Michel, I always enjoy reading your season preview. I especially like your review of the archetype winners including a new one, the Accidental Winner.

Survivor, as it is marketed by Jeff, is a show that will humble you. Secondarily, the show is constantly changing and you have to adapt. Since this is an all star season I believe the editing has already taken a turn towards those two themes. What follows are my comments as to the 3 main characters, with big personalities, who will play into these themes.

What does it mean to be humble when it comes to survivor. Humble means that the players respect the game. Respect the game means that you understand how difficult of a game it is to play. We see this played out all the time during the show with Jeff's constant statements of how difficult the game is and his leading questions to elicit responses from players of how difficult the game is and how it has humbled them.

To that end there are two players that stick out this season, Sandra and Ozzy. Ozzy, the ultimate outdoorsman, the contestant who was built to play this game. The harsh elements of this show have never humbled him like it has so many others. What has humbled Ozzy has been the game play. He has been done in by circumstance and betrayal. That is the one part of the game he could never conquer. Ozzy has been humbled and I think in this, his 4th go around with Survivor we will see a different player who works harder to build those relationships.

On the other end of the spectrum we have Sandra. She plays the social part of the game to a tee. From the minute the game starts every move she makes is purely to benefit herself. She spots the biggest threats and those that are targeting her and gets them out of the game. She looks at the big picture. She knows that this game is not a team sport. While Sandra is very resilient in surviving the harsh elements she is also one of the worst challenge competitors in the history of the show, and she really doesn't care. She has been relatively unfazed by all the twists and turns of the game and has still won the game twice.

So here we have two players, one that has been humbled by the game and another one that has not been humbled by the game.

For the last few seasons Jeff has beaten us over the head with how the game has changed. He's especially fascinated by, and rather enjoys, the fluidity of the alliances. Why is this so important to the Survivor franchise. Simply put it keeps the show from getting stale. The player that embodies that the most this season is Zeke. Zeke is the new type of player. The one who changes as the game changes.

So what happens this season. What are the overriding themes.
In a season full of all stars the star is going to be Survivor proving that the show is bigger than any one or group of players.

The biggest stars this season, the ones who will be narrating this to all of us are Sandra, Ozzy, and Zeke.

Sandra, the Queen of survivor. The player who has become to big for her britches will be humbled by the game proving that the game will ultimately always humble you.

Ozzy, will once again become the lovable the loser. Ther person everybody wants to win because he deserves it. Once again the game will humble the greatest player to never win the game.

Zeke, will become your sole survivor. The evolution of the game. He will be shown as humble while showing how the game as evolved. His strategy will prove to be the biggest game changer of them all as he changes alliances based on the situation. This is something that Sandra and Ozzy have not experienced since they have both not played in a long time.

DRONES