Board 8 > ATTN: People who watch Survivor and/or Big Brother

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I'm looking to get into reality TV and was thinking of watching these two. Can anyone recommend a good season to start with for each show? I've heard the first seasons are a bit harder to get into, and would like something that is more interesting, but still simple and easy to understand.

survivor 1
BB2

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Survivor Gabon and Tocantins (Seasons 17 and 18) are my personal favorites, and are the first two seasons in HD. I find that watching Survivor seasons in order isn't necessary, and watching some of the later seasons then watching Season 1 later is really interesting / entertaining since you're able to see how much the game, and the way it's played has evolved over time.

Big Brother seasons are all pretty consistent I find. 6 and 8 in particular was pretty good if I recall correctly. However, I recommend you don't start on 9 since it follows a different format, 7 since it's an All Stars season (Definitely worth watching though), and it's not a group of strangers like the other seasons, or 13 since it features returning house guests.

tl;dr:

Survivor: Gabon and Tocantins
Big Brother: 6 and 8

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BB2 is the second best season (second to BB7, the all-star season surprisingly) and the first 'real' season so it's the best place to start.

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Survivor 1
Big Brother 2


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BB2
Survivor 1, but then Skip straight to Pearl Islands just to see the evolution.

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agree with everyone saying survivor 1, bb2

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Yeah, I agree. You can't skip Survivor 1, because the game has evolved so much that watching Borneo AFTER some of the more recent seasons wouldn't allow you to appreciate it as much.

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Survivor is one that you have to start at the beginning. Season 1 is such a different game than it is now. My advice is to start from season 1 and don't skip any seasons if possible. You'll see the game evolve & devolve.

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plus the seasons with returning players are IMO more fun if you have seen all of their previous seasons

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Survivor 1 (Borneo)
BB2

That's the best answer, and the one I'll probably always recommend.

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The only season of either one you should skip is Big Brother 1. And maybe Big Brother 9, which was the season they put up on short notice due to the writer's strike and it was awful. Other than that, watch the seasons in order.

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survivor 1, then survivor 2 imo

after that you can go in order if you want or skip to season 7 which is awesome and ridiculous

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Seasons 1 +2 is a good start for Survivor. The two winners pretty much show the two main ways to win the game, and the two play styles of Survivor. Pretty crucial seasons. Other seasons that I think are important watches, either for quality reasons or because they say something about the game itself:

Marquesas
Amazon (Maybe. I've seen it described as a parody of Survivor almost, so not sure how good it would be without seeing all that came before.)
Pearl Islands
All-Stars
Vanuatu or Guatemala
Palau
Exile Island
Cook Islands or Fiji (Bad seasons, but are reflective of the way the game has changed)
Micronesia
Samoa + Heroes Vs. Villans (Bad editing, but at least tell an interesting story about playing Survivor.

Season 2 for Big Brother. The first "proper" season, and still the best

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The only season of either one you should skip is Big Brother 1. And maybe Big Brother 9, which was the season they put up on short notice due to the writer's strike and it was awful. Other than that, watch the seasons in order.

Season 9 has some awesomeness. The worst season ever is easily season 13. What a boring joke, rig-job that pile of crap was.

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Season 9 has some awesomeness. The worst season ever is easily season 13. What a boring joke, rig-job that pile of crap was.

I agree. 9 is so underrated. It had a pretty decent cast, and a couple really great characters.

And yeah, 13 is easily the worst. 11, 12, and 13 are all s*** seasons though. I still feel like 11 had the most blatant rigging.


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Survivor start at the beginning and don't skip any.

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BB11 and 13 had the most blatant rigging, I think. I might say the same had I seen 8 live. 13 sucked, sadly, and it's the one I spent the most time devoted to.

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Also 9 isn't so bad. I enjoyed a lot of it.

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all survivor seasons are worth watching and all BB seasons starting with 2 are worth watching (except maybe 13) so yeah what pretty much everyone else said

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I hated BB9 at first, but I rewatched it this year and I enjoyed it. The pathetic rigging at final four HOH is unforgivable though. I wish Grodhog would leave and Shapiro would come back.

But then again, my fave member won that season. It was still pathetic though.

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