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240. Adam Gentry (Survivor: Cook Islands - 5th Place)

Adam apparently dated the whore that I liked during the few episodes I saw of BB4 and then hated what she turned BB7 into, not to mention her questionable casting decisions upon becoming a casting director, unless, of course, I'm think I'm Erika from the Amazing Race. Adam was just the stereotypical young jock from the white tribe that they needed to cast because they couldn't just have black, asian, and latin stereotypes. They had to have white stereotypes too. He was pretty much strung along by the far more capable female players of the season, and although I hated his showmance with Candice, mainly because it meant he robbed his far-superior rival of HIS showmance with Candice, he's just too boring for me to outright hate. Plus he ALMOST gave us an interesting episode in the finale, when he offered to sacrifice himself in order to get rid of Yul's idol, which was extremely overpowered. Sadly, Sundra and Ozzy made bad choices and wound up getting screwed. Also, at the time, I was pissed that he gave his vote to Yul over Ozzy for a tribe decision that Yul claimed credit for, but whatever.


239. Kel Gleason (Survivor: Australia - 15th Place)

I still think that one of the dumbest moves Ogakor made, the one that would've killed them, had Michael not fallen into the fire, was voting out one of their strongest players in Kel in round two. Granted, he was pretty boring and only showed up in episode two because it was his boot episode, but still. When the choices of people outside the alliance are a young, strong, military man who's anti-social, and an old woman, the choice should be pretty freaking obvious, and the 3 immunity losing streak Ogakor went on speaks for itself. Kel just happened to get screwed because Jerri thought that Kel had snuck some beef jerky onto the trip and was getting strength that others weren't. By the way, if someone is crafty enough to sneak beef jerky onto Survivor in order to keep their strength up, just a thought, don't boot them for doing so because they will help your tribe in challenges. It was one of the most infamous moments from the early seasons and helped to cement Jerri's villain status though, so Kel lands in a rather mediocre placing.


238. Sundra Oakley (Survivor: Cook Islands - 4th Place)

I will give Sundra a lot of credit for her gameplay up until the final 5. I mean, she survived the first vote when Steph sided with her over Sekou. She got in good with Ozzy and Ceci, who were tight, and had Cao Boi and Flica not been stupid, she would've been in a solid majority. And despite being an outsider, she got into a main alliance of five where she had a reasonable shot at sticking aorund over Jonathan. She also had a plan to jump ship with Candice at the merge by joining Adam/Parvati/Rebecca/Nate on Raro. But the mutiny screwed things up and she didn't feel like betraying Aitu that early. She and the rest of the Aitu 4 got lucky and they managed to turn things around, tearing Raro apart, right up until the final five when she and Ozzy refused to take out Yul's idol, giving him a guaranteed spot in the final 3. At the final 4, she failed to make a fire even with a set of matches and got sent home in a tie that only happened because Ozzy liked her, yet she voted Yul to win. Sundra was a boring mactress and she made for boring TV, but she was nice, so here she ranks.


237. Jeff Wilson (Survivor: Palau - 16th Place)

*shudder* Jeff is one of those "pretty" people that has a face and body that look so absolutely fake that it creeps me out. Seriously, he has a baby face and muscles that look like he spent WAY too much time in the gym for his own good. Jeff is yet another member of the failure tribe that is Ulong (how ironic that every Palau player ranked thus far is either from Ulong or would've been on Ulong had it not been for that initial twist.) He was one of the strong, young guys that should've been able to contend with the much older tribe of Koror. But Jeff didn't really bring a whole lot to his tribe. He had his little showmance with Kim, and I absolutely hate showmances because they're usually a way for a show to focus on boring people who have no other storyline going for them. And then he hurt his ankle on a coconut and asked to be voted out (Palau, given the records of season 10 and 16, is a very bad place in terms of making people want to quit the show). He quit like a bitch, when he was still far more useful, challenge-wise than quite a few of his tribemates, and it looked even more ridiculous a season later when Amy had to be dragged off, kicking and screaming, after hurting her ankle TWICE.


236. Nate Gonzalez (Survivor: Cook Islands - 9th Place)

Nate was another stereotype that they cast for the Hiki tribe in order to make it one of the worst tribes in Survivor history. Sure, he was the only member worth a damn in challenges, given that they lost the first and would've lost the second had Aitu not thrown it (given that Hiki STILL almost lost). But Nate was still a stereotype of all the "gangstas" out there with his hip-hop talk and annoying shit like that. He had his showmance with Parvati and apparently had sex with her in jury lodge or something (wouldn't surprise me). Nate was just a stereotype throughout the whole season it seemed, and the only reason he wasn't the king of Cook Islands stereotyping was because he could swim. He got voted out in a satisfying elimination, given how much Raro sucked, and then showed up as a juror with some sort of cane for seemingly no reason. *shrug* He was too bland to REALLY hate, and in a season as crappy as CI, he still managed to stand out as one of the bigger characters.