Survivor 50 episode 9, “I Deserve All of This,” will forever be remembered as having the dumbest twist ever. It was so bad that producers should have known right away it was a terrible idea and trashed it immediately.
Survivor 50 has been a celebration of the greatness and staying power of the greatest reality show of all time. It featured the most players (24) ever to play in one season, and it has been filled with great moments and mind-blowing twists.
This season has seen three people voted out in one night and another tribal where a pair of contestants were voted out together. Neither of these were ideal, but with 24 players and only 26 days, there had to be ways to get rid of multiple players at once, and those instances were at least very entertaining.
Episode 9's twist was ridiculously bad and should never have been considered.
Christian Hubicki had to vote for himself on Survivor 50
After the immunity challenge, one in which Jeff Probst participated (another Survivor first), the host told the winner, Joe Hunter, to pick someone to go on a journey. Joe asked if anyone wanted to go, and several people volunteered.
At this point, the journeys are risky endeavors, and most players know it. The only reason anyone wants to go on one now is if they feel desperate in the game and need to take the risk or if someone is trying to prevent someone else from going.
Christian wanted to go and won a rock-paper-scissors game with Ozzy Lusth, who was trying to keep Christian from the journey. On that journey, Christian had to put together a puzzle before a set number of ropes unwound and pulled a series of anchors into the ocean.
If Christian completed the puzzle, he got to cast a vote for someone then and there. If he lost, he had to take a letter back to camp and read it out loud to all his tribemates. Though Christian is known for his intellect and puzzle-solving skills, he failed to complete the puzzle on time.
He returned to camp and read to everyone the penalty for his failure, which was that he had to vote for himself at tribal council. This was an incredibly unfair twist, and one that goes against the very fabric of the game itself. No one is ever going to write their name down, especially in a season like this one. Christian was rightfully upset, and he voiced his anger at Tribal Council.
The fact is that Christian was on the chopping block anyway and had a good chance of going home. That said, knowing that Christian would already have that guaranteed vote and that he couldn't vote for anyone else may have swayed a vote or two. In reality, it was a two-vote swing in that it added a vote to himself that wouldn't exist, and it took a vote away from someone else.
This wasn't your everyday lose-a-vote disadvantage. This was a fatal twist that may have cost a good player his spot in the game. Smart players like Rizo Velovic were quick to jump on the opportunity to vote out a strategic threat when the opportunity presented itself.
No one knows how the vote might have unfolded if it weren't for Christian having to vote for himself and that being public knowledge. He may have gone home anyway.
The point here is that no one in Survivor should ever have to write their name down on that parchment. It goes against everything the game stands for, and it was a terrible twist. It was credited to superfan Jimmy Fallon, but who knows if he thought of that himself? It should have been vetoed by Probst or whoever else makes those decisions.
The celebrity fan element to this season has been too bad, though it was totally unnecessary and a bit of a distraction at times. This instance, however, was brutally terrible, and Christian had every right to be angry. Shame on Survivor for letting this go down the way it did.
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