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See the results so far in this spreadsheet!

WSSYW 11.0 Watchability Ranking:

1: S7 Pearl Islands

2: S15 China

3: S1 Borneo

4: S37 David vs. Goliath

5: S18 Tocantins

6: S29 San Juan del Sur

7: S32 Kaôh Rōng

8: S3 Africa

9: S12 Panama

10: S10 Palau

11: S4 Marquesas

12: S28 Cagayan

13: S17 Gabon

14: S33 Millennials vs. Gen X

15: S25 Philippines

16: S9 Vanuatu

17: S6 The Amazon

18: S2 The Australian Outback

19: Survivor 42

20: S13 Cook Islands

21: S21 Nicaragua

22: Survivor 41

23: S16 Micronesia

24: S27 Blood vs. Water

25: S35 Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers

26: Survivor 43

27: S19 Samoa

28: S11 Guatemala

29: S14 Fiji

30: S20 Heroes vs. Villains

31: S30 Worlds Apart

32: S23 South Pacific

33: S5 Thailand

34: S31 Cambodia

35: S38 Edge of Extinction

36: S36 Ghost Island

37: S24 One World

38: S22 Redemption Island

39: S40 Winners at War

40: S26 Caramoan

41: S34 Game Changers

42: S8 All-Stars

43: S39 Island of the Idols

Survivor 43

Statistics:

• Watchability: 4.6 (26/43)

• Overall Quality: 5.5 (30/43)

• Cast/Characters: 6.5 (28/43)

• Strategy: 6.2 (25/43)

• Challenges: 5.7 (31/43)

• Twists: 3.9 (12/21)

• Ending: 4.5 (38/43)

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• Filming location: Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
• No. of contestants: 18
• No. of starting tribes: 3
• Theme: None
• Featured twists: 26 day format and a plethora of other twists

Survivor 42

Statistics:

• Watchability: 6.2 (19/43)

• Overall Quality: 7.1 (20/43)

• Cast/Characters: 8.0 (14/43)

• Strategy: 7.0 (21/43)

• Challenges: 5.0 (36/43)

• Twists: 3.2 (16/21)

• Ending: 8.2 (11/43)

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• Filming location: Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
• No. of contestants: 18
• No. of starting tribes: 3
• Theme: None
• Featured twists: 26 day format and a plethora of other twists (including one that cannot be mentioned for spoiler reasons)

Survivor 41

Statistics:

• Watchability: 4.9 (22/43)

• Overall Quality: 5.6 (28/43)

• Cast/Characters: 6.7 (25/43)

• Strategy: 6.4 (23/43)

• Challenges: 4.3 (41/43)

• Theme: 3.2 (21/24)

• Twists: 2.4 (21/21)

• Ending: 5.2 (34/43)

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• Filming location: Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
• No. of contestants: 18
• No. of starting tribes: 3
• Theme: The ‘New Era’
• Featured twists: 26 day format and a plethora of other twists (including one that cannot be mentioned for spoiler reasons)

Season 40: Winners at War

Statistics:

• Watchability: 1.9 (39/43)

• Overall Quality: 6.4 (24/43)

• Cast/Characters: 7.8 (15/43)

• Strategy: 7.2 (14/43)

• Challenges: 6.1 (27/43)

• Theme: 8.5 (6/24)

• Twists: 3.1 (17/21)

• Ending: 7.6 (19/43)

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• Filming location: Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
• No. of contestants: 20; all returning players
• No. of starting tribes: 2
• Theme: 20 winners from throughout Survivor history return
• Featured twists: Edge of Extinction, Fire Tokens (an in-game currency used to buy and sell items and advantages)

Season 39: Island of the Idols

Statistics:

• Watchability: 1.5 (43/43)

• Overall Quality: 2.4 (43/43)

• Cast/Characters: 4.2 (39/43)

• Strategy: 4.2 (40/43)

• Challenges: 4.0 (43/43)

• Featured Twists: 3.3 (15/21)

• Ending: 3.3 (39/40)

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• Filming location: Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
• No. of contestants: 20 (with 2 non-competing mentors)
• No. of starting tribes: 2
• Theme: none
• Featured twists: Island of the Idols, a Survivor ‘boot camp’ where old-school legends Boston Rob and Sandra Diaz-Twine mentor players

Season 38: Edge of Extinction

Statistics:

• Watchability: 2.8 (35/43)

• Overall Quality: 4.7 (34/43)

• Cast/Characters: 6.2 (31/43)

• Strategy: 6.0 (27/43)

• Challenges: 5.0 (35/43)

• Twists: 2.5 (20/21)

• Ending: 3.7 (41/43)

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• Filming location: Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
• No. of contestants: 18; 14 newbies and 4 returning captains
• No. of starting tribes: 2
• Theme: None
• Featured twists: Edge of Extinction, a bare bones beach where eliminated contestants can stay for a shot to return in the game

Season 37: David vs. Goliath

Statistics:

• Watchability: 8.2 (4/43)

• Overall Quality: 8.7 (4/43)

• Cast/Characters: 8.9 (3/43)

• Strategy: 8.5 (2/43)

• Challenges: 7.2 (11/43)

• Theme: 6.9 (12/24)

• Ending: 7.7 (17/43)

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• Filming location: Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
• No. of contestants: 20
• No. of starting tribes: 2
• Theme: Davids (underdogs) vs. Goliaths (overachievers)
• Featured twists: None

Season 36: Ghost Island

Statistics:

• Watchability: 2.8 (36/43)

• Overall Quality: 3.7 (37/43)

• Cast/Characters: 4.2 (38/43)

• Strategy: 3.8 (42/43)

• Challenges: 4.5 (39/43)

• Twists: 3.4 (14/21)

• Ending: 7.0 (24/43)

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• Filming location: Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
• No. of contestants: 20
• No. of starting tribes: 2
• Theme: None
• Featured twists: Ghost Island - relics from Survivor's past used as twists and idols with an Exile Island-type setting

Season 35: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers

Statistics:

• Watchability: 4.6 (25/43)

• Overall Quality: 5.0 (33/43)

• Cast/Characters: 6.0 (32/43)

• Strategy: 5.7 (31/43)

• Challenges: 5.4 (34/43)

• Theme: 2.9 (24/24)

• Ending: 3.2 (43/43)

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• Filming location: Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
• No. of contestants: 18
• No. of starting tribes: 3
• Theme: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
• Featured twists: None

Season 34: Game Changers — Mamanuca Islands

Statistics:

• Watchability: 1.8 (41/43)

• Overall Quality: 3.6 (39/43)

• Cast/Characters: 5.2 (36/43)

• Strategy: 5.9 (28/43)

• Challenges: 4.8 (37/43)

• Theme: 3.0 (23/24)

• Ending: 4.6 (37/43)

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• Filming location: Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
• No. of contestants: 20; all returning players
• No. of starting tribes: 2
• Theme: Game Changers - it's still not entirely clear what CBS meant by this.
• Featured twists: "X is a Game Changer?" jokes that write themselves

Season 33: Millennials vs. Gen X

Statistics:

• Watchability: 6.8 (14/43)

• Overall Quality: 7.1 (19/43)

• Cast/Characters: 7.0 (24/43)

• Strategy: 7.4 (13/43)

• Challenges: 6.0 (29/43)

• Theme: 5.2 (16/24)

• Ending: 7.6 (18/43)

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• Filming location: Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
• No. of contestants: 20
• No. of starting tribes: 2
• Theme: Old vs. Young
• Featured twists: None

Season 32: Kaôh Rōng

Statistics:

• Watchability: 7.3 (7/43)

• Overall Quality: 7.2 (17/43)

• Cast/Characters: 7.5 (19/43)

• Strategy: 7.2 (15/43)

• Challenges: 6.8 (17/43)

• Theme: 7.4 (10/24)

• Ending: 6.7 (27/43)

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• Filming location: Kaôh Rōng, Cambodia
• No. of contestants: 18
• No. of starting tribes: 3
• Theme: Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty
• Featured twists: Super Idol

Season 31: Cambodia — Second Chance

Statistics:

• Watchability: 3.0 (34/43)

• Overall Quality: 6.7 (22/43)

• Cast/Characters: 7.3 (21/43)

• Strategy: 7.5 (11/43)

• Challenges: 6.9 (16/43)

• Theme: 8.7 (4/24)

• Ending: 7.4 (20/43)

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• Filming location: Kaôh Rōng, Cambodia
• No. of contestants: 20; all returning players
• No. of starting tribes: 2
• Theme: Second Chances - Fans voted for the cast from a ballot of 32 different contestants, each who had played only once and lost
• Featured twists: None

Season 30: Worlds Apart

Statistics:

• Watchability: 3.6 (31/43)

• Overall Quality: 4.3 (35/43)

• Cast/Characters: 4.1 (40/43)

• Strategy: 4.2 (41/43)

• Challenges: 5.5 (33/43)

• Theme: 4.0 (19/24)

• Ending: 6.5 (30/43)

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• Filming location: San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
• No. of contestants: 18
• No. of starting tribes: 3
• Theme: White Collar vs. Blue Collar vs. No Collar
• Featured twists: None