CtC Survivor: Palawan

***CtC Survivor: Palawan*** is the eighth season of the *Coast to Coast* series.

## Production

This season was hosted by John B, Zoe M, Linden W, and Caryn S The season premiered on June 24th and lasted approximately a month, shorter than any other CtC season to date. The blog for this season was Survivor: Palawan.

## Twists/Changes

* **Castaway Cove**: To accommodate for the merge round where four players left the game, production implemented the Castaway Cove to lengthen the season. The three players voted out from final 8 to final 6 would be sent to Castaway Cove, where they would all compete to reenter the game. Any advantages on hand when sent to Castaway Cove would be lost. Andrew D, Mac E, and Madison B were all sent to Castaway Cove, with Andrew D winning the return competition and reentering the game.
* **Drunk Idol**: The Drunk Idol was an iteration of the hidden immunity idol that required the holder to name 3 players to potentially play it on. These three names would be put on a wheel, and whichever name the wheel landed on determined who the drunk idol was actually played on. The last time it could be played was at the final 5 tribal council.
* **Knowledge Is Power**: This advantage allowed for the holder to ask any player on their tribe if they have a specific advantage or idol. They had to ask for a specific item. If the player being asked did in fact have the advantage, they would have to give it to the holder of the knowledge is power. This advantage could be played up until the end of the final 6 round.
* **Shot In The Dark**: First seen in Survivor 41, the shot in the dark gives vulnerable players the ability to sacrifice their vote for a chance at immunity at one Tribal Council throughout the season. There would be a 1 in \*however many people are attending tribal and can receive votes\* chance at getting safety at each tribal. If the player received a “safe” scroll, any votes cast against them would not count. After the merge, until there were 8 remaining, there would be 2 safe scrolls. From final 8 on, there would only be 1 safe scroll. The Shot In The Dark twist ended at final 5.
* **Spot Shifter Advantage**: This advantage allowed for the holder to switch two players on any tribes, including themself. This could happen only within the hour after Tribal Council. This advantage expired once the tribes merged.
* **Amulets**: Amulets returned once again this season. Amulets are a style of advantage used in CTC Survivor that are played anonymously and unleash a twist for one round. Each Amulet contains its own set of rules.
	+ **Amulet of Hospitality**: The Amulet of Hospitality allowed for the holder to save three people from Tribal Council. These three would be sent to Exile away from the tribe, and would not be able to communicate with anyone else. They would be safe from that vote, and they also would be unable to vote. The user of this advantage cannot exile themselves. If the tribe had less than 5 members, this advantage could be used If this advantage was played on a 5 person tribe, the remaining two would compete in a fire-making challenge to stay in the game. The three players sent to Exile would have a chance to win an advantage. This advantage could be played up until and including the final 5.
	+ **Amulet of Vulnerability**: The Amulet of Vulnerability allowed for the holder to cancel the immunity challenge for a round, meaning all players would be vulnerable at tribal council. It must have been played within an hour of the previous Tribal Council ending, and could be played up until the final 5.

## Trivia

* Palawan is the shortest season of Coast to Coast, sitting at only 31 days long.
* This season has the greatest number of players who left the game by means other than being voted out, with 5.