Survivor: Micronesia -
Fans vs Favorites
Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs Favorites is the sixteenth season of Survivor, held in, Koror, Palau. The game started with two Tribes of ten people each, one Tribe of returning players and the other Tribe of diehard fans. The Tribes compete in Reward Challenges, to gain food and supplies. After Reward Challenges, the winners choose somebody from both Tribes to go to Exile Island, where they must fend for themself for a day. Each person who goes to Exile Island will get a clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol hidden on Exile Island. The person who finds it can use the Idol before the votes are read in case they think they're in danger up to and threw the Final Five. Then they compete in Immunity Challenges. The winning Tribe guarantees that all Tribe members are safe a few more days while the losing Tribe must go to Tribal Council and vote somebody off. During this process, each Tribe lives on separate beaches and must build a shelter, make fire and catch and cook food to survive. There are also Tribal Swaps, where the existing Tribes swap some members to form new Tribes and really change the Tribe dynamic. Once a certain amount of players have been voted off, the two Tribes merge to form one Tribe. They then compete for individual Rewards, where one (or more if the winner gets a chance to select somebody to accompany them), castaway enjoys food or some sort of cultural experience. They also compete for individual Immunity, where the person that wins cannot be voted out at Tribal Council and one of the others is voted out. However, the person that wins Immunity has a chance to give Immunity to someone else and become vulnerable themself. At a certain point, the voted out castaways become members of the Jury, who, once down to the final competitors, vote for who they think should win the million dollars. The finalist with the most votes is deemed the sole survivor.
Airai (Fans)Alexis Jones (24; Beverly Hills, California)
Chet Welch (48; Ford City, Pennsylvania) Erik Reichenbach (22; Pickney, Michigan) Jason Siska (22; Barrington, Illinois) Joel Anderson (32; Avondale, Arizona) Kathleen "Kathy" Sleckman (45; Glen Ellyn, Illinois) Mary Sartain (29; Emeryville, California) Michael "Mikey B" Bortone (34; Los Angeles, California) Natalie Bolton (32; West Hollywood, California) Tracy Hughes-Wolf (43; Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
Malakal (Favorites)Amanda Kimmel (23; China)
Ami Cusack (34; Vanuatu) Cirie Fields (37; Panama) Eliza Orlins (25; Vanuatu) James Clement (30; China) Jon "Jonny Fairplay" Dalton (33; Pearl Islands) Jonathan Penner (45; Cook Islands) Ozzy Lusth (26; Cook Islands) Parvati Shallow (25; Cook Islands) Yau Man Chan (55; Fiji) |
Yau Man (Malakal) and Kathy (Airai) win Immunity for the first time their respective Tribe goes to Tribal Council
Reward and 1st Immunity: Airai
Malakal Tribal Council: Jonny Fairplay eliminated (9-1, Ozzy)
Kathy sits out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Airai
Reward and 2nd Immunity: Malakal
Malakal chooses to send Kathy from Airai and Cirie from Malakal to Exile Island
Airai Tribal Council: Mary eliminated (6-2-2, Chet, Tracy)
Reward: Malakal
Malakal chooses to send Kathy from Airai and Ami from Malakal to Exile Island
3rd Immunity: Airai
Malakal Tribal Council: Yau Man eliminated (6-2-1, Parvati, Cirie)
Chet sits out of the Reward Challenge for Airai
Reward: Malakal
Malakal chooses to send Kathy from Airai and Ozzy from Malakal to Exile Island
Tracy sits out of the Immunity Challenge for Malakal
4th Immunity: Malakal
Airai Tribal Council: Mikey B eliminated (6-3, Chet)
Tribal Switch:
Reward and 1st Immunity: Airai
Malakal Tribal Council: Jonny Fairplay eliminated (9-1, Ozzy)
Kathy sits out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Airai
Reward and 2nd Immunity: Malakal
Malakal chooses to send Kathy from Airai and Cirie from Malakal to Exile Island
Airai Tribal Council: Mary eliminated (6-2-2, Chet, Tracy)
Reward: Malakal
Malakal chooses to send Kathy from Airai and Ami from Malakal to Exile Island
3rd Immunity: Airai
Malakal Tribal Council: Yau Man eliminated (6-2-1, Parvati, Cirie)
Chet sits out of the Reward Challenge for Airai
Reward: Malakal
Malakal chooses to send Kathy from Airai and Ozzy from Malakal to Exile Island
Tracy sits out of the Immunity Challenge for Malakal
4th Immunity: Malakal
Airai Tribal Council: Mikey B eliminated (6-3, Chet)
Tribal Switch:
AiraiJason
Alexis Natalie Kathy Jonathan James Parvati Eliza |
MalakalOzzy
Amanda Cirie Ami Joel Erik Chet Tracy |
Reward: Airai
5th Immunity: Airai
Malakal Tribal Council: Joel eliminated (6-2, Chet)
Reward: Airai
Airai chooses to send Chet from Malakal and Jason from Airai to Exile Island
Jonathan is removed from the game due to injury
6th Immunity: Airai
Malakal Tribal Council: Chet eliminated (5-2, Erik)
Reward: Malakal
Malakal choose to send Jason from Airai and Tracy from Malakal to Exile Island
7th Immunity: Airai
Malakal Tribal Council: Tracy eliminated (5-1, Ozzy)
Airai chooses to send Ozzy to Exile Island, stopping him from competing in the Reward/Immunity Challenge, but immuning him from being voted out should his Tribe lose
Malakal chooses to send Alexis to Exile Island, stopping her from competing in the Reward/Immunity Challenge, but immuning her from being voted out should her Tribe lose
Parvati sits out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Airai
Reward and 8th Immunity: Airai
Malakal Tribal Council: Ami eliminated (4-1, Erik)
MERGE: Dabu
5th Immunity: Airai
Malakal Tribal Council: Joel eliminated (6-2, Chet)
Reward: Airai
Airai chooses to send Chet from Malakal and Jason from Airai to Exile Island
Jonathan is removed from the game due to injury
6th Immunity: Airai
Malakal Tribal Council: Chet eliminated (5-2, Erik)
Reward: Malakal
Malakal choose to send Jason from Airai and Tracy from Malakal to Exile Island
7th Immunity: Airai
Malakal Tribal Council: Tracy eliminated (5-1, Ozzy)
Airai chooses to send Ozzy to Exile Island, stopping him from competing in the Reward/Immunity Challenge, but immuning him from being voted out should his Tribe lose
Malakal chooses to send Alexis to Exile Island, stopping her from competing in the Reward/Immunity Challenge, but immuning her from being voted out should her Tribe lose
Parvati sits out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Airai
Reward and 8th Immunity: Airai
Malakal Tribal Council: Ami eliminated (4-1, Erik)
MERGE: Dabu
Original Malakal
Ozzy
James Parvati Amanda Cirie Eliza |
Original Airai
Jason
Erik Alexis Natalie |
Switch MalakalOzzy
Amanda Cirie Erik |
Switch AiraiJames
Parvati Alexis Natalie Jason Eliza |
9th Immunity: Elimination Order: Amanda, Parvati, Alexis, Cirie, Natalie, Eliza, Erik, James, Ozzy
WINNER: Jason
Tribal Council: Eliza eliminated (8-2, Ozzy) First Member of Jury
Cirie is not chosen for a team for the Reward Challenge so she is sent to Exile Island
Reward: Jason, Ozzy, Erik and Amanda
10th Immunity: Elimination Order: Cirie, Erik, Alexis, Natalie, James, Ozzy, Amanda, Jason
WINNER: Parvati
Tribal Council: Ozzy eliminated (5-4, Jason) Second Member of Jury
Survivor Auction
Natalie sends Jason to Exile Island
11th Immunity: Round 1: Jason, Erik, James, Amanda
Round 2: James, Erik
WINNER: Erik
Tribal Council: Jason eliminated (4-3-1, James, Parvati) Third Member of Jury
Reward: Elimination Order: Parvati, Erik, James, Cirie, Natalie, Amanda
WINNER: Alexis (Takes Cirie and Natalie)
James is removed from the game due to injury, Fourth Member of Jury
12th Immunity: Erik
Amanda plays the Hidden Immunity Idol
Tribal Council: Alexis eliminated (2-4, Amanda) Fifth Member of Jury
Reward: Erik (Takes Amanda)
Erik sends Natalie to Exile Island
13th Immunity: Erik
Erik gives Immunity to Natalie
Tribal Council: Erik eliminated (4-1, Parvati) Sixth Member of Jury
13th Immunity: Amanda
Tribal Council: Natalie eliminated (3-1, Cirie) Seventh Member of Jury
14th Immunity: Amanda
Tribal Council: Cirie eliminated (1-0, Parvati) Eighth Member of Jury
Final Tribal Council: Parvati Shallow wins Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs Favorites (5-3, Amanda Kimmel)
WINNER: Jason
Tribal Council: Eliza eliminated (8-2, Ozzy) First Member of Jury
Cirie is not chosen for a team for the Reward Challenge so she is sent to Exile Island
Reward: Jason, Ozzy, Erik and Amanda
10th Immunity: Elimination Order: Cirie, Erik, Alexis, Natalie, James, Ozzy, Amanda, Jason
WINNER: Parvati
Tribal Council: Ozzy eliminated (5-4, Jason) Second Member of Jury
Survivor Auction
Natalie sends Jason to Exile Island
11th Immunity: Round 1: Jason, Erik, James, Amanda
Round 2: James, Erik
WINNER: Erik
Tribal Council: Jason eliminated (4-3-1, James, Parvati) Third Member of Jury
Reward: Elimination Order: Parvati, Erik, James, Cirie, Natalie, Amanda
WINNER: Alexis (Takes Cirie and Natalie)
James is removed from the game due to injury, Fourth Member of Jury
12th Immunity: Erik
Amanda plays the Hidden Immunity Idol
Tribal Council: Alexis eliminated (2-4, Amanda) Fifth Member of Jury
Reward: Erik (Takes Amanda)
Erik sends Natalie to Exile Island
13th Immunity: Erik
Erik gives Immunity to Natalie
Tribal Council: Erik eliminated (4-1, Parvati) Sixth Member of Jury
13th Immunity: Amanda
Tribal Council: Natalie eliminated (3-1, Cirie) Seventh Member of Jury
14th Immunity: Amanda
Tribal Council: Cirie eliminated (1-0, Parvati) Eighth Member of Jury
Final Tribal Council: Parvati Shallow wins Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs Favorites (5-3, Amanda Kimmel)
Trivia
- This is the first season to have an even-numbered Jury, with eight members.
- This is the only season with a Final Two and an even-numbered jury. It is unknown how a potential tie would have been broken.
- This is the only season with a Final Two and an even-numbered jury. It is unknown how a potential tie would have been broken.
- This was the first season to have two contestants be medically evacuated, followed by Samoa, One World, and Caramoan.
- This was the first season where the final four was comprised of castaways of the same gender.
- However, this would be surpassed in One World, whose final five was comprised of castaways of the same gender.
- This is the first season to have an equal number of returning players and new players at the beginning of the game. It was followed by Caramoan and Blood vs. Water.
- This is the second season to start with 20 contestants and have a Final Two, following Palau.
- Coincidentally, both seasons were filmed in Palau, both featured Exile Island, and both had at least three contestants leave the game through means other than being voted out.
- Coincidentally, both seasons were filmed in Palau, both featured Exile Island, and both had at least three contestants leave the game through means other than being voted out.
- This is the last season to date to feature still headshot images of the contestants in the opening credits.
- For this season, once a player was eliminated, his/her name and images would no longer appear in the opening credits. Then, in continuing what was started in China, once the game reached the jury phase, only the players remaining would be shown, divided into "the jury" and the "the merged tribe".
- This is the fourth season with an evacuation. This is the first season with two evacuations.
- Amanda Kimmel, Cirie Fields, and Parvati Shallow are the only returning players to place higher than they did on their original season.
- Cirie is the only one not to make the Final Tribal Council.
- Cirie is the only one not to make the Final Tribal Council.
- This is the only season to have Ponderosa and not be in HD.
- This season is tied with Kaôh Rōng for the most contestants leaving the game without being voted out, or eliminated in a tiebreaker, eliminated by a twist, or duel at 3. Both Jonathan Penner and James Clement were evacuated, and Kathy Sleckman quit.
- It is notable that, in addition to these 3, Jon Dalton asked to be voted out after his tribe lost the first Immunity Challenge. While he technically did not quit, as he was voted out, he still made for one less competitive castaway.
- It is notable that, in addition to these 3, Jon Dalton asked to be voted out after his tribe lost the first Immunity Challenge. While he technically did not quit, as he was voted out, he still made for one less competitive castaway.
- This is the only returning players season to feature returning players from Vanuatu and Fiji.
- This is the only season with returning players to feature Exile Island.
- Half of the contestants from this season would visit Exile Island.
- Five of them were fans and the other five were favorites.
- None of the favorites who went to Exile Island the first time they played would return the second time.
- The returning players from Panama, Cook Islands, and China would go on to become 3-time players.
- This season is tied with Game Changers, David vs. Goliath, and Island of the Idols for the most LGBT contestants with 3: Ami Cusack, Chet Welch, and Natalie Bolton.
- This season is the first to have two tribes of 10 players each, despite there being 20 contestants in two previous seasons.
- This season introduced the least amount of players who reached the Final Tribal Council, with 0, as no Fans who debuted on this season have made it to Final Tribal Council in this season or any future season.