Season 1: Hogwarts

***Hogwarts*** is the first season of the online reality game series MintORGs.

Season 1: Hogwarts premiered on February 15th 2023, introducing a cast of 28 contestants.

## Production

Following the discovery of another, longer-running (and previously inactive) ORG series called 'Mintvivor', hosts Minti and Bob decided to rebrand their series to MintORGs.

Season 1: Hogwarts was the first season to take place under the new name of MintORGs, and is a fresh start. Players who previously competed in Minti & Bob's Mintvivor were allowed to compete in MintORGs as rookies.

Prior to the marooning, Minti sorted applicants (based on the personality traits shown in their interview) into one of the four Hogwarts Houses: **Gryffindor**, **Ravenclaw**, **Slytherin** and **Hufflepuff**, which would become their starting tribe.

## Twists/Changes

* **Sorting Hat:** Players were manually Sorted into a Hogwarts house based on their application for the season, resulting in a format similar to Brain vs Brawn vs Beauty.
* **Tribe Division:** The 28 castaways were divided into 4 tribes of 7.
* **The Great Hall:** At selected points during the pre-merge phase, all players were able to communicate cross-tribe in a public open world chat.
* **Instant Tribal:** All four Houses attended a tribal council without competing in an immunity challenge, resulting in four players being voted out on Day 2.
* **Tribe Swap:** On Day 2 after tribal, all players were randomly swapped into 3 tribes of 8: Flitwick, Sprout and Trelawney.
* **House Points:** Players were able to earn House Points by winning challenges.
* **Back To Houses:** On Day 10, players were put back into their 4 original houses, with only 1 house winning immunity and avoiding tribal council.
* **Tribe Swap:** On Day 12, after tribal, 16 of the 17 remaining players were randomly swapped into 2 tribes of 8: Lupin and Slughorn.
* **Chamber of Secrets:** The random player that was not put on Lupin or Slughorn, **Andy**, was taken into the Chamber of Secrets, exiled for 3 days from the rest of the players. He was then put on the losing tribe, Slughorn, after their first tribal.
* **Back To Houses:** On Day 19, players were put back into their 4 original houses once again.
* **House Cup:** On Day 20, it was announced that the bottom two placing houses in the House Cup would be attending a joint tribal.
* **Merge:** On Day 21, the remaining 13 players reached the merge phase of the game.
* **Voldemort Attack:** On Day 32, the players that had Horcruxes handed them in, granting each of them a round of individual immunity.

## Trivia

* Season 1 is the first season to take place under the MintORGs name.
* Season 1 is the first season to take place in a fictional location.
* Season 1 is the first season to have a cast of 28 players.
* Season 1 had the largest cast size of MintORGs, with 28 players, until it was surpassed by Season 3 which had 32.
* Season 1 is the first season to have Tribal Council go to a rock draw, with **Laura** drawing the only rock on Day 21.
* Season 1 is the first season to have a player medevac from the game, with **Vinny** being pulled on Day 23.
* Season 1 is the first season to have four starting tribes, season 3 followed this trend.
* Season 1 is the first season and only season thus far to start players in 'houses'.
* Season 1 is the first season to feature 50/50 idols (in the form of horcruxes).
* Season 1 lasted 44 days, currently the 2nd longest season after Season 3.