{"id":104275,"date":"2022-06-05T11:48:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T06:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/survivor-42-brings-back-sias-fan-favorite-award-but-what-about-the-season-41-snub\/"},"modified":"2022-06-05T11:48:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T06:18:01","slug":"survivor-42-brings-back-sias-fan-favorite-award-but-what-about-the-season-41-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/survivor-42-brings-back-sias-fan-favorite-award-but-what-about-the-season-41-snub\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivor 42 Brings Back Sia\u2019s Fan Favorite Award, But What About The Season 41 Snub?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Survivor-42-Brings-Back-Sias-Fan-Favorite-Award-But-What.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>I\u2019ve always loved the tradition on <em>Survivor<\/em> where a contestant (who didn\u2019t necessarily win the game but made the biggest impression amongst fans) received some secondary recognition later on. It used to be called the \u201cSprint Player of the Year\u201d or \u201cFan Favorite Award\u201d with dollar amounts ranging from $100,000 to $1 million. But in subsequent years, it eventually turned into the \u201cSia Award,\u201d a.k.a. the award doled out by the namesake pop singer to a standout favorite of her own choosing. Unfortunately, it didn\u2019t happen last year as was hoped. Sia did ultimately revive it for the recently concluded Season 42, but I can\u2019t help still wondering about that Season 41 snub.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-survivor-42-sia-fan-favorite-is-crowned-3\">A Survivor 42 Sia Fan Favorite Is Crowned<\/h2>\n<p>It was a mad dash to <em>Survivor 42<\/em>\u2019s finale night on May 25. The frontrunner in the minds of fans didn\u2019t make it there, which left the door wide open for Maryanne Oketch to snatch the win from the remaining players (and gain a love interest in the process as well). Almost a week after Oketch\u2019s victory, Sia surprisingly crowned a winner of her own with the renewed fan favorite accolade: Drea Wheeler. Check out Wheeler\u2019s reaction to the decision on CBS\u2019 official <em>Survivor<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/survivorcbs\/status\/1531749988950331392\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/survivorcbs\/status\/1531749988950331392\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter account<\/a> here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch as @Sia surprises one of the #Survivor 42 castaways with a BIG gift.\ud83e\udd2f pic.twitter.com\/3Ofo31baCv<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/survivorcbs\/status\/1531749988950331392\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/survivorcbs\/status\/1531749988950331392\" rel=\"noopener\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"see-more__button\">See more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"><\/aside>\n<p>Sia gave Drea Wheeler props for her \u201csmooth\u201d strategy and also noted the \u201cgraceful\u201d way she exited the game. Indeed, Jeff Probst had even applauded Wheeler at the time of her elimination for how sportsman-like she handled the blindside. The <em>Survivor 42<\/em> player immediately broke down in tears over the $100k award and told the singer she was \u201cliterally speechless.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"but-again-what-about-my-survivor-41-favorite-3\">But Again, What About My Survivor 41 Favorite?<\/h2>\n<p>I don\u2019t mean to rain on Drea Wheeler\u2019s parade \u2013 I\u2019m genuinely happy for her getting the Sia Award in Season 42. After all, her penchant for finding advantages and being eerily omniscient at times was astounding to witness. But I have to bring up this old chestnut of mine, which is that <em>Survivor 41<\/em>\u2019s Shan Smith was robbed of the same accolade last year. (Some speculate that the reason it wasn\u2019t awarded then was due to Sia\u2019s music video controversy just prior to, while some say the reunion not being a live event affected the timing of these things.)<\/p>\n<p>With the sudden emergence of the Sia Award again now, I\u2019m haunted by the fact that the infamous pastor from Washington, D.C. hasn\u2019t to this day gotten the proper recognition that <em>she<\/em> deserves. Her villain&#8217;s strategy in <em>Survivor 41<\/em> hadn\u2019t been seen since the likes of perhaps Boston Rob himself. I mean, she talked multiple people into either telling her about or flat-out giving away their advantages right before booting them out the game. Only a blindside from Shan\u2019s own alliance members (not unlike Drea Wheeler\u2019s situation) could get her torch snuffed in the end.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, though, these are subjective matters, of course. Many fans might even disagree with me and think that the favorite in <em>Survivor 41<\/em> was actually Xander Hastings, considering his own loss on finale night prompted a fan-made GoFundMe to bring back the unofficial award in his honor. More than likely, too, there are viewers out there who favored contestants other than Drea Wheeler throughout the course of Season 42.<\/p>\n<p>Again, personally, I\u2019m just saying that I think Shan Smith deserves her flowers. If Sia won\u2019t give them to her, then I\u2019ll continue to do so&#8230;sans $100k \u2013 sorry, Shan. I&#8217;m no Sia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve always loved the tradition on Survivor where a contestant (who didn\u2019t necessarily win the game but made the biggest impression amongst fans) received some secondary recognition later on. It used to be called the \u201cSprint Player of the Year\u201d or \u201cFan Favorite Award\u201d with dollar amounts ranging from $100,000 to $1 million. 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