Survivor REM: The Australian Outback

***Survivor REM: The Australian Outback***, also known as ***Survivor REM: Australia***, is the second season of *Survivor REM*.

The season concluded with Annaisha Hattori defeating Midori Harada in a close 4-3 vote. The season also featured the first medical evacuation in Kaori Funai's fire accident.

## Twists/Changes

* **Tribe Composition:** The sixteen castaways were divided into two tribes of eight.
* **Merged Tribe Composition:** The merged tribe was composed of ten members.
* **Final Tribal Council Format:** Two finalists faced a jury of seven. The jurors individually addressed the finalists.
* **Longer Game:** The game lasted 42 days, three days longer than the previous season.
* **Tiebreaker:** In the event of a tie vote, a revote would take place. If a deadlock occurs, the votes cast against the players in question from previous Tribal Councils will be taken into account. The castaway that had more votes would be eliminated from the game.

## Season Summary

The sixteen castaways were divided into two tribes, Kucha ("kangaroo") and Ogakor ("crocodile"). While Ogakor began the game strong, Kucha quickly decimated them to five members. Ogakor broke their losing streak by winning the Day 15 Immunity Challenge, sending Kucha back to Tribal Council; and after a medical evacuation, Kucha lost their third member, forcing the tribes to merge both with five members each. The merged tribe named themselves Barramundi.

The 5-5 stalemate caused the tribes to be deadlocked the first time they went to Tribal Council, but Mikihiro Yasutake from Kucha had past votes, bounding the former Kuchas to extinction. Three of the five ex-Ogakors, Midori Harada, Takeo Hamasaki, and Annaisha Hattori, however, stayed a strong group and voted out the remaining Kuchas, while also removing two of their own, Kishou Yamaoka and Komako Noguchi. As the game progressed further, the Barramundi tribe suffered harsh weather conditions, and with a depleted food supply, they were forced to barter their creature comforts for a tin of rice. The alliance of Midori, Takeo, and Nasha stood strong became the final three. Midori won the Final Immunity Challenge and took Nasha to the end, with Takeo completing the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, the jury was torn between Midori's challenge prowess and Nasha's quiet control over the Ogakor Alliance. In the end, with four votes to three, Nasha's strategy won her the title of Sole Survivor.

## Trivia

* This is the first season to feature a live finale, as opposed to the previous season, which had the winner revealed on set. Each season thereafter followed this format.
* This season is the longest season in terms of filming, lasting 42 days instead of the standard 39.
* This season saw the first time a contestant was medically evacuated, when Kaori Funai fell into the campfire and burned her hands.
* This is the only season to have only three castaways left at the beginning of the finale episode.
* This season is tied with *Heroes vs. Villains* for the highest percentage of recurring characters, with 50% of its cast (8 of 16) returning for future seasons.
* This season is tied with *Pearl Islands* and *Cook Islands* for being represented in the most seasons with returning players, with 7.
* This season is tied with *Africa* for the most deadlocked tie votes, with two.
* Along with *David vs. Goliath*, this season has the fewest pre-merge Tribal Councils, with only five.