• Disclaimer* Spoilers will be in this article for details and outcomes of seasons 9–16.

The Original Favorites Tribe:

Amanda Kimmel

Ami Cusack

Cirie Fields

Eliza Orlins

Parvati Shallow

James Clement

Jonathan Penner

Jonny Fairplay

Ozzy Lusth

Yau-Man Chan

This tribe started out pretty slow and they lost the first challenge and voted off Jonny Fairplay. The tribe consisted of 5 boys and 5 girls and we will keep that even. Each boy and girl will be replaced by the same gender and no winners will be brought back to keep that target off. Underwhelming performances from Eliza Orlins, Jonny Fairplay and Yau-Man Chan will be re-casted. I think Eliza’s downfall in this game was Ami also being there both originating from Season 9. If Amy wasn’t here then maybe Eliza would connect with the younger crowd and stay on the right side of the numbers but she honestly should’ve never been here in the first place. In her original season she was very annoying and barely snuck out of every tribal council until finally she was taken out at final four. Jonny Fairplay’s downfall was him asking them to vote him off first. I don’t know if it was a part of his strategy and he was just lying to them like he did a lot in his original season but it got him booted off first which I think a lot of people were happy to see. Yau-Man’s downfall was just the wrong side of the numbers and choosing to rock with Fairplay and the old people. In his original season he was so fun to watch and I was pretty disappointed by his performance this season. Those 3 players will be replaced with Julie Berry, Nate Gonzalez and Dreamz Herd. I have Eliza being replaced by Jeff Probst ex girlfriend Julie Berry. In Julie’s original season she and Eliza were pretty close for the most part. I think Julie played a way better game then Eliza and should’ve made it farther. If this happens I see Julie fitting in well with Ozzy and James and giving them another number to help out down the road. Because I was obviously rooting for Ozzy or James to win this season. The next 2 guys would’ve helped that out so much. Nate Gonzalez who played with Ozzy in the Cook Islands was one of my favorites in that star studded season. Not much to show for other than being a challenge beast and out standing those girls in his original tribe. Was voted off pretty early and would’ve shined in his 2nd chance. Next is Dreamz Herd who ironically is replacing the Yau-Man. The man who Dreamz stabbed in the back late in their original season. I would’ve put Earl in this but I didn’t want any winners so instead I went with his buddy all the way to the end in Dreamz. Dreamz would’ve put on a show in an All-Star season and carried this tribe to a few immunity wins.

Thank you everyone for reading! The next one I do will be Survivor Heroes vs. Villains. Stay Tuned!

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*Disclaimer* There will be spoilers for seasons 1–8 in this article and if you haven’t watched them yet and want to then I suggest watching before you continue reading. Enjoy!

Here is the original 18 players:

Tina Wesson

Rudy Boesch

Jenna Morasco

Rob Cesternino

Richard Hatch

Susan Hawk

Colby Donaldson

Ethan Zohn

Jerri Manthey

Lex van den Berghe

Kathy Vavrick-O’Brien

Alicia Calaway

Shii Ann Huang

Tom Buchanan

Rupert Boneham

Jenna Lewis

Rob Mariano

Amber Brkich

The only 4 winners were targeted very early, Ethan Zohn making it the farthest but only scoring 11th place. In the original there were 3 tribes of 6 including 3 boys and 3 girls in each team. We will keep that the same but in this recast we will have a full team of winners so that they can’t be targeted and we will at least see one winner post merge this time. Out of the 4 winners that originally made it I would keep all but Jenna Morasco, who ended up quitting a few days in. So Jenna Morasca, Rudy Boesch, Susan Hawk, Rob Cesternino, Alicia Calaway and Jenna Lewis will be replaced. For underwhelming performances and some who were just not very interesting at all this season we will make 3 brand new tribes.

The New Seboga Tribe:

Tina Wesson

Vecepia Towery

Sandra Diaz-Twine

Ethan Zohn

Richard Hatch

Brian Heidek

Vecepia Towery who is one of my favorite winners of all time we have never seen again in any Survivor season. She played her game from the bottom the entire time and pulled off a crazy comeback win in the show’s 4th season and should have definitely made it this season. Sandra Diaz-Twine was just coming off an impressive Season 7 win in an All Star packed season itself. I read something that said she was asked to come back but on such short notice from her last time playing she declined. Brian Heidek was dealt a very easy hand in his Season 5 win where it seemed as if much of the disappointing cast wasn’t even really playing the game. You could

tell from the beginning Brian was either going to win or be very close. I’d love to see how he would’ve matched up against people actually playing the game.

The New Mogo Mogo Tribe:

Shii Ann Huang

Kelly Goldsmith

Jerri Manthey

Rupert Boneham

Colby Donaldson

Lex van den Berghe

Kathy Vavrick-O’Brien was originally on this tribe but a slightly disappointing performance with Lex will move Kathy onto another tribe. Kelly Goldsmith was in Season 3 with Lex and in one of the tribal councils Lex was hit with a vote and he thought it was from Kelly but it was really from Teresa so I will bring them back together on the same tribe to rekindle what happened Seasons before. Jerri Manthey was on the original Seboga Tribe but her Survivor story this season didn’t really start until she was back on the same tribe as Colby her arch nemesis so this time around they start off on the same tribe to spice things up. Rupert who was originally on the Seboga Tribe unfortunately didn’t win his season so he will be moved to this tribe and hopefully have a different start to the game and won’t be playing from the bottom the entire team.

The New Chapera Tribe:

Amber Brkich

Kathy Vavrick-O’Brien

Kelly Wigglesworth

Rob Mariano

Tom Buchanan

Sean Rector

The River Guide Kelly Wigglesworth who was a beast in the challenges and played a really good game all the way until the end where she lost to Richard Hatch by 1 vote because one of the members of the Jury Greg asked them to pick a number 1–10 and Richard was closer earning himself Greg’s vote. Sean Rector who was very close with Vecepia in Season 4 was never given another chance on Survivor again. In fact this entire season lacked diversity and didn’t feature a single African-American man or woman. So we will turn that around and bring back 1 of each and although we can’t bring them back onto the same tribe because Vecepia won hopefully in this recast they will meet up post merge.

All in all this was still a really good season with a great ending story. As much as I want to go back and change some things that are impossible, but this is still fun to think about and play with these ideas. I would love to make more articles like this one about my favorite show Survivor. Hope you enjoyed reading!

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