Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor-related statistics and information based on the latest episode of Survivor 50.
Jury
- This season will have the largest traditional jury in US Survivor history with 11 members, not taking seasons with Edge of Extinction into account.
- Edge of Extinction had 13 jury members
- Aubry and Rick from the current season were on the jury in Edge of Extinction.
- Winners at War had 16 jury members
- Edge of Extinction had 13 jury members
Hidden Immunity Idol
- Aubry played an idol for herself, negating 0 votes.
- This is the first idol she’s played on herself.
- In Game Changers, Tai played an idol for her at the final 6 tribal council
- In Edge of Extinction, she was voted out while in possession of an idol.
- This is the first idol she’s played on herself.
- With Aubry using her idol and Genevieve being voted out of the game in the last episode, the “boomerang” feature of the idols is now gone.
- Aubry used hers so it can’t boomerang back to Christian
- Genveieve was voted out, so if Christian or Ozzy are voted out with theirs, it won’t boomerang back to her.
Journey
- Stephenie won a vote steal advantage by completing the challenge.
- She’s the 10th player to be in possession of a vote steal.
- Stephenie is the first person to go on a journey since episode 1.
- She’s the first original Vatu member to get an advantage during a journey/exile challenge.
- Q and Colby both lost their votes when they went on a journey/to exile.
- She’s the first original Vatu member to get an advantage during a journey/exile challenge.
- This challenge was previously used in Africa, All-Stars, Micronesia, Heroes vs. Villains, One World, Millennials vs. Gen X, David vs. Goliath, Island of the Idols, & Winners at War.
- This is Stephenie’s first time doing this challenge.
- Both women that went on a journey won an advantage.
- Savannah won the vote blocker in episode 1.
- Stephenie won the vote steal in episode 7.
- Every iteration of an extra vote has been present in this season.
- Ozzy has an extra vote (given to Cirie).
- Savannah had a vote blocker.
- Stephenie has a vote steal.
Reward Challenge – “Rolling Stones”
- Variations of this challenge were previously used in Africa, Gabon, Survivor 41, Survivor 42, Survivor 44, & Survivor 49.
- Jonathan & Rizo have competed in this challenge twice.
- Both of them won the challenge on their first season and lost this season.
- Jonathan & Rizo have competed in this challenge twice.
- This challenge has only been used in seasons set in Africa & Fiji.
- Stephenie has won both rewards so far in the merge portion of the game.
- All 3 immunity challenge winners from episode 6 won the reward challenge in this episode.
Immunity Challenge – “Audio Slave”
- Variations of this challenge were previously used in Samoa, South Pacific, Cambodia, Millennials vs. Gen X, Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, Ghost Island, Edge of Extinction, Winners at War, Survivor 43, Survivor 44, Survivor 47, & Survivor 48.
- Rick has competed in this challenge twice and lost both times.
- Every time this challenge has been used since Winners at War, a man has won.
- Tony on Winners at War
- Owen on Survivor 43
- Brandon on Survivor 44
- Kyle on Survivor 47
- Kyle on Survivor 48
- Ozzy on In the Hands of the Fans
- Ozzy is the fourth player to win individual immunity in three different seasons. The others are as follows:
- Boston Rob: All-Stars, Heroes vs. Villains, & Redemption Island
- Andrea: Redemption Island, Caramoan, & Game Changers
- Jeremy: San Juan del Sur, Cambodia, & Winners at War
- Ozzy: Cook Islands, South Pacific, & In The Hands of the Fans
- Ozzy has won individual immunity in 3 different decades (2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
Confessionals
- Coach had the most confessionals this episode with 9.
- Coach had more confessionals this episode than Chrissy has had all season.
- Joe had 0 confessionals this episode.
- Ozzy has the highest confessional count with 45.
- Chrissy currently has the lowest confessional count with 8.
- She’s the only player left in the game with a single digit confessional count.
- Angelina, Kyle, & Jenna are the only other players this season with a single digit confessional count.
- She’s the only player left in the game with a single digit confessional count.
Tribal Council
- Dee was voted out 8-4-1.
- This is the first time this vote count happened on Survivor.
- Only original Kalo members received votes in this episode (Coach, Dee, & Tiffany).
- For the past 4 seasons, a woman was voted out on day 15.
- Sierra on Survivor 47
- Chrissy on Survivor 48
- MC on Survivor 49
- Dee on In the Hands of the Fans
- Brandon from Survivor 44 is the only man to be voted out on day 15 in a new era season.
- Dee only voted for men whose names start with the letter “C” this season.
- In episode 5 she voted for Charlie
- In episode 6 she voted for Colby
- If she had her vote this episode, she would’ve voted for Coach.
- Dee is the first player since Mike to be the only person voted out in an episode.
- Angelina & Charlie were voted out in episode 5.
- Kamilla, Genevieve, & Colby were voted out in episode 6.
- Dee is the 4th player this season to be voted out at a tribal council where she couldn’t vote.
- Q, Genevieve, & Colby are the others.
- Dee is the first player with this distinction to not start on Vatu.
- Q, Genevieve, & Colby are the others.
- Dee is the 4th player to be a winner and be the first member of the jury on another season.
- Amber won All-Stars and was the first juror on Winners at War
- Aras won Panama and was the first juror on Blood vs Water
- Sarah was the first juror on Cagayan and won Game Changers
- Dee won Survivor 45 and is the first juror on In the Hands of the Fans
- Sarah is the only one to be a juror first, then win on a subsequent season.
- With Dee being eliminated, whoever wins this season will be winning their first season of Survivor.
- They will join Amber, Parvati, Boston Rob, Cochran, Tyson, Jeremy, & Sarah as players who did not win Survivor their first time, but came back and won on a subsequent season.
- Both winners that were voted out were voted out at their second tribal council where they were eligible to be voted out.
- Savannah survived episode 1 and was voted out in episode 2.
- Dee survived episode 5, was immune for episode 6, and was voted out in episode 7.
- With Dee being eliminated, Joe now holds the record for most days played by a new era player.
- As of the next episode, he’ll have made it at least 42 days.
- This also is how many days The Australian Outback lasted.
- As of the next episode, he’ll have made it at least 42 days.
- Aubry is the only woman left without any votes against her.
- Christian, Joe, Jonathan, & Rick also have 0 votes against them.
- This is the first season that Aubry has played where she didn’t receive a vote in her first two tribal councils that she attended.
- Kaoh Rong – she received votes at her first tribal council
- Game Changers – she received votes at her second tribal council
- Edge of Extinction – she received votes at her first tribal council
- There’s only 5 new era players out of the 13 players remaining.
- Emily, Joe, Jonathan, Rizo, & Tiffany.
- Christian and Emily have both successfully voted out 7 players this season.
- Everyone they’ve cast a vote for has gone home.
- Tiffany has yet to cast a successful vote.
- She voted for Chrissy in episode 6 and Coach in episode 7.
- With Dee being voted out, everyone left in the game is the sole representative of their original season on In the Hands of the Fans.
- Stephenie: Palau
- Cirie: Panama
- Ozzy: Cook Islands
- Coach: Tocantins
- Aubry: Kaoh Rong
- Chrissy: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
- Christian: David vs. Goliath
- Rick: Edge of Extinction
- Jonathan: Survivor 42
- Emily: Survivor 45
- Tiffany: Survivor 46
- Joe: Survivor 48
- Rizo: Survivor 49
- This is the earliest this has happened in an all-returnee season.
- Nobody from the original Cila tribe has been voted out since Savannah in episode 2.
- 4 Kalo and 4 Vatu players have been voted out since then.
- Kalo: Mike, Charlie, Kamilla, & Dee
- Vatu: Q, Angelina, Genevieve, & Colby
- 4 Kalo and 4 Vatu players have been voted out since then.
- Survivor 47 & In the Hands of the Fans are the only new era seasons without an elimination on day 14.
- This episode had the most players at tribal council in US Survivor history with 14 people present.
- Dee has the same placements as Richard Hatch & Yul Kwon.
- Richard won Borneo, Yul won Cook Islands, & Dee won Survivor 45
- Richard placed 14th on All-Stars, Yul placed 14th on Winners at War & Dee placed 14th on In the Hands of the Fans.
- Rick is the only former On Fire co-host left in the game.
- Chirssy & Joe are the only players left who have never been eliminated from the game.
- Every woman left in the game has a first name ending in either “ie” or “y”
- ie: Cirie & Stephenie
- y: Aubry, Chrissy, Emily, Tiffany
Episode Title
- The episode title “That’s Not How I Play Survivor” was said by Coach.
- Coach is the first player to have an episode title so far this season and not be a former David vs. Goliath cast member.
- No women have said an episode title yet this season.
Survivor Birthdays
- This week’s episode aired on the following Survivor player’s birthdays:
- Richard Hatch – Borneo & All-Stars
- Patricia Jackson – Marquesas
- Steve Wright – Redemption Island
- Julia Sokolowski – Kaoh Rong
- Nate Moore – Survivor 49
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