Can I suggest top 5 zero-vote finalists? While some no-vote finalists are complete goats, others were really good players but it was just that the winner was a lot better.

Redemption Island happened to be my first season of survivor as I didn't know which one to start with and the name and concept sounded intriguing. I followed that up with One World thinking it couldn't be as one-sided as the last one. Fml. Then came Cagayan and my hope was restored in Survivor.

LOVED Shii Ann's legendary "stupid people" confessional sealing the deal at the end

10:34 "This factor right here:" [shot of Boston Rob]

Pagonging’s are almost never fun. South Pacific was my first season but rewatching it was almost painful after Cochran flipped. You’re just sitting there begging for Ozzy to win somehow, and it was basically laid out for him and he still failed.

foa foa 4, pagonging a tribe of 8.. that needed special mention.

"woah, cool flying fish"

Dude you really deserve more subscribers. Some of the best Survivor videos we have seen in a long time now.

The worst thing to happen to the men in One World was Colton being removed from the game. He was an extremely unlikable tyrant, but he was the only one that could actually get the men to be organized. Had he stayed, Christina would have definitely been the next one to go pre-merge, and the guys would've been up 7-5 going into the merge.

Your narration is fucking on point! Subscribed!

I wish I discovered this channel earlier. It's top quality content and now I'm going to binge watch them all! You deserve WAY more subscribers my man! Great work!

Keep up the great work! And the Shi Ann Part at the end was great 👍🏼

Pagong? More like... *PaGONE!!!!* I'll see myself out....

Yo keep up the awesome work. We need more innovative Survivor videos like this!

I don't mind pagongings, just as long as the underdogs are interesting or the entire episode leading up to the elimination is good. HvV which is one of, if not the best season of Survivor was essentially a pagonging (except for Danielle getting eliminated) and this current seasons pagonging hasn't been too bad as Joe and Mike are both entertaining underdogs and queen Lauren is entertaining as well.

This video was great! keep up the good work! The one edit I'd make is add Heroes VS Villains to this list. Three out of five heroes left in a row, then one villain, followed by the last two heroes. Again, loved the video. Great job!

How did I just now find your channel?! You are a great narrator and I really liked watching this video! Subscribed

Maybe because I love Boston Robb, I really liked Survivor Redemption Island. Plus the pagoned tribe had it coming for throwing a challenge just to get Russell out. I though the worst case was the one Stephanie came from where the tribe lost so much it was down to 1 person left at the merge. Not technically a pagong, but man that tribe was terrible.

You can add Malolo tribe from Ghost Island now

Samoa was A Pagonging, but I have to say, it was a thrilling one. It was in my opinion the best earlier season of survivor. The Foa Foa 4 Going in with Galu at 8 and not a SINGLE Galu survives was just amazing.

I actually like pagongings, I would like to see a season without tribe swaps. I think that comes from enjoying the team portion of the game more than other viewers might.

Everytime I see a new video posted by you, I immediately click on it and watch... even if I'm at school !!

It's simple, I see a Peridiam video, I click.

I really love your channel! keep it up!

I'm glad you put Exile Island on this list. I actually really liked the La Mina alliance (post merge), even though they didn't stand a chance. Watching them get picked off one by one was so frustrating. They just could not find any cracks, and no one was willing to budge. However, it was kind of beautiful, in a pitiful way, how none of the La Mina alliance turned on each other even as their numbers dwindelled.

I really liked season 22 because of how much I love Boston rob. I wasn’t watching that season for the underdogs, I was watching my fave player perfectly mind control a group of people

Love your vids❤🔝

What is worst is RAROTONGING. RAROTONGING is like you are in numbers advantage but you are desimated by the smaller ally. See Survivor Cook Islands, especially the Aitu 4

Love your vids!

A Pogoning is definitely about to happen on ghost island

Top Five Philip Shepard moments

Great video. I was thinking that... Ooh! Flying fish!

Hey Peridiam, please do a future video on the top 10 alliance, and duos as you did in Big Brother US, and also do so for Canadian Big Brother as well please. Just something in the future. Please make this happen

I thought it would be the season where one tribe didn't make it to the merge. Instead the last member just got absorbed into the tribe that won almost every time (I think they lost once but that could have been an episode where both tribes lost a member).

I just get addicted to survivor so your videos help me a lot. im from the Philippines

Usually tho, the eventual winner of the season is someone that wanted it to be a pagong. Rich, Tina, Brian, Amber, Tom, Aras, Yul, Todd, Parvati, JT, Natalie White, Boston Rob, Sophie, Mike Holloway, Wendell, Chris Underwood

dude, i just saw an idea of a top 5 and I totally buy it the idea of "Top 5 best FTC performances by runners-up"

Shii Ann moment reminded me - list of best clutch immunity wins could be cool!

Hello Peridiam; I really enjoy watching/listening to your analysis. I am an OG Survivor fan, I started from season 1. You forgot to mention the Australian outback pagonging. Incase you don't remember, in Survivor season 2, @ the final 11, they were still two tribes, and the numbers were split 5 to 6. I forgot the tribe names though :(. One of the casts, who was in the tribe of 6, Michael Scoopin fell in fire and was medically evacuated. Because of that the corresponding immunity challenge did not take place, therefore the tribes went into the merge 5 to 5. They went to tribal council, and tribal lines were still strong. The vote was 5 to 5 which by the way, was the first ever tie vote on survivor. They went on a revote. They revoted, it was still a tie except that the people whom the votes were cast on were not allowed to vote this time, so it was effectively 4 to 4. Then the tie breaker happened, which was that whoever received most votes in a previous tribal council would go home. This was when jeff Varner was voted out. Bear in mind that he was from the tribe that had 6. From there a pagonging began. I guess they were really just unlucky. Sorry. I really love to tell that story. As an OG fan you realise how far this series has come. I really enjoy watching your videos peridiam, long may it continue.

Pagoning's do make the show blah and predictable BUT if a tribe can get into that position where they have the trust and the numbers to stick together and knock the opposition out, that really is the best strategy from a player's point of view. I'm so glad I found your channel, I love Survivor and haven't found many reviewers for this show. Can't wait to see more of your videos :)

The Heroes tribe needs to be on this list, mostly because they had multiple chances to not be Pagonged had they listened to Sandra the first time she told them that Russell couldn't be trusted and that she wanted to flip to them, but JT giving Russell his idol and Candice flipping to the Villains the following tribal put a stop to that

You should do a video ranking the top reverse pagongings! Tocantins, Samoa, and Cook Islands immediately come to mind.

What about Survivor Cook Islands where Aitu 4 took out Raro tribe?

One World was my favorite Pagonging. I didn't like any of the men. I thought they were idiots for kowtowing to Colton and giving up immunity just to empower his racism. And I loved Kim, Chelsea, and Sabrina. They were the most likeable characters all season, and how wonderful that they got to the end together. Every episode of them mentally outplaying the men (and Alicia) was a treat.

One World was destroyed by Pagonging and.... by Colton leaving! The pre-merge episodes were super entertaining, Colton was probably a horrible human being but a great TV character, very funny as a villain, and actually had some real power over his tribe. Once he left, nothing else happened in the entire season.

Awesome video as always! Maybe a most underrated players list? Also, what is your opinion on Earl from Fiji?

refinding this 6 years later, gotta remark on how ghost island (which hadn't aired yet) belongs on this list now retroactively probably around #5 or 4, and how ghost island and palau are a special type of pagonging that's pretty much only been seen those 2 times.

I actually liked One World. It's one of my favorite seasons. I know that it's universally hated, but after RI and SP both having the Redemption Island twist, and only like 4-5 people getting any air time for the whole show, One World was a breath of fresh air for me. No RI twist and you got to know almost everybody except for Mike and Leif.

It's strange to think the original Pagonging wouldn't have happened without Kelly's immunity run.

12:27 Andrea's cakeface is amazing :)

“Maybe with a Bow and arrow” oh Jesus shots fired (bow and arrow shots)

You need to do the best pagongings ever and include the Cook Islands

Redemption Island one of my favorite just because its the most dominant performance of a single person ever on survivor he brought who he wanted to the finals no one else could do that like he did...

I actually found the Boston rob pagonging quite entertaining due to how unusual and outrageous that cult was. He ruled that camp with an iron fist and no one on both tribes tried to switch it up. lol

This is why Marquesas was such an underrated season: because it was the first season to fail a Pagonging attempt. John Caroll of Rotu has all the power in the game at the Final 9: he had his alliance of four, plus Neleh and Pascal, and with that group of 6 it was clear Maraamu was screwed. But because of John’s own ego and cockiness, the 5 outsiders turned on the Rotu Four alliance and took them all out. It was also the first season where the final 2 was from two different tribes!

I think the producers have avoid Pagoings by doing swaps early and sometimes 2 times. So it doesn't get predictible.

Does anyone else feel that redemption island was just an attempt by the producers to give Boston Rob or Russel a win?

Rewatching this video now, crazy to think that 41 and 42 has no tribe swaps (not counting the trails) but no pagonging at all.

What episode was the episode with the wild animal coming on shore?

Nearly three years later, we have one in Big Brother: "All-Stars 2." Easily one of the most boring, rigged and offensive seasons, ever. Production could've broken up the vanilla alliance (Memphis, Christmas, Cody, Nicole, Danielle and Tyler) to prevent this. They did nothing and now it's one of the lowest-rated seasons despite having little competition for original programming and being an "(sm)all-stars" cast.

The first season that came to mind was Palau. This might not qualify as a Pagoning though since they basically eliminated the other tribe pre-merge. Only Stephanie was left.

Thailand wasn't a Pagonging because of the twist - Brian had already convinced Shii Ann to flip.

Can you do your top 5 least favorite seasons.

Can you do a "worst tribes in SV history/most dysfuntional tribes" ir something like that but excluding ulong! Haba

You should make one with big brother moves, and please include Big Brother Canada in it!

What about cook islands? The with 4 were the final 4 and entered merge down with numbers

I think redemption island had so much potential! Voting off russell hantz so early proved to be pretty silly

Do u think u could make the best pagongings because I really the liked the Pagongings of Survivor Palau

The original Pagong(ing) is tragic but amusing, given the behind the scenes stuff that has come out over the years (and I believe Jeff talked about it in his book back in the day). About how Pagong largely just didn't think the show was going to be a thing, so they absolutely were just screwing around, having fun, voting for Jeff, getting talking-to's to take things seriously, retaping confessionals and tribals, etc. On top of that is Tagi actually having an alliance, Richard actually employing strategy, and Pagong not actually even attempting to play the game until way too late. It really sucks they all got picked off one by one, but it's also not remotely surprising. 😂 Pagonging doesn't feel quite as bad when it's a group you love vs a group you don't, but it pretty much never ever happens that way. Which makes it all the more miserable when it happens, when the group you dislike triumphs.

Maybe I’m just strange but I really enjoyed watching Redemption Island??? It’s even with China on my board. Idk I think I just like villains winning......

+Peridiam I think pagongings exist in Big Brother, too. The current season is a prime example of this.

Season 22 was the first season u watched and I loved it the most recent season I watched was one world. I guess I just admire when someone comes and completely doninates the season.

Why isn’t the Aitu 4 pagonging Raro on here? Cook Islands?

What's funny is I just finished watching Borneo for the first time

I feel like One World gets way too much hate. Yes the cast didn't really fight Kim, but she was a force and all those blindsides were very entertaining. I loved it and there were lots of memorable characters. Redemption Island though.....the absolute worst. Can't even try to rewatch it. Just terrible

Aw, I really liked One World lol UGH @ Redemption Island. Thank you very much for unearthing those awful memories. :p Zaptera got a bad rep. I liked them, well, as much as I could've liked anyone from that season

Shii Ann was going to flip on her Sook Jai tribe so it was going to be a Pagoning anyway...

What about the best pagonings (FVF, Samoa, HvV)

Hey! What about to pagonging in heroes vs villains?

Anyone else scream Palau to the screen for the number 1 spot and then Redemption Island pop up

Survivor Thailand is SO frustrating and literally it's entirely production's fault. I definitely think the schoolyard pick at the beginning of the season sorted the castaways in a far less interesting arrangement than otherwise could've happened, and it's easy to picture other seasons (say, Australia) being JUST as boring had they been schoolyard picks. And yeah, the fake merge was a TERRIBLE decision and super cringe, and one of the only two likeable castaways (Shii Ann, who I still believe to this day could've made final four if the twist didn't happen) on the entire season was immediately eliminated because of it. Ugh.

Well Boston Rob would say otherwise on the Redemption Island Pagonging.

While a Pagonging can make for a predictable outcome and thus not compelling TV - making things as predictable as possible as possible is exactly the state that a top strategist would seek to achieve, whether it be an army general, a chess grand-master looking 10 moves ahead, or an alpha-type Survivor player. It is no coincidence that most Pagongings occur when there is a clear dominant strategist above the level of the other survivors. Hatch, Heidik, Spradling, BRob, Kwon etc. (Note: RI actually had a good merge episode where the first vote was actually not a Pagong but a re-hit on Matt. Also, that the Pagongers sometimes start from numerical inferior position does not make seasons like Cook Island, Samoa and the like any less of a Pagonging). The Alpha game is of course not the only way to win (just ask Sandra) but when they do, those are the seasons where most people agree have the most deserving winners.

RIDICULOUS BUDDY SYSTEM?!?!? Ummm. Excuse me. That was straight up Genius. That season was entertaining to watch as u see what a great player can really do.

The redemption island twist was terrible but actually didn’t make any difference, Philip was hillarious and what Boston Rob did was beautifull, imo this is far from being the worst season. Not every season has at least a few good characters, some memorable moments （Russell destroyed, Philip stuff, the final tribal...）and such a great great winner.

How did you not have Cook Islands . There were only four after the mutiny and then they ended being 4 out of 5 of the final 5 was from that that tribe of 4

6:18 Brian getting denied a kiss

What about Survivor Palau?

The thing is Redemption Island had (debatable) great casting. What destined the pagoning was Redemption Island itself and no tribe switches. The season could've been regarded as a great season if Rob and Russell didn't turn up and there was at least a tribe switch (like the way it was done in BvW1). Great videos mate! Glad I subscribed everything is amazing about em'.

if only he knew ghost island was to come not even 3 months after this video...

The worst for me was Worlds Apart. That was a season where the likable alliance got pagonged by one of the most unlikable alliances in the history of the show. I stopped watching once Shirin was voted out because there was no one left that I liked. I would put that instead of Panama personally.

How did you know what was going to happen to allow you to skip the episodes as a 1st time viewer?

Pagong was named after Pagong Island, a desolate island quite close to Philippine territory. Pagong is the Filipino term for turtle.

Question: do you consider samoa a pagonging? Or does it not count since Galu had the numbers come merge?

agree with redemption island with the worst pagonging ever... even worst of the worst season ever. Like ever! No tribe swap, bad casting, no specific game changer twist, it's just production wanted to make Boston Rob win...

In Thailand they should have done a swap, that would have been more interesting

Loved the video, but wouldn't the Matt blindside be a deviance from the pagonging? The first merge boot was an Ometepe

7:53 is that a reference to...what I think it is???

Ghost Island bout to be a Pagonging

Time to add another season to the list... Ghost island... #navitistrong... *insert sigh sound*... *insert tear*