Astervivor: Mediterranean

***Astervivor: Mediterranean*** is the second season of *Astervivor*.

Mediterranean, whilst it started off very strong, ended up collapsing into a slight trainwreck throughout a lot of the Pre-Merge and early Merge sections of the game but readjusting at around the middle of the game into extremely dominant players fighting for the title of Astervivor Royalty. Dxni32 joined Ray as the second member of Astervivor Royalty in a 4-2-1 jury vote against DemonicAngel and FatSheep.

## Production

Production for *Mediterranean* was much different than *New Zealand*, which had very little change from the original draft of the season. Exile Island was planned for the season, with Idols only being found there, but this was scrapped for the Edge of Extinction instead.

The Edge of Extinction twist faced a lot of pushback, as Life and Malik did not want a winner similar to Chris Underwood, who was 3rd boot in the original season he played in, before returning and winning the game. It was agreed upon that *Mediterranean* would have a redesigned Edge of Extinction, with them bringing two players back at the Merge.

Casting for *Mediterranean* was opened up on August 24th, 2021, and closed on September 20th, 2021. There were 27 applicants, 18 being marooned and 1 joining after marooning had begun due to a Day 2 ejection.

## Hosts

There are a total of 6 hosts in *Astervivor: Mediterranean*.

## Format

* **Tribe Composition:** The 18 castaways were divided into 2 tribes of 9.
* **Tribe Expansion:** When there was only 16 players left, the Corfu and Ibiza tribes were introduced and everyone was divided into 4 tribes of 4.
* **Tribe Dissolve:** When there was only 12 players left, the Ibiza tribe was dissolved and everyone was divided into 3 tribes of 4.
* **Merged Tribe Composition:** The final 8 players merged into one tribe, with 2 players who were previously eliminated returning from the Edge of Extinction.
* **Final Tribal Council Format:** Three finalists (Dxni32, DemonicAngel and FatSheep) faced a jury of seven. The jurors individually addressed the finalists.

## Features

### Twists

* **Edge of Extinction:** The Edge of Extinction is the main twist of *Astervivor: Mediterranean*. When a player is voted out, they will go to the Edge of Extinction and will stay there until the merge. When the merge hits, a two-part challenge, testing game strength and puzzle strength, will begin that allows 2 players to return to the game. Unlike in Survivor US, the Edge will not have players return at the Final 6, and not every player makes it to the jury phase of the game. Idols could be carried over if a player was voted out with one.
* **Tribe Expansion:** On Day 5, castaways on Minorca and Majorca were reshuffled into 4 tribes of 4, expanding the tribes from Minorca and Majorca to add Corfu and Ibiza.
* **Tribe Dissolve:** On Day 13, the Ibiza Tribe dissolved and the remaining castaways were reshuffled into new tribes.
* **Double Elimination:** On Day 15 of Mediterranean, castaways on both Corfu and Minorca had to vote out a member of their tribe.

### Powers

* **Hidden Immunity Idol:** Found somewhere on the map, Hidden Immunity Idols, when played, would negate all votes at a tribal council. These were valid until the Final 6.
* **Hidden Fake Idol:** Found somewhere on an Idol Map. Hidden Fake Idols, when played, will not negate any votes towards someone at a Tribal Council. When found originally, the person who finds it will be told that this idol is fake and to rehide it somewhere else on the Idol Map.

## Castaways

*Cool wasn't originally part of the jury, however, due to Bayden's quit during the jury stage, the hosts eventually decided to add him onto the jury.*

## Trivia

* This is the first season where the finalists are all contestants from the same original tribe.