Episode 1 Stats

Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor-related statistics and information based on the latest episode of Survivor 46.

Season

• This is the 14th consecutive season to film in Fiji.
  • It’s the 15th season to film in Fiji (including Survivor: Fiji)
• This is the 6th consecutive season to start with three tribes.
  • Seasons 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46 all started with three tribes.
    • The most recent season to only have two pre-merge tribes was Island of the Idols.

Cast/Tribes

• The average age of the cast is 30.94.
• Venus is the 8th Canadian 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 43 is the only new era season to not have someone from Canada on the cast.
• Bhanu is the first Survivor player to be born in India.
• Jem is the first Survivor player to be born in Guyana.
• Q is the first Survivor player to have a name that starts with “Q.”
• Maria (47) is the oldest player this season, while David (21) is the youngest.
• Maria is the 10th player to be in her 40s and the oldest player in her season. The others are as follows:
  • Sekou Bunch (45) in Cook Islands
  • Steve “Chicken” Morris (47) in China
  • Trish Hegarty (48) in Cagayan
  • Katrina Radke (46) in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
  • Angela Perkins (42) in Ghost Island
  • Reem Daly (46) in Edge of Extinction
  • Denise Stapley (48) in Winners at War
  • Bruce Perrault (46) in Survivor 44
  • Julie Alley (49) in Survivor 45
    • Five out of 10 of these players were the first person eliminated from their season (Sekou, Chicken, Katrina, Reem, & Bruce).
• Survivor 46 is the third three-starting tribe season to have orange, green, and purple starting tribes. Cagayan and Survivor 44 are the others.
  • Millennials vs. Gen X, Ghost Island, and David vs. Goliath also had orange, green, and purple pre-merge tribes, but the green tribe on those three seasons was an expansion tribe.
• Every even-numbered new era season has an orange, green, and purple tribe.
  • Survivor 42: Taku, Vati, Kulakula
  • Survivor 44: Ratu, Soka, Tika
  • Survivor 46: Nami, Siga, Yanu
• This is the 4th consecutive season where the starting tribes had four letter names.
  • Survivor 43: Baka, Coco, Vesi
  • Survivor 44: Ratu, Soka, Tika
  • Survivor 45: Belo, Lulu, Reba
  • Survivor 46: Nami, Siga, Yanu
• There have been 32 tribes since David vs. Goliath with two-syllable names.
  • David vs. Goliath: Vuku & Tiva
  • Edge of Extinction: Manu, Kama, & Lesu
  • Island of the Idols: Vokai & Lairo
  • Winners at War: Dakal, Sele, & Yara
  • Survivor 41: Luvu, Ua, & Yase
  • Survivor 42: Vuku, Ika, & Vati
  • Survivor 43: Baka, Coco, & Vesi
  • Survivor 44: Ratu, Soka, & Tika
  • Survivor 45: Belo, Lulu, & Reba
  • Survivor 46: Nami, Siga, & Yanu
    • Not including merged tribes, the most recent tribe name with more than two syllables was “Jabeni” in David vs. Goliath.
• Nami
  • Average age: 29.5
  • Oldest member: Randen Montalvo (40)
  • Youngest member: Venus Vafa (24)
  • Nami is based on the Japanese word for “wave.”
    • This is the second tribe (not counting merged tribes) in a season set in Fiji to not be based on a Fijian word or location in Fiji.
      • The first was Tika in Survivor 44, whose name was based on a Maori word for “righteousness.”
    • The starting tribes in David vs. Goliath were originally named to match the theme but were given Fijian word names after the swap.
  • Nami is the 3rd tribe to be named for a wave, after Galu in Samoa and Ua in Survivor 41.
  • Nami is the 22nd orange tribe.
  • Nami is the first orange tribe to start with “N”
  • Naviti in Ghost Island is the most recent tribe to start with “N”
  • Randen and Liz are both from Orlando, FL.
• Siga
  • Average age: 32
  • Oldest member: Maria Shrime Gonzalez (47)
  • Youngest member: Charlie Davis (25)
  • Siga is based on the Fijian word for “day.”
  • Siga is the 24th green tribe.
    • The most recent green tribe also started with an “S.”
      • They’re also the only two green “S” tribes.
  • This is the 4th consecutive four letter “S” starting tribe after Soko, Sele, and Soka.
  • Survivor 45 is the only new era season without a green tribe.
• Yanu
  • Average age: 31.33
  • Oldest member: Bhanu Gopal (41)
  • Youngest member: David Jelinsky (21)
  • Yanu is based on the Fijian word “yanuyanu” which means “island.”
  • Yanu is the 18th purple tribe.
  • Yanu is the first purple tribe to start with the letter “Y.”

Hidden Immunity Idol

• Tiffany is the 9th player to find a hidden immunity idol in the first episode.
  • The others are Brandon in Survivor 44, Dan in Survivor David vs. Goliath, Domenick in Ghost Island, Kelley in Cambodia, Carolyn in Worlds Apart, Garrett & Tony in Cagayan, and Kristina in Redemption Island.
• Other limited-use idols found/received in the premiere are as follows:
  • Sabrina found the Manono idol in the premiere episode of One World but had to give it to someone on that tribe.
  • Ryan found an idol during the marooning in the premiere of Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, but it needed to be given to someone on a different tribe.
  • Natalie found one on Edge of Extinction in Winners at War but had to sell it to someone still in the game.
  • Gabler got an idol during the summit trip by risking his vote in the Survivor 43 premiere.

Marooning – “Tiers of Heaven”

• Nami won both challenges in this episode. They’re the 4th new era tribe in a row to win both premiere challenges.
  • Reba in Survivor 45, Soka in Survivor 44, and Vesi in Survivor 43.
    • 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.
• This is the first time an orange tribe won this challenge.
• Both times this challenge was used with a purple tribe, they lost.
• This is only the second time a variation of this challenge was used on a season where none of the tribes competing were primary colors.
  • Survivor 44 was the first time.
    • Both seasons had orange, green, and purple tribes competing.

Sweat vs Savvy

• This is the second season in a row where both tribes lost the sweat vs. savvy challenge.

The Summit

• Jelinsky is the first player to go to the summit and get eliminated in the premiere episode.

Immunity Challenge – “Lizard King”

• Variations of this challenge were used in Thailand and Nicaragua.
  • Both times it was used as a pre-merge challenge, an orange and purple tribe competed.
• Nakhum in Guatemala is the only “N” tribe to lose the first immunity challenge.
  • Nagarote in Worlds Apart, Nuku in Game Changers, Naviti in Ghost Island, and Nami in Survivor 46 all won the first immunity challenge of the season.
• Takali in Millennials vs Gen X is the most recent purple tribe to lose the first immunity challenge of the season.
  • 8/13 purple tribes have won the first immunity challenge.
    • Casaya (Panama), Malakal (Micronesia), Bikal (Caramoan), Takali (Millennials vs Gen X), and Yanu (Survivor 46) are the only purple tribes to lose.
• Ua is the only new-era green tribe not to win the first immunity challenge of the season.
  • Vati (Survivor 42), Soka (Survivor 44), and Siga (Survivor 46) all won.

Confessionals

• Bhanu and Tiffany had the most confessionals in this episode, with 9.
• Hunter, Liz, and Randen had the lowest number of confessionals ,with 2.
  • Everyone had at least two confessionals in this episode.
• Jelinsky had several (7) confessionals in this episode.

Tribal Council

• Jelinsky was voted out 5-0.
  • He’s the second player voted out 5-0 unanimously since Zach in Survivor 42.
• He is the first man to be voted out of a purple tribe since Johnny Fairplay in Micronesia.
• The purple tribe lost a member in both new era seasons.
  • Bruce was medevaced from Tika in Survivor 44.
  • David was voted out from Yanu in Survivor 46.
• He is the second new era player to be the only person eliminated in the first episode.
  • The first was Morriah in Survivor 43.
• The most recent person named David to play Survivor was David Voce in Survivor 41, who also went by his last name on the show.
• Jelinsky is the 8th David/Dave to play Survivor.
  • Dave Johnson – The Amazon
  • Dave Cruser – China
  • Dave Ball – Samoa
  • David Murphy – Redemption Island
  • David Sampson – Cagayan
  • David Wright – Millennials vs. Gen X & Edge of Extinction
  • David Voce – Survivor 41
  • David Jelinsky- Survivor 46
    • Coincidentally, everyone before Heroes vs. Villains was Dave, while everyone after Heroes vs. Villains was David.
    • Every Dave/David to play Survivor has been from California except for David Sampson, David Voce, and David Jelinsky.
      • David Sampson is from Florida, David Voce is from Illinois, and David Jelinsky is from Nevada.
• Both David Jelinsky and David Sampson (Cagayan) were voted out in 18th place.
• Jelinsky is the first person to be the youngest player in the season to finish in last place.
  • He’s the third person to be the youngest player in a season and be voted out at the first tribal council after Marissa in Blood vs. Water and Jessica in David vs. Goliath.
• Jelinsky is the 10th player to attend tribal council but never cast an elimination vote. The others are as follows:
  • Chris – Ghost Island
  • Sydney – Survivor 41
  • Zach & Marya – Survivor 42
  • Claire & Matthew – Survivor 44
  • Hannah, Sabiyah, & Brandon – Survivor 45
• He’s the first player to lose his vote (not voluntarily give it up to gain an advantage) and get voted out at the first tribal council of the season.
• Jelinsky is the 18th player to never cast a vote in the game. The others are as follows:
  • Jonathan & Wanda in Palau – They were both not chosen for a tribe in the premiere
  • Gary in Fiji – Quit
  • Kourtney in One World – Medevaced
  • Dana in Philippines – Quit
  • Chris in Ghost Island – He lost his vote to get an idol, then was voted out at the first tribal he attended.
  • Pat in David vs. Goliath – Medevaced
  • Sydney in Survivor 41 – Played Shot in the Dark
  • Jackson in Survivor 42 – Medevaced
  • Zach in Survivor 42 – Played Shot in the Dark
  • Marya in Survivor 42 – Played Shot in the Dark
  • Bruce in Survivor 44 – Medevaced
  • Claire in Survivor 44 – Played Shot in the Dark
  • Matthew in Survivor 44 – Played Shot in the Dark at his first tribal, then was medevaced/quit before attending tribal again.
  • Hannah in Survivor 45 – Quit
  • Brandon in Survivor 45 – Didn’t vote at the first tribal due to Hannah’s quit, then lost his vote at the summit in the second episode.
  • Sabiyah in Survivor 45 – Didn’t vote at the first tribal due to Hannah’s quit, then lost her vote due to the beware advantage, and lost another vote to extend her idol timeline.

Ratings

• The first episode received 4.90 million viewers and 0.83 in the Adults 18-49 demo.

Episode Title

• The episode title “This is Where the Legends Are Made” was said by Jelinsky.

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