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
- Season 43 is the only new era season where the runner-up and 3rd place were of different genders (Cassidy & Owen)
- Survivor 41: Deshawn & Xander
- Survivor 42: Mike & Romeo
- Survivor 44: Heidi & Carolyn
- Survivor 45: Austin & Jake
- Survivor 46: Charlie & Ben
- Green is the only starting tribe color to not produce a winner in the new era.
- Red: Dee (Reba)
- Orange: Maryanne (Taku)
- Yellow: Gabler (Baka)
- Blue: Erika (Luvu)
- Purple: Yam Yam (Tika) & Kenzie (Yanu)
- Nobody from a green tribe has won a season since Yul in Cook Islands.
- This was the third three tribe season where going into the final, the jury only consisted of members from two starting tribes
- Philippines: Tandang & Kalabaw
- Survivor 44: Soka & Ratu
- Hunter is the only player this season to win individual immunity but not make it to the finale.
Hidden Immunity Idol/Advantage
- This was the first season since Philippines where none of the finalists had an idol or advantage this season.
- It’s the first season since the hidden immunity idol was introduced in Guatemala where nobody in the final 5 had an idol.
- This is the first season since Kaoh Rong where no idols were played.
- This is only the fourth season since the hidden immunity idol was introduced where no idols were played, following China, Tocantins, and Kaoh Rong.
Immunity Challenge #1 “Fifth Element”
- Variations of this challenge were used in Borneo, The Australian Outback, Africa, Thailand, Pearl Islands, All-Stars, One World, Philippines, Millennials vs. Gen X, Survivor 43, and Survivor 45.
- Kenzie is the third player to individually win this challenge and go on to win the season after Brian in Thailand and Kim in One World.
- David Wright in Millennials vs. Gen X and Malcolm Freberg in Philippines are the only players to individually win this challenge and not make it to final tribal council.
Immunity Challenge #2 “Plinko Puzzle”
- A version of this challenge was used in Millennials vs. Gen X.
- Both challenges in this episode were used in Millennials vs. Gen X.
- Both times this challenge was used, it was won by a man who made it to final tribal council but didn’t win (Ken & Ben).
- Coincidentally, both of their names rhyme.
- All of the even numbered new era seasons had someone win the final individual immunity challenge without winning a previous individual immunity challenge, while all of the odd numbered new era seasons had a final immunity challenge winner who had previously won at least one immunity challenge.
- Survivor 41: Xander won the final immunity challenge and the immunity challenge in episode 9.
- Survivor 42: Romeo won the final immunity without winning a prior one.
- Survivor 43: Cassidy won the final immunity challenge and the immunity challenge in episode 10 & 12.
- Survivor 44: Heidi won the final immunity without winning a prior one.
- Survivor 45: Dee won the final immunity challenge and the immunity challenge in episode 7 & 12.
- Survivor 46: Ben won the final immunity without winning a prior one.
- Dee is the only new era winner who also won the final individual immunity challenge.
Tribal Council #1
- Maria was voted out 4-1.
- This was the first time she received votes this season.
- Survivor 41 is the only new era season where the 5th place finisher was a man (Ricard).
- Survivor 42 – Lindsay
- Survivor 43 – Karla
- Survivor 44 – Lauren
- Survivor 45 – Julie
- Survivor 46 – Maria
- Maria, Karla, Lindsay, and Ricard were all voted out 4-1.
- In the three most recent seasons, the players voted out in 5th place were mothers.
- Maria was the only Siga member on the jury this season.
- She, however, voted for a Yanu member to win over two Siga members.
Tribal Council #2/Firemaking
- Liz is the only player to receive 0 votes against her this season without quitting or being medevaced.
- Randen also received 0 votes, but he was medevaced in episode 3.
- Liz is the only player in the finale who never won individual immunity.
- There have been an even number of male and female 4th place players in the new era.
- Male: Jonathan, Jesse, & Carson
- Female: Heather, Katurah, & Liz
- Randen is the only Nami member not to be on the jury this season.
- Soda, Tevin, Hunter, Venus, and Liz were all jury members.
- Liz is the fourth player to be eliminated at a tribal council without receiving any votes against her in the season. The others are as follows:
- Paschal in Marquesas
- Cirie in Game Changers
- Kara in David vs. Goliath
- Liz lost the fire-making challenge against Kenzie in the F4 fire-making twist.
- She’s the 15th 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 Sarah Lacine was the ninth in Winners at War, Heather Aldret was the tenth in Survivor 41, Jonathan was the eleventh in Survivor 42, Jesse was the twelfth in Survivor 43, Carson was the thirteenth in Survivor 44, and Katurah was the fourteenth in Survivor 45.
- Katurah, Carson, Jesse, Jonathan, Heather, 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 Sarah Lacine was the ninth in Winners at War, Heather Aldret was the tenth in Survivor 41, Jonathan was the eleventh in Survivor 42, Jesse was the twelfth in Survivor 43, Carson was the thirteenth in Survivor 44, and Katurah was the fourteenth in Survivor 45.
- Ian Rosenberger in Palau, Brandon Hantz in Caramoan, and Jeff Varner in Game Changers were eliminated without a formal vote but were still voted out.
- She’s the 15th person to be eliminated from the game (outside of a quit, removal, or medevac) without a vote taking place at all.
- Liz is the 18th player to lose a fire-making challenge at final 4.
- Liz is the 19th castaway to be eliminated without being voted out, removed, quitting, or being medically evacuated. The others are as follows:
- Paschal English in Marquesas – Rock draw.
- Jonathan Libby & Wanda Shirk in Palau – not chosen for a tribe in episode 1.
- Bobby Jon Drinkard in Palau – Fire-making challenge with only 2 tribe members remaining.
- Rupert Boneham in Blood vs. Water – swapped places with Laura B. after she was voted out.
- Katie Collins in Blood vs. Water– Rock Draw
- Jessica Lewis in Millennials vs. Gen X– Rock Draw
- Cirie Fields in Game Changers – Didn’t receive any votes, but was the only person eligible to be eliminated due to idols and advantages being played.
- Devon Pinto in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Angela Perkins in Ghost Island – Lost the F4 fire-making challenge twist.
- Kara Kay in David vs. Goliath – Lost the F4 fire-making challenge twist.
- Rick Devens in Edge of Extinction – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Sarah Lacina in Winners at War – Lost the F4 fire-making challenge twist.
- Heather Aldret in Survivor 41 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Jonathan Young in Survivor 42 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Jesse Lopez in Survivor 43 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Carson Garrett in Survivor 44 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Katurah Topps in Survivor 45 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Kenzie is the 18th person to win a fire-making challenge at final 4. The others are as follows:
- Ian Rosenberger in Palau.
- Danielle DiLorenzo in Panama.
- Becky Lee in Cook Islands.
- Bob Crowley in Gabon.
- Carolyn Rivera in Worlds Apart.
- Aubry Bracco in Kaoh Rong.
- Ben Driebergen in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.
- Wendell Holland in Ghost Island
- Mike White in David vs. Goliath
- Chris Underwood in Edge of Extinction
- Dean Kowalski in Island of the Idols
- Tony Vlachos in Winners at War
- Deshawn Radden in Survivor 41
- Mike Turner in Survivor 42
- Mike Gabler in Survivor 43
- Heidi Legares-Greenblatt in Survivor 44
- Jake O’Kane in Survivor 45.
- This is the third season where two women competed in a fire-making challenge. The others are as follows:
- Cook Islands: Becky and Sundra made fire at final 4
- Kaoh Rong: Cydney and Aurby made fire at final 4.
- Survivor 46 is the first new era season and the first season since the forced fire-making twist, where two women competed in the firemaking challenge.
- Kenzie is the 7th winner to also win the fire-making challenge.
- Bob Crowley in Gabon
- Ben Driebergen in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
- Wendell Holland in Ghost Island
- Chris Underwood in Edge of Extinction
- Tony Vlachos in Winners at War
- Mike Gabler in Survivor 43
- Kenzie is the first female winner to win a firemaking challenge.
Third Place: Ben
- In every new era season, one player has received 0 votes at the final tribal council.
- Xander – Survivor 41
- Romeo – Survivor 42
- Owen – Survivor 43
- Carolyn – Survivor 44
- Jake – Survivor 45
- Ben – Survivor 46
- Carolyn is the only woman in the new era to receive 0 votes to win.
- Ben is the 31st player to receive 0 votes to win at the final tribal council. The others are as follows:
- Becky in Cook Islands
- Dreamz & Cassandra in Fiji
- Sugar in Gabon
- Stephen in Tocantins
- Mick in Samoa
- Russell in Heroes vs. Villains
- Sash in Nicaragua
- Natalie in Redemption Island
- Albert in South Pacific
- Chelsea in One World
- Sherri & Dawn in Caramoan
- Gervase in Blood vs. Water
- Spencer & Tasha in Cambodia
- Tai in Kaoh Rong
- Ken & Hannah in Millennials vs. Gen X
- Troyzan in Game Changers
- Laurel in Ghost Island
- Angelina in David vs. Goliath
- Julie in Edge of Extinction
- Noura in Island of the Idols
- Michele in Winners at War
- Xander in Survivor 41
- Romeo in Survivor 42
- Owen in Survivor 43
- Carolyn in Survivor 44
- Jake in Survivor 45
- Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers is the most recent season in which everyone in the final three received at least one vote to win.
- There has been a Ben in every top 3 placement on Survivor.
- Winner: Ben Driebergen Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
- 2nd Place: Ben “Coach” Wade in South Pacific
- 3rd Place: Ben Katzman in Survivor 46
Runner-Up: Charlie
- Charlie is the highest-ranking man in Survivor 46.
- He’s also the highest-ranking Siga member.
- He’s the only man to be the highest-ranking member of a starting tribe this season.
- Liz is the highest-ranking Nami member.
- Kenzie is the highest-ranking Yanu member.
- He lost the most weight this season with 22 lbs.
- Every new era season (with the exception of Survivor 43) had a student make it to the finale.
- Survivor 41: Deshawn was a Medical Student
- Survivor 42: Maryanne was a Seminary Student
- Survivor 44: Carson was a NASA Engineering Student
- Survivor 45: Austin was a Graduate Student
- Survivor 46: Charlie was a Law Student
Winner: Kenzie
- Kenzie won 5-3-0.
- She’s the second new era winner to win with a 5-3-0 vote total after Dee.
- All seven new era seasons ended with either a 7-1-0 or 5-3-0 vote total.
- Survivor 41-44 had 7-1-0
- Survivor 45 & 46 had 5-3-0.
- Kenzie is the first winner with a 91% correct voting average.
- Kenzie attended 11 tribal councils and correctly voted at 10 of them.
- Kenzie is the first winner to start on a “Y” tribe.
- Yasur (Vanuatu), Yahxa (Guatemala), Yawa (Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers), and Yase (Survivor 41) did not produce a winner.
- Ben D was, however, swapped to Yawa, but he started on Levu.
- Yasur (Vanuatu), Yahxa (Guatemala), Yawa (Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers), and Yase (Survivor 41) did not produce a winner.
- Kenzie holds the record for correctly voting out the most players in the new era with 10.
- She voted out Jelinsky, Jess, Bhanu, Moriah, Tim, Tevin, Hunter, Venus, Q, and Maria.
- Tiffany is the only Yanu member she didn’t vote out.
- She voted out Jelinsky, Jess, Bhanu, Moriah, Tim, Tevin, Hunter, Venus, Q, and Maria.
- There have been double the number of female winners in the 40s seasons so far compared to the entirety of the 30s seasons.
- Michele and Sarah are the only female winners in the 30s seasons.
- Erika, Maryanne, Dee, and Kenzie won seasons in the 40s.
- Kenzie is the second winner to reside in North Carolina after Sandra in Heroes vs. Villains.
- Kenzie is the sixth LGBTQ winner of Survivor after Richard in Borneo, Todd in China, Parvati in Micronesia, Erika in Survivor 41, and Yam Yam in Survivor 44.
- There have been the same number of LGBTQ winners in the new era (Erika, Yam Yam, & Kenzie) as there were in the first 40 seasons (Richard, Todd, & Parvati).
- Kenzie is the first openly LGBTQ woman to win Survivor.
- Parvati and Erika are also both LGBTQ but came out after winning their seasons.
- Kenzie is the seventh woman to win in a final tribal council against two men. The others are as follows:
- Natalie beat Russell & Mick in Samoa
- Sophie beat Coach & Albert in South Pacific
- Sarah beat Brad & Troyzan in Game Changers
- Erika beat Deshawn & Xander in Survivor 41
- Maryanne beat Mike & Romeo in Survivor 42
- Dee beat Austin & Jake in Survivor 45
- All four new era female winners beat two men at final tribal council.
- Kenzie is the second new era winner to lose the first immunity challenge of the season after Gabler in Survivor 43.
- She’s the 19th winner to lose the first immunity challenge of the season after Richard, Ethan, Vecepia, Brian, Chris D., Danni, Earl, Parvati, JT, Natalie W, Rob, Kim, Denise, Cochran, Ben, Nick, Chris U, and Gabler.
- Kenzie is the first new era winner that shares a starting tribe color with another winner (Yam Yam).
- Erika was on a blue starting tribe in Survivor 41
- Maryanne was on an orange starting tribe in Survivor 42
- Gabler was on a yellow starting tribe in Survivor 43
- Yam Yam was on a purple starting tribe in Survivor 44
- Dee was on a red starting tribe in Survivor 45
- Kenzie and Yam Yam share some similarities.
- Both players started on a purple tribe.
- The purple tribe went into the merge with only three players.
- Both are LGBTQ.
- Both are salon owners.
- Since Millennials vs. Gen X, orange and purple starting tribes have alternated winners, but Survivor 44 and 46 are the first seasons with back to back purple tribe winners.
- Millennials vs. Gen X: Adam was on Vanua, an orange tribe.
- Ghost Island: Wendell was on Naviti, a purple tribe.
- David vs. Goliath: Nick was on David/Vuku, an orange tribe.
- Island of the Idols: Tommy was on Vokai, a purple tribe.
- Survivor 42: Maryanne was on Taku, an orange tribe.
- Survivor 44: Yam Yam was on Tika, a purple tribe.
- Survivor 46: Kenzie was on Yanu, also a purple tribe.
- Kenzie is the sixth winner from a purple starting tribe.
- Parvati, Cochran, Wendell, Tommy, and Yam Yam are the others.
- Kenzie is the second woman after Parvati, who was on a purple starting tribe and won.
- Parvati, Cochran, Wendell, Tommy, and Yam Yam are the others.
- Both women who won after starting on a purple tribe are LGBTQ (Parvati & Kenzie).
- Purple starting tribes have the fourth-highest winner percentage, with 46.15%.
- 1st (Tie): Pink/Brown – 100%
- 3rd: Yellow – 50%
- In every new era season, an LGBTQ player has made it to the finale.
- Survivor 41– Ricard & Erika
- Survivor 42– Romeo
- Survivor 43– Karla & Cassidy
- Survivor 44– Yam Yam & Carolyn
- Survivor 45– Katurah
- Survivor 46– Kenzie
- Kenzie holds the record for surviving the most tribal councils in the new era with 12.
- The previous record holders were Cassidy (Survivor 43) and Yam Yam (Survivor 44), who survived 11 tribal councils.
- Kenzie is the first white woman to win since Sarah Lacina in Game Changers and the first newbie since Michele in Kaoh Rong.
- Kenzie is the first new era winner to start on a tribe that was on Monuriki beach.
- She’s the third winner to have her starting tribe on this beach after Wendell in Ghost Island and Chris in Edge of Extinction.
- Gabler is the only winner who had a member of the same sex in the final 3 with him (Owen).
- Erika, Maryanne, Dee, and Kenzie were the only women in the final 3 in their seasons.
- Yam Yam was the only man in the final 3 in his season.
- Kenzie was the fourth player to be 28 years old when she won after Sandra in Pearl Islands, Kim in One World, and Natalie in San Juan del Sur.
- Coincidentally, all four are women, and three of them were on Winners at War.
- Each set of new era seasons has a final vote/winner similarities.
- In the seasons filmed in 2021 (Survivor 41 & 42), a woman won 7-1-0, with a man in 2nd and 3rd place.
- Erika won 7-1-0 against Deshawn and Xander, and Maryanne won 7-1-0 against Mike & Romeo.
- In the seasons filmed in 2022 (Survivor 43 & 44), a man won 7-1-0, with a woman in 2nd place.
- Gabler won 7-1-0 against Cassidy, and Yam Yam won 7-1-0 against Heidi.
- In the seasons filmed in 2023 (Survivor 45 & 46), a woman won 5-3-0, with a man in 2nd and 3rd place.
- Dee won 5-3-0 against Austin & Jake, and Kenzie won 5-3-0 against Charlie & Ben.
- In the seasons filmed in 2021 (Survivor 41 & 42), a woman won 7-1-0, with a man in 2nd and 3rd place.
Confessionals
- Charlie & Ben had the most confessionals this episode with 11.
- Maria had the lowest number of confessionals with 5.
- Final confessional counts for Survivor 46:
- 1st: Charlie – 84
- 2nd: Kenzie – 75
- 3rd: Q – 74
- 4th (Tie): Venus & Tiffany – 49
- 6th: Maria – 48
- 7th: Ben – 45
- 8th: Liz – 42
- 9th: Bhanu – 35
- 10th: Hunter – 33
- 11th: Tevin – 27
- 12th: Moriah – 21
- 13th: Jem – 20
- 14th: Tim – 17
- 15th: Soda – 15
- 16th: Randen – 13
- 17th: Jess – 9
- 18th: Jelinsky – 7
- Charlie holds the record for most confessionals in the new era with 84.
- The previous record holder was Yam Yam with 81 in Survivor 44.
- Kenzie has the highest confessional count for women winners with 75.
- This season holds the record for the second highest number of total confessionals with 663.
- Survivor 45 had 668.
Ratings
- The finale episode received 4.506 million viewers and 0.75 in the Adults 18-49 demo.
Episode Title
- The episode title “Friends Going to War” was said by _______.
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Hi,
about this stat: “This is the first season since Kaoh Rong where no idols were played.”
Wasn’t season 41 also have no idols played?
Xander played one at F5