Top Ten Entertaining Players

When it comes to who I think are entertaining Survivor players, I don’t think that all of them are good players or players that most fans would like. But I think about who has valuable time when they are on the screen and their story arcs are often not wasted on us. In this post, I put who I think are the most entertaining players in Survivor history. Full discloser: I may not like all of these players, but I think that in at least one of the seasons that they played, if not all of them, they did a good job entertaining us and deserve their place on this list. A lot of them aren't even good players. But I felt that they were entertaining in some way and that is why they are on this list.

#10 Jonny Fairplay (Pearl Islands, Micronesia): I still despise the guy, especially after his pathetic time on the game the second time around. But I still think that he’s the type of player that you don’t even know that you need from time to time: a player that you love to hate.

#9 Zane (Philippines): Maybe you are correctly questioning why I’d put a first boot on the list. For the one episode that he was on, he was the star of it and was quite likable for some people like me, despite him being a relatively crazy person. How could you not like him?

#8 Greg (Borneo): Every time he was on the screen, he was often giving people reality gold. This is quite odd considering how he had no idea what the show would be like long term since reality TV like Survivor wasn’t around at the time as he was in the very first season of it. It’s a shame that we will probably not see him again on the show. But if you don’t think that he was entertaining, then you must not have seen this season of the show.

#7 Coach (Tocantins, Heroes versus Villains, South Pacific): While I originally hated him, I think that I like him more than I used to. He probably intentionally plays the crazy stereotype just for the airtime that he knows that he’ll get. He’s such an oddity that people might not understand his ways. I still don’t like how he treated Sierra, but I think that he’s still entertaining.

#6 Eliza (Vanuatu, Micronesia): I feel kind of bad that she’s the only woman that I find worthy of this list. If you don’t remember her, you’d remember her facial expressions as she always loved to express her shock at every moment in the game that she wasn’t expecting. And that wasn’t all the greatness that she brought to the game as she brought over great moments like her reaction to the fake immunity idol that her ally tried to give her. What's not to like?

#5 Tyson (Tocantins, Heroes versus Villains, Blood versus Water): He’s on here for his winning season, if no other reason. He proved to be such a likeable character that it was maybe too clear that he was going to do well this time in the game. From his bulge to him actually caring about finding an idol, he did well as was very entertaining that time around.

#4 Coby (Palau): One of the most moody players to ever play Survivor, it was clear that despite possibly seeming like he wouldn’t win, people voted him out because they were afraid that he would win. He did such a good job telling us about the other people in the game and he didn’t come off as terrible in his ways like some other shade throwers are.

#3 Tony (Cagayan, Game Changers): He might be the most entertaining winner in my mind. He was such a fun thing to watch and you couldn’t even be sure that his cockiness wouldn’t get the better of him the first time around. No, he was such a good player that he got a well deserved win out of it. He was far too crazy the second time around for his own good, but at least he proved that there are some ways that one can play the game and still win as a result.

#2 Rupert (Pearl Islands, All-Stars, Heroes versus Villains, Blood versus Water): Fuck the haters, this guy is freaking awesome. He was a lovable pirate who stole shoes, helped treat a snake, and did so many other loveable things. He was such a great person that no one would ever let him get to the end as they probably couldn’t think of why they shouldn’t vote for him as a result.

#1 Philip (Redemption Island, Caramoan): This might be my most controversy pick on the list and he is the number one choice for me. I never said that these people were good players. I just said that they were entertaining. He never stood a chance of winning with his terrible game play, but he was great for me to watch his debut season and even the second time around when he wasn’t someone else’s mere puppet and might actually have good control over the game.

Well, I think that I’ve hopefully come up with another good idea for a blog post. I have a lot of ideas for them, but I’m not sure if all of them will be written as I might not have as good an idea for them after all. So I hope that you liked this post. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.