User Reviews

I suffered through all of the forced PC all year. Even when the season started off with claiming the word "guys" needed to be removed from the show. And a group of 4 black people thinking that voting people off because they weren't black was somehow a win for the "movement back home".

But when the votes were about to be read I was expecting 5 Xander votes and maybe 3 Erika. But Xander didn't get a single one? How many other players held an idle that everyone knew about for the whole game. Or built relationships with everyone. Either they didn't show us something pivotal from Erikas game or the jury literally voted for her because she's a woman of color and Xander was a straight white male. I hate to say that but even Deshaun, who played one of the most embarrassing games in recent memory, got a vote. Something smells weird.

With all the build-up on who was going to make it to the final 3, there was some potential to make the final vote a little interesting. I would have loved to have seen Ricard and Xander battle it out in the final 3, and I think that would have scored Xander more points with the jury to do a bold move and use his idol on Ricard. Instead, taking Erika, who only made it to the final 3 because random advantages were literally handed right to her. Even after the questions and comments from the jury, I am very confuse as to what her game play really was, other than just tagging along, and attempting to stamp her name on every move/play that was not her own. This season atleast gave us some memorable players I hope to see return in the future, but the crazy twists and turns can definitely stay behind.

As a survivor fan, this season was ... merely watchable. This season was touted as being 'a new era', but that doesn't seem to be a good thing -- if this is the beginning of a new era, I think I might prefer to just rewatch the old era.

The gameplay twists were pointless or uninteresting. Erika's 'decision' was never really a decision; Jeff basically gave her an option between something that was massively to her own benefit, or something that was not. Why would she ever have chosen not to smash the hourglass? The new 3-way 'beware' idol was poorly-implemented, and poorly used by the contestants. The 'false merge' was still a merge -- the only difference was that half the contestants were immune.

There was so much talk about how difficult this season was -- no food, breakneck speed ... but it felt just like any other. We didn't see them enfeebled by starvation, nor desperately trying to hunt or fish or forage.

The focus on race and sex is either indicative of a really bigoted cast, or of some truly woeful editing. So what if there have been 7 male winners in a row? And why on Earth is it okay for 4 black players to be shown as heroic for forming an alliance based solely on their skin colour -- that's precisely the kind of thing that is called supremely racist if done by light-skinned players, but because they're dark-skinned, it is cheered as progressive and empowering.

The finale was a massive letdown. And not because Erika won, but because: 1. Erika's win didn't seem justified by the jury. There was a lot of talk about how Erika's game was respected ... but why? I couldn't tell you. And why was it deemed to be so much better than Xander or Deshawn? I couldn't tell you that either.

2. The back-and-forth between the jury and the final 3 was ... mind-numbingly boring. The questions were bland, the answers were bland, and the emotions were bland.

3. The production seems so unprofessional. Maybe this is what they're intentionally going for, but having crew members walking around (on camera) handing out pizza and drinks is the sort of thing that would normally be considered an editing failure. And having the cast all fussing with pizza while Jeff is busy asking one of them a question -- it completely ruined the immersion of the process, for me.

All-in-all, it was a weak finale to end a weak season. Nowhere near bad enough to deserve 1/10 or 2/10, but solidly lackluster.

Xander didn't realize that his greatest enemy was himself. Him being a straight white male was his biggest curse. A season completely focused on woke culture could not end with a human like Xander winning.

He may have had a better chance if he had identified different.

Every time I talk to someone about Survivor I used to say: "Going for 40 seasons, and the last one was the best, and it just keeps getting better." Very hard to say this now. It's like they took all the bad ideas for advantages and they somehow crammed them in this season. No huge moments, no crazy tribals, boring challenges. And how Xander did not get a single vote is just insane, when he played the absolute best game of them all.

I love the show but this season was truly awful.

Well it was such a pretty short season on 26 days and how that a lot had to do with the pandemic. But despite over in wanting to root for those underdogs and get out the villains asap.

Still the ending is satisfying. As those that were in the bottom of the food chain. Had to work their way up. It is satisfying and there is a twist in the end there. The final contestants were well liked about.

Love it when people we like a lot. Win in the end.

The clear best player of the season didn't receive one single vote because he was a white male. This season was a total woke mob show with one of the worst winners of all time. The jury honestly should be embarrassed of themselves.

This was an amazing finale. It's rating should be way higher than it is, but I can see why a lot of people didn't like it. They didn't like Erika winning the season. I went into the finale cheering for Xander and Erika. I was cheering for Xander because I thought he played an amazing game, and Erika because she is Canadian. Everybody (including me) thought Xander should have won. He made smart moves, major strategical decisions, managed to not have to play his idol for 20 days, till the final 5 all while everyone knew about it, and more. Don't get me wrong. Erika played a great game. But not as good as Xander. Deshawn was right when he said there were no goats in the final three and all of them had a chance to win, I just thought Xander had the best game out of the three. That is why me, and most people are upset because he didn't even get a vote. If I wasn't Canadian, I probably would have given this episode a 5 or 6/10 at the best, but it was so cool for me, to see only the second ever Canadian to play win the game. It was a very cool moment, and I like how Jeff acknowledged it when he announced Erika the winner.

Besides the outcome, the actual episode itself was very good. They had one of the best fire making challenges ever. It was unbelievable to watch. Also, Ricard getting voted out was a sad moment. I never really liked Ricard in this season, but towards the end of the season, he started to grow on me and I really respected his game.

Lastly, the reunion in Fiji was cool, a little odd, but cool. I understand they didn't want to risk anything with the Covid situation, so they decided to read the votes and have the reunion show on location, but I miss the classic on location, in LA reunion show. It probably won't be in season 42 either because they filmed it back to back with season 41. I will admit, announcing the winner on the island for the first time since Season 1 (Borneo) was pretty cool.

This season had a VERY rough start, but it ended up saving itself in the end and didn't end up being that bad. It definitely isn't one of the best seasons, but it is for sure not near the worst. Season 42 looks like a literal mirror image to season 41, but regardless, I am excited to watch it!

Absolutely terrible ending. Erika literally did nothing to deserve to win. Shame on the jury and shame on CBS for letting this happen. What an absolute joke!

This season seemed scripted, also is was edited horribly. Xander clearly deserved to win but because he didn't get the chance to talk about his strategic moves and he lost. I have to imagine as they rewatch the season they realize Erika is a bad winner.

She's female and a person of color. That's it. I can't remember a single thing she did except took a week to make fire when she was by herself. Xander had this hands down. Deshawn didn't win because he was immensely disliked. Otherwise you know, you know what I'm saying? Huh? Huh? Ricard saying his husband was pregnant was one of the most disturbing things my wife and I have ever heard. Can you imagine kids watching and perplexed, asking men can have babies??? Nauseating and what's with all these people patting themselves on the back. Briana so proud that she was totally duped. These millennials have no pride. At least Shan ( one of the most unlikabke players ever ) didn't even get close so there is that. If Survivor continues this nauseating woke trend then it's time to end it before it becomes a complete woke joke. Hey Ricard and Shan you GUYS lost.