Mutiny (twist)/International

The mutiny is a twist in which contestants are offered an option to immediately join the rival tribe. 
==Occurrences==
===Australia===
In Australian Survivor, mutinies are offered at non-elimination Tribal Councils. The twist has appeared in two Australian seasons.
In , Asaga lost the Immunity Challenge and attended Tribal Council, which the rival Samatau tribe observed from the jury bench. It was announced that there would be no elimination; rather, one person from Asaga would be allowed to join Samatau immediately. Peter Conte accepted the offer and rejoined his allies on Samatau.
In , the tribe threw the Day 24 Immunity Challenge and attended Tribal Council. However, it was revealed that there would be no elimination; rather, the castaways would make a private decision as to whether they wanted to mutiny to the . In the voting booth, each castaway would either write their own name on the parchment to signify their intent to mutiny, or leave it blank. If multiple people wrote their names, those people would draw rocks to determine who would switch tribes; if no one wrote their names, the whole tribe would draw rocks to decide the person switching tribes. Ultimately, only Liz Parnov elected to mutiny.
===South Africa===
In , as part of the Black Cowrie twist, the mutiny was on offer throughout the tribal phase of the game. Starting with the first two accursed Alison de Chazal and Tasleem Vally, the holders of the Black Cowrie may choose to defect to the opposing tribe before the start of any Immunity Challenge in order to rid themselves of the penalty vote. They may only defect once, and they will still have the ability to pass on the curse if they are voted out. None of the cursed contestants, including Bonnie Henna after she received the Black Cowrie from Tasleem, chose to mutiny.
On Day 2 of , Chappies Chapman and Jason Brookstein were sent as Vuna and Zamba's respective ambassadors to compete in a Reward Challenge. After the challenge, Chappies and Jason were each given "diplomatic immunity"; should their tribe lose an Immunity Challenge, they would be given the option of defecting permanently to the other tribe, saving themselves from Tribal Council in the process. Jason was voted out on Day 3 without invoking his diplomatic immunity. Meanwhile, Chappies survived until Day 19 without using his diplomatic immunity; when the merge occurred, the twist was retired.
On Day 5 of , Marian de Vos found the Diplomatic Immunity advantage on Masu camp. While it retained the mechanics first employed in Immunity Island, the advantage holder could now play it for any other castaway in the game, effectively forcing them to switch tribes. After the tribe switch, Marian was switched onto the Yontau tribe, which lost the Immunity Challenge on Day 18. She then invoked her advantage ahead of the Joint Tribal Council and defected back to Masu. That same afternoon, Shane Hattingh found the same advantage on Yontau camp, but he learns that only the first person to use the advantage may swap tribes. Since Marian had already used the same advantage, Shane was left with a powerless advantage.
==Trivia==
*Liz Parnov is the first Sole Survivor across all franchises to win the game after mutinying to another tribe.
==References==
Category:Twists
Category:Gameplay
Category:Australian Survivor
Category:Australian Survivor (2017)
Category:Australian Survivor: Heroes v Villains
Category:Survivor South Africa: Maldives
Category:Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island
Category:Survivor South Africa: Return of the Outcasts