The Top 10 Strategic Survivor Moves of All-Time and Casting BBB from Game of Thrones

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On a special Friday edition of RHAP, Rob Cesternino and Josh Wigler discuss Josh’s article about the Top 10 Best Survivor Strategic moves of all-time and casting a BBB season of Game of Thrones.

The Top 10 Survivor Strategic Moves of All-Time

Josh’s Article from Vulture.com

Rob counts down Josh’s list of all-time Strategic moves and the two discuss each list item. with Josh Wigler.

Questions about the list:

What criteria did Josh use to determine the list entries?
Did Jonny Fairplay’s lie make any difference in his game results?
Was Malcolm convincing Reynold to give him his immunity idol a great strategic move or just a very entertaining move?
Are we seeing an evolution of final Tribal Council performances?
Do Tyson and Ciera deserve more credit for drawing rocks at Tribal Council in Survivor: Blood Vs. Water?
How does Rob’s gameplay during Survivor: The Amazon compare to Kass’ gameplay during Survivor: Cagayan?
Is Erik Reichenbach’s move to give up immunity really not as bad of a move as it is remembered?
What are the two “strategic building block” moments of Survivor?
What Survivor moment caused Rob to say “Oh my God, everything’s different”?
How would Survivor be different if Richard Hatch never created the first alliance?
What are some other strategic moves that could have made this Top 10 list?

Josh’s List:

10. Boston Rob blindsiding Matt Elrod, for a second time, immediately after returning from Redemption Island. (Survivor: Redemption Island)
9. Jonny Fairplay and Thunder D’s lie telling the other tribemates that his grandma died while he’s been on Survivor. (Survivor: Pearl Islands)
8. Malcolm Freberg getting Reynold to play Reynold’s idol for Malcolm at Tribal Council. (Survivor: Caramoan)
7. Todd Herzog’s final Tribal Council performance, owning his move and working the jury. (Survivor: China)
6. Hayden Moss convincing Ciera to vote with him and force a tie at Tribal Council. (Survivor: Blood Vs. Water)
5. Rob Cesternino (The Rob that Sucks) jumping from alliance to alliance to keep himself in a better position. (Survivor: The Amazon)
4. The Black Widow alliance guilt-tripping Erik Reichenbach into giving up his immunity necklace at Tribal Council and then voting him out of the game. (Survivor: Micronesia)
3. Players in a weaker position coming together to overthrow the dominant Rotu Four alliance. (Survivor: Marquesas)
2. Richard Hatch creating the first alliance on Survivor. (Survivor: Borneo)
1. Parvati Shallow giving two immunity idols to Sandra and Jerri to protect them and flip the game. (Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains)

Casting Brains vs Beauty vs Brawn with the Game of Thrones cast (Starts at 54:00)

Rob and Josh cast a fictional season of Survivor called “Survivor: Riverlands” with Brains, Beauty and Brawn tribes from the first 3 seasons of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Then they play out the season and decide who would be voted off based on when each tribe went to Tribal Council during Survivor: Cagayan. This segment will contain SPOILERS from the first 3 seasons of the TV show of Game of Thrones, but will not spoil the books.

Join Rob and Josh every Sunday night at 10:15pm Eastern/7:15pm Pacific on PostShowRecaps.com for Game of Thrones LIVE.

Questions:

Are dead characters eligible for this season?
Is Hodor the frontrunner to win Fan Favorite?
Should Bronn be in the Brawn tribe?
Should Arya make the cast of this fictional Survivor season?
If they cast Jaime Lannister, should they cast the 1-hand or 2-hand Jaime?
What inter-tribal rivalries will be the most fun to watch?
Which alliances will develop throughout the season?
Which cast member of Survivor: Riverlands would be the new host of Survivor Know-It-Allls
Who would win Survivor: Riverlands?