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120. Lea "Sarge" Masters (Survivor: Vanuatu - 9th Place)

Once again, this is a highly ranked player because I like and have a lot of respect for our American heroes, especially those that happen to be soldiers. Sarge was the figurehead leader of the Fat Five, although Chris was the guy behind the scenes, pulling all the strings. Sarge originally wanted to work with the younger players, perhaps thinking them easier to manipulate than the older guys, but they didn't want anything to do with alliances, so he aligned with everyone else, and an awesome alliance was born. Sarge was a good leader. Despite being a drill sergeant, he was a really nice guy, and he was truly hurt when Twila turned on his team at the merge, because he'd been honest with her about bringing her into the fold with the men. But that's more a credit to Julie's gameplay than anything else. His jury question fake-out was awesome and gave Chris yet another chance to heap some bullshit onto his greatest final tribal council performance of all time, so that's always a good thing.


119. Michael "Mikey B" Bortone (Survivor: Micronesia - 17th Place)

Mikey B was probably one of the best fans Airai had to offer, both physically, and in terms of the fans not getting steamrolled by the far-superior Malakal tribe. After all, Mikey had watched Survivor...*finger point* since the beginning. He really did seem like a smart guy, but he just happened to fall into a situation where he was up against the only other alpha male in the game, and people were more inclined to trust Joel, I guess, as the tribe's STRONGEST member, than to trust Mikey, who, while strong, might come off as a bit of a schemer. He survived the fans' first tribal council when his girlfriend, the ever-popular Mary Who, was voted out, and then he basically had to beg, just to try and save himself, because he knew he was clearly on the outs. But alas, Airai was pretty boned when it came to winning immunity challenges, because even though they has Joel, Mikey, Jason and Erik, the women were kinda useless, while the favs voted out two of their three weakest links right off the bat, so Airai was sent to tribal council and Mikey was voted first into a tie with Chet, and then into an unfortunate early elimination.


118. Jerri Manthey (Survivor: All-Stars - 10th Place)

As much as people hated Jerri in Australia, that's precisely the reason why you had to appreciate her return for All-Stars. She was supposed to be the villain you loved to hate once more. But really, Jerri wasn't all that bad the second time around. I mean, yes, she joined forces with Jenna early on to target the winners, but I put the blame for that more on Jenna than on Jerri, who seemed more interested in repairing her damaged reputation. Unfortunately, she was stuck on a tribe with two of Survivor's all-time most-loved characters, so if she even got into a slight fight with one of them, she was gonna get thrown under the bus, and she kinda was when she rightfully tried to get Rupert to NOT build a below-ground shelter on a beach. Anyway, her relationship with Colby was even funnier the second time around, because she seemed great at pushing his buttons and he really didn't like her. And then she got screwed over by Lex being a complete dumbass, as explained in an earlier ranking. The audience booed her at the final tribal council, which I thought was kinda sad (and it really goes to show how pathetic Corinne is, because Jerri left the reunion due to the unfounded hatred, while Corinne revelled in it.)


117. Gretchen Cordy (Survivor: Borneo - 10th Place)

Gretchen was the first real blindside vote in Survivor history, at a time when the term "blindside" wasn't even really being used. She also was the first real victim of the Tagi 4 (Dirk doesn't count) solidifying their initial alliance in the annuls of Survivor history. Gretchen was the leader of Pagong as a hard worker and a strong woman in general. Everyone loved her, it seemed, from her tribemates, to the Tagis, to the production crew, who were openly saddened to see her voted out. But really, the reason Gretchen ranks so low, despite being just the kind of person I would normally root for, is because her early boot is almost entirely her own fault. She was so against alliances and she wanted to play fair, which certainly makes her a fan favorite since fans seem to hate anyone with a brain and root for positive challenge whores, that she wound up voting out the only alliance-minded player on her tribe, who could've stopped Tagi before they started. Still, her boot is an amazing moment in Survivor history, and she was the victim of the first ever blindside, so here she comes in at 117.


116. Lex van den Berghe (Survivor: Africa - 3rd Place)

While my opinion on Lex has greatly soured since Africa, that's mainly because of his disaterous appearance on Survivor: All-Stars, so this write-up will try to be as Africa-centric as possible. His first season, I actually liked Lex. He seemed like a good leader to the Boran tribe and his boys club alliance didn't really bother me because Ethan was a nice guy and Big Tom was absolutely hilarious. However, Lex became a complete dumbass at the merge of Africa, first when he targetted Clarence and let Clarence know he was doing so (this was in an era where past votes meant you would lose a tiebreaker), which allowed for Clarence and Teresa to both vote for Lex with Clarence still getting voted out (because Samburu, aside from Teresa, didn't think to jump on the bandwagon with Clarence to maybe take someone else out). But then, upon receiving TWO votes, Lex, rather than targetting one of the Samburus who was actually likely to have cast the second vote, he instead decided to target one of his closest allies. The result would've sent Lex home had Brandon not being so secretive or idiotic. But Lex survived that and made it all the way to the final 4, where he would've stood a good chance of losing to either Ethan or Big Tom, had Kim not won the final 4 immunity on a bad question. His reputation was tarnished by All-Stars, and it brought to light how stupid he was the first time around, but he still ranks highly because I liked him in Africa.