Episode 8 Stats

Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor related statistics and information based off the latest episode of Survivor: Winners At War.

Merge/Jury

• Koru is the 15th black tribe in Survivor.
  • It is the 14th black merged tribe.
• The merged tribe name “Koru” is a Maori word meaning “loop” or “coil,” and it’s based on the spiral shape prominently featured in Maori art.
• The merged tribe is on the former Sele beach.
• 4 out of 5 of the women on the merged tribe are wearing a black merge buff for the second time.
  • Sophie is the only one to never wear a black merge buff.
• This is the first 12 person merged tribe on a 20 player season since Caramoan, 14 seasons prior.
• Every season to have a black tribe was represented in Winners at War except Panama, China, and Worlds Apart.
  • Pearl Islands – Balboa – Sandra.
  • Cook Islands – Aitutonga – Parvati & Yul.
  • Tocantins – Timbira – Tyson.
  • Heroes vs. Villains – Yin Yang – Sandra, Parvati, Rob, & Tyson.
  • Redemption Island – Murlonio – Rob.
  • One World – Tikiano – Kim.
  • Philippines – Dangrayne – Denise.
  • Cagayan – Solarrion – Tony & Sarah.
  • Kaoh Rong – Dara – Michele.
  • Millennials vs. Gen X – Vinaka – Adam.
  • Ghost Island – Lavita – Wendell.
    • 12/20 winners this season have previously worn a black buff. Amber, Ethan, Danni, Natalie, Jeremy, Nick, Ben, and Sophie have never worn one previous to Winners at War.
      • Jeremy, Nick, Ben, and Sophie are the only players on the merged tribe who haven’t previously been on a back tribe.
• This is the first merged tribe that Parvati hasn’t been on in all four seasons that she participated in.
• This is the longest gap between black buffs since Pearl Islands – Panama.
  • There have been three seasons since there has been a black buff, with the most recent one being on Ghost Island.
• Jeremy, Sarah, and Tyson are the 9th, 10th, and 11th players to be a member of a merged tribe at least three times in their Survivor career.
  • Amanda – China, Micronesia, Heroes vs. Villains.
  • Andrea – Redemption Island, Caramoan, Game Changers.
  • Cirie – Panama, Micronesia, Game Changers.
  • Jeremy – San Juan del Sur, Cambodia, Winners at War.
  • Joe – Worlds Apart, Cambodia, Edge of Extinction.
  • Ozzy – Cook Islands, Micronesia, South Pacific, Game Changers.
  • Parvati – Cook Islands, Micronesia, Heroes vs. Villains.
  • Rob – Marquesas, All-Stars, Redemption Island.
  • Rupert – Pearl Islands, All-Stars, Heroes vs. Villains.
  • Sarah – Cagayan, Game Changers, Winners at War.
  • Tyson – Tocantins, Blood vs. Water, Winners at War.
    • Amanda, Andrea, Jeremy, Joe, Ozzy, and Sarah are the only six players who have played 3+ times and have made it to the merge every time.
• This is the first time in five seasons that Rob is a jury member.
  • Marquesas – Voted out pre-jury.
  • All-Stars – Runner-up.
  • Heroes vs. Villains – Voted out pre-jury.
  • Redemption Island – Winner.
• This is also the first time in three seasons that Ethan is a jury member.
  • Africa – Winner.
  • All-Stars – Voted out pre-jury.

Tribal Council

• Wendell was voted out 9-3.
  • This is the second 9-3 vote in Survivor history. The first was in episode 8 of Cambodia.
    • This episode, however, is the first 9-3 vote in which all votes were counted, as Kelley negated 9 votes against her in Cambodia.
    • Jeremy was one of the 9 votes in both Cambodia and Winners at War.
• Wendell received votes in the past three episodes.
• He received more votes in this episode (9) than he did during the entire season of Ghost Island (5).
• Wendell has been both the lowest-ranking member of a merged tribe and highest-ranking member of a merged tribe. He was the highest-ranking member of Lavita in Ghost Island and the lowest ranking member of Koru in Winners at War.
  • Aras, JT, Rob, and Sarah hold this distinction as well.
    • Aras was the highest-ranking member of Gitanos in Panama and the lowest-ranking member of Kasama in Blood vs. Water.
    • JT was the highest-ranking member of Forza in Tocantins and the lowest-ranking member of Yin Yang in Heroes vs. Villains.
    • Rob was the lowest-ranking member of Soliantu in Marquesas and the highest-ranking member of Murlonio in Redemption Island.
    • Sarah was the lowest-ranking member of Solarrion in Cagayan and the highest-ranking member of Maku Maku in Game Changers.
• Adam received votes at the first merged tribal council in both seasons he played.
  • Both times, the person who went home was voted out with 9 votes, and Adam received the remaining votes.
• Wendell is the 23rd male who was the merge boot in Survivor.
• Wendell is the first new school player voted out since Natalie in episode 1.
• The three remaining new Sele members are the only players that voted for Adam in this episode.
• Ben and Denise are the only players who have voted for the player that was eliminated at every tribal they attended.
• Ben, Jeremy, Michele, Sophie, and Tony are the only players without any votes against them this season.
• Rob was the only player voted out while on the Yara tribe pre-merge this season.
  • Everyone else was voted out of either Dakal or Sele.
• Yara is the 10th tribe to have only one player eliminated/voted out (Rob) while on the tribe. The others are as follows:
  • Rotu in Marquesas (Gabriel).
  • Manihiki in Cook Islands (Sekou).
  • Aparri in Cagayan (Alexis).
  • Hunahpu in San Juan del Sur (Drew).
  • Masaya in Worlds Apart (So).
  • Bayon in Cambodia (Monica).
  • Chanloh in Kaoh Rong (Liz).
  • Ikabula in Millennials vs. Gen X (Michaela).
  • Lesu in Edge of Extinction (Rick).
    • There was a five season streak of one-player tribe eliminations from season 28 (Cagayan) to season 33 (Millennials vs. Gen X).
• Sarah is the only player left this season who was previously the first player voted out at the merge.
  • She was voted out during the merge episode of Cagayan, with Tony being one of the votes against her.
  • Rob was also the first merge boot in Marquesas, but he’s currently on the Edge of Extinction.
• An even number of original Dakal and Sele members have been voted out so far this season.
  • Dakal – Amber, Tyson, Sandra, Yul, Wendell.
  • Sele – Natalie, Danni, Ethan, Rob, Parvati.
• With Wendell being voted out, everyone that attended the pre-season EW panel has been voted out except for Sophie.
  • Amber, Ethan, Parvati, Rob, Sandra, and Wendell have been voted out.

Re-Entry Challenge – “Back in the Saddle”

• Tyson won the re-entry challenge
  • Only men have won the re-entry challenges for the Edge of Extinction.
  • Chris and Rick won in Edge of Extinction.
• This challenge was previously used as the re-entry challenge in Edge of Extinction.
  • Both players that won it were voted out in episode 4.
    • Rick was voted out in episode 4 of Edge of Extinction.
    • Tyson was voted out in episode 4 of Winners at War.
• Tyson is the first returning player from the Edge of Extinction to not be automatically given a hidden immunity idol.
• Tyson is the 11th person to be voted out and return to the game through a twist.
  • Burton & Lil in Pearl Islands.
  • Matt & Andrea in Redemption Island.
  • Ozzy (twice) in South Pacific.
  • Laura B, Laura M, and Tina in Blood vs. Water.
  • Rick & Chris in Edge of Extinction.

Immunity Challenge – “Get a Grip”

• Jeremy joins Boston Rob and Andrea as the third player to win individual immunity in three different seasons.
  • Jeremy is the only one of the three who wasn’t on Redemption Island.
• Jeremy and Denise won individual immunity in this episode.
  • They also won individual immunity which made them safe at the first merge tribal council they attended in both of their first seasons.
• The first time Denise won the first individual immunity challenge, she was the last woman standing and won alongside a male.
• This challenge has previously been used in Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Tocantins, Heroes vs. Villains, South Pacific, Blood vs. Water, Worlds Apart, and Game Changers.
  • Tyson has won this challenge before.
    • This challenge has appeared in every season Tyson was on.
      • He was eliminated before this challenge in Heroes vs. Villains, and it was used as a Redemption Island challenge on Blood vs. Water.
  • Tyson and Sarah have competed in this challenge before.

Edge of Extinction/Fire Tokens

• Amber gave Rob one fire token.
• Rob and Natalie bought an advantage for the re-entry challenge and an idol, spending 4 tokens each.
• Danni, Ethan, and Tyson bought an advantage for the re-entry challenge, spending one token each.
• Jeremy and Denise earned one fire token each for winning the immunity challenge.
• Wendell gave one fire token to Michele and one token to Nick after being voted out.
  • Michele and Nick are the second and third players to receive fire tokens from more than one person that was voted out.
    • Parvati was the first, earning fire tokens from Ethan and Rob.
• None of the players left on the Edge of Extinction have any remaining fire tokens.
  • The only other player currently without any fire tokens is Tyson, who was previously on the Edge of Extinction.
• Michele has the most fire tokens with 4.

Confessionals

• Adam, Ben, Jeremy, and Tony had the most confessionals this episode with 3 each.
• Michele had the least confessionals this episode with 0.
  • Amber, Ethan, Yul, and Parvati also had 0 confessionals.
  • Michele is the only player left in the game who didn’t have a confessional this episode.
• Adam has the most confessionals this season with 28.
  • There hasn’t been an episode where he’s had less than 2 confessionals.

Ratings

• The eighth episode received 8.2 million viewers and 1.6 in the Adults 18-49 demo.

Episode Title

• The episode title “This Is Where the Battle Begins” is a take on a line that was said by Ben during a confessional. He said “This is where the battle starts” when talking about the merge.

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