Survivor: Blood vs Water is the 27th installment of Survivor. It features previous contestants competing against their loved ones. The season was won by returning player Tyson Apostol who defeated Monica Culpepper and Gervase Peterson in a 7-1-0 vote.
Production
Jeff Probst stated during the Survivor: Caramoan reunion that he was leaving to film Survivor: Blood vs. Water on May 13, 2013. He stated a "game changing" twist would be involved. He then confirmed the season would begin airing on September 18, 2013, with a 90-minute premiere. Casting call was the same, and shortlist contestants included: Survivor: Redemption Island contestant Ashley Underwood, who couldn't compete due to both her partner and her back-up partner being unable to play.[2] Former Survivor: Palau winner, Tom Westman, was asked but declined.[3] Greg Buis from the original Survivor, along with his sister also declined the offer to appear again .[4] Bobby Jon Drinkard from Survivor: Palau and Survivor: Guatemala participated in the casting with his female cousin, but was cut. Tom Buchanan and Lex van den Berghe, both from Survivor: Africa and Survivor: All-Stars, declined due the production of their new reality television program, Family Beef.[5] Jamie Newton from Survivor: Guatemala, Jerri Manthey from Survivor: The Australian Outback, Survivor: All-Stars, and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, and Cirie Fields from Survivor: Panama, Survivor: Micronesia and Survivor: Heroes vs Villains were considered for the season, but their partners were unable to play with them. Jamie's brother Ramie couldn't do the interviews because of his job, Jerri's sister was pregnant and her father couldn't play because of his job, and Cirie's partners were unannounced. Malcolm Freberg from Survivor: Philippines and Survivor: Caramoan was asked to come back for a third straight season and play with his brother, but he declined. Troyzan Robertson from Survivor: One World and his brother were the male/male alternates for the season. Married Survivor couple Amber Mariano and Rob Mariano were both asked to be on the season, but turned the offer down, believing their Survivor experience was complete. Eliza Orlins stated in an interview that Yau-Man Chan of Survivor: Fiji and Survivor: Micronesia was offered to play again, but turned the offer down. Eliza also stated that she was considered to return with her mother. Terry Deitz of Survivor: Panama was cut from the cast due to his daughter being 18 years old. Shane Powers (also from Panama) was considered for the season with his son Boston, but it didn't work out. Winner of Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: Heroes vs Villains Sandra Diaz-Twine, along with her daughter were considered for this season but they weren't chosen. Tina Wesson and Ciera Eastin stated in an interview that Parvati Shallow from Survivor: Cook Islands, Survivor: Micronesia and Survivor: Heroes vs Villains declined the offer to return, not wanting to play with a loved one. Jonathan Penner from Survivor: Cook Islands, Survivor: Micronesia, and Survivor: Philippines was asked to play with his son, but he couldn't play when his son was only 17 years old. Jill Behm has stated in an interview that Marty Piombo and Jane Bright (both from Survivor: Nicaragua) were considered to return, but they were ultimately not chosen to compete. Marty would've been with his wife or son, while Jane would've been with her daughter. Mitchell Olson has stated in a interview that Holly Hoffman (also from Survivor: Nicaragua), was considered to return with her daughter, but she was ultimately not chosen to compete. Edna Ma from Survivor: South Pacific was considered to return with her sister as her partner, but ultimately wasn't chosen to compete. Chelsea Meissner from Survivor: One World was considered to return with her father as her partner, but was also ultimately not chosen to compete.
Survivor: Philippines contestant R.C. Saint-Amour was originally slated to be on this season with her father, Craig. Upon arriving on location (24 hours before "Day Zero"), the older Saint-Amour's blood pressure sharply shot up, and was confined in a hospital in Makati City. They were replaced by Candice Woodcock-Cody and her husband. [6] RC claimed that the theme of the season was initially "blood pairs vs. water pairs", but that production decided to change to "returnees vs. loved ones", when she and her father had to be replaced by Candice and John;[7] however, this has not been confirmed by CBS.
Twists
- Returning Players: In mid-May 2013, it was revealed that this season would feature returning players.[8]
- Blood vs Water: Players will be paired with a competing family member or loved one on the cast. Every castaway will be playing individually, so they will remain in the game even if their family member is voted out. This season, the pairs will be comprised of returning players and their loved ones, where the returnees would be put in one tribe, while all of their loved ones would be put in another.[9]
- Day Zero: A day before the actual game starts, the 10 pairs will be sent out at sunset to 10 different locations to live by themselves for the night, under the notion that the pairs will be placed in the same tribe. They will then all meet up to be officially welcomed by host Jeff Probst and start the game the next morning.[10]
- First Impressions: Moments after meeting each other, each team will vote one member off their tribe. They will be sent to Redemption Island.
- Redemption Island: Anyone voted out will be sent there and will then compete in a three-person duel. The last place finisher in each contest is out of the game for good, while the top two remain. However, if someone’s loved one is on Redemption Island they can take their loved one’s place before a duel.
- Hidden Immunity Idol: The person who finishes first in each duel will also get to give a clue to the location of a Hidden Immunity Idol to any person from either tribe that they choose. If a castaway wins a game-returning duel, the castaway could also keep the clue for his or herself.
- Tribe Switch: On Day 14, the remaining castaways randomly drew for new tribes.
Castaways
Contestant | Tribe Affiliation | Finish | Redemption Island Status |
Votes Against | ||||
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Original |
Loved One |
Tribe Switch | Merged | |||||
File:S27 rupert t.jpg | Rupert Boneham 49, Indianapolis, IN Pearl Islands, All-Stars & Heroes vs. Villains |
Galang | Switched Day 1 |
1st Eliminated Day 4 |
0 | |||
File:S27 colton t.jpg | Colton Cumbie 22, Collinsville, AL One World |
Galang | Galang | Quit Day 7 |
0 | |||
File:S27 rachel t.jpg | Rachel Foulger 33, Provo, UT Tyson's Girlfriend |
Tadhana | Tadhana | 4th Voted Out Day 6 |
2nd Eliminated Day 7 |
5 | ||
File:S27 marissa t.jpg | Marissa Peterson 21, Chapel Hill, NC Gervase's Niece |
Tadhana | Tadhana | 3rd Voted Out Day 3 |
3rd Eliminated Day 9 |
10 | ||
File:S27 candice t.jpg | Candice Cody 30, Washington, DC Cook Islands & Heroes vs. Villains |
Galang | 2nd Voted Out Day 1 |
4th Eliminated Day 11 |
6 | |||
File:S27 brad t.jpg | Brad Culpepper 44, Tampa Bay, FL Monica's Husband |
Tadhana | Tadhana | 6th Voted Out Day 10 |
5th Eliminated Day 14 |
7 | ||
File:S27 kat t.jpg | Kat Edorsson 24, Orlando, FL One World |
Galang | Galang | Galang | 8th Voted Out Day 16 |
6th Eliminated Day 17 |
5 | |
File:S27 john t.jpg | John Cody 30, Washington, DC Candice's Husband |
Tadhana | Tadhana | 5th Voted Out Day 8 |
7th Eliminated Day 19 |
8 | ||
File:S27 laurab t.jpg | Laura Boneham 44, Indianapolis, IN Rupert's Wife |
Tadhana | Galang | Galang | 1st Voted Out Day 1 |
Switched Day 1 |
11 | |
9th Voted Out Day 18 |
8th Eliminated Day 19 | |||||||
File:S27 aras t.jpg | Aras Baskauskas 31, Santa Monica, CA Panama |
Galang | Galang | Tadhana | Kasama | 10th Voted Out Day 21 |
9th Eliminated 1st Jury Member Day 25 |
7 |
File:S27 vytas t.jpg | Vytas Baskauskas 33, Santa Monica, CA Aras' Brother |
Tadhana | Tadhana | Galang | 11th Voted Out Day 22 |
10th Eliminated 2nd Jury Member Day 27 |
10 | |
File:S27 caleb t.jpg | Caleb Bankston 26, Collinsville, AL Colton's Fiancé |
Tadhana | Tadhana | Tadhana | 14th Voted Out Day 29 |
11th Eliminated 3rd Jury Member Day 30 |
4 | |
File:S27 katie t.jpg | Katie Collins 25, New York, NY Tina's Daugther |
Tadhana | Tadhana | Galang | Eliminated Day 32 |
12th Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 33 |
4 | |
File:S27 hayden t.jpg | Hayden Moss 26, Springtown, TX Kat's Boyfriend |
Tadhana | Tadhana | Tadhana | 15th Voted Out Day 35 |
13th Eliminated 5th Jury Member Day 36 |
8 | |
File:S27 lauram t.jpg | Laura Morett 43, Salem, OR Samoa |
Galang | Galang | 7th Voted Out Day 13 |
1st Returnee Day 19 |
19 | ||
13th Voted Out Day 26 |
14th Eliminated 6th Jury Member Day 36 | |||||||
File:S27 ciera t.jpg | Ciera Eastin 24, Salem, OR Laura M.'s Daughter |
Tadhana | Tadhana | Tadhana | 16th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 37 |
14 | ||
File:S27 tina t.jpg | Tina Wesson 52, Robbinsville, NC The Australian Outback & All-Stars |
Galang | Galang | Galang | 12th Voted Out Day 24 |
2nd Returnee Day 36 |
10 | |
17th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 38 |
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File:S27 gervase t.jpg | Gervase Peterson 43, Philadelphia, PA Borneo |
Galang | Galang | Tadhana | Second Runner-Up |
6 | ||
File:S27 monica t.jpg | Monica Culpepper 42, Tampa Bay, FL One World |
Galang | Galang | Galang | Runner-Up | 6 | ||
File:S27 tyson t.jpg | Tyson Apostol 34, Provo, UT Tocantins & Heroes vs. Villains |
Galang | Galang | Tadhana | Sole Survivor | 2 |
Season Summary
The castaways were pre-divided into two tribes of ten: Galang, comprised of returning players, and Tadhana, the returning players’ loved ones. Before the tribes were sent to their camp, they were asked to eliminate one of their own immediately, where Laura Boneham and Candice Cody were voted out from their respective tribes. They were then informed that Redemption Island was in play, with the added twist that a player could take their partner’s spot on Redemption Island. Shockingly, Rupert Boneham decided to switch with Laura B., sending Rupert to Redemption Island and sending Laura B. to Galang. Tadhana lost the first four consecutive challenges, and was initially dominated by the Five Guys Alliance led by Brad Culpepper. Brad’s decision to blindside his ally John Cody resulted in Brad’s subsequent elimination and the end of the men’s alliance. Meanwhile, at Galang, Aras Baskauskas created the Galang Five, an alliance which approached a no-strategy strategy. When the Galang tribe eventually went to Tribal Council after finally losing at the fifth challenge, Aras spearheaded the elimination of Laura Morett in hopes that she could eliminate Brad from Redemption Island to ensure Monica Culpepper's loyalty to the alliance. The plan was successful, and Laura M. returned to the game at the merge.
The tribes eventually merged to the Kasama tribe with 11 castaways remaining, including three pairs of loved ones: Aras and his brother Vytas Baskauskas, Tina Wesson and her daughter Katie Collins, and Laura M. and her daughter Ciera Eastin. While Aras led the charge against Laura M. again, a recently formed alliance originally from the post-Tribe Swap Tadhana tribe, included Monica and Laura M., planned to eliminate the pairs in the game as all of them are "singles" and eliminate their threat. This alliance was able to blindside Aras, and managed to vote out Vytas and Tina later on, before betraying Laura M. for being the stronger member of the final intact pair. With no pairs remaining, the new players outnumbered the returnees four to three, but the new players’ attempt to seize control was foiled by Ciera, who sided with the returnees. However, with six players left, she had a change of heart, changing allegiances and forcing a tie which was resolved through the Rock Drawing tiebreaker, a tiebreaker only last seen during the fourth season, which resulted in Katie’s elimination. This allowed the returning players alliance of Tyson Apostol, Monica and Gervase Peterson to take control, voting out the others and making it to the end of the game.
At the Final Tribal Council, Gervase was berated by the Jury for his perceived rudeness and hiding behind more dominant players, while Monica was castigated for threatening to flip to the other alliance but ultimately never following through. This led the jury to award Tyson the title of Sole Survivor, receiving seven of the eight votes to win, and Monica receiving one.
Episode Guide
Episode | Air Date | Redemption Island | Immunity | Voted Out (Vote) |
Status | Viewership (in millions)[11] |
Rating/Share (18-49)[11] | ||||
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Inhabitant | Challenger | Eliminated | Finish | ||||||||
1 | "Blood Is Thicker than Anything" | September 18, 2013 | None | (6-2-1-1) |
1st Voted Out Day 1 |
9.73[12] | 2.6/8[12] | ||||
Candice (6-3-1) |
2nd Voted Out Day 1 | ||||||||||
Rupert (no vote) |
Switched with Laura B. Day 1 | ||||||||||
Rupert | Galang1 | Marissa (8-1) |
3rd Voted Out Day 3 | ||||||||
Candice | |||||||||||
2 | "Rule in Chaos" | September 25, 2013 | Rupert | Marissa | Rupert | 1st Eliminated Day 4 |
Galang1 | Rachel (5-2-1) |
4th Voted Out Day 6 |
9.54[13] | 2.4/7[13] |
Candice | |||||||||||
3 | "Opening Pandora's Box" | October 2, 2013 | Candice | Rachel | Rachel | 2nd Eliminated Day 7 |
Galang1 | Colton (no vote) |
Quit Day 7 |
10.16[14] | 2.7/8[14] |
Marissa | John (6-1) |
5th Voted Out Day 8 | |||||||||
4 | "One Armed Dude and Three Moms" | October 9, 2013 | Candice | John | Marissa | 3rd Eliminated Day 9 |
Galang1 | Brad (3-3; 3-1)2 |
6th Voted Out Day 10 |
9.60[15] | 2.5/7[15] |
Marissa | |||||||||||
5 | "The Dead Can Still Talk" | October 16, 2013 | Candice | Brad | Candice | 4th Eliminated Day 11 |
Tadhana1 | Laura M. (7-1) |
7th Voted Out Day 13 |
10.11[16] | 2.6/8[16] |
John | |||||||||||
6 | "One-Man Wrecking Ball" | October 23, 2013 | John | Laura M. | Brad | 5th Eliminated Day 14 |
Tadhana1 | Kat (5-1) |
8th Voted Out Day 16 |
9.52[17] | 2.4/7[17] |
Brad | |||||||||||
7 | "Swoop In for the Kill" | October 30, 2013 | John | Kat | Kat | 6th Eliminated Day 17 |
Tadhana1 | Laura B. (4-1) |
9th Voted Out Day 18 |
9.00[18] | 2.3/7[18] |
Laura M. | |||||||||||
8 | "Skin of My Teeth" | November 6, 2013 | John | Laura B. | John | 7th Eliminated Day 19 |
Vytas | Aras (7-2-2) |
10th Voted Out Day 21 |
9.29[19] | 2.5/7[19] |
Laura B. | 8th Eliminated Day 19 | ||||||||||
Laura M. | |||||||||||
Laura M. | 1st Returnee Day 19 | ||||||||||
9 | "My Brother's Keeper" | November 13, 2013 | Aras | Monica | Vytas (8-1-1) |
11th Voted Out Day 22 |
9.87[20] | 2.5/7[20] | |||
Katie | Tina (7-1-1) |
12th Voted Out Day 24 | |||||||||
10 | "Big Bad Wolf" | November 20, 2013 | Aras | Vytas | Aras | 9th Eliminated 1st Jury Member Day 25 |
Monica (All)1,3 |
Laura M. (7-1) |
13th Voted Out Day 26 |
10.18[21] | 2.5/7[21] |
Tina | |||||||||||
11 | "Gloves Come Off" | November 27, 2013 | Vytas | Laura M. | Vytas | 10th Eliminated 2nd Jury Member Day 27 |
Monica | Caleb (4-3)4 |
14th Voted Out Day 29 |
8.81[22] | 2.2/7[22] |
Tina | |||||||||||
12 | "Rustle Feathers" | December 4, 2013 | Tina | Caleb | Caleb | 11th Eliminated 3rd Jury Member Day 30 |
Gervase [Monica, Tyson]1 |
Katie (3-3; 2-2; tiebreaker)2,5 |
Eliminated Day 32 |
10.63[23] | 2.6/8[23] |
Laura M. | |||||||||||
13 | "Out on a Limb" | December 11, 2013 | Tina | Katie | Katie | 12th Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 33 |
Ciera [Hayden]1 |
Hayden (3-2) |
15th Voted Out Day 35 |
9.92[24] | 2.5/8[24] |
Laura M. | |||||||||||
14 | "It's My Night" | December 15, 2013 | Tina | Hayden | Hayden | 13th Eliminated 5th Jury Member Day 36 |
Tyson | Ciera (3-0)4 |
16th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 37 |
10.19[25] | 2.6/7[25] |
Laura M. | 14th Eliminated 6th Jury Member Day 36 | ||||||||||
Laura M. | |||||||||||
Tina | 2nd Returnee Day 36 | ||||||||||
Tyson | Tina (3-1) |
17th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 38 | |||||||||
Jury Vote | Gervase (7-1-0) |
Second Runner-Up | |||||||||
Monica (7-1-0) |
Runner-Up | ||||||||||
Tyson (7-1-0) |
Sole Survivor | ||||||||||
15 | "Reunion" | 7.46[26] | 1.9/5[26] | ||||||||
Notes: ^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^2 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence. ^3 Monica elected to give up reward to the rest of the Kasama tribe, while keeping immunity. ^4 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^5 Per Survivor rules, in the event of a deadlock tie, the non-immune castaways would have an open discussion to eliminate one of the tied castaways. If no consensus is reached, the non-immune castaways will have to draw rocks, with the castaway who draws the odd-colored rock being eliminated. ^6 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. |
Voting History
Original Tribes | Post-Swap Tribes | Switched Tribes | Merged Tribe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||||||
Voted Out | Laura B. |
Candice |
Rupert |
Marissa |
Rachel |
Colton |
John |
Tie | Brad |
Laura M. |
Kat |
Laura B. |
Aras |
Vytas |
Tina |
Laura M. |
Caleb |
Tie | Deadlock | Katie |
Hayden |
Ciera |
Tina |
Gervase |
Monica |
Tyson | |
Vote | 6-2-1-1 | 6-3-1 | No vote1 | 8-1 | 5-2-1 | No vote2 | 6-1 | 3-33 | 3-1 | 7-1 | 5-1 | 4-1 | 7-2-2 | 8-1-1 | 7-1-1 | 7-1 | 4-34 | 3-33 | 2-25 | Lottery6 | 3-2 | 3-07 | 3-1 | 7-1-0 | |||
►►► | Tyson | — | Laura M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | Laura M. | — | — | Aras | Vytas | Tina | Laura M. | Caleb | Hayden | Hayden | — | Hayden | Ciera | Tina | Jury Vote | |||
►►► | Monica | — | Candice | — | — | — | — | — | — | Laura M. | Kat | Laura B. | Aras | Vytas | Tina | Laura M. | Caleb | Hayden | None | — | Hayden | Ciera | Tina | ||||
►►► | Gervase | — | Candice | — | — | — | — | — | — | Laura M. | — | — | Aras | Vytas | Tina | Laura M. | Caleb | Hayden | Hayden | — | Hayden | Ciera | Tina | ||||
►►► | Tina | — | Candice | — | — | — | — | — | — | Laura M. | Kat | Laura B. | Ciera | Vytas | Tyson | Gervase | Tyson | ||||||||||
►►► | Ciera | Laura B. | — | — | Marissa | John | — | John | Brad | None | — | — | — | Aras | Katie | Tina | Laura M. | Caleb | Monica | Monica | — | Gervase | Tyson | ||||
►►► | Hayden | Laura B. | — | — | Marissa | Rachel | — | John | Ciera | Ciera | — | — | — | Aras | Vytas | Tina | Laura M. | Ciera | Monica | None | — | Gervase | Eliminated | Tyson | |||
►►► | Katie | Marissa | — | — | Marissa | John | — | John | Brad | Brad | — | Kat | Laura B. | Ciera | Vytas | Monica | Laura M. | Ciera | Monica | Monica | Eliminated | Eliminated | Tyson | ||||
►►► | Caleb | Laura B. | — | — | Marissa | Rachel | — | John | Brad | Brad | — | — | — | Aras | Vytas | Tina | Laura M. | Ciera | Eliminated | Tyson | |||||||
►► | Laura M. | — | Candice | — | — | — | — | — | — | Laura B. | Aras | Vytas | Tina | Katie | Eliminated | Tyson | |||||||||||
►►► | Vytas | Laura B. | — | — | Marissa | Rachel | — | John | Ciera | Brad | — | Kat | Laura B. | Laura M. | Tyson | Eliminated | Monica | ||||||||||
►►► | Aras | — | Gervase | — | — | — | — | — | — | Laura M. | — | — | Laura M. | Eliminated | Tyson | ||||||||||||
►► | Laura B. | Marissa | Switched | — | — | — | — | — | Laura M. | Kat | Vytas | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||
►► | Kat | — | Candice | — | — | — | — | — | — | Laura M. | Vytas | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||
► | Brad | Laura B. | — | — | Marissa | Rachel | — | John | Ciera | None | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||
► | John | Laura B. | — | — | Marissa | Rachel | — | Ciera | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||
► | Colton | — | Candice | — | — | — | Quit | ||||||||||||||||||||
► | Rachel | Katie | — | — | Marissa | Ciera | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||
► | Marissa | Brad | — | — | Katie | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||||||||
Candice | — | Laura M. | — | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rupert | — | Laura M. | Switched | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: ^1 Due to the Blood vs. Water twist, Rupert opted to send himself to Redemption Island, allowing Laura B. to take his place on Galang.
^2 Colton quit the game before the Redemption Island duel was held. No vote occurred for his removal. ^3 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie. ^4 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^5 Per Survivor rules, in case of a deadlock tie, the non-immune players would have an open discussion to eliminate one of the tied players. If no consensus is reached, the non-immune castaways would be forced to draw rocks. ^6 Since no consensus was reached, a rock draw occurred. Katie drew the odd-colored rock, and was sent to Redemption Island. ^7 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. |
Trivia
- With the Day Zero twist, this season' is the second longest season in terms of number of days, lasting 39.5 days, following Survivor: The Australian Outback, which was filmed in 42 days instead of the standard 39.
- The US Survivor franchise is the second version to adapt a couples format, following the Philippine version, which had pairs of celebrities, each with a pre-existing relationship.
- Instead of revealing the location during the previous season's Reunion Show, Jeff showed a clue, which was a short clip of blood spreading in water. The second clue was the same as the first, only with the season logo shown for a split second afterwards.
- Despite the fact that the first four people voted out were all women, the first two players eliminated were men.
- This is the first time Survivor has filmed three consecutive (next season, Survivor: Cagayan, is the 4th consecutive) seasons on the same country, with Survivor: Philippines, Survivor: Caramoan and Blood vs Water all being shot in the Philippines.
- This is the second season that is filmed in another location within a previous host country. Survivor: The Amazon and Survivor: Tocantins were both filmed in Brazil, albeit in different locations; namely, Rio Negro and Rio Novo, respectively.
- This is the ninth season to feature returning players.
- This is the third season in a row to feature returning players. This is the longest consecutive streak of seasons with returning players.
- This is also the third season in a row to feature returning players who were eliminated before the Merge/Jury phase.
- This is the first time to have two back-to-back seasons with half (10 contestants out of 20 total) the castaways being returning players.
- Like 'Micronesia' and Caramoan, the game was won by a Returning Player.
- Also, like Micronesia, the Final 2/3 was made up entirely of returning players.
- It was revealed in Ashley Underwood's interview that all participants had a partner, and a back-up partner.[27]
- This is the first season to feature returning Sole Survivors but not have four returning Sole Survivors.
- Other seasons to feature Sole Survivors are Survivor: All-Stars and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains each had four former Sole Survivors competing.
- This is also the first time that former Sole Survivors are competing in a season with new players.
- This season marks the return of Redemption Island, which had been absent since Survivor: South Pacific.
- This is also the first season to feature Redemption Island and female returning players.
- This is the first season to feature both Redemption Island and returning players but have more than 2 returning players.
- This is also the first season to feature Redemption Island in a 20-castaway format.
- This is also the first season to feature Redemption Island with a Tribe Switch involved.
- This is also the first season to feature Redemption Island with more than one male losing a duel pre-merge while there was only one male who lost a duel pre-merge in Survivor: Redemption Island and Survivor: South Pacific, respectively.
- This season has the most castaways return to the game after being voted out, with three castaways returning to the game.
- This is the first season with Redemption Island where the person who got back in the game from the twist were not immediately voted out the first time they weren't immune.
- This season marks the only time Rupert Boneham and Candice Cody didn't make the Merge or Jury phase.
- This is also the only time Candice didn't place 8th.
- This is the first season with Redemption Island in which a male castaway was the 1st person eliminated.
- This is the second season where the first two castaways eliminated from the game were eliminated by means other than being voted out. The first was Survivor: Palau.
- Also after Palau, this is the second season where the first two castaways eliminated from the game had no votes cast against them.
- However, while Palau had this as an intentional twist, this was purely coincidental.
- This is the second season where the first two people eliminated from the game were male. The first was Survivor: Cook Islands.
- This is the first season ever to have three players eliminated (Rupert, Colton Cumbie and Candice) without any of them ever attending Tribal Council.
- This is the first season to have an entire tribe of returning players and not have a representative from the season before it.
- The font used for the tribe names this season is "Totally Glyphic."[28]
- This is the first season to not have the entire opening sequence shown in any of the episodes.
- This is the second season to see the Rock Drawing tiebreaker being utilized.
- The first season using said tiebreaker was Survivor: Marquesas.
- This is the first season since Survivor: One World to have a Second Runner-Up, since Lisa Whelchel & Michael Skupin and Dawn Meehan & Sherri Biethman ended up tie for Runners-Up in Philippines and Caramoan.
- This is the first season of returning players vs new players to have only returning players remaining at the Final Four.
- This is the first season to feature a returning player win for the second time in a row, with Tyson Apostol winning this season after John Cochran won Caramoan.
- This is the first season where two castaways entered the Merge with only one challenge win.
- This season had more players survive at least one Redemption Island duel than any other Redemption Island season with 7 (Candice, Marissa, John, Brad, Laura M., Vytas, and Tina).
- Coincidentally, the highest ranking returnees were paired with the three lowest ranking loved ones.
- The reunion saw the return of having all castaways present on stage after Caramoan forced the pre-jurors to sit in the audience.
- However, they were not seated from winner on the bottom right to first boot on the top left. Instead, they were seated as pairs in order of rank, with the higher-ranking of the two sitting on the right
- This is the first season with new castaways to have a Final Tribal Council of 3 with the 3 all being returning players.
- Tyson Apostol, Monica Culpepper, Gervase Peterson and Laura Morett are the only returning players to place higher than they did in their original seasons.
- Out of the 4, Laura was the only one to not reach the Final Tribal Council.
- This is the only season to feature a castaway being voted out more than once pre-merge.
References
- ↑ Dehnart, Andy (May 8, 2013). "Survivor Cagayan: Paulaui Island hosting the show, which won’t leave the Philippines". Reality Blurred. http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/survivor_27/2013_May_08_cagayan-seasons-27-28. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ↑ http://survivoroz.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/ashley-underwood-interview/
- ↑ http://survivoroz.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/tom-westman-interview/
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- ↑ http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/08/29/survivor-blood-vs-water-jeff-probst-pair-replaced/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PreviouslyOnSurvivor/permalink/552644028134862/?comment_id=552694094796522&offset=0&total_comments=59
- ↑ "Survivor: Blood vs. Water's format twist confirmed by CBS". CBS Statement/Reality TV World. http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/survivor-blood-vs-water-format-twist-confirmed-by-cbs-14813.php.
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- ↑ "'Survivor: Blood vs. Water': New cast and (lots of) twists revealed!". http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/08/21/survivor-blood-vs-water-new-cast-and-lots-of-twists-revealed/.
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- ↑ 12.0 12.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/09/19/wednesday-final-ratings-big-brother-adjusted-up-million-second-quiz-adjusted-down/203654/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/09/26/wednesday-final-ratings-the-middle-modern-family-and-survivor-adjusted-up-nashville-csi-adjusted-down/205000/
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- ↑ 15.0 15.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/10/10/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-back-in-the-game-modern-family-and-the-tomorrow-people-adjusted-up-nashville-adjusted-down/208074/
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- ↑ 19.0 19.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/11/07/wednesday-final-ratings-csi-adjusted-up-criminal-minds-adjusted-down-no-adjustment-for-the-cma-awards/214095/
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- ↑ 21.0 21.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/11/21/wednesday-final-ratings-the-x-factor-modern-family-arrow-survivor-the-middle-adjusted-up-super-fun-night-adjusted-down/217237/
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/12/02/wednesday-final-ratings-no-adjustment-for-the-x-factor-survivor-or-csi/219258/
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/12/05/wednesday-final-ratings-arrow-the-tomorrow-people-super-fun-night-adjusted-down/220295/
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- ↑ 26.0 26.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/12/17/sunday-final-ratings-60-minutes-adjusted-down-no-adjustment-for-revenge-or-survivor/222961/
- ↑ http://survivoroz.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/ashley-underwood-interview/
- ↑ http://www.whatfontis.com/Totally-Glyphic-emigre.font
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