Even though I've seen the season, I'm shocked this turned out to be 26 minutes lmao. Also, I love Holly but I forgot how surprising it can be to the viewer (and even to me too) that she makes it to the first tribe swap

@OnceUponAnIsland

3 ай бұрын

And to think I cut things out to make the edit tighter lol

@TheHshoston

15 күн бұрын

@@OnceUponAnIslandid watch extended versions of all these videos

@OnceUponAnIsland

15 күн бұрын

Lucky for you, that is what all the story videos I make about each player on each season are!

@TheHshoston

14 күн бұрын

@@OnceUponAnIsland I’m binge watching lol

Survivor Nicaragua walked so Survivor Millenials vs Gen X could run.

@hewiebecker6165

3 ай бұрын

Shannon dug himself low so Varner could go subterranean.

@TheLoserface45

3 ай бұрын

Nicaragua walked realllly slow

@loganslife3901

Ай бұрын

It’s true Millennials vs Gen X was amazing

22:00 The irony of ‘you’ll be players no one remembers’ and Purple Kelly is so famous she has an edit named after her.

@prouddamienstan

2 ай бұрын

and na’onka is infamous for her rivalry with kelly b and just being downright unhinged

Fabio is truly one of those characters who put a full 20 into charisma and left a 1 in intelligence 😂

@EthanDephouse

2 ай бұрын

BAHAHAHA NO WAYY

@ryanc5572

28 күн бұрын

Bruh, his Charisma is a 5 at best

Can we all agree that Fabio deserves it over Chase?

@itzwakk335

3 ай бұрын

No!

@getmoist1960

3 ай бұрын

thats the spirit @@itzwakk335

@MyNameGoose

3 ай бұрын

Yes!

@martonyomchale342

3 ай бұрын

No. Chase played a better game. So did Sash.

@aperson22222

3 ай бұрын

I really don't care for either of them winning. (And I don't like Sash much, either.)

Jimmy T is the epitome of “pick me!” energy

@esinger23

3 ай бұрын

He really is

@mikemo1993

3 ай бұрын

Dude if he hadn't already crossed the 40 year mark, I would have written him off as a closet incel. Any flash of resentment is an automatic red flag for me.

@itzwakk335

3 ай бұрын

Fr bro thought he was a hero 💀

@crazyinsanepenguin

2 ай бұрын

Put me in coach 😭

Nicaragua is an underrated season imo, lots of funny characters, great moments, a mix of smart and dumb strategy, both of which are fun to watch and a very unique likeable winner.

@pokechespingames9084

3 ай бұрын

Fr, though I think chases redemption arc was better than Fabio’s likable personality.

The theme could have worked fine if not for one massive mistake, which was not casting anyone between the ages of 31-40. Millennials v. Gen X was a lot more balanced because a lot of the Gen X players were in their 30s.

@mikenolin8747

3 ай бұрын

If they ever theme the show again they can do a season of peeps in their 30's vs peeps in theirs 50's...lol no

in twist like this the casting is KEEEYYYY. Old vs Young easily could’ve worked in Exile Island (again if they fully committed to it). in this scenario, this was the start of the recruitment heavy era. people who barely watched the show and had no business being out there. if they had old heads who really wanted to play and youngies who grew up watching and finally have their chance to play, it would’ve made a better season.

fabio genuinely has one of my favorite types of voices ever

I don't watch survivor at all, but these videos are captivating

@OnceUponAnIsland

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I still can’t believe that they put their WOODEN CHEST next to the fire. Apparently they didn’t realize that the fire would’ve burned everything

@EriktionEBW

2 ай бұрын

It was raining tho ... wet wood doesnt burn duh

Fabios reaction to the vote that has 420 on the corner always makes me laugh. He was more excited to see that than he was to win

@supermegaguy666

3 ай бұрын

I'm guessing that was Benry

@bigbuffguy9589

3 ай бұрын

@@supermegaguy666 It was NaOnka's vote. They bonded at the volcano reward.

Top 10 times survivors stole, hid, or destroyed other peoples possessions

@OnceUponAnIsland

3 ай бұрын

Yeah! Do that one!

it might be a horrible season but it gave us Brenda and for that reason i’ll always love it

i need a psychoanalysis of naonka

@Shan_Dalamani

3 ай бұрын

Why? She's stark-raving nuts. Or at least she was when that season was filmed. If she hasn't improved in the meantime, I pity whoever has the misfortune to be anywhere near her.

@MenverMan

3 ай бұрын

So does Naonka lol

It's a little ironic that the goat rancher is perceived by the homemaker as too prissy about sand.

Purple Kelly and Naonka played survivor longer than any new era player

Fun fact: NaOnka, aka prosthetic leg hater, crazy loud person, and quitter, had the most confessionals out of anyone on the season with 50. She finished in 8th place.

@hikarukinomoto

3 ай бұрын

Technically 9th, her torch was snuffed before Purple Kelly's

@PhantomAngel147

3 ай бұрын

@@hikarukinomotosmuffed

@pokechespingames9084

3 ай бұрын

NaOnka is my favorite survivor from season 1-29 so far.

@tmm4195

3 ай бұрын

@@pokechespingames9084 lol that's wild

@joelpww

3 ай бұрын

She should have been outed earlier.

Tyrone underrated fr

Yet another phenomenal video. I'm sure others like me watch your videos over the show because your videos do a wonderful job of summarizing in an entertaining way.

Genuinely I think the best thing they could've done for the season is not make it Young vs Old. If Shannon and Na'Onka were on a tribe with older people there's no way they wouldn't have gotten slapped down and the younger people wouldn't have dealt with Jimmy T.'s bullshit either; plus the whole tribe imbalance wouldn't have happened. I don't mind the old vs young twist but it did NOT work here. I think if they do a young vs old thing again they need to make the older people significantly stronger (a whole tribe of former NFL coaches and chess grandmasters (actual ones) and Olympians (but no Crystal Cox please)) instead of a bunch of random old people.

I think the cast on this season is actually quite entertaining and has a lot of great characters

the fact that I just finished watching this season yesterday and you just made a video about it is crazy

Mistakes 1. The Medallion of Power twist. It almost always guaranteed a win for the tribe when it was used and there's no surprise that the show dropped that twist after the swap. 2. They needed people between 31-40 years old. 3. Casting. Most of the casting was terrible this season. When Fabio is winning the season because he was nice to people, you have a really bad cast. A lot of the early boots had people that really shouldn't even be playing the game, then the middle of the game boots were people who were in fact not playing the game, and then the last of the tribals was "well shit Fabio has immunity, who do we vote instead?" 4. Allowing Naonka and Purple Kelly to be on the jury. This is more a personal take but quitters don't deserve to be on the Jury (unless its medical or family related). Allllll of this said. It was interesting to watch the younger tribe self collapse on itself like the women's tribe in Vanuatu even with the numbers against the older tribe. Sure therevwere ultimately three younger people at the end but players like Jill lasted a lot longer than I'd thought they would.

@esdeathisbae9480

3 ай бұрын

They fixed the rules. Now quitters can't be on the jury

@bigbuffguy9589

3 ай бұрын

They already set the precedent for a quitter to be on the jury in Palau with Janu, so it would have been completely unfair to Fabio to remove Purple Kelly and NaOnka. Also, their quits are 100% on production. They were both recruited and were given hardly any clothing in one of the worst rain seasons in Survivor history. Also, the casting was not "terrible" this season. It's a well above average cast from an entertainment standpoint.

@MrWanton16

3 ай бұрын

Sorta disagree on 3. Fabio in part won because Chase's messy jury management. Yes, he was also unfourtante because the quitters were given jury spots but they still had multiple shots to get him out and they couldn't stop him. Fabio may not be a strategic mastermind but he still beat them out fair and square

@esdeathisbae9480

3 ай бұрын

@@MrWanton16 there's no set rule on winning survivor gotta know what your jury wants and Fabio got just enough people to like him and that's all it takes

@lilsmurfy8349

3 ай бұрын

@@esdeathisbae9480 I mean this jury were pretty much emotional players as well as chase and fabio, like if chase was less emotional and more intelligent he could of actually won and not fabio which funny enough Fabio was less emotional than Chase

This season was a definite "what if" for me. Like what if the old vs young were not a thing. Wonder what the dynamics of each tribe would be like.

I love Fabio what a nice king

I actually liked Fabio, and I was happy to see him win this game.

This season is a bigger mess than Gabon imo

Unless you miscounted the whole time, old had 4 going into merge (Marty, Dan, Holly, Jane)

@OnceUponAnIsland

3 ай бұрын

If I said three then I forgot about Dan LOL

Can confirm that people from Fromberg, MT are weird as hell haha

not the alligator shoes!!

Say what you want about the old survivor but it still beats the hell out of the new survivor

@tmm4195

3 ай бұрын

I would argue the dark age seasons don't except for maybe season 41

Watched the original intro theme (not the one used on the show) as recommended. Using that intro would've helped make the season a little more special IMO. It was totally different, but in a good way. Really wished after seeing/hearing it that they tailored all the intro music the same way to the geographical locations of the seasons.

Its kinda forgettable but the medallion of power is the only thing that makes the early challenges somewhat interesting

finally someone has said it 😂😂😂

"There is nobody to root for because everyone is either boring or a villain" I ALWAYS ROOT FOR THE (GOOD) VILLAINS!

@OnceUponAnIsland

3 ай бұрын

There were no good villains at that point, in my opinion.

@thetaekwondoe3887

26 күн бұрын

Isn't good villain an oxymoron?

Thailand kind’ve already did the young tribe vs old tribe twist, albeit by accident. Chuay Gahn had the older players (minus Tanya) while Sook Jai had the younger players (minus Jake).

You totally omitted Brenda's departure entirely

Nicaragua is such, a fun season. So many people should return. Some of the cast are hilarious. Jane, Holly, Fabio, Benry, Marty, Jill, Yve, Tyron, Alina all of them should have returned. They are fantastic. If NaOnka hadn’t of quit I’d her to that list too.

Why do I not remember a season that had Jimmy Johnson on it? Sheesh.

I always have had a soft spot for this season. It's not great but it's better than a lot of the dire 20s.

I like this very short and succinct summary that seems to hit all the major notes here. It’s about as much Nicaragua as I can handle before I start feeling disgusted.

I think the old vs young thing could work even today. Cast 40+ people who are fit, and more in shape, farmers, athletic trainers, physically fit and strong people and then on the other younger side, people who are more brain savvy...but not so much brawn, that way even though their bodies are younger theyre not as conditioned to compete physically. That would be interesting.

@dhilandass7986

2 ай бұрын

so old brawns and young brains??

@jburnaquatic

26 күн бұрын

@@dhilandass7986 yes pretty much haha

See the whole idea that the young won because the old people were physically unable is only part if it but really the problem the old people had was that it was a very fractured tribe with players like jane and holly feeling like outsiders making swaying them easier. You can kind of see on the tribe with jane marty and jill they come have pulled fabio and possibly one more but do to their own personal squabbling lost any shot to even the numbers age and physicality wasnt the issue.

Survivor - Nicaragua is like make it make sense

This is one of the few seasons I didn't see, due to not having a working TV... and yikes. It looks like they forgot to make sure they cast emotionally stable people who weren't simultaneously racists and ableists. Oh, and thieves. Funny how one person was simultaneously all three of those. She should have been booted off the show the moment she threatened violence toward the woman with the prosthetic leg. Gotta wonder who in their right mind brings a $1600 pair of shoes camping?

The Nicaragua season was memorial for not the good reasons. I don't think I need to say who on that, and no it wasn't because of Purple Kelly. Also, on the edit side note to mention: I have seen this season when it was new.

These early people were mental!

My Rankings: 20. Wendy Jo 19. Jimmy T. 18. Shannon 17. Jimmy J. 16. Alina 15. Kelly B. 14. Purple Kelly 13. Tyrone 12. Yve 11. Jill 10. Dan 9. Benry 8. NaOnka 7. Marty 6. Fabio 5. Brenda 4. Sash 3. Holly 2. Chase 1. Jane

@pokechespingames9084

3 ай бұрын

NaOnka

Marty should have known Fabio was smarter then he looks when he mentioned “bobby fisher” just knowing that name and what he’s known for is probably someone thats smart

Anybody who says they don’t pee in the pool is a liar

There must have been something in the Fiji water that season.

@OnceUponAnIsland

3 ай бұрын

Fiji?

@demo2823

3 ай бұрын

​@@OnceUponAnIslandWas joking about the luxury brand and forgot Survivour wasn't always inly in Fiji.

Brenda >>>

They seriously went all in on casting quirky irritable people this season. It was basically stunt casting

Marty was a lil too cocky. I wouldn’t have told anyone about the idol; even the people I’m in an alliance with.

If only we got to see Jimmy T and his true potential. Might be looking at one of the best players ever

I liked this season. Sure there are some awful characters, but that's the case for every season, and most of them went home early. The medallon of power was stupid, yes! But I'm not mad about since it didn't interphere in the game, like many advantages nowadays. Fabio was a satisfying underdog winner! To start with, he was one of the few nice people who kept a good attitude in such harsh envvironment, and in the end he did what needed to be done. Sash is a GREAT villain and played really well, althought he failed at the most important thing: making friends with the jury. Chase was there... At least he's so hot. I always found Wendy Jo a lovely character and a memorable first boot for some reason. I loved Holly's arch and JANE OME I LOVE HER!!!! Can't believe how underrated she is. Marty was super entertaining as well (and I like him because he mentioned Guillermo Vilas), his elimination was a high point, just like Brenda. I think that Jill had potential, but was at the wrong side of the numbers. I never understood the hate towards Alina, but I even liked the quit since I HATE Neonka! Oh, and there was another quit, right?! (joke). At least you gotta give it to the season that the term Purple was born here.

Naonka is my least favorite Survivor, brings nothing but a headache.

This season was SO annoying but the fact that Fabio won made it bearable lol

I read somewhere that this entire cast was recruited and I think that can explain for some of the terrible game play

you swapped the order of Jane and Dan's vote-outs

@OnceUponAnIsland

3 ай бұрын

Ah, someone noticed. I did it for dramatic effect.

@kodamaakemi9758

3 ай бұрын

@@OnceUponAnIsland OH 😂

They really should have just kept each of the initial groups as the two tribes lol

They needed more challenges the old could win like using a rotary phone and driving a stick shift. Cause supposedly younger people can't do that.

Brenda is soooooo beautiful

2:47 ... and then Gordon Ramsay found sand in his chicken.

So I'm the only one who thinks of sandwiches when you mention jimmy Johns?? Didn't know the football coach or the NASCAR versions.....don't know what it says about me that the one I thought of immediately is sandwiches

@OnceUponAnIsland

3 ай бұрын

Jimmy Johnson is different than Jimmy Johns lol

fabio>

I actually really like this season but I watch it more for a laugh rather than wanting to watch some serious game play 😂

@Samenameasme

Ай бұрын

But I also love Fabio as a winner I think him winning made the series end on a good note (I also am partial to challenge beasts and fun personalities 😂)

I’m not a quitter, I’m a thief, racist and overall rude person. Literally she is the kid who does not quit, she just takes the ball (not hers) and goes home when she starts losing…

Unfortunately this season has the majority of the most wretched people they could find. It felt like they took all the rejects from prior seasons and decided to do a season with that. It felt like it then and it still feels like it all that’s years later. Most forgettable season for a reason.

Jane and Holly boring?! BORING?! SMH. Those two are fantastic

I guess I don’t understand why it is a vote at the very end? That seems stupid

@OnceUponAnIsland

3 ай бұрын

What do you mean? A vote for the winner?

Chase was so cringe

my hot take is that Shannon didn't do nothing crazy asking if he was gay. cuz he did seem gay ngl. the way he spoke. this is not a hate comment or anything of the sort, just a clear observation. and he was voted out for asking a "mean" question.but you know who did mess up, that one dude who called out the trans person, like that was not even a move, it was just mean and out of place comment.

@slaterism2762

Ай бұрын

why does it matter if the dude is gay tho? and he even argued with the answer.. so nah, bruh was just being a homophobic asshole.

NaOnka is the greatest survivor to life.

They wouldn’t dare do women vs men, that would be a bloodbath for the women 😂

@OnceUponAnIsland

3 ай бұрын

They did do men vs women, 3 times.

@XanderMatthews-nv9zf

3 ай бұрын

Women actually went 2/3, and is held by one of the most dominant wins in survivor history: Kim Spradlin

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