If anyone wants to play this game again, may as well use this thread for it again. Here's a ranking article I ran across:

http://www.examiner.com/article/ranking-the-most-memorable-seasons-of-survivor-updated-through-season-26?cid=taboola_inbound

Tom Santilli

#1: Borneo (Season 1): Nothing can top the original.

#2: Heroes vs. Villains: It was quite possibly one of the best seasons.

#3: Micronesia (Fans vs Favs): A great concept, to pit favorite players against those who supposedly "knew the game" and were big fans. If this were only true!

#4: Panama (Pearl Islands): Panama is best remembered for giving us the big-hearted loyal pirate, Rupert Boneham. At the time, he was like no other contestant before him, and he had a captivating quality much like Russell Hantz, although their gameplay could be described as polar opposites. Rupert embodied the spirit of his season, which was all about pirates.

#5: All-Stars: Memorable for all of the wrong reasons, this season also was the first fulfillment of every Survivor fans dream: to have our favorite players return to play again!

#6: Palau: Unfortunately and sadly, Palau is remembered most for having featured Jen Lyon, the first Survivor to have passed away, and at the young age of 37 (breast cancer). Inside the game of Survivor though, the season was one of the strongest, and featured a very memorable overall cast, including Jen, but also Stephanie and Bobby Jon. It was the first and only time in Survivor history where a tribe was whittled down to only 1.

#7: Marquesas: Overlooked because of the one of the least memorable winners EVER (Vecepia), Marquesas was the first season where it seemed the contestants had actually seen Survivor before appearing on the show.

#8: Philippines: A very strong season that had all of the elements of a great Survivor game.

#9: Amazon: Survivor: Amazon re-constructed the show yet again, this time adding strong doses of comedy into the mix. Rob Cesternino was the stand-out here.

#10: Caramoan: The second attempt at a "Fans vs. Favorites" season. There were likeable characters worth rooting for, like Cochran, Brenda and Malcolm, playing for his second-straight season. There were huge strategic moves and what seemed like a record-breaking number of blindsides, like the ousting of the "Stealth-R-Us" CEO Phillip Sheppard when Malcolm produced not one, but two hidden Idols at Tribal. There was the incredibly harsh blindside of Brenda from the emotional Dawn Meehan, who started the season as a hero and ended being seen more as a villain.

#11: Redemption Island: Say what you want, I am a lover of Survivor strategy and Redemption Island will go down in Survivor history as one of the best strategic performances EVER.

#12: Samoa: Some argue against an entire season being remembered for only one player, but that is and will always be what Samoa will be remembered for...the introduction of Russell Hantz to the masses.

#13: South Pacific: Returning players Coach and Ozzy shouldn't have stood a chance coming back the season right after Boston Rob dominated the game (Redemption Island). But miraculously, both made it to the Final 4.

Holding my tongue for the most part, but SO also had Ozzy getting voted out a record three times in one season. Redemption island was one of the worst twists ever in the game.

#14: The Australian Outback: Survivor was real, Australia's most memorable moment reminded us just how real it was...When Michael Skupin inhaled smoke and passed out into the fire, receiving severe burns and being evacuated from the game. The game itself changed drastically at that moment, not only the seriousness of the game, but this season specifically.

#15: Thailand: Many rank this season as one of the worst, or least memorable. To me, this season is memorable for the same reason people loved Samoa: It featured one of the all-time great Survivor villains, Brian Heidik. Brian was Richard Hatch 2.0.

#16: Vanuatu: Famous mostly for it's "female alliance", this season the tribes were divided by gender. It was the villainous Ami Cusack who engineered what could have been one of the best female alliances of all time.

#17: Cook Islands: The controversial division of tribes into ethnic groups started this season, although it didn't quite bring the drama I think the producers were hoping for.

#18: Tocantins: Who doesn't remember Coach?

#19: One World: It was an interesting concept that hadn't been attempted before.

#20: Panama - Exile Island: Exile Island featured a number of memorable players, but the season itself was just blah.

#21: Guatemala: Another example of someone winning by playing a better "social game" instead of the harder-fought game.

#22: China: Winner Todd Herzog played a very good strategic game, but Todd unfortunately doesn't stand out.

#23: Nicaragua: So it wasn't the worst season ever, it just felt that way.

#24: Africa: I may get some flack for ranking this so low, but I remember watching this season, following Australia and Borneo, and just remembering that it was a complete dud.

#25: Gabon: If you like strategy and was mad that Russell Hantz didn't win either of his two seasons, then you probably despised Survivor: Gabon.

#26: Fiji: The Big Brother-esque "Haves vs Have nots" was one of the rare Survivor innovations that completely fell flat. Add to it that the cast was made up of mostly unmemorable clueless players (with the exception of likable Yau-Man).