Survivor: Micronesia

Survivor: Micronesia is the 16th installment of Survivor. This season featured ten new contestants, dubbed as "the super-fans" facing ten of the most popular castaways at the time. It culminated with Parvati Shallow defeating Amanda Kimmel in a 5-3 Jury vote.

Production
Casting for this season was originally done as an All-Stars with all returning players but that idea was scrapped. Others former contestants who were asked included Tom, Coby, Katie & Ian (Survivor: Palau), Candice (Survivor: Cook Islands), Sandra (Survivor: Pearl Islands), Lydia (Survivor: Guatemala) and Shane (Survivor: Panama). However these players did not make the final cut. No past winners were recast for this season.

Twists/Changes

 * Fans versus Favorites: Ten new contestants (all of whom are die-hard fans of Survivor) faced ten of the show's most popular contestants. Airai was the tribe of fans while Malakal was comprised of the favorites.
 * Temporary Immunity Idols: At the beginning of the game, the contestants vied for two individual Immunity Idols, one for each tribe. The first person who gets the tribe's idol will be immune at his/her first visit to Tribal Council.
 * Exile Island: Exile Island returns after being absent in China. Another twist is that, one person from both tribes will be sent to Exile and compete to find one Hidden Immunity Idol.
 * Hidden Immunity Idols: Hidden Immunity Idols return this season.
 * Tribe Switch: Both tribes swapped four members each.
 * Even-numbered Jury: This season marked the first time that a Jury is comprised of even numbers.
 * Final Tribal Council: The standard two-finalist Final Tribal Council returns after three seasons of having a three-finalist finale.

Trivia

 * This is currently the last season where the first player voted off is male.
 * This is the first and only season to have an even-numbered Jury, with eight.
 * This was the first season to have two contestants be medically evacuated until Survivor: Samoa.
 * This was the first season where the Final 4 was comprised of castaways of the same gender.
 * However, this would be surpassed in Survivor: One World, whose Final 5 was comprised of castaways of the same gender.
 * Until Survivor: One World, this was the only season with a finale comprising of one gender (both seasons had all-female finales)