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Survivor

My magnum opus of quarantine was watching all 40 seasons of Survivor. I will record here my current ranking of the seasons. Fair warning, I have a strong positive bias toward seasons with an all-new cast of players and a medium bias to pre-season 20 seasons. The following is an excerpt from my spreadsheet of Survivor data. God save me.

Pearl Islands
Cook Islands
Cagayan
Heroes vs. Villains
China
Cambodia
Micronesia
Philippines
The Amazon
David vs. Goliath
Tocantins
Millennials vs. Gen X
Blood vs. Water
Kaoh Rong
Panama: Exile Island
San Juan del Sur
Winners at War
Caramoan
Borneo
Fiji
Marquesas
Australia
Palau
Africa
Ghost Island
Samoa
All Stars
Guatemala
Vanuatu
Edge of Extinction
Game Changers
Redemption Island
South Pacific
One World
Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
Gabon
Nicaragua
Worlds Apart
Island of the Idols
Thailand

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