This week’s tribal council on Survivor was a real nail-biter, and the one person fans of the reality TV show didn’t want to go home was none other than Christian Hubicki. Unfortunately, the fan-favorite had been marked as a huge threat since the merger and his fellow tribe members continued to take swings at him every week until they were finally successful on Episode 13.
As She Knows points out, it has been a several seasons since a castaway has emerged as such a strong fan favorite as Christian did. In fact, Rupert Boneham is one of the former Survivor castaways that comes to mind when you think of ultimate fan favorites.
As die hard Survivor fans know, Rupert was one of four contestants to have the honor of competing during four different seasons of the series because of just how big of a fan-favorite he was. Rupert was a contestant for Survivor: Pearl Islands, Survivor: All-Stars, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, and Survivor: Blood vs. Water.
Given just how much fans of Survivor loved the castaway, coined from the first episode as “Big Bang Theory,” it wasn’t too surprising to see lots of negative reactions following his eviction.
Many even exclaimed the producers of Survivor better be working on plans to bring Christian back for a future season the way they did with other fan-favorites – such as Rupert – in the past.
“#Survivor D**n it! Why was Christian voted off! He was awesome & wasn’t a sore loser. In fact, he was always gracious & intuitive. Not to mention, he played a h*** of a game & needs to be a returning contestant. Meanwhile, we’re stuck hearing her boast about her rice – again,” one fan exclaimed on Twitter pointing fingers at Angelina Keeley as one of the least favorite players of the season.
A second fan tweeted in agreement with Angelina as a castaway they would have preferred to see go home this week.
“Christian is the reason you watch #survivor a true refreshing player. Angelina is the reason I want to burn my TV.”
That moment where Christian stopped Jeff, and looked around at everybody in his tribe, quickly studying their reactions….
Just freaking epic. #Survivor
— Alex Monroe (@TimeToHunt1) December 6, 2018
Others reacting to this week’s episode took aim at Gabby instead of Angelina. Many fans couldn’t shake the fact that the timing of her betrayal of Christian followed right behind meeting his girlfriend.
You’ll never convince me that Gabby didn’t come up with this plan as revenge after seeing Christian with his girlfriend & realizing she was in love with him, but couldn’t have him. #survivor
— Ashley Cvetnich Young (@_ashycole) December 6, 2018
“Gabby will be the most hated survivor of the season if Christian gets voted out. All because she’s a pitiful jealous woman,” a third fan tweeted .
Bring back Christian. I don’t care when, but eventually there will be another returning players season. Bring. Back. Christian #SURVIVOR
— Tierney Banco (@Tebanco17) December 13, 2018
Jeff: Stay tuuuuned for SCENES from our NEXT EPISOOODE!
Me: *throwing tantrum fueled by wine and crushed dreams* No, Jeff. There will be NO #survivor without Christian. ?
— BEC (@Vanhalski) December 13, 2018
While Jeff Probst and the producers of Survivor have little control over who goes home beyond adding twists and powers to make the game more challenging and unexpected, fans of the CBS series made it very clear they were not happy with Christian’s exit and demanded to see more of him.
I think Christian is the most genuine person to ever play #survivor .
— Katlyn Dockery (@_kdock) December 6, 2018
The season finale of Survivor: David vs. Goliath airs next week only on CBS.
