Hidden Immunity Idol

The Hidden Immunity Idol (also known as the "Hidden Idol" or simply as "the idol") is a pocket-sized talisman, and is widely believed to be the most groundbreaking twist ever to be created on Survivor. Its purpose is to, one way or another, prevent the user from being voted out in a Tribal Council vote. The idol has influenced many of the contestants' strategies, whether they use the object, or defuse its powers.
It is not to be confused with the tribal Immunity Idol or the individual Immunity Necklace, as the Hidden Immunity Idol is not won at challenges, and is flexible as the found idol is not forced to be applicable on only the following Tribal Council. However, clues to the whereabouts of the idol may exist at camp or may be given to the winners of a Reward Challenge.
== Types of Idol ==
=== Regular Idol ===
Appeared in: Every Season
Played: Between the casting and reading of regular votes.
In every season, there has been one idol hidden in each of the tribe camps. Additionally, the format was once again changed. The idol must be used after the votes have been cast, but before the host reveals them.
This mechanic makes it possible for the idol to be wasted, as a castaway must play the idol on someone that can be voted against, but who is not guaranteed to have the most number of votes, making timing a crucial factor in playing it. A way to counter this type of idol is to force the user to waste it (i.e. if they do not have the most number of votes), a strategy several castaways call as flushing. Once the idol is used, it is usually re-hidden. Typically, these idols are valid up until there are only five castaways remaining in the game (including Redemption Island).
===Scorched Idol===
In , This idol could only be used at the first tribal council it is found, it shares all the characteristics of the Regular Idol.
===Voodoo Idol===
In , while the current format still applies, This idol can only be used premerge on a player attending the OTHER tribe's tribal council and cannot be used during the holder's own tribal council.
===Joint Idol===
In , during the Silent Auction, 2 halves of a Hidden Immunity Idol were sold and these 2 halves could be combined into a regular idol. this idol has made appearances in and . Ironically, the two halves of the joint idol have been connected in every season they've been active.
===Super Idol===
In , while the current format still applies, there is also the option to combine two idols to create a "super idol" that can be played after the votes are read to save any player still in the game.
=== Public Idol ===
In Survivor: Storfjord, a regular idol was hidden in public, alerting the entire tribe when it was unlocked by a key, won in challenges.
== Finding Hidden Immunity Idols ==
=== Survivor: Sri Lanka ===
In Survivor: Sri Lanka, each tribe had a Hidden Immunity Idol and a coloured pen. Each tribe had twelve Survivor seasons which they had to order in a specific order to claim the Hidden Immunity Idol. People were allowed to guess every twelve hours. This was panned by the contestants due to the fact that it took the entire season to find either Hidden Immunity Idol, with Rhyno successfully finding it at the Final 5.
=== Survivor: Zambia ===
Something with Maps? (Hayze Edit This Pls)
=== Survivor: Turmoil ===
In Survivor: Turmoil, random images in challenge threads were linked to a jigsaw which if solved and placed in somebody's confessional would allow them to claim the Hidden Immunity Idol. Due to the method of finding idols not being made public or changed, this allowed for multiple people to keep on finding the same idols every time they swapped tribes. 
=== Survivor: Ural Mountains ===
Same as Turmoil? 
=== Survivor: Solomon Islands ===
In Survivor: Solomon Islands, contestants were given a 10x10 grid to guess for the location of the Hidden Immunity Idol. Clues were given to the Prisoner's of War every round where they selected one person per tribe to receive them. Each clue divided the grid by half. 
=== Survivor: Patagonia ===
For Survivor: Patagonia, idols were hidden on goats on a 7x7 (14x14 in the merge) grid, which moved every 24 hours. People were allowed to move every 12 hours to locate the goats. 
=== Survivor: Sicily ===
For Survivor: Sicily, people who fulfilled hidden criteria in challenges won 'tasks' which they would earn an idol for completing.
=== Survivor: Anjouan ===
For Survivor: Anjouan, idols were hidden in a version of the game Mastermind with correct solutions leading to the idol.
=== Survivor: Storfjord ===
For Survivor: Storfjord, a hidden immunity idol was hidden on an Instagram page, where putting in the correct answer would lead to the idol.
==Usage of Hidden Immunity Idols==
Season	Tribe	Episode Found	Finder	Transfers 	Transfers	Transfers 	Used?	Used On	Episode Played	Votes Negated	Victim 	Type 	Notes
 	 	10 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	10 	0 	N/A 	Regular 	
 	 	1 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	No 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Voodoo 	Patrick was voted out with this Idol.
 	 	3 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	3 	4 	 	Scorched 	
 	 	3 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	6 	4 	 	VoodooScorched	The Idol was originally a Voodoo Idol however after the merge it became a Scorched Idol.
 	 	3 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	5 	3 	 	Scorched 	
 	 	4 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	4 	0 	N/A 	Scorched 	
 	 	6 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	6 	0 	N/A 	Scorched 	
 	 	7 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	7 	2 	 	Scorched 	
 	 	8 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	8 	1 	N/A 	Scorched 	
 	 	9 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	9 	0 	N/A 	Scorched 	
 	 	10 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	10 	4 	 	Scorched 	
 	 	11 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	11 	0 	N/A 	Scorched 	
 	 	1 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	8 	3 	 	Regular 	
 	 	3 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	10 	4 	 	Regular 	
 	 	3 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	11 	3 	 	Regular 	The Victim of this Idol would have been Jacob W. however Katie quit before the revote.
 	 	3 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	No 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Regular 	Aishia was expelled with this Idol.
 	 	4 	 	colspan="3" 	No 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Regular 	Hannah gave this Idol to Tyler in Episode 7, Tyler was voted out with this Idol. 	 	
 	 	1 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	No 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Regular 	Felicia was voted out with this idol.
 	 	4 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	9 	0 	N/A 	Regular 	
 	 	8 	 	colspan="3" 	Yes 	rowspan="2" 	9 	4 	rowspan="2" 	Joint 	Michael gave this half of his Hidden Immunity Idol to Abby in Episode 9. 	 	
 	 	8 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	9 	4 	Joint 	 	 	 	
 	 	10 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	12 	0 	N/A 	Regular 	
 	 	1 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	No 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Regular 	Drew was voted out with this idol.
 	 	2 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	13 	0 	N/A 	Regular 	
 	 	2 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	11 	2 	N/A 	Regular 	
 	 	10 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	12 	2 	N/A 	Regular 	This was the rehidden Kuyen Idol.
 	 	3 	 	colspan="3" 	Yes 	 	4 	1 	N/A 	Regular 	A.T. gave this idol to John in Episode 4. The only vote this idol negated was A.T.'s	 	
 	 	5 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	5 	3 	 	Regular 	
 	 	7 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	No 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Regular 	Sam was voted out with this idol.
 	 	8 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	No 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Regular 	This was the Tellaro Idol that was not found premerge. Joe was voted out with this idol.
 	 	11 	 	rowspan="2" colspan="3"	Yes 	rowspan="2" 	14 	0 	N/A 	Joint 	Zach gave his idol half to Dylan in Episode 12. 	 	
 	 	11 	 	Joint 	Yes 	Saurabh gave his idol half to Dylan in Episode 12.	14 	0 	N/A 	 	 	 	
 	 	11 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	13 	2 	 	Regular 	
 	 	1 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	No 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Regular 	Hedger was voted out with this idol.
 	 	3 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	No 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Regular 	Jack was voted out with this idol.
 	 	5 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	9 	2 	N/A 	Regular 	
 	 	7 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	No 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Regular 	Hedger was voted out with this idol.
 	 	7 	 	colspan="3" 	Yes 	rowspan="2" 	10 	4 	rowspan="2" 	Joint 	Jacob gave this half of his Hidden Immunity Idol to Hals in Episode 10. 	 	
 	 	7 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	10 	4 	Joint 	 	 	 	
 	 	10 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	13 	0 	N/A 	Regular 	This was the rehidden Haraka Idol.
 	 	1 	 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Yes 	 	1 	6 	 	Public 	
 	 	2 	 	colspan="3" 	Yes 	 	4 	4 	 	Public 	Ahrre gave this idol to Stephen in Episode 4. 	 	
 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	Yes 	 	12 	0 	N/A 	Regular 	Megan gave this idol to Ahrre in Episode 10. Ahrre gave this idol back to Megan in Episode 11. Megan then gave this idol to Stephen in Episode 12.
 	 	5 	 	colspan="3" 	Yes 	 	12 	3 	 	Public 	Megan gave this idol to Ahrre in Episode 12. 	 	
==Trivia==
* currently holds the record for the most idols found with 11.
** Zambia also holds the record for the most idols played, with 10.
* Will is the first and only player to be eliminated by an idol twice.
* Jacob W. is the first and only player to Idol themselves out of the game.
* Naga, Khmu, and Manaraga are currently the only tribes to have a Hidden Immunity Idol hidden at them and have it not by found.
* 's Super Idol was held by Jasper but was not played.