This is unreal!!! Thank you so much for this wonderful recap! You have brought back so many incredible memories. It's been over 15 years since I've watched Africa. My nieces and nephews will love this! You rock.
@@BrightyLighty_ not really the last smart time what about China when Peih Gee and Jamie threw the challenge to get rid of either James or Aaron and ended up getting rid of Aaron
I was fortunate enough to meet him and he’s such a kind and humble guy- he only really talked about survivor after we asked and talked mostly about his organization
I wonder if Ethan tripping so often during that first challenge was actually his muscle memory from playing pro soccer and he was actually subconsciously saving himself from worse injuries than if he hadn’t learned how to ‘fall properly’ his whole life
I was just watching this challenge. The 2 people at the front of the carts on both teams fell down multiple times during the challenge. I think it was just the hardest position on the cart to hold
He laid the groundwork for jury relationships. His ability to cultivate a friendly jury rendered all of his weak suits irrelevant. It was also the key to Natalie White's victory.
but don't forget: Ethan wasn't that close with Brandon and Kelly throughout the game. Even Kim P was awed by Kim J's answers, and Brandon was pissed by Ethan's answers enough to vote for Kim J
Brandon's question was a trap as he would have had to picked someone as the worst effectively losing a vote so he might as well have turned it back on him.
"I'm not sure why he smacker her butt" Look I'm not usually one to give men the benefit of the doubt when it comes to things like this but again...he IS a soccer player lmao
Call me crazy, but I think Ethan beats Lex at Final Tribal if it comes down to it. Hear me out... I think Lex has Brandon on lock based on their earlier relationship. Especially if Ethan bombs his question again. Kim J picks Ethan over Lex, as she did at F3. Big Tom likely picks Ethan over Lex due to Lex grating on him too many times, which Ethan is never shown doing. Kelly is probably still mad at Lex over his witch hunt, so she likely picks Ethan. That leaves Frank, Kim P, and T-Bird, and Lex needs all of them to win. I feel safe saying Ethan could win at least one of them over.
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Ethan is by far my favorite winner, then and now. 😊 Another player who's strategies here wouldn't work in other seasons, esp later ones, but he had such a good social game and really was a nice guy. Plus, this is honestly one of my fav seasons still. I can 100% why they never did another season like this, for so many reasons, but I loved this cast and the dynamics so much. (Never forget Clarence and the chickens. 😂👌 Iconic.)
He's not quite the most memorable contestant on this season but his presence definitely makes the season as good as it is. Very likable and very chill, he always seemed like a great guy to just hang with. He may not have been the best at strategy or the best at challenges or whatever, but he was a solid player and you really do end up rooting for him even if I was rooting for Lex to win most of the time. Very good part of a very solid season!
I am going through every season in chronological order. You can find story videos already made about Richard Hatch, Tina Wesson, Colby Donaldson, and Lex van den Berghe. I plan on doing the winner for each season and letting my patrons on Patreon pick the others :)
Wow! Seeing all this again like, 19 years later, makes me incredibly nostalgic. I adored Ethan back in the day. I hope he wins season 40, he deserves it.
Ethan: They would kick you out of the army! Big Tom: Hell they’d shoot you! Ethan: they would shoot you! 🤣 You could tell Ethan was like wtf for millisecond before saying it with Tom, but agreed with him because they were heated.
@@annbauman6123 jurors won't be bitter if you won't make them so. If Russell played exactly the same game, but with more humble and less arrogant attitude, he wins
@@annbauman6123she never wins final 2 against Lex or Ethan. Heck - if not the bad speech by Ethan and good speech by her it would've been maybe even 7 - 0
Me, having never watched an episode of survivor and not understanding what’s going on half the time: this is so interesting time to watch all the other videos on this channel
If it is the winner's story then I do go through the whole season, but I leave out large chunks of what happened since it doesn't pertain to the winner.
Best channel ever I love how thorough this is and the added insight into the dynamics of the seasons of survivor. This video truly enriches the experience of survivor fans
@@noahschutzius1170 Survivor is about Outwit, Outplay, Outlast. Social game is only one aspect of the game. Besides, a lot of people tend to discredit his social game. He made strong alliances that allowed him to stay in the game. The only aspect he could've improved upon is the jury management of his non-allies.
@@SandeProHiQu Yes but you can't say russell was a great player when arguably the most important part of the game he just kinda sucked at for every move he made he told the people on the bottom they sucked, sure his strategic game was KIlLER but that's not everything, Looks at Fabio he ONLY had his social game and he won.
@@noahschutzius1170 If social game is the most important aspect, then why do all social people get targeted and taken out in modern seasons? The game has evolved. You can't win with just being nice anyone.
1. Richard 2. Tina 3. Ethan Ethan really didn’t do anything that said “WOW” and just followed Lex and Tom all the way till the final 4. If it wasn’t for his relationship with Kim he wouldn’t made it to the final. The real question is would he have won if Lex and him was in the final or even Tom and him?
Once Upon An Island he has a podcast on RU-vid with 4 split cameras discussing the newest season 40 with all the winners. He mentions your video for the people who don’t remember Ethans gameplay from Africa.
Ethan is the first popular winner because he's the first straight white male hero archetype. Hatch is gay and a villain and Tina is a hero but a woman. Rudy and Colby were favoured because they were the straight white male hero archetype of seasons 1 and 2 respectively. And there was no popular winner again til Tom Westman, as again, the straight white male hero archetype. The winners in between were women (Amber, Sandra, Jenna and in Vecepia's case also black) or straight white male villains (Brian and Chris D). I'd go so far as to say that Thailand and Amazon were less popular as there was no straight white male hero archetype edit for audiences to cheer for (even though Amazon is a great season). After Tom Westman, people weren't keen about Danni (smart under the radar female), Aras (straight white male yes but Terry was the favoured straight white male HERO arechetype, whereas Aras was tinged with borderline villainy as Terry's nemesis and no other reason really). Then we get Yul and Earl (not white but at least straight males and hero archetypes so they're respected but not to the Ethan and Tom W levels of adoration), then Todd (gay and a villain), then Parvati (a woman and a villain), then Bob (an interesting one as he is staight white male and the audience liked him mostly but there was no straight white male HERO archetype this season, and guess what another season not widely liked by fans despite it being fantastic), then there was JT whose edit was definitely filling straight white male hero archetype and he was LOVED by fans (but his villainous and dopey ways in his subsequent seasons have since tarnished that but at the time of Tocantins he was adored for filling that straight white male hero archetype). Samoa and Heroes vs Villains was a turning point in Survivor history as a lot of people wanted Russell H, a supervillain to win, and in HvV I think a lot of people respected Parv a lot more (including retrospectively on her s16 win). People didn't like Natalie W's under the radar game, but respect for Sandra's second win also assisted in breaking (or at least weakening) the old school fixation on the straight male hero archetype moving forward in the New School era. This was solidified in Nicaragua when the winner was straight white male but goofy and silly. Then moving forward in the seasons onwards, the straight white male hero archetype was definitely weakened as Boston Rob's villainous win was respected (withstanding complaints of being overrated), the subsequent string of women winners was respected (Sophie, Kim, Denise), then Tyson and Tony LOVED as villainous winners and Natalie A's win was respected enough. In the 30s, it's difficult to test whether the straight white male hero archetype had a comeback or not as most winners were straight white male hero archetypes (Mike, Adam, Ben, Nick, Chris U, Tommy) plus two being straight black male hero archetypes (Jeremy and Wendell). All I can say is Michele's win was unpopular (but the audience craved a different woman to win in Aubry) and Sarah's win was not loved despite being well-earned (I do find this strange but it's inconclusive why as people didn't care for Troyzan or Brad either and probably wanted a Cirie win at last or even a Sandra triple win). Chris U's win was controversial with audiences because of EOE and I dont think demographics was the issue at all. So what I can conclude is that the straight white male hero archetype didn't have a comeback with audiences in the 30s but it may possibly have been subconscious bias on juror's part - or more likely purely coincidental and what is actually favoured now is assertive gameplay rather than the hero archetype from any demographic and it seems men still are more likely to be more assertive with gameplay than women (the assertive women in the 30s have either fallen short of making it to the end or weren't as assertive as the male winner sitting next to them at the end - although in Chrissy's case I think auduences favoured her over Ben as she was more strategically assertive showing how far audiences have drifted from the straight white male hero archetype obsession). Tony as the next second time winner solidifies this, as fans loved his second tricksy villainous win rather than the filling of the hero cookie cutter. Will be interesting to see how audience's attitudes shape up for the 40s. But one last observation, just because Survivor audiences have drifted from the straight white male hero archetype that doesn't mean broader society has. Remember the number of viewers of Survivor has drastically decreased for New School seasons. The audiences who stopped watching may still well be fixated on the straight white male hero archetype, or maybe not. But Survivor audience reactions/attitudes can't be user to measure or conclude either way.
Survivor doesn't get as many views because all the characters are as stale as months old chips and it just seems to repetitive now (Respect to survivor tho for keeping the show up for so much but it's almost time for it to end) edit: This also is for Big Brother too but Big Brother also has a problem of being to complicated.
