Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor-related statistics and information based on the latest episode of Survivor 49.
Season
- This is the 17th consecutive season to film in Fiji.
- It’s the 18th season to film in Fiji (including Survivor: Fiji).
- This is the ninth consecutive season to start with three tribes.
- Seasons 41-49 all started with three tribes.
- The most recent season to only have two pre-merge tribes was Island of the Idols, as Winners at War started with two tribes and had an expansion tribe.
- Seasons 41-49 all started with three tribes.
- This season has the most alternates on the cast with four.
- Sage was an alternate for Survivor 47.
- Sophie was an alternate for Survivor 48.
- Jason & MC were the male and female alternates for this season and were put on the cast after the original cast members were caught breaking pre-game rules.
- Coincidentally, they’re both from California and were placed on the Hina tribe.
- The tribe emblems this season (anchor, ship’s wheel, & lantern) are the same emblems that were used for the pre-merge tribes in Game Changers.
- Mana & Kele’s tribe emblem is the anchor.
- Nuku & Uli’s tribe emblem is the ship’s wheel.
- Tavua & Hina’s tribe emblem is a lantern.
- Disregarding Blood vs. Water seasons, this is the third season where two cast members share the same last name (Alex & Nate Moore).
- Laurel & Stephanie Johnson in Ghost Island.
- Charlie & Tevin Davis in Survivor 46.
Cast/Tribes
- The average age of the cast is 33.5.
- Oldest player: Matt Williams (52).
- Youngest player: Rizo Velovic (25).
- Survivor 49 is the eigth season with three starting tribes where the tribes are blue, red, and yellow after Philippines, Worlds Apart, Kaoh Rong, Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, Survivor 43, Survivor 45, and Survivor 47.
- There have been 42 tribes since David vs. Goliath with two-syllable names.
- David vs. Goliath: Vuku & Tiva
- Edge of Extinction: Manu, Kama, Lesu, & Vata
- Island of the Idols: Vokai & Lairo
- Winners at War: Dakal, Sele, Yara, & Koru
- Survivor 41: Luvu, Ua, & Yase
- Survivor 42: Vuku, Ika, & Vati
- Survivor 43: Baka, Coco, Vesi, & Gaia
- Survivor 44: Ratu, Soka, Tika, & Va Va
- Survivor 45: Belo, Lulu, & Reba
- Survivor 46: Nami, Siga, & Yanu
- Survivor 47: Gata, Lavo, Tuku, & Beka
- Survivor 48: Civa, Lagi, & Vula
- Survivor 49: Hina, Kele, Uli
- Not including merged tribes, the most recent tribe name with more than two syllables was “Jabeni/Goliath” in David vs. Goliath.
- Jake and Jeremiah are the 12th & 13th Canadians to be on US Survivor
- Island of the Idols – Tom
- Survivor 41 – Erika & Shan
- Survivor 42 – Maryanne & Omar
- Survivor 44 – Kane
- Survivor 45 – Kaleb
- Survivor 46 – Jess & Venus
- Survivor 47 – Genevieve
- Survivor 48 – Kamilla
- Survivor 43 is the only new era season to not have someone from Canada on the cast.
- Hina
- Average age: 35.67
- Oldest member: Matt Williams (52)
- Youngest member: MC Chukwujekwu (29)
- Hina is based on the Fijian word for “torch.”
- The tribe emblem is a lantern.
- Hina is the 27th yellow tribe and the 23rd yellow starting tribe.
- Yellow has been used as a starting tribe color in every odd numbered new era season (Yase, Baka, Lulu, Gata, & Hina).
- Hina is the first yellow “H” tribe on Survivor and the fifth “H” tribe overall.
- Hunahpu in San Juan del Sur was the most recent “H” tribe.
- Half of the Hina tribe are/were alternates.
- Sophie was an alternate for Survivor 48 and Jason & MC were alternates for this season.
- Kele
- Average age: 33.5
- The members of the Kele tribe have the same average age as the combined cast of Survivor 49.
- Oldest member: Annie Davis (49).
- Youngest member: Nicole Mazullo (26).
- Kele is based on the Fijian word meaning “to anchor.”
- The tribe emblem is an anchor.
- Kele is the 32nd blue tribe and the 27th blue starting tribe.
- Blue is the most used tribe color in Survivor.
- Survivor 44 and 46 are the only new era seasons without blue tribes.
- Kele is the third blue “K” tribe on Survivor after Kucha and Kalo Kalo and the tenth “K” tribe overall.
- Average age: 33.5
- Uli
- Average age: 31.33
- Oldest member: Nate Moore (47)
- Youngest member: Rizo Velovic (25)
- Uli is based on the Fijian word meaning “to steer.”
- The tribe emblem is a ship’s wheel.
- Uli is the 26th red tribe and the 20th red starting tribe.
- Uli is the first red “U” tribe on Survivor and the fourth “U” tribe overall.
- Uli is one of three new era starting tribes whose name wasn’t four letters long after Ua in Survivor 41 and Ika in Survivor 42.
- Every starting tribe from Survivor 43 to Survivor 48 had four-letter starting tribes.
- The players on the Survivor Influencer Experience special wore the same buffs as the Uli tribe.
Hidden Immunity Idol/Advantage
- This is the first season in the new era where nobody found an advantage or idol in the premiere episode.
Camp Supply Challenge – “Fight for Supplies”
- This is the third new era season to not have the “Sweat vs. Savvy” challenge.
Reward Challenge – “Cube Bert-Sea” & Immunity Challenge – “Baby Snakes”
- Variations of this challenge were used in Marquesas, Vanuatu, Gabon, Philippines, Kaôh Rōng, Survivor 42, Survivor 43, Survivor 44, Survivor 45, Survivor 46, Survivor 47, and Survivor 48.
- Survivor 41 is the only new era season that didn’t use this challenge.
- Kele is the second new era blue tribe to lose the first immunity challenge in a season after Ika in Survivor 42.
- Hina won both challenges in this episode. They’re the seventh new era tribe to win two challenges in the premiere episode.
- Lagi in Survivor 48, Tuku in Survivor 47, Nami in Survivor 46, Reba in Survivor 45, Soka in Survivor 44, Vesi in Survivor 43
- Gata (Survivor 47), Ika (Survivor 42) and Ua (Survivor 41) are the only new era tribes to win the marooning challenge but not win the first immunity challenge.
- Kele is the only new era blue tribe to not win a challenge in the premiere episode of the season.
- This challenge was used as the immunity challenge during the Survivor Influencer Experience.
- The players on the red team won immunity both times.
- Hina won both challenges they participated in this episode, while Kele lost all three challenges they participated in.
- Hina is the first new era yellow tribe to win the first immunity challenge of the season.
- Yase in Survivor 41, Baka in Survivor 43, Lulu in Survivor 45, and Gata in Survivor 47 all lost the first challenge.
- This is the third season with yellow, blue, and red starting tribes where the blue tribe lost the first immunity challenge after Matsing in Philippines and Levu in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.
- Both blue “K” starting tribes lost the first immunity challenge of the season.
- Kucha in The Australian Outback.
- Kele in Survivor 49.
- Both tribes unanimously voted out a woman (Debb & Nicole).
- Every new era red tribe has won the first immunity challenge of the season.
- Mana in Game Changers is the most recent red tribe to lose the first immunity challenge.
Confessionals
- Alex had the first confessional of the season.
- Carolyn in Survivor 44 is the only woman in a new era season to have the first confessional of the season.
- Rizo had the most confessionals this episode with 12.
- MC and Sage had the lowest number of confessionals with 1.
- This is the tenth season in a row where every player got at least 1 confessional in the premiere episode.
- Dean in Island of the Idols is the most recent player to not get a confessional in the premiere episode of a season.
- This is the tenth season in a row where every player got at least 1 confessional in the premiere episode.
Tribal Council
- Nicole was voted out 5-1.
- She’s the fourth new era first boot to be voted out 5-1 after Abraham in Survivor 41, Morriah in Survivor 43, and Jon in Survivor 47.
- Nicole is the first player with this distinction to be on a tribe that wasn’t yellow.
- She’s the fourth new era first boot to be voted out 5-1 after Abraham in Survivor 41, Morriah in Survivor 43, and Jon in Survivor 47.
- Both players named Nicole were voted out first in their season.
- Nicole Delma in Pearl Islands
- Nicole Mazullo in Survivor 49
- Nicole is the sixth LGBTQ player to place 18th in a season after Jolanda in Palau, Jeremy in David vs. Goliath, Vince in Island of the Idols, Jackson in Survivor 42, and Jon in Survivor 47.
- Nicole is the first woman since Jolanda in Palau to place 18th.
- Nicole is the fourth LGBTQ player to be eliminated first in a season after Sonja in Borneo, Jackson in Survivor 42, and Jon in Survivor 47
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- Jolanda was the first player voted out of Palau, but Jonathan and Wanda were eliminated before her.
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- Nicole is the first player from a new era blue tribe to be the first player eliminated in a season.
- Zach from Ika was the first player voted out of Survivor 42, but Jackson was medically evacuated before him.
Episode Title
- The episode title “Act One of a Horror Film” was said by Jawan in the opening montage.
Survivor Birthdays
- This week’s episode aired on the following Survivor player’s birthdays:
- Jesse Camacho – Africa
- Tyrone Davis – Nicaragua
- Anika Dhar – Survivor 47
- Jake is the first Survivor player whose birthday is September 6th.
- Jeremiah is the first Survivor player whose birthday is May 14th.
- Coincidentally, both Jake and Jeremiah are the two Canadian players this season and are on the Kele tribe.
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