User blog comment:RobinsonUS91/International Twists that haven't/have appeared in the US/@comment-2142533-20140213084218

Thanks for the big contributions in the international versions! We have been wanting more contributors as we expand our wiki to international franchises. I edit Survivor Philippines pages and I hope someone could also add info on other versions too, and I thank you for being an active contributor in regards to this subject.

Anyway, comments:

Black Vote - we have something like that in the Philippines version, called the Black Pearl -- when someone is voted out and the Black Pearl is warned to be in play, the person voted out would give the Black Pearl to someone and the holder would get a penalty of one vote on the next TC. If it is lost, they would get two votes instead. We also have the White Pearl which negates a vote instead to the holder.

Gender Based - we have gender based initial tribes in, but it was shuffled (which I think was set already as their "true tribes") before the first Immunity Challenge.

Redemption Island - called Isla Purgatoryo (lit. Purgatory Island) in, this twist was only used until the Merge, was not known by people, and produced a very entertaining runner-up (and Merge). It really works if the show is daily, unlike in the US which is once a week. That said I think US could try to be twice a week for a very good format IMO (or make it like 3x 30 minutes).