Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor related statistics and information based off the latest episode of Survivor: Winners At War.
Tribal Council
- Kim was voted out 5-3.
- All the men (plus Sarah) voted for Kim this episode, while all the remaining women voted for Jeremy.
- Everybody post-merge that was voted out for their first time this season is a two-time player who hasn’t been voted out before.
- Wendell, Adam, Sophie, and Kim have never been voted out of Survivor before.
- Tyson, who was already voted out once this season pre-merge, has also been voted out of Survivor before.
- Tony is the only player to successfully vote out every player post-merge so far.
- Ben and Tony have 0 votes against them.
- Every woman has at least one vote against them this season.
- Ben is the only Sele player who hasn’t received any votes.
- Tony is the only Dakal player who hasn’t received any votes.
- Kim is the first post-swap Dakal to be voted out post-merge.
- This is the first time this season where original Sele members outnumber original Dakal members.
- Jeremy is the only remaining player from the “poker alliance.”
- Rob (and Amber), Tyson, and Kim have all been voted out.
- Of the remaining players, the first four people alphabetically by first name were on original Sele, while the last three people alphabetically by first name were on original Dakal.
- Sele: Ben, Denise, Jeremy, and Michele.
- Dakal: Nick, Sarah, Tony.
Hidden Immunity Idol/Advantage
- Ben is the fourth player to find more than 3 idols.
- Russell Hantz found 3 in Samoa and 2 in Heroes vs. Villains
- Tai Trang found 1 in Kaoh Rong and 3 in Game Changers
- Tony found 3 in Cagayan and 1 in Winners at War
- Ben found 3 in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers and 1 in Winners at War
- The two players who are currently in possession of a hidden immunity idol (Ben and Tony) found 3 idols in their winning season.
- They’re also currently the only players this season who haven’t received any votes yet.
- Nick is the only player left who hasn’t had an advantage or idol this season.
Immunity Challenge – “When it Rains, it Pours”
- After winning 0 individual immunity challenges in his winning season, Tony has won 3 challenges in a row this season.
- Tony is the 19th player to win at least 3 individual immunity challenges in a row. The others are as follows:
- Kelly Wiglesworth in Borneo
- Colby Donaldson in The Australian Outback
- Brian Heidik in Thailand
- Darrah Johnson in Pearl Islands
- Tom Westman in Palau
- Terry Deitz in Panama
- Ozzy Lusth in Cook Islands
- Erik Reichenbach in Micronesia
- Bob Crowley in Gabon
- JT Thomas in Tocantins
- Brett Clouser in Samoa
- Fabio Birza in Nicaragua
- Tasha Fox in Cagayan
- Mike Holloway in Worlds Apart
- Joe Anglim in Cambodia
- Brad Culpepper in Game Changers
- Chrissy Hofbeck in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
- Nick Wilson in David vs. Goliath
- This was the first time this season where Denise was immune and Jeremy wasn’t.
- This could have been different if Jeremy successfully used Michele’s 50/50 coin.
- Every time Denise has won individual immunity, it’s been during a challenge where a man and a woman would win.
- She won one with Carter in Philippines.
- She won one with Jeremy and one with Tony in Winners at War.
- This challenge was previously used in Africa, All-Stars, Micronesia, Heroes vs. Villains, One World, and Millennials vs. Gen X.
- Tony is the second man to win this challenge after Will in Millennials vs. Gen X.
- Kim has lost this challenge both times she competed in it.
- Kim is the only player who’s previously competed in this challenge individually.
- Ethan, Amber, Rob, Sandra, Parvati, and Adam (who have already been voted out) have competed in this challenge before.
- Parvati is the only player to win this challenge twice.
- In the four most recent times this challenge was used for individual immunity, the merge tribe was black.
- Heroes vs. Villains: Yin Yang.
- One World: Tikiano.
- Millennials vs. Gen X: Vinaka.
- Winners at War: Koru.
- A variation of this challenge was also used in David vs. Goliath as a team reward challenge.
- Nick has lost this challenge both times he competed in it.
- This was the first time where two individual immunities were offered during this particular challenge.
- There still haven’t been any immunity winners from post swap Yara or Sele.
- Everyone that’s won individual immunity has been from post swap Dakal.
- Kim is the first player who has won individual immunity this season that has been voted out.
- Everyone that’s won individual immunity this season has won at least three times (combining this season and their previous seasons).
Edge of Extinction/Fire Tokens
- Ben and Jeremy are the only in-game players this episode who didn’t earn or give away fire tokens.
- Denise won 2 for the immunity challenge and got one from Kim when she was voted out.
- Kim gave away her 3 fire tokens when she was voted out.
- Michele got one from Kim when she was voted out.
- Nick was given one by Tony for stepping down from the immunity challenge.
- Sarah got one from Kim when she was voted out.
- Tony won 2 for the immunity challenge but gave one to Nick.
- Natalie, Parvati, Yul, Wendell, Tyson, and Sophie earned 2 fire tokens for completing the coconut carrying task.
Confessionals
- Tony had the most confessionals again with 8.
- Everyone (including people on the Edge of Extinction) had at least 1 confessional this episode.
- Denise had the least amount of confessionals with 1.
- Sophie, Adam, Wendell, Yul, Amber, and Natalie also had 1 confessional.
Ratings
- The twelfth episode received 8.0 million viewers and 1.5 in the Adults 18-49 demo.
Episode Title
- The episode title “Friendly Fire” was said by both Nick and Jeremy at different times during the episode.
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