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At the start of the [[merge]], the remaining fans attempted to form alliances with the favorites that held the majority. An alliance of [[Amanda Kimmel]], [[Parvati Shallow]], [[Cirie Fields]], Ozzy and James worked with the other female fans, [[Natalie Bolton]] and [[Alexis Jones]], worked together. However, the women soon teamed up to take out the remaining men. The men were eliminated in succession until [[Erik Reichenbach]] was left. However, he managed to thwart the women's plan by winning immunity Finally, the remaining women convinced Erik he was safe at the next vote regardless if he won individual immunity; Erik, having won this immunity, gave it to Natalie to engender her trust, allowing the women to vote him off. Amanda, Parvati and Cirie made it to the [[Final Three]]. After Amanda won the [[Final Immunity Challenge]], she voted out Cirie for being the largest threat to the [[jury]].
 
At the start of the [[merge]], the remaining fans attempted to form alliances with the favorites that held the majority. An alliance of [[Amanda Kimmel]], [[Parvati Shallow]], [[Cirie Fields]], Ozzy and James worked with the other female fans, [[Natalie Bolton]] and [[Alexis Jones]], worked together. However, the women soon teamed up to take out the remaining men. The men were eliminated in succession until [[Erik Reichenbach]] was left. However, he managed to thwart the women's plan by winning immunity Finally, the remaining women convinced Erik he was safe at the next vote regardless if he won individual immunity; Erik, having won this immunity, gave it to Natalie to engender her trust, allowing the women to vote him off. Amanda, Parvati and Cirie made it to the [[Final Three]]. After Amanda won the [[Final Immunity Challenge]], she voted out Cirie for being the largest threat to the [[jury]].
   
At the [[Final Tribal Council]], Amanda was grilled for being melodramatic while Parvati was blasted for her numerous deceptions. Parvati was ultimately awarded the title of [[sole Survivor]] by a vote of 5-3.{{s16epguide}}
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At the [[Final Tribal Council]], Amanda was grilled for being melodramatic while Parvati was blasted for her numerous deceptions. Parvati was ultimately awarded the title of [[Sole Survivor]] by a vote of 5-3.{{s16epguide}}
 
==Voting History==
 
==Voting History==
 
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Revision as of 14:22, 6 February 2018

Survivor: Micronesia, also known as Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites, is the sixteenth 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" season with all returning players, but that idea was scrapped in favor of the "Fans vs. Favorites" format.

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.
  • Returning Players: As it is part of the theme of the season, ten returning players are featured in one original tribe.
  • 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 Survivor: China. Another twist is that one person from both tribes will be sent to Exile Island and compete to find one Hidden Immunity Idol.
  • Hidden Immunity Idol: Hidden Immunity Idols return this season, however only one is hidden on Exile Island at a time.
  • 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.

Castaways

Contestant Tribe Affiliation Finish Votes
Against
Original Tribe Switched Tribe Merged Tribe
File:S16 jon t.jpg Jon Dalton
33, Danville, VA
Pearl Islands
Malakal 1st Voted Out
Day 3
9
File:S16 mary t.jpg Mary Sartain
29, Emeryville, CA
Airai 2nd Voted Out
Day 6
6
File:S16 yauman t.jpg Yau-Man Chan
55, Martinez, CA
Fiji
Malakal 3rd Voted Out
Day 8
6
File:S16 mikeyb t.jpg Mikey Bortone
34, Los Angeles, CA
Airai 4th Voted Out
Day 11
6
File:S16 joel t.jpg Joel Anderson
32, Avondale, AZ
Airai Malakal 5th Voted Out
Day 14
6
File:S16 jonathan t.jpg Jonathan Penner
45, Los Angeles, CA
Cook Islands
Malakal Airai Evacuated
Day 15
0
File:S16 chet t.jpg Chet Welch
48, Ford City, PA
Airai Malakal 6th Voted Out
Day 17
12
File:S16 kathy t.jpg Kathy Sleckman
45, Glen Ellyn, IL
Airai Airai Quit
Day 19
0
File:S16 tracy t.jpg Tracy Hughes-Wolf
43, Fredericksburg, VA
Airai Malakal 7th Voted Out
Day 20
7
File:S16 ami t.jpg Ami Cusack
34, Golden, CO
Vanuatu
Malakal Malakal 8th Voted Out
Day 21
4
File:S16 eliza t.jpg Eliza Orlins
25, New York City, NY
Vanuatu
Malakal Airai Dabu 9th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 24
8
File:S16 ozzy t.jpg Ozzy Lusth
26, Venice, CA
Cook Islands
Malakal Malakal 10th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 27
9
File:S16 jason t.jpg Jason Siska
22, Fox River Grove, IL
Airai Airai 11th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 30
8
File:S16 james t.jpg James Clement
30, Lafayette, LA
China
Malakal Airai Evacuated
4th Jury Member
Day 31
3
File:S16 alexis t.jpg Alexis Jones
24, Los Angeles, CA
Airai Airai 12th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 33
2
File:S16 erik t.jpg Erik Reichenbach
22, Pinckney, MI
Airai Malakal 13th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 36
7
File:S16 natalie t.jpg Natalie Bolton
32, Los Angeles, CA
Airai Airai 14th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 37
3
File:S16 cirie t.jpg Cirie Fields
37, Norwalk, CT
Panama
Malakal Malakal 15th Voted Out
8th Jury Member
Day 38
3
File:S16 amanda t.jpg Amanda Kimmel
23, Los Angeles, CA
China
Malakal Malakal Runner-Up 4
File:S16 parvati t.jpg Parvati Shallow
25, Los Angeles, CA
Cook Islands
Malakal Airai Sole Survivor 4

Season Summary

The 20 players were divided into two tribes: Malakal consisting of ten favorites, and Airai consisting of ten fans. In the pre-merge Reward Challenges, the winning tribe selected both a member of the losing tribe and a member of their own tribe to go to Exile Island where a series of clues would lead to a Hidden Immunity Idol. Ozzy Lusth managed to follow the clues to claim the Idol.

After 11 days, with the tribes still at equal numbers, the tribes were swapped through a Schoolyard Pick. Despite the separate tribes, the favorites worked within their new tribes to eliminate the fans, who succumbed to infighting. Before and through the merge, three people had to be removed from the game; Jonathan Penner, who suffered an infection on his knee; Kathy Sleckman, who wanted to quit after suffering psychological trauma; and James Clement, who had an infected finger - James remained part of the jury though had to use an IV drip during Tribal Council.

At the start of the merge, the remaining fans attempted to form alliances with the favorites that held the majority. An alliance of Amanda Kimmel, Parvati Shallow, Cirie Fields, Ozzy and James worked with the other female fans, Natalie Bolton and Alexis Jones, worked together. However, the women soon teamed up to take out the remaining men. The men were eliminated in succession until Erik Reichenbach was left. However, he managed to thwart the women's plan by winning immunity Finally, the remaining women convinced Erik he was safe at the next vote regardless if he won individual immunity; Erik, having won this immunity, gave it to Natalie to engender her trust, allowing the women to vote him off. Amanda, Parvati and Cirie made it to the Final Three. After Amanda won the Final Immunity Challenge, she voted out Cirie for being the largest threat to the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, Amanda was grilled for being melodramatic while Parvati was blasted for her numerous deceptions. Parvati was ultimately awarded the title of Sole Survivor by a vote of 5-3.

Episode Air date Challenges Exiled Eliminated
(Vote)
Finish Viewers
(in millions)[2]
Rating/Share
(18-49)[2]
Reward Immunity
1 "You Guys Are Dumber than You Look" February 7, 2008 None Yau-Man Jon
(9-1)
1st Voted Out
Day 3
14.02 4.8/N/A
Kathy
Airai1
2 "The Sounds of Jungle Love" February 14, 2008 Malakal1 Kathy Mary
(6-2-2)
2nd Voted Out
Day 6
13.18 4.6/N/A
Cirie
3 "I Should Be Carried on the Chariot-Type Thing!" February 21, 2008 Malakal Airai Kathy Yau-Man
(6-2-1)
3rd Voted Out
Day 8
12.66 4.1/N/A
Ami
4 "That's Baked, Barbecued and Fried!" February 28, 2008 Malakal Malakal Kathy Mikey B.
(4-4-1;
5-2)2
4th Voted Out
Day 11
12.53 4.2/N/A
Ozzy
5 "He's a Ball of Goo!" March 6, 2008 Airai Airai None Joel
(6-2)
5th Voted Out
Day 14
12.64 4.0/N/A
6 "It Hit Everyone Pretty Hard" March 13, 2008 Airai Airai Chet Jonathan
(no vote)
Evacuated
Day 15
13.22 4.3/N/A
Jason Chet
(5-2)
6th Voted Out
Day 17
7 "Like a Wide-Eyed Kid in the Candy Store" March 19, 2008 Malakal Airai Jason Kathy
(no vote)
Quit
Day 19
11.56 3.8/N/A
Tracy Tracy
(5-1)
7th Voted Out
Day 20
8 "A Lost Puppy Dog" April 3, 2008 Ozzy3 Ami
(4-1)
8th Voted Out
Day 21
12.87 4.0/N/A
Alexis3
Airai1
9 "I'm in Such a Hot Pickle!" April 10, 2008 None Jason None Eliza
(8-2)
9th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 24
11.59 3.9/N/A
10 "I Promise..." April 17, 2008 Amanda,
Erik,
Jason,
Ozzy
Parvati Cirie Ozzy
(5-4)
10th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 27
12.01 3.9/N/A
11 "I'm Ruthless... and Have a Smile on My Face" April 24, 2008 Survivor
Auction
Erik Jason Jason
(4-3-1)
11th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 30
12.90 4.3/N/A
12 "I'm Gonna Fix Her!" May 1, 2008 Alexis
[Cirie,
Natalie]
Erik Amanda James
(no vote)
Evacuated
4th Jury Member
Day 31
12.32 4.0/N/A
Alexis
(2-0)4
12th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 33
13 "If It Smells Like a Rat, Give It Cheese" May 8, 2008 Erik
[Amanda]
Erik
(Natalie)5
Parvati Erik
(4-1)
13th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 36
12.62 4.1/N/A
14 "Stir the Pot!" May 11, 2008 None Amanda None Natalie
(3-1)
14th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 37
12.98 4.1/N/A
Amanda Cirie
(1-0)
15th Voted Out
8th Jury Member
Day 38
Jury Vote Amanda
(5-3)
Runner-Up
Parvati
(5-3)
Sole Survivor
15 "Reunion" 10.42 3.8/N/A
Notes:
^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^2 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence.
^3 Before the Immunity Challenge, both tribes were tasked to send one member from the other tribe to Exile Island, preventing them from competing in the challenge. Although the person exiled from the losing tribe would attend the subsequent Tribal Council, they would be immune from being voted out.
^4 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user.
^5 Erik gave up his immunity to Natalie at Tribal Council.

Voting History

Original Tribes Switched Tribes Merged Tribe
Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Voted Out S16 jon t
Jon
S16 mary t
Mary
S16 yauman t
Yau-Man
Tie S16 mikeyb t
Mikey B.
S16 joel t
Joel
S16 jonathan t
Jonathan
S16 chet t
Chet
S16 kathy t
Kathy
S16 tracy t
Tracy
S16 ami t
Ami
S16 eliza t
Eliza
S16 ozzy t
Ozzy
S16 jason t
Jason
S16 james t
James
S16 alexis t
Alexis
S16 erik t
Erik
S16 natalie t
Natalie
S16 cirie t
Cirie
S16 amanda t
Amanda
S16 parvati t
Parvati
Vote 9-1 6-2-2 6-2-1 4-4-11 5-2 6-2 No vote2 5-2 No vote3 5-1 4-1 8-2 5-4 4-3-1 No vote4 2-05 4-1 3-1 1-06 5-3
Parvati Jon Yau-Man Eliza Ozzy Jason Alexis Erik Natalie None Jury Vote
Amanda Jon Yau-Man Joel Chet Tracy Ami Eliza Jason Jason Alexis Erik Natalie Cirie
Cirie Jon Yau-Man Joel Chet Tracy Ami Eliza Ozzy Jason Amanda Erik Natalie None Parvati
Natalie Mary Mikey B. Mikey B. Eliza Ozzy James Amanda Erik Cirie Parvati
Erik Mary Chet Mikey B. Chet Chet Tracy Ami Eliza Jason Jason Amanda Parvati Amanda
Alexis Mary Chet Chet Eliza Ozzy James Amanda Parvati
James Jon Yau-Man Eliza Jason Parvati Evacuated Amanda
Jason Chet Chet Chet Ozzy Ozzy James Parvati
Ozzy Jon Yau-Man Joel Chet Tracy Ami Eliza Jason Amanda
Eliza Jon Yau-Man Ozzy Parvati
Ami Jon Cirie Joel Chet Tracy Erik
Tracy Mary Mikey B. Mikey B. Joel Erik Ozzy
Kathy Mary Mikey B. Mikey B. Quit
Chet Mary Mikey B. None Joel Erik
Jonathan Jon Parvati Evacuated
Joel Tracy Jason Mikey B. Chet
Mikey B. Chet Chet None
Yau-Man Jon Parvati
Mary Tracy
Jon Ozzy
Notes:
^1 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.
^2 Jonathan was medically evacuated over an infected knee wound. No vote occurred for his removal.
^3 Kathy elected to quit the game due to depression and boredom. No vote occurred for her removal.
^4 James was medically evacuated over an infected finger. No vote occurred for his removal.
^5 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user.
^6 Cirie and Parvati did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the Final Immunity Challenge, only Amanda voted.

Reception

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Trivia

  • This is the first season to have an even-numbered jury, with eight members.
  • This is the only season with a Final Two and an even-numbered jury. It is unknown how a potential tie would have been broken.
  • This was the first season to have two contestants be medically evacuated, followed by Survivor: Samoa, Survivor: One World, and Survivor: Caramoan.
  • 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.
  • This is the first season to have an equal number of returning players and new players at the beginning of the game. It was followed by Survivor: Caramoan and Survivor: Blood vs. Water.
  • This is the second season to start with 20 contestants and have a Final Two, following Survivor: Palau.
    • Coincidentally, both seasons were filmed in Palau, both featured Exile Island, and both had at least three contestants leave the game through means other than being voted out.
  • This season holds the record of the most number of episodes in which more than one castaway was eliminated, with 4.
  • This is the last season to date to feature still headshot images of the contestants in the opening credits.
  • For this season, once a player was eliminated, his/her name and images would no longer appear in the opening credits. Then, in continuing what was started in Survivor: China, once the game reached the jury phase, only the players remaining would be shown, divided into "the jury" and the "the merged Tribe."
  • This is the fourth season with an evacuation. This is the first season with two evacuations.
  • Parvati ShallowAmanda Kimmel, and Cirie Fields are the only returning players to place higher than they did on their original season.
    • Cirie is the only one not to make the Final Tribal Council. 
  • This is the only season to have Ponderosa and not be in HD.
  • This season is tied with Survivor: Kaôh Rōng for the most contestants leaving the game without being voted out, or eliminated in a tiebreaker, eliminated by a twist, or duel at 3. Both Jonathan Penner and James Clement were evacuated, and Kathy Sleckman quit.
    • It is notable that, in addition to these 3, Jon Dalton asked to be voted out after his tribe lost the first Immunity Challenge. While he technically didn't quit, as he was voted out, he still made for one less competitive castaway.
  • This is the only returning players season to feature returning players from Vanuatu and Fiji.
  • This is the only season with returning players to feature Exile Island.
  • Half of the contestants from this season would visit Exile Island.
    • Five of them were fans and the other five were favorites.
    • None of the favorites who went to Exile Island the first time they played would return the second time.
    • While no one of the original Casaya or Aitutaki visited the first time they played, both players originally from those tribes would visit this time that they played.
  • The returning players from Panama, Cook Islands, and China would go on to become 3-time players.
  • This was the first returning players season to have the first eliminated be a male.
  • This season is tied with Survivor: Game Changers for the most LGBT contestants with 3: Chet Welch, Ami Cusack, and Natalie Bolton.
  • This season is the first to have 2 tribes of 10 players each, despite there being 20 contestants in 2 previous seasons.

References

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BorneoThe Australian OutbackAfricaMarquesasThailandThe AmazonPearl IslandsAll-StarsVanuatuPalauGuatemalaPanamaCook IslandsFijiChinaMicronesiaGabonTocantinsSamoaHeroes vs. VillainsNicaraguaRedemption IslandSouth PacificOne WorldPhilippinesCaramoanBlood vs. WaterCagayanSan Juan del SurWorlds ApartCambodiaKaôh RōngMillennials vs. Gen XGame ChangersHeroes vs. Healers vs. HustlersGhost IslandDavid vs. GoliathEdge of ExtinctionIsland of the IdolsWinners at WarSurvivor 41Survivor 42Survivor 43Survivor 44Survivor 45Survivor 46