Ok, I have to say. I am loving the post merge. SO MUCH BETTER than 48 where we waited for a million episodes for Starr or Mitch to realise they are playing a game. The characters are so much better than Eva or Joe. I wish we would have added Sage to 50 she has shown so much strategic and caracter potential. SO MUCH MORE than SO MANY of the 50 cast. WHO CARES ABOUT JOE, OR STEPHANIE LAGROSSA. Even if I loved Kyle and Kamilla now that we have some distance it seems like a forgotten storyline.

Anyway, I am starting to understand the Savannah and Rizo into 50 thing. They are the hghlights and even Savannah, she is a dominant troll. I can see the Parvati comparison in FU%36 B&%&% WHO DEMANDS kind of way rather than flirty girl.  I am also loving Rizo' s attention. He is a highlight of the new era for sure and I am more excited for him on 50 than many other people.

TIER 1 - ONE OF THEM FOR SURE

1) Savannah - I can't get over my thought that this is a two season edit. I feel like I would be follish not to have her on my top spot, I really don' t get why people insist on Sophi, I feel like she has faded in the backgrounf too much, while we have been given so much of Savannah and Rizo. She is a troll, she is active and fun. I really enjoy her. She ate Kristina. Loved the amazing conversation  she had with Sophie where they figured the round out and she masterfully gave Sophie the choice of elimination. I just don' t  like that kind fo evil edit she keeps getting and some credit of showmanship given to Rizo. But for me she is the one to watch.

2) Rizo - He has risen in my eyes. Still not enough to counter his earlier disappearance, but he is a strategic powerhouse. It feels like both himself and the edit are trying to steal credit away from Savannah and towards him. I am excited to see how he handles the rest of the season and him on 50. 

  
TIER 2 - NO THEY' RE NOT WINNING NONE OF THEM NO SIR

3) Sophi - I am taking a stance here and I may make a fool of myself. I don' t see it. SHhe has been getting some constant content of her knowing what is going on and being protected from fallouts. BUT she is hidden behind 2 powerhouses. I don' t understand how she can surpass both edit-wise, but also strategically in-game, either Savannah or Rizo. Maybe if she flips and takes rhem both out in a spectacular manner or Savannah's  villain dit catches up to her and Sophi is the opposite. But this is not where this is heading. I am not sure why everyone is so stuck on her.

4) Sage - Gosh I love Sage. That edit of her being like NO. That was gold. She is a breakout character and strategic powerhouse and I wish she was on 50 over stephanie lagross, or tiffany or either weird choices. I just don' t think the edit is telling us the story of how Sage won. I believe she will be the final dragon to be slain.

5) Steven - He is seriously funny, I really really enjoy him in a way I haven' t enjoyed many people. Again, I would be happier with Steven on 50, which I know is wild, rather than Ozzy or Colby or whatever but I get it. It feels like his edit had gotten more funny and generic. And it felt like he had no plan this time around, was his plan for the idol to hit and him randomly escaping? WHEN has tihsi ever worked the last 20 seasons? 

6) Kristina - I am over them being so emotionally drained and tired. I didn' t like the attention he received. I know Jeff thinks that' s what' s good about Survivor, Cirie on Game Changers moments or Adam' s with his mother moments BUT NO. Not everyone needs to have uncalled for sob stories. They are grown people gone for 20 days and Kristina is losing it, she has lost the ability to even consider strategy (proved by her being owned by Savannah) and the edit instead of focusing on interesting stuff shows us her crying and flopping the challenge. I am bored. I am pissed. I want those people off my screen.

7) Sophie - I am loving her. She is strategic, she is smart, she is athletic. I am not necessarily against her telling Savannah. I know for us Savannah and Rizo are so obvious, but in her eyes she cannot trust Steven and Kristina and she ACTUALLY playing a good middle game. Her and Savannah are tight, there is a Sophi and possibly a Rizo that at that point she proobaly considers that she can beat at the end. I get it. But the edit did not do her any favours earlier and I don' t see how she is winning. Hope we had seen more of her, less of Kristina.

DrBeard's Survivor 49 Season 10 Edgic (Spoiler about 50 cast)