Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor related statistics and information based off the latest episode of Survivor: Ghost Island.
Tribal Council #1 (Purple team)
- Jenna was voted out 3-1-0.
- Donathan had one vote against him but played an idol on himself.
- Angela is the only person that was eligible to be voted for that didn’t receive votes in this episode, between both tribal councils.
- Despite this being Angela’s sixth time at tribal council, this was only the second time she actually voted for the person that went home.
- Both people she voted out were from the original Malolo tribe whose names start with “J” (James is the only other person she’s successfully voted out).
- Despite this being Angela’s sixth time at tribal council, this was only the second time she actually voted for the person that went home.
- Jenna, Sebastian, Kellyn and Laurel all got their first votes in this episode.
- As of this episode, everyone from the original Malolo tribe has received at least one vote against them.
- Jenna is the first person to be voted out at tribal council and immediately sent to the jury bench instead of first going to Ponderosa.
- There was another voting triangle in this episode.
- Jenna voted for Donathan.
- Donathan voted for Sebastian.
- Sebastian voted for Jenna.
- Jenna is the second person this season to not have her final words shown, the other was Gonzalez.
- She’s the third if you count Morgan, as her final words weren’t typical final words, but her willing the Legacy Advantage to Domenick.
Tribal Council #2 (Orange team)
- Michael was voted out 3-0 after a 2-2-1-1 tie vote.
- Everybody that was eligible to receive votes got voted for at this tribal council.
- Domenick and Chelsea are the only remaining players to not receive a vote against them.
- They also both won immunity in this episode.
- Kellyn is the only person this season to vote for the person that went home at every tribal council she’s attended (Laurel had a perfect voting record before tonight).
- It’s not considered a perfect voting record, as she voted for Laurel in the first vote, then voted for Michael in the re-vote.
- Domenick is the only person at the orange tribal council to vote for someone and not receive a vote back from them, as he had immunity.
- Wendell voted for Michael, and Michael voted for Wendell. Kellyn voted for Laurel, and Laurel voted for Kellyn.
Twist
- This is the first time the double elimination twist has been used since South Pacific.
- Since South Pacific had redemption island in play, this is the first double elimination twist since Cook Islands where two people were officially eliminated.
- Since the Cook Islands twist happened pre-merge, this is the first time post-merge in which a double elimination twist resulted in two people being officially eliminated.
- Since South Pacific had redemption island in play, this is the first double elimination twist since Cook Islands where two people were officially eliminated.
- This is only the second time in which a merge tribe was split into two separate “tribes.”
- The first time was in Fiji, but only one tribe went to tribal council.
- Both times this “merge tribe split” happened, the season was filmed in Fiji.
- The first time was in Fiji, but only one tribe went to tribal council.
Ghost Island/ Twist
- This is the second episode where nobody went to Ghost Island.
- It’s the third episode where nobody was sent to Ghost Island after losing a challenge, as Chris voluntarily went to get an idol in the merge episode.
- The extra vote advantage has only been used successfully in a majority vote in Game Changers. Both Debbie and Sarah successfully used their extra vote advantage to vote out Ozzy and Michaela, respectively.
- In Worlds Apart and Cambodia the person who used the extra vote was voted out at that tribal council.
- Dan used it to vote for Carolyn and was voted out.
- Stephen used it to vote for Joe & Abi-Maria and he was voted out.
- In Kaoh Rong, Tai used it to vote for Michele, but they both stayed in the game.
- In Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, Lauren was voted out before she could use it.
- In Ghost Island, Kellyn used it to vote twice for Laurel as part of a split-vote plan, but Michael was voted out instead.
- In Worlds Apart and Cambodia the person who used the extra vote was voted out at that tribal council.
Hidden Immunity Idol
- Domenick found Jay’s fake hidden immunity idol which was made by David Wright in Millennials vs. Gen X.
- Despite the previous fake idol (the f***ing stick) that was found by Michael this season maturing into a real hidden immunity idol, Jay’s fake idol is still a fake idol.
Confessionals
- Kellyn had the most confessionals this episode with 6.
- Jacob, who was eliminated in Episode 2 had more confessionals (14) than Chelsea (3) and Sebastian (7) combined.
- Angela and Chelsea had 0 confessionals this episode.
- Chelsea still hasn’t had a post-merge confessional.
- Domenick has had 42 confessionals, which is 14 times the amount of confessionals Chelsea had.
Immunity Challenge – “Crocodile Rock”
- This is a new challenge, and it was named after a song by Elton John.
- This is the first time where two immunity necklaces were available post-merge without there being a guaranteed male and female winner.
- Domenick is the first male to win individual immunity this season.
- He’s also the first male to win individual immunity since Cole in Episode 9 of Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.
- Chelsea is the first person to win individual immunity twice this season.
- She’s won 4 out of the 6 challenges that have been played post-merge.
Ratings
- The eleventh episode received 7.84 million viewers and 1.5/7 in the Adults 18-49 Rating/Share.
Episode Title
- The episode title “The Finish Line is in Sight” was said by Domenick referring to the fact that it’s almost the end of the game.
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Isn’t the Tyson-James boot episode in HVV also a double elimination?
That wasn’t a double elimination twist, rather just both tribes going to tribal.
Love these interesting findings of factual, statistical goodness. Keep up the good work!
Thanks 🙂