S1: India, Karmas Kurse

**S1: India, Karmas Kurse** was the first season of Pickle Productions.

This season was hosted by Manz and Dylan and was filmed in the Indian Jungle, where 22 castaways competed for 29 days for the title of Sole Survivor.

## Season Summary

The season's main twist was **Karmas Kurse** which had voted out castaways giving a parchment to either vote for Good Karma or Bad Karma. The season started with a surprise **Day Two Double Tribal Council,** which caused the Aligarh 6 alliance to be formed that dominated the premerge portion of the game. There after, the tribes swapped after Aligarh lost three consecutive immunity challenges, and Varanasi lost one. Aligarh managed to regain the numbers when 4 Varanasi members were voted out after the swap.

When the two tribes merged with 11 people left, the Aligarh 6 cracked when Yellow flipped to the other side. When another Double Tribal Council occurred on Day 20, Jayden and Amy were voted out due to being two of the current biggest threats, Jayden for his challenge performance and unpredictability, and Amy for her social savviness and knack for finding idols.

From there, Ryan and Yellow then steamrolled there way to the finale, voting anyone out who got in their way, except Jay who was spared due to individual immunity wins and his social connections.

At Final Tribal Council, Ryan was awarded the victory for his cut-throat strategic game over Jays more physical and social game, in a 6-2-0 vote, with Yellow getting no votes.

## Twists

* **Karmas Kurse:** When players get voted out this season, they will be given 2 parchments immediately when leaving the game. One parchment is used to vote for a players Good Karma and the other to vote for a players Bad Karma. If a player receives 3 Good Karma votes, they will receive an Extra Vote Advantage. If a Player receives 1 Bad Karma vote, they will receive an automatic vote against them at their next tribal council.
* **Double Tribal Council:** On day one it was announced that there would be no initial immunity challenge. Instead, both tribes would go to tribal council and vote someone off.
* **Hidden Immunity Idol:** During the pre-merge and merge portion of the game, one idol would be hidden at each tribe's camp with clues found throughout the server. The hidden immunity idol nullifies any votes cast toward the castaway it's played on.
* **Extra Vote:** The extra vote allows the holder to cast two votes at one tribal council. The last time you can play this advantage is when there are 6 players remaining in the game.
* **Steal a Vote:** The steal a vote allows the holder to steal another castaways vote, allowing them to cast two votes at one tribal council. The last time you can play this advantage is when there are 6 players remaining in the game. This was found by Agent.
* **Challenge Advantage:** During the Auction, a scroll was hidden in a reward. It allowed the holder to have an advantage at the F10, or F5 immunity challenge. It was found by Adam.

## Trivia

* This was the first season of the Pickle Production franchise
* This season is tied with S4: Ecuador - The Animal Kingdom for the least amount of women casted with **3**.
* This season is tied with S3: Rome, The Gladiators Dilemma for most amount of quits/expulsions with **2**.

## Reception

Sometimes called a "test" season, **S1: India, Karmas Kurse** is usually ranked towards the bottom of season rankings. While most of the castaways were entertaining, the game-play was rather lacking. And with a quit during the premerge, and a late game expulsion, the season was thought to be doomed. However an entertaining endgame and a well deserved winner helped the season recover.