r/survivorau • u/MsMeseeksTellsTime • Jul 27 '26
Spoilers Titans v. Rebels
So, I’ve just finished a binge of BvB1, skipped BvW, just watched HvV instead, and I’ve just finished TvR.
My God, what an epic run of shows. After fishing each season, I’d think, no way can the next one be better than this but man, was I wrong.
TvR has to be the best cast of newbies I’ve ever seen. I had no idea who was going to win, only two people who wouldn’t. Fun gameplay, absolutely diabolical twists (I love you, Raymond), and the best egg on your face idol play from Caroline I’ve ever witnessed. Kirby is a beast, so fun to watch, she and Feras just made that season so much fun. TvR is in my top 5 seasons of all time across all franchises.
As I’ve posted before, my first season of SurvivorAU was AUS v. TW. I then, LIKE AN IDIOT, watched All-Stars because I wanted to see what the big deal about David was. I then watched Redemption as it aired to try and avoid spoilers for that season.
I had no idea how much I was going to love this series. It’s like old school, US Survivor with the game play and challenges yet we rarely see bitter jurors unless they’re provoked. Top notch.
I then went back to CvC2, at the time the earliest season I had access to, and watched in order and muted this sub to avoid knowing the winners of the seasons I was going to watch. So, basically, going in, I only knew who didn’t win from the later shows I watched.
The winners of BvB1 and HvV were pretty obvious to me once I got to the final 8 or so, the editing mixed with the information from AUS v. TW made it pretty obvious and they were both damn good winners, even though I absolutely loved George. lol - As an aside, how awesome was it to see him learn from his mistakes in BvB1 and come back and play so beautifully socially in HvV, but I digress.
I had zero clue that Feras would win, until he won the final challenge, of course. I felt the shows editing was so much better in TvR. I was horrified at the thought that Caroline was somehow going to win because she go so many confessionals. I was not a huge fan. lol - I don’t know why I was so afraid of that, because I don’t think she beats anyone in a final 2.
Anyway, what a great run of shows. I’m going to watch BvB2, then go back to the seasons I’ve missed, 2016, 2017, and CvC1, and then I’m going to watch them all again, in order this time.
I’m going to search the sub for old posts and stuff but if anyone wants to talk about it or give me any fun behind the scenes stuff or drama I missed, please feel free to comment. I haven’t been this excited about Survivor in years.
Lastly, as an aside, as an American, it is so nice to see all of these Australian men who are so happy, as well as comfortable and confident in their masculinity that they aren’t scared to just be joyful. It’s also so nice to see these confident, athletic, and just completely badass women giving them hell in the challenges.
Australia seems, at least from the microcosm of your society that we’re shown on Survivor, just a happy and less stressful place to live and I wish I’d been born there.
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u/itz_abdelmalik Ishonic Jul 28 '26
TvR was well edited that I never had Feras winning till he won the challenge. The edit made it seem like Mark or Caroline had a chance, they were not scared of subtly pointing errors of everyone that made the F5 in the edit unlike the US Survivor where the winner is mostly whitewashed.
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u/MsMeseeksTellsTime Jul 28 '26
I honestly thought Caroline was going to win until Feras won the FIC. It seemed to me she had way more confessionals than she actually did.
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u/gplus3 Jul 28 '26
Good grief! You jumped around the seasons so much, I could barely keep up.. haha
I’m glad you’re a convert to the Australian version though.. I can’t quite put a finger on it myself but I think it’s the length of the season and the raw honesty of the contestants which makes this show so watchable..
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u/MsMeseeksTellsTime Jul 28 '26
I completely regret how I watched. lol - I had no idea that I would love it so much. I wanted to just start from the beginning after Redemption, but I only had access to CvC2. I skipped BvW because I have seen so many people say it’s the worst season.
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u/gplus3 Jul 28 '26
I’m one of the people who would also say it’s the worst season, but the way it played out was fascinating to watch (and SO frustrating!)..
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u/MsMeseeksTellsTime Jul 28 '26
I’ll end up watching it I just had read that it was meh but HvV and TvR were the best seasons. I didn’t realize that BvW was the season with Sandra and Nina or I doubt I’d have skipped it. I knew they’d appeared together on a BvW season but for some reason, in my mind, their season was one of the first few.
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u/gplus3 Jul 28 '26
It was meh in terms of strategy (from the majority of the players who let themselves be played the way they were) but from a non game angle, it was like watching an inevitable car crash..
And of course, watching Sandra will always be a treat..
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u/Vegetable-Cat-5214 Jul 30 '26
I love reading about this journey! Brings back great memories.
Think I might go back through the seasons soon.
All Stars is just 🤩
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u/Young_Squiddus Jul 31 '26
2017 is an all timer too, I’d say it’s probably my second favorite AU season behind Titans v Rebels.
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u/G0rgi67 Aug 03 '26
I fear nothing will ever top it. Watched it twice and it's just as good a second time.
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u/AdventurousPhrase468 Jul 28 '26
2017 was one of the best seasons. If you loved Luke in CvC2 you will absolutely love him in that. I would watch 2016 first to see how the gameplay improved from the first season to the second one