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Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown

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Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown is the fourth season of Survivor Philippines edition. Ten pairs of famous Filipino personalities with pre-existing relationships competed for the title of Sole Survivor.

This season is infamous for its high number of quits, as one individual player and two pairs left the game voluntarily during the first six days of the game, mostly for moral reasons.

Betong Sumaya Jr. defeated Mara Yokohama and Stef Prescott in a 4-2-1 jury vote to become the Sole Survivor.

Production[]

This season was filmed in San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines, marking the first time that the Filipino version had filmed in a domestic location.

Unlike the previous season, and any other celebrity and non-celebrity seasons in any Survivor franchise, this installment would feature celebrities paired as couples with preexisting relationships, similar to the Blood vs. Water twist that would later be employed in the American version's Survivor: Blood vs. Water and Survivor: San Juan del Sur. However, the doubles format resulted in a gender imbalance, with nine male and eleven female castaways. Each vote cast at Tribal Council was counted for both members of a pair (similar to Tied Destinies in Koh-Lanta), thus both would be voted out if one received the most votes. The doubles format was abolished on Day 11.

Teasers of castaways' identities were partially revealed in the third week of October 2011. A week after the teasers were revealed, the identities of the celebrity castaways were released.

Despite being an overall successful franchise, ratings were not on par with the concurrently airing Pinoy Big Brother, produced by then-rival network ABS-CBN. This, combined with the expensive production costs, forced GMA Network to cancel the series.

Twists/Changes[]

  • Shorter Season: The season was filmed for 36 days, three days shorter than the standard 39.
  • Couples Format and Paired Elimination: Ten local celebrity pairs were divided into two tribes with five pairs each. Prior to the Tribe Switch, every vote cast counted against the entire pair, thus eliminating an entire pair from the game at each Tribal Council.
  • Schoolyard Pick: The two winning pairs in the Day 1 challenge began the tribe selection process, sorting the eight remaining pairs into tribes.
  • Temptation Reward: The winning tribe in a Reward Challenge would choose one or two of their own to partake in the Temptation Reward. If the temptation was taken, they would receive an additional reward or an advantage in the game. Prior to the Tribe Switch, one pair from the tribe that won the Reward Challenge was selected to partake in the temptation, but after the tribe switch, only a single individual player was tempted.
  • Immunity Bracelet: This season's Immunity Bracelets were used akin to the American version's Hidden Immunity Idol. Various mechanisms in which the castaways could obtain Immunity Bracelets were used, including as part of a Temptation Reward. However, unlike the idol from the American version, it is only valid for one round of voting, therefore a castaway involved in a tied vote situation would have to play another idol for the revote.
  • Tribe Switch: On Day 11, a tribe switch occurred, splitting the pairs from each other. At this point, the paired elimination format was retired and the castaways began playing as individuals.
  • Second Reward Challenge in a Cycle: On Day 31, a surprise second Reward Challenge occurred in the same cycle, with the castaways competing for a car.

Castaways[]

Contestant Tribe Affiliation Finish Votes
Against
Original Tribe Post-Temptation
Tribe 		Switched Tribe Merged Tribe
Geneva Cruz
KC's Ex-Wife 		Bulan Quit
Day 2 		0
Alyssa Alano
Aifha's Best Friend 		Bulan 1st/2nd Voted Out
Day 4 		7
Aifha Medina
Alyssa's Best Friend 		Bulan
Jackie Forster
Angelika's Friend 		Tala Tala Quit
Day 6 		0
Angelika Schmeing
Jackie's Friend 		Tala Tala
Filo Cucueco
Ellen's Boyfriend 		Tala Tala Quit
Day 6 		0
Ellen Adarna
Filo's Boyfriend 		Tala Tala
Maribel Lopez
Mara's Mother 		Bulan Tala 3rd Voted Out
Day 8 		11
Isabel Granada
Chuckie's Former On-Screen Partner 		Tala Tala Bulan 4th Voted Out
Day 12 		9
Carlo Gonzales
Arthur's Cousin 		Tala Tala Tala 5th Voted Out
Day 15 		4
Chuckie Dreyfus
Isabel's Teenage Love Team Partner 		Tala Tala Tala Apolaki 6th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 18 		13
Arthur Solinap
Carlo's Cousin 		Tala Tala Bulan 7th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 21 		7
John Odulio
Arnold's Rugby Teammate 		Bulan Bulan Bulan 8th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 23 		5
Gino Dela Peña
Stef's Boyfriend 		Bulan Bulan Bulan 9th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 26 		9
Arnold Aninion
John's Rugby Teammate 		Bulan Bulan Tala 10th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 28 		5
Maey Bautista
Betong's Friend 		Tala Tala Tala 11th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 32 		3
KC Montero
Geneva's Ex-Husband 		Bulan Bulan Bulan 12th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 34 		5
Stef Prescott
Gino's Girlfriend 		Bulan Bulan Tala 2nd Runner-Up 8
Mara Yokohama
Maribel's Daughter 		Bulan Bulan Tala Runner-Up 8
Betong Sumaya Jr.
Maey's Friend 		Tala Tala Bulan Sole Survivor 1

Season Summary[]

Ten pairs of Filipino celebrities were divided into two tribes named after local deities in Philippine mythology: the purple Bulan, named after the goddess of the moon, and the yellow Tala, named after the goddess of the stars. Throughout the pre-merge, a "Temptation Reward" was given to selected players from the tribe that won the Reward Challenge, giving the players an opportunity to earn an additional reward or advantages in the game. A paired elimination mechanic was introduced during which an entire pair was eliminated from the game. Several castaways however, one individual, Geneva, and pairs Angelika and Jackie, and Ellen and Filo quit the game, believing their morals to be too conflicting with the game's cutthroat nature, thus enforcing the paired elimination in only one Tribal Council. Geneva's partner however, KC, was allowed to compete as an individual castaway. When Bulan won a Reward Challenge, mother and daughter Maribel and Mara took the Temptation Reward, winning themselves an Immunity Bracelet for each of them, but Maribel had to switch to the other tribe where she was swiftly voted out; and because her mother's elimination occurred during the paired elimination phase, Mara had to give up her bracelet or she would be automatically eliminated as Tied Destinies was still in play.

The Day 11 Tribe Switch split the pairs, thus removing the paired elimination mechanic. However, tribal lines remained strong, with both tribes tying votes at their respective Tribal Councils, with the new Bulan settling their deadlock tie with a fire-making challenge, and the new Tala culminating theirs with a blindside through the use of an Immunity Bracelet. The tribes merged into the new Apolaki tribe with ten players, with the original Bulan having a 6-4 majority of the original Tala. At this point, only three full pairs remained: Betong and Maey, Gino and Stef, and Arnold and John.

At the merge, Chuckie was unanimously voted out due to his worsening health problems, while Arthur was voted out along tribal lines, decimating the original Tala members to just Betong and Maey. A dispute within the Bulan alliance however led to Gino and Stef siding with Betong and Maey, blindsiding John. Betong and Maey found inroads within Bulan majority and survived until the final five where they became the last full pair left, though the remaining Bulans regrouped and voted Maey out at the final five. A controversial incident on Day 34 occured where Maey and Gino (now jury members) were caught whispering to Betong, Mara, and Stef to vote out KC, who was believed to be a frontrunner to win. Despite the intervention of host Richard, KC was still voted out, making him the final member of the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, all three finalists faced a generally hostile jury: Mara was accused of riding coattails and misusing the Immunity Bracelets she owned throughout the game, Stef of being a follower and being socially aloof, and Betong for soliciting pity from the jury and lacking conviction while answering their questions. In the end, Betong's strong relationships and fortitude won him the title of Sole Survivor in a 4-2-1 vote.

Cycle No. Air dates Challenges Temptation Eliminated
(Vote) 		Finish
Reward Immunity Player(s)
Tempted 		Took
Temptation?
1 November 14-18, 2011;
November 21-22, 2011 		Arnold/John Angelika/
Jackie 		Geneva
(no vote) 		Quit
Day 2
Chuckie/Isabel
Tala Aifha/
Alyssa
(7-2) 		1st/2nd Voted Out
Day 4
2 November 23-25, 2011;
November 28-29, 2011 		Bulan Bulan Mara/
Maribel 		Angelika/
Jackie
(no vote) 		Quit
Day 6
3 November 29-December 2, 2011 Bulan Bulan Arnold/
John 		Ellen/
Filo
(no vote) 		Quit
Day 6
Maribel
(0-0;
6-1) 		3rd Voted Out
Day 8
4 December 5-9, 2011 Tala Tala Carlo Isabel
(3-3;
2-2
tiebreaker) 		4th Voted Out
Day 12
5 December 9, 2011;
December 12 to 15, 2011 		Tala Bulan Arnold Carlo
(3-0) 		5th Voted Out
Day 15
6 December 16, 2021;
December 19 to 23, 2011 		None KC Chuckie
(9-1) 		6th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 18
7 December 23, 2011;
December 26-30, 2011;
January 2, 2012 		KC Betong,
KC,
Stef 		Arthur
(6-3) 		7th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 21
Arnold
8 January 3-6, 2012;
January 9, 2012 		John
[Arnold,
Betong] 		Arnold John
(4-2-1-1) 		8th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 23
9 January 10-13, 2012;
January 16-17, 2012 		KC
[Betong,
Gino] 		Stef Gino
(4-2-1) 		9th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 26
10 January 18-20, 2012;
January 23-24, 2012 		Arnold Maey
(Betong) 		Arnold
(4-2) 		10th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 28
11 January 25-27, 2012;
January 30-February 2, 2012 		KC
[Stef] 		KC Maey
(3-2) 		11th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 32
KC
[Betong]
12 February 3, 2012;
February 6, 2012 		None Mara KC
(3-1) 		12th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 34
13 February 7-10, 2012 Jury Vote Stef
(4-2-1) 		2nd Runner-Up
Mara
(4-2-1) 		1st Runner-Up
Betong
(4-2-1) 		Sole Survivor
Notes:

Voting History[]

Original Tribes Post-Temptation Tribes4 Switched Tribes6 Merged Tribes
Cycle No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Finale
Voted Out
Geneva
Aifha

Alyssa
Angelika

Jackie
Ellen

Filo 		Null
Maribel 		Tie Deadlock
Isabel
Carlo
Chuckie
Arthur
John
Gino
Arnold
Maey
KC
Stef
Mara
Betong
Vote No vote1 7-2 No vote2 No vote3 0-05 6-1 3-37 2-28 Tiebreaker 3-09 9-1 6-3 4-2-1-1 4-2-1 4-2 3-2 3-1 4-2-1
►►► Betong — — — — Maribel Maribel Gino Gino — — Chuckie Mara John Gino Arnold Stef KC Jury Vote
►►► Mara — Aifha/
Alyssa 		— — — — Carlo Chuckie Arthur KC Gino Stef Maey KC
►►► Stef — Aifha/
Alyssa 		— — — — Carlo Chuckie Arthur John Arnold Arnold Maey KC
►►► KC — Aifha/
Alyssa 		— — — Isabel Isabel — — Chuckie Arthur Mara Mara Arnold Maey Betong Betong
►►► Maey — — — — Chuckie/
Isabel 		Maribel — Stef Chuckie Mara John Gino Arnold Stef Betong
►►► Arnold — Aifha/
Alyssa 		— — — — Carlo Chuckie Arthur KC Gino Stef Mara
►►► Gino — Aifha/
Alyssa 		— — — Isabel None — — Chuckie Arthur John Mara Stef
►►► John — Aifha/
Alyssa 		— — — Isabel Isabel — — Chuckie Arthur Stef Mara
►►► Arthur — — — — Chuckie/
Isabel 		Maribel Gino Gino — — Chuckie Mara Betong
►►► Chuckie — — — — Maribel Maribel — Stef John Betong
►► Carlo — — — — Chuckie/
Isabel 		Maribel — Stef
►► Isabel — — — — Maribel Maribel Gino None Voted out
► Maribel — Aifha/
Alyssa 		— — Chuckie/
Isabel 		Arthur/
Carlo
► Ellen — — — Quit
► Filo — — —
► Angelika — — Quit
► Jackie — —
Aifha — Mara/
Maribel
Alyssa — Mara/
Maribel
Geneva Quit
Notes:
^1 Geneva quit the game due to emotional distress. Her partner KC however, was allowed to compete as an individual contestant.
^2 Angelika and Jackie quit the game, believing their morals conflicted with the nature of the game. No vote occurred during their removal.
^3 Shortly after Angelika and Jackie's exit, Ellen and Filo also expressed their desire to quit the game, citing the harsh realities of the game were too much to bear.
^4 By taking the twin Immunity Bracelets during the Temptation Reward, Maribel and Mara were separated, with Maribel going to Tala.
^5 All votes cast were negated, causing a null vote. Survivor Philippines rules stated that playing an Immunity Bracelet was only effective for one voting round; thus the castaways who played were eligible to be voted for in voting rounds following tie and null votes. Further, because Maribel was eliminated and her Immunity Bracelet used, Mara was forced to discard her own bracelet, lest she will be eliminated as well as the paired elimination mechanic was still in play.
^6 Following the Tribe Switch, the paired elimination format is abolished; thus the castaways began competing as individual contestants.
^7 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.
^8 The tie vote turned into a deadlock. Per Survivor Philippines rules, a fire-making challenge would be held between the tied players .
^9 An Immunity Bracelet was played, negating all votes against its user.

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References[]

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