How They Blew it or had bad luck ... spec

Andrea Boehlke (Redemption Island) ~ Trusted Rob, stuck with Ometepe. Sort of a fave, at least Sucks liked her.

John Cochran (South Pacific) ~ trusted Coach, flipped on his tribe. Not a favorite, unless Cockroach is term of endearment.

Malcolm Freberg (Philippines) ~ let his main ally revert to free agent by not giving her any assurances. A genuine favorite.

Brandon Hantz (South Pacific) ~ gave away immunity (and batsh*t crazy). Hardly a favorite.

Francesca Hogi (Redemption Island) ~ got on wrong side out of the gate, trusted Phillip out of necessity. First boot.

Corinne Kaplan (Gabon) ~ mean to Susie and Sugar, just plain mean. Onion alliance went down with false merge, but Corinne didn't get quite as screwed as Marcus or Charlie. So I think it's mostly her mouth that needs a 2nd chance. Never a favorite in any way.

Brenda Lowe (Nicaragua) ~ supposed mastermind, failed to scramble when she saw her alliance turning on her. Designated hot chick.

Dawn Meehan (South Pacific) ~ Trusted Cochran, didn't report to Savai'i that Cochran might flip IIRC. Favorite.

Erik Reichenback (Micronesia) ~ Gave away immunity, held title of dumbest Survivor move ever once held by James, maybe dethroned by JT. Ironically, a Fan who is now playing a Fave on TV. Very naive first season.

Phillip Shepard (Redemption Island) ~ Hardly needs 2nd chance, got to F3 by acting batsh*t crazy, obnoxious, etc.. Jeff thinks he is entertaining.

Season breakdown: S16 and later only

S 16 Micronesia: 1
S 17 Gabon: 1
S 18 Tocantins 0
S 19 Samoa 0
S 21 Nicaragua: 1
S 22 Redemption Island 3 (all Ometepe)
S23 South Pacific 3 (One Upolu, 2 Savai'i)
S24 One World 0 (Troyzan cut)
S 25 Philippines 1

I think the Fan v. Faves is just some last minute theme they went with as maybe the Second Chance casting made even less sense.

Rumor was that some outrageous demands were made when they started interviews, and Phillip was part of that. Somehow it became a big mess and the original vision didn't pan out ...