Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor related statistics and information based off the latest episode of Survivor: David vs. Goliath.
Tribal Council #1
- Alec was voted out 9-1.
- Two Goliath men were voted out 9-1, the other being Jeremy Crawford in episode 3.
- Alison, Angelina, Kara and Mike voted for them both.
- Two Goliath men were voted out 9-1, the other being Jeremy Crawford in episode 3.
- This is the first time since episode 5 where Angelina didn’t receive any votes.
- Both people named Alec to play Survivor made it to the merge.
- Alec Christy from San Juan Del Sur was the other one.
- With Alec being voted out, Mike is the last remaining male Goliath.
Tribal Council #2
- Carl was voted out 5-4.
- Every post swap tribal council has had both David and Goliath members receiving votes against them.
- Only the two pre-swap tribal councils had either Davids or Goliaths getting votes.
- This was due to only Davids OR Goliaths being present at tribal.
- Only the two pre-swap tribal councils had either Davids or Goliaths getting votes.
- Both episodes this season where two people were eliminated, the eliminated players were of the same gender.
- Episode 4 – Bi and Natalia were eliminated.
- Episode 10 – Alec and Carl were eliminated.
- Carl is the first person named Carl to make it to the merge.
- Carl Bilancione was voted out third in Africa.
- Coincidentally, both of them were over 40 when they played, and had a last name that started with “B”.
- Carl Bilancione was voted out third in Africa.
- Both Davids that have been voted out post-merge (Elizabeth and Carl) were both on Vuku post-swap.
- However, Carl wasn’t swapped to Vuku, he was exiled and ended up on Vuku once the tribe voted off Natalia.
- Gabby is the only Tiva member to not receive any votes yet.
- Since Bi’s quit, four women in a row were voted out, followed by four men.
- Four men and four women remain, also four Davids and four Goliaths remain.
- Davie is the only player left who voted for Lyrsa in episode 2.
- Bi quit and Jessica and Carl were voted out.
- Christian is now the only player with a perfect voting record.
- Kara is the only Goliath woman to not receive any votes yet.
- Davie and Kara are the only post-swap Vuku members left.
- Kara voted for Davie at the one pre-merge tribal council they attended together.
- Alison, Angelina, and Natalie are the only Goliaths to survive being voted for in at least one tribal council.
- Every other Goliath that was voted out was eliminated in the first tribal council where they got votes.
- No Jabeni members have been voted out post-merge.
- All four men who were voted out post-merge won the reward challenge in the episode where they were eliminated.
- The three remaining Tiva members (Alison, Christian, & Gabby) all voted together at this tribal.
- Kara was the only Vuku to vote for Carl, while Mike was the only Jabeni to vote for Carl.
- The remaining Vuku (Carl, Davie) and Jabeni (Angelina, Nick) voted for Alison.
- Kara was the only Vuku to vote for Carl, while Mike was the only Jabeni to vote for Carl.
- The only players to receive votes in both tribal councils have names that start with “A” and “C”.
- Tribal Council #1 – Alec & Carl.
- Tribal Council #2 – Alison & Carl.
- The four people whose first names are alphabetically first (Alison, Angelina, Christian, & Davie) all have votes against them, while the four people whose first names are alphabetically last (Gabby, Kara, Mike, & Nick) have 0 votes against them.
- The first six people in the cast alphabetically by last name have been eliminated.
- Natalia Azoqa
- Carl Boudreaux
- Natalie Cole
- Jeremy Crawford
- Pat Cusack
- John Hennigan
Hidden Immunity Idol/Advantage
- Pat is the only male David member to not find an advantage or an idol.
- Carl found the idol nullifier.
- Christian found a hidden immunity idol.
- Davie found a hidden immunity idol.
- Nick found a hidden immunity idol and the vote steal.
- Pat and Carl are the only male David members to not find an idol.
- Nick is the third person to find a hidden immunity idol clue that told him to “sneak out of camp at night” to find it.
- Jeremy Collins found one in Cambodia.
- Chris Noble found one in Ghost Island.
- Since Kelley Wentworth in Cambodia, the only woman to find a hidden immunity idol has been Lauren Rimmer in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.
- Wentworth in Cambodia is the most recent woman to play a hidden immunity idol, as Lauren never used hers.
Confessionals
- Nick had the most confessionals in episode 10 with 6.
- Mike had the most confessionals in episode 11 with 5.
- Christian and Nick had the most confessionals in both parts of the episode combined with 7.
- Alison had the least with 3.
- Mike and Alison had 0 confessionals in episode 10.
- Everyone got a confessional in the second part of the episode.
Reward Challenge #1 – “Back in Slack”
- Alec won every reward challenge he competed in post-merge.
- This was a new challenge that hasn’t been used on Survivor before.
- This challenge was set up in the background at the tribe swap when Bi quit earlier this season.
- The challenge name is a reference to the song “Back in Black” by AC/DC.
Immunity Challenge #1 – “Uncomfortably Numb”
- This was the first individual immunity challenge this season where a David won.
- The challenge name is a reference to the song “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd.
- This challenge was previously seen in San Juan Del Sur and Kaoh Rong.
- This challenge has only been won by men.
- Alec is the first time a male has been runner-up in the challenge.
- Natalie Anderson was runner-up in San Juan Del Sur.
- Cydney Gillon was runner-up in Kaoh Rong.
- Alec is the first time a male has been runner-up in the challenge.
- All three times this challenge has been used, a man was voted out at tribal council.
- Wes Nale in San Juan Del Sur.
- Nick Maiorano in Kaoh Rong.
- Alec Merlino in David vs. Goliath.
- Christian is the only non-LGBT player to win this challenge.
- Reed Kelly won it in San Juan Del Sur.
- Tai Trang won it in Kaoh Rong.
- Alison and Christian are the only players to win individual immunity and vote correctly at the tribal where they were immune.
- Alison won immunity and correctly voted out Elizabeth in episode 7.
- Dan won immunity and incorrectly voted out Christian in episode 8.
- Alec won immunity and incorrectly voted out Angelina in episode 9.
- Christian won immunity and correctly voted out Alec in episode 10.A
- Davie won immunity and incorrectly voted out Alison in episode 11.
Reward Challenge #2 – “Beastie Buoys”
- Angelina is the only remaining player to not win a post-merge reward challenge this season.
- The challenge was named in reference to the band Beastie Boys.
- Similar versions of this challenge have been used in Vanuatu, Micronesia, Philippines, Cagayan, Millennials vs. Gen X, Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, and Ghost Island.
- This was the first time it was used as a post-merge reward challenge.
Immunity Challenge #2 – “Word Forward”
- Angelina sat out of both immunity challenges for reasons to do with food.
- She sat out of the first immunity challenge and ate nachos.
- She sat out of the second immunity challenge due to a deal with Jeff to get more rice for the tribe.
- The challenge was named in reference to the song “Word Forward” by Foo Fighters.
- Every person to win individual immunity so far this season has a name that starts with either “A”, “C” or “D”.
- Alison, Alec, Christian, Dan, and Davie.
- Three people have been voted off this season after almost winning the individual immunity challenge.
- Elizabeth came in second place in episode 7, then was voted out.
- Alec came in second place in episode 10, then was voted out.
- Carl came almost won in episode 11, then was voted out.
Ratings
- This episode received 7.60 million viewers and 1.6/7 in the Adults 18-49 Rating/Share.
Episode Title
- The episode title “Tribal Lines are Blurred” was said by multiple people this episode including Alison, Christian, Mike and Jeff Probst.
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