Survivor: Micronesia
Season	16
Filming Location	Koror, Palau, Micronesia
Season Run	February 7, 2008 - May 11, 2008
Filming Dates	October 29, 2007 - December 6, 2007
Survivors	20
Winner	» Parvati Shallow
Runner(s)-up	» Amanda Kimmel
Tribes	██ Airai ██ Malakal ██ Dabu
Opening Sequence
Series Chronology
Previous Season	China
Next Season	Gabon

Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs Favorites is the 16th installment of Survivor. This season featured ten new contestants, dubbed as "the super-fans" facing ten of the most popular castaways at the time. It culminated with Parvati Shallow defeating Amanda Kimmel in a 5-3 Jury vote.

ProductionEdit

Casting for this season was originally done as an All-Stars with all returning players, but that idea was scrapped. Other former contestants who were asked included Tom Westman, Coby Archa, Katie Gallagher, Ian Rosenberger (Survivor: Palau), Candice Woodcock (Survivor: Cook Islands), Sandra Diaz-Twine (Survivor: Pearl Islands), Lydia Morales (Survivor: Guatemala), Shane Powers, Terry Deitz (Survivor: Panama), Edgardo Rivera (Survivor: Fiji), and Courtney Yates (Survivor: China). However these players did not make the final cut. No past winners were recast for this season. However, Richard Hatch (Survivor: Borneo) was asked, but had to apply to leave the country due to being in federal prison, and his request was denied.

Twists/ChangesEdit

• Fans versus Favorites: Ten new contestants (all of whom are die-hard fans of Survivor) faced ten of the show's most popular contestants. Airai was the tribe of fans, while Malakal was comprised of the favorites.
• Returning Players: As it is part of the theme of the season, ten returning players are featured in one original tribe.
• Temporary Immunity Idols: At the beginning of the game, the contestants vied for two individual Immunity Idols, one for each tribe. The first person who gets the tribe's idol will be immune at his/her first visit to Tribal Council.
• Exile Island: Exile Island returns after being absent in China. Another twist is that one person from both tribes will be sent to Exile Island and compete to find one Hidden Immunity Idol.
• Hidden Immunity Idols: Hidden Immunity Idols return this season.
• Tribe Switch: Both tribes swapped four members each.
• Even-numbered Jury: This season marked the first time that a Jury is comprised of even numbers.
• Final Tribal Council: The standard two-finalist Final Tribal Council returns after three seasons of having a three-finalist finale.

CastawaysEdit

Contestant		Original Tribe	Switched Tribe	Merged Tribe	Finish	Votes Against
	Jon Dalton 33, Danville, VA Pearl Islands	Malakal			1st Voted Out Day 3	9
	Mary Sartain 29, Emeryville, CA	Airai			2nd Voted Out Day 6	6
	Yau-Man Chan 55, Martinez, CA Fiji	Malakal			3rd Voted Out Day 8	6
	Mikey Bortone 34, Los Angeles, CA	Airai			4th Voted Out Day 11	6
	Joel Anderson 32, Avondale, AZ	Airai	Malakal		5th Voted Out Day 14	6
	Jonathan Penner 45, Los Angeles, CA Cook Islands	Malakal	Airai		Evacuated Day 15	0
	Chet Welch 48, Ford City, PA	Airai	Malakal		6th Voted Out Day 17	12
	Kathy Sleckman 45, Glen Ellyn, IL	Airai	Airai		Quit Day 19	0
	Tracy Hughes-Wolf 43, Fredericksburg, VA	Airai	Malakal		7th Voted Out Day 20	7
	Ami Cusack 34, Golden, CO Vanuatu	Malakal	Malakal		8th Voted Out Day 21	4
	Eliza Orlins 25, New York City, NY Vanuatu	Malakal	Airai	Dabu	9th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24	8
	Ozzy Lusth 26, Venice, CA Cook Islands	Malakal	Malakal		10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27	9
	Jason Siska 22, Fox River Grove, IL	Airai	Airai		11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30	8
	James Clement 30, Lafayette, LA China	Malakal	Airai		Evacuated 4th Jury Member Day 31	3
	Alexis Jones 24, Los Angeles, CA	Airai	Airai		12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 33	2
	Erik Reichenbach 22, Pinckney, MI	Airai	Malakal		13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 36	7
	Natalie Bolton 32, Los Angeles, CA	Airai	Airai		14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 37	3
	Cirie Fields 37, Norwalk, CT Panama	Malakal	Malakal		15th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 38	3
	Amanda Kimmel 23, Los Angeles, CA China	Malakal	Malakal		Runner-Up	4
	Parvati Shallow 25, Los Angeles, CA Cook Islands	Malakal	Airai		Sole Survivor	4

Season SummaryEdit

Episode GuideEdit

Notes:

^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^2 Amanda used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating 4 votes agains her.

Voting HistoryEdit

Survivor: Micronesia Voting History
		Original Tribes				Switched Tribes						Merged Tribe
Episode #:		1	2	3	4	5	6		7		8	9	10	11	12		13	14
Eliminated:		Jon	Mary	Yau-Man	Mikey B.	Joel	Jonathan	Chet	Kathy	Tracy	Ami	Eliza	Ozzy	Jason	James	Alexis	Erik	Natalie	Cirie	Amanda	Parvati
Vote:		9-1	6-2-2	6-2-1	6-3	6-2	No Vote	5-2	No Vote	5-1	4-1	8-2	5-4	4-3-1	No Vote	2-0	4-1	3-1	1-0	5-3
►►	Parvati	Jon	—	Yau-Man	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Eliza	Ozzy	Jason	—	Alexis	Erik	Natalie	—	Jury Vote
►►	Amanda	Jon	—	Yau-Man	—	Joel	—	Chet	—	Tracy	Ami	Eliza	Jason	Jason	—	Alexis	Erik	Natalie	Cirie
►►	Cirie	Jon	—	Yau-Man	—	Joel	—	Chet	—	Tracy	Ami	Eliza	Ozzy	Jason	—	Amanda	Erik	Natalie	—		Parvati
►►	Natalie	—	Mary	—	Mikey B.	—	—	—	—	—	—	Eliza	Ozzy	James	—	Amanda	Erik	Cirie			Parvati
►►	Erik	—	Mary	—	Mikey B.	Chet	—	Chet	—	Tracy	Ami	Eliza	Jason	Jason	—	Amanda	Parvati			Amanda
►►	Alexis	—	Mary	—	Chet	—	—	—	—	—	—	Eliza	Ozzy	James	—	Amanda					Parvati
►►	James	Jon	—	Yau-Man	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Eliza	Jason	Parvati	Evacuated					Amanda
►►	Jason	—	Chet	—	Chet	—	—	—	—	—	—	Ozzy	Ozzy	James							Parvati
►►	Ozzy	Jon	—	Yau-Man	—	Joel	—	Chet	—	Tracy	Ami	Eliza	Jason							Amanda
►►	Eliza	Jon	—	Yau-Man	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Ozzy									Parvati
►	Ami	Jon	—	Cirie	—	Joel	—	Chet	—	Tracy	Erik
►	Tracy	—	Mary	—	Mikey B.	Joel	—	Erik	—	Ozzy
►	Kathy	—	Mary	—	Mikey B.	—	—	—	Quit
►	Chet	—	Mary	—	Mikey B.	Joel	—	Erik
►	Jonathan	Jon	—	Parvati	—	—	Evacuated
►	Joel	—	Tracy	—	Mikey B.	Chet
	Mikey B.	—	Chet	—	Chet
	Yau-Man	Jon	—	Parvati
	Mary	—	Tracy
	Jon	Ozzy

TriviaEdit

• This is the first season to have an even-numbered Jury, with eight members.
• This was the first season to have two contestants be medically evacuated, followed by Survivor: Samoa and Survivor: One World.
• This was the first season where the Final 4 was comprised of castaways of the same gender.
  • However, this would be surpassed in Survivor: One World, whose Final 5 was comprised of castaways of the same gender.
• This is the first season to have an equal number of returning players and new players at the beginning of the game. It was followed by Survivor: Caramoan.
• This is the second season to start with 20 contestants and have a Final Two, following Survivor: Palau.
• This season holds the record of the most number of episodes in which more than one castaway was eliminated with 4.
• This season holds the record of most participants returning to a future season with 7: Parvati Shallow, Amanda Kimmel, Cirie Fields and James Clement returned in Survivor: Heroes vs Villains; Ozzy Lusth returned in Survivor: South Pacific; Jonathan Penner returned in Survivor: Philippines; and Erik Reichenbach returned in Survivor: Caramoan.
• This is the last season to date to feature headshot still images of the contestants in the opening credits.
• For this season, once a player was eliminated, his/her name and images would no longer appear in the opening credits. Then, in continuing what was started in Survivor: China, once the game reached the jury phase, only the players remaining would be shown, divided into "the Jury" and the "the Merged Tribe."
• This is the fourth season with an evacuation.

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

Survivor Seasons
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