Survivor Game Changers Cast, Ranked On Changing The Game

The 20 castaways competing on SURVIVOR this season, themed "Game Changers", when the Emmy Award-winning series returns for its 34th season with a special two-hour premiere, Wednesday, March 8 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The season premiere marks the 500th episode. Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
The 20 castaways competing on SURVIVOR this season, themed "Game Changers", when the Emmy Award-winning series returns for its 34th season with a special two-hour premiere, Wednesday, March 8 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The season premiere marks the 500th episode. Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. /
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J.T.’s letter to Russell. Still via CBS from Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains Episode 9.
J.T.’s letter to Russell. Still via CBS from Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains Episode 9. /

Survivor Game Changers: Legendary Moves Tier

4. JT Thomas, Survivor Tocantins, Survivor Heroes vs. Villains: He’s changed the game in a big way twice, but both of them were not beneficial to him. He was the first to run a Perfect Game by not having a vote cast for him until getting every single one at final tribal council. He is also responsible for having himself voted out with the use of his own idol when he gave it to Russell Hantz in what may be the most idiotic move in Survivor history.

3. Sandra Diaz-Twine, Survivor Pearl Islands, Survivor Heroes vs. Villains: She may not have played the cleanest, strongest game, but she’s taken the “anybody but me” mentality to its limits. Her aggressive social tactics have convinced others to bring her to the final tribal council twice, where she has won twice as the only Survivor contestant to do soShe’s consistently overlooked, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

2. Ozzy Lusth, Survivor Cook Islands, Survivor Micronesia, Survivor South Pacific: As easy as it is to find plenty of reasons to explain why Ozzy’s straight-up game is predictable, he did manage to “break” Redemption Island. By sacrificing himself before the merge to take out the unstoppable Christine, he placed himself in a position to be eliminated in order to give his tribe the best chance for numbers balance going into a merge.

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His overall strength in challenges, as well as abilities to fish and forage for his tribe, shows his willingness to force old-school sensibilities in strategically progressive seasons. He got far purely by killing the competition in challenges, making him a loyal, proud player who puts his team ahead of himself.

1. Tony Vlachos, Survivor Cagayan: Nobody else has played as aggressively as Tony in Survivor and still win. Ever. From lying on his family and his badge to building spy shacks to gather intel, to lying to practically everyone in his alliance, to running around from location to location in order to find all the possible hidden immunity idols, Tony played the best runner-up game imaginable.

Except Woo brought him to a final tribal council of two.

Tony is a master of manipulation, able to convince anyone and everyone that he has your back or that going in with him on a vote or a move is to your ultimate benefit. Even when he has the hugest target on his back and is vulnerable, he lies about the effects of his powers, and everyone just believes him.

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Tony works hard and plays hard, all the way to the bank. He’s everything Russell Hantz wishes he could be in a Survivor player, proving to be the biggest game changer of them all.