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Survivor 15: China

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Why Survivor 15: China might be annoying:

    The season featured a player named ‘Chicken.’
    Because contestants went into the game with the clothes on their backs, many players roamed about in their underwear (including players viewers would rather not see in their undies).
    Series editors added in Matrix-style ‘freeze shots’ in some of the show’s action sequences garnering mixed reactions among viewers.
    The slogan ‘Outwit! Outplay! Outlast!’ was replaced by ‘Compete in Intelligence, Skill & Endurance!’ (written in Chinese characters)
    The two Hidden Immunity Idols were never played.
    The classic gross-out food challenge had contestants eating 1000-year old egg, eels, chicken fetuses and cooked baby turtles with shells.
    Organizations dedicated to enforcing positive portrayals of gays in the media speculate that Survivor editors deliberately left out Todd's reaction to James' nude shower/’bare butt show’ because CBS feared backlash from conservative family groups.
    The same ultra-cautious editors blurred out Amanda's butt constantly even though she was wearing a full-coverage swimsuit bottom.
    The ‘Fight or Feast’ challenge returned, giving players the option of either feasting on cheeseburger or playing for immunity.

Why Survivor 15: China might not be annoying:

    The China setting provided a spectacular backdrop and scenery for the game.
    As with the Pearl Islands and Palau seasons, contestants entered the actual competition with the clothes on their backs.
    It also featured a geographically diverse array of players coming from various parts of the US as the previous two seasons (Cook Islands and Fiji) had the majority of its contestants coming from California.
    Eventually, players were given their actual swimsuits to use and wear.
    For the first time, the series included contestants whose occupations are a professional poker player, a professional wrestler (Johnny Fairplay was an amateur wrestler at the time he appeared on Survivor), a 20-year old contestant and a gay Mormon flight attendant.
    Some challenge sets featured replicas of the famous terracotta Lintong soldier statues.
    Viewers voted James as their favorite player through the CBS website, awarding him $100,000 at the reunion show.
    When Denise revealed that being on 'Survivor' got her displaced from her job, Mark Burnett awarded her $50,000 (partly to help her family out and because she was voted behind James as a favorite player.)
    Jaime and Erik came out as a couple during the same reunion show with Erik admitting he's still a virgin!
    For the first time, all three finalist received at least one vote from the jury.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 92.86% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 30 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 33 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 391 Votes: 44.76% Annoying