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Survivor winners and players ranked by objective data, and the results are surprising

All 23 Survivor winners have been ranked based on objective data about their performance on their seasons, including jury votes, and Survivor Palau’s Tom Westman comes in at number one, while original winner and former inmate Richard Hatch is dead last. Survivor South Pacific winner Sophie Clarke is in 14th place. That’s according to True Dork Times’ “Survival Average,” which uses 10 different criteria to come up with a numerical value reflecting their success at the game. Those include things such as the number of challenge wins, votes cast against the player, and votes for the person who was actually voted out—all quantifiable criteria, but arguable as to whether or not those things are important. But the rationale is explained in a glossary on each page. The same data is available for indiviual seasons, with each contestant ranked, and there are surprising and not-so-surprising results. Frequently, the season’s winner was the person with the highest score, but sometimes that’s no...

2010-2011 reality shows, ranked in order of popularity

During the 2010-2011 TV season, reality TV shows did well, comprising half of the top 10 shows among viewers ages 18 to 49. Reality TV gave us the most-popular (American Idol) and the least-popular shows ( Shedding for the Wedding ) this year. EW’s James Hibberd compiled a list of all broadcast TV shows and their 18-49 rating, which includes those people who watched on a DVR within one week of the broadcast. I’ve stripped that list of the scripted TV shows, which gives us this list of reality TV shows, ranked by popularity. The numbers that follow the colon are the percentage of people ages 18 to 49 who watched, on average. So, 8.8 percent of adults that age watched American Idol, while 4.3 percent of that group tuned in to Survivor last fall. After #31, there are no more ranks listed, probably because there are so many ties—and some of these shows tied with a scripted show or other reality shows. To see how they compared to your favorite scripted shows, see the full list : 1. Americ...