Villains, Colby’s cardinal sin was that he wasn’t as good at challenges as he once had been (along with the minor sin of not pre-gaming with the Micronesia and Rupert crew). To be fair to Colby, if you finished better than fourth, then you were just doomed on All-Stars. However, his next two outings on All-Stars and Heroes vs. He was Survivor’s first example of “the women want him, the men want to be him and everybody wants their baby/dog named after him”. His honorable gameplay and challenge dominance (at the time) made him a deep fan favorite to the point that he was a lock to be both an All-Star and a Hero. His movie star looks (imagine a cowboy-influenced Captain America) and witty one-liners caused him to be in the right place at the right time. In 2001, Survivor was the biggest show on television and Colby was the biggest star on it. Example A of this phenomenon is a certain gentleman from Texas who only knows of one way of playing Survivor: Colby Donaldson. Unfortunately that means that players who don’t neatly fall into these categories often get forgotten, even when they are truly worthy of inclusion into the Survivor Hall of Fame. He ain’t no Hershey bar.Īs a Survivor online community, we typically fall into two camps: “Yay gamechangers!” or “Yay characters!”. And just when you thought we were only covering modern players, here’s Barbara Anderson on Colby Donaldson. It’s time for more Fan Friction, the series of essays where one of our columnists writes an ode to one of their favorite Survivor players while defending them against any potential naysayers (both real and imagined).
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