Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor-related statistics and information based off the latest episode of Survivor 41.
Twist/ Advantage
- Erika found the final advantage, which was an advantage in the upcoming immunity challenge.
- Xander used his idol on himself and negated 0 votes.
- This is the only idol that was played this season.
- This is the first season since Kaoh Rong where no votes were nullified by a hidden immunity idol.
- This is the first season since Cagayan where at least one idol was played but no votes were negated with idols.
Immunity Challenge #1 – “Born to Rung”
- This challenge was previously used in Kaoh Rong, Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, and Island of the Idols.
- The two most recent newbie female winners (Michele & Erika) won this challenge.
- Everyone that’s won this challenge made it to Final Tribal Council.
- Michele in Kaoh Rong.
- Chrissy in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.
- Dean in Island of the Idols.
- Erika in Survivor 41.
Tribal Council #1
- Ricard was voted out 4-1.
- Ricard is the 33rd player voted out on Day 24.
- Greg Buis in Borneo was the first.
- Jamal Shipman in Island of the Idols was the most recent.
- Ricard is the highest ranking hard of hearing player.
- Christy Smith was 6th in The Amazon.
- Nina Poersch was 16th in Worlds Apart.
- Cagayan is the most recent season to have 3 starting tribes where each tribe didn’t have a representative going into the finale.
- Worlds Apart: 3 Escameca, 1 Masaya, 1 Nagarote.
- Kaoh Rong: 2 Gondol, 1 To Tang, 1 Chan Loh.
- Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers: 2 Levu, 2 Yawa, 1 Soko.
- Survivor 41: 3 Luvu, 1 Ua, 1 Yase.
Immunity Challenge #2 – “Let There Be Rock”
- This challenge was previously used in Blood vs. Water, San Juan del Sur, Kaôh Rōng, Game Changers, Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, Ghost Island, David vs. Goliath, Edge of Extinction, and Winners at War
- Cydney in Kaoh Rong is the only woman to win this as an individual immunity challenge.
- Erika, Xander, and Ricard won individual immunity multiple times this season.
- Evvie and Danny are the only players to win individual immunity only once this season.
- Since the forced fire-making challenge began, Nick Wilson is the only player to win (and keep) final immunity and win the game.
- Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers: Chrissy won the final challenge and came in 2nd.
- Ghost Island: Domenick won the final challenge and came in 2nd.
- David vs. Goliath: Nick won the final challenge and won the game.
- Edge of Extinction: Chris won the final challenge, gave up immunity, and won the game.
- Island of the Idols: Noura won the final challenge and came in 3rd.
- Winners at War: Natalie won the final challenge and came in 2nd.
- Survivor 41: Xander won the final challenge and came in 3rd.
Tribal Council #2
- Heather lost the fire-making challenge against Deshawn in the final four fire-making challenge.
- She’s the tenth person to be eliminated from the game (outside of a quit, removal or medevac) without a vote taking place at all.
- Wanda and Jonathan in Palau were the first and second (not chosen during the initial schoolyard pick for tribes), Bobby Jon in Palau was the third, Devon in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers was the fourth, Angela was the fifth in Ghost Island, Kara was the sixth in David vs. Goliath, Rick was seventh in Edge of Extinction, Lauren Beck was the eighth in Island of the Idols, and Sarah Lacina was the ninth in Winners at War
- Sarah, Lauren, Rick, Kara, Angela, Devon, and Bobby Jon were eliminated due to a fire-making challenge.
- Wanda and Jonathan in Palau were the first and second (not chosen during the initial schoolyard pick for tribes), Bobby Jon in Palau was the third, Devon in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers was the fourth, Angela was the fifth in Ghost Island, Kara was the sixth in David vs. Goliath, Rick was seventh in Edge of Extinction, Lauren Beck was the eighth in Island of the Idols, and Sarah Lacina was the ninth in Winners at War
- Ian Rosenberger in Palau, Brandon Hantz in Caramoan, and Jeff Varner in Game Changers were eliminated without a formal vote taking place but were still voted out.
- She’s the tenth person to be eliminated from the game (outside of a quit, removal or medevac) without a vote taking place at all.
- Only men have won the forced final four fire-making challenge.
- Ben in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.
- Wendell in Ghost Island.
- Mike in David vs. Goliath.
- Chris in Edge of Extinction.
- Dean in Island of the Idols.
- Tony in Winners at War.
- Deshawn in Survivor 41.
- Heather is the 11th player voted out/eliminated on day 25.
- Bruce Kanegai was the first player eliminated on day 25 when he was medically evacuated in Panama.
- The first player voted out on day 25 was Jay Byars in One World.
- Tyson Apostol (in his second vote out) in Winners at War was the most recent.
- Bruce Kanegai was the first player eliminated on day 25 when he was medically evacuated in Panama.
- Since the merge portion started, nobody from the same starting tribe has been voted out/eliminated back to back.
- Sydney: Luvu
- Tiffany: Yase
- Naseer: Luvu
- Evvie: Yase
- Shan: Ua
- Liana: Yase
- Danny: Luvu
- Ricard: Ua
- Heather: Luvu
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Final Tribal Council – Third Place – Xander
- Xander is the youngest man to make it to FTC.
- Natalie Tenerelli in Redemption Island is the youngest player to make it to FTC.
- The final 3 this season were the winners of the episode 12 reward challenge.
- The final 3 were also separated during the “merge” twist.
- DeShawn was on the team that initially won.
- Xander was on the team that initially lost.
- Erika was forced to sit out, then was sent to Exile.
- Xander is the fourth person to win the final immunity challenge and finish in third place. The others are as follows:
- Amanda Kimmel in China.
- Russell Hantz in Heroes vs. Villains.
- Noura Salman in Island of the Idols.
- Ever since Ghost Island, there’s been someone who received 0 votes at final tribal council.
- Ghost Island: Laurel.
- David vs. Goliath: Angelina.
- Edge of Extinction: Julie.
- Island of the Idols: Noura.
- Winners at War: Michele.
- Survivor 41: Xander.
- Xander is the first male finalist since Troyzan in Game Changers to receive 0 votes to win.
- Xander is the 27th player to make it to FTC and receive 0 votes to win.
- Cook Islands: Becky.
- Fiji: Dreamz & Cassandra.
- Gabon: Sugar.
- Tocantins: Stephen.
- Samoa: Mick.
- Heroes vs. Villains: Russell.
- Nicaragua: Sash.
- Redemption Island: Natalie T.
- South Pacific: Albert.
- One World: Chelsea.
- Caramoan: Sherri & Dawn.
- Blood vs. Water: Gervase.
- Cambodia: Spencer & Tasha.
- Kaoh Rong: Tai.
- Millennials vs. Gen X: Hannah & Ken.
- Game Changers: Troyzan.
- Ghost Island: Laurel.
- David vs. Goliath: Angelina.
- Edge of Extinction: Julie.
- Island of the Idols: Noura.
- Winners at War: Michele.
- Survivor 41: Xander.
- Despite not receiving votes in the above seasons listed, Russell got 2 jury votes in Samoa and Michele got 5 jury votes in (and won) Kaoh Rong.
Final Tribal Council – Second Place – Deshawn
- Deshawn is the highest-ranking man on Survivor 41.
- Deshawn is the third player to win the fire-making challenge but not win the season.
- Ben: won both.
- Wendell: won both.
- Mike: won firemaking, lost the game.
- Chris: won both.
- Dean: won firemaking, lost the game.
- Tony: won both.
- Deshawn is the first African American player since Wendell and Laurel in Ghost Island to make it to FTC.
- He’s the first runner-up since Lisa and Skupin in Philippines to not attend a pre-merge tribal council.
- Deshawn is the first African American man to make it to FTC and not win since Will Sims in Worlds Apart.
- Jeremy Collins won Cambodia.
- Wendell Holland won Ghost Island.
Final Tribal Council – Winner – Erika
- Erika won 7-1-0.
- She has the highest percentage of jury votes for a woman with 7/8 (87.5%) jury votes.
- The previous record was held by Jenna Morasca, Sandra (Pearl Islands), and Danni with 6/7 (85.7%).
- She’s tied with most jury votes for a woman with Natalie White, Kim Spradlin, and Sarah Lacina.
- Tyson is the only other player to win 7-1-0.
- She has the highest percentage of jury votes for a woman with 7/8 (87.5%) jury votes.
- Erika is the first woman to win since Sarah in Game Changers.
- She’s the first newbie woman to win since Michele in Kaoh Rong.
- Both Michele and Erika won while receiving 2 votes against them during the season.
- She’s the first newbie woman to win since Michele in Kaoh Rong.
- Erika is the first Asian player to win since Natalie in San Juan del Sur.
- Erika is the 9th winner to have a perfect voting record following:
- Tina in The Australian Outback.
- Ethan in Africa.
- Brian in Thailand.
- Amber in All-Stars.
- Yul in Cook Islands.
- Todd in China.
- Parvati in Micronesia.
- Natalie W. in Samoa.
- Tony in Cagayan.
- She’s is the first winner to have a perfect voting record since Tony in Cagayan.
- Erika is the first winner since Richard in Borneo to be crowned the winner on location.
- Erika is the second winner to win every pre-merge immunity challenge after Michele in Kaoh Rong.
- She’s also tied with Michele for being the least vulnerable female winner, only being eligible to be voted out four times.
- Tom Westman in Palau holds the overall record, only being vulnerable at three tribal councils.
- Erika is the first Canadian winner of Survivor.
- Todd who won China was a dual Canadian citizen at the time of his win but had to renounce his citizenship to claim the prize money.
- Due to Erika being Canadian, she’s the second-highest single-season earner after Tony’s $2M win in Winners at War.
- $1M US is equal to $1,285,250 Canadian.
- Erika holds the record for least amount of days played and winning.
- Chris, who won Edge of Extinction, was only in the main game for 13 days but spent 26 days on the Edge of Extinction.
- Tina and Erika are the only players to win Survivor on seasons that lasted a different amount of time than 39 days.
- The Australian Outback was 42 days.
- Survivor 41 was 26 days.
- Erika is the second winner to be taken to FTC by the final immunity challenge winner that didn’t participate in the forced fire-making challenge.
- The first was Tommy in Island of the Idols.
- Erika is the third Asian woman to make it to FTC.
- The first was Becky in Cook Islands and the second was Natalie Anderson in San Juan del Sur.
- Becky is the only Asian woman to make it to FTC in a newbie season and not win.
- The first was Becky in Cook Islands and the second was Natalie Anderson in San Juan del Sur.
- Erika is the first Southeast Asian woman to make it to FTC.
- Erika is the third Asian player to win Survivor after Yul and Natalie Anderson.
- Erika is the first Southeast Asian winner of Survivor and the first winner of Filipino heritage.
- Each Asian winner represents a different area of Asia.
- Erika: Southeast Asia (Filipino)
- Natalie: South Asia (Sri Lankan)
- Yul: East Asia (Korean)
- Erika is tied with Denise for being the shortest winner in terms of height.
- Erika is the 24th winner to be on the winning tribe for the first immunity challenge of the season.
- Erika is the fourth woman to make it to FTC against two men and win.
- Samoa: Natalie won against Russell & Mick.
- South Pacific: Sophie won against Coach & Albert.
- Game Changers: Sarah won against Brad & Troyzan.
- Erika is the 10th winner who started on a blue tribe. The others are as follows:
- Sandra in Pearl Islands.
- Sophie in South Pacific.
- Kim in One World.
- Denise in Philippines.
- Natalie in San Juan del Sur.
- Mike in Worlds Apart.
- Sarah in Game Changers.
- Ben in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.
- Chris in Edge of Extinction.
- Erika is the second woman to win against a younger man.
- The first was Tina Wesson in The Australian Outback.
- A woman has won every English-speaking Survivor season in 2021.
- Survivor South Africa, Australian Survivor, and Survivor 41 all had women winners.
- This is the third time in Survivor history where the final votes were read on the island.
- Borneo: The final votes and winner were announced on the island.
- Ghost Island: A tied FTC vote forced Jeff to have to read the votes on the island, with the winner being crowned at the finale by Laurel’s tiebreaker vote.
- Survivor 41: The winner reveal was on the island due to uncertainty with the pandemic.
Confessionals
- Xander had the most confessionals this episode with 17.
- Heather had the least with 3.
- Deshawn and Xander tied for most confessionals this season with 56 each.
- This is the first time that the highest confessional count was shared by two players.
- Erika had only 1 fewer confessionals in the final two episodes (19) than she did in the rest of the season (20)
- Erika and Wendell both had 39 confessionals in their winning seasons.
Episode Title
- The episode title “One Thing Left to Do…Win” was said by Jeff Probst.
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