Episode 5: The unpredictability factor, or Why you don’t get cocky
Published: March 27, 2025
Damnbueno backs up last week's comparisons to Cirie with a journey through Cirie's greatest hits, then takes you through Episode 5 of Survivor 48's two challenges, big emotional moment, and last-minute Tribal Council decision-making. Did the move make sense?
Episode 4: Cirie-level manipulation
Published: March 20, 2025
The Episode 4 swap in Survivor 48 placed two allies at a numerical disadvantage on their new tribe, but as Damnbueno recaps, they used a combination of deception and idols to emerge victorious, in an episode worthy of the greats.
Episode 3: What did I just watch?
Published: March 13, 2025
First, a guided tour through players who played too hard, too fast, then Damnbueno gets into the stumbling, bumbling, blindfolded collisions of Episode 3 of Survivor 48. Did anyone on Vula (except Mary) play this right?
Episode 2: Big move-itis strikes again
Published: March 6, 2025
Damnbueno reacts to the many, many public idol hunts and advantages (or lost votes) in Episode 2 of Survivor 48, but mainly to an attempt to make a big move that made sense ... except for the timing.
Episode 1: First impressions can be deceiving
Published: February 27, 2025
After finally getting to see the Survivor 48 cast together and competing in the season premiere, Damnbueno finds that same pre-game impressions didn't hold once the game actually started. Who's playing too hard, too fast? Who's falling behind?
Pre-season: Two Jeremys, a Devon, and another Rome?
Published: February 15, 2025
As the new season approaches, Damnbueno evaluates the new Survivor 48 contestants based on their pre-game interviews, and projects how they'll fare in their tribes and in the game as a whole.
Pre-season: The best Survivor winner's moves ever
Published: January 27, 2025
With Survivor 48 still a month away, Damnbueno has combed through all the winning games and compiled a list of the top 20 moves made by Survivor winners in their victorious seasons (plus a few from the not-so-great list). Whose move(s) will rank supreme?
Damnbueno
got his nickname in 8th grade Spanish class when his friend
shouted out "You're pretty damn good at Spanish." The
teacher insisted he say it in Spanish, so the friend said
"Esto es damn bueno en Espanol." The nickname stuck. These
days, when he's not forgetting his 8th grade Spanish,
Damnbueno is indulging his obsession with all things
Survivor. Reach him in the comments section here at True
Dork Times.