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Survivor: Cambodia, also known as Survivor: Cambodia - Second Chance, is the 31st season of Survivor.
In a change to previous installments, Survivor fans were given the chance to vote for who would appear on the cast through social media.
Development
On May 6, 2015, an announcement was made that for the first time in Survivor history, fans had the ability to vote for and assemble the cast for the next season. Through social media, fans voted for ten men and ten women from a pool of 32 former castaways, each of whom had played only once.[3] Voting ended one hour into the Survivor: Worlds Apart finale, where all of the nominees were present at the reunion with their luggage already prepared for filming.
The final roster of 20 was revealed at the end of the show, and were flown to Cambodia immediately afterward. It should be noted that this season, which will be the 32nd to be produced, will be aired as the 31st season, while the 31st season to be produced, which was filmed during the original run of Worlds Apart, will be slated as the 32nd season.[4]
Filming commenced in May 31, which also marked the 15th anniversary of the series' debut episode, "The Marooning".
Second Chance Vote
Immediately following the Survivor: Worlds Apart episode "Holding On for Dear Life", a shortlist of 32 candidates, all one-time, non-winner contestants, was posted on CBS.com.[5] Contestants were nominated from across 16 seasons, ranging from the first installment, Survivor: Borneo, to the most recent, Survivor: Worlds Apart. Fans were allowed to vote starting from the end of the said episode until the Worlds Apart finale.
At the time of the launch of the poll, two nominated contestants from Worlds Apart, Mike Holloway and Carolyn Rivera, were still in the game. Jeff Probst explained that if either one of them eventually wins their season and garnered enough votes to return, they would be ineligible to compete for this season, giving their spot to the candidate of their gender who garnered the 11th highest amount of votes.[6] This did end up being the case, with Mike winning Worlds Apart and finishing in the top ten.
Second Chance Vote Results | |||
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Gender | Cut from the Season | Won Season | |
Men | Brad Culpepper, Jim Rice, Max Dawson, Shane Powers and Troyzan Robertson |
Mike Holloway | |
Women | Carolyn Rivera, Mikayla Wingle, Natalie Tenerelli, Sabrina Thompson, Stephanie Valencia and Teresa Cooper |
None |
Twists/Changes
- Returning Players: 20 former contestants, all of whom have played only once and did not win the game, and whom were determined by public vote, returned for a second chance.
- Hidden Immunity Idol: The Hidden Immunity Idols for this season will look different from each other, making it more difficult for the players to know if the idols are real or fake. Also, for the first time, the idols will be hidden in challenges, while the clues will be hidden at camp. This is an idea originally proposed by Entertainment Weekly columnist Dalton Ross.[7]
- Introduction of Third Tribe: For the first time since Survivor: Pearl Islands, a third tribe will be introduced later in the game before the merge.
- Challenges: The challenges for this season will also feature the Second Chance theme, as production will incorporate past challenges in which the cast has previously participated in their corresponding seasons. The list of challenges includes some that they have lost before, but not exclusively.[8]
- Impromptu First Tribal Council: The tribe that loses the first Immunity Challenge will be immediately sent to Tribal Council after the challenge.
Castaways
Contestant | Tribe Affiliation | Finish | Votes Against | ||
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Original Tribe | Switched Tribe | ||||
Vytas Baskauskas 35, Santa Monica, CA Blood vs. Water |
Ta Keo | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
6 | ||
Shirin Oskooi 32, San Francisco, CA Worlds Apart |
Ta Keo | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
5 | ||
Abi-Maria Gomes 35, Los Angeles, CA Philippines |
Ta Keo | TBA | 4 | ||
Andrew Savage 51, San Jose, CA Pearl Islands |
Bayon | TBA | |||
Ciera Eastin 26, Salem, OR Blood vs. Water |
Bayon | TBA | |||
Jeff Varner 49, Greensboro, NC The Australian Outback |
Ta Keo | TBA | |||
Jeremy Collins 37, Foxboro, MA San Juan del Sur |
Bayon | TBA | |||
Joe Anglim 26, Scottsdale, AZ Worlds Apart |
Bayon | TBA | |||
Kass McQuillen 43, Tehachapi, CA Cagayan |
Bayon | TBA | |||
Keith Nale 54, Keithville, LA San Juan del Sur |
Bayon | TBA | |||
Kelley Wentworth 29, Seattle, WA San Juan del Sur |
Ta Keo | TBA | |||
Kelly Wiglesworth 37, Greensboro, NC Borneo |
Ta Keo | TBA | |||
Kimmi Kappenberg 42, The Woodlands, TX The Australian Outback |
Bayon | TBA | |||
Monica Padilla 30, Queens, NY Samoa |
Bayon | TBA | |||
Peih-Gee Law 37, San Francisco, CA China |
Ta Keo | TBA | |||
Spencer Bledsoe 22, Chicago, IL Cagayan |
Ta Keo | TBA | 4 | ||
Stephen Fishbach 36, New York, NY Tocantins |
Bayon | TBA | |||
Tasha Fox 39, St. Louis, MO Cagayan |
Bayon | TBA | |||
Terry Deitz 55, Simsbury, CT Panama |
Ta Keo | TBA | |||
Woo Hwang 31, Newport Beach, CA Cagayan |
Ta Keo | TBA |
Season Summary
Episode Guide
Episode | Air Date | Challenges | Eliminated (Vote) |
Finish | Viewers (in millions) |
Ratings/Share (18-49) | ||
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Reward | Immunity | |||||||
1 | "Second Chance" | September 23, 2015 | Ta Keo | Vytas (6-4) |
1st Voted Out Day 3 |
9.70[9] | 2.5/8[9] | |
Bayon1 | ||||||||
2 | "Survivor MacGyver" | September 30, 2015 | Bayon1 | Shirin (5-4) |
2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
9.42[10] | 2.4/9[10] | |
3 | "We Got a Rat" | October 7, 2015 | None | Ta Keo | Peih-Gee (4-2) |
3rd Voted Out Day 9 |
9.07[11] | 2.0/7[11] |
Bayon | ||||||||
4 | "What's the Beef?" | October 14, 2015 | Angkor | Bayon | Jeff (4-1) |
4th Voted Out Day 11 |
9.07[12] | 2.2/8[12] |
Ta Keo | Ta Keo | |||||||
5 | "A Snake in the Grass" | October 21, 2015 | Ta Keo | Angkor | Monica (3-2-1) |
5th Voted Out Day 13 |
9.10[13] | 2.1/8[13] |
Angkor | Ta Keo | |||||||
6 | "Bunking with the Devil" | October 28, 2015 | Ta Keo | Bayon | Terry (no vote) |
Evacuated Day 13 |
8.48[14] | 2.1/7[14] |
Woo (4-3) |
6th Voted Out Day 16 | |||||||
7 | "Play to Win" | November 4, 2015 | None | Joe | Kass (6-4-2-1) |
7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 19 |
8.80[15] | 2.0/7[15] |
8 | "You Call, We'll Haul" | November 11, 2015 | Ciera, Joe, Keith, Kelley, Kelly, Kimmi |
Joe | Andrew (3-0)2 |
8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 21 |
9.00[16] | 2.1/7[16] |
9 | "Witches Coven" | November 18, 2015 | Ciera, Joe, Spencer, Stephen, Tasha |
Joe | Kelly (6-3-2) |
9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 24 |
9.05[17] | 2.1/7[17] |
10 | "Like Selling Your Soul to the Devil" | November 25, 2015 | Abi-Maria, Ciera, Joe, Spencer, Tasha |
Joe | Ciera (3-2-0)2 |
10th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 26 |
8.18[18] | 1.8/6[18] |
11 | "My Wheels Are Spinning" | Stephen [Jeremy, Tasha] |
Spencer | Stephen (4-3-2) |
11th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 29 | |||
12 | "Tiny Little Shanks to the Heart" | December 2, 2015 | Kelley [Abi-Maria, Joe, Keith, Kimmi] |
Kelley | Joe (6-1-1) |
12th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 32 |
9.42[19] | 2.1/7[19] |
Keith | ||||||||
13 | "Villains Have More Fun" | December 9, 2015 | Keith [Kelley, Spencer] |
Spencer | Abi-Maria (4-2-1) |
13th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 35 |
9.77[20] | 2.3/8[20] |
14 | "Lie, Cheat and Steal" | December 16, 2015 | None | Spencer | Kimmi (0-0; 3-3; 4-0)3,4 |
14th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 36 |
9.45[21] | 2.2/8[21] |
Kelley | Keith (3-2) |
15th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 37 | ||||||
Jeremy | Kelley (3-1) |
16th Voted Out 10th Jury Member Day 38 | ||||||
Jury Vote | Tasha Spencer (10-0-0) |
Runners-Up | ||||||
Jeremy (10-0-0) |
Sole Survivor | |||||||
15 | "Reunion" | 6.49[22] | 1.7/6[22] | |||||
Notes: ^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^3 All votes cast were negated, causing a null vote. Per the rules of Survivor, a vote restart occurred. ^4 Per Survivor rules, in case of a deadlock tie, the non-immune players would have an open discussion to eliminate one of the tied players. If no consensus is reached, the non-immune castaways would be forced to draw rocks. |
Voting History
Original Tribes | Expanded Tribes | Switched Tribes |
Merged Tribe | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||
Voted Out | Vytas |
Shirin |
Peih-Gee |
Jeff |
Monica |
Terry |
Woo |
Kass |
Andrew |
Kelly |
Ciera |
Stephen |
Joe |
Abi-Maria |
Null | Deadlock | Kimmi |
Keith |
Kelley |
Tasha |
Spencer |
Jeremy | |
Vote | 6-4 | 5-4 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 3-2-1 | No vote1 | 4-3 | 6-4-2-1 | 3-02 | 6-3-2 | 3-2-02 | 4-3-2 | 6-1-1 | 4-2-1 | 0-02,5 | 3-36 | 4-07 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 10-0-0 | |||
►►► | Jeremy | — | — | — | — | Monica | — | — | Ciera | Kelly | Ciera | Joe | Joe | Abi-Maria | Kimmi | Kimmi | Keith | Kelley | Jury Vote | ||||
►►► | Spencer | Vytas | Shirin | — | — | Kelly | — | Woo | Ciera | Kelly | Stephen | Joe | Abi-Maria | Kimmi | Kimmi | Keith | Kelley | ||||||
►►► | Tasha | — | — | Peih-Gee | Jeff | — | — | — | Kass | Ciera | Abi-Maria | Joe | Abi-Maria | Kimmi | None | Keith | Kelley | ||||||
►►► | Kelley | Vytas | Spencer | — | — | — | — | — | Kass | Andrew | Kelly | Kimmi | Stephen | Joe | Tasha | Tasha | Kimmi | Spencer | Spencer | Jeremy | |||
►►► | Keith | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kass | Kelley | Stephen | Tasha | Tasha | Tasha | Kimmi | Spencer | Jeremy | ||||||
►►► | Kimmi | — | — | — | — | Monica | — | — | Kass | Ciera | Ciera | Abi-Maria | Joe | Abi-Maria | Tasha | Voted Out | Jeremy | ||||||
►►► | Abi-Maria | Vytas | Spencer | Peih-Gee | Jeff | — | — | Woo | Tasha | Andrew | Kelly | Stephen | Joe | Keith | Jeremy | ||||||||
►►► | Joe | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ciera | Kelley | None4 | Abi-Maria | Jeremy | ||||||||||
►►► | Stephen | — | — | — | — | Monica | — | — | Kass | Kelly | Ciera | Abi-Maria | Jeremy | ||||||||||
Joe3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
►►► | Ciera | — | — | — | — | — | — | Woo | Andrew | Andrew | Kelly | Kimmi | Jeremy | ||||||||||
►►► | Kelly | Abi-Maria | Shirin | — | — | Spencer | — | Spencer | Ciera | Ciera | Jeremy | ||||||||||||
►►► | Andrew | — | — | Peih-Gee | Jeff | — | — | Spencer | Kass | Jeremy | |||||||||||||
►►► | Kass | — | — | — | — | — | — | Woo | Tasha | Jeremy | |||||||||||||
►► | Woo | Abi-Maria | Shirin | Abi-Maria | Jeff | — | — | Spencer | |||||||||||||||
► | Terry | Abi-Maria | Spencer | — | — | — | Evacuated | ||||||||||||||||
► | Monica | — | — | — | — | Kelly | |||||||||||||||||
► | Jeff | Vytas | Shirin | Peih-Gee | Woo | ||||||||||||||||||
► | Peih-Gee | Vytas | Shirin | Abi-Maria | |||||||||||||||||||
Shirin | Vytas | Spencer | |||||||||||||||||||||
Vytas | Abi-Maria | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: ^1 Terry was evacuated from the game due to a family emergency. No vote occurred for his removal.
^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^3 This castaway played the Vote Steal advantage, allowing them to steal another castaway's vote to vote twice at Tribal Council. ^4 This castaway's vote was stolen by the Vote Steal. ^5 All votes cast were negated, causing a null vote. Per Survivor rules, a vote restart occurred. ^6 Per Survivor rules, in case of a deadlock tie, the non-immune players would have an open discussion to eliminate one of the tied players. If no consensus is reached, the non-immune castaways would be forced to draw rocks. ^7 By consensus, Kimmi was eliminated. |
Trivia
- Cambodia is the third season with a cast consisting entirely of returning players, following All-Stars and Heroes vs. Villains. Unlike the aforementioned seasons, the theme of Cambodia excludes former Sole Survivors.
- It is also the first to have a full cast of one-time returning players since All-Stars.
- It is the first time when a male and a non-finalist contestant is voted out first in all returning player seasons.
- This season marks the first time where everyone competing has had the opportunity to watch everyone elses full season, compared to Survivor: All-Stars, Survivor: Micronesia, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains and Survivor: Caramoan where those competing back-to-back had seasons filming or finishing post-production.
- Cambodia is the second season to have contestants with homophonic names, following Survivor: San Juan del Sur. Kelly Wiglesworth and Kelley Wentworth have homophonic names.
- The font used for the season logo and buffs is a modified version of premium font, "Anglo-Angkor".[23]
- According to Jeff Probst, some of the former players who declined to come back to this season were Greg Buis from Survivor: Borneo, Elisabeth Filarski from Survivor: The Australian Outback, Shambo Waters from Survivor: Samoa, and Jeff Kent and RC Saint-Amour from Survivor: Philippines.[24]
References
- ↑ https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tvs-survivor-to-drop-contestants-on-koh-rong-78675/
- ↑ http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/08/survivor-second-chance-jeff-probst-promises-chaos-and-scrambling
- ↑ http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/second-chance/
- ↑ http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2015/05/survivor-second-chance-cast-vote-explainer/
- ↑ http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/05/jeff-probst-survivor-fan-voted-second-chance-season-31
- ↑ Ross, Dalton, http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/05/jeff-probst-survivor-fan-voted-second-chance-season-31
- ↑ http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/24/survivor-cambodia-second-chance-immunity-idols-challenges
- ↑ http://my.xfinity.com/blogs/tv/2015/08/25/survivor-host-jeff-probst-breaks-down-the-second-chance-twists/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/09/24/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-modern-family-nashville-adjusted-down/471324/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/10/01/wednesday-final-ratings-empire-survivor-modern-family-nashville-code-black-adjusted-down/474734/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/10/08/wednesday-final-ratings-oct-7-2015/477200/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/10/15/wednesday-final-ratings-oct-14-2015/478824/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/10/22/wednesday-final-ratings-oct-21-2015/479869/
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/10/29/wednesday-final-ratings-oct-28-2015/480968/
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/11/05/wednesday-final-ratings-nov-4-2015/
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/11/12/wednesday-final-ratings-nov-11-2015/
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 http://www.tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/11/19/wednesday-final-ratings-nove-18-2015/
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/11/26/tv-ratings-wednesday-nov-25-2015/
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/12/03/wednesday-final-ratings-dec-2-2015/
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/12/10/tv-ratings-wednesday-dec-9-2015/
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/12/17/wednesday-final-ratings-dec-16-15/
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/12/17/wednesday-final-ratings-dec-16-15/
- ↑ https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/parquillian/angloangkor/regular/
- ↑ http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/27/survivor-cambodia-second-chance-jeff-probst-players-could-not-get
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