Survivor: Second Chances

Here is my list for Survivor: Second Chances. Once again, here are the rules: 1- No winners allowed. Unless you can somehow justify why someone who won the game would need a second chance at it, you can't include them in your list. 2- They must have only played the game once. If you wanted to say, bring back Shii-Ann from Thailand because she was screwed by the fake merge, I hate to tell you this, but you can't. She already had a second chance when she did the eighth season. If you wanted to bring back Tyson because of his stupid move from the twentieth season, you can't because he has played the game once before that. The season is called second chances and if it is anything other than a second chance, then it just doesn't work in the game. If you want to include people like this as those that don't count, feel free to, but they cannot be on the real list. 3- Due to the sheer number of people who could come back, you must come up with a good reason as to why they in particular deserve to come back and others don't. 4- You can include maybes on the list if you so desire. 5- You must have ten men and ten women. You cannot have less, but you can have more if you can't decide otherwise. 6- You can't just bring people back for the heck of it or because you think they'd make a good player. There must be a good reason, as I've stated before. Feel free to come up with your own list. Although, I'm not sure if people ever comment on blogs or if they just read them.

Here are the men that I'd bring back: From the first season, it's hard to bring back anyone. Sean might make a great returning player, but since I can't bring back random people for no good reason, he is not on the list. The second season has a lot of returning players so far. Michael already had his second chance, and it would be hard to justify the two men (Jeff and Mitchell) who lost to tiebreakers because of votes cast at previous tribal councils. And Rodger would just be for the heck of it. The third season could have Silas, who lost due to the tribal swap, but I won't. I can't include Tom or Lex who lost because of a controversial immunity challenge at the final four because they both had a second chance already. The fourth season has the first person on my list. I believe he's probably on everyone's list. The producers even admitted that their decision that caused his elimination at the final four was a mistake. I am talking, of course, about Paschal. He is also known as the purple rock guy. He deserves a second chance because his elimination never should have happened. The fifth and sixth season have no one of interest for me. The seventh season brought us the outcast twist and while people think the Andrew was the only one screwed from that twist, I also think that Shawn was as well and both deserve a second chance. The eighth season was all returning players, so I'm not including that. In the ninth season, Travis was voted out after the swap for trying to signal to the other tribe to think about the merge. In the tenth season, Jonathan was removed from the game in an unfair opening twist. And most people remember how Ian shot himself in the foot at the final three. In the eleventh season Rafe also made a fatal error at the final three, although it's unknown for sure if his ally would have held up her end of the deal in the final two even if he hadn't released her from the deal himself. The twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth seasons and have no interesting, in my opinion. The fifteenth season brought the most unfair switch in Survivor history that seemed more like a joke. Aaron was the man screwed from the switch. I can't think of anyone from the sixteenth season because Erik already got a second chance. I might include Jason, but I don't think that I will. The seventeenth season did have Marcus, who was screwed from the second swap and throwing a hidden immunity idol into the sea. But I'm not sure that I'd include him since he was immune the first two tribal councils he went to. I'm also unsure if Matty deserves another chance. No men were screwed in the eighteenth season. In the nineteenth season, Mike was screwed by a challenge so dangerous, it has been banned from appearing again. The twentieth season was all returning players, so I can't include any of them. If I did, I'd include Tyson. But he had a chance before. The twenty-first season brought us Chase who lost by one vote and would have won if the two quitters weren't on the jury and the vote happened the exact same way. Since I'm at ten players, I can't really name anymore. Besides, Matt from Redemption Island has already stated that he wouldn't play again. But I would exclude Rafe, Travis, or Mike if he would want to return. I can't think of people from South Pacific and there are such a score of men to choose from One World, that it is hard to name any at all. I don't think the two most recent seasons have any men that would work. Erik played the game twice, even though I think that he should play again.

Here are the women that I'd bring back: From the first season, there aren't any women that would work. I can't think of any from the second season either. The third season had Lindsey who was screwed by a switch and former votes cast against her. To be fair, the other people on the tribe thought that a new tiebreaker was permanently in place. But I'm not including her because she seems just for the heck of it. The fourth season doesn't really have anyone. The fifth has Shii-Ann who already had a second chance. The sixth and seventh season didn't really have anyone and the eighth was all returning players. The ninth might have some contestant, but I can't decide due to all of them that would work. The tenth brought us Wanda who was screwed by an opening twist and never really got a shot at playing the game. In the eleventh season, Cindy might have lasted longer if she wasn't selfish. But, since she decided to keep a car for herself instead of giving one to every other player, she got voted out that very same episode. The twelfth and thirteenth season have no one of interest. In the fourteenth season, Sylvia was doomed from the start. She got to choose both tribes and the tribe that won would become the rich tribe. Since she would join the first tribe to go to tribal council, she would be on the poor tribe regardless of the outcome. After finding it hard to fit in with her tribe, she was ultimately voted out. Lisette was also screwed by swaps and Exile Island, but I am not going to include her. I don't know if I'd go with Michelle from that season who was screwed due to a tribal council twist. But I can think of another one from that season who would work. Liliana would make a good returning player. Believe it or not, she is one of a few castaways to never lose a challenge. A lot of them have never won a challenge, but Moto had to go to tribal council, or they'd lose the rich beach that they'd live on and would probably not keep their winning streak either. I already mentioned the screwy switch from the fifteenth season that got Sherea voted out of the game. Natalie lasted longer than the other fans on the sixteenth season and deserves another shot. No women were screwed in the seventeenth season. In the eighteenth season, both Sierra and Sandy had games messed up because of a stupid opening twist. The nineteenth season had no one and the twentieth was all returning players anyways. The twenty-first season had Jane, who was only screwed due to her popularity. But since I can't include people for no good reason, she is not on the list. The twenty-second season doesn't really have anyone. The twenty-third had Christine, who could have gotten back in the game if Ozzy hadn't taken himself out of the game to beat her. The twenty-fourth season brought us Kourtney who was eliminated after a challenge with a design flaw helped take her out of the game. I'd choose Dana from the last season, but I'm not sure since she's sort of a quitter. No one from the most recent season would work since Sherri doesn't really deserve a second chance.

Those are my ten men and my ten women. Feel free to post your own lists if you so desire. I have chosen Paschal (Marquesas), Andrew (Pearl Islands), Shawn (Pearl Islands), Travis (Vanuatu), Jonathan (Palau), Ian (Palau), Rafe (Guatemala), Aaron (China), Mike (Samoa), and Chase (Nicaragua) as the ten men. I have chosen Wanda (Palau), Cindy (Guatemala), Sylvia (Fiji), Liliana (Fiji), Sherea (China), Natalie (Micronesia), Sierra (Tocantins), Sandy (Tocantins), Christine (South Pacific), and Kourtney (One World) as the ten women. The reasons why were listed above. Stay tuned for more random posts in the future like contestant ideas for a possible Heroes Versus Villains 2 as well as an assessment of the cast for Blood versus Water. I will also include a list of the ten worst Survivor twists at some point and possibly blog posts about Jennifer Lyon.