Reunion (Caramoan)

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The reunion show for was rather a controversial one, as the contestants eliminated pre-jury were seated alongside the audience than onstage, mostly to conceal the absence of Brandon Hantz, who was banned from attending the show following his altercation with Phillip Sheppard in. Only the jury, except for Brenda Lowe, who at the time was in the last stages of her pregnancy.

Jeff Probst explained that the reason why the pre-jury eliminees were not given a seat onstage was because the new set could not accommodate them all, but in a Facebook post, and  contestant Michael Skupin stated that the studio for the finale was the same set used in Philippines, and it was able to accommodate all 18 contestants from that season, the same number of contestants present at the Caramoan reunion show.

The Reunion was universally panned by fans and contestants alike, with many fans showed their distaste at the pre-jury contestants being left out and Jeff Probst addressing only six of the ten contestants allowed on stage. Erik Reichenbach, who was present but not acknowledged at the show, called the reunion "a farce", criticizing how the show left many questions on the season unanswered and how the pre-jury contestants were left out in favor of former contestants Rob Mariano and Rudy Boesch during the show. Corinne Kaplan and Allie Pohevitz posted rants on Twitter and Facebook respectively, expressing their disappointments about their being informed by their exclusion in such short notice, and wasting their families' time since the pre-jurors wouldn't be able to sit onstage, much less speak (in said post, Allie revealed that each contestant was entitled to bring six family members at the live show).

Malcolm won the Fan Favorite Award over Brenda.

Trivia

 * With Brandon's ban and Brenda's pregnancy, this marks the first time that the attending cast is incomplete in the reunion.