Survivor 50 Has Been Awesome

If you have not been watching Survivor 50, you need to seriously reconsider your life decisions.

To celebrate the 50th season of this storied franchise, Survivor brought back fan favorite castaways for the first time in six years.

There have been ten seasons since 2020’s “Winners at War” season, plenty of time for new blood to enter the playing pool, in the greatest reality competition show ever conceived.

Half of the twenty-four castaways are from the old era (season’s 1-40) and the other half are from the new era (seasons 41-49). It has been a fascinating combination of players from different time periods. They all bring something different to the table.

Survivor continues to be a mesmerizing social experiment. People from all different walks of life thrown together on one beach, to both work with each other, and compete against one another.

It has been somewhat dramatizing to watch favorite players from years past get voted out so early. Colby Donaldson, arguably one of, if not the most iconic survivors of all time, was unceremoniously kicked to the curb last week. Colby first played survivor over twenty years ago. Back then he was a physical beast, and a total heart throb. Now he is just a devilishly handsome middle-aged man.

Part of what made Colby great, he was so well rounded of a player. He was very good in physical challenges, great around camp and helping with the survival aspect of the game, but he was also a solid strategist. Sadly, we will not get to see that aspect of Colby’s game this year around.

Another absolute legend of the game who is still very much alive is Ozzie Lush. Ozzie is possibly the greatest player in Survivor history at competing in challenges. He is also the best at fishing, and other survival skills. The man could literally be dropped in the middle of a jungle and live there the rest of his life and be completely fine.

He is, however, a complete dummy and one of the worst social and strategic players in history. Ozzie will openly admit these faults in his game. Luckily for him, he currently has a very strong alliance with one of the greatest strategic players of all time in Cirie Fields. Cirie is literally the complete opposite of Ozzy. She is one of the smartest players ever, and amazing at making all the other players love her so they won’t vote her out. Her main flaw is she is a complete zero physically. The pairing of these two is so fun as they complement each other so well. Seeing either of these icons win for the first time would be immensely satisfying.

The unrivaled MVP of Survivor so far has been robotics professor Christian Hubicki. He has won over audiences with his charm and wit. Unfortunately for Christian, he has gotten a lot of screen time because his tribe was so terrible. He attended tribal council every night before the merge. The fact that he is still alive in the game, and in a seemingly strong position, bodes well for his chances later in this game.

It is good to have a true villain back on Survivor. That villain is a cocky little twenty-five-year-old from Albania named “Rizgod.” God, I hate the Rizgod. He is so freaking annoying and full of himself. I think it is sadly possible that he makes it all the way to the end. He has very strong alliances. He is even aligned pretty strongly with Cirie. The guys on the show hate him, because he does think like call himself “Rizgod.” The girls love him, because he does whatever they tell him to do. As much as I dislike this scrawny little punk, maybe he has life figured out.

If I was a betting man, and I am in fact a degenerate gambler, I would put my money on Cirie. If that girl gets to the final three, there is almost no way anyone else is going to receive votes from the jury.

A bientot!