Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains

## Series Chronology

***Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*** is the thirtieth season of the third generation Suitman's Survivor Series, which premiered on June 30, 2023 and ended with the winner reveal on July 19, 2023.

It ended with Dominic S. defeating Nolan K. and Zoey R. at the Final Tribal Council in a 6-5 tiebreaker, after the jury vote tied 5-5-0.

## Production

The thirtieth season was revealed on May 24, 2023, with an *All-Star* cast confirmed. Applications opened on May 30, and closed four weeks later on June 26, 2023. 70 people applied, 38 were cut from the casting, and 22 went on to become the castaways competing in the game. The full cast and tribal designations were revealed on June 28, 2023.

This season, twenty-two castaways were divided into two tribes of ten. The tribes are named after the divisions for returning players - Heroes, wearing blue, and Villains, in red. On Day 5, a third and fourth tribes were added - Domitia, with yellow, and Maximia, having purple. On Day 9, the tribes merged into Imperium, wearing black.

The series is produced and hosted by SuitMan13, with production assistance from Haus Gaga, JackTheFlop, PumpSmash, Ian.Reis, Christian37, Tierkreis and nutmeggiee.

## Features

### Twists

* **Scales of Morality:** This season, a series of broken coins were placed on each tribe. When one player found two matching halves, they were then presented with a secret task which had to complete within a set time frame. Depending on which task they complete - heroic or villainous - they would get to choose from a pre-determined set of advantages.
* **Urn Wars:** On Day 3, both tribes went to Tribal Council to vote someone out, with the challenge determining which voting urn they'd be using, each with different outcomes. In the Open Urn, every vote is read alongside revealing who cast each vote. In the Closed Urn, no votes are read and only the name of the player who was voted out is revealed.
* **Tribe Switch:** On Day 5, the Heroes and Villains tribes underwent a tribe switch, mixing up the tribes in a school-yard pick. The third and fourth tribes, Domitia and Maximia, were created during this switch, while the Heroes and Villains tribes were dismantled.
* **Returning Players:** Twenty-two castaways from the first twenty-nine seasons returned this season to compete for a second, third or fourth time.
	+ **Heroes vs. Villains:** This season the castaways were divided by the morality of their games in previous seasons - Heroes or Villains.

### Powers

* **Hidden Immunity Idols:** There was one hidden idol placed in each tribe camp, which could be found by correctly guessing the location in camp where it was hidden.
	+ **Healer Idol:** A new variation of Hidden Immunity Idol that functions the same as a normal idol, but can only be played on someone else.
* **Bank or Send:** This power gives the player the option to abstain from voting at one Tribal Council, and either bank that extra vote for themselves to be used in the future, or send it to someone on the opposing tribe.
* **Idol Nullifier:** This power enables the user to void the use of a Hidden Immunity Idol, by playing it on a specific person.
* **Ejector Seat:** This power enables the user to leave Tribal Council. They cannot be voted out, but also cannot vote at Tribal.
* **Vote Stealer:** This power enables the user to take away someone's vote and instead cast two themselves at a particular Tribal Council.

## Contestants

* **^Note 1** : On Day 7, Dominic, Dylan and Josh all mutinied from the Domitia tribe to Maximia.
* **^Note 2** : Patrick played a Healer Idol on Skyler, therefore 7 votes against him were not counted.
* **^Note 3** : Nolan played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore 5 votes against him were not counted.
* **^Note 4** : Dylan played a Hidden Immunity Idol, but didn't negate any votes against him.
* **^Note 5** : Zoey played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore 4 votes against her were not counted.

## The Game

* **^Note 1** : A Extra Vote was used, allowing the user to vote twice at this Tribal Council.
* **^Note 2** : During the challenge, a chance for individual immunity was also offered, alongside tribal immunity.
* **^Note 3** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 4** : Due to a tie, there was a re-vote between the tied players.
* **^Note 5** : Following a deadlock vote, the tied castaways became safe, and the remaining non-immune castaways drew rocks to decide who would leave.
* **^Note 6** : The final vote resulted in a tie. Per *Survivor* rules, the Second Runner-Up, Zoey, would become a member of the Jury to decide the tiebreaking vote.

## Voting Table

* **^Note 1** : This castaway sacrificed their vote in order to gain an Extra Vote in the future.
* **^Note 2** : An Extra Vote was used, allowing the user to vote twice at this Tribal Council.
* **^Note 3** : Shadi used a Vote Stealer, taking away one of Antonio's votes at this Tribal Council and cast two votes himself.
* **^Note 4** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 5** : Following a deadlock vote, the tied castaways became safe, and the remaining non-immune castaways drew rocks to decide who would leave.
* **^Note 6** : An Ejector Seat was used, allowing this castaway to leave Tribal Council before the vote.
* **^Note 7** : The final vote resulted in a tie. Per *Survivor* rules, the Second Runner-Up, Zoey, would become a member of the Jury to decide the tiebreaking vote.