History TearJerker / Survivor

* Poor Bruce had to be evacuated in the first episode of ''44'' due to receiving a head injury in the ''very first challenge''. Even when he temporarily recovered and medical deemed him as okay for the time being, the concussion eventually came back and rendered him barely conscious and unable to move. It's especially upsetting since he's always dreamed of being on Survivor, and a freak accident in challenge prevented him from fulfilling that dream. The only bright spot in this is that Jeff admitted on his podcast that he was 100% willing to bring Bruce back for another season.

*** The whole fourth episode of ''Philippines'' qualifies when you take into account that Matsing is not going to have an epic comeback. It's clear that the three of them are just miserable. Malcolm even said it was the lowest moment of his life, and Malcolm isn't the type that gets affected all that often.
* Erik Reichenbach's Evacuation in ''Caramoan'' is very hard to watch. Many remember him as the Fan from ''Micronesia: Fans vs. Favorites'' who was conned by Natalie Bolton into giving away his individual immunity necklace - that's ''guaranteed'' immunity - so that she could blindside him and send him home. For this, he was even ''officially crowned'' as the dumbest person on Survivor. Redemption as a Favorite was obviously the goal when Erik returned for ''Caramoan''. This was no empty promise, as he fought hard all the way to the top 5. Following the Tribal Council immediately before the finale, however, he complains of feeling extremely dizzy. Upon examination, the doctor says that his blood pressure is dangerously low and he is in "a state of starvation." This is because he pushed himself so hard that his body had to compensate to the point where it no longer could. Erik insists that he can return to camp after getting treated, but the doctor says that he cannot allow Erik to continue. Though he accepts his fate, it's heartbreaking to know that Erik wanted so badly to redeem himself from his infamy, and yet his extreme effort to do so ended his journey. However, unlike his first season, he is bid a warm farewell by his tribemates - especially his fellow ''Survivor'' superfan Cochran, who cherished their friendship and tells him that he "wouldn't have wanted to play this game with anybody else."

** The end of the Episode 4 reward challenge in ''Kaoh Rong'', where '''THREE''' people went down after the challenge and the entire production crew getting involved to care for the fallen contestants. It is then deemed that Caleb had to be pulled from the game in a very heart wrenching scene. His tribe members, especially Tai, who really bonded with him, were absolutely distraught. For those who disliked him in [[Series/BigBrother Big Brother]], you can't help but to feel sorry for him, especially since he [[TookALevelInKindness Took A Level in Kindness]] since his time on ''Big Brother''. What makes it so upsetting is that this is rare instance where the show completely does away with editing out the camera crew, because ''everybody'' present for production is soon involved in catering to these people, even the filming staff, who are using their umbrellas to shade the people out of commission.

* Pat's medical evacuation in ''David vs. Goliath'' deserves special mention given how he was evacuated in ''premiere episode of his own season''. He was perfectly fine until the boat ride back from the first immunity challenge. The waters were rough and the impact of a large wave injured his back severely. He was begging Probst to not leave the game and many of his tribe mates were in tears when he was being medically evacuated. That was probably the most tragic example for a first boot to go out of the game.
* Jackson's boot in the first episode. He was a nice cool guy who really seemed willing to play a good game, but Jeff had to remove him out of fears for his overall health after he weaned himself from the lithium he took in the game. Maryanne's reaction perfectly stated how the viewers felt.
** Even worse, after how the show treated Brandon Hantz, it's entirely plausible the show never had any intention of keeping him and just wanted him to stay around long enough to share his story about being transgender just to make themselves look good for keeping him. Could you imagine finally being cast on a show you love only to be treated as nothing more than a tool for make the show look better?

* One of the first tearjerkers in the show's history came during ''Borneo'': A post-merger reward challenge had the castaways compete in an archery contest. The reward was home movies from the loved ones of the castaways. It's all pretty heartwarming to see their families wish them well...until Jeff informs Jenna they never received a tape from hers. Jenna ''instantly'' breaks down, and everyone tries to comfort her.
** The winner of the challenge would get to record their own video message to send back to their family. And Jenna ''loses that too.'' While the rest of the castaways join Greg in making the video, we see Jenna solemnly shooting at the target so many times that the bow and arrow leaves scars on her, complete with a tearful voiceover about how much she misses her kids. Her breakdown was so bad that the tribe nearly voted her off ''out of pity.''

** Jenna eventually got to see her tape after she was eliminated.
* One of the saddest ever eliminations is when Colleen (the last Pagong standing) was voted out in ''Borneo''. She was so well-liked by the cast and viewers alike, even [[ManipulativeBastard Richard]] expressed in his voting confessional how much he didn't want to vote her out and she was only the Plan B vote. The regular Tribal Council music didn't play that episode, instead it was mostly silence. And to ''really'' drive in the heartbreak of this vote, the final shot of the episode was a close up of her snuffed-out torch in the middle of an empty Tribal Council set.
** Jeff is ''very'' reserved when giving his infamous "the tribe has spoken" line, and when he says "it's time for you to go" he can barely speak above a mumble. The companion book by Mark Burnett confirms that Jeff was barely holding back tears.

* Episode 8 of ''Thailand'' is often overlooked or seen by some as Narm, but it is truly affecting to see the last 4 Sook Jais so distraught over having no choice but to vote someone out. Jake, in particular, felt extremely guilty for having lost the Immunity Challenge for the tribe. They spent most of their last day as a tribe together, comforting each other. Even sadder when you realize that there is nowhere for them to hide and they are going into the late merge down in numbers 5-3, and [[DownerEnding all of them]] [[TotalPartyKill will be pagonged.]]

* Lillian being voted out in ''Pearl Islands'', if only for one line:

** In general, Lill is just a truly pitiful case. After being isolated from her tribe and voted out third; she returns via the Outcast Twist, but is drastically in over her head. Constantly emotional to the extreme, Lil would go through the entire merge being lied to, hurt, and demeaned. Although she knows it’s a game, she still feels incredibly guilty about having to lie and deceive to stay in, causing her severe emotional distress. While she had [[TookALevelInBadass an epic moment taking down Fairplay in the final immunity challenge]], she would go into finale only to be completely brutalized by the jury (according to outside sources, including the man himself, [[JerkAss Fairplay delivered an inhumanely hateful speech that couldn't be aired]]). She ended up getting slaughtered in the final vote (6-1). To add insult to injury, it has been alleged that when the jury said in the reunion that they would vote for her over Fairplay, they had only done so because producers tipped them off to lie in order to keep Lill from crying during the reunion. Regardless of what you might feel about her, there's no denying that it is very hard to have as miserable of a Survivor experience as Lill did.

** Rudy being voted out in ''All Stars''. The 75 year old was voted out for his age being a burden on the ailing Saboga tribe, despite being respected by all of his tribemates. After Rudy is voted out, Jeff Probst comments on the fact that they didn't want to vote him out, but they didn't have a choice and someone had to go. Jerri is especially in tears.

** Boston Rob and Lex's fight in ''All-Stars''. Going into the game the two were very good friends and were reported to have had one of the tightest friendships between former players at the time. Although they went into the game intending on aligning with each other they ended up on different tribes and eventually came into conflict. And unlike in future seasons where players return and have pre-existing relationships, ''All-Stars'' was the first of its kind and there was no precedent in place for how to balance friendship and the game. As a result, Rob and Lex permanently ended their friendship. While the conflict and their behaviour is ''extremely'' controversial and divisive in the fanbase, the fact remains that for the first time the game ruined a pre-existing relationship and there was basically no way either player could have been prepared for it.
** The bullying of Shii-Ann was ''horrible''. Throughout the merge, especially after losing Kathy, she was treated like garbage by nearly everyone. They made no secret she was next to go - and when she won immunity they still kept up their terrible treatment, sneering at her victory and outright ignoring her as they targeted each other. The only consolation from her treatment was that Amber gave her a car after the show for being the swing vote that won her the million dollars, but is it no wonder Shii-Ann decided not to return after that?
** Rob Cesternino's run on the season and the aftermath. He went from being the superstar of ''The Amazon'', with his game being a GrowingTheBeard moment for the series as a whole, to getting the ButtMonkey edit and being blindsided on Day 12. The devastation on his face is painful to watch. After ''All-Stars'', the poster boy of Survivor Superfans basically dropped out of the fandom and didn't really get back into the series until ''Heroes vs Villains''.
** All Stars in general is a very dark season. All of the players were really tight and close with each other, and friendships were put on the line when they played the game. This culminates at Final Tribal Council, where pretty much the entire jury is bitter towards the two finalists. As Jerri said at the reunion, "it's not worth it."

** Janu's storyline. Throughout the entire game, she was made fun of by her Koror tribemates. In episode 10, she is sent to Exile Island, where she finally has some peace alone on the island, away from her tribe, which she claims was the best part of her experience. At the end of the episode, she decides that she has had enough and decides to throw a wrench in her tribe's plans by [[ThanatosGambit quitting the game to save Stephenie]]. Who knows what else happened to her that wasn't shown on screen? It's hard not to feel bad for her.
** As awesome as it was to see Koror's conquering, you really have to feel bad for the Ulongs in this. Despite trying their best in challenges and trying to get a leg up, Ulong just kept losing all of them, then going to tribal council and see another member go home. Stephenie gets the worst of it all, having to watch her tribe get whittled down to just herself. And by that time, her morale was at such a low that even a tree mail informing her that she's going to Koror was able to lift her spirits up a bit.

* In one episode of ''Cook Islands'', the Aitus find a bird's nest and Cao Boi pokes it with a stick to see if there are any eggs to be eaten. Then they knock it out of the tree and see that there are none, Penner looks into the bush that the nest had fallen into and finds a baby bird. It was literally less than a day old, as Penner tearfully mentions how it still has the gunk from the inside of its shell still on it. They (most likely futilely) put it back in the nest and hope for the best.

* A bit of an underrated sad moment is Frosti getting voted out 7-1 in ''China''. He's such a likable character that even Todd, a strategist who had no problems before and after cutting the throats of allies, says he finds it hard to vote him out. When Frosti gets the votes the expression on his face is pure rejection, and every vote comes up for him with a small drawn frown-face. After he leaves to go, no one seems even remotely happy that they had to vote him out.

* Matty's elimination from ''Gabon''. He was stuck with a truly pathetic tribe and they just keep losing and he keeps suffering. Throughout the ordeal, Matty remains one of the sanest and most good-hearted people on the show. Despite a power shift towards the end of the season placing the original Fang on top, he isn't consumed by ego the way Kenny and Crystal are. In the end, he loses to Bob yet again and receives the spot as the season's fallen angel. Hell, the producers picked up on this gave him a unique [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=64&v=zltNuFdXTRo soundtrack]] fitting his tragedy.

* In the ''Nicaragua'' family visit, Chase has promised to take Fabio on the family reward from early on in the game because [[MommasBoy they bonded over how close they were to their mothers]], but when Chase and his mother wins it, Chase decides to pick Sash and Holly. The look on Fabio's face is one of pure heartbreak, [[KickTheDog and he's bawling as he calls Chase out.]]
-->'''Dan:''' He's a scumbag.

* While it was highly entertaining and a signature moment in the entire series, Brandon's meltdown in ''Caramoan'' has to make you feel at least a little sympathy for Brandon. He is clearly mentally unstable and suffering from the pressure his family puts on his shoulders.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cEumRGTnHo This secret scene from Aras]] about his former drug addict brother Vytas.

* Kass, the resident villain and shit-stirrer of ''Cagayan'', [[https://youtu.be/XjzWLdP72bg?t=9m35s winning the Final 4 immunity to the elation of her husband]] can be a happy tearjerking moment. For one, she made a massive comeback from being long abandoned on the perch twenty minutes after everyone was on the puzzle. To see her pull out the unexpected win while her husband cheers on ecstatically is an unforgettable moment, made even sweeter by the fact that she admits that she needed him there.

* Shirin explaining her past and how her family was torn apart by domestic abuse in ''Worlds Apart''. Made even worse by Will continuously interrupting her and accusing her of playing the victim.
** HarsherInHindsight, as in ''Cambodia'', Shirin shares an antagonistic relationship with Abi-Maria that ends with her laughing at Abi's complaints, who tearfully laments that the reason she wanted to side with Shirin was because she understood what she went through in her season.

* Peih-Gee being the third boot in ''Cambodia'' is this for her supporters. She was a popular underdog in ''China'', nearly making it to the final four despite huge odds against her, and she waited eight years for her chance to get back in the game. She was considered an underdog for the Second Chance and was happily surprised to win a spot. She leaves early less as a result of personal failing, and more due to [[DiabolusExMachina extreme bad luck]]: she is Misblamed for stealing [[DramaQueen Abi's]] bracelet, gets tribe swapped to the new Angkor tribe with her, and is targeted by [[SitcomArchNemesis Abi]] and the minority after Jeff Varner grabs the IdiotBall. It's hard not to feel a bit sad for her losing her second chance in such circumstances.
* Terry in ''Cambodia'' [[DiabolusExMachina getting pulled out of the game with the news that his son was in the hospital]], and both his wife and the doctor said he should come home as soon as possible, with Terry not even hesitating or questioning about doing so. His tribemates are also greatly saddened and shocked by this terrible news. His son needed a heart transplant, and was fortunately fine after the surgery.

--> "Things wasn't easy for me. I've always had to fight for everything and to lose, it hurts. I do not want to disappoint no one up here at all. [[ItsAllMyFault I let all these people down.]]"

* Tai having to let Mark go after the Final Tribal Council due to restrictions that prevent wild animals from being brought home from foreign country. He saved that chicken's life and had grown so close to it, it was sad to see them part. Plus, given the fact they were taking care of it, Mark probably grew used to the domestication and doesn't know how to survive on his own so his time on the island was probably short lived.

** From the Final Tribal Council - we learn Joe [[CommitmentIssues doesn't want to get married.]] There is something incredibly depressing about learning from Chrissy that Joe said [[FreudianExcuse he doesn't think marriage works because his parents got divorced when he was little.]] And Joe is playing for family nonetheless.

* Alec's desperation to win an Immunity Challenge that would decide whether he continued in the game or not. With his back to the wall, Alec hangs on for over five hours. Realizing that Christian might beat him, he makes one final, heartbreaking appeal.

* The penultimate episode of ''David vs. Goliath'' ended with sad music playing as the camera lingered on a close up of Christian's snuffed-out torch after his ShockingElimination, in a moment that was very reminiscent of Colleen's elimination back in ''Borneo''.

* Episode 3 of ''Survivor 43:'' Despite [[LovedByAll her entire tribe having nothing but respect and love for her]], Nneka was unanimously voted out by Vesi to try and conserve challenge strength following a losing streak. Cody is absolutely devastated to vote out his friend, spending the last few minutes of the show on the edge of breaking down while Nneka [[GracefulLoser leaves with her head held high and no ill feelings]]. As she had ironically said earlier in the episode, players rarely account for what to do when forced to vote out someone they've become close to.

* Bruce taking an injury in the first episode of ''Survivor 44'', forcing him be pulled from the game and you can clearly tell it's crushing him as well as his tribemates.

* At the merge of ''Survivor 44'', Frannie realizes that, by winning immunity, she pretty much doomed Matt to the chopping block (which ends up getting him booted). By the same token, Carolyn realizes that there's a high chance Yam Yam goes home as well, causing her to break down sobbing.

!Evacuations

!Other Moments

* ''All Stars'':

* ''Palau'':

* Jonathan Penner's evacuation in ''Micronesia''. It's enough when the rest of his tribe starts to cry at the news, but when Kathy Sleckman, who's already emotionally on the edge, begs him not to go, it's enough to tip it over the top. Then, cut to the boat where [[BreakTheBadass Jonathan is hunched over sobbing]] and try not to feel sympathy.
* Russell Swan's exit in ''Samoa''. The tribe leader who worked himself to death is still fighting Jeff telling him they had to evacuate him when he's extremely close to ''death'' and ''routinely passing out.''
** YMMV on whether or not this is Narm, but Russell Swan losing the fourth and final Matsing Immunity Challenge in ''Philippines'' qualifies. Going from being the leader of one of the most successful tribes in Survivor history before his evacuation in ''Samoa'' to being the leader of one of only two tribes to lose every single immunity challenge visibly breaks his heart. Even worse when you contemplate his LosingIsWorseThanDeath mentality spawned by both his loyalty to God and by a small yet powerfully traumatic incident he had as a child that put him on his guard.

* Erik Reichenbach's Evacuation in ''Caramoan'' is very hard to watch. Many remember him as the Fan from ''Micronesia: Fans vs. Favorites'' who was seduced by Natalie Bolton into giving away his individual immunity necklace - that's ''guaranteed'' immunity - so that she could blindside him and send him home. For this, he was even ''officially crowned'' as the dumbest person on Survivor. Redemption as a Favorite was obviously the goal when Erik returned for ''Caramoan''. This was no empty promise, as he fought hard all the way to the top 5. Following the Tribal Council immediately before the finale, however, he complains of feeling extremely dizzy. Upon examination, the doctor says that his blood pressure is dangerously low and he is in "a state of starvation." This is because he pushed himself so hard that his body had to compensate to the point where it no longer could. Erik insists that he can return to camp after getting treated, but the doctor says that he cannot allow Erik to continue. Though he accepts his fate, it's heartbreaking to know that Erik wanted so badly to redeem himself from his infamy, and yet his extreme effort to do so ended his journey. However, unlike his first season, he is bid a warm farewell by his tribemates - especially his fellow ''Survivor'' superfan Cochran, who cherished their friendship and tells him that he "wouldn't have wanted to play this game with anybody else."

* Episode 8 of ''Thailand'' is often overlooked or seen by some as Narm, but it is truly affecting to see the last 4 Sook Jais so distraught over having no choice but to vote someone out. Jake, in particular, felt extremely guilty for having lost the Immunity Challenge for the tribe. They spent most of their last day as a tribe together, comforting each other. Even sadder when you realize that there is nowhere for them to hide and they are going into the late merge down in numbers 5-3, and [[DownerEnding all of them will be Pagonged.]]

--> '''Lil:''' Yeah, right.
** In general, Lil is just a truly pitiful case. After being isolated from her tribe and voted out third, she returns via the Outcast Twist, but is drastically in over her head. Constantly emotional to the extreme, Lil would go through the entire merge being lied to, hurt, and demeaned. Although she knows it’s a game, she still feels incredibly guilty about having to lie and deceive to stay in, causing her severe emotional distress. While she had [[TookALevelInBadass an epic moment taking down Fairplay in the FIC]], she would go into Final Tribal Council only to be completely brutalized by the jury (according to outside sources, including the man himself, [[JerkAss Fairplay delivered an inhumanely hateful speech that couldn't be aired]] solely to make her life hell) and she ended up getting slaughtered in the final vote (6-1). To add insult to injury, it has been alleged that when the jury said in the reunion that they would vote for her over Fairplay, they had only done so because producers tipped them off to lie in order to keep Lil from crying during the reunion. Regardless of what you might feel about her, there's no denying that it is very hard to have as miserable of a Survivor experience as Lil did (although [[TheWoobie Woobies]] like Bobby Jon Drinkard and Kathy Vavrick O'Brien give her a run for her money.)

** Rudy being voted out in ''All Stars''. The 75 year old Navy SEAL veteran was voted out for his age being a burden on the ailing Saboga tribe, despite being respected by all of his tribemates. After Rudy is voted out, Jeff comments on the fact that they didn't want to vote him out, but they didn't have a choice and someone had to go. Jerri is especially in tears.

** All Stars in general is a very dark season. All of the players were really tight and close with each other, and friendships were put on the line when they played the game. This culminates at Final Tribal Council, where pretty much the entire jury is bitter towards the two finalists. As Jerri said at the reunion, "it's not worth it."

** Janu's storyline. Throughout the entire game, she was made fun of by her Koror tribemates. In episode 10, she is sent to Exile Island, where she finally has some peace alone on the island, away from her tribe, which she claims was the best part of her experience. At the end of the episode, she decides that she has had enough and decides to throw a wrench in her tribe's plans by [[ThanatosGambit quitting the game to save Stephenie.]] Who knows what else happened to her that wasn't shown on screen? It's hard not to feel bad for her.
** As awesome as it was to see Koror's conquering, you really have to feel bad for Ulong in this. Despite trying their best in challenges and trying to get a leg up, Ulong just kept losing Immunity challenges, and going to Tribal Council every time to see another member go home. Stephenie gets the worst of it all, having to watch her tribe get whittled down to just herself, and by that time, her morale was at an all time low that just a tree mail informing her that she's going to Koror was able to lift her spirits up a bit.

* Matty's elimination from ''Gabon''. He was stuck with a truly pathetic tribe and they just keep losing and he keeps suffering. Throughout the ordeal, Matty remains one of the sanest and most good-hearted person on the show. Despite the power shift towards the end of the season, placing the original Fang on top, he isn't consumed by ego the way Kenny and Crystal are. In the end, he loses to Bob (once again!) and receives the spot as the season's fallen angel. Hell, the producers picked up on this gave him a unique [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=64&v=zltNuFdXTRo soundtrack]] fitting his tragedy.

** Brandon in general has many tendencies of mental illness and seeing them, the show's treatment and possible exploitation of it, and the derisive reactions of the viewers can be very triggering to people with mental illnesses who watch Survivor.

* At the merge of ''Survivor 44'', Frannie realizes that, by winning immunity, she pretty much doomed Matt to the chopping block. By the same token, Carolyn realizes that there's a high chance Yam Yam goes home as well, causing her to break down sobbing.

* Speaking of ''Survivor 44'', Matthew ultimately quits the game due to his injury getting worse and you can tell that he realizes that it's his own fault for making the injury worse via competing in the day 2 challenge.

* Episode 3 of ''Survivor 43:'' Despite [[LovedByAll her entire tribe having nothing but respect and love for her]], Nneka was unanimously voted out by Vesi to try and conserve challenge strength following a losing streak. Cody is absolutely devastated to vote out his friend, spnding the last few minutes of the show on the edge of breaking down while Nneka [[GracefulLoser leaves with her head held high and no ill feelings]]. As she had ironically said earlier in the episode, players rarely account for what to do when forced to vote out someone they've become close to.
* Bruce taking an injury in the first episode of ''Survivor 44'', forcing him be pulled from the game and you can clearly tell it's crushing him as well as his tribemates.

* Episode 3 of ''Survivor 43:'' Despite [[HundredPercentAdorationRating her entire tribe having nothing but respect and love for her]], Nneka was unanimously voted out by Vesi to try and conserve challenge strength following a losing streak. Cody is absolutely devastated to vote out his friend, spnding the last few minutes of the show on the edge of breaking down while Nneka [[GracefulLoser leaves with her head held high and no ill feelings]]. As she had ironically said earlier in the episode, players rarely account for what to do when forced to vote out someone they've become close to.

* Episode 3 of ''Survivor 43:'' Despite [[HundredPercentAdorationRating her entire tribe having nothing but respect and love for her]], Nneka was unanimously voted out by Vesi to try and conserve challenge strength following a losing streak. Cody is absolutely devastated to vote out his friend, spnding the last few minutes of the show on the edge of breaking down while Nneka [[GracefulLoser leaves with her head held high and no ill feelings]]. As she had ironically said earlier in the episode, players rarely account for what to do when forced to vote out someone they've become close to.

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* Episode 3 of ''Survivor 43:'' Despite [[HundredPercentAdorationRating her entire tribe having nothing but respect and love for her]], Nneka was unanimously voted out by Vesi to try and conserve challenge strength following a losing streak. Cody is absolutely devastated to vote out his friend, spnding the last few minutes of the show on the edge of breaking down while Nneka [[GracefulLoser leaves with her head held high and no ill feelings]]. As she had ironically said earlier in the episode, players rarely account for what to do when forced to vote out someone they've become close to.
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[[folder: Moments Off of the Show]]
* All those ill-conceived jokes about Bill Boyle ([=B.B.=]) Andersen being dead for years became totally depressing when news got out the poor man actually did pass away after suffering from brain cancer that took his life.
* As if Jenna's mother passing away wasn't bad enough, we later learn that ''Africa'' winner and Jenna's fiance, Ethan Zohn has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Doubling as a TearJerker for Ethan and Jenna ''again''. The poor girl just can't catch a break.
** And they broke up, after a decade.
* In June 2014, ''Blood vs. Water'' contestant's Caleb Bankston's death due to a train he was working on derailing, apparently only weeks before he was to be married to his fiance, Colton Cumbie.
** On the day Caleb and Colton were supposed to be married, Colton posted [[https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10151434_722696731145561_6499271372481279803_n.jpg?oh=5def381dc38174a0820e55b49300b5ce&oe=54F7E64D&__gda__=1421786001_c6fa1927f1833a6d03493cfdf925baff this]]. Try not to cry.
** The death of any Survivor is truly awful. B.B. Anderson from ''Borneo'' passed away in 2013 after succumbing to brain cancer, and Jennifer Lyon from ''Palau'' died from breast cancer in 2010, just ten days after visiting the ten-year Survivor reunion.
* [[http://i.imgur.com/j7qc8Oz.jpg On March 17th, 2016, Josh and Reed broke up.]]
* After ''China'' winner Todd Herzog won the show, he started to have a drinking problem. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPIwPrvwoQs He made an appearance on Dr. Phil]] where he could barely walk and was clearly miserable. It's hard not to feel bad for the guy.
** Unfortunately, things have only gotten worse for Todd. He's set to appear on Dr. Phil again, as his drinking problem has gotten so bad that he's in a wheelchair and has seizures - and is shown in commercials to possibly have one while on the show. Poor guy...
*** Todd has accused the Dr. Phil show of sabotaging his recovery and setting this up for ratings. He claimed he arrived with his father and was sober, then they separated him from his father and left him alone in a dressing room with vodka and red bull and then gave him a Xanax so when it came time for the show he was completely intoxicated. Dr. Phil's defence was basically "addicts lie".
*** Thankfully, things finally seem to be getting better for Todd. As of his 2018 Reddit AMA, he's now happy and healthy.
* Adam's mother passed away shortly after filming wrapped on ''Millennials vs. Gen X''. Fortunately, he was able to subvert NeverGotToSayGoodbye, as he made it home an hour before her time came. He even got to tell her that he knew he won.
* On December 31 2016, ''Gabon'' contestant Dan Kay [[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/daniel-kay-obituary?pid=1000000183289986 unexpectedly passed away.]]
* For those who don't hate Richard Hatch, his financial issues after the show could be considered this.
* Ashley Massaro, ex-WWE Star and ''Survivor: China'' player, [[https://people.com/sports/wwe-star-ashley-massaro-dead/ passed away on May 16th]]. Her death was later revealed to have been suicide.
* The death of Rudy Boesch (91) on November 2nd, 2019. One of the oldest contestants and the second Borneo player to go.
* Another death, this one of Cliff Robinson of ''Survivor: Cagayan'' on August 29th, 2020 to lymphoma.
* In ''Cook Islands'' winner Yul Kwon's pregame ''Entertainment Weekly'' [[https://ew.com/tv/2020/01/20/survivor-yul-kwon-winners-at-war-interview/ interview]] for ''Winners at War'', he revealed the reason he's finally playing again after 27 seasons, and it's a doozy:
-->"One of the reasons I am playing this time around [...] is Jonathan Penner is one of my closest friends. Coming out of Survivor, we stayed in very close touch. I’ve gotten to know his wife, his kids, and vice versa. His wife, Stacy Title, is suffering from ALS. And it is an absolutely brutal, devastating disease. She was diagnosed about a year and a half ago, and at this point [May, 2019] she’s lost all motor function except for the ability to move her eyes. And maybe some rough head movements. And it’s just been an incredibly, incredibly difficult burden on her and Jonathan, and their kids."
** Yul then promised that if he won, he'd donate '''the entire $2 million''' to ALS charities, which unfortunately didn't happen. Though since every contestant was guaranteed at least $25,000 for competing, it might not be all bad.
*** Penner's wife, Stacy Title, passed away on January 11, 2021
* Jaclyn and Jon miscarrying after it looked like they could finally have their seemingly impossible dream of having a child.
* On January 8, 2021, [[https://www.gardenofmemoriesmetairie.com/tributes/Cassandra-Jakusz?fbclid=IwAR2ajlb_svZWISunpzmRS5HscAEwYAUWdHHmnChPbQWpJ5GF4u4KxJM42k0 Angie from ''Palau'']] passed away after battling cancer for several years.
* To fill the void with the lack of Survivor for 2020-2021, they've been doing Quarantine Questionnaires. Most of them are fairly standard interviews, except for Phillip Sheppard. He recalls being on Survivor as absolutely traumatizing and he revealed after the ''first episode'' he got fired from his job. He had been a bit of a {{Jerkass}} and unstable in that episode, but we certainly had seen a lot worse prior to that and it wasn't worth losing his job over.
* On April 18 2021, [[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/sunday-burquest-death-survivor-cause-b1833971.html ''Millenials Vs. Gen X'' Sunday Burquest passed away]] after a year long battle with esophageal and ovarian cancer.
* August 24th, 2021, it was announced Parvati Shallow and Samoan-castaway John Fincher would be getting a divorce.
* On April 20, 2022, [[https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/recaps/ralph-kiser-dead-at-56-survivor-alum-s-family-announces-cause-of-death/ar-AAWqCfa?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=678dd2740f98465a83b583f0e6aef497 Ralph Kiser from '"Redemption Island]] passed away from a heart attack.
* On May 19, 2022, [[https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/survivor-thailand-runner-up-clay-jordan-dies-at-66-just-3-months-after-wife-s-death/ar-AAXzoRv?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=9edce3c438184520b3571ca83047020b Clay Jordan from ''Thailand'']] passed away.

* Episode 3 of ''42'' ultimately comes down to a discussion since both Mike and Chanelle couldn't vote. And because Hai refused to even consider changing, Daniel, on the verge of tears, is forced to switch his vote to his ally Jenny. It's made clear how much he doesn't want to do it, but since the only other option is rocks, he doesn't want to risk it.

** Drea and Maryanne response to Rocksroy getting voted off.

* One of the saddest ever eliminations is when Colleen (the last Pagong standing) was voted out in ''Borneo''. She was so well-liked by the cast and viewers alike, even [[ManipulativeBastard Richard]] expressed in his voting confessional how much he didn't want to vote her out. The regular Tribal Council music didn't play that episode, instead it was mostly silence. And to ''really'' drive in the heartbreak of this vote, the final shot of the episode was a close up of her snuffed-out torch in the middle of an empty Tribal Council set.

* On April 20, 2022, https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/recaps/ralph-kiser-dead-at-56-survivor-alum-s-family-announces-cause-of-death/ar-AAWqCfa?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=678dd2740f98465a83b583f0e6aef497 Ralph Kiser from '"Redemption Island]] passed away from a heart attack.

* Jackson's boot in the first episode. He was a nice cool guy who really seemed willing to play a good game, but Jeff had to remove them out of fears for his overall health after he weaned himself from the lithium he took in the game. Maryanne's reaction perfectly stated how the viewers felt.

** Missy, Elizabeth, and Lauren choose to ''weaponize'' the sexual harassment. Missy and Liz ''play up'' their discomfort to make it seem that the target is definitely on Dan. They lull Kellee into a false sense of security and solidarity and use her human vulnerability to vote her off. In essence, a woman spoke up about her experiences and was punished for it while the creep responsible for everything got off scot-free. [[RealityEnsues As is the case in real life.]]