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130. Zoe Zanidakis (Survivor: Marquesas - 8th Place)

I'd just like to say that Zoe has the most awesome name in Survivor history, and no one will ever top it, unless they get someone like...Zelda Zeroni on the show. Second, how weird is it that of all the people who could've become famewhores and mactors, ZOE is the one who tried to get an acting career. This is a fugly fishing boat captain from Maine, and yet she somehow desired a career in showbusiness. She had a horrible edit and was basically ignored, yet in her final few episodes, she was hilariously caught in a lie by Boston Rob, then she randomly decided to vote against John, rather than sticking by her allies (ruining the blindside) and was booted unanimously after trying to win friends with special bracelets. I give her a LOT of credit for being the only person of the Rotu 4 to not be a bitter asshole about getting owned by the group of five weaklings that took over the game. Yeah, that lack of bitterness led to her voting for useless Neleh, but still, it was a positive reaction that was nice to see, given how bitter her allies were.


129. Danielle DiLorenzo (Survivor: Exile Island - 2nd Place)

I don't get why everyone picks on Danielle and calls her a horse. I mean, she's not attractive perse, but she's certainly less horse-faced than someone like Amanda or Parvati, and both of them have tons of fans. When the final two of EI was revealed, I was pissed off, because honestly, the final 2 players were the worst possible two of the final 7, and I couldn't believe fate would be that cruel. Danielle was unfairly owned, despite being a far more intelligent strategic player, while Aras pretty much rode Cirie's coattails the entire game and then won a challenge at the very end. Since EI, I've come to respect Danielle's gameplay much more, especially since she had a good game going for her until Bruce was medevaced, eliminating one of her closest allies. I mean, she was a big part of the Bobby blindside, which greatly helped her game while hurting La Mina and Aras. She was kind of a bitch, but that was to be expected, given just how much of a clusterfuck the NuCasaya tribe was, and she had to be a bitch to be interesting.


128. Ethan Zohn (Survivor: All-Stars - 11th Place)

Going into All-Stars, I guess I'd agree that Ethan deserved his spot. I mean, he HAD won his season the first time around, and he was a fan favorite. But he was just too nice and bland to be a good player to bring back for a second season. Thankfully, Ethan proved that wrong when he had to fight to survive from the very beginning of the game. He was stuck on a tribe with his ex-girlfriend (no, not Corinne, but Jesus Christ, how many chicks has Ethan been with?) Jenna Lewis, who conveniently wanted to eliminate all the winners, and Ethan happened to be one. His only ally, Tina, was eliminated, and he was put on the defensive, and he started to fight for his survival. He was sarcastic towards Jenna, which was funny because she was a horrid bitch, and then when he got transferred over to Mogo Mogo, he tried to save himself by working with his old buddy, Lex. Sadly, Lex was a douchebag who was trying to play without emotion (only other players were allowed to play emotionally...to benefit him, apparently), and Ethan was booted over Jerri. It was a dumb move, and Ethan went home as the last winner standing, so good for him. I wish him all the luck in the world as far as fighting his cancer goes now.


127. Travis "Bubba" Sampson (Survivor: Vanuatu - 13th Place)

I loved the Fat Five alliance. Each and every one of them. But really, Bubba is famous for one moment and one moment only, and that's pretty much gonna be the focus of this write-up. First off, how much of a redneck do you have to be to go on Survivor in a Bob Barker shirt and go by the nickname "Bubba"? That's hilarious. Equally hilarious is the fact that Bubba got royally screwed by the tribe swap in his season. He got put in the minority on a tribe of women in a season where the women pretty much hated the men. And he might've survived over Rory (heaven forbid) had he not made a piss poor mistake of openly trying to contact his own allies in front of his new tribe. Ami caught him and booted his ass at the very next tribal council. It was absolutely deserved and absolutely hilarious.

Also, I can't do a write-up of Bubba without mentioning Survivor: Warriors. I was in an online Survivor game where one of the characters was Bubba. He had a poor social game and was slated to be the first boot from his tribe, but was spared by a twist that allowed my tribe to kidnap him. He then decided to throw challenges on his old tribe, continually being kidnapped and kept safe while screwing his team over. Having been the second boot, it was actually pathetic to see my tribe succeed because the other tribe was purposefully losing. Anyway, Bubba worked his way into an alliance and made it all the way to the final three before being voted out, and when the game was over, it was revealed that the real Bubba was playing himself, and he just failed miserably at the challenges. It was hilarious to find out that he'd only done well in certain challenges because his wife helped him. And even funnier was learning that his wife found the HII for him. My God, Bubba sucked so bad in that game, it was actually funny, and I actually have good memories of him because of that, so he ranks this highly.


126. Terry Deitz (Survivor: Exile Island - 3rd Place)

While my opinion of Terry has soured in recent years, mainly because I've started to realize just how sexist his attitudes were and how much of an arrogant douchebag he was, he makes it this high because of two reasons. One, Connecticut pride, and I've gotta root for someone from my home state. Seriously, my mom has met Terry's wife (I think...I don't really pay attention to mom's stories all the time <_<). And two, I'm gonna say it now. I'm with the casual fans in that I'm entertained by someone who can win challenge after challenge after challenge. I think it's really cool to see someone so dominant that they can just win anything the producers throw at them. And seeing Terry win over and over made life interesting as the Casaya alliance had to start cannibalizing themselves. Still, Terry was, as mentioned early, an arrogant douchebag and a piss-poor strategist. He basically wrote the women off early, even though they would've been his best option, and he made so many horrible attempts at deals that it was actually pathetic to see Casaya (particularly Cirie and Danielle) strategize circles around him.

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Also, I can't do a write-up of Bubba without mentioning Survivor: Warriors. I was in an online Survivor game where one of the characters was Bubba. He had a poor social game and was slated to be the first boot from his tribe, but was spared by a twist that allowed my tribe to kidnap him. He then decided to throw challenges on his old tribe, continually being kidnapped and kept safe while screwing his team over. Having been the second boot, it was actually pathetic to see my tribe succeed because the other tribe was purposefully losing. Anyway, Bubba worked his way into an alliance and made it all the way to the final three before being voted out, and when the game was over, it was revealed that the real Bubba was playing himself, and he just failed miserably at the challenges. It was hilarious to find out that he'd only done well in certain challenges because his wife helped him. And even funnier was learning that his wife found the HII for him. My God, Bubba sucked so bad in that game, it was actually funny, and I actually have good memories of him because of that, so he ranks this highly.

OMG I love that Warriors actually factors into your ranking for Bubba. Your early boot was just one of the several things that happened to turn that into a... not great game.

Bubba was so randomly hilarious in that game.