Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor related statistics and information based off the latest episode of Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X.
Vote-out
- Michelle was voted out 9-4.
- This was the first ever 9-4 vote in Survivor history.
- The vote count matches the gender ratio of the merged tribe.
- Seven out of the eight people voted out this season have been women.
- Hannah is the only remaining Millennial female.
- This is the second person named Michelle to be the first merge boot.
- The other coincidentally was Michelle Yi in Survivor: Fiji.
- The last time the Old vs. Young twist was used (in Survivor: Nicaragua) the first merge boot/member of the jury was a female.
- David is now the only person who has correctly voted at every tribal council he has attended.
- Michelle is the first person to be voted out on day 23.
- With this episode, every day from 1-39 has had at least one person eliminated from the game.
- Survivor: Cagayan was the last season where the last pre-merge boot and first merge boot were both women.
- Adam is the only Millennial still in the game that has votes against him.
- Michelle was the only Millennial entering the merge to have votes against her.
- Chris is the only Gen X member to enter the merge that has not received any votes.
- There is now an equal amount of Millennials and Gen X members remaining in the merged tribe.
Confessionals
- Adam had the most confessionals in this episode, with ten.
- Adam got more confessionals in this episode than Sunday and Will have had the entire season up to this point.
- Every Millennial had at least two confessionals this episode.
- Jessica, Sunday, and Ken did not receive a confessional this episode.
Merge
- This is the first time that three tribes have merged into one.
- This is only the second time that tribes have merged at thirteen.
- The first time was in Survivor: Cambodia.
- Both seasons have had the first merge boot be female and a member of the jury.
- In both Cambodia and Millennials vs. Gen X, the merged tribe name meant “thank you” in the language of the filming location.
- “Orkun” in Khmer (the official language of Cambodia).
- “Vinaka” in Fijian.
- In both seasons filmed in Fiji, there was a large difference in the male to female ratio at the merge.
- Seven males and three females in Fiji.
- Nine males and four females in Millennials vs. Gen X.
- Vinaka is the thirteenth black buffed tribe.
- This is the third time that back-to-back merge tribes have worn black.
- Gitanos in Survivor: Panama and Aitutonga in Survivor: Cook Islands.
- Tikiano in Survivor: One World and Dangrayne in Survivor: Philippines.
- Dara in Survivor: Kaoh Rong and Vinaka in Millennials vs. Gen X.
- This is the third time that back-to-back merge tribes have worn black.
- The tribe color scheme for Millennials vs. Gen X is the same as Cagayan.
- Orange, purple, and green pre-merge tribes with a black merge tribe.
Immunity Challenge – “Fools in the Rain.”
- Will is the youngest individual immunity challenge winner in Survivor history.
- Julia from Kaoh Rong previously held this record.
- She is still the youngest female to win individual immunity.
- Julia from Kaoh Rong previously held this record.
- Every season this challenge has been done a man and woman made it to the end of the challenge.
- Will is the first male to win this challenge.
- Jessica is the first female runner-up.
- This challenge has previously been seen in Survivor: Africa, All-Stars, Micronesia, Heroes vs. Villains, and One World.
- This is the first time that two hands have been tied to the pole.
- Will is the first male to win this challenge.
Ratings
- Episode 8 received 8.81 million viewers and 1.9/7 in the Adults 18-49 Rating/Share.
Title
- The episode title “I’m the Kingpin” was said by Jay in reference to his position in the game.
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It’s also interesting to note that while this isn’t the most unbalanced ratio of men to women during a merge, if I recall correctly this is the most unbalanced gender ratio for the start of the jury phase. This would beat the record set in Vanuatu where 33.33% of those remaining at the start of the jury were men, as only 32.35% of those remaining at that point this season were women. I believe this is also the first time in Survivor history where only three women have made the final twelve (and inversely, nine men).
That is a lot of confessionals for Adam he still has less then David for the season I think