Thursday, May 7, 2015

Season 31 - Second Chance voting recommendations

Last night during the latest episode of Survivor: Worlds Apart (which took a dramatic turn toward highly interesting a few weeks back thanks to everyone finally starting to play, and play hard, including poor Tyler, who barely existed previously back who now looks like he should be brought back at some point), here came Jeff Probst with an exciting announcement about the next season:

Returning players, but with an awesome new twist.  From a selection of people who agreed to return, fans get to vote on who will actually make an all-important second shot at winning Survivor.  None of these players have returned before, and there are a handful of wonderful surprises (much like Gervase finally showing up again for Blood vs. Water).

So out of all the options (I won't bore you with a complete rundown, because honestly some of the options I still don't care that much about just like I didn't think they were all that significant the first time they played), I will give you my picks and explain why:

Women

  1. Kelly Wigglesworth (Season 1, Borneo) Honestly, she's a legend, as much as anyone else from the first season.  It's great to see her interested again.  Will she still be a rat???  Stay tuned!
  2. Kimmi Kappenberg (Season 2, Australian Outback) Kimmi is more infamous than famous (my sister and I love "I can eat a worm! I can eat a worm!"), but probably one of the most famous players to have attempted a dramatic overhaul of their gameplay while playing their first time around.  Give her another chance?  Absolutely.  And you're guaranteed to be amused.
  3. Peih-Gee Law (Season 15, China) I honestly don't remember how good she was, but I do remember her.  That's a good thing, right?
  4. Mikayla Wingle (Season 23, South Pacific) Unfortunately, Brandon Hantz have something in common: we both think she's hot.  (Although this is probably something many people share with him, and hopefully one of the few).  And she absolutely got a raw deal because of Brandon's fixation.  So let's see if she can actually play!
  5. Abi-Maria Gomes (Season 25, Philippines) One of the greatest villains in Survivor history?  Heck ya!
  6. Monica Padilla (Season 19, Samoa) You'll notice the chronological break.  I had a hard time reaching ten for the women.  Monica describes herself as having figured out Russell before anyone else.  Didn't help her, but that's certainly a mark in her favor.
  7. Natalie Tenerelli (Season 22, Redemption Island)
  8. Stephanie Valencia (Season 22, Redemption Island) Both are veterans of the Season Boston Rob Finally Won, and so they have every right to prove they do deserve to be remembered for something other than helping him win (everyone did that season).
  9. Tasha Fox (Season 28, Cagayan)
  10. Kass McQuillen (Season 28, Cagayan) Both from the Brains/Beauty/Brawn experiment that helped make Tony look so good.  I'm including Tasha for that reason alone, even though my memory of her had faded after just a few seasons.  But "Chaos Kass," even though she was, in fact, a lunatic, should be brought back just to see if she goes the full lunatic again...
Men
  1. Jeff Varner (Season 2, Australian Outback) I've been expecting to see him return for years.  Hopefully this is a slam dunk for any true fan of the game.
  2. Andrew Savage (Season 7, Pearl Islands) See above.  Rupert ended up stealing Andrew's thunder (along with almost everything else).  Now's his chance for redemption.  Bring the sport coat!
  3. Shane Powers (Season 12, Panama) Lunatic genius in the best possible sense.  
  4. Terry Dietz (Season 12, Panama) My sister and I thought he could have been the second coming of Palau's Tom.  Who, y'know, decisively won that season.
  5. Troyzan Robertson (Season 24, One World) Was on his way to making a terrific case for winning when Kim decided she could go to the end without him.  Her brilliant move, his easy case for a second chance.
  6. Vytas Baskauskas (Season 27, Blood vs. Water) Proved Aras was not the only Survivor genius in the family.
  7. Woo Hwang (Season 28, Cagayan)
  8. Spencer Bledsoe (Season 28, Cagayan) If Tony hadn't been Tony, either of these guys would have been more than acceptable as winners that season.
  9. Joe Anglim (Season 30, Worlds Apart)
  10. Mike Holloway (Season 30, Worlds Apart) Both were and/or have been favorites of mine to win the current season.  Mike still might, but if he doesn't, he certainly has another get-out-of-jail card to stay in the game of Survivor.

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