New Survivor Cast is out - Fans vs. Favs

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yes, that put them in a big hole so they would have lost either way. But they never came close to making it through the course, they were clearly struggling more than the favorites.

And I consider it more than weak, it's patently lame. To me, the crux of Survivor is, "Let's take these people, put them in awful survival conditions so they're hungry, weak, and tire. Then let's throw some crazy-ass challenges at them and watch 'em flail!" So the interesting part of this season, with one experienced tribe vs. one inexperienced tribe was, "Does being better at the survival part give you an advantage?" All other things being equal (i.e., still not knowing the particulars of a challenge), does eating and sleeping better translate to victory.

Of COURSE they're going to win a challenge that has a learning curve and that they've already done. That says nothing interesting, to me. That's just stacking things in their favor.