Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor-related statistics and information based on the latest episode of Survivor 50.
Tribe Swap
- Despite being on 3 previous seasons, this is Colby & Coach’s first time participating in a tribe switch.
- Coincidentally, Coach didn’t end up switching tribes.
- Colby was present for the Saboga absorption in All-Stars, but was voted out before the official tribe swap.
- This is also Jonathan, Charlie, Q, Tiffany, & Genevieve’s first tribe switch.
- The 3 David vs. Goliath players ended up on the new Vatu tribe.
- Other than them, Coach & Colby are the only players who are on the same swap tribe and have played together on a previous season.
- Coach and Colby were never on the same tribe in Heroes vs. Villains, but were on the jury together.
- Other than them, Coach & Colby are the only players who are on the same swap tribe and have played together on a previous season.
- Vatu is the 2nd tribe to have all returning players from a previous season end up on the same tribe post-swap.
- In Cambodia, the second Bayon swap tribe had all 3 players from San Juan del Sur, Jeremy, Kelley, & Keith
- The 3 Survivor 46 players are on separate tribes after the swap.
- Charlie is on Cila, Tiffany is on Kalo, & Q is on Vatu
- This season has the most players participating in a tribe swap with 21 players.
- Each swap tribe has a singular player from another starting tribe.
- Vatu: Mike is the only Kalo member on the tribe
- Kalo: Joe is the only Cila member on the tribe
- Cila: Rizo is the only Vatu member on the tribe
- Game Changers is the only season where Cirie participated in a tribe switch and actually switched tribes. Coincidentally, in that season, she was on all 3 tribes pre-merge.
- On Panama she started on and stayed on Casaya
- On Micronesia, she started on and stayed on Malakal
- On In the Hands of the Fans, she started on and stayed on Cila
Immunity Challenge – “In the Dark”
- Variations of this challenge were used in The Australian Outback, Marquesas, Thailand, The Amazon, All-Stars, Vanuatu, Guatemala, Fiji, Micronesia, Tocantins, Heroes vs. Villains, Nicaragua, Redemption Island, South Pacific, One World, Cagayan, Worlds Apart, Cambodia, Millennials vs. Gen X, Game Changers, Ghost Island, Island of the Idols, Survivor 42, & Survivor 48.
- This is the most recurring challenge on Survivor, taking place 26 times in 25 seasons.
- It was used twice in Vanuatu
- Coach, Cirie, Ozzy, Kamilla, Colby, & Joe have won this challenge multiple times.
- Cirie, Coach, & Ozzy have competed in this challenge three times.
- This is the first immunity challenge that Cila won this season.
- This is the first tribal immunity challenge that Rick has ever won.
- Vatu has an equal number of challenge wins and losses, with 3 each.
Confessionals
- Emily had the most confessionals this episode with 9.
- Aubry, Coach, Colby, Joe, Tiffany, Dee, Jonathan, & Kamilla had 1 confessional this episode.
- Christian & Ozzy currently have the highest confessional count with 23.
- Tiffany currently has the lowest confessional count with 2.
Tribal Council
- Q was voted out 5-1.
- All 3 vote-outs this season have been unanimous.
- Jenna was voted out 7-1.
- Savannah was voted out 6-1.
- All 3 vote-outs this season have been unanimous.
- Both times Q was voted out, 6 total votes were cast.
- In Survivor 46 he was voted out 4-2
- Q is the 7th player voted out at a tribal council where his vote was lost.
- The most recent player this happened with was Bianca in Survivor 48.
- Q is the first player to place 21st on a season.
- He’s the last player this season who will have a unique placement, as the next player eliminated will place 20th.
- Q has the worst placement average of all the players voted out so far this season.
- His average placement is 13.
- This is the first season since Survivor 43 where the 4th player eliminated wasn’t an LGBTQ player.
- Survivor 44 – Claire
- Survivor 45 – Sean
- Survivor 46 – Bhanu
- Survivor 47 – Kishan
- Survivor 48 – Thomas
- Survivor 49 – Jeremiah
- Unlike Q, they all placed 15th since those seasons only had 18 players.
- Ozzy, Christian, & Emily have gone to every tribal council so far this season.
- The eliminations so far have alternated between Cila & Vatu.
- Nobody from Kalo has been voted out yet, nor do they have any votes against them.
Episode Title
- The episode title “Did you Vote for a Swap?” was said by Christian to Charlie after Charlie complained to Jeff about the fan votes that have been revealed so far.
- This is Christian’s second episode title in a row.
- All 3 episode titles have been said by David vs. Goliath players.
Survivor Birthdays
- This week’s episode aired on the following Survivor player’s birthdays:
- Jonny Fairplay – Pearl Islands & Micronesia
- Michelle Schubert – Millennials vs. Gen X
- Shan Smith – Survivor 41
- Julie Alley – Survivor 45
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