Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor-related statistics and information based on the latest episode of Survivor 50.
Hidden Immunity Idol
- Rick is the first player in US Survivor to get a hidden immunity idol at tribal council.
- This is his 5th hidden immunity idol that he found/was given on Survivor.
- This is Rick’s 2nd immunity idol given to him as part of a twist.
- He received one upon re-entering the game on Edge of Extinction
- He received one for winning the Mr. Beast coin flip.
- Rick is the first player this season to be in possession of a regular hidden immunity idol that isn’t a Boomerang one.
- Joe is the only male Cila member who never found or was given an idol this season.
- Christian found one, Ozzy was given one by Genevieve, and Rick won his during the Mr. Beast twist.
- Joe is the only male Cila member who never found or was given an idol this season.
Season
- This is the second season after Winners at War to have a $2 million prize.
- Winners at War was a $2 million prize from the beginning of the season, the $2 million prize this season was earned by Rick for successfully winning Mr. Beast’s super beware advantage coin flip.
- All players who have gone on a Journey this season have been voted out.
Vote Steal
- Stephenie is the 3rd player to unsuccessfully vote out her target with a vote steal.
- Stephen in Cambodia and Heidi in Survivor 44 were also unsuccessful.
- Stephen & Stephenie were both voted out in the episode where they stole someone’s vote.
- Stephen in Cambodia and Heidi in Survivor 44 were also unsuccessful.
Reward Challenge – “Survivor Auction”
- This is the 19th season with an auction. It’s previously been used in The Australian Outback, Africa, Thailand, The Amazon, Palau, Guatemala, Cook Islands, Micronesia, Gabon, Tocantins, Samoa, One World, Philippines, Caramoan, Cagayan, Worlds Apart, Survivor 45, & Survivor 47.
- Stephenie, Ozzy, Cirie, & Emily are the only players who have previously taken part in an auction.
- Parvati, Penner, Erik, & Malcolm have also participated in multiple auctions.
- Stephenie has previously taken part in 2 auctions, and is the first player to participate in 3 Survivor auctions.
- Stephenie, Ozzy, Cirie, & Emily are the only players who have previously taken part in an auction.
- This is the first season with all returning players to have an auction.
- This was the first new era season where nobody was at risk of losing their vote during the auction.
Immunity Challenge – “Bow Diddley”
- Variations of this challenge were previously used in South Pacific, Cagayan, Cambodia, Millennials vs. Gen X, Edge of Extinction, Survivor 41, Survivor 42, Survivor 47, & Survivor 49.
- Jonathan, Rick, & Rizo have competed in this challenge twice.
- None of them have won this challenge.
- Jonathan, Rick, & Rizo have competed in this challenge twice.
- Tiffany is the second Black woman in the new era to win more than one individual immunity challenge after Lauren in Survivor 44.
- Both of them are the only Black women in the new era to win an individual immunity challenge.
- With Tiffany winning the immunity challenge, she’s passed her number of days played on Survivor 46.
Confessionals
- Rick had the most confessionals this episode with 8.
- Rizo had 1 confessional this episode.
- Ozzy currently has the highest confessional count with 56.
- Tiffany currently has the lowest confessional count with 18.
Tribal Council
- Stephenie was voted out 8-2.
- Tevin in Survivor 46 is the most recent player voted out 8-2.
- Tiffany was present for both of these tribal councils and voted for the player who went home that episode.
- Coincidentally, Stephenie and Tevin both had the first confessional of their respective seasons.
- Tevin in Survivor 46 is the most recent player voted out 8-2.
- This is the second time Stephenie has been voted out during an episode that had an auction.
- The first time was in Palau.
- All 3 players who won the “Blood Moon” immunity challenge have been voted out. (Stephenie, Christian, & Dee)
- Cirie has outlasted Stephenie on both Survivor seasons they played together and their season of Traitors.
- Cirie also eliminated Stephenie in all three of these shows.
- She voted her out in Heroes vs. Villains & In the Hands of the Fans.
- She murdered Stephenie on The Traitors.
- Cirie also eliminated Stephenie in all three of these shows.
- Cirie is the only player left from Heroes vs. Villains.
- Cirie, Aubry, & Rizo have perfect voting records so far this season.
- All 3 players who started on Vatu and swapped to Vatu have been voted out (Q, Angelina, & Stephenie)
- Aubry is the highest ranking woman from the original Vatu tribe.
- Players from each of the 3 starting tribes have been voted out in the past 3 episodes.
- Episode 8: Coach & Chrissy from Kalo were voted out
- Episode 9: Christian from Cila was voted out
- Episode 10: Stephenie from Vatu was voted out.
- Stephenie is the first player from Vatu that Rizo has voted out of the game.
Episode Title
- The episode title “A Side Dish of Chaos” was said by Aubry at the auction.
- She’s the first woman to have an episode title this season.
- She’s also the only player currently in the game to have an episode title.
- Mike, Christian, & Coach have been voted out.
Survivor Birthdays
- This week’s episode aired on the following Survivor player’s birthdays:
- JoAnna Ward – The Amazon
- Austin Carty – Panama
- Taj Johnson-George – Tocantins
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