Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor-related statistics and information based on the latest episode of Survivor 50.
Season
- In the Hands of the Fans is the first season since Survivor 42 to have players from 3 different starting tribes make up the final 3, and the third season overall where this happened.
- The other time was Worlds Apart.
- None of the new era seasons have had a final tribal council that consisted of members from only one starting tribe.
- Survivor 47, 48 & Survivor 43 are the only new era seasons where the runner-up and 3rd place were of different genders.
- Survivor 41: Deshawn & Xander
- Survivor 42: Mike & Romeo
- Survivor 44: Heidi & Carolyn
- Survivor 45: Austin & Jake
- Survivor 46: Charlie & Ben
- Survivor 49: Sophi & Sage
- In the Hands of the Fans: Jonathan & Joe
- Rupert and Cirie are the only 4+ time players who have never made it to final tribal council.
- Chrissy & Dee cast their first winner votes this season.
- Chrissy was a runner-up on her first season, and voted for Jonathan, the runner-up of this season
- Dee was a winner on her first season, and voted for Aubry, the winner of this season.
- Coach has been a juror 3 times and has only voted for the winner of the season once (JT on Tocantins)
- Cirie has correctly voted for the winner every time she was on the jury.
- Including Australian Survivor vs the World, she’s voted for 5 players who have won their seasons. Aras on Panama, Parvati on Micronesia & Australian Survivor vs. The World, Sarah on Game Changers, & Aubry on In the Hands of the Fans.
- Everyone who voted out Ozzy during the split tribal council made it to the final 4 this season.
- This is the first all-returnee season with winners where the fifth person eliminated wasn’t a former winner.
- Richard in All-Stars
- Tom in Heroes vs. Villains
- J.T. in Game Changers
- Tyson in Winners at War
- Cambodia did not have any winners on the cast.
- The 4 women on Vatu finished in different phases of the season.
- Angelina was voted out pre-merge
- Genevieve made it to the merge but was voted out pre-jury
- Stephenie was voted out during the jury phase
- Aubry made it to final tribal council and won.
Immunity Challenge #1 – “The Obstacle Course”
- Variations of this challenge have been used in Borneo, The Australian Outback, Africa, Thailand, Pearl Islands, All-Stars, One World, Philippines, Millennials vs. Gen X, Survivor 43, Survivor 45, Survivor 46, Survivor 47, Survivor 48, & Survivor 49
- Tiffany, Joe & Rizo have competed in this challenge twice. None of them have won.
Immunity Challenge #2 – “Simmotion”
- Variations of this challenge have been used in Tocantins, South Pacific, Cambodia, Ghost Island, David vs. Goliath, Winners at War, Survivor 42, Survivor 44, & Survivor 48.
- Joe & Jonathan have competed in this challenge twice and both lost twice.
- Everyone who won immunity prior to episode 8 did not make it to the finale, while everyone who won immunity episode 8 on was in the finale.
- Episode 6: Stephenie, Christian & Dee won immunity
- Episode 7: Ozzy won immunity.
- Episode 8: Joe & Tiffany won immunity
- Episode 9: Joe won immunity
- Episode 10: Tiffany won immunity
- Episode 11: Jonathan won immunity
- Episode 12: Joe & Tiffany won immunity
- Episode 13: Jonathan & Aubry won immunity.
Confessionals
- Jonathan had the most confessionals this episode with 12.
- Tiffany had the lowest number of confessionals this episode with 3.
- Ozzy & Christian had the most confessionals this season with 63.
- Christian is the lowest ranking player in Survivor history to have the highest confessional count in a season.
- The previous record holder was NaOnka who placed 9th in Nicaragua.
- Christian is the lowest ranking player in Survivor history to have the highest confessional count in a season.
- Season confessional totals:
- Ozzy & Christian – 63
- Jonathan – 59
- Cirie & Rick – 52
- Rizo – 51
- Aubry – 47
- Emily – 41
- Joe – 39
- Tiffany – 29
- Coach – 28
- Stephenie – 26
- Genevieve – 21
- Dee & Q – 18
- Mike – 17
- Colby – 13
- Chrissy & Kamilla – 12
- Savannah – 11
- Charlie – 10
- Angelina – 9
- Kyle & Jenna – 4
Firemaking Challenge
- Rizo lost the fire making challenge against Jonathan in the F4 fire making twist.
- Rizo is the 19th person to be eliminated from the game (outside of a quit, removal or medevac) without a vote taking place at all.
- Rizo, Kamilla, Teeny, Liz, Katurah, Carson, Jesse, Jonathan, Heather, Lauren, Rick, Kara, Angela, Devon and Bobby Jon were eliminated due to a fire making challenge.
- Rizo is the 19th person to be eliminated from the game (outside of a quit, removal or medevac) without a vote taking place at all.
- Rizo is the 22nd player to lose a firemaking challenge at final 4.
- Rizo is the 23rd 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 firemaking challenge twist.
- Kara Kay in David vs. Goliath – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Rick Devens in Edge of Extinction – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Sarah Lacina in Winners at War – Lost the F4 firemaking 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.
- Liz Wilcox in Survivor 46 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Teeny Chirichillo in Survivor 47 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Kamilla Karthigesu in Survivor 48 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Rizo Velovic in Survivor 49 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Jonathan is the 22nd person to win a firemaking 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
- Kenzie Petty in Survivor 46
- Sam Phelan in Survivor 47
- Eva Erickson in Survivor 48
- Savannah Louie in Survivor 49
Fifth Place – Tiffany
- Tiffany was voted out 4-1.
- Tiffany, Aubry & Jonathan are the only players whose best placements are this season.
- Tiffany’s prior highest placement was 8th, she came in 5th this season.
- Jonathan’s prior highest placement was 4th, he came in 2nd this season.
- Aubry’s prior highest placement was 2nd, she came in 1st this season.
- Tiffany has the best placement jump of any player this season, having gone from 8th place to 5th place.
Fourth Place – Rizo
- Rizo is one of 8 players to play Survivor more than once and never be voted out. The others are as follows:
- Jenna Morasca – Won The Amazon, quit All-Stars
- Michael Skupin – medically evacuated from The Australian Outback and made it to final tribal council on Philippines.
- Colton Cumbie – medically evacuated from One World & quit Blood vs. Water
- Michele Fitzgerald – Won Kaoh Rong & made it to final tribal council on Winners at War
- Kyle Fraser – Won Survivor 48 and was medically evacuated on In the Hands of the Fans
- Rizo Velovic – lost firemaking in Survivor 49 and In the Hands of the Fans
- Joe Hunter – made it to final tribal council onSurvivor 48 & In the Hands of the Fans
- Jonathan Young – lost firemaking in Survivor 42 and made it to final tribal council on In the Hands of the Fans
- Rizo is the first player on US Survivor to lose the final 4 firemaking challenge twice.
- Cirie did so on Panama and Australian Survivor vs. The World
- Rizo is the first player on US Survivor to be voted out just before final tribal council on two separate seasons.
- Cirie did so on Micronesia & Australian Survivor vs. The World.
- Rizo is the 3rd player to make it to the finale in back to back seasons after Amanda in China & Micronesia and Russell in Samoa & Heroes vs. Villains.
- Rizo is the only one who didn’t make it to final tribal council in either of his seasons.
- Rizo is the only player in the final 5 who didn’t win immunity this season.
Third Place – Joe
- Joe is the only player in the final 4 who has never competed in a firemaking challenge.
- Coincidentally, he’s a firefighter.
- He’s the first person to finish as the second runner-up on two separate seasons.
- Joe and Rizo both have the same placements they came in on their previous seasons.
- Rizo placed 4th on Survivor 49 & In the Hands of the Fans
- Joe placed 3rd on Survivor 48 & In the Hands of the Fans
- Joe and Rizo are the 9th & 10th players to finish with the same placement on two separate US seasons. The others are as follows:
- Sandra: Winner of Pearl Islands & Heroes vs. Villains
- Tony: Winner of Cagayan & Winners at War
- Erik: 5th place on Micronesia & Caramoan
- Cirie: 6th place on Game Changers & In the Hands of the Fans
- Penner: 7th place on Cook Islands & Philippines
- James: 7th place on China & Micronesia
- Candice: 8th place on Cook Islands & Heroes vs. Villains
- Coach: 12th place on Heroes vs. Villains & In the Hands of the Fans
- Joe & Jonathan made it to final tribal council without any votes cast against them.
- Kyle is the only other player this season with 0 votes against him.
- Joe is the second player after Sugar in Gabon to make it to final tribal council, receive 0 elimination votes all season, and receive 0 votes to win the game.
- Joe is the third player to receive jury votes in one season and receive 0 votes to win on a following season after Russell in Samoa & Heroes vs. Villains and Michele in Winners At War.
- Joe is the first player to be saved from the final 4 firemaking twice.
- Joe holds the record for most days played by a new era player with 52.
Second Place – Jonathan
- Jonathan is the first person to lose a firemaking challenge and win on a returning season.
- All 3 players that voted for Jonathan to win are former runners-up.
- Stephenie was runner-up in Guatemala
- Coach was runner-up in South Pacific
- Chrissy was runner-up in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.
- Ozzy is the only former runner-up who didn’t vote for Jonathan to win.
- Joe & Jonathan both have a placement average of 3.
- Jonathan is the first person to make it to final tribal council on a returning season after being eliminated right before tribal council on a prior season.
- Jonathan, Joe, & Rizo join Michele as the only multi-time players to never be voted out, quit, or get medically evacuated.
- Joe is the 6th player to make it to final tribal council in his first two seasons. The others are as follows:
- Amanda in China & Micronesia
- Russell in Samoa & Heroes vs. Villains
- Sandra in Pearl Islands & Heroes vs. Villains
- Natalie in San Juan del Sur & Winners at War
- Michele in Kaoh Rong & Winners at War.
Winner – Aubry
- Aubry won 8-3-0.
- She’s the first winner to win with this vote count.
- Aubry is the second winner to win $2 million after Tony in Winners At War.
- Coincidentally, they both started on the Mana tribe that season.
- Mana also had Sandra who won a total of $2 million across her two winning seasons.
- Coincidentally, they both started on the Mana tribe that season.
- Aubry is the first player to start on a tribe with Stephenie and win.
- Nobody from Ulong, Yaxha, or Heroes won the season that they were on a starting tribe with Stephenie.
- Aubry is the 7th winner with a perfect voting record.
- Aubry and Boston Rob have some similarities:
- Both received 7 votes against them on their winning season
- They both won with 8 votes
- They won on their 4th time playing.
- They were a runner-up on one season, and voted out pre-merge on at least one other season.
- They each played in 4 total seasons within an 18-season span.
- They’re the only players to finish as a runner-up one season and return to win another season.
- All of the original Cila members on the jury voted for Aubry to win
- 4 of the jury members voted for Aubry when they were voted out.
- Pink and brown starting tribes are the only ones with 100% win rates.
- Aubry & Jeremy started on pink tribes
- Tom started on a brown tribe.
- Aubry’s most recent all-returning player season, Game Changers, also had a female winner and two males at final tribal council with the runner-up receiving 3 votes to win and the second runner-up receiving 0 votes to win.
- Aubry is the 5th winner from a “V” starting tribe and the first winner since Tommy in Island of the Idols to start on a “V” tribe.
- To Tang is now the only tribe from Kaoh Rong to not produce a winner.
- Both starting tribes from Edge of Extinction have produced a winner.
- Ozzy has been on the jury 4 times, he’s voted for the winner twice (Sophie & Aubry) and the runner-up twice (Amanda & Brad)
- A woman has won an all-returning player season 4 out of 6 times.
- Amber won All-Stars, Sandra won Heroes vs. Villains, Sarah won Game Changers, & Aubry won In the Hands of the Fans
- Jeremy and Tony are the only men to win an all-returning player season.
- Amber is the only woman to win an all-returning player season but not be on Game Changers.
- Aubry is the only 4+ time player to be on a different colored starting tribe every season she played.
- She’s the second 3+ time player who won and was on a different colored starting tribe every season, after Sarah Lacina.
- Coincidentally, both women played on Game Changers together, won an all-returning player season and the merged tribe was yellow on both seasons.
- She’s the second 3+ time player who won and was on a different colored starting tribe every season, after Sarah Lacina.
- With Aubry winning this season, at least one brawn, brain, & beauty player have all won Survivor.
- Tony & Sarah – Brawn
- Michele – Beauty
- Aubry – Brain
Episode Title
- The episode title “Reverse the Curse” was said by Rizo about the potential of him winning the firemaking challenge
- Episode title counts for In the Hands of the Fans:
- Christian – 4
- Coach – 2
- Jeff Probst – 2
- Aubry – 1
- Mike – 1
- Rick – 1
- Rizo – 1
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typo: Aubry is the second winner to win $2 million after Tony in Game Changers.
should be WAW
Jonathan lost Simmotion both times he played. Romeo won on 42 and took maryanne. Aubrey won on 50 and took Joe. It’s how he ended up in fire twice. Oddly both won their first immunity of the season to send him to fire.
Jonathan won the final 5 immunity
Hi Rob!
Thank you for the stats! Just one slight correction – both Joe and Jonathan lost Simmotion twice. Jonathan lost to Romeo in 42 and to Aubry this time.