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I saw an old YouTube video the other day about a winner’s edit and if you see how the show is edited it seems like the winner is pretty clear, like when Sarah lacina won or Cochran. they had way more confessionals then a lot of the other players, etc.

i haven’t watched much of the newer seasons and this is the first one I’ve watched since 40, but I feel like I only see Christian and cirie. who else thinks it could end with them due to how much screen time they get? It seems like they’re showing their development and struggles while I’m not seeing much at all about other characters like

I really had like no opinion on her during Kaoh Rong, I was rooting for Michele in the finale but neither one of them were anywhere close to my favorite or least favorite of the season.

I think its moreso how "ironic" her legacy is rather than her herself but I actually like her more over time. I just find it hilarious that she was brought back for Game Changers, the editors pretended like she didn't exist that season, and than for some reason she's chosen to come back four seasons later. She doesn't play well there and is pretty much totally ignored the second half of the season, plus if you pay close attention to the final returnee challenge, SHE DOESN'T EVEN MAKE IT PAST THE FIRST PORTION OF THE CHALLENGE. She really becomes the poster girl for "sometimes its best to just have one really iconic season rather than keep on returning and being less than impressive both times." Then this next season is all good to go, but Amanda drops out last minute, who's her replacement? Aubry, who literally was not ever on any rumored cast last I saw pre-season, she literally pops out of complete nowhere.

Another thing I will note going into this season is I actually seriously considered Aubry as quite possibly the luckiest player (other than Sandra) her first three seasons. Whenever she was in danger, her tribe won immunity. And whenever she was fine, her tribe lost immunity. Than she was saved by things like Neal's medevac as well. The season isn't complete yet but Aubry's luck has been insane this season, probably the most lucky she's gotten of all four seasons. She (kind of deservedly) has a target on her back immediately and yet is gifted an idol and tribe always wins immunity. She also is playing just a super bizarre game where in Jeff's "celebration" season she seems like she'd love to be anywhere but on the show and spends a lot of her time bashing the other contestants. And she's just been in this weird place of "nowheresville" where she seemingly has like no alliances. Its really honestly kind of a fascinating game to watch IMO.

Another thing that I love about her is that the fact that literally nothing else the show does supports the fact they "love her/view her as iconic." She wasn't included in Jeff's card game, she wasn't on the March Madness bracket that happened almost right after GC, she hasn't been chosen for any promotional events, she wasn't on any of the DVD covers except for KR, and honestly she wasn't even really the star of her season (it was moreso Tai who was seen as that). And yet she's still always chosen to return whenever they do a returnee season.

Her legacy just keeps getting more bizarre (and IMO iconic) lol.

Not breaking news to anyone but that’s still crazy to think about

I thought they were besties!

I feel like this season doesn’t get as much praise as it deserves…. I rarely see it in peoples top 10 favs and yet it was genuinely entertaining and engaging both pre and post merge for me.

It had funny pre-merge personas like Michaela, whose blindside reaction was up there with the best for me.

Had a good mix of solid gameplay, drama and poignant moments, as well as hilarious ones like Taylor foolishly confessing he hoarded food to everyone at tribal.

The tribal council when David made a total idol play blunder for Ken instead of Hannah, the vote got deadlocked 2x, nobody could agree on a boot and Jessica was eliminated by a rock draw was top 10 tribals of all time for me.

Jay was very Ozzy-esque to me looks wise and as a challenge competitor and I was really impressed with his run considering he was on the outs basically all of the merge.

There were 4 solid strategists in final 6 with David, Adam, Hannah and Jay. Hannah and Jay especially impressed me as the stakes grew higher.

Adam isn’t my favorite player or winner but I thought he was savvy and played his idol masterfully and made good social moves when he needed to. He was definitely a worthy winner.

I would argue it’s the fourth best season in the 20’s and 30’s era after David vs Goliath, Heroes vs Villains and Cambodia. I know season preferences are in a lot of ways subjective but I really don’t think this season gets as much hype as it deserves.