Survivor 48 is one of the best casts we've seen in a long time. Inevitably, we've already had to say goodbye to some of the best players from this cast. That's just how Survivor works; good players with great personalities get voted out of the game every single week.
With only a few episodes in Survivor 48 left and five players left to be voted out before Final Tribal Council, I shared the three players voted out way too soon. I don't know about you, but I really wish we got to see these three players play a little more.
Thomas Krottinger
Thomas Krottinger is the Survivor 48 player I was most disappointed to see voted out so early. Thomas only made it a few episodes before he was knocked out in a stunning immunity idol play by Kyle Fraser following the tribe swap. Thomas started the game on the Lagi tribe, and had they not swapped tribes because the Vula tribe was losing so badly every week, Thomas probably would have ended up making the merge in a super strong alliance that includes some combination of Shauhin Davari, Joe Hunter, and Bianca Roses. Oh, what could have been.
Thomas clearly had some strategic acumen, which we saw in his short time in the game, but socially, I think he could read people so well. He basically called Kyle and Kamilla Karthigesu's bluff, but he didn't have a chance to really show everything that he was capable of doing in the game. And, that's disappointing for fans. Honestly, I just would have enjoyed Thomas's confessionals throughout the season commenting on all of the drama. That's what really missed out on as viewers.
Bianca Roses
Bianca Roses is another player I really feel like was voted out way too soon. And like Thomas, it was almost exclusively because of the tribe swap. Bianca went from being protected on the Lagi tribe to basically on her own and in the middle of two Vula players (Sai Hughley and Cedrek McFadden) and two Civa players (Mitch Guerra and Chrissy Sarnowsky). Biance was chosen for a Journey, and she lost her vote, so the show basically doomed her from the jump. No one should be forced to potentially lose their vote on a tribe of five people. It's a ridiculous flaw in the game.
Anyway, Bianca scrambled, and she almost made it happen. Instead, Cedrek turned on her after finding out she didn't have a vote, looped in Chrissy, and made the first 2-1-1 vote in Survivor history happen.
Ultimately, Bianca was set up to succeed in Survivor until she wasn't. We were all robbed of many, many awesome reactions from Bianca and Thomas and probably some good gameplay, too.
Sai Hughley
Sai Hughley just missed joining the Survivor 48 jury. Had Cedrek been voted out ahead of her in the split Tribal Council, Sai would be sitting on the jury, chilling at Ponderosa, and making us laugh with her absolutely brutal reactions to what was happening at Tribal Council.
Sai played Survivor with an intensity that I don't think anyone else is playing the game with this season. She spoke her mind, and while it got her into trouble, it was amazing for viewers to get that unfiltered assessment of what was happening in the game. I laughed so hard when she interrupted Stephanie Berger during the first Tribal Council, and it got even better throughout the rest of the season.
It would have been great to see, if things played out a little differently, if Sai had been able to make it through the merge with a group of allies. Clearly, Sai had an aptitude for the game, but because she was on the bottom so often, we didn't get a chance to really see exactly how she could maneuver in the game strategically.
So, those are the three players who were voted out of Survivor 48 too soon. I'm sure we'll see a few more additions in the next few weeks as Survivor 48 comes down to the wire.