Survivor: Argentina

Location
 No. of Castaways
 Tribes
Rawson (African)
Trelew (Caucasian)
Viedma (Asian)
 Winner

*Survivor: Argentina* is the thirty-fifth season of Huyopa 2001's Survivor. The season features 20 previous castaways that originally competed in seasons between *Samoa* and *New Zealand* aiming to earn the title of Sole Survivor.

The Final Three this season were apart of the majority alliance, controlled by the original Caucasian tribe. Cami was a quieter player compared to her other seasons, leading to her finally making it to Day 39. Symon was more loud and sociable than his first attempt, leading to him being a huge threat in the game. Rick was able to form close bonds with people in and out of his alliance, which did cause a level of distrust between him and others. In the end, Symon was overall deemed more physical, social and personable, landing him the win in a 7-2-0 vote.

## Production

This season was filmed in Patagonia, located at the Southern end of South America. Patagonia is shared by Argentina and Chile and has the west coast face the Pacific Ocean and the east coast face the Atlantic Ocean. During the time of filming, it was summer in Argentina allowing for a great location for castaways but had lack of natural food resources, leading to an increase in food rewards and added stipulations such as rice and beans being more available to help with castaways diets.

Originally, there was 6 castaways on the four original tribes. However, for an undisclosed reason, one person from each of the original tribes was cut. This included Skyler from Survivor: The Amazon being cut from the Caucasian tribe, Jessica from Survivor: Japan being cut from the Asian tribe, Shilpa from Survivor: Borneo being cut from the Hispanic tribe (likely because she is indeed Indian and not from anywhere in Latin America) and Byron from Survivor: Worlds Apart and Survivor: India being cut from the African tribe.

This season is highly controversial for dividing the cast based on race and in many instances, placing them on an incorrect starting tribe.

* Cami is Puerto Rican and would be more suited to the Bariloche tribe.
* Ellody is Indian and would be more suited to the Viedma tribe.
* Gianni identifies as an "Afro-Latino", making him a suitable member of both Bariloche and Rawson.
* Rick is South American and would be more suited to the Bariloche tribe.
* Shilpa, an alternate for the Hispanic tribe this season, is Indian and would therefore be more suited to the Viedma tribe.

**Author's Note**: I should've scrapped this idea sooner or used players that actually fit the stupid theme, but I went ahead with it and produced what turned out to be a terrible season. I was thinking of completely erasing this season from memory, but decided to keep it because I want to remind myself that it is inappropriate to incorrectly categorise people based on their race. Not only that, but I simulated a season that led to the decimation of any racially diverse castaways and rewarded the whitest, straightest male winner.

## Twists/ Changes

**Divided by Race**: For the first time in Survivor history, the castaways will originally be divided by their race. The Caucasians (Trelew), the Africans (Rawson), the Hispanics (Bariloche) and the Asians (Viedma). Each of the four tribes will begin with 5 castaways from previous seasons.

Tribe Dissolve: On Day 12, the remaining 15 castaways were switched into the Rawson, Viedma and Trelew tribes, ending the racially divided tribe twist. This meant that Bariloche ceased to exist and the three tribes continued to compete instead.

Merge **at 3 Tribes**: Much like Survivor: Japan, the three tribes, Viedma, Trelew and Rawson, merged. Other seasons with 3 tribes has one dissolve prior to the merge.

Voting Advantage: On Day 29, the remaining castaways competed for an advantage in the game. The last person standing won an extra vote. Godfrey won the challenge, but was voted out before he could use it. Therefore, he gave his advantage to Destiny, who used it on Day 31. She removed Cara's right to vote and gave herself the right to vote twice.

## Trivia

* This season holds the record for representation, as 85% of the cast are people of colour. However, this is largely due to the central tribe division twist.
* This is the first season to include four original tribes since Survivor: Fiji.
* *Argentina* is the first season to merge directly from three tribes.
* Godfrey and Sarge were the only castaways from their original tribes to be members of the jury.
* The highest ranking members of each tribe, Symon, Jeremy, Godfrey and Sarge, are all males.
* Nine castaways improved on their previous *Survivor* placements, Cami, Destiny, Jeremy, Lateysha, Rick, Sarge, Scoop, Symon and Tiarn.
* Survivor: Argentina holds the record for the most revotes in one season, with four.
	+ Interestingly, only women were voted out following a revote.
* Destiny is the first person to use a voting advantage but not be the one to earn it.
* Symon is the first male winner since Blue Jay from Survivor: Malaysia.