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− | * This is the first season to feature [[Exile Island]] since {{S|18}}, following a hiatus of |
+ | * This is the first season to feature [[Exile Island]] since {{S|18}}, following a hiatus of eleven consecutive seasons not using the twist. |
* This season has the first cast to feature only 8 female contestants since ''Survivor: Tocantins.'' |
* This season has the first cast to feature only 8 female contestants since ''Survivor: Tocantins.'' |
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*With the [[Day Zero]] twist, this season, along with {{S|27}}, are the second longest seasons in terms of number of days, lasting 39.5 days, following {{S|2}}, which was filmed in 42 days instead of the standard 39. |
*With the [[Day Zero]] twist, this season, along with {{S|27}}, are the second longest seasons in terms of number of days, lasting 39.5 days, following {{S|2}}, which was filmed in 42 days instead of the standard 39. |
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Survivor: San Juan del Sur - Blood vs. Water, also known as Survivor: San Juan del Sur, is the 29th season of Survivor.
Development
The theme and name of the season were announced at the reunion show of Survivor: Cagayan. The production flew back to San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, the same location where Survivor: Nicaragua and Survivor: Redemption Island were filmed.[1] Filming began June 2, 2014, and was completed on July 10. After filming wrapped, it was confirmed that the two upcoming seasons will have an all-new cast.[2][3]
Originally, the season was set to have a 20-player cast. However, 48 hours prior to the start of filming, a member of an all-female pair failed a medical examination. Unable to find a replacement pair of the same gender composition in time, production was forced to start the game with the remaining nine pairs, ostensibly having an uneven ratio of males and females.[4] A similar case occurred back in Survivor: Fiji, where Mellisa McNulty was pulled from the game due to last-minute panic attacks.[5] Former contestant and Survivor Live After Show host Parvati Shallow went to the production site as part of the press who conducted interviews to the contestants and wrote an online journal about her experience.[6]
In an interview with Dalton Ross from Entertainment Weekly after the Cagayan finale, Jeff Probst initially stated that Redemption Island was slated to be in play. However, after the interview, last minute changes were discussed by Jeff and production to further innovate the upcoming season. In a more recent interview with Ross for EW Morning Live, which was held live on set, Probst revealed that they decided to shelve Redemption Island, which potentially misled the contestants, who were yet to be flown on location and listened to the prior interview. The set that was supposed to be the Redemption Island Arena would be rehashed for Exile Island, a twist long-unused since Survivor: Tocantins.[7] Jeff teased:
“ | We all started looking at it, and it started feeling like—I don’t know. I don’t know if Redemption Island is the right thing. And it would be the safe thing to do, because we knew it worked. I got the cards out and started looking at all the players in my living room and just started imagining: What else could you do with people who love each other that would really make it difficult? And we came up with an idea, and everybody puts their two cents in, and we formed a new idea.
Instead of Redemption Island, we decided: We have this arena being built. What if instead of that, we use it for something else, something that will make Blood vs. Water a little more interesting. A little more bloody. |
” |
—Jeff Probst |
On August 13, 2014, editors temporarily halted the post-production process of the season and went on strike due to CBS preventing them to unionize which would give them pension plans and health benefits similar to other to the workers in Mark Burnett's other shows. The next day, an agreement was settled, and the editors concerned were allowed to unionize and went back to work, thus keeping the premiere to air on schedule.[8][9]
Twists/Changes
- Blood vs Water: Nine pairs of castaways, each with a pre-existing relationship, will compete against each other for the million dollar prize. The pairs will be separated, assigning each member to opposite tribes. Unlike the first Blood vs Water season, this season will have an all-new cast. Also, unlike the first Blood vs. Water season, Redemption Island will not be in play in San Juan del Sur.
- Day Zero: A day before the actual game starts, the pairs will be sent out at sunset to different locations to live by themselves for the night. They will then all meet up to be officially welcomed by host Jeff Probst and start the game the next morning.
- Exile Island: After an eleven season hiatus of the twist, Exile Island returns replacing the initial Redemption Island twist. This season's version of the twist would have its tribal Reward Challenges only be one-on-one duels between loved ones. The winner of each duel wins reward for his/her tribe while the losing loved one would be sent to Exile Island, along with one of the winner's tribemates, where they will choose between two urns: one with a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol buried on his camp, and the other with nothing.[10]
Castaways
Contestant | Tribe Affiliation | Finish | Votes Against | |
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Original Tribe | ||||
Nadiya Anderson 28, Edgewater, NJ Natalie's twin sister |
Coyopa | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
5 | |
Alec Christy 22, Winter Park, FL Drew's brother |
Coyopa | |||
Baylor Wilson 20, Nashville, TN Missy's daughter |
Coyopa | 1 | ||
Dale Wentworth 55, Ephrata, WA Kelley's father |
Coyopa | 3 | ||
Drew Christy 25, Winter Park, FL Alec's brother |
Hunahpu | |||
Jaclyn Schultz 25, Las Vegas, NV Jon's girlfriend |
Coyopa | |||
Jeremy Collins 36, Foxboro, MA Val's husband |
Hunahpu | |||
John Rocker 39, Atlanta, GA Julie's boyfriend |
Coyopa | |||
Jon Misch 26, Waterford, MI Jaclyn's boyfriend |
Hunahpu | |||
Josh Canfield 32, New York City, NY Reed's boyfriend |
Coyopa | |||
Julie McGee 34, Atlanta, GA John's girlfriend |
Hunahpu | |||
Keith Nale 53, Shreveport, LA Wes's father |
Hunahpu | |||
Kelley Wentworth 28, Seattle, WA Dale's daughter |
Hunahpu | |||
Missy Payne 47, Dallas, TX Baylor's mother |
Hunahpu | |||
Natalie Anderson 28, Edgewater, NJ Nadiya's twin sister |
Hunahpu | |||
Reed Kelly 31, New York City, NY Josh's boyfriend |
Hunahpu | |||
Val Collins 35, Foxboro, MA Jeremy's wife |
Coyopa | |||
Wes Nale 23, Shreveport, LA Keith's son |
Coyopa |
Season Summary
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Episode Guide
Episode | Air date | Challenges | Exiled | Eliminated (Vote) |
Finish | Viewers (in millions) |
Ratings/Share (18-49) | ||
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Reward | Immunity | ||||||||
1 | "Suck It Up and Survive" | September 24, 2014 | Hunahpu | Hunahpu | Val | Nadiya (5-3-1) |
1st Voted Out Day 3 |
9.75[11] | 2.7/9[11] |
Keith | |||||||||
2 | "Method to This Madness" | October 1, 2014 | Hunahpu | Hunahpu | John | Val (4-4; 5-1)1 |
2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
9.49[12] | 2.4/9[12] |
Jeremy | |||||||||
3 | "Actions vs. Accusations" | October 8, 2014 | Coyopa | Hunahpu | Keith | John (5-2) |
3rd Voted Out Day 8 |
9.59[13] | 2.5/8[13] |
Josh | |||||||||
4 | "We're a Hot Mess" | October 15, 2014 | Hunahpu | Coyopa | Jaclyn | Drew (5-2-1-1) |
4th Voted Out Day 10 |
9.33[14] | 2.3/8[14] |
Drew | |||||||||
5 | "Blood Is Blood" | October 22, 2014 | None | Hunahpu | None | Kelley (3-2-2) |
5th Voted Out Day 13 |
9.22[15] | 2.2/7[15] |
6 | "Make Some Magic Happen" | October 29, 2014 | Hunahpu | Hunahpu | Baylor | Dale (3-2-1) |
6th Voted Out Day 15 |
9.07[16] | 2.2/7[16] |
Natalie | |||||||||
7 | "Million Dollar Decision" | November 5, 2014 | None | Keith | None | Julie (no vote) |
Quit Day 18 |
9.31[17] | 2.3/7[17] |
8 | "Wrinkle in the Plan" | November 12, 2014 | Jeremy, Keith, Natalie, Reed, Wes |
Jeremy | Jon | Josh (6-5) |
7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 21 |
9.51[18] | 2.3/7[18] |
9 | "Gettin' to Crunch Time" | November 19, 2014 | Alec, Baylor, Reed (Jaclyn, Jon) |
Baylor | Jeremy | Jeremy (5-3-2) |
8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 24 |
9.85[19] | 2.4/8[19] |
10 | "This Is Where We Build Trust" | November 26, 2014 | Alec, Jaclyn, Jon, (Missy) |
Reed | Wes | Wes (2-0-0)2 |
9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 26 |
8.93[20] | 2.1/7[20] |
11 | "Kind of Like Cream Cheese" | December 3, 2014 | Missy3 [Baylor, Natalie] |
Keith | Jon | Reed (7-1) |
10th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 29 |
8.71[21] | 2.1/7[21] |
12 | "Still Holdin' On" | Natalie [Jaclyn, Jon] |
Jon | Alec | Alec (4-3) |
11th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 32 | |||
13 | "Let's Make a Move" | December 10, 2014 | Missy (Baylor) |
Natalie | Natalie | Jon (2-2-2; 2-1-0)1 |
12th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 35 |
9.47[22] | 2.4/8[22] |
14 | "This Is My Time" | December 17, 2014 | Keith | Keith | Jaclyn | Baylor (2-0)2 |
13th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 37 |
9.79[23] | 2.4/8[23] |
None | Jaclyn | None | Keith (3-1) |
14th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 38 | |||||
Jury Vote | Missy (5-2-1) |
Second Runner-Up | |||||||
Jaclyn (5-2-1) |
Runner-Up | ||||||||
Natalie (5-2-1) |
Sole Survivor | ||||||||
15 | "Reunion" | 7.31[24] | 1.8/8[24] | ||||||
Notes: |
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 | Nadiya |
Tie | Val |
John |
Drew |
Kelley |
Dale |
Julie |
Josh |
Jeremy |
Wes |
Reed |
Alec |
Tie | Jon |
Baylor |
Keith |
Missy |
Jaclyn |
Natalie | |
Vote | 5-3-1 | 4-41 | 5-1 | 5-2 | 5-2-1-1 | 3-2-2 | 3-2-1 | No vote2 | 6-5 | 5-3-2 | 2-0-03 | 7-1 | 4-3 | 2-2-21 | 2-1-0 | 2-03 | 3-1 | 5-2-1 | |||
►► | Natalie | — | — | — | Drew | — | — | — | Josh | Keith | Reed | Alec | Jon | Jon | Baylor | Keith | Jury Vote | ||||
►► | Jaclyn | Dale | Baylor | Baylor | John | — | Kelley | Dale | — | Josh | Jeremy | Wes | Reed | Keith | Keith | None | Baylor | Keith | |||
►► | Missy | — | — | — | Drew | Kelley | Keith | — | Josh | Jeremy | Reed | Alec | Jaclyn | Jaclyn | Keith | ||||||
►► | Keith | — | — | — | Julie | Dale | Dale | — | Baylor | Reed | Reed | Alec | Jon | None | Missy | Natalie | |||||
►► | Baylor | Nadiya | Val | None | John | — | Kelley | Keith | — | Josh | Jeremy | Reed | Alec | Jaclyn | Jon | Missy | |||||
►► | Jon | — | — | — | Keith | Dale | Dale | — | Josh | Jeremy | Wes | Reed | Keith | Keith | None | Jaclyn | |||||
►► | Alec | Nadiya | Baylor | Val | John | — | — | — | — | Baylor | Reed | Reed | Keith | Natalie | |||||||
►► | Reed | — | — | — | Julie | — | — | — | Baylor | Jeremy | Missy | Jaclyn | |||||||||
►► | Wes | Nadiya | Val | Val | John | — | — | — | — | Baylor | Reed | Natalie | |||||||||
►► | Jeremy | — | — | — | Drew | — | — | — | Josh | Keith | Natalie | ||||||||||
►► | Josh | Baylor | Val | Val | John | — | — | — | — | Baylor | Natalie | ||||||||||
►► | Julie | — | — | — | Drew | — | — | Quit | |||||||||||||
► | Dale | Nadiya | Val | Val | Baylor | — | Baylor | Missy | |||||||||||||
► | Kelley | — | — | — | Drew | Baylor | |||||||||||||||
Drew | — | — | — | Kelley | |||||||||||||||||
John | Nadiya | Baylor | Val | Baylor | |||||||||||||||||
Val | Dale | Baylor | None | ||||||||||||||||||
Nadiya | Dale | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Julie quit the game, therefore the Tribal Council scheduled for that night was cancelled. ^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. |
Trivia
- Based on the logo and the names of the tribes, the theme of the season appears to be inspired by Mesoamerican culture (predominantly, Aztec and Mayan).[25]
- The removal of two castaways for medical reasons 48 hours before the start of the game resulted in an unbalanced cast, with ten males and eight females.
- This is the first season since Survivor: Fiji to have an uneven number of male and female castaways.
- This is also the first season with an even number of contestants to have an uneven number of male and female castaways.
- This is the first season to feature Exile Island since Survivor: Tocantins, following a hiatus of eleven consecutive seasons not using the twist.
- This season has the first cast to feature only 8 female contestants since Survivor: Tocantins.
- With the Day Zero twist, this season, along with Survivor: Blood vs. Water, are the second longest seasons 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.
- This is the first season to have contestants with homophonic first names (names that are pronounced the same, but spelled differently), namely John Rocker and Jon Misch.
References
- ↑ http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/21/survivor-san-juan-del-sur-blood-vs-water-jeff-probst
- ↑ http://www.hitfix.com/the-fien-print/interview-jeff-probst-discusses-the-survivor-cagayan-season
- ↑ http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2014/05/survivor-30-probst-cast-new-players/
- ↑ http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/02/survivor-nicaragua-two-contestants-leave
- ↑ http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/melissa-mcnulty-explains-how-she-became-fiji-lost-survivor-4672.php
- ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/survivor-san-juan-del-sur-734178
- ↑ http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/04/survivor-redemption-island-axed-for-new-twist-exclusive
- ↑ http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/08/13/survivor-strike/
- ↑ http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/08/14/survivor-strike-over/
- ↑ http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/08/27/survivor-san-juan-del-sur-cast-twists-revealed/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/09/25/wednesday-final-ratings-the-middle-the-goldbergs-modern-family-law-and-order-svu-red-band-society-adjusted-up/306937/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 http://www.tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/10/02/wednesday-final-ratings-modern-family-the-middle-the-goldbergs-black-ish-the-mysteries-of-laura-chicago-p-d-adjusted-down/309952/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/10/09/wednesday-final-ratings-modern-family-the-middle-the-goldbergs-black-ish-adjusted-up/312464/
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/10/16/wednesday-final-ratings-the-mysteries-of-laura-modern-family-red-band-society-adjusted-up/315681/
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/10/23/wednesday-final-ratings-the-middle-the-goldbergs-modern-family-black-ish-adjusted-down-final-world-series-numbers/318375/
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/10/30/wednesday-final-ratings-the-goldbergs-modern-family-the-100-nashville-adjusted-down/321842/
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 http://www.tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/11/06/wednesday-final-ratings-arrow-the-100-adjusted-down/324561/
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/11/13/wednesday-final-ratings-modern-family-adjusted-up-the-100-adjusted-down/327297/
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/11/20/wednesday-final-ratings-stalker-adjusted-down-no-adjustment-for-the-100-red-band-society-or-nashville/329835
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/11/27/tv-ratings-wednesday-criminal-minds-survivor-down-red-band-society-hits-low-stalker-steady-a-charlie-brown-thanksgiving-rises/333013/
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/12/04/wednesday-final-ratings-no-adjustment-for-arrow-modern-family-or-the-100/335389/
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/12/11/wednesday-final-ratings-arrow-hells-kitchen-chicago-p-d-adjusted-up/338283/
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/12/18/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-reunion-adjusted-down-no-adjustment-for-the-100-or-the-sing-off/340878/
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/12/18/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-reunion-adjusted-down-no-adjustment-for-the-100-or-the-sing-off/340878/
- ↑ http://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/diglib/science/cultural_astronomy/cultures_aztec_images-2.html
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