Survivor: Worlds Apart

Survivor: Worlds Apart
Season Information
Season No.	30
Filming Dates	August 4, 2014 - September 11, 2014
Season Run	February 25, 2015 - May 20, 2015
Winner	Mike Holloway

Survivor: Worlds Apart is the 30th season of Survivor.

Development

Filming commenced weeks after Survivor: San Juan del Sur, while information about this season was revealed at the end of that season's live Reunion Show.

Originally, the season was planned to feature Returning Players to mark the show's 15th anniversary and 30th installment, but Executive Producer Mark Burnett decided to have new contestants instead. Jeff Probst said:

“	Leading up to 30, we spent almost a year talking about whether we should do some sort of all-star season with returning players, and that seemed to be the conventional wisdom. A lot of people were expecting us to do that. But Mark and I were talking on the phone one day and Mark said something so simple. Mark said, Just keep in mind, Jeff—it is our 30th season, but it is also just our 30th season. And that really struck me, and from that moment on I realized, yeah, this is not the end of Survivor. It just happens to be a big number. Let’s just do a great season.	”
—Jeff Probst, on conceptualizing Season 30

Probst explained why San Juan del Sur failed to be on par with the past four seasons. He stated that they decided on the theme (the "Blood versus Water" concept) before casting. In an attempt to remedy last season's lackluster performance, the host said they went into casting before they decided how they were going to divide them into tribes.

The idea of "White Collar versus Blue Collar" was considered but the producers found the concept flat on its own. But with the success of Survivor: Cagayan's "Brains versus Brawn vs Beauty", they settled on having a third tribe, thus "No Collar" being conceived. Probst claimed that the "No Collar" archetype was his idea.

The contestants that were eliminated before the jury phase were sequestered in Costa Rica.

Twists/Changes

• Tribe division: The 18 castaways are divided according to their professions and approaches to life:
  • The Masaya ("White Collar") tribe are made up of castaways who work in the corporate world with a degree of authority. They "make the rules."
  • The Escameca ("Blue Collar") tribe are made up of castaways who work on manual labor. They "follow the rules."
  • The Nagarote ("No Collar") tribe are made up of castaways who are free spirits with passion-based occupations. They "break the rules."
• Tribe Leaders: At the beginning of the season, two people from each tribe would be chosen as "leaders" and would have do decide together between either receiving a large bag of beans or receiving a smaller bag of beans and a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol.
• Extra Vote: A castaway would get the right to vote twice at the same Tribal Council. The intention of using the double vote should be voiced immediately after all the votes are cast and it is valid until the final five. It is at the voter's discretion whether he would throw this vote away, vote the same person twice, or vote another potential threat.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation			Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Switched Tribe	Merged Tribe
	So Kim 31, Long Beach, CA	Masaya			1st Voted Out Day 3	4
	Vince Sly 32, Santa Monica, CA	Nagarote			2nd Voted Out Day 6	3
	Nina Poersch 51, Palmdale, CA	Nagarote			3rd Voted Out Day 8	4
	Lindsey Cascaddan 24, College Park, FL	Escameca			4th Voted Out Day 11	5
	Max Dawson 37, Topanga, CA	Masaya	Nagarote		5th Voted Out Day 14	5
	Joaquin Souberbielle 27, Valley Stream, NY	Masaya	Escameca		6th Voted Out Day 16	4
	Kelly Remington 44, Grand Island, NY	Escameca	Nagarote	Merica	7th Voted Out Day 19	4
	Hali Ford 25, San Francisco, CA	Nagarote	Nagarote		8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 22	8
	Joe Anglim 25, Scottsdale, AZ	Nagarote	Escameca		9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 24	8
	Jenn Brown 22, Long Beach, CA	Nagarote	Nagarote		10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 27	18
	Shirin Oskooi 31, San Francisco, CA	Masaya	Nagarote		11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 29	7
	Tyler Fredrickson 33, Los Angeles, CA	Masaya	Escameca		12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 32	5
	Dan Foley 47, Gorham, ME	Escameca	Escameca		13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 35	9
	Sierra Thomas 27, Roy, Utah	Escameca	Escameca		14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 37	6
	Rodney Lavoie Jr. 24, Boston, MA	Escameca	Escameca		15th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 38	5
	Carolyn Rivera 52, Tampa, FL	Masaya	Nagarote		Runners-Up	10
	Will Sims II 41, Sherman Oaks, CA	Nagarote	Nagarote			4
	Mike Holloway 38, North Richland Hills, TX	Escameca	Escameca		Sole Survivor	4

Episode Guide

Episode		Air date	Challenges		Eliminated (Vote)	Finish	Viewers (in millions)	Ratings/Share (18-49)
			Reward	Immunity
1	"It's Survivor Warfare"	February 25, 2015	Nagarote1		So (4-2)	1st Voted Out Day 3	10.04	2.4/7
			Escameca1
2	"It Will Be My Revenge"	March 4, 2015	Masaya1		Vince (3-2-1)	2nd Voted Out Day 6	9.77	2.3/7
			Escameca1
3	"Crazy Is as Crazy Does"	March 11, 2015	Escameca1		Nina (3-2)	3rd Voted Out Day 8	9.25	2.2/8
			Masaya1
4	"Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner"	March 18, 2015	Nagarote	Nagarote	Lindsey (2-2-2; 3-0-0)2	4th Voted Out Day 11	9.62	2.3/7
			Masaya	Masaya
5	"We're Finally Playing Some Survivor"		Escameca	Escameca	Max (5-2)	5th Voted Out Day 14
6	"Odd Woman Out"	March 25, 2015	Nagarote	Nagarote	Joaquin (4-3)	6th Voted Out Day 16	9.64	2.3/8
7	"The Line Will Be Drawn Tonight"	April 1, 2015	None	Joe	Kelly (4-1-0)3	7th Voted Out Day 19	9.59	2.2/8
8	"Keep It Real"	April 8, 2015	Joe [Carolyn, Shirin, Tyler, Will]	Joe	Hali (7-4)	8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 22	9.84	2.5/8
9	"Livin' on the Edge"	April 15, 2015	Dan, Mike, Shirin, Sierra, Tyler	Tyler	Joe (5-4-1)	9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 24	9.35	2.2/8
10	"Bring the Popcorn"	April 22, 2015	Survivor Auction	Mike	Jenn (5-3-1)	10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 27	10.19	2.4/8
11	"Survivor Russian Roulette"	April 29, 2015	Carolyn, Dan, Tyler, Will	Carolyn	Shirin (4-2-2)	11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 29	9.25	2.2/8
				Mike
12	"Holding On for Dear Life"	May 6, 2015	Carolyn, Mike, Sierra	Carolyn	Tyler (3-0)3	12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 32	9.22	2.1/8
13	"My Word Is My Bond"	May 13, 2015	Carolyn, Mike, Will	Mike	Dan (2-0)3	13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 35	9.61	2.3/8
14	"It's a Fickle, Fickle Game"	May 20, 2015	Mike	Mike	Sierra (4-1)	14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 37	9.74	2.3/7
			None	Mike	Rodney (2-2; Tiebreaker)4	Eliminated 8th Jury Member Day 38
			Jury Vote		Will Carolyn (6-1-1)	Runners-Up
					Mike (6-1-1)	Sole Survivor
15	"Reunion"						7.21	1.8/6
Notes: ^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge. ^2 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence. ^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^4 Per Survivor rules, in the event of a tie at the final four, a fire-making challenge would be held between the tied castaways.

Voting History

		Original Tribes					Switched Tribes		Merged Tribe
Episode		1	2	3	4		5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Voted Out		So	Vince	Nina	Tie	Lindsey	Max	Joaquin	Kelly	Hali	Joe	Jenn	Shirin	Tyler	Dan	Sierra	Tie	Rodney	Will	Carolyn	Mike
Vote		4-2	3-2-1	3-2	2-2-21	3-0-0	5-2	4-3	4-1-02	7-4	5-4-1	5-3-1	4-2-2	3-02	2-02	4-1	2-24	Tiebreaker	6-1-1
►►	Mike	—	—	—	Lindsey	Lindsey	—	Joaquin	Jenn	Hali	Joe	Jenn	Tyler	Tyler	Dan	Sierra	Rodney	—	Jury Vote
►►	Carolyn	So	—	—	—		Max	—	Jenn	Hali	Jenn	Jenn	Shirin	Tyler	Dan	Sierra	Rodney	—
►►	Will	—	Vince	Nina	—		Max	—	Hali	Hali	Jenn	Jenn	Dan	Mike	Carolyn	Sierra	Carolyn	—
►►	Rodney	—	—	—	Sierra	None	—	Joe	Jenn	Hali	Joe	Shirin	Shirin	Mike	Carolyn	Sierra	Carolyn	Eliminated	Will
►►	Sierra	—	—	—	Rodney	None	—	Joaquin	Jenn	Hali	Joe	Shirin	Shirin	Tyler	Carolyn	Rodney				Carolyn
►►	Dan	—	—	—	Lindsey	Lindsey	—	Joaquin	Jenn	Hali	Joe	Shirin	Shirin	Mike	Carolyn						Mike
															Carolyn3
►►	Tyler	So	—	—	—		—	Joe	Jenn	Hali	Jenn	Jenn	Dan	Mike							Mike
►►	Shirin	So	—	—	—		Will	—	Kelly	Dan	Joe	Jenn	Tyler								Mike
►►	Jenn	—	Vince	Nina	—		Max	—	Kelly	Dan	Dan	Carolyn									Mike
►►	Joe	—	Nina	Nina	—		—	Joaquin	Kelly	Dan	Jenn										Mike
►►	Hali	—	Vince	Will	—		Max	—	Kelly	Dan											Mike
►►	Kelly	—	—	—	Sierra	Lindsey	Max	—	Jenn
►	Joaquin	Carolyn	—	—	—		—	Joe
►	Max	So	—	—	—		Will
	Lindsey	—	—	—	Rodney	None
	Nina	—	Jenn	Will
	Vince	—	Jenn
	So	Carolyn
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 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^3 This castaway played an Extra Vote advantage, allowing them to vote twice at Tribal Council. ^4 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a fire-making challenge would be held between the tied players in case of a tie at the final four Tribal Council.

Trivia

• This is the fourth season to have a three-tribe format, following Survivor: All-Stars, Survivor: Philippines, and Survivor: Cagayan.
• This is the first season to have three starting tribes in which one tribe doesn't lose the first two Immunity Challenges.
• This is the first time in the U.S. version to have a castaway be able to vote twice in a single voting.
• All Hidden Immunity Idols were successfully played to save their owners. Jenn Brown negated 7 votes cast against her on Day 19. Mike saved himself from 4 votes on Day 32. Carolyn nullified 5 votes, including Dan's extra vote, that were cast against her on Day 35.
• This is the first season since Survivor: South Pacific to not have a contestant quit or be medically evacuated.
• This is the first season since Survivor: Gabon to utilize the fire-making tie-breaker challenge.
• This is the first season with three starting tribes and a Final 3 to have a representative from each of the original tribes present in the final three. 
• This is the first season since Survivor: Guatemala to have no female African-American contestants.