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9. Yung "Woo" Hwang (-2) - Really nice guy, fun to see him compete and just have a good time out there, but there were times when hearing him talk made me want to smash my head on a wall. Spencer did a great impression of him at one point (though to be fair pretty much anyone could).

8. Brice Johnston (+1) - Sassy and funny as hell, I would have loved to see him go deep into the game and be like the male Courtney Yates.

7. Alexis Maxwell (-1) - What a funny little dumbass, and a really big fan of the show. She genuinely tried to play, and she failed, probably because she was too young and immature. Someone I'd really love to see return and see if she's learned from her past mistakes.

6. Morgan McLeod (-1) - Yet another beauty tribe member who always made me laugh in confessionals and tribal council with just how sassy she was. Don't hate her cause she's beautiful.

5. Jefra Bland (+10) - Nobody surprised me more in either direction on this rewatch than Jefra. I thought that SHE was the Jeremiah-like dud of the season but she actually turned out to be this half-sweetheart, half-badass who wanted to play so badly and I just loved watching her try (and usually fail) to do so. She was just up against such fierce competition and in a less-competitive season could have had a real shot at the money just by being a sweet, loyal, and genuine person with a dash of the ferocity that someone like Tony has in full force.

4. J'Tia Taylor (-1) - Here's another FUCKING amazing early-boot villain. She was so batshit insane and had the perfect arc that ended at just the right time - lasted long enough to really make me laugh and voted out just before she probably would have started to annoy me.

3. Trish Hegarty (-2) - Really great TV because she's kinda kooky and that's funny but also a surprisingly decent player. A little toned down from what I remember but I still love her.

2. Spencer Bledsoe (+2) - I don't think you can write characters and arcs as good as this top two. Watching Spencer get increasingly frustrated week by week as he played as hard as he possibly could and yet continued to roll snake eyes at every turn in the game was wonderful. It was like the Terry Deitz story on steroids because Spencer is a much more polarized character than Terry. As I said before he's also really cocky but self-aware enough to admit it and realize that that's a big part of the reason why he'll never win this game. I see a lot myself and my own would-be game in Spencer, as I think a lot of his fans do.

1. Tony Vlachos (+1) - How I didn't have Tony #1 before is beyond me. He's one of the most ridiculously people ever to be on this show and absolutely the most ridiculous ever to win. And I still can't believe he won because he was absolutely losing his fucking mind out there by the end, yet still kept it together just enough to play really well, and it was just wonderful to watch the whole thing unfold. Pretty much everything that I have to say about Tony has been said numerous times before.
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