Top 5 Worst Moves By Survivor Winners 

The thing with tyson is that because that was a redemption island season, tyson was fairly confident he would be able too come baclk in the game

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You know, Jeff should have helped Mike finish that move. I truly believe the reason Mike went back on his move, is because it seemed like Jeff in the midst of the chaos (Because he too was caught off guard in light of just how out of left field and awesome that move was) seemed willing to accept items that were already sold back. Because Carolyn seeing Mike had turned back not buying the letter, freaked out and said, I'll take my letter back if Mike is not buying a letter like we have agreed. I honestly had applauded during that shot of Mike turning back to go and sit with his $500 because I thought it was such a mafia 'Boston Rob' type move. I watched it several times, I thought it was that brilliant. Jeff should have stepped in to say 'Goods once sold, will not be accepted back.' and I think Mike would have stuck the move.

I agree wholeheartedly with the number one choice, even though I really liked Mike, however that being said I really don't know if he still wins without making that fuckup. His votes at final tribal were mostly picked up through people's respect for the mega hard game he had to play to get there and he was still able to pick up Dan's vote with a heartfelt apology. A lot of the really cool moves he made like threatening to save Shireen with his idol and forcing the main alliance to fracture wouldn't happened if he'd not torpedoed himself at that auction, his game would have been a lot safer sure, but a lot more boring and a lot less impressive, I really think that despite being as dumb as it was, that move is the defining moment that put him down the path to claiming his winners seat.

Good list, I never thought about #5 before but it totally makes sense once you explain the situation.

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Also with Tyson, I think he slayed king Aras a few rounds too early. At the final 7, Tyson allowed there to be 4 loved one players vs the 3 returnees. If the loved ones got together one round earlier, they could have easily taken Gervase or Monica out (considering Tyson played an idol at final 7). Obviously it didn't end up mattering, but that was another huge and unnecessary risk that Tyson took.

what about Tony yelling f5!!! in survivor caygayan

Had Mike successfully gotten the advantage, he would've lost. It was more of an accidental winning move

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“Talking about only the seasons they won, sorry jt” lol 😂

Are we just gonna ignore the fact that Adam also had an idol during his rock draw and didn’t play it

I want to see an episode where you pitch a season of survivor (where it's all returning players), describe the theme, the players and why you chose them, the twists, etc. For instance, I'd love to see a season of returning players where one tribe is players who were voted off first versus players who won. I won't go into it all here because that would be too long, but something like that would be cool.

I thought Tony's attempt to have a secret Final 3 deal with Cass deserves to be on here. It felt obvious from the start that there was no way Cass would seriously consider it and she was going to tell whoever would listen. If Woo wasn't...well Woo, this could have seriously damaged his game. Tony's blowup (though iconic) didn't look good for him either.

Bob's fake idol to Randy wasn't a bad move at all. Sugar held all the cards at that point and she basically held a gun to his head and made him do it. It served its intended purpose because Sugar was the sole reason he made the finals instead of Matty. Randy voted for him to win anyway, so the calculated risk was definitely worth it. Otherwise, can't argue with your list. Really enjoyed the breakdown of Tyson's non-play of the idol. I feel like an honorable mention should go to one of my favorite winners and best players ever: Sandra. During the Rupert vote in Pearl Islands, she completely misreads the vote that night and throws a vote away. If Lill had voted with the Drake alliance at that Tribal, then Sandra unwittingly knocked out her ally in a 4-3-1 vote.

aand Adam did it again in season 40 lol

Tbh, Mike's whole game was deserving of spots on this list. His game play was pretty bad for a winner lol

bob absolutely could have gone home had he not struck a deal with sugar to give his fake idol to Randy. He did it to save himself. He was also able to manipulate Sugar into voting his way at the final four. Are you entirely sure his game was so unstrategic?

The second I saw JT in the thumbnail I knew this would be good.

To be fair in Tyson's defense. I think he really believed in Ciera not going to flip. Probably still going through the talks of tribal, Ciera wasnt really giving anything to correlate that she would flip so Tyson probably felt unknowingly comfortable. Theres always the thing of "yeah but he could have calculated ahead of time" but really when your at tribal its hard to analyze what will ultimately happen since this is pre game changers and no one is running around the tribal set getting answers.

Personally I have a place in my heart for Bob cause this was my first season but I agree with this. Bob was a very big underdog tho. I’m glad he won. Personally I love Gabon

Mike did make a bad move but literally was such a badass that it didn't matter lol

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Saying the jury was mostly voting against Sugar/Susie and Bob just happened to be there isn't really true. For Randy it clearly is but Marcus, Charlie, and Corinne all really liked Bob and were happy to vote for him. I think you can also kinda defend Tyson's move - didn't he expect Ciera to vote with him? I forget how open she was or wasn't about flipping before the first votes were read. In any case I see his logic because he's a favorite to win pretty much any RI challenge and even if she does flip the odds are in favor of him surviving, and then he can use it the next round where he might be an even bigger target with no other chance of survival. I think he made the right call but yeah it was definitely a risky one. (Also Jenna giving Immunity to Heidi is maybe the most underrated move in the history of Survivor and def not an honorable mention!)

Adams worst move was when he told Hannah that he had an idol at final 5. By doing that, he automatically put Hannah in the position of power and if he didn’t do that, Adam would have been able to idol David out. Could have really costed him a million bucks

I like Tyson, he’s one of my favorite winners. But man, his winning season isn’t my one of my favorites. I liked him in Tocantis and HvV but was rooting on Hayden hardcore during BvW. Then Tyson delivers a complete asshole adrenaline-driven stateman to Katie and man... I like the guy but he was a villain in BvW for sure.

Not sure about Jenna being on this list. It's not a great move, but it was pre-swap, and the only thing that really went wrong is that Heidi ended up on the other tribe after the swap. Jenna herself wasn't really in much danger because of it. I'd say that Tina blindsiding Jerri when she did was much worse, as Amber could have (and should have) flipped immediately to the Kuchas.

cool vid bro, i swear i didnt know jenna gave her immunity necklace to heidi, thought only erik & brandon the only ones in history to do that

In Tyson's defense, not playing his idol there allowed him to save it and ensure his ideal final 3.

I think that's the wrong move you made when talking about Jenna. The real worst move by Jenna was her slaps in that match with Sharmell at TNA Victory Road 2009. Worst moves and the Worst Match possibly in wrestling history.

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Man I always forget how close that gross food challenge was between Cochran and Malcolm. I am the pickiest eater ever like I swear I have some kind of weird food phobia.. but there is something very attractive to me about a person being able to scarf down gross food like it's nothing 😂 men or women.. it's attractive to me.

Mike should never have caved 🤦‍♀️ at that point the damage was already done. Doing that fixed nothing.

I feel that Chris D has a spot on this list. He handed the women the majority at the merge, and although his last man standing run was very impressive, he put himself in the position to need that run when he could have kept a John K and had an easier path to the win. From a TV angle though, his bad choice made for a much more satisfying story.

I hated Adam that season, I really didn't think he deserved to win from a game play stand point, I honestly think once he started crying about his mom having cancer that it was set in stone that he would win. It's also horrible that she died right when he got back home.

The only thing about number 5 is that he didn’t think Ciera would flip on him so he didn’t think he needed to play his idol.

I'd replace #5, because Tyson explained that his choosing to go to rocks had a lot more thought behind it than it appeared on the surface. He knew that Redemption Island was a thing on BvW, and he was confident enough in his challenge abilities that he knew that even if he drew the white rock, he had a pretty good chance of winning enough duels to come back in the game. So this wasn't just him taking a chance on dumb luck, but making a calculated risk

This might have actually won Mike the season. I don’t know if he’d have fought as hard or played with the same intensity if he felt like he was still in the majority, and I think Rodney and Dan would have made him feel just comfortable enough down the stretch. He played better with his back completely against the wall than I think he might have otherwise.

0:58 Are you talking about the time when J.T gave the idol to Russell in Heroes Vs. Villains?

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I always thought that Tyson no playing his idol was one of the greatest dumbass moves, imagine being voted out by a rock knowing you had an idol that could save you? He won that season by lucky, he did a lot of bad moves that entire season, but somehow he got lucky and won.

Had Tyson played his idol, it would have gone back into circulation, Sierra would have had an excellent chance of sniffing it out, and it would not have been available to save Gervase when Monica started talking about flipping at the last minute. I think there _are_ times when you need to save your best pitcher for tomorrow.

Beefing with #5: you didn't mention redemption island at all. Tyson is one of the few complete packages as far as individual challenges go, I think he wins his way back in if he draws the rock.

I think tyson knew he would probably be able to get back into the game if he lost

I feel that Brian had a worse FTC performance than Bob.

I love this video except the fact that you bash Susie in Gabon... saying the jury would walk out... even though she received 3 votes to win.

Sandra gives denise idol which got used for herself just for a fire token

The thing about Tyson is that in the extended tribal council, he chose to pick the 3rd rock. He was smart enough to know that probability says his chances were far less than the expected 1/3. He wasn't being lucky. He was playing the odds that he'd survive and could play his idol later. Nonetheless, if he did draw the rock, he knew he could win back through Redemption Island. It was safer in the long run to save the idol for a more crucial moment.

I'm still dumbfounded on how JT convinced several people in Tocantins to sacrifice their game for him. "JT is so nice" BUT YOU STILL SHOULD VOTE HIM OUT!! The game went up a notch in being cut throat after Tocantins because "nice" never meant "not voting you out" anymore. Every time JT played again no one trusted him blindly like in Tocantins so his strategies got exposed as too trusting.

Now we have a winner that got a pre-merge boot. :P

Tyson did not think cierra would flip and after she flipped he could not have played the idol

i'm sorry, but i still can't get completely onboard with Adam Klein :/

Lol. What about Jenna giving up immunity long before Eric.

I actually think that Bob made one particular terrible move, which was letting his fake idol be used to fool Randy and embarrass him in front of the jury. He was verrrry lucky that Randy didn't react to Bob with an "F U" and vote for Susie instead. Randy has said later that if he had a little more time to think about it, he would have voted for Susie.

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I still cannot believe that an entire group of people thought it was a good idea to surround their fire with wooden crates and then just leave for a challenge like that 🤦‍♀️ as soon as I saw what they were doing I was literally yelling out loud at the TV "what are you doing you idiots???!!" lmao

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How about dumbest moves made by the first person sent home. Usually don't pay that much attention to the beginning of the season but I'm sure there are enough bone headed decisions to make a list.

i dont think tyson thought cierra was going to flip, and even if he thought there was a chance she would, i think he thought he could get back into the game through redemption island without it strongly hurting his chances with the jury. Playing the percentages, in hindsight it looks dumb but i can see where he was coming from.

What about when Sarah gave a Cirie her advantage, and then Cirie exposed the fact Sarah had an advantage by attempting to take Sarah’s vote.

Tyson's move with drawing rocks reminded me when Rich dropped out of the final immunity challenge knowing he had 50/50 chance of making it through to the end back in season 1

Lol "sorry j.t"

There was bad gameplay on both sides leading up to the Rock draw in Blood vs. Water Bob didn't know how to play the game. Mike Hollaway and Adam made pretty big mistakes too. God bless everyone 🙏🙌😇

Also something didnt mentioned in number 5 is that if Tyson uses the idol even incorrectly, we dont go to rocks, because Ciera would see she is screwed because only her or Katie can go home in a rock draw, and why take a 50/50 shot with a rock draw, when she can stay in the game 100% by flipping back and voting hayden in the revote in a 3-1 vote, that way she stays in the game but also can save a little bit of face with her old alliance, given she helped them vote out the biggest threat of the minority, I still think Ciera wouldnt have won, but at least she would have ended 4th

Also, you forgot that Bob making the fake idol arguably won him the game, as it made the majority alliance focus on getting rid of Randy instead of him even though he was a bigger challenge threat.

Great insight on Tyson

Adam did exactly the same thing this season as well it's called not learning from your past mistakes

New number 1. Chris being voted out third.

Mikes move would not have been quite as bad if he had just committed to the move instead of buying the letters after all. Would have at least given him the advantage

Would you change the stance on his move with consideration of Redemption Island. He explained later that he did this and didn't worry about it because of Redemtion Island and he knew he could return

Great video, but what did you use to record the video from cbs?

Adams move to vote someone out reminds me of Desiree trying to vote out Kellyn but her getting voted out instead in Ghost Island

I have to agree AND disagree with your #1, because Mike's intuition wasn't wrong. He knew Rodney and Will were making an alliance with Tyler and Caroline, and that he, Dan and Sierra would be on the outs come Final 7. The thing I do agree about your reasoning is that Mike should've read the situation more closely. Dan was SO blind to the alliance's true intentions, and Sierra wasn't looking to make any move that was risky. So by doing what he did, Mike alerted Rodney, Will, Tyler and Caroline of his suspicions AND he made it easy for them to turn him into the tribe pariah. He wasn't wrong to be paranoid and actively make moves to shake things up, but he wasn't playing it subtle. Sandra in Pearl Islands did it in true legendary fashion by having the girls eavesdrop on Burton and Fairplay.

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everything the military guy that won this last season did should be on here i already forgot his name omg i can only remember chrissy's name for some reason wow

hey, I got one. how about Top 5 Players that deserve a second chance? like players that you thought would do better had they have another shot.Only Players that have played Once and never returned

Have you made any most robbed 4th/3rd place (final voting tribal) if you haven't you should

If you included other seasons JT would be #1-5

Mike's gotta be one of the least likeable winners ever. The go for it gameplay of Vlachos without the personality. Plus his voice sounded like when a doctor checks your tongue with that sandpaper depressor and forgot to take it out. God it was hard to watch him win.

5. Tyson isn't as much to blame as Gervase and Monica. If they had just shut his mouth Ciera never would have flipped. Also as Tyson pointed out afterwards he never gambled his life in the game away. Because there was RI that season he was fairly confident he could beat anyone and make it back. You bring up a good point about him playing the idol. The thing is had Ciera stayed loyal he just wasted yet another idol and is in a situation where it would make sense for people to get rid of him. After all he is a huge threat. The right move would have been to play it, but him not isn't as bad as you make it out to be. It was gamble that was a huge risk, but at that point a big reward too. He plays that idol another one goes into play and as we saw with Ben that could have screwed things up. 4. Yea Jenna wasn't much of strategist. Unnecessary and just flat out careless. 3. I don't think it's fair to put Bob's entire game as a bad move. I mean he won. I understand it wasn't good, but based on your tile I feel you should stick to pointing out individual moves/decisions. His FTC was bad, so if that is your main case fair enough, but I think there have been more crucial errors in moves from winners. I mean he was going to win no matter what at that point. 2. Adam took a WAY bigger risk than the reward was worth with this move still think there are worse it could have worked with other people, but still bad. 1. Mike should have just stuck to his guns at that point. People were already pissed and going after him. Some I consider awful Chris keeps Julie and takes her to the merge, giving up numbers and control. Tom keeping Greg as long as he did. Katie was so close to going over to that aliance and had Caryn had any strategy she would have too. Brian's blindside of Helen, almost cost him the entire game. Jenna keeping Rob over Butch Just about all of Sarah's betrayals. She had horrible jury management because she kept going with other people's votes. She lost Sierra and Debby's vote for good. Parvati takes Cirie to what she perceives as final 3. Aras fights to keep Cirie and tries to take her to final 2.

I would have included Fabio at final 6 of Nicaragua not getting an obviously pissed Jane over to his and Dan's side and forcing a rock draw when only Dan and whoever of Chase, Holly, and Sash they didn't vote for was going to be drawing. It was a clearly obvious way of possibly getting power for the rest of the game that Fabio was simply not game savvy enough to take advantage of.

8:12 apparently he was flawless since the merge and bragged about how well he did XD

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How on Earth is Fabio not on this list for pretty much everything he did?

agree with all of them except Bob, i really like Bob and i think being a likeable winner is better then a lucky winner

If I’m a juror with a final two or sugar and Susie, I would vote for Gillian

JT's last two seasons :)

Before I watch the video........ Todd giving James the 2 idols HAS to at least be on the list, right???

THANK YOU for making Mikes move #1, I hate when people call him an underdog because really, Mike had piss poor social and strategic game and underdogs find themselves in situations of misfortune when they deserve better. With Mike, he just fucked up and was downright horrible at gameplay, the only reason he won was because of his figure.

If you watched the season you would know that he didn’t want to use the idol because he wanted to give it to his girlfriend as a souvenir who got voted off early

The Tyson is so true, that really probably the worst move made by a winner. The Jenna move is pretty bad, but to be fair i think the game back then was so different that i can understand a littl bit better. Adam read Taylor really bad, that's whole point his move failed, maybe if it were another player it would've been better. And the Mike one i won't even mention, he was the luckiest winner.

Tyson didn't KNOW she was gonna flip

Tbh people in DRs act like they ass kiss when at a finale on purpose, and I just feel like people have a tendency to do this to someone unknowingly and later says it strategy

I really don't think Mike would have won if not being on the bottom

Tyson only did that because he had redemption island and knew he could make it out also he had a 66percent of not pulling the bad rock

Thank you for the BrBad reference. “No half measures, Walt”

I disagree with the take on Tyson, he probably wins at redemption if he gets voted out and comes back in and easily slips back into his alliance and would still have his idol for a vote out at 5. By keeping the idol, he does not have to endure the risk of potentially not finding the idol or having someone else finding it first, as Hayden was still around. I see your point, but I do not think Tyson trying rocks was a bad move, I see it as a good one.