Survivor: Easter Island

## Series Chronology

***Survivor: Easter Island*** is the twenty-first season of the third generation Suitman's Survivor Series, which premiered on January 21, 2022 and ended with the winner reveal on February 8, 2022.

It ended with Jason A. defeating Patrick S. and Natasha M. at the Final Tribal Council in an 4-3-1 vote.

## Production

The twenty-first season was revealed on December 31, 2021. Applications opened the same day, and closed over two weeks later on January 16, 2022. 34 people applied, 14 were cut from the casting, and 20 went on to become the castaways competing in the game. The full cast was revealed on January 19, 2022, along with the tribal designations.

This season, twenty castaways were divided into two tribes of ten. The tribes are named after phrases in the Rapa Nui language - Heruru, wearing yellow, and Puhia, in blue. On Day 9, the tribes merged into Vaitea, wearing green.

The series is produced and hosted by SuitMan13, with production assistance from Haus Gaga, JackTheFlop, PumpSmash, AlmightyOZ, Spark\_, Ian.Reis and Christian37.

## Features

### Twists

* **Safety Shards:** A new refined game currency, allowing players to abstain from Tribal Council to obtain Safety Shards, which can be used to purchase Hidden Immunity Idols or improve odds for a Shot in the Dark.
* **Shot in the Dark:** By sacrificing their vote at Tribal Council, a player in trouble may draw a parchment for a one in six chance to be immune from the vote. Although a successful outcome is slim, the safety acts as if a Hidden Immunity Idol has been played.
* **Double Tribal Council:** On Day 3, both tribes went to Tribal Council to vote someone out, with the challenge being individual.
* **Tribe Switch:** On Day 5, the Heruru and Puhia tribes underwent a tribe switch, mixing up the tribes in a school-yard pick.
* **Trial By Fire:** On Day 12, the player voted out at Tribal had to call out another castaway, challenging them to a head-to-head duel. The winner of the duel stays, while the loser is eliminated.
* **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. However, this season's idols must be purchased with Safety Shards.
	+ **Neglect and Reflect Idol:** A special form of Hidden Immunity Idol that functions the same as a normal idol, but it also changes the votes to be against the person the user voted for.
* **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.
* **Unveil Token:** This power enables the user to make the Tribal Council vote reveal public, announcing who-voted-who for all votes in that round.

## Contestants

* **^Note 1** : Israel used his Shot in the Dark, therefore 4 votes against him were not counted.
* **^Note 2** : Denver played a Neglect & Reflect Idol, but didn't negate any votes against him.
* **^Note 3** : Sia played a Neglect & Reflect Idol, reflecting 4 votes onto Denver.
* **^Note 4** : Austin played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Denver, therefore 5 votes against him were not counted.
* **^Note 5** : Brandon used his Shot in the Dark, but didn't negate any votes against him.
* **^Note 6** : Patrick played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore 4 votes against him were not counted.
* **^Note 7** : Jason played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Patrick, therefore 3 votes against him were not counted.

## The Game

* **^Note 1** : Both tribes went to Tribal Council on Day 3, so the challenge was individual.
* **^Note 2** : A Shot in the Dark was successful, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 3** : Due to a null vote, there was a re-vote between all non-immune players.
* **^Note 4** : An Extra Vote was used, allowing the user to vote twice at this Tribal Council.
* **^Note 5** : A Neglect & Reflect Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 6** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 7** : Due to Trial By Fire, Talia challenged Jason to a duel. Jason won, eliminating Talia.

## Voting Table

* **^Note 1** : This castaway sacrificed their vote to gain a Safety Shard.
* **^Note 2** : This castaway sacrificed their vote to use their Shot in the Dark.
* **^Note 3** : A Shot in the Dark was successful, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 4** : An Extra Vote was used, allowing the user to vote twice at this Tribal Council.
* **^Note 5** : A Neglect & Reflect Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 6** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 7** : This castaway lost their vote after losing a Blackjack Gamble.
* **^Note 8** : Patrick used a Vote Stealer, taking away Austin's vote at this Tribal Council and cast two votes himself.