Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor-related statistics and information based off the latest episode of Survivor 43.
Immunity Challenge: “Turtle Head”
- Coco still hasn’t lost an immunity challenge this season.
- Versions of this challenge have previously been used in Vanuatu, Micronesia, Philippines, Cagayan, Millennials vs. Gen X, Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, Ghost Island, and Survivor 41.
- Worlds Apart and Kaoh Rong are the only red/yellow/blue starting tribe seasons where this challenge didn’t occur.
- Yasur in Vanuatu and Yase in 41 are the only yellow tribes to lose this challenge.
- Coincidentally, both of these tribes start with “Yas.”
- In both episode 2 and 3, Baka won the immunity challenge first, Coco won second and Vesi lost.
The Summit
- Noelle risked and won a steal a vote.
- James and Owen didn’t risk.
- Both times players have attended the summit this season there have been 2 men and 1 woman.
- Both times, the men chose the same outcome and the woman chose the other outcome.
- Episode 1: Dwight & Gabler chose Risk, and Karla chose No Risk.
- Episode 3: James & Owen chose No Risk, and Noelle chose Risk.
- Both times, the men chose the same outcome and the woman chose the other outcome.
Confessionals
- Cody has the most confessionals this season so far with 24.
- Cassidy and Geo have the least confessionals this season so far with 4.
- Karla had the most confessionals this episode with 6.
- She’s the only player to have the most confessionals in an episode but NOT go to tribal council in that episode.
- Elie had the most confessionals in episode 1.
- Cody and Jesse had the most confessionals in episode 2.
- She’s the only player to have the most confessionals in an episode but NOT go to tribal council in that episode.
- Geo, Jeanine, and Ryan had 0 confessionals this episode.
- Vesi is the only tribe where everyone had a confessional in each episode.
- Jeanine is the only player on Baka who has had a 0 confessional episode.
- Karla is the only player on Coco who has had a confessional in every episode.
Hidden Immunity Idols/Advantages
- Karla is the second player to find a beware advantage idol this season.
- She’s the second person to find a beware advantage and leave it without opening it (although she later went back and opened it).
- The first was Genie in Survivor 41.
- She’s the second person to find a beware advantage and leave it without opening it (although she later went back and opened it).
Tribal Council
- Nneka was voted out 4-1.
- Noelle has voted for Nneka at both tribal councils they’ve been to.
- The last player to be voted out 4-1 was Lindsay in Survivor 42.
- Both African-American women voted out this season were voted out unanimously.
- Morriah was voted out 5-1 in episode 1.
- Nneka was voted out 4-1 in episode 3.
- They both also had 5 votes against them when they were voted out of the game as Nneka received 1 vote from Noelle in the previous episode.
- Noelle is the only woman left on Vesi.
- Dwight and Jesse are the only Vesi members without any votes against them.
- This is the sixth Survivor season where the first three players to be voted out are women.
- Panama: Tina, Melinda, & Misty
- Fiji: Jessica, Erica, & Sylvia
- Gabon: Michelle, Gillian, & Paloma
- Caramoan: Francesca, Allie, & Hope
- Winners at War: Natalie, Amber, & Danni
- 43: Morriah, Justine, & Nneka
Ratings
- The third episode received 5.145 million viewers and 0.80 in the Adults 18-49 demo.
Episode Title
- The episode title “I’ll Sign the Divorce Papers” was said by Jesse when discussing his alliance with Dwight having to possibly end.
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All the other seasons except WaW had at least 4 woman voted out first