Survivor: Kaôh Rōng, also known as Survivor: Kaôh Rōng — Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty, is the 32nd season of Survivor. It utilizes the same tribe division twist as Survivor: Cagayan.
The season saw a record number of medical evacuations, and was ultimately won by Michele Fitzgerald in a 5-2-0 vote over Aubry Bracco and Tai Trang.
Development
Though billed as the 32nd season, Kaôh Rōng was filmed earlier than its "predecessor" season, Survivor: Cambodia.[2] This marks the first time the show has aired seasons out of order.
The pre-jury contestants were sequestered and had their trip in Vietnam.[3]
Twists/Changes
- Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty: The division of the tribes is based on the most prominent personal attributes of each castaway.
- The Chan Loh tribe is the "Brains" tribe; consisting of players who mostly rely on intelligence to get by in life.
- The Gondol tribe is the "Beauty" tribe; consisting of players who mostly rely on their looks and social skills.
- The To Tang tribe is the "Brawn" tribe; consisting of players who mostly rely on their brute strength and endurance.
- Hidden Immunity Idol: While the current format still applies, there is also the option to combine two idols to create a "super idol" that can be played after the votes are read to save any player still in the game.[4]
- One-Time Exile: During the tribe switch, twelve people would be assigned to either Chan Loh or Gondol, leaving one person without a tribe. That person would be sent to the former To Tang camp, where they would be ineligible for the next vote, and would join the losing tribe at the next Reward Challenge.
- Extra Vote: A castaway would get the right to vote twice at the same Tribal Council.
- Juror Removal: A castaway would get the power to eliminate a juror of their choice.
Castaways
Contestant | Tribe Affiliation | Finish | Votes Against | |||
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Original Tribe | Switched Tribe | Merged Tribe | ||||
Darnell Hamilton 27, Chicago, IL |
To Tang | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
7 | |||
Jennifer Lanzetti 38, Salt Lake City, UT |
To Tang | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
3 | |||
Liz Markham 27, New York City, NY |
Chan Loh | 3rd Voted Out Day 8 |
5 | |||
Caleb Reynolds 28, Hopkinsville, KY |
Gondol | Evacuated Day 9 |
0 | |||
Alecia Holden 24, Dallas, TX |
To Tang | 4th Voted Out Day 11 |
8 | |||
Anna Khait 26, Brooklyn, NY |
Gondol | Gondol | 5th Voted Out Day 13 |
5 | ||
Peter Baggenstos 34, Minneapolis, MN |
Chan Loh | Gondol | 6th Voted Out Day 16 |
7 | ||
Neal Gottlieb 38, Sausalito, CA |
Chan Loh | Chan Loh | Dara | Evacuated Removed from Jury Day 19 |
0 | |
Nick Maiorano 30, Redondo Beach, CA |
Gondol | Chan Loh | 7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 22 |
6 | ||
Debbie Wanner 49, Reading, PA |
Chan Loh | Chan Loh | 8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 24 |
5 | ||
Scot Pollard 40, Carmel, IN |
To Tang | Gondol | 9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 27 |
7 | ||
Julia Sokolowski 19, Boston, MA |
Gondol | Gondol | 10th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 29 |
7 | ||
File:S32 kyle t.png | Kyle Jason 31, Detroit, MI |
To Tang | Chan Loh | 11th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 32 |
5 | |
File:S32 joseph t.png | Joe del Campo 72, Vero Beach, FL |
Chan Loh | Gondol | Evacuated 6th Jury Member Day 34 |
1 | |
Cydney Gillon 23, Douglasville, GA |
To Tang | Chan Loh | 12th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 37 |
5 | ||
Tai Trang 51, San Francisco, CA |
Gondol | Gondol | Second Runner-Up |
4 | ||
Aubry Bracco 29, Cambridge, MA |
Chan Loh | Gondol | Runner-Up | 8 | ||
Michele Fitzgerald 24, Freehold, NJ |
Gondol | Chan Loh | Sole Survivor | 2 |
Season Summary
The 18 new castaways were divided into three tribes based on primary attribute: Chan Loh (Brains), To Tang (Brawn) and Gondol (Beauty). It was all but total disaster for the Brawn tribe. They lost three of the four Immunity Challenges and coupled with tension surrounding the outspoken Alecia Holden, they saw half their tribe members leave the game. Contrarily, the Brains tribe only lost one member in spite of their constant manipulations and ego permeating. While the Beauty tribe went undefeated in Immunity Challenges, they also suffered a major setback when Caleb Reynolds was medically evacuated after collapsing from heat exhaustion on Day 9.
Following the tribe switch on Day 12, few major cross-tribal alliances formed aside from the unlikely friendship of Tai Trang and Scot Pollard. This ultimately proved crucial for Tai's survival, as original Gondol members Anna Khait and Julia Sokolowski were targeted in his place. Though the former of the two was eliminated, Julia narrowly escaped the same fate after original Brain Aubry Bracco flipped against her former tribe and voted out Peter Baggenstos on Day 16.
This initially seemed to be a costly mistake on Aubry's part, as the remaining Brawn and Beauty members formed an alliance against the Brains following the merge on Day 17. However, Cydney Gillon had grown tired of the men's overconfidence and banded the women together to vote out Nick Maiorano, forming a new majority. Though the minority alliance held two Hidden Immunity Idols, Aubry convinced Tai to betray his allies, getting rid of one of the idols and joining the majority.
From there, a core alliance of Aubry, Michele Fitzgerald, and Cydney would vote off Scot's remaining allies, eventually becoming the final four along with Tai. With Michele winning immunity on Day 37, Aubry and Cydney were forced to turn on one another, resulting in a fire making tiebreaker. Aubry ultimately won, joining Michele and Tai in the finals. At the Final Tribal Council, the jury was skeptical of both Michele and Aubry's games, while not respecting Tai's due to his constant floating and flipping. Ultimately, Michele's social game impressed the jury more than Aubry's strategic game, winning her the title of Sole Survivor in a 5-2-0 vote.
Episode Guide
Episode | Air date | Challenges | Eliminated (Vote) |
Finish | Viewers (in millions) |
Ratings/Share (18-49) | ||
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Reward | Immunity | |||||||
1 | "I'm a Mental Giant" | February 17, 2016 | Chan Loh | Darnell (3-3; 4-0)2 |
1st Voted Out Day 3 |
8.30[5] | 1.9/7[5] | |
Gondol1 | ||||||||
2 | "Kindergarten Camp" | February 24, 2016 | Gondol | Jennifer (3-2) |
2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
8.39[6] | 1.9/6[6] | |
Chan Loh1 | ||||||||
3 | "The Circle of Life" | March 2, 2016 | Gondol | Liz (2-2-2; 3-0-0)2 |
3rd Voted Out Day 8 |
9.24[7] | 2.2/8[7] | |
To Tang1 | ||||||||
4 | "Signed, Sealed and Delivered" | March 9, 2016 | Chan Loh | Chan Loh | Caleb (no vote)3 |
Evacuated Day 9 |
9.26[8] | 2.1/8[8] |
Gondol | Gondol | Alecia (3-1) |
4th Voted Out Day 11 | |||||
5 | "The Devils We Know" | March 16, 2016 | None | Julia4 | Anna (5-1) |
5th Voted Out Day 13 |
9.50[9] | 2.1/8[9] |
Chan Loh | ||||||||
6 | "Play or Go Home" | March 23, 2016 | Gondol | Chan Loh | Peter (4-2) |
6th Voted Out Day 16 |
9.31[10] | 2.1/8[10] |
7 | "It's Merge Time" | March 30, 2016 | None | Nick | Neal (no vote)5 |
Evacuated Day 19 |
9.16[11] | 2.0/7[11] |
8 | "The Jocks vs. the Pretty People" | April 6, 2016 | Debbie, Julia, Nick, Scot, Tai |
Tai | Nick (6-2-1-1) |
7th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 22 |
8.98[12] | 1.9/7[12] |
9 | "It's Psychological Warfare" | April 13, 2016 | Jason, Julia, Scot, Tai |
Julia | Debbie (4-3-2) |
8th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 24 |
8.39[13] | 1.9/7[13] |
10 | "I'm Not Here to Make Good Friends" | April 20, 2016 | Julia | Jason | Scot (4-2-2) |
9th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 27 |
9.27[14] | 2.0/7[14] |
Michele | ||||||||
Tai | ||||||||
11 | "It's a 'Me' Game, Not a 'We' Game" | April 27, 2016 | Cydney, Michele [Aubry] |
Michele | Julia (5-2) |
10th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 29 |
9.47[15] | 2.1/8[15] |
12 | "Now's the Time to Start Scheming" | May 4, 2016 | Jason, Michele, Tai |
Cydney | Jason (4-2-1) |
11th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 32 |
9.48[16] | 2.1/8[16] |
13 | "With Me or Not with Me" | May 11, 2016 | Joe [Aubry, Cydney] |
None | Joe (no vote)6 |
Evacuated 7th Jury Member Day 34 |
9.51[17] | 2.1/8[17] |
14 | "Not Going Down Without a Fight" | May 18, 2016 | Aubry [Cydney] |
Michele | Cydney (2-2; tiebreaker)7 |
Eliminated 8th Jury Member Day 37 |
9.57[18] | 2.1/7[18] |
Michele | None | Neal (1-0)8 |
Removed from Jury Day 38 | |||||
Jury Vote | Tai (5-2-0) |
Second Runner-Up | ||||||
Aubry (5-2-0) |
Runner-Up | |||||||
Michele (5-2-0) |
Sole Survivor | |||||||
15 | "Reunion" | 6.84[19] | 1.5/5[19] | |||||
Notes: ^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^2 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence. ^3 Caleb was evacuated from the game due to severe heatstroke. ^4 As Julia had drawn the sole red buff, she was exiled to the former To Tang camp. She would not attend Tribal Council, and was effectively immune. ^5 Neal was evacuated from the game due to multiple staph infections. ^6 Joe was evacuated from the game from experiencing bladder problems. ^7 Per Survivor rules, in the event of a tie at the final four, a fire-making challenge would be held between the tied players. ^8 For winning the Reward Challenge, Michele earned the power to remove a juror. |
Voting History
Original 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 | Tie | Darnell |
Jennifer |
Tie | Liz |
Caleb |
Alecia |
Anna |
Peter |
Neal |
Nick |
Debbie |
Scot |
Julia |
Jason |
Joe |
Tie | Cydney |
Tai |
Aubry |
Michele | ||
Vote | 3-31 | 4-0 | 3-2 | 2-2-21 | 3-0 | No vote2 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 4-2 | No vote4 | 6-2-1-1 | 4-3-2 | 4-2-2 | 5-2 | 4-2-1 | No vote6 | 2-27 | Tiebreaker | 5-2-0 | ||||
►► | Michele | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nick | Debbie | Tai | Julia | Jason | — | Aubry | — | Jury Vote | |||||
►► | Aubry | — | — | Peter | None | — | — | Anna | Peter | — | Nick | Debbie | Scot | Julia | Jason | — | Cydney | — | |||||
►► | Tai | — | — | — | — | — | Anna | Peter | — | Jason | Cydney | Scot | Julia | Michele | — | Cydney | — | ||||||
Michele5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
►► | Cydney | Alecia | Darnell | Jennifer | — | — | Alecia | — | — | — | Nick | Debbie | Scot | Julia | Jason | — | Aubry | Eliminated | Michele | ||||
►► | Joe | — | — | Liz | Liz | — | — | Anna | Julia | — | Nick | Scot | Scot | Julia | Jason | Evacuated | Aubry | ||||||
►► | Jason | Alecia | Darnell | Jennifer | — | — | Alecia | — | — | — | Aubry | Cydney | Aubry | Tai | Joe | Michele | |||||||
►► | Julia | — | — | — | — | — | Exiled3 | Peter | — | Nick | Debbie | Tai | Tai | Michele | |||||||||
►► | Scot | Darnell | Darnell | Alecia | — | — | Alecia | Anna | Peter | — | Aubry | Cydney | Aubry | Michele | |||||||||
►► | Debbie | — | — | Liz | Liz | — | — | — | — | — | Nick | Scot | Michele | ||||||||||
►► | Nick | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Debbie | Aubry | ||||||||||||
►► | Neal | — | — | Peter | Liz | — | — | — | — | Evacuated | None8 | ||||||||||||
► | Peter | — | — | Aubry | None | — | — | Anna | Julia | ||||||||||||||
► | Anna | — | — | — | — | — | Peter | ||||||||||||||||
Alecia | Darnell | None | Jennifer | — | — | Scot | |||||||||||||||||
Caleb | — | — | — | Evacuated | |||||||||||||||||||
Liz | — | — | Aubry | None | |||||||||||||||||||
Jennifer | Darnell | Darnell | Alecia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Darnell | Alecia | None | |||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: ^1 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.
^2 Caleb was medically evacuated during the Reward Challenge due to heat exhaustion. No vote occurred for his removal. ^3 Due to the odd number of castaways at the tribe switch, the odd person out was exiled to the former To Tang camp until after the following Tribal Council, when they would join the tribe that lost a member. ^4 Neal was medically evacuated following the Immunity Challenge due to a rupture of a pus-filled abscess on his knee. The Tribal Council scheduled for that night was cancelled. ^5 This castaway played an Extra Vote advantage, allowing them to vote twice at Tribal Council. ^6 After suffering from constipation and urine retention following a reward, the medical team was alerted of Joe's condition. Eventually, his condition grew serious enough to necessitate his evacuation. No vote occurred for his removal. ^7 Per Survivor rules, in the event of a tie at the final four, a fire-making challenge would be held between the tied castaways. ^8 For winning the final Reward Challenge, Michele earned the power to remove a juror. She chose Neal. |
Trivia
- The art design for this season's buffs and flags appears to be inspired by the Sak Yant, a traditional Southeast Asian style of tattooing deity or animal designs accompanied by Pali phrases said to offer good luck or fortune.[20]
- The font used for this season is Croteau.[21]
- This is the third season in which the starting tribe colors are blue, red, and yellow, and the merged tribe color is black, following Survivor: Philippines and Survivor: Worlds Apart.
- This season features the most medical evacuations, with three.
- This is the first season with an equal number of Reward Challenges and Immunity Challenges.
- This season features the fewest players voted out, with 12.
- Post-merge, no people from the same starting tribe were eliminated consecutively.
References
Survivor (U.S.) Seasons |
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Borneo • The Australian Outback • Africa • Marquesas • Thailand • The Amazon • Pearl Islands • All-Stars • Vanuatu • Palau • Guatemala • Panama • Cook Islands • Fiji • China • Micronesia • Gabon • Tocantins • Samoa • Heroes vs. Villains • Nicaragua • Redemption Island • South Pacific • One World • Philippines • Caramoan • Blood vs. Water • Cagayan • San Juan del Sur • Worlds Apart • Cambodia • Kaôh Rōng • Millennials vs. Gen X • Game Changers • Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers • Ghost Island • David vs. Goliath • Edge of Extinction • Island of the Idols • Winners at War • Survivor 41 • Survivor 42 • Survivor 43 • Survivor 44 • Survivor 45 • Survivor 46 |