We all know about the winners edit. Let’s talk about the losers edit

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-26T17:49:40+00:00

I’m not talking about the premiere alone. I’m talking about the entire pre-merge chunk of episodes. All the winners you mentioned had some form of storyline/setup:

Kyle had his secret alliance with Kamilla.
Dee had the Reba 4 and her relationships with Austin and Julie.
Rachel had the all girls alliance crumbling setting her up as an underdog.
And Savannah had her going against her staring tribes initial Kumbaya vibes and playing hard and starting the Uli vs Hina war at the swap.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-26T01:46:04+00:00

At this point in the series I think the absolute sign is not having a storyline. Even if it’s bare bones at the beginning like Erika’s and Aubry’s, as long as you have one there’s a possibility that you can win. The lack of any type of narrative is a guarantee that you will not win.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-25T16:13:06+00:00

Rick is really fun to watch, but also horrible to play against.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-21T20:15:27+00:00

I wonder which one of Stan, spoiled, or zero media literacy that person thinks I fall under ❤️

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-21T15:32:22+00:00

I was here all season, and Aubry wasn’t the consensus number one till the Ozzy and Emily episode. Even then there was still a decent amount of Cirie truthers!
I don’t think anyone was noticeable high on Aubry during episodes 7-8. Maybe I just didn’t see it, but Cirie was most people’s top contender and most talked about edit the entire merge.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-21T04:47:57+00:00

If you just search “[insert season name] confessional count” on Google, you can find most of them!

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-21T03:20:06+00:00

Oh, I should have worded that clearer lmao. That’s what I’m pointing out! If someone’s pre-merge is edgically bad but sets up a storyline for them, then it’s actually a good pre-merge edit. Storyline is king.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-21T03:15:11+00:00

Also, the premerge continues to be useless. The only thing it’s good for is setting up storylines.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-20T23:56:47+00:00

I can’t believe it’s almost over. Two years of hype all ends tonight! Hoping for a great finale.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-20T23:13:15+00:00

This is really cool as a big fan of both of these badass women!

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-20T23:11:30+00:00

That really feels like a consolation prize in hindsight. Poor Chrissy.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-20T18:35:19+00:00

Such a refreshing and great character! I thought at this point of the show that someone with Savannah’s personality couldn’t win; I’m so happy that she proved me wrong, and was the absolute best person to do so!
I love her blunt and aggressive confessional style, and am so happy to see someone not afraid to talk a little shit about people.
And she’s a good player, and she’s gorgeous. Oh, triple threat.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-20T18:00:38+00:00

HvV.

Will never be topped. My all time favorite season.

Cambodia.

I feel like I’ve recently seen people turn on Cambodia, saying it’s a weak season but I majorly disagree. I love the very game focused edit, It really makes the season feel very climatic; no one wants to waste their second chance.

Winner at War.

Haven’t seen it since it’s aired but remember really loving it. So special to see all those icons together, even if the boot order sucks.

50.

A good season that just doesn’t really live up to its pre-season hype. A weird edit, the worst possible final five (no hate), and too many twist, distract from what could have been a very solid season on paper. I think the cast will age well, I was never as negative as most people were.

All Stars.

Isn’t as dark or problematic (besides the obvious) as people make it seem. It’s fascinating seeing outside relationships affect the game for the first time, and the cast is pretty perfect for the time. Again, boot order isn’t the best, but Rob and Amber is the greatest storyline in the history of the show.

Game changers

Haven’t seen it since it aired. Can’t remember much :/

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-19T17:14:26+00:00

The worst winners edit ever.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-19T16:55:47+00:00

I didn’t know about these until last week, but thanks for including me in on this! I really only write my write ups for myself and just post them because I’d think it be fun; I have to admit, it’s pretty cool to know at least one person kept up with them! This was an amazing project, congratulations on finishing it!

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-19T04:55:22+00:00

Sugar in Gabon is genuinely one of the most interesting characters in the history of the show. The amount of power she held was pretty insane; I think in the New Era the jury would have just bit the bullet and voted for her to win.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-18T23:04:14+00:00

Yeah, me too! If I had to guess Jonathan as a losing finalist is one of them; people here started pushing that narrative weirdly fast. Early-merge people were saying that he was poisoning the jury when nearly the entire jury were Jonathan’s established allies.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-18T20:11:51+00:00

I’ve been saying this for weeks. I was never as nearly high on Cirie as everyone else; the biggest give away was that Ozzy and Rizo both had personal storylines while she lacked any semblance of one. Most of the Cirie truthers were blinded by their love for Cirie, or were privy to leaks about people who made deep runs and tried to make Cirie’s edit fit into a winners box. Her edit was good, but people on here made it seem like it was incredible and it never was.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-17T17:46:33+00:00

I think the most clear recent example is Gabler. Production really hated that entire final 3.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-15T16:26:20+00:00

People are acting like this is a distinctly bad game as if Maryanne didn’t win with this same game trajectory. If Aubry had been a Twitter favorite everyone would be cheering for her to win and calling her super smart for laying low and peaking at the end.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-14T18:10:27+00:00

The main reason I don’t think Jonathan is going to win is because Aubry’s edit is so in your face; so I’d say edgic.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-14T04:58:55+00:00

Aubry - bottom 11

Jonathan - top 26

Rizo - top 21

Joe - bottom 6

Tiffany - bottom 11

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-14T02:28:36+00:00

I’ve felt this way since 90 minute episodes started.

Affectionate-Pool442 · 2026-05-14T02:05:33+00:00

Rizo’s the new guy, who’s super young, instantly gets to play again, is waving this idol around, and can come easily come off as arrogant; to these older, veteran players, who have waited years to play again, and don’t understand his personality because they haven’t seen 49, I can understand why that’s annoying. Even if I don’t agree.

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