Survivor: Zambezi

## Series Chronology

***Survivor: Zambezi*** is the seventeenth season of the third generation Suitman's Survivor Series, which premiered on June 25, 2021 and ended with the winner reveal on July 10, 2021.

It ended with Megan H. defeating Izaak Z. and Josh H. at the Final Tribal Council in an 8-0-0 vote.

## Production

The seventeenth season was revealed on May 6, 2021. Applications opened the same day, and closed over two weeks later on June 21, 2021. 48 people applied, 30 were cut from the casting, and 18 went on to become the castaways competing in the game. The full cast was revealed on June 23, 2021, along with the tribal designations.

This season, eighteen castaways were divided into three tribes of six. The tribes are named after places in Namibia - Bukalo, wearing purple, Kongola, in orange, and Sangwali, with red. On Day 7, the tribes merged into Bons Sinais, wearing blue.

The series is produced and hosted by SuitMan13, with production assistance from Haus Gaga, JackTheFlop, PumpSmash, AlmightyOZ and Spark\_.

## Features

### Twists

* **River Rapids:** Throughout the season, players may find oars that can be used to attempt a special trial which consists of a series of tasks. Completing tasks rewards players with advantage offers, which they can either accept and stop the trial, or leave it behind in hopes of getting something better further down the rapids. However, failing a task at any point of the trial will give players a punishing curse.
* **Tribe Switch:** On Day 4, the Bukalo, Kongola, and Sangwali tribes underwent a tribe switch, mixing up the tribes in a school-yard pick.
	+ **Solo Tribe:** One player was forced to compete alone on their own tribe for the remainder of the pre-merge, tasked with beating at least one tribe in the challenge to avoid joining the losing group at a Joint Tribal Council.
* **Joint Tribal Council:** Less significant Joint Tribals occurred as part of the Solo Tribe twist.
* **Blackjack Gamble:** The ability for players to play a game of Blackjack, to potentially win an Extra Vote in the game if victorious, or a Vote Stealer if able to get an outright 21.

### Powers

* **Hidden Immunity Idols:** There was one hidden idol placed in each tribe camp, which could be found by correctly guessing the location in camp where it was hidden.
* **Instant Mutiny:** This power enables the user to instant mutiny to an opposing tribe. This will insert them into Tribal Council if that tribe is attending, making them vulnerable yet unable to vote, and vice versa.
* **Extra Vote:** This power enables the user to vote twice at a particular Tribal Council.
* **Vote Stealer:** This power enables the user to take away someone's vote and instead cast two themselves at a particular Tribal Council.
* **Vote Doubler:** This power enables the user to double the amount of votes against another player at a single Tribal Council, at the cost of also doubling any votes received against the user for three Tribal Councils.

## Contestants

* **^Note 1** : On Day 4, Megan mutinied from the Bukalo tribe to Kongola.
* **^Note 2** : Frank played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore 2 votes against him were not counted.
* **^Note 3** : On Day 5, Frank mutinied from the Sangwali tribe to Bukalo.
* **^Note 4** : Joey played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Tyrell, therefore 7 votes against him were not counted.
* **^Note 5** : August played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore 4 votes against him were not counted.

## The Game

* **^Note 1** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 2** : A Extra Vote was used, allowing the user to vote twice at this Tribal Council.
* **^Note 3** : Due to a tie, there was a re-vote between the tied players.

## Voting Table

* **^Note 1** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 2** : A Extra Vote was used, allowing the user to vote twice at this Tribal Council.