Greetings

I know there's already threads on AUS seasons but I don't wanna get spoiled so I'm just starting fresh. Tho I think I know two Aus winners and will recognize them when I start their seasons but oh well

I hear its best to skip the first two seasons and just jump into the 2016 reboot aka s3. So heeeere we go!

26 eps, an hour each at least. Hot damn!

Old people, yay!

Banjo Vernzooie @ 1/1/2022 12:40

Season 8 continues to be the best season of survivor ever tho

Damn, if only I could watch it sometime after watching 3!

This wizard hat is amazing

Cast already feels more authentic than most US casts in at least 20 seasons

You can already feel the amount of breathing room given. I’m 30 minutes in and still on intro camp life for tribe 2 of 3. At this same point in a US premiere we would already have an IC loser lol

Maybe the worst puzzle performance in Survivor history in ep1

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lol Des. The most clear cut first boot I’ve ever seen. Man gave himself no chance

Very promising premiere

Episode 2

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Good blindside. Bianca could’ve been a fun watch with her background but she played it like a goof Glad PISTOL PETE stayed. But not if he’s gonna end up walking, hope he doesn’t

Do it bub

Episode 3 is so juicy so far

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They took a very standard Survivor situation (clue vs something for the tribe) and milked maximum drama out of it. I love what went down with Rohan losing the clue and Evan finding it and ratting him out and then Rohan spilling it all before Evan could tell Lee, great stuff. Still only partway through it This same scenario on the US version would likely result in nothing new and be glossed over in five minutes, but this is really showing the ripple effects on each tribe

Ep 3

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lol Evan. Really should’ve used that clue to his advantage and tried harder to find the idol, didn’t seem that hard. He prob wouldn’t have played it even if he found it tho. Certainly won’t miss him but I wish he stayed over Kat, he’s a rat but rats are nice to have, Kat doesn’t offer much yet imo. Hated Evan’s public final words about Rohan having the idol, poor sport. Good for Phoebe for the smart call to boot him, seems best for her game

Ep 4

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Aw Pistol Pete. Really wish he stuck it out but it seemed inevitable Great ep, good idol related segments especially everything Phoebe and Rohan related. Really liking Phoebe so far I like Lee but he’s certainly Host Jonathan’s Boston Rob so far lol. He’s suffering from the same Probst man crush disease Don’t like that TC was cancelled at all, wish they played it out. I assume Kat was for sure leaving but who knows if Phoebe was gonna pull the trigger on Rohan there, maybe she’ll say at the start of the next ep

lol holy shit

Ep 5

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What an episode. It’s funny, I feel like I would hate this twist in the US version but for this version I’m kinda like fuck it, anything goes! The precious sanctity of the game and its history isn’t as important to me When the two tribes showed up together I thought they were gonna vote together and boot one person. Wasn’t looking forward to that because I wanted to see each tribe’s core play out Swapping tribes…didn’t see that coming. Again, kinda don’t like it but kinda just in it for good tv and that was a great episode so it’s fine. Was really surprised to see Nick get ousted. And I thought for sure it would be Flick. I loved Conner making a huge mess of things and just spilling it all to Flick at camp, that was so awkward but I liked seeing Flick scramble. Loved seeing Connor Matt and Sam spill to each other after Flick and Brooke thought they had them wrapped around their fingers. I feel bad that Kylie revealed her idol during a useless TC lol. That’s gotta hurt Then the OTHER twist with taking someone with you, woof. Poor Sam might’ve just been dicked over so hard by Conner unintentionally, that’s gotta be rough. I wish Conner picked Flick just to fuck her over and get his new tribe to boot her Also lol @ Barry kinda joining the Dr Sean club. And he still voted Nick?? That’s hilarious

Ep 6

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What an insane comeback by red, that was p crazy. I don’t think US version has ever done fire making in place of the final puzzle portion? Not that I recall anyway. It seems like a no brainer, they should adopt it from time to time Barry was a fun character but I’m not too sad he went here, his voting schtick and not wanting to play schtick already got old fast. Would’ve felt bad for Conner or especially Sam if they just got booted right away. The Craig blindside would’ve been juicy tho