when it comes to voting someone out first and survivor there's usually an obvious reason why
that person is voted out they could be weakened challenges not fitting in with the tribe playing
too hard too fast or simply committing basic survivor carnal sins like looking for idols
or leaving the group making you an easy target three days into the game and in over 40 seasons
of survivor these are the common ways to have the ever so unfortunate distinction
of being the first person voted out however sometimes when someone is voted out first it's not
for any of these reasons in fact it usually has nothing to do with their bad gameplay whatsoever
it's just that very rare circumstances led them to being voted out first so while most first boots
are laughed at or forgotten survivor history for today we'll take a look at the five first boots
in survivor history who did the least amount wrong to get voted out these five boots won't
be in any particular order however number one is a very definite one but either way let's get
this list started with number five now for this person when watching on tv you would think they
were booted in one of the normal ways that being a poor performance and the challenge but there
was so much that happened behind the scenes that led this person being voted out first and that is
darnell hamilton and survivor co-wrong and here's the thing with darnell again when you watch on tv
you may think of him as just a simple scapegoat versus boot who had a bad challenge performance
and that's what caused him to go home sure there are a lot of worse first boots but this is the
reason why many first boots go home but the thing was don't knows charlie's performance had nothing
to do with why he went home on the bronze tribe he formed a close bond with fellow tribe mate sydney
and with alicia being the obvious target on the bronze tribe he was in a pretty good spy and while
him losing the goggles was a bad look he was still never in really big danger being the first boot
however ally scott pollard and jason as big of douchebags as they were started playing the game
right away and decided to make a big time move in the first tribal council knowing that elysia was
always going to be an easy target they decided to put themselves in the best position possible
and split the tight duo of sydney and darnell and pull in suny to their side which would give
them the majority over jennifer and alicia but even despite the strategy alicia still almost
went home as jason flipped his vote at the first tribal council due to simply not being able to
handle the quote blondie and bonding with darno really well and that's the thing about darnell
i don't even think you can make the argument that he didn't make the relationships that sydney did
i actually think darnell was better socially in those first two days in sydney it's just simply
that scott and jason were all about strength and with sydney being stronger than darnell
out of the two they decided that sydney would be more beneficial to keep than dornel so to
sum it up i really don't think darnell did much of anything wrong with maybe only making his
alliance with sydney a little too obvious he was fine socially maybe even better than sydney and
losing his goggles and that long of a challenge is never reason why anybody would ever go home
jason scott simply made a long-term game move which ironically ended up buying them in the ass
but unfortunately for dunnell it meant he would go down survivor history as a first boot
on the bright side he was the catalyst behind the curse of the aqua dump
for number four i debate where not i should include this person as this person is a returning
player a return player first boots are always different circumstances than newbie or even
mixed cast first boots so it's hard to compare but this person literally did nothing wrong
except for winning her first season and that is tina weston in survivor all-stars cheetah came
on all stars as one of four winners and was also paired with fellow winner ethan zahn on saboga
and that was her death sentence going into the season the other 14 players all have one goal
and that was to make sure that a winner didn't get to the end again since they had already had
their time in the spotlight as a survivor winner and they were all as clear as targets as any
players in survivor history with pretty much all four winners guaranteed to be early boots
in all stars saboga lost their first challenge and despite some good attempts from ethan tina
to appeal to rupert and rudy about morales and why jenna lewis was the real problem
even though the lovable duo didn't even mess around on the first vote and unfortunately for
tina she went from survivor winner to first boot to make matters worse has she been paired with one
of the other winners richard and jenna she would have at least made it past the first tribal as
richard arguably had the biggest target in several history for being the first of ever winner and
overall wasn't super likable and janet was really the first winner to be seen as a weak winner and
being the most recent winner i'm sure tina would have survived over her unfortunately she just
happened to be paired with ethan who is literally one of the most likable people to ever play and
was obviously much stronger physically than tina make cantina the easy boot over ethan versa boga
now again a lot of return player first boots have more circumstances than usual to being vote at
first for example sugar was the weakest member not a part of the pre-game majority alliance in heroes
vs villains francesca was an easy target for already being voted out first and everyone knew
about natalie and jeremy's relationship which made them an easy target at the first tribal council
and winners at war but none was more unfair in blatant than tina who really never had a shot
and her only shot to make it fast the purge tribal council was against another winner and
she unfortunately was paired with ethan instead of rich and jenna she committed no obvious sins when
it comes to being a first boot she just simply had the winner's target on her back and never stood
a chance at number three we move on to the first of two blood versus water players to make a list
and that is from its second edition san juan del sur noddy anderson now i think with nadia
she definitely had her mistakes the main one being her ridiculous comment to josh that him being gay
made him part of the girl's alliance and just in journal to make a girl's alliance and to try where
the guys outnumber the girls is just flat-out ridiculous and just in general she didn't really
do anything spectacular to keep herself in the game but out of all the reasons why someone was
voted out this may not only be the most ridiculous reason for her first boot but in all of survivor
she was targeted for being seen as a cutthroat player on the amazing race
the funny thing is i don't think half the players on the cast had seen much of any of survivor
much less a show like the amazing race but reality tv fans the wentworth sure had
and knowing he was a clear target dale wentworth threw out a last-ditch effort plan to save himself
and instead of throwing someone under the bus for the usual survivor mistake cliches he threw out 90
as a target for being seen as a cutthroat player on the amazing race now first of all i don't watch
the amazing race i don't know the logistics dale was talking about when it came to the anderson's
gameplay but no matter how cutthroat the andersons may have appeared to be to compare the amazing
race gameplay where it involves traveling around the world to the cutthroat gameplay of survivor is
so ridiculous that i guess you could say it's so ridiculous that it worked now to be fair i think
the guy's alliance was always going to happen this season and dale would have been safe anyway
but the fact that nadia was targeted despite being the strongest woman due to moves on a
completely different show has to be a freshman way to go home in any way much less to be the reason
you're the first boot of the season however it all worked out for the andersons in the end as
of nadia being voted out natalie was in a far less threatening position and ended up taking the win
for the family and number two we move on to the second player from a blood versus water season
and in terms of u.s survivor this person i think did the least amount wrong to be the first boot
and that is marissa peterson now i know some people could argue that technically laura and
candace were the first people voted out of the season but for this list i'm talking about actual
tribal council vote-offs which obviously makes marissa the first despite her literally doing
nothing wrong two freshmen remember your blood versus water the loved ones were all together
and brad culpepper was clearly its leader at the first media challenge the veterans won and jarvis
marissa's uncle showbutted quite a bit after winning much to the anger of the newbies
especially brad culpepper now culpepper was a professional athlete and he and the rest of the
tribe knew that marissa was one of their stronger females and katie was easily the weakest heck with
this being the blood vessels wire twist bladder could have done what he did the next episode and
sent home rachel first and temp tyson to take her place but simply due to the antics that jarvis
displayed at the media challenge brad decided to get back at him and show the other veterans what
would happen if they would do the exact same thing and marissa was sent home in a unanimous vote
again marissa wasn't exactly in the best position but with brad in charge and the guys having a
clear easy majority you can't really blame her for not being at the top and i'd argue that out
of the females she was in the least amount of trouble going home first but simply due to her
uncle jervis over during the celebration she was sent home to redemption ireland where at least she
did have a good showing but at the end of the day you can't help but feel bad for her i wonder how
far she would have gone had it not been for jervis those thanksgiving dinners must have been pretty
awkward for a while after that now number one i have the person who inspired me to make this video
and with how the seasons going maybe a faded first boot to this train wreck season spoilers for those
of you who are not currently watching australian survivor but number one without question the most
unfair first boot in survivor history i have phil ferguson from australian survivor brains vs braun
let's just go through this episode and show just how ridiculous the change of events were that led
to poor phil's survivor dream any in two days and going down in history as a first moon first of all
let's talk about australian survivor in general and its ridiculous overpowered challenges that are
extremely physical in the season of brains versus brawn it gives the brains no choice but to keep
the tribe strong for at least their first vote with 38 year old weak link way being the target
however fellow weakling george found one of the most ridiculous advantages in survivor history
the advantage gave george the opportunity to save six people from tribal council
which was half the freaking tribe knowing he had a chance to shake up the game and hopefully get
rid of his target mitch george saved what he considered the weak links but for some reason
phil wasn't part of that group leaving him as the obvious target of the six left and was voted out
unanimously let's talk about how badly george played this round aside from the fact that he
kept an obvious weak link around and failed to be voted out he proceeded to piss off even the people
who he saved and only made to the merge due this season being more ridiculous to survivor gabon
and go figure he's one of the front winners to win now if he really wanted mitch gone he should have
kept the fellow weak links there with mitch being the only strong member and then mitch could have
been the easy vote out or you know not piss off the entire tribe and vote our way in an easy first
vote now you could argue that phil shouldn't have put himself in a bad position to begin with but
while i don't know for sure it didn't even look like he was considered to be a boot for a long
time as george and way were the obvious targets and i think the likes of rachel and cara will be
targeted over phil as well to put it frank i think phil was a basic lock to make it to the tribe swap
and who knows how his game would have gone at that point and to put things in perspective haley is
far and away the best player of the season and could possibly win at the time of writing this
but more than likely if george would have saved phil and kept someone like abeyton at that tribal
council haley would have gone home simply for being the weakest link of the six remaining
so phil had a survivor dream and due to a variety of ridiculous reasons the brain tribe literally
being forced to go with a bronze style first boot george playing the vote in the absolute worst way
possible with phil being the only weak member he didn't save sending him home and again i'm not
saying phil would have gone on to win the season but just look how close haley came to going home
due to this ridiculous twist and bad gameplay from george and don't forget perceived weak
players like pian shane who weren't in a great position at the first couple tribals have gone
on to win australian survivor so while not in the best spot ever phil was in no danger of going home
anytime soon and unfortunately had a survivor dream and in the most ridiculous way imaginable
so there you have it guys the five first boost in survivor history who did the least amount wrong to
earn the reputation as a first boot if you like what you see then hit that like and subscribe
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