LogVivor: Iceland

***LogVivor: Iceland*** is the eighth season of LogVivor.

With tribes divided by Zodiac sign in an all-out Battle of the Elements, this season began as a slow burn with the castaways forced to survive amongst the cold and rigid mountains, valleys, glaciers, and volcanoes in the Land of Fire and Ice. Come the Merge, chaos ensued through legendary idol plays, memorable vote outs, and history making moves and moments. As the dust settled, one alliance secretly controlled the game and one element reigned supreme ultimately claiming the crown. This season's aesthetic and main twists are themed around the Vikings of ancient Icelandic history and Nordic culture, mythology, and gods.

Rocky was crowned the Sole Survivor defeating Andy and Paisley in a 6-3-1 vote. To date, it has produced 6 returning players (Rocky, Andy, Khadeejah, Michie, Kaylee and Madz) for subsequent future seasons.

It is preceded by LogVivor: Guyana and followed by LogVivor: Serengeti.

## Format

* **Tribe Composition:** The 20 castaways were divided into 4 tribes of 5.
* **Tribe Swap:** After the 3rd round, the 16 remaining castaways were swapped into 2 tribes of 8.
* **Merge:** The merged tribe was composed of the final 13 members.
* **Final Tribal Council Format:** 3 finalists faced a jury of 10.

## Twists

* **Battle of the Elements:** The tribes were divided based on the Zodiac sign of each castaway. The Air signs formed the Loft tribe, the Earth signs formed the Jörð tribe, the Fire signs formed the Eldur tribe, and the Water signs formed the Vatn tribe.
* **Double Tribal Council:** During Round 3, only the first place tribe would win immunity and have the power to save one of the three losing tribes from Tribal Council sending both losing tribes not chosen to attend Tribal Council separately to both vote out one player.
* **No** **Merge** **Idol:** No Hidden Immunity Idol was hidden at the start of the formation of the merged tribe like normal.
* **Raganrök** **Tribe** **Split:** At the Final 10, the remaining players were split up from the merge tribe and formed two new teams. Only one team would win Immunity sending the other to attend Tribal Council separately to vote out one player.
* **Power of the Althing:** At the Final 8, the first 5 jurors were able to influence the game in two different ways. During the Immunity challenge, the Jury would elect one member to be their Representative and compete alongside the Final 8 players potentially stealing Immunity from the players left in the game. After Immunity, the Jury would also decide on one player to collectively cast one vote against at the following Tribal Council.
* **The Highlands**: At the Final 5, the last place finisher of the Immunity Challenge would be sent to the desolate Icelandic Highlands where they would have to choose between 3 predetermined punishments based on gods and goddesses of Norse Mythology to endure.
	+ Thor: A disadvantage at the Final Immunity challenge
	+ Loki: Spin a wheel to determine their vote at the following Tribal Council.
	+ Hel: Must remain exiled at the Highlands unable to communicate with anyone until 10 minutes before Tribal Council.

## Castaways

### Season 8 Superlatives

* Best Strategic Player: Michael
* Best Social Player: Rocky
* Best Physical Player: Rocky
* Biggest Hero: Mads
* Biggest Villain: Andy
* Best Duo: Rocky & Khadeejah
* Best Rivalry: Chey vs. Paisley
* Most Underrated: Mads
* Biggest Blindside: Khadeejah
* Best Underdog: Kaylee
* Best Top Dog: Rocky
* Most Robbed: Michael
* Most Robbed Premerge: Ashley

* Host Favs: Khadeejah, Michael & Rocky

## Trivia

* *Iceland* has the largest cast composed of entirely new players with 20.
* *Iceland* is the first season to feature 4 starting tribes.
* Air and Earth are the third and fourth tribes to be disbanded after a Tribe Swap.
	+ They are preceded by Chùnday from *Yukon* and Laroul from *Seychelles.*
* *Iceland* is the first season to include a Bank-Your-Vote advantage.
* Madz is tied with Kobe in *Mexico*, Brandon in *Yukon*, Sania in *Seychelles,* Terrence in *Greece,* and Dali in *Guyana* for the most advantages owned at once in a single season with 3.
	+ Madz and Dali are tied for the most Hidden Immunity Idols owned at once in a season with 3.
* Paisley holds the record for most votes negated by a single idol with 9.
* *Iceland* marks the second time all votes at a Tribal Council were nullified by idols.
	+ It is the first however to have a Vote Restart occur as result.
* Matthew Baba is tied with Abi in *Japan* and Lauren in *Guyana* for most votes received in a single Tribal with 10.
	+ However, he is the first to not have this distinction occur during the first Tribal Council of the season.
* Rocky is the first player to give up Individual Immunity to another player.
* When counting nullified votes, Paisley holds the record for the most votes cast against a player in a single season with 19.
* *Iceland* is the first season in which each member of the Final 3 started on a different tribe.
* *Iceland* is the second season where all 3 finalists received a vote to win.
	+ It is preceded by *Yukon.*
	+ Coincidentally, the only time the feat has occurred is seasons set in colder climates.