Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X

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Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X
Season Information
Version	United States
Season No.	33
Filming Location	Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
Filming Dates	April 4, 2016 - May 12, 2016
Season Run	September 21, 2016 - December 2016
No. of Days	39
No. of Castaways	20
Tribes	Takali Vanua Ikabula
Cast
Opening Sequence
Season Chronology
Previous	Kaôh Rōng

Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X is the 33rd season of Survivor.

The season will use a variant of the tribe division twist previously employed in Survivor: Nicaragua.

Development

Filming for the season was schedule to start in mid-March 2016, but had to be delayed by two weeks because of the effects of a cyclone that passed through the Fiji islands. The cyclone destroyed challenge props and the newly-built Tribal Council set, with the production team having "to scramble in two weeks to rebuild everything". During the peak of the typhoon (Day 2), the castaways were evacuated from their beaches and were sequestered in a barren room located at base camp until the cyclone subsided. The survivors returned to their camps nine hours later.

Twists/Changes

• Millennials vs. Gen X: The 20 castaways will be divided into two tribes based on their age. The Vanua tribe will hold the millennials, while the Takali tribe will hold the Gen X castaways.
• Third Pre-Merge Tribe: As in Survivor: Cambodia, a third tribe will be introduced at some point in the pre-merge stage of the game. The Ikabula tribe will wear green.
• Legacy Advantage: While the tribes were allowed to grab supplies for the game, an envelope containing the Legacy Advantage was up for grabs. It would grant its holder an advantage in the game, given that he or she makes it to Day 36. If he or she is eliminated before Day 36, the advantage must be willed to another player.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation	Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe
	Rachel Ako 37, Los Angeles, CA	Takali	1st Voted Out Day 4	5
	Mari Takahashi 31, Los Angeles, CA	Vanua	2nd Voted Out Day 7	7
	Adam Klein 25, San Francisco, CA	Vanua
	Bret LaBelle 42, Dedham, MA	Takali
	CeCe Taylor 39, Granada Hills, CA	Takali		3
	Chris Hammons 38, Moore, OK	Takali
	David Wright 42, Sherman Oaks, CA	Takali		1
	Figgy Figueroa 23, Nashville, TN	Vanua		3
	Hannah Shapiro 24, West Hollywood, CA	Vanua
	Jay Starrett 27, Fort Lauderdale, FL	Vanua
	Jessica Lewis 37, Voorheesville, NY	Takali
	Ken McNickle 33, Denver, CO	Takali
	Lucy Huang 42, Diamond Bar, CA	Takali
	Michaela Bradshaw 25, Fort Worth, TX	Vanua
	Michelle Schubert 28, Yakima, WA	Vanua
	Paul Wachter 52, Sugarloaf Key, FL	Takali
	Sunday Burquest 45, Otsego, MN	Takali		1
	Taylor Stocker 24, Post Falls, ID	Vanua
	Will Wahl 18, Long Valley, NJ	Vanua
	Zeke Smith 28, Brooklyn, NY	Vanua

Episode Guide

Episode		Air date	Challenges		Eliminated (Vote)	Finish	Viewers (in millions)	Ratings/Share (18-49)
			Reward	Immunity
1	"May the Best Generation Win"	September 21, 2016	Vanua1		Rachel (5-3-1-1)	1st Voted Out Day 4	9.46	2.3/8
2	"Love Goggles"	September 28, 2016	Takali1		Mari (7-3)	2nd Voted Out Day 7	9.16	2.1/8
3	"Your Job Is Recon"	October 5, 2016	Vanua1		Paul (6-3)	3rd Voted Out Day 10	8.52	1.8/7
4	"Who's the Sucker at the Table?"	October 12, 2016	Takali	Vanua	Lucy (2-1-0)2	4th Voted Out Day 12	9.06	2.0/8
5	"Idol Search Party"	October 19, 2016	None	Ikabula	CeCe (4-1)	5th Voted Out Day 15	8.59	1.9/7
				Takali
6	"The Truth Works Well"	October 26, 2016	Vanua	Ikabula	Figgy (3-2)	6th Voted Out Day 18	8.30	1.9/7
			Ikabula	Vanua
7	"I Will Destroy You"	November 2, 2016	Vanua	Takali	Michaela (4-2)	7th Voted Out Day 20	6.93	1.6/5
			Ikabula	Vanua
8	"I'm the Kingpin"	November 9, 2016	None	Will	Michelle (9-4)	8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 23	8.81	1.9/7
9	"Still Throwin' Punches"	November 16, 2016	Bret, Chris, David, Ken, Sunday, Taylor	Ken	Taylor (7-4-1)	9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 25	8.49	1.8/6
10	"Million Dollar Gamble"	November 23, 2016	Adam, Bret, Hannah, Sunday, Zeke	David	Chris (7-4)	10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 28	7.59	1.5/5
			Bret, Sunday, Zeke [David]3	Jay	Jessica (5-5; 4-4; tiebreaker)4,5,6	Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 30
11	"About to Have a Rumble"	November 30, 2016	Jay [Adam, Sunday, Will]	Adam	Zeke (5-0)2	11th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 33	8.77	1.9/7
12	"Slayed the Survivor Dragon"	December 7, 2016	None	Jay	Will (6-2)	12th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 34	8.50	1.7/6
				Ken	Sunday (4-2-0)2	13th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 35
13	"I'm Going for a Million Bucks"	December 14, 2016	David1		Jay (5-0)8	14th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 36	9.14	2.0/7
			[Adam, Jay]7
			None	Ken	Bret (3-2)4	15th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 37
				Ken	David (3-1)	16th Voted Out 10th Jury Member Day 38
			Jury Vote		Ken Hannah (10-0-0)	Runners-Up
					Adam (10-0-0)	Sole Survivor
14	"Reunion"						6.40	1.3/5
Notes: ^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge. ^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^3 David drew the odd-colored rock when the teams were formed and, as a result, automatically joined the winning team on reward without competing. ^4 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^5 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence. ^6 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. ^7 Jay played his Reward Steal advantage and stole David's reward. He picked Adam and David to join him on the reward. ^8 The Legacy Advantage was played, negating all votes against its user.

Voting History

		Original Tribes				Expanded Tribes			Merged Tribe
Episode		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10				11	12		13
Voted Out		Rachel	Mari	Paul	Lucy	CeCe	Figgy	Michaela	Michelle	Taylor	Chris	Tie	Deadlock	Jessica	Zeke	Will	Sunday	Jay	Bret	David	Ken	Hannah	Adam
Vote		5-3-1-1	7-3	6-3	2-1-01	4-1	3-2	4-2	9-4	7-4-1	7-4	5-52, 3	4-44	Lottery5	5-01	6-2	4-2-01	5-06	3-22	3-1	10-0-0
►►	Adam	—	Figgy	—	—	—	Figgy	—	Michelle	Taylor	Chris	Zeke	Zeke	—	Zeke	Will	Sunday	Jay	David	David	Jury Vote
►►	Hannah	—	Mari	—	—	—	—	Bret	Michelle	Jay	Chris	Zeke	None	—	Zeke	Will	Sunday	Jay	Bret	David
►►	Ken	Rachel	—	Paul	Jessica	—	Figgy	—	Michelle	Taylor	Chris	Zeke	Zeke	—	Zeke	Will	Sunday	Jay	Bret	David
►►	David	Rachel	—	Paul	Lucy	CeCe	—	—	Michelle	Taylor	Chris	Zeke	Zeke	—	Zeke	Will	Sunday	Jay	Bret	Adam			Adam
►►	Bret	Rachel	—	CeCe	Jessica	—	—	Michaela	Michelle	Jay	Jessica	Hannah	Hannah	—	Hannah	Will	David	Jay	David				Adam
►►	Jay	—	Mari	—	—	—	—	Michaela	Adam	Taylor	Jessica	Hannah	Hannah	—	Hannah	David	David	Ken					Adam
►►	Sunday	CeCe	—	Paul	Jessica	—	—	Michaela	Michelle	Taylor	Jessica	Hannah	Hannah	—	Hannah	Will	Jay						Adam
►►	Will	—	Mari	—	—	—	—	Michaela	Adam	Jay	Chris	Hannah	Hannah	—	Zeke	David							Adam
►►	Zeke	—	Figgy	—	—	CeCe	—	—	Michelle	Taylor	Chris	Hannah	None	—	Hannah								Adam
►►	Jessica	CeCe	—	Paul	CeCe	—	Figgy	—	Michelle	Jay	Chris	Zeke	Zeke	Eliminated									Adam
►►	Chris	Rachel	—	CeCe	Jessica	CeCe	—	—	Michelle	Taylor	Jessica												Adam
►►	Taylor	—	Mari	—	—	—	Ken	—	Adam	Adam													Adam
►►	Michelle	—	Mari	—	—	CeCe	—	—	Adam														Adam
►	Michaela	—	Mari	—	—	—	—	Bret
►	Figgy	—	Mari	—	—	—	Ken
►	CeCe	David	—	Paul	Lucy	Michelle
	Lucy	CeCe	—	Paul	Jessica
	Paul	Rachel	—	CeCe
	Mari	—	Figgy
	Rachel	Sunday
Notes: ^1 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^3 Tribal Council 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 Per Survivor rules, in the event 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. ^5 Since no consensus was reached, a rock draw occurred. Jessica drew the odd-colored rock and was eliminated. ^6 The Legacy Advantage was played, negating all votes against its user.

Trivia

• This is the first season since Nicaragua with 20 new castaways. Coincidentally, Nicaragua also employed the Old vs. Young twist.
• This is the third season to have tribes divided by age, following Survivor: Panama and Nicaragua.