Tiebreaker

In Survivor, there have been many ties at Tribal Council. When this happens, there have been several ways to determine who is eliminated.

Current Rules

 * 1) If a tie occurs, all other tribe members receive immunity and there is a re-vote. The two people do not have to vote, as they would simply vote for each other.
 * 2) If there is a stalemate, the two people who received votes are granted immunity and the other votes, except anyone with individual immunity, draws a rock out of a bag. The person with a different colored rock is eliminated.

Final Four
If a tie occurs in the final four, there is no re-vote. Instead, the two people receiving votes will participate in a head-to-head competition, usually a fire-building.

Previous Tiebreakers

 * In the first two seasons, if there was still a tie after a re-vote, the person who had received more votes in previous tribal councils was eliminated.
 * In Survivor: Africa the tied contestants, after a re-vote, would compete in a nature quiz. The winner would stay.
 * In Survivor: Marquesas the rock-drawing tiebreaker was introduced. However, it drew great crticism after it was used in the final four tribal council. This is known as the purple rock controversy.
 * In Survivor: Palau when Ulong was down to only Stephenie LaGrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard, they competed in a head-to-head firebuilding contest.