Survivor: Galapagos Islands

***Survivor: Galapagos Islands***, otherwise known as ***Survivor: Galapagos Islands - Pirate Island II*** is the twelfth season of *Brovivor*. *Galapagos Islands* was the second season to feature the Pirate Island twist created by Matt, and currently has the largest newbie cast size to date. This season is widely known as one of the best seasons of Brovivor by far containing compelling gameplay as well as a great mix of characters that were entertaining to watch. Bringing iconic moments such as "No Doubloon 4 U" and more to the history of the series, this season become one of the most impactful.

After 42 Days, Diglett became one of the most dominant winners in Brovivor History and won in a 7-1-0 jury vote over Corcaigher and Mark.

## Production

Production for *Galapagos Islands* started during the eleventh season, *Kunlun Mountains*, being originally introduced to alumni and applicants as *Galapagos Islands - Exile Island* to hide the Pirate Island's twist return. After a decently average season prior, Joseph and Matt decided to reach out to an old fan favorite twist in order to set up for an exciting season. While they used a familiar twist that would bring an easy reward of a good season, risks were taken with production as they increased the cast size to 22 leading to two outcomes, either getting a large amount of inactives or giving opportunity to create many new characters. They also took the risk of allowing the cast to draft their own swap tribes, meaning they risked having strong tribal lines at the merge creating a potential pagonging. However they got lucky with their choices, as it created an amazing season.

> "These islands are located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, 605 miles off the west coast of South America. The closest landmass is that of mainland Ecuador, the country to which they belong to the east. The group consists of 18 main islands, 3 smaller islands, and 107 rocks and islets. The islands are located at the Galapagos Triple Junction. The archipelago is located on the Nazca Plate, which is moving east/southeast, diving under the South American Plate at a rate of about 2.5 inches per year. Here on this beach, we look out into the sea where we find a boat where the adventure of a lifetime is about to begin...22 Castaways are about to compete against each other in a game that is going to test their social and physical abilities in order to win the title of Sole Survivor! We have traveled to the Galapagos Islands for our 12th Season, where we hope to see our best yet. 22 People will play, but only 1 will claim the title of Sole Survivor…
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## Twists/Changes

* **Expanded Cast and Days:** This season had the largest newbie cast size to date, being 22, and as a result the amount of "Days" played was expanded to 42.
* **Doubloons:** After being sorted into tribes, castaways were informed of the main twist of the season being Pirate Island. They each were given one doubloon which served as the currency of the game that could be used in the game to gain advantages or bargain with others. Advantages could be bought in a shop, or even be auctioned off. Throughout the game there were multiple ways to receive doubloons, which were allowed to be transferred but the count was never public.
	+ In the premerge portion of the game, whoever received the second most amount of votes at a tribal council would receive one doubloon.
	+ In the postmerge portion of the game, the person who came second in the immunity challenge would received one doubloon.
* **Doubloon Immunity Idol:** At any point during the game, if a player was in possession of three doubloons, they could be exchanged for a Doubloon Immunity Idol, which served the same purpose as the hidden immunity idol, however it just wasn't hidden. If players wanted to exchange their immunity idols for doubloons, they could, but for a lowered price of two doubloons.
* **Pirate Island:** During the game, castaways would have opportunities to travel to Pirate Island where they had the option of two different paths. This would be the place that players would utilize doubloons outside of buying Doubloon Immunity Idols. The two paths were as follows...
	+ **Casino:** The first path, labeled Casino, would take the player to "Rupert's Bar and Casino". Inside, players would have the option to play a game against Rupert, where if they won, they would receive an additional doubloon. If they fail, their vote would be stolen at the next tribal council.
	+ **Outpost:** The second path, labeled Outpost, would take the player to "Rupert's Pirate Outpost". Inside, they would find Rupert who ran a shop that sells advantages that can be bought with Doubloons. Advantages included: an extra vote, a legacy advantage, or selling their vote at the next tribal council for one doubloon.
* **Tribe Draft:** At the Final 17, one captain was selected from each tribe, and instead of a randomized swap, the captains would be able to choose the people who joined their tribe. However, since there was an odd amount of people, the last person leftover after each tribe had eight people would go to Pirate Island, and would select the tribe they wanted to attend tribal council. They would join that tribe after the voted someone out.