A reality show where a group of contestants are stranded in a remote location with little more than the clothes on their back. The lone survivor of this contest takes home a million dollars.
Sadly, though, there seemed to be a curse on this exotic land: The able-bodied players here were less entertaining than usual and the weak, negative players were more chumpy and unlikable than ever.
The tribes would have to elect a "leader," a completely arbitrary and toothless designation which only functioned to put a target on one person's back. Not that it stopped Probst from harping on the leaders' "failures" at every juncture.
"Survivor: Gabon" must rank as the strangest of the show's 17 seasons. The inland location is part of it, along with the bizarre self-destructive tendencies of so many players
