Survivor: Micronesia

Survivor: Micronesia
Season Information
Version	United States
Season No.	16
Filming Location	Koror, Palau
Filming Dates	October 29, 2007 - December 6, 2007
Season Run	February 7, 2008 - May 11, 2008
No. of Episodes	15
No. of Days	39
No. of Castaways	20
Winner	Parvati Shallow
Runner(s)-Up	Amanda Kimmel
Tribes	Airai Malakal Dabu
Viewership (in Millions)	13.61
Cast
Opening Sequence
Season Chronology
Previous	China
Next	Gabon

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.^{[citation needed]}

Twists/Changes

• Fans vs. Favorites: One tribe, Airai​, is composed of ten Survivor "superfans", while the other, Malakal, is composed of ten popular castaways from past seasons.
• 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. This season, both tribes will send one of their own to Exile Island to compete to find the 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.
• Eight Person Jury: This season marked the first time that a jury is comprised of eight members.
• 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
	Jon Dalton 33, Los Angeles, CA Pearl Islands	Malakal			1st Voted Out Day 3	9
	Mary Sartain 28, Emeryville, CA Real Estate Manager	Airai			2nd Voted Out Day 6	6
	Yau-Man Chan 55, Martinez, CA Fiji	Malakal			3rd Voted Out Day 8	6
	Mikey Bortone 33, Los Angeles, CA Aspiring Writer	Airai			4th Voted Out Day 11	6
	Joel Anderson 32, Avondale, AZ Firefighter	Airai	Malakal		5th Voted Out Day 14	6
	Jonathan Penner 45, Los Angeles, CA Cook Islands	Malakal	Airai		Evacuated Day 15	0
	Chet Welch 48, Ford City, PA Pageant Coach	Airai	Malakal		6th Voted Out Day 17	12
	Kathy Sleckman 45, Glen Ellyn, IL Golf Course Vendor	Airai	Airai		Quit Day 19	0
	Tracy Hughes-Wolf 43, Fredericksburg, VA Residential Builder	Airai	Malakal		7th Voted Out Day 20	7
	Ami Cusack 34, Golden, CO Vanuatu	Malakal	Malakal		8th Voted Out Day 21	4
	Eliza Orlins 24, Manhattan, NY Vanuatu	Malakal	Airai	Dabu	9th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24	8
	Ozzy Lusth 26, Venice, CA Cook Islands	Malakal	Malakal		10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27	9
	Jason Siska 22, Fox River Grove, IL Gymnastics Coach	Airai	Airai		11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30	8
	James Clement 30, Lafayette, LA China	Malakal	Airai		Evacuated 4th Jury Member Day 31	3
	Alexis Jones 24, Beverly Hills, CA Motivational Speaker	Airai	Airai		12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 33	2
	Erik Reichenbach 21, Ypsilanti, MI Ice Cream Scooper	Airai	Malakal		13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 36	7
	Natalie Bolton 31, West Hollywood, CA Personal Trainer	Airai	Airai		14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 37	3
	Cirie Fields 37, Norwalk, CT Panama	Malakal	Malakal		15th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 38	3
	Amanda Kimmel 23, Los Angeles, CA China	Malakal	Malakal		Runner-Up	4
	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)	Rating/Share (18-49)
			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		Jon	Mary	Yau-Man	Tie	Mikey B.	Joel	Jonathan	Chet	Kathy	Tracy	Ami	Eliza	Ozzy	Jason	James	Alexis	Erik	Natalie	Cirie	Amanda	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.

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 Samoa, One World, and Caramoan.
• This was the first season where the final four was comprised of castaways of the same gender.
  • However, this would be surpassed in One World, whose final five 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 Caramoan and Blood vs. Water.
• This is the second season to start with 20 contestants and have a Final Two, following 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 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.
•  Amanda Kimmel, Cirie Fields, and Parvati Shallow 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 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 did not 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.
• 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, Survivor: David vs. Goliath, and Survivor: Island of the Idols for the most LGBT contestants with 3: Ami Cusack, Chet Welch, and Natalie Bolton.
• This season is the first to have two tribes of 10 players each, despite there being 20 contestants in two previous seasons.