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Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X is the thirty-third season of Survivor.

The season used a variant of the tribe division twist previously employed in Survivor: Nicaragua and saw 39 days of unpredictable gameplay, culminating in highlights including the series' third rock draw and several power shifts. Ultimately, Adam Klein emerged as Sole Survivor in the fifth unanimous vote in the series. He received all 10 jury votes, defeating fellow finalists Hannah Shapiro and Ken McNickle. To date, the season has produced four returning players (Adam Klein, David Wright, Michaela Bradshaw, and Zeke Smith) for subsequent seasons.

Production[]

Filming for the season was scheduled to start in mid-March 2016 but had to be delayed by two weeks because of the effects of a cyclone that passed through the Fiji islands. The cyclone destroyed challenge props and the newly-built Tribal Council set, with the production team having "to scramble in two weeks to rebuild everything".[3] During the peak of the typhoon on Day 2, the castaways were evacuated from their beaches and were sequestered in a barren room located at base camp until the cyclone subsided. The castaways returned to their camps nine hours later.[4]

The pre-jury trip took place in Australia.[5]

Twists/Changes[]

  • Millennials vs. Gen X: The 20 castaways will be divided into two tribes based on their generation: The Vanua tribe consisted of Millennials, while the Takali tribe consisted of Gen X'ers.
  • Hidden Immunity Idol: Hidden Immunity Idols were hidden at all pre-merge tribe camps, concealed inside random objects with a tribe emblem painted on them as identifiers. 
  • Summit: On Day 8, four castaways selected by random draw from each tribe met for a summit, where they could get information on the rival tribe.
  • Tribe Expansion: On Day 13, a third tribe, Ikabula was introduced, randomly spreading the sixteen remaining castaways into all three tribes. To offset Ikabula's disadvantage of having to create a new shelter from scratch, they had one extra member.
  • Legacy Advantage: While the tribes were allowed to grab supplies for the game during the marooning, an envelope containing the Legacy Advantage was up for grabs. It would grant its holder an advantage in the game, given that he or she makes it to Day 36. If he or she is eliminated before Day 36, the advantage must be willed to another player. The advantage was having immunity at the Day 36 Tribal Council.
  • Early Merge: As was the case in Cambodia, there was another merge involving the thirteen contestants. All three post-expansion tribes merged into one.
  • Reward Steal: The right to steal one reward from another player was up for grabs at the merged tribe camp.
  • Expanded Jury and Final Three: Instead of the conventional Final Two facing the jury of seven, the Day 39 Tribal Council was held with three finalists facing a ten-person jury.

Castaways[]

Contestant Tribe Affiliation Finish Votes
Against
Original Tribe Expanded Tribe Merged Tribe
S33 rachel t Rachel Ako
37, Los Angeles, CA
Recruiting Director
Takali 1st Voted Out
Day 4
5
S33 mari t Mari Takahashi
31, Los Angeles, CA
Gamer
Vanua 2nd Voted Out
Day 7
7
S33 paul t Paul Wachter
52, Sugarloaf Key, FL
Boat Mechanic
Takali 3rd Voted Out
Day 10
6
S33 lucy t Lucy Huang
42, Diamond Bar, CA
Dietician
Takali 4th Voted Out
Day 12
2
S33 cece t CeCe Taylor
39, Granada Hills, CA
Insurance Adjuster
Takali Vanua 5th Voted Out
Day 15
11
S33 figgy t Figgy Figueroa
23, Nashville, TN
Bartender
Vanua Takali 6th Voted Out
Day 18
6
S33 michaela t Michaela Bradshaw
25, Fort Worth, TX
Vacation Club Saleswoman
Vanua Ikabula 7th Voted Out
Day 20
4
S33 michelle t Michelle Schubert
28, Yakima, WA
Missionary Recruiter
Vanua Vanua Vinaka 8th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 23
10
S33 taylor t Taylor Stocker
24, Post Falls, ID
Snowboard Instructor
Vanua Takali 9th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 25
7
S33 chris t Chris Hammons
38, Moore, OK
Trial Lawyer
Takali Vanua 10th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 28
7
S33 jessica t Jessica Lewis
37, Voorheesville, NY
Assistant District Attorney
Takali Takali Eliminated
4th Jury Member
Day 30
9
S33 zeke t Zeke Smith
28, Brooklyn, NY
Asset Manager
Vanua Vanua 11th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 33
14
S33 will t Will Wahl
18, Long Valley, NJ
High School Student
Vanua Ikabula 12th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 34
6
S33 sunday t Sunday Burquest
45, Otsego, MN
Youth Pastor
Takali Ikabula 13th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 35
5
S33 jay t Jay Starrett
26, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Real Estate Agent
Vanua Ikabula 14th Voted Out
8th Jury Member
Day 36
10
S33 bret t Bret LaBelle
42, Dedham, MA
Police Sergeant
Takali Ikabula 15th Voted Out
9th Jury Member
Day 37
5
S33 david t David Wright
42, Sherman Oaks, CA
Television Writer
Takali Vanua 16th Voted Out
10th Jury Member
Day 38
10
S33 hannah t Hannah Shapiro
24, West Hollywood, CA
Barista
Vanua Ikabula Runners-Up 13
S33 ken t Ken McNickle
33, Denver, CO
Model
Takali Takali 3
S33 adam t Adam Klein
25, San Francisco, CA
Homeless Shelter Manager
Vanua Takali Sole Survivor 6

Season Summary[]

The 20 castaways were divided into tribes based on generation: Millennials and Generation X. The Gen X tribe, Takali, was fractured due to Paul's abrasive leadership which lost them three out of the first four Immunity Challenges. The Millennial tribe, Vanua, was split between two rival factions, but ultimately came under the control of the Triforce alliance, headed by the showmance of Figgy and Taylor.

With 16 players remaining, the castaways were randomly divided into three tribes, during which Vanua outsider Adam took the opportunity to defect against the majority Millennials alliance by blindsiding Figgy. Meanwhile on the new Ikabula tribe, Jay and Will turned on their fellow Triforce member Michaela, unknowingly dealing another fatal wound to their previous majority alliance. The three tribes merged into the Vinaka tribe on Day 21.

Come the merge, the tribe was initially unified against the members of the Triforce, but soon split into two alliances of five: one led by David and another led by Zeke. Following a deadlocked vote between Zeke and Hannah, Jessica became the third player in Survivor history to be eliminated via rock draw. This seemingly spelled the end of David's alliance, but after Will defected from Zeke's alliance, David's faction was able to recoup and systematically take out the remainder of Zeke's forces.

At the final five, Adam joined outsider Bret in a failed attempt to target David due to his growing odds of winning. Ultimately, at the final four, Adam managed to successfully convince Hannah and Ken to eliminate David. At the Final Tribal Council, Adam was received with adoration from the jury for his decision to campaign against David. This, along with his strong social game, family-oriented motives, and the jury's general dismissal of the other two's games, won Adam the title of Sole Survivor in the series' fifth unanimous jury vote at 10-0-0.

Episode Air date Challenges Eliminated
(Vote)
Finish Viewers
(in millions)
Ratings/Share
(18-49)
Reward Immunity
1 "May the Best Generation Win" September 21, 2016 Vanua1 Rachel
(5-3-1-1)
1st Voted Out
Day 4
9.46[6] 2.3/8[6]
2 "Love Goggles" September 28, 2016 Takali1 Mari
(7-3)
2nd Voted Out
Day 7
9.16[7] 2.1/8[7]
3 "Your Job Is Recon" October 5, 2016 Vanua1 Paul
(6-3)
3rd Voted Out
Day 10
8.52[8] 1.8/7[8]
4 "Who's the Sucker at the Table?" October 12, 2016 Takali Vanua Lucy
(2-1-0)2
4th Voted Out
Day 12
9.06[9] 2.0/8[9]
5 "Idol Search Party" October 19, 2016 None Ikabula CeCe
(4-1)
5th Voted Out
Day 15
8.59[10] 1.9/7[10]
Takali
6 "The Truth Works Well" October 26, 2016 Vanua Ikabula Figgy
(3-2)
6th Voted Out
Day 18
8.30[11] 1.9/7[11]
Ikabula Vanua
7 "I Will Destroy You" November 2, 2016 Vanua Takali Michaela
(4-2)
7th Voted Out
Day 20
6.93[12] 1.6/5[12]
Ikabula Vanua
8 "I'm the Kingpin" November 9, 2016 None Will Michelle
(9-4)
8th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 23
8.81[13] 1.9/7[13]
9 "Still Throwin' Punches" November 16, 2016 Bret, Chris,
David, Ken,
Sunday,
Taylor
Ken Taylor
(7-4-1)
9th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 25
8.49[14] 1.8/6[14]
10 "Million Dollar Gamble" November 23, 2016 Adam, Bret,
Hannah,
Sunday,
Zeke
David Chris
(7-4)
10th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 28
7.59[15] 1.5/5[15]
Bret,
Sunday,
Zeke
[David]3
Jay Jessica
(5-5;
4-4;
tiebreaker)4,5,6
Eliminated
4th Jury Member
Day 30
11 "About to Have a Rumble" November 30, 2016 Jay
[Adam,
Sunday,
Will]
Adam Zeke
(5-0)2
11th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 33
8.77[16] 1.9/7[16]
12 "Slayed the Survivor Dragon" December 7, 2016 None Jay Will
(6-2)
12th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 34
8.50[17] 1.7/6[17]
Ken Sunday
(4-2-0)2
13th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 35
13 "I'm Going for a Million Bucks" December 14, 2016 David1 Jay
(5-0)8
14th Voted Out
8th Jury Member
Day 36
9.14[18] 2.0/7[18]
[Adam,
Jay]7
None Ken Bret
(3-2)4
15th Voted Out
9th Jury Member
Day 37
Ken David
(3-1)
16th Voted Out
10th Jury Member
Day 38
Jury Vote Ken
Hannah
(10-0-0)
Runners-Up
Adam
(10-0-0)
Sole Survivor
14 "Reunion" 6.40[19] 1.3/5[19]
Notes:
^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user.
^3 David drew the odd-colored rock when the teams were formed and, as a result, automatically joined the winning team on reward without competing.
^4 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user.
^5 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence.
^6 Per Survivor rules, in the event of a deadlock tie, the non-immune castaways would have an open discussion to eliminate one of the tied castaways. If no consensus is reached, the non-immune castaways will have to draw rocks, with the castaway who draws the odd-colored rock being eliminated.
^7 Jay played his Reward Steal advantage and stole David's reward. He picked Adam and David to join him on the reward.
^8 The Legacy Advantage was played, negating all votes against its user.

Voting History[]

Original Tribes Expanded Tribes Merged Tribe
Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Voted Out S33 rachel t
Rachel
S33 mari t
Mari
S33 paul t
Paul
S33 lucy t
Lucy
S33 cece t
CeCe
S33 figgy t
Figgy
S33 michaela t
Michaela
S33 michelle t
Michelle
S33 taylor t
Taylor
S33 chris t
Chris
Tie Deadlock S33 jessica t
Jessica
S33 zeke t
Zeke
S33 will t
Will
S33 sunday t
Sunday
S33 jay t
Jay
S33 bret t
Bret
S33 david t
David
S33 ken t
Ken
S33 hannah t
Hannah
S33 adam t
Adam
Vote 5-3-1-1 7-3 6-3 2-1-01 4-1 3-2 4-2 9-4 7-4-1 7-4 5-52, 3 4-44 Lottery5 5-01 6-2 4-2-01 5-06 3-22 3-1 10-0-0
Adam Figgy Figgy Michelle Taylor Chris Zeke Zeke Zeke Will Sunday Jay David David Jury Vote
Hannah Mari Bret Michelle Jay Chris Zeke None Zeke Will Sunday Jay Bret David
Ken Rachel Paul Jessica Figgy Michelle Taylor Chris Zeke Zeke Zeke Will Sunday Jay Bret David
David Rachel Paul Lucy CeCe Michelle Taylor Chris Zeke Zeke Zeke Will Sunday Jay Bret Adam Adam
Bret Rachel CeCe Jessica Michaela Michelle Jay Jessica Hannah Hannah Hannah Will David Jay David Adam
Jay Mari Michaela Adam Taylor Jessica Hannah Hannah Hannah David David Ken Adam
Sunday CeCe Paul Jessica Michaela Michelle Taylor Jessica Hannah Hannah Hannah Will Jay Adam
Will Mari Michaela Adam Jay Chris Hannah Hannah Zeke David Adam
Zeke Figgy CeCe Michelle Taylor Chris Hannah None Hannah Adam
Jessica CeCe Paul CeCe Figgy Michelle Jay Chris Zeke Zeke Eliminated Adam
Chris Rachel CeCe Jessica CeCe Michelle Taylor Jessica Adam
Taylor Mari Ken Adam Adam Adam
Michelle Mari CeCe Adam Adam
Michaela Mari Bret
Figgy Mari Ken
CeCe David Paul Lucy Michelle
Lucy CeCe Paul Jessica
Paul Rachel CeCe
Mari Figgy
Rachel Sunday
Notes:
^1 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user.
^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user.
^3 Tribal Council 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.
^4 Per Survivor rules, in the event 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.
^5 Since no consensus was reached, a rock draw occurred. Jessica drew the odd-colored rock and was eliminated.
^6 The Legacy Advantage was played, negating all votes against its user.

Trivia[]

S33CASTPICS

The unreleased cast photos for Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X.

  • The font used for this season is a variant of SRG Marker.[20]
  • Millennials vs. Gen X is the first season since Nicaragua with 20 new castaways. Coincidentally, Nicaragua also employed the Old vs. Young twist.
  • Millennials vs. Gen X is the third season to have tribes divided by age, following Panama and Nicaragua.
  • Millennials vs. Gen X is the first season to merge directly from three tribes.
  • Millennials vs. Gen X is the first season to not have the individual cast photos of each contestant released. Stills from the first episode, rather than the normal photoshoot, were released.
    • Though not publicly released, the individual cast photos were used in online promotional materials.
  • Millennials vs. Gen X is the third season in which only one man was eliminated pre-merge, after Redemption Island and South Pacific.
    • Millennials vs. Gen X is the second season where only one man was voted out pre-merge, after Samoa.
  • Millennials vs. Gen X is the first season where the players were evacuated due to a weather issue. On Day 2, the cast was evacuated as a tropical storm approached.
  • Millennials vs. Gen X is the last season where the original Final Tribal Council format was used when the jurors spoke to the finalists one by one.

References[]

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  20. https://www.dafont.com/srg-marker.font

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