Survivor: All-Stars Review

Survivor: All-Stars brought back people who had played before for a 2nd shot at winning it all. However, lots of off island incidents come into factor in a way that not many could have predicted and sour a lot of what is good here. So how does this fare as an overall season? Let's find out.

[OnceUponAnIsland]

What do you think of Survivor: All-Stars? Where would you rank it?

The Boston Rob story is currently only on Patreon due to YouTube giving me issues whenever it comes to posting it. I truly don't know when it will be publicly released.

[JohnSmith-qhyk]

All Stars was so interesting but for all the wrong reasons, it was kind of a disappointment but at the same time so fascinating with so many events that will never happen again.

[justinrittenhouse]

All Stars is an incredible season! I would say easily in the top ten best seasons of Survivor! Great cast! We see how Boston Rob becomes a legend by dominating the entire season! You see the reason why couples never last and are always targeted on the show because Boston Rob and Amber used it so brilliantly! Good and moving love story and an evolution of the game itself! Good video.

[kaitlynwithoutthet]

No matter what you think of this season, you can't deny that it is iconic for so many reasons.

[blackbirdbutterfly]

i personally really enjoyed this season largely because of how happy chapera was at most times. it got annoying hearing everyone complain how miserable they were all the time (granted that’s what makes survivor so tough lol) but seeing how much fun chapera was having with their shelter and singing and dancing was a fun thing to see in such a strenuous environment. i also really liked how intense it seemed at times which i think is largely due to how personal people got. i enjoyed the challenges and it had a lot of entertainment value.

this was the first season however it was so personal which made it hard to watch sometimes. like it’s a game. understandable though because they previously knew each other and how each other played. i think the thing about this season is that you have to appreciate the first 7 seasons to appreciate this one. like now, nobody besides rob and maybe colby would be considered “all stars”, but then, it made somewhat sense.

people also undervalue amber and i think her edit sold her short. like you said in a previous video, rob only made good decisions when she was around making you think that she was just using him to initiate all the moves she really wanted to make. the whole love thing overshadowed her part but i gotta love the love story shamelessly lol

[opti]

Yessss, can’t wait for Vanuatu! Have been binging through Survivor for the first time throughout quarantine and recently saw Vanuatu and I *loved* it, idk why it’s not that popular. Can’t wait to hear your take on it.

[giovanniorellana]

Some people hate All Stars, and I understand that, but I don't think it's quite as bad as that, especially in comparison to other seasons like Red Island, One World and Thailand. It's still not great though. The great thing is seeing most of these great icons of the early seasons play again.

[snuffed]

I rank All-Stars quite highly. Of the first eight seasons, it probably only sits behind Pearl Islands and Africa for me. The boot order is bad, I get that but never again will we see such an iconic group assembled together. Hatch, Colby, Tina, Ethan, Lex, Jerri, Rob C, Kathy, Big Tom, Rudy. There were just so many big names. People talk about a Legends season but I think that this comes pretty darn close (as well as HvV and Winners at War obviously).

I understand why people knock down All-Stars but nothing beats a star-studded cast, no matter how ugly the gameplay and boot order can be.

[taylorsias]

This season suffered from the same fate as Game Changers. When you get 18 or 20 players together, there are tiers of all stars. Remember, coming into the season Rob was a lower tier all star by not having made a merge.

It became clear that the true heavyweights (Ethan, Rob c, Colby, Richard, Tina) didn't have much of a shot.

So u get a result like S34 where Sarah, Troy, and Brad, hardly game changers, make the final 3 while Tony, Sandra and JT are gone early

[medmax]

All-Stars had so much potential with its cast but for me it came off as very dark and personal.

[gabrielcamilleri]

So for now:
Season 7 - 9
.0
Season 6 - 7.8
Season 2 - 7.2
Season 1 - 7
.0
Season 4 - 7
.0
Season 3 - 6.8
Season 8 - 5.8
Season 5- 5.6

[JDSarmiento]

All Stars is in my top 10 just because it still feels quite epic to me and goes beyond being a game, which I find fascinating. My only real issues with it were losing Cesternino so early and the delayed merge (and the quits to a lesser extend).

For me its a tale of two seasons, the first half being pretty fun and full of character moments and the second half being very successful cutthroat love story. I guess your enjoyment depends on whether you like Romber or not and I love them here, not so much in WAW. But here they're fun and sneaky

[BroncoKnight]

This was the first season my Mom showed me on TV as it aired, when I was in kindergarten. Been a die hard ever since! It will always be one of my favorites, since it was my first.

[tjflash]

Great to see so many good players back. As you say it almost seemed like the Boston Rob and The All Stars season. I agree about the Sue Hawk situation. I realize that production likes drama and I also don't know the back story completely and I had read or heard in another cast member interview that the situation may not have been quite like it seemed. I agree that like the Dan Spillo situation production could have worked to prevent it looking so ugly.

[markjackson]

Youtube using that block a vote on OUAI’s Boston Rob video

[paradoxicalprime]

I love your season reviews. Great work!

[Joe-kgdv]

Oh boy the all stars reviews lasted a while but they were good and we’re finally here! Vanuatu (I’ve been rewatching it to prepare for your stories and reviews of it) I think some characters that should get stories other than Chris include Ami, Twila, Eliza, Sarge, Rory and Julie. And possibly and analysis of the fall of the Girls Alliance. I think that’d make good for Vanuatu

[KBonilla]

Boston Rob really earned his All Star appearance since he wasn't very popular before this season. He developed the mafia bully system.

This is the first season friendships became a huge factor in the game.

I didn't like that Production didn't address the Sue/Hatch incident.

[kimclaussen]

I always feel so conflicted about All Stars. I love seeing so many great characters come back, there are so many iconic moments. But I feel like sooo much of it goes so sideways (in a bad way) and it's oddly dark, when it never, in theory, should have. It always makes me wish I could see the alternate universe version of this season. 😂

[bc]

I love All Stars. Obviously it's not as good as Heroes vs Villains or the first Fans vs Favorites. But it had a fantastic cast. People are now demanding "Survivor Legends" but All Stars already is that. Post-merge - Rupert, Jenna L, Alicia and Big Tom were not very strategic admittedly. BUT they are extroverted interesting characters anyway and entertained me. Unlike the gamebot returnee seasons in the 30s which i like way less than this season. Also, one of the best final tribal councils ever. Perhaps only Vanuatu had a more dramatic one (which is next season - looking forward to your thoughts on that one).

At the end of the day, Im looking for DRAMA from Survivor first and strategy second. This season is lacking the latter from four post-merge players (Rupert, Tom, JennaL, Alicia) - but this season delivers on drama. Which I dont think new school seasons do as well with gamebot casts (including returnee seasons with interesting characters edited as gamebots too). This season isnt top ten for me, but its definitely in my opinion better than most of the gamebot 30s which fans seem to glow about which I dont understand. For example, I think Cambodia is overrated - classic gamebot example. Thank goodness Abi and PG was there, they're the only ones who weren't gamebots