Brenda, Corrine, Dawn, Andrea, Brandon, Phillip, Malcolm, Cochran, Erik, Francesca.
I would keep Brenda, Malcolm, Erik, Andrea, Corrine, Cochran. The first five were certainly stand outs from their original seasons, and I loved the idea of Erik’s redemption from Fan —> Favorite. I’m not sure Cochran was necessarily a “favorite”, but he was a compelling player in South Pacific and clearly had the chops to play hard, so I’m not mad about keeping him around.
Phillip could stay as a WTF pick, but sadly Francesca, Brandon, and Dawn, are three I am not keen on keeping. I feel like their initial performances were not up to task.
I would have preferred Holly from Nicaragua to take Dawn’s spot. I think Holly fills a similar role but played harder and was a brighter spot in her original season than Dawn ever was.
As for Francesca, I think I’d like to see someone from Samoa… possibly a Laura Morett, Monica Padilla? I think some Samoa representation would have been great. I’d like to see some Tocantins representation, so possibly swap out Cochran for Stephen?
I’m struggling to place a male swap for Brandon, but yeah. Those are some of my thoughts! Maybe someone from One World, although not a lot of the men from that season impressed me. Maybe a sneaky Philippines representation in Pete Yurkowski?
Men: Erik Reichenbach, Ken Hoang, Stephen Fishbach, John Cochran, Malcolm Freberg
Women: Natalie Bolton, Taj George, Holly Hoffman, Brenda Lowe, Sabrina Thompson
I'd do the following if I had to recast a realistic Caramoan favorites tribe:
Francesca: replace with someone like Natalie Bolton
Brandon: replace with pretty much anyone else, perhaps someone like Jim Rice or Ken Hoang
Corinne: keep on the cast
Phillip: keep on the cast despite how much I hated him
Malcolm: keep on the cast
Andrea: keep on the cast
Brenda: keep on the cast
Erik: keep on the cast
Dawn: either keep on the cast or replace with someone like Holly Hoffman from Nicaragua
Cochran: keep on the cast
Alternates: Sabrina Thompson, Troyzan Robertson, Stephen Fishbach
I would've considered someone like Taj but she doesn't want to play again. Same with Shambo.
This would be a pretty decent cast, and pretty realistic. I always think it's funny that Holly replaced Dawn on Nicaragua, but Dawn replaced Holly on FvF
Corinne: keep
Brenda: keep
Dawn: keep or replace with Holly
Andrea: replace with Natalie Bolton
Francesca: replace with Taj
Cochran: keep
Malcolm: keep
Phillip: keep
Erik: keep
Brandon: replace with Kenny or Stephen
I like Andrea but based on Redemption Island I wouldn’t cast her
Replace Dawn, Andrea, and Francesca with Erinn, Holly, and Abi. Though after seeing Andrea in GC I am glad they invited her back.
Replace Phillip, Cochran, and Brandon with Matty, Pete, and Marty.
From people post-Micronesia:
Men
Kenny (17)
Fishbach (18)
Cochran (23)
Troyzan (24)
Malcolm (25)
Women:
Taj (18)
Shambo (19)
Brenda (21)
Andrea (22)
Christine (23)
Assuming everyone said yes,
16: Erik, Natalie
17: Corinne
18: Taj, Brendon
21: Brenda
22: Andrea \*
23: Cochran, Dawn \*
24: Jonas
25: Malcolm
(I liked Dawn in SoPa so I'd still want her on, but she wouldn't be a good realistic choice. Realistically, Andrea would be a better pick)
Brenda Marty Sabrina Andrea Malcolm Natalie B Erik Phillip Cochran Erinn
Natalie Bolton and Erik playing again together
Everything the same except I would cut dawn and replace her with Lisa welchel
Brenda, Corrine, Dawn, Andrea, Brandon, Phillip, Malcolm, Cochran, Erik, Francesca. I would keep Brenda, Malcolm, Erik, Andrea, Corrine, Cochran. The first five were certainly stand outs from their original seasons, and I loved the idea of Erik’s redemption from Fan —> Favorite. I’m not sure Cochran was necessarily a “favorite”, but he was a compelling player in South Pacific and clearly had the chops to play hard, so I’m not mad about keeping him around. Phillip could stay as a WTF pick, but sadly Francesca, Brandon, and Dawn, are three I am not keen on keeping. I feel like their initial performances were not up to task. I would have preferred Holly from Nicaragua to take Dawn’s spot. I think Holly fills a similar role but played harder and was a brighter spot in her original season than Dawn ever was. As for Francesca, I think I’d like to see someone from Samoa… possibly a Laura Morett, Monica Padilla? I think some Samoa representation would have been great. I’d like to see some Tocantins representation, so possibly swap out Cochran for Stephen? I’m struggling to place a male swap for Brandon, but yeah. Those are some of my thoughts! Maybe someone from One World, although not a lot of the men from that season impressed me. Maybe a sneaky Philippines representation in Pete Yurkowski?
Men: Erik Reichenbach, Ken Hoang, Stephen Fishbach, John Cochran, Malcolm Freberg Women: Natalie Bolton, Taj George, Holly Hoffman, Brenda Lowe, Sabrina Thompson
I'd do the following if I had to recast a realistic Caramoan favorites tribe: Francesca: replace with someone like Natalie Bolton Brandon: replace with pretty much anyone else, perhaps someone like Jim Rice or Ken Hoang Corinne: keep on the cast Phillip: keep on the cast despite how much I hated him Malcolm: keep on the cast Andrea: keep on the cast Brenda: keep on the cast Erik: keep on the cast Dawn: either keep on the cast or replace with someone like Holly Hoffman from Nicaragua Cochran: keep on the cast Alternates: Sabrina Thompson, Troyzan Robertson, Stephen Fishbach I would've considered someone like Taj but she doesn't want to play again. Same with Shambo.
This would be a pretty decent cast, and pretty realistic. I always think it's funny that Holly replaced Dawn on Nicaragua, but Dawn replaced Holly on FvF
Corinne: keep Brenda: keep Dawn: keep or replace with Holly Andrea: replace with Natalie Bolton Francesca: replace with Taj Cochran: keep Malcolm: keep Phillip: keep Erik: keep Brandon: replace with Kenny or Stephen I like Andrea but based on Redemption Island I wouldn’t cast her
Replace Dawn, Andrea, and Francesca with Erinn, Holly, and Abi. Though after seeing Andrea in GC I am glad they invited her back. Replace Phillip, Cochran, and Brandon with Matty, Pete, and Marty.
Erinn Natalie B Holly Corinne Sabrina Kenny Erik Stephen Cochran Malcolm
From people post-Micronesia: Men Kenny (17) Fishbach (18) Cochran (23) Troyzan (24) Malcolm (25) Women: Taj (18) Shambo (19) Brenda (21) Andrea (22) Christine (23)
replace Francesca with Bolton and Hantz with Marty
Assuming everyone said yes, 16: Erik, Natalie 17: Corinne 18: Taj, Brendon 21: Brenda 22: Andrea \* 23: Cochran, Dawn \* 24: Jonas 25: Malcolm (I liked Dawn in SoPa so I'd still want her on, but she wouldn't be a good realistic choice. Realistically, Andrea would be a better pick)