Joint Tribal Council

The Joint Tribal Council is a Survivor twist where two tribes both attend a single Tribal Council as a group.
It is not to be confused with a Double Tribal Council, where the tribes attend two separate Tribal Councils.
==History/Appearances==
In , a planned Double Tribal Council was canceled after Russell Swan was medically evacuated from the game. As a result, both the Foa Foa and Galu tribes attended Tribal Council together, but no one was voted out.
In , a Joint Tribal Council was held to announce the evacuation of Colton Cumbie. Again, no one was voted out. The Manono and Salani tribes merged at this Tribal Council.
In , during the three-tribe stage, Tavua won a three-tribe Immunity Challenge, sending Mana and Nuku to a Joint Tribal Council and introducing the concept that they would vote only one person out. Nuku's numbers advantage was negated by a well-played Hidden Immunity Idol, and they lost Malcolm Freberg in a 5-0 vote.
In , once again during the three-tribe stage, it was announced that only one tribe would win immunity, sending the other two to Tribal Council. Kama won the Immunity Challenge, and it was revealed that Lesu and Manu would be attending Tribal Council together in a Joint Tribal Council. With both tribes containing four members, there were mutual discussions of a potential deadlock occurring. Despite the vote initially being tied 4-4, Manu caved and voted out outsider Wendy Diaz unanimously on the revote.
==Summary==
Season	Episode	Tribes	Eliminated 	Vote
 	6 	 	None 	None
 	6 	 	None 	None
 	6 	 	None 	None
 	6 	 	None 	None
 	3 	 	rowspan="2"	5-0
 	3 	 	 	5-0
 	5 	 	rowspan="2"	4-4;6-0
 	5 	 	 	4-4;6-0
==Trivia==
* Both Joint Tribal Councils that occurred in seasons taking place in Fiji had someone being voted out of the game, while both Joint Tribal Councils that occurred in seasons that took place in Samoa did not have anyone voted out.
* No contestant has been present at multiple Joint Tribal Councils. Troyzan Robertson (present in ) was immune from the Joint Tribal, and Aubry Bracco (present in Game Changers) was voted out the round prior to the Joint Tribal.
*Samoa is the only season where no blue tribe was in attendance at Joint Tribal Council. However, the two attending tribes later merged into a blue tribe.
* Edge of Extinction is the first season where a tie and revote occurred at a Joint Tribal Council.
==References==
Category:Twists
Category:Gameplay
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor: Samoa
Category:Survivor: One World
Category:Survivor: Game Changers
Category:Survivor: Edge of Extinction
Category:Survivor (franchise)