Survivor: San Junipero

Survivor: San Junipero is the twelfth season of Essix's ORGs.
This inspired season, like the Black Mirror episode that inspired it, had its share of both heartfelt and gut-wrenching moments. A chaotic pre-swap Vie tribe saw early frontrunners be blindsided one after another, followed by the swap and early merge taking out the strongest villains. The finale was a direct contrast of the pre-merge, as the castaways stood ground with their heroic games and vowed to take their allies to the end. Courtney, a well-loved social butterfly since Day 1, made it to the final two with her long-term ally Kazoo. In the end, Courtney won by a 7-2 vote, greatly attributed to her receiving no votes despite being a high-profile threat.
== Twists ==
* Tribe Composition: The cast was divided into two tribes of nine.
* Returning Players: Two returning players returned to compete with a new batch of castaways. These returnees are former contestants who were medically evacuated from their respective seasons.
* Safari: In a separate server, a fully-interactive choose-your-own-adventure story could be played. Every castaway had one run per episode, and could travel through a text-based story that delves into both canon elements and original, creative elements of the town of San Junipero. Through this safari, players could earn the following advantages:
** Incognito Idol: Castaways can earn four differently coloured tickets in the arcade at Tucker’s, and then trade them with a man outside the Quagmire for a purple ticket. Upon handing the purple ticket to the man at the arcade counter, the player earns the Incognito Idol. The Incognito Idol functions as a regular Hidden Immunity Idol that negates votes against a castaway, however it completely hides the parchments and vote count from players. In the event of this being played, the only thing announced at Tribal Council would be the advantages played and the castaway who has been eliminated. Like a Hidden Immunity Idol, its last valid use is at the final five. None of the castaways were able to find this.
** Shot In The Dark: Castaways can earn this advantage by ordering ‘The Dice Roll’ special at the bar of Tucker’s - however, this special only has six shots on offer. By sacrificing their vote at Tribal Council, a player in trouble can use this advantage for a chance to be immune at any vote, with the last available use being at the final seven. While the chance of a favourable outcome was slim, if successful, the play acted as if a Hidden Immunity Idol was played. None of the castaways were able to find these.
** Hidden Immunity Idol: By exploring the beach house, castaways can learn more about a man sat at the bar in Tucker’s. If they are able to correctly guess his favourite drink, he will hand the player his necklace. This functions as a regular Hidden Immunity Idol, with its last valid use being at the final five. This was found by Courtney, who transferred it to Ben H, who then used it to correctly nullify a majority of votes against him at the final seven.
** Medusa Pendant: By accepting the risky deal of a devil-horned man outside the Quagmire, a castaway can find the Medusa Pendant. This advantage seals a castaway’s ability to vote away for the foreseeable future. The only way to regain their vote is to use the Medusa Pendant to nullify a majority of votes for somebody other than themselves. If the person who they privately choose to use the Medusa Pendant on does not receive the majority of votes, it will not be played, they will still no longer have your vote, and they will have to try again. The Medusa Pendant will disappear at the final seven, meaning that they will regain their vote at that time. This was found by Dani, who bequeathed it to Vivi after being voted out. Vivi used it to nullify 4 votes against Dior.
** Extra Vote: If a player completes the Snake Woman’s challenge in the Quagmire, she will give that player an Extra Vote. However, if they fail her challenge, her snake will bite and the player will lose their vote. This was found by Kazoo and used at the final six, but did not change the outcome of Tribal Council.
*** A second Extra Vote can be earned if a player defeats a man in a cage fight in the Quagmire, using a weapon of their choice. This was found by Hylke, who was voted out before using it.
** Half Extra Vote: An Extra Vote advantage can be obtained if players find each half and put them together by transferring one half to a fellow castaway. If not combined with another half, it simply counts as 1.5 votes. One half can be found in an envelope in the purple house at the beach; the other under the blue house’s welcome mat. The former was found by Frost, who used it at the final ten, but it did not change the outcome of Tribal Council. The latter was found by Ben H, who used it to blindside Goosie by a 4½-4 vote.
** Steal-A-Vote: By exploring the coral house at the San Junipero beach, players can uncover a music box that begins to play Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven Is A Place On Earth”. This music box can be used to block another player’s vote and cast a second vote of your own at Tribal Council. This was found by Hylke, who was voted out before using it.
* Mock Vote & Tribe Switch: On Day 11, the tribes were told they would each vote out a member. No immunity challenge was held, neither individual nor tribal. After the two castaways were “voted out”, they were sent to meet in private on the San Junipero beach, while the other castaways in the game believed the game was on a break day. Whilst at the beach, the two castaways switched the tribes using a Schoolyard Pick method. They would then return to the game in the tribes they chose on Day 12.
* Merged Tribe Composition: The merged tribe formed on Day 17, Juniper, was composed of 11 members. An unbreakable tie in the tribal immunity challenge caused an early merge at 12 players, and the players with the worst performance (Luann & Vivi) were up for elimination. The Juniper tribe was officially formed after Vivi was voted out.
* Tied Destinies: Similarly to the characters of Kelly and Yorkie from Black Mirror, the ten castaways would form five couples at the Day 22 immunity challenge. The immunity challenge mimicked the star rating system from Black Mirror episode Nosedive, adapting it to place castaways with their preferred partner. The castaway with the most votes at the Day 23 Tribal Council would also take their partner out of the game with them.
* Loved Ones: On Day 29, with five castaways remaining, each castaway’s loved one entered the game to compete in a reward challenge. The castaway who won the reward challenge got to pick which castaway won immunity, other than themselves. Ben H won reward and gifted immunity to Courtney.
* Final Tribal Composition: The final two castaways would face a jury of nine.
==Hosts==
===Admin===
EssixAdmin
===Production===
 		 		 		 		 		 		
Andrew		Dyer		LnR		Pom Pom		Riolen		Snoozing		Ushi
== Castaways ==
(Ages and occupations from the premiere of the season - 24th February 2024)(The "Day" numbers are taken from real-life days, counting 24th Feb as Day 1, and therefore do not match the format of real-life Survivor.)
Contestant	Contestant 	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation 	Tribe Affiliation 	Finish 	VotesAgainst
Contestant	Contestant 	Original Tribe 	Swapped Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Finish 	VotesAgainst
 	RickPat17, American 	 	rowspan="4" 	rowspan="7" 	1st Voted OutDay 4 	6
 	Dani16, Danish 	 	2nd Voted OutDay 6 	6 	 	
 	Swurtle23, American 	 	3rd Voted OutDay 8 	6 	 	
 	Emily16 	 	4th Voted OutDay 10	6 	 	
 	Grey17 	 	 	5th Voted OutDay 14 	10 	
 	Goosie25, British 	 	 	6th Voted OutDay 16 	8½ 	
 	Vivi18, American 	 	 	7th Voted OutDay 18 	9 	
 	Venus15, American 	 	 	rowspan="11" 	8th Voted Out1st Jury MemberDay 21	10
 	Dior21, American 	 	 	9th Voted Out2nd Jury MemberDay 23 	9½ 	
 	Hylke14, Dutch 	 	 	10th Voted Out3rd Jury MemberDay 23	5½ 	
 	Gautham15, Indian 	 	 	11th Voted Out4th Jury MemberDay 25	9 	
 	Luann19 	 	 	12th Voted Out5th Jury MemberDay 27	6 	
 	Frost18 	 	 	13th Voted Out6th Jury MemberDay 29	9 	
 	Turtle<18, Indonesian 	 	 	14th Voted Out7th Jury MemberDay 31	12 	
 	Keri30, New Zealander 	 	 	15th Voted Out8th Jury MemberDay 33	6 	
 	Ben H39, American 	 	 	16th Voted Out9th Jury MemberDay 34	7 	
 	Kazoo16, Indian-American	 	 	Runner-UpDay 37 	2 	
 	Courtney43, American 	 	 	Sole SurvivorDay 37 	0 	
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