Episode 8 Stats

Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor-related statistics and information based off the latest episode of Survivor 41.

Reward Challenge – ”Puzzle Pieces”

• 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 Edge of Extinction.
  • This exact puzzle was used before in EOE, which is why Evvie was able to solve it so quickly.
• Erika drew a grey stone during the merge twist and this challenge.
• Danny, Deshawn, Erika, Evvie, and Ricard won the reward challenge.
  • The first 4 people in the cast in alphabetical order were on the winning team.
• The teams were almost exactly the same as the merge twist teams.
  • Danny, Deshawn, Evvie, and Ricard were on the same team for both challenges
  • Heather, Liana, Shan, and Tiffany were on the same team for both challenges.

Immunity challenge – “Keep on Your Toes”

• Versions of this challenge have previously been used in Cagayan, Worlds Apart, Game Changers, and Edge of Extinction.
  • Both challenges in this episode were used in Cagayan and Edge of Extinction.
• Spencer in Cagayan holds the record for longest time lasted in this challenge with 1 hour and 30 minutes.
• Both individual immunity winners so far this season have been LGBTQ+.
  • Evvie is the first non-binary castaway to win individual immunity.

Season/Merge

• Viakana is the fifth red merged tribe after Jacaré in The Amazon, Xhakum in Guatemala, Libertad in Nicaragua, and Vata from Edge of Extinction.
  • The first three red merged tribes were in seasons set in Central/South America, while the most recent two red merged tribes were in seasons set in Fiji.
  • The most recent red merged tribe was Vata in Edge of Extinction.
  • Both of the tribes start with a “V.”
• Viakana means “hunger” in Fijian.
• It’s the 8th tribe name to start with a “V” after Viveros in Panama, Villains in Heroes vs. Villains, Vanua & Vinaka in Millennials vs. Gen X, Vuku in David vs. Goliath, Vata in Edge of Extinction, and Vokai in Island of the Idols.
• Viakana the third merged tribe to start with a “V.”
  • All three “V” merged tribes have been in seasons set in Fiji.
    • Vinaka from Millennials vs. Gen X.
    • Vata from Edge of Extinction.
    • Viakana from Survivor 41.

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Tribal Council

• Tiffany was voted out 6-2-2-1.
  • This is the first time a 6-2-2-1 vote happened.
  • Both “merge” votes so far this season have been unique.
  • The last time 4 different people received votes at tribal was in episode 6 of Edge of Extinction, where Joe, David, Kelley, and Rick received votes.
• Tiffany received votes at every tribal council she was eligible for.
  • Episode 1: Abraham voted for her.
  • Episode 2: Voce voted for her.
  • Episode 8: Deshawn, Erika, Heather, Liana, Ricard, and Shan voted for her.
• Tiffany is the first member of the jury.
  • She’s the 17th woman to be the first jury member.
• Tiffany is the 18th person to be voted out on day 16.
  • The most recent players to be voted out on day 16 are Sandra and Parvati in Winners at War.
  • The first person voted out on day 16 was Anthony Robinson in Fiji.
  • The three players voted out on day 16 from a red tribe were women.
    • Sarah Dawson in Philippines.
    • Sandra Diaz-Twine in Winners at War.
    • Tiffany in Survivor 41.
• Tiffany is the first person on a merged tribe to be voted out on day 16.
• Danny has a 0% voting record so far.
• Nobody from Ua received votes in this episode.
• At the last three tribal councils, a woman from each original tribe was voted out.
  • Episode 5: Genie from Ua.
  • Episode 7: Sydney from Luvu.
  • Episode 8: Tiffany from Yase.
    • Genie and Tiffany were the oldest women on their original tribes, while Sydney was the youngest.
• This is the first time this season where Erika and Heather were eligible to be voted out.
• Episode 7 is the only episode (with a tribal council) that didn’t have a person that received only 1 vote, as the vote was 5-4-3.
  • Episode 1: Tiffany, Ricard, & Brad all received 1 vote.
  • Episode 2: Tiffany received 1 vote.
  • Episode 3: JD received 1 vote.
  • Episode 4: Genie received 1 vote.
  • Episode 5: Ricard received 1 vote.
  • Episode 8: Naseer received 1 vote.
• All three players (Brad, Sydney, and Tiffany) that went to the nighttime summit in episode 3 have been voted out.
• Erika, Heather, Liana, and Shan still have perfect voting records.
• This was the first time the Yase tribe lost a member since episode 2.
• Liana is the only remaining Yase member to not receive a vote against her yet.
• Danny, Erika, Liana, and Shan are the only players left without any votes against them.
  • Danny is the only man left in the game without any votes against him.
  • Each starting tribe has one woman who hasn’t received votes against them.
    • Luvu: Erika
    • Ua: Shan
    • Yase: Liana

Confessionals

• Xander had the most confessionals this episode with 6.
• Danny had 0 confessionals this episode.
• Shan still has the highest confessional count this season with 41.
• Heather doubled her confessional count this episode.
  • She had 2 total confessionals in episodes 1-7 and 2 confessionals in this episode.

Ratings

• The eighth episode received 5.4 million viewers and 0.9 in the Adults 18-49 demo.

Episode Title

• The episode title “Betraydar” was said by Xander when talking about all the different names people were throwing around to vote out before tribal council.

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