Survivor: Cébaco

***Survivor: Cébaco*** will be the nineteenth season of the PM Survivor Series.
In the end, Javon Karim defeated Sammie Woodside and Meghan Pierre in a 6-3-0 vote. To date, it has produced three returning players (Kalea Thompson, Sammie Woodside, and Steven Shen) for subsequent seasons.

## Production

The nineteenth season was confirmed shortly after the cast reveal of *Survivor: Guatemala*. The season will follow shortly after the finale of the previous season. The cast was selected before the premiere of the previous season and will be revealed after Guatemala. This season would be the last season to feature the location of the season.

Despite the season originally planning to take place in late February, the season will premiere early in February and conclude before the month ends.

## Twists/Changes

* **First Impressions:** Returning from *Survivor: Palau*, on Day 1, the newly marooned castaways were instructed to make their first vote-off. Relying only from first impressions, the tribes must select which of their tribemates will be the biggest liability to their team, and these two players will "not make it to the journey." The contestants assumed that the two would be eliminated, but the "journey" was revealed to be a four-hour trek to their camps. The two people who were singled out (Tenoch from Uvero and Luke from Tinto) will be airlifted to their camps, while their tribemates underwent a treacherous walk to their respective encampments.
* **One-Time Use Hidden Immunity Idol:** After being whisked away to their camps, the two left out players were given a choice between creating a shelter (to possibly change their perceptions of them) or search for a one-time use Hidden Immunity Idol that can only be good at their first visiting Tribal Council. Unfortunately, both idols were never found and wasted away in the process.
* **Hidden Immunity Idol:** Unlike previous seasons, the idols are only playable until the final six rather than final five.
* **Double Tribal Council:** On Day 13, both tribes must go to Tribal Council to eliminate one of their own.
* **Two Tribe Switches:** There were two tribe swaps in this season, the first one on Day 7, and the other on Day 14.

## Season Summary

The players were split into two tribes, Uvero and Tinto, prior to the game. Each tribe was forced to "vote" someone out ultimately choosing Tenoch Del Bosque from Uvero and Luke Arnold from Tinto, solely on being the oldest and youngest from their respective tribes. Uvero proved to be the physically stronger tribe winning the first two immunities. Tinto proved to be the strategically strong tribe having multiple alliances formed and the only tribe idol to be found by Sammie Woodside.

Despite two tribe swaps, Uvero proved to be the stronger tribe, only losing one immunity challenge. The tribe swaps forced original tribal lines to fade and make strategic moves at tribal council.

At the merge, Steven Shen found himself in a power position between Jeremiah Jackson's and Kalea Thompson's side. He ultimately chose to vote out Jeremiah making the following merge vote outs to be his allies until Meghan Pierre and Kalea decided to turn against each other. Meghan’s side reigned superior allowing Meghan, Sammie and Luke to gain control and vote out the opposing three men.

At the Final Four, Javon Karim winning the final immunity challenge forced the women to turn against biggest threat and underdog, Luke. At the Final Tribal Council, Javon’s floater gameplay was praised by multiple jurors, earning him the win over Sammie’s strategic gameplay and Meghan’s under the radar gameplay.

## Trivia

* This is the last season to be named after the season's location.
* *Cébaco* is the first season since *Thailand* to feature two tribe switches.