikes#747

the people for s49 seem annoying BUT that trailer had some good visuals 

FromTheNorth#748

Any list with anyone but Gabler dead last is invalid

Challenge 17#749

Any list with anyone but Gabler dead last is invalid

OS Kajun#750

Gabler>Erika, Ben

killakashhh#751
Ben

who?

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