It doesn't anymore. After an extreme rough patch that was CI and Fiji, they corrected to an extent the bad casting and the awful editing that occurred in those seasons. China featured a much better cast and the editing was so much more balanced that even the all the pre-merge contestants had adequate character development. Micronesia was a weird hybrid which could have been a disaster, but it provided a lot of drama and an unbelievably good/unbelievably bad gameplay contrast between the players. Even the most questionable cast member on the Favorites side ended up playing a very good game and ended up a very satisfying winner.