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Survivor: Game Changers - Mamanuca Islands is the thirty-fourth season of Survivor.

This is the fourth season to feature a full cast of returnees, after Survivor: All-Stars, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, and Survivor: Cambodia.

After a chaotic season packed with multiple strategic shifts, the person who ended up controlling most of the post-merge with her calculated flips, Sarah Lacina, won in a 7-3-0 final vote over Brad Culpepper and Troyzan Robertson.

Production

The season was filmed 25 days after the filming of Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X, following the back-to-back filming pattern of seasons since Survivor: Samoa.

This season features a nautical theme. The Tribal Council set is comprised of ten actual shipwrecks, most of which were retrieved in the aftermath of Cyclone Winston, the cyclone that hit Fiji before production for Millennials vs. Gen X began.[3]

Twists/Changes

  • Game Changers: 20 returning contestants, selected for the impact they had made on the game of Survivor, will return to battle for the title of Sole Survivor.
  • Tribe Expansion: As in Survivor: Cambodia and Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X, a third tribe was introduced during the pre-merge stage of the game. The Tavua tribe, wearing green buffs, was introduced on Day 7 of the game with 18 players left.
  • Simplified Tiebreaker: In an event of a tie at Tribal Council, the re-vote would be retired, and an open forum would commence. If the non-tied players are unable to make a unanimous decision who to eliminate, the rock draw takes place.[4]
  • Hidden Immunity Idol: The idols will be inconsistently hidden at camp, in challenges, and even at Tribal Council.[5]
  • Legacy Advantage: The Legacy Advantage was dropped at the ship used during the marooning, and allowed its holder to gain immunity at either the Final 13 or the Final 6. In the event that the holder is eliminated, he or she must will it to another player still in the game.
  • Joint Tribal Council: The two tribes who lost the fourth Immunity Challenge on Day 11 were both sent to Tribal Council as a group, but unlike a standard Double Tribal Council, they would vote as a group and only one person was voted out.
  • Tribe Switch: At the final 15, a second tribe switch took place.
  • Exile Island: At the final 15, one person was sent to Exile Island because of not being placed on a tribe.
    • Advantage Option: The exiled castaway was given three possible advantages—a kit with which to design a fake Hidden Immunity Idol, an extra vote, as well as a challenge advantage for their new tribe.
  • Early Merge: As was the case with Survivor: Cambodia and Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X, this season's merge took place at the final 13.
  • Vote Steal: At the final 11 Reward Challenge, a "secret advantage" was placed by the sit-out bench. It was revealed to give its holder the right to steal a vote from another contestant, effectively denying that person a right to vote and allowing the holder to vote twice at one Tribal Council. It is usable up until the final 5.
  • Expanded Jury and Final Three: Instead of the conventional Final Two facing the jury of seven, the Day 39 Tribal Council was held with a Final Three facing a ten-person jury.
  • Reformatted Final Tribal Council: Instead of having each jury member speak one by one, an open forum was held to ensure a more insightful rapport between the jury and finalists.

Castaways

Contestant Tribe Affiliation Finish Votes
Against
Original Tribe Expanded Tribe Switched Tribe Merged Tribe
S34 ciera t Ciera Eastin
27, Salem, OR
Blood vs. Water &
Cambodia 		Mana 1st Voted Out
Day 3 		9
S34 tony t Tony Vlachos
42, Jersey City, NJ
Cagayan 		Mana 2nd Voted Out
Day 6 		7
S34 caleb t Caleb Reynolds
28, Hopkinsville, KY
Kaôh Rōng 		Mana Mana 3rd Voted Out
Day 9 		5
S34 malcolm t Malcolm Freberg
29, Hermosa Beach, CA
Philippines &
Caramoan 		Mana Nuku 4th Voted Out
Day 11 		5
S34 jt t J.T. Thomas
31, Mobile, AL
Tocantins &
Heroes vs. Villains 		Nuku Nuku 5th Voted Out
Day 13 		3
S34 sandra t Sandra Diaz-Twine
41, Fayatteville, NC
Pearl Islands &
Heroes vs. Villains 		Mana Nuku Nuku 6th Voted Out
Day 16 		5
S34 jeff t Jeff Varner
50, High Point, NC
The Australian Outback &
Cambodia 		Mana Nuku Nuku 7th Voted Out
Day 18 		6
S34 hali t Hali Ford
26, Knoxville, TN
Worlds Apart 		Mana Mana Mana Maku Maku 8th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 21 		8
S34 ozzy t Ozzy Lusth
34, Venice, CA
Cook Islands, Micronesia, &
South Pacific 		Nuku Tavua Nuku 9th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 24 		7
S34 debbie t Debbie Wanner
51, Reading, PA
Kaôh Rōng 		Nuku Mana Nuku 10th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 26 		6
S34 zeke t Zeke Smith
28, Brooklyn, NY
Millennials vs. Gen X 		Nuku Tavua Nuku 11th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 29 		11
S34 sierra t Sierra Dawn Thomas
29, Roy, UT
Worlds Apart 		Nuku Mana Mana 12th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 32 		15
S34 andrea t Andrea Boehlke
27, New York City, NY
Redemption Island &
Caramoan 		Nuku Tavua Nuku 13th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 33 		14
S34 michaela t Michaela Bradshaw
25, Fort Worth, TX
Millennials vs. Gen X 		Mana Nuku Mana 14th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 35 		11
S34 cirie t Cirie Fields
45, Norwalk, CT
Panama, Micronesia, &
Heroes vs. Villains 		Nuku Tavua Mana Eliminated
8th Jury Member
Day 36 		0
S34 aubry t Aubry Bracco
30, Cambridge, MA
Kaôh Rōng 		Mana Nuku Mana 15th Voted Out
9th Jury Member
Day 37 		9
S34 tai t Tai Trang
52, San Francisco, CA
Kaôh Rōng 		Nuku Mana Nuku 16th Voted Out
10th Jury Member
Day 38 		12
S34 troyzan t Troyzan Robertson
54, Miami, FL
One World 		Mana Tavua Mana Second
Runner-Up 		2
S34 brad t Brad Culpepper
47, Tampa, FL
Blood vs. Water 		Nuku Mana Mana Runner-Up 2
S34 sarah t Sarah Lacina
32, Marion, IA
Cagayan 		Nuku Tavua Nuku Sole Survivor 3


Season Summary

The 20 returning players were initially divided into two tribes of ten: Mana and Nuku. There were two Tribe Switch during the premerge phase. The original Mana tribe struggled as they lost six of their ten members before the merge while Nuku only lost one. The pre-merge phase of the game what characterized by the early eliminations of perceived dangerous and manipulative players, previous winners, physical threats, a somewhat higher amount of twists, and a controversial incident that sealed Jeff Varner's demise in the game.

The tribes merged with 13 players remaining: 9 original Nuku's and only 4 original Mana's. Two alliances fought for power: One led by Cirie Fields and Andrea Boehlke, and another led by Sierra Dawn Thomas and Brad Culpepper. While Sarah Lacina was a part of Cirie's and Andrea's group, she would navigate between both alliances to eliminate members from both sides. She later betrayed Andrea and Cire and aligned with Brad and Troyzan Robertson. The three used Brad's Immunity Challenge wins, Sarah's Legacy Advantage, and Troyzan's Hidden Immunity Idol to make it to the finals.

At the Final Tribal Council, Sarah was respected for her strategic control throughout the merge, and ability to manage her social relationships, but criticized for her numerous betrayals and manipulations. Brad was commended for dominating in Immunity Challenges but castigated for being condescending and not socializing with people on the bottom. Troyzan was virtually ignored for his perceived coattail riding. Sarah's strong strategic control beat out Brad's dominance in challenges and Troyzan's lack of visible gameplay, and she was awarded the title of Sole Survivor with seven votes to win while Brad received three.

Episode Air date Challenges Eliminated Vote Finish Viewers
(in millions) 		Ratings/Share
(18-49)
Reward Immunity
1 "The Stakes Have Been Raised" March 8, 2017 Nuku Ciera 9-1 1st Voted Out
Day 3 		7.64[6] 1.7/6
Nuku1
Nuku1 Tony 7-2 2nd Voted Out
Day 6
2 "Survivor Jackpot" March 15, 2017 Nuku1 Caleb 5-1 3rd Voted Out
Day 9 		7.87[7] 1.7/7
Tavua1
3 "The Tables Have Turned" March 22, 2017 Nuku Tavua2 Malcolm 5-03 4th Voted Out
Day 11 		8.10[8] 1.7/7
Mana
4 "Dirty Deed" March 29, 2017 Tavua Mana J.T. 3-2 5th Voted Out
Day 13 		8.26[9] 1.8/7
Nuku Tavua
5 "Vote Early, Vote Often" April 5, 2017 None Debbie4 Sandra 5-2 6th Voted Out
Day 16 		8.40[10] 1.7/7
Mana
6 "What Happened on Exile, Stays on Exile" April 12, 2017 Nuku Mana Jeff 6-05 7th Voted Out
Day 18 		8.31[11] 1.7/7
7 "There's a New Sheriff in Town" April 19, 2017 None Andrea Hali 7-4-2 8th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 21 		7.92[12] 1.7/7
Andrea,
Debbie
Ozzy, Tai,
Troyzan,
Zeke 		Tai Ozzy 7-4-1-16 9th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 24
8 "A Line Drawn in Concrete" April 26, 2017 Andrea,
Aubry, Brad,
Debbie,
Sierra 		Troyzan Debbie 6-5 10th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 26 		8.49[13] 1.8/7
9 "Reinventing How This Game Is Played" May 3, 2017 Andrea,
Aubry, Brad,
Sarah, Zeke 		Andrea Zeke 5-3-2 11th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 29 		8.26[14] 1.8/8
10 "It Is Not a High Without a Low" May 10, 2017 Andrea,
Aubry, Brad
[Cirie, Sarah] 		Brad Sierra 6-3 12th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 32 		8.30[15] 1.7/7
11 "Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow" May 17, 2017 None Aubry Andrea 6-2 13th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 33 		8.27[16] 1.7/7
Brad Michaela 4-2-1 14th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 35
12 "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" May 24, 2017 Brad Cirie 0-0-0;
Default7 		Eliminated
8th Jury Member
Day 36 		8.48[17] 1.9/8
[Sarah,
Troyzan]
None Brad Aubry 4-1 15th Voted Out
9th Jury Member
Day 37
Brad Tai 3-1 16th Voted Out
10th Jury Member
Day 38
Jury Vote Troyzan 7-3-0 Second Runner-Up
Brad Runner-Up
Sarah Sole Survivor
13 "Reunion" 5.84[18] 1.3/5
Notes:

^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^2 The two tribes that lost the Immunity Challenge were both sent to Tribal Council, where they would vote together to vote one person out.
^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, therefore all votes against the user were negated.
^4 As Debbie drew a package containing no buff, she was exiled without a tribe. Because of this, she did not attend Tribal Council and was immune for the episode.
^5 Jeff was voted out verbally by the Nuku tribe. He did not cast an elimination vote.
^6 Debbie used the extra vote advantage, allowing her to vote twice at Tribal Council.
^7 Three Hidden Immunity Idols and a Legacy Advantage were used, therefore all votes against the users were negated. Because Cirie was the only person not immune after the idols and Legacy Advantage were played, there was no need for a reset vote and she was eliminated by default.

Voting History

Survivor: Game Changers Voting History
Tribes Original Tribes Expanded Tribes Switched Tribes Merged Tribe
Episode #: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Voted Off: S34 ciera t
Ciera 		S34 tony t
Tony 		S34 caleb t
Caleb 		S34 malcolm t
Malcolm 		S34 jt t
J.T. 		S34 sandra t
Sandra 		S34 jeff t
Jeff 		S34 hali t
Hali 		S34 ozzy t
Ozzy 		S34 debbie t
Debbie 		S34 zeke t
Zeke 		S34 sierra t
Sierra 		S34 andrea t
Andrea 		S34 michaela t
Michaela 		S34 cirie t
Cirie 		S34 aubry t
Aubry 		S34 tai t
Tai 		S34 troyzan t
Troyzan 		S34 brad t
Brad 		S34 sarah t
Sarah
Vote: 9-1 7-2 5-1 5-01 3-2 5-2 6-03 7-4-2 7-4-1-14 6-5 5-3-2 6-3 6-2 4-2-1 Default6 4-1 3-1 7-3-0
►►► Sarah — — — — — Sandra Jeff Michaela Ozzy Debbie Zeke Sierra Andrea Michaela Tai Aubry Tai Jury Vote
Michaela
►►► Brad — — Caleb Malcolm — — — Hali Ozzy Andrea Tai Andrea Andrea Michaela Aubry Aubry Tai
►►► Troyzan Ciera Tony — — — — — Hali Ozzy Andrea Tai Andrea Andrea Michaela Tai Aubry Tai
►►► Tai — — Caleb Malcolm — Sandra Jeff Hali Ozzy Andrea Sierra Sierra Andrea None5 Sarah Aubry Troyzan Sarah
►►► Aubry Ciera Tony — Sierra Michaela — — Hali Zeke Debbie Zeke Sierra Brad Tai Sarah Troyzan Sarah
►►► Cirie — — — — — — — Michaela Sierra Debbie Zeke Sierra Andrea Aubry Sarah Sarah
►►► Michaela Ciera Tony — Sierra J.T. — — Zeke Zeke Debbie Zeke Sierra Andrea Tai Sarah
►►► Andrea — — — — — Sandra Jeff Michaela Zeke Debbie Zeke Sierra Brad Sarah
►►► Sierra — — Caleb Malcolm — — — Hali Ozzy Andrea Tai Andrea Brad
►►► Zeke — — — — — Sandra Jeff Michaela Aubry Debbie Sierra Sarah
►►► Debbie — — Caleb Malcolm — Exiled2 Jeff Hali Ozzy Andrea Brad
Ozzy
►►► Ozzy — — — — — Sandra Jeff Hali Zeke Brad
►►► Hali Ciera Tony Caleb Malcolm — — — Zeke Sarah
►► Jeff Ciera Tony — Sierra J.T. Tai None
►► Sandra Ciera Aubry — Sierra J.T. Tai
► J.T. — — — Sierra Michaela
► Malcolm Ciera Tony — Sierra
► Caleb Ciera Tony Hali
Tony Ciera Aubry
Ciera Michaela
Notes:

^1 This was a Joint Tribal Council. Tai played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Sierra, therefore 6 votes cast against her were negated.
^2 Due to the odd number of players at the time of the tribe switch, Debbie, the odd person out, was sent to Exile, and rejoined the game as a member of Nuku, replacing Sandra and evening the tribes at 7-7.
^3 Jeff was voted out unanimously by the Nuku tribe. Due to the nature of the verbal vote, Jeff did not cast a vote.
^4 Debbie used the extra vote advantage, allowing her to vote twice at Tribal Council.
^5 Sarah used the vote stealing advantage, allowing her to cast a second vote by denying another player the right to vote for that Tribal Council. She chose to steal Tai's vote.
^6 Sarah used her Legacy Advantage, negating the 3 votes cast against her. Tai played Hidden Immunity Idols on himself and on Aubry, negating the two votes and one vote received by them respectively. Troyzan played his idol on himself, negating zero votes. Because Cirie was the only person who can be voted for, she was automatically voted out by default despite not receiving votes against her.

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cbs.com/recommended/photos/1007417/all-of-the-cbs-season-finale-dates-you-need-to-know/120804/survivor-season-34-two-hour-finale-airs-on-wednesday-may-24-at-8-7c-/
  2. ↑ http://www.truedorktimes.com/s34/calendar.htm
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN2fUGO5b8Y
  4. ↑ https://parade.com/551340/joshwigler/survivor-game-changers-tie-breaker-twist-no-more-revote/
  5. ↑ http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/06/survivor-jeff-probst-game-changers-twists-idols/
  6. ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-march-8-2017/
  7. ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-march-15-2017/
  8. ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-march-22-2017/
  9. ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-march-29-2017/
  10. ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-april-5-2017/
  11. ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/designated-survivor-and-abc-comedy-encores-all-adjust-down-wednesday-final-ratings/
  12. ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-april-19-2017/
  13. ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-april-26-2017/
  14. ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-may-3-2017/
  15. ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-may-10-2017/
  16. ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-may-17-2017/
  17. ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-may-24-2017/
  18. ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-may-24-2017/

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