Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor-related statistics and information based on the latest episode of Survivor 51.
Tribe Swap
- This is the 7th tribe swap where an expansion tribe has been introduced.
- This is the first time since Winners at War that an expansion tribe has been added to the season.
- When Alexis picked her buff, there were only 2 Savu buffs left, so she’s the only player who didn’t have a choice at which tribe she was going to be on.
Dina Tribe
- Dina is based on the Fijian word for the bluefin trevally, a type of fish.
- This fish is also their tribe emblem, seen on their buffs and challenge flags.
- Dina is only the 3rd “D” starting tribe and the 7th “D” tribe overall.
- Dina is the 3rd pink starting tribe and 4th pink tribe overall.
- Dina is the first expansion tribe since Angkor in Cambodia to not be green.
- Dina is the first expansion tribe since Yara in Winners at War.
- Dina is the 3rd tribe to share a name with a former player, after Morgan and David.
- Dina is the first one that is a homophone rather than an exact spelling match, as the player it matches is Deena from The Amazon.
- The Dina tribe is at the same beach as Takali (Millennials vs. Gen X), Mana/Makumaku (Game Changers), Soko (Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers), Naviti/Lavita (Ghost Island), Jabeni (David vs. Goliath), Manu/Vata (Edge of Extinction), Lairo (Island of the Idols), Sele/Koru (Winners at War), Yase (Survivor 41), Vati/Kula Kula (Survivor 42), Vesi (Survivor 43), Ratu/Va Va (Survivor 44), Belo (Survivor 45), Yanu (Survivor 46), Tuku/Beka (Survivor 47), Vula (Survivor 48), Hina (Survivor 49) & Vatu/Manulevu (In the Hands of the Fans)
- Wendell, Chris U, Kenzie, & Aubry are the only winners to have their starting tribe on this beach.
- Dina is the first expansion tribe to be at this beach.
Immunity Challenge – “Fire Fighter”
- Variations of this challenge have previously been used in Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Heroes vs. Villains, Cagayan, & Edge of Extinction.
- This is the only challenge that Luzon won in Cagayan.
- Coincidentally, a purple tribe lost the challenge and went to tribal council that episode.
- This was the first time someone from the original Savu tribe sat out of a challenge (Eric).
- Savu is the only tribe that hasn’t had to sit out a player this season.
Confessionals
- Jelly & Jenna had the most confessionals this episode with 6.
- This is the first time a woman has had the highest confessional count in an episode this season.
- Cristian had the lowest number of confessionals this episode with 1.
- He’s had the lowest number of confessionals in every episode this season.
- This is his first confessional since episode 1.
- Devin has the highest total number of confessionals with 26.
- Cristian the lowest total number of confessionals with 2.
- Maggie has had 2 confessionals in every episode so far.
Tribal Council
- Jenna was voted out 4-1.
- She’s the 4th woman in a row to be voted out this season.
- Rick Devens on In the Hands of the Fans is the last man to be voted out of Survivor.
- All 4 women voted out so far had 6 total votes cast against them when they were eliminated.
- Jenna Bowman in Ghost Island is the only Jenna to play Survivor and never be eliminated pre-merge.
- Jenna Morasca quit All-Stars pre-merge
- Jenna Lewis was the first player voted out in In the Hands of the Fans
- Jenna Doore was voted out in this episode.
- Lagi in Survivor 48 is the only purple starting tribe to not attend the day 9 tribal council on their season.
- Sook Jai in Thailand voted out Jed on day 9
- Naviti in Ghost Island voted out Morgan on day 9
- Jabeni in David vs. Goliath voted out Jeremy on day 9
- Tika in Survivor 44 voted out Sarah on day 9
- Yanu in Survivor 46 voted out Bhanu on day 9
- Savu in Survivor 51 voted out Jenna on day 9
- This is the 7th Survivor season where the first four players to be voted out are women.
- Panama: Tina, Melinda, Misty & Ruth-Marie
- Fiji: Jessica, Erica, Sylvia & Lilliana
- Gabon: Michelle, Gillian, Paloma, & Jacquie
- Caramoan: Francesca, Allie, Hope, & Laura
- 43: Morriah, Justine, Nneka, & Lindsay
- 44: Maddy, Helen, Claire, & Sarah
- 51: Aaliyah, Ana, Patt, & Jenna
- Every previous season where the first 4 players voted out were women, a man won the season.
- Aras, Earl, Bob, Cochran, Gabler, & Yam Yam.
- Every previous season where the first 4 players voted out were women, a man won the season.
Episode Title
- The episode title “That’s the Magic of Survivor” was said by Eric
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