Survivor: Suriname

**Survivor: Suriname** also known as **Survivor: Suriname — Blood vs. Water 5** is the 30th regular season of Survivor and 38th overall. This season reused the format of *Khao Laem*, *India*, *Melanesia* and *Tonga*, in which pairs of loved ones competed on the same season. Just like in *Khao Laem* and *Melanesia*, this season features previous contestants.

Domenic Bartson defeated Patricia Liber and Andy Black in a 6-5-1 vote and became the second two-time winner, after Patty Graham. The season saw one quit and one medical evacuation, and to date has produced xx returning players () for subsequent seasons.

The season was released in DVD format on August 16, 2016.

## Twists/Changes

* **Returning Players**: Just like in *Khao Laem* and *Melanesia*, the half of the cast will consist of players from past seasons.
* **Blood vs. Water**: Returning players layers will be paired with a competing family member or loved one on the cast. Just like in *Tonga*, all the pairs will start on the same tribe.
* **Redemption Island**: Just like in the first and third "Blood vs. Water" season, when a player gets voted out from Tribal Council, that player will not be eliminated right away. Instead, they will go to Redemption Island, where they will fend for themselves during their entire stay. When the next person gets voted out, the two or three players will compete in a "duel". The winners gets to stay at the island, while the loser is eliminated from the game for good. Also, if someone's loved one is on Redemption Island they can take their loved one's place before their first duel.
* **First Impressions**: Moments after meeting each other, each team tribe will be asked to immediately vote out one member. The people voted out were sent to Redemption Island.
* **Hidden Immunity Idol**: The person who finishes first in each duel will also get to give a clue to the location of a Hidden Immunity Idol to any person from either tribe that they choose. If a castaway wins a game-returning duel, the castaway could also keep the clue for his or herself.
* **Infiltration**: After every Immunity Challenge, the winning tribe would send one of their members to the other tribe. Choosen player would participate and vote during the losing tribe's Tribal Council, but they would still be immune. Player can be sent to the other tribe multiple times, but never twice in a row.
* **Tribe Switch**: On Day 14, selected tribe "chiefs" were tasked to rearrange the tribes, mixing up all the castaways.
* **Joint Tribal Council**: On Day 26, both tribes would attend a single Tribal Council as a one group and vote out one person from the tribe that lost the Immunity Challenge.
* **Merged Tribe Compostion**: The tribes merged on Day 27. The merged tribe was composed of fifteen members.
* **Reward Steal**: The right to steal one reward from another player was up for grabs at the merged tribe camp.
* **Divided Tribal Council**: The merged tribe was divided into three groups of five. Each member of the winning team won individual immunity at the first post-merge Tribal Council.
* **Tribal Council Pass**: The castaway is able to leave Tribal Council before the vote, effectively making them immune, at the cost of not voting. This advantage is usable until there are 7 active castaways left.
* **Tied Destinies**: The final twelve survivors were randomly divided into pairs. For the rest of the episode, the castaways' fate were linked to their partner: the challenges were competed in pairs and once a player is voted out, their partner was also eliminated with them.
* **Final Tribal Council Format**: Three finalists faced a jury comprised of eleven members.