Top Ten Underdogs

Well, there isn’t much for me to say in this post’s introduction except that I’m sorry if the time that these posts get published is later in the day than you would like. Since I don’t have to post these after the episode airs since there isn’t an episode to blog about, there is no real reason not to have these ready in advance. But as long as I can post them at a good time and on Wednesdays, then that is all that really matters in the case. Sorry if this is unneeded.

When you think about the underdogs of Survivor, you have to wonder who would be the best examples of them from the past. When I do the list, I’m not going to stick with just individuals in every case and will go with groups of people in some cases. Even if they weren’t successful in turning their fates around, they still might be worthy of the list. I hope that you enjoy.

#10 Any Ravu member from Fiji- Maybe these people shouldn’t count due to they were practically going to lose all the time before the merge due to the other tribe being more well off than them. But when it got more towards the end of the game, a lot of the people who had survived to the merge wound up going far and one of the original Ravu members wound up winning the game.

#9 Matt from Redemption Island- This poor guy struggled throughout the game due to his honesty. Some people still like him and I’m one of them. If only he were smarter. There was no problem with him before the merge episode and his first vote out was a kind of fluke. He was good for a while and won a lot of challenges to stay in the game, but just couldn’t last well.

#8 Michael from Ghost Island- His struggles were such a huge focus on the game that it sucked that it wasn’t the set up for a winner’s edit. He played his hardest despite being on tribes that always sucked. Were it not for twists that always put his side in the minority, he might have lasted longer than he did. Of course, he wouldn’t be an underdog then either.

#7 Spencer from Cagayan- He went from being on one of the worst tribes ever to continuing to fail all throughout the game. What can be a bit shocking is that he could have easily won if circumstances were different. Here he is, struggling throughout the whole game, and he almost wins it in the end.

#6 Stephenie from Palau- She outlasted every single member of her tribe. She was by herself in the end. She’s the only person to be on a tribe of one. Now you wouldn’t think that she could wind up winning the game and you’d be right. But she fought as hard as she could.

#5 The outsiders from Marquesas- They weren’t underdogs for long. The members from Maraamu soon came to realize that everyone who was always part of Rotu were going to eliminate them if they were not careful. Thus, these five players banded against the others and became the final five.

#4 The Aitu four from Cook Islands- After the mutiny happened, these people played their hardest and won every remaining challenge before the merge. With now half of the members of the other tribe, it could have been hard for these people to stay ahead. They were still in the minority at the merge, but they managed to pull ahead and win, becoming the final four.

#3 Natalie from Samoa- Maybe Brett from this season should be on the list, but I think that Natalie makes more sense. Her tribe sucked thanks to Russell Hantz’s sabotage of it. They had only four players at the merge where the other tribe had eight. But she was able to orchestrate a huge move and the victim of it did a speech as to how she should win. Like many people, she was on a terrible tribe at the start. And she was able to win in spite of it all.

#2 Chris from Vanuatu- With men versus women being ingrained in everyone’s head from the very start of it all, it seemed only logical that the six remaining women would be battling it out for the win once the last man was voted out. Only the last man never was voted out. He winded up lasting until the very end and winning the game. Who would have guessed it?

#1 Denise from Philippines- First your tribe never wins a challenge. Then, you are switched to a new tribe. After that, it sucks and you head into the merge having gone to every tribal council in the game. Some might consider you to be the ultimate underdog since you have all these problems going against you. Like everyone in the second half of this list, there was a winner out of these people who had to face such terrible circumstances and came out on top.

Well, that’s about it for this post. I’m wanting to do a lot of posts that relate to the upcoming David and Goliath theme. This is one of them. Hopefully I can come up with more and if you have any ideas that you think would work in terms of posts or what I could put in the posts, then let me know. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.