Survivor: Rematch

The theme of the season Redemption Island was primarily, at first at least, a rematch of two main contestants that had a notable rivalry. A lot of people said that the rivalry rematch of that season didn’t turn out as well as it was supposed to. But it does make you wonder who else would work in a rivalry season. Since there are far too many rivalries to do a one returnee per tribe season with them, it makes much more sense to do an all-star season based off of rivalries.

Now how does one do the casting for a season like this? Well, I’m personally only going to choose people if I think that both of them would return to Survivor. Plus, I don’t know how they’d divide tribes in a season like this. Would it be better for the rivals to be on opposite tribes to better support the premerge game? Or would it be better for them to be on the same tribe and thus interact with each other? Ultimately, I won’t choose tribes, but I will think of a gender equivalency. I will have three male/male pairs, three female/female pairs, and three male/female pairs. Hopefully, I can pick good rivals for this season.

Aras/Terry is the first pair that I would bring back. You see, this is one of the most bitter rivalries in the history of Survivor. The way that these two players fought against each other was something that was quite interesting. You’d want these people from Panama to fight against each other again just to see what might be in store for a reboot of these two players going at it.

Marty/Jane is a match-up that I thought would be nice to see brought back. While Nicaragua was airing and before we knew about the twist for Redemption Island regarding which two players would be brought back, pretty much everyone already knew that those two players would be having a rematch. And I thought to myself that seeing these two players having a rematch would be nice to see. Do you know how badly Jane and Marty got along? Jane kept voting against Marty until a majority of people finally joined with her and he was voted out. (Terry tried this unsuccessfully against Aras.) Who wouldn’t want to see this two face off again?

Eliza/Twila pretty much didn’t get along when they played together. I forget why they didn’t like each other that much. It seemed like it might be one way of Eliza not liking Twila. But a lot of people would love to see Twila return and Eliza always seems like a fun person to have on the show. They seem like the type of people who you’d want to see together again.

Bobby Jon/Jamie fought a lot in Guatemala. And we really do need an original player from Guatemala to return to play the game again at some point. (That’s something I’ll complain about until it happens.) I remember that they butted heads a lot. There was one point even where they just plain yelled at each other during a challenge. It wasn’t even words. So while this may seem like a strange choice, I still think that they’d be great rivals to have a rematch with.

Lex/Kelly may only be on here because earlier classic rivalries either wouldn’t work (like Kelly and Sue), were just a single fight (like Alicia and Kimmi), or have been overused throughout the years (like Jerri and Colby). So this then becomes the best classic rivalry to bring back. Still, though, you’d want to see a good old fashioned rivalry, right?

Josh/Jeremy is one of the newer rivalries that could work in a rematch season. It’s interesting to note just how close these people went out to each other, something that typically doesn’t happen with rivalries. But they fought a lot and would probably want to face off against each other again.

Coach/Sierra is an example of the time when I used to hate Coach. The way that Coach hated Sierra made me despise him the first time around. But I’d love to see a rematch of these players because I liked Sierra a lot that season. And now that I no longer hate Coach, maybe he’s a better person this time around when they fight against each other again.

Alicia/Christina may have also been another one-sided rivalry that was mostly just one person hating on another person. But I personally think that they could have an interesting reignited rematch on a future season like this.

Abi-Maria/RC might not actually want to play again with each other due to how heated their rivalry was. Regardless, I’m still listing them in this section because they would be nice to see fighting against each other. Wouldn’t you want to see them go at it again?

Alternates: male/male pairs: Sean/Paschal from Marquesas, Ibrehem/James from Palau, Coby/Tom also from Palau, Brad/John from Blood versus Water; female/female pairs: Alicia/Kimmi from Australia, Shii Ann/Penny from Thailand; male/female pairs: Jonathan/Cirie from Micronesia, Shane/Courtney from Panama, Phillip/Corrine from Caramoan

Well, those are my picks for a Survivor rivalry series. I know that just like every other blog post, whether it be mine, at www.survivoroz.com, or some other blog, that this type of season may never actually happen. But, it is still fun to cast seasons like this anyways. Who knows? Maybe someday, one of us bloggers could influence a Survivor season. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.