Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor-related statistics and information based off the latest episode of Survivor 44.
Reward Challenge: “Air Raid”
- Soka won the reward challenge.
- They’ve come in first for both reward challenges so far this season.
- Ratu came in second place.
- They came in second place for both reward challenges so far this season.
- Tika has lost the reward challenge both times this season.
- Variations of this challenge have previously been used in Worlds Apart, Cambodia, Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, and Ghost Island.
- Both times a green tribe competed in this challenge they won (Ta Keo & Soka).
Immunity Challenge: “Leap of Faith”
- All three tribes came in the same place for the reward challenge and immunity challenge.
- Soka first, Ratu second, and Tika last.
- Josh and Carson are the only players to both win and lose a challenge this episode.
- Josh won the reward but lost the immunity, while Carson lost the reward but won the immunity.
- This is due to them swapping tribes between challenges.
- Josh won the reward but lost the immunity, while Carson lost the reward but won the immunity.
- Jaime is the only swapped player to win both challenges in this episode.
- Tika is the only tribe that hasn’t had to sit a member out during a challenge.
- Variations of this challenge have previously been used in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, David vs. Goliath, and Island of the Idols.
- When being used for tribal immunity, this challenge has only been played by green, purple and orange tribes.
- Island of the Idols : Vokai (purple) vs. Lairo (orange).
- Survivor 44: Soka (green) vs. Ratu (orange) vs. Tika (purple).
- When being used for tribal immunity, this challenge has only been played by green, purple and orange tribes.
Tribe Swap/Switch
- This is the first time anyone has swapped tribes since Winners at War.
- It’s tied with Gabon to Nicaragua for the longest gap of seasons between tribe swaps.
- This is the first season where only one person has been swapped from each tribe (this doesn’t include mutinies or tribe absorptions).
- This season holds the record for fewest number of players swapping tribes with 3.
- The previous record holders were Vanuatu and China who had 4 players swap tribes.
- This season holds the record for lowest percentage of players switching tribes with 3 out of 14 switching (21%).
- The previous record was held by Vanuatu where 4 out of 13 players switched tribes (31%).
- This is the first season where a tribe swap occurred on day 8.
- Soka, Tika, and Ratu are tied with Casaya (Panama) and Escameca & Nagarote (Worlds Apart) for losing the least number of players during a tribe swap with only 1 original tribe member being placed on a different tribe after the swap.
- Soka: Josh went to Tika
- Ratu: Jaime went to Soka
- Tika: Carson went to Ratu
- Casaya: Ruth Marie went to La Mina
- Escameca: Kelly went to Nagarote
- Nagarote: Joe went to Escameca
- This is the second season where a tribe swap occurred after a reward challenge but before the following immunity challenge.
- The first season this happened in was All-Stars
- Lauren is the only woman on Ratu after the swap.
- Sarah is the only non-LGBTQ+ player on Tika.
Confessionals
- Josh had the most confessionals this episode with 7.
- Kane and Lauren had 0 confessionals this episode.
- Carolyn has the most confessionals so far with 20.
- Heidi has the least confessionals so far with 7.
Hidden Immunity Idol/Advantage
- This is the most idols that have been in play at one time.
- 6 players had idols in play this episode up until Josh played his at tribal.
- Sarah is the first player to be voted out while in possession of the Inheritance Advantage.
Tribal Council
- Sarah was voted out 2-0.
- She’s the second player to be idoled out this season after Maddy.
- Both players that have been idoled out this season were the youngest woman on their tribe.
- Everybody this season has been eliminated with a different number of votes.
- Bruce: 0 votes
- Maddy: 1 vote
- Sarah: 2 votes
- Helen: 3 votes
- Claire: 4 votes
- This previously happened in Philippines where the first five players eliminated had different vote counts (5,4,3,2,0).
- Sarah is the second player to be voted out 2-0 after a 2-2 tied vote where someone played an idol.
- The first was Alan Ball in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers when Joe played an idol on himself.
- Sarah didn’t cast a single correct vote this season.
- She wasn’t able to vote at the first tribal council Tika attended, and her vote in this episode was nullified by an idol.
- Sarah Lacina (Cagayan, Game Changers, Winners at War) is the only Sarah/Sara to make the merge on Survivor.
- Sarah Jones – 13th Place – Marquesas
- Sarah Dawson – 13th Place – Philippines
- Sara Wilson – 17th Place – Survivor 41
- Sarah Wade – 14th Place – Survivor 44
- Out of 21 possible votes cast this season, only 11 have counted.
- 4 were nullified by idols
- 6 were votes lost by players due to Shot in the Dark plays or Summit outcomes.
- Frannie is the only player to be the youngest woman on her tribe and not be voted out yet.
- Maddy was the youngest woman on Ratu.
- Sarah was the youngest woman on Tika.
- JD in Survivor 41 is the only man in the “new era” to be voted out on day 9.
- Survivor 42 – Swati
- Survivor 43 – Lindsay
- Survivor 44 – Sarah
- This is the first episode this season where everyone on the tribe cast a vote at tribal council.
- Carolyn is the only player still in the game with votes cast against her that weren’t negated by a hidden immunity idol.
- Tribal council #1: Maddy & Kane’s votes for Brandon were negated by a hidden immunity idol.
- Tribal council #3: Claire lost her vote and everyone else voted for her.
- Tribal council #4: Sarah & Yam Yam’s votes for Josh were negated by a hidden immunity idol.
- Tika is the only tribe so far where nobody has used their Shot in the Dark.
- With Sarah being voted out, Tika is the first tribe to be completely made up of openly LGBTQ+ players.
- This is the sixth Survivor season where the first four players to be voted out are women.
- Panama: Tina, Melinda, Misty & Ruth-Marie
- Fiji: Jessica, Erica, Sylvia & Lilliana
- Gabon: Michelle, Gillian, Paloma, & Jacquie
- Caramoan: Francesca, Allie, Hope, & Laura
- 43: Morriah, Justine, Nneka, & Lindsay
- 44: Maddy, Helen, Claire, & Sarah
- Every previous season where the first four players voted out were women, a man won the season.
- Aras, Earl, Bob, Cochran, and Gabler.
- Every previous season where the first four players voted out were women, a man won the season.
Ratings
- The fourth episode received 5.189 million viewers and 0.72 in the Adults 18-49 demo.
Episode Title
- The episode title “I’m Felicia” was said by Carolyn at tribal council after Yam Yam said “bye Felicia” and Jeff asked who he was referring to.
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