GeoORGs: Mandalay

***GeoORGs: Mandalay*** is the tenth season of GeoORGs. It is the second consecutive season to feature a new GeoORGs main host, this time being Season 5 & 7 alumnus Chroma. It is known for being the first season to feature new players and have a cast of 20.

Patrick became the series' tenth Soul Survivor after defeating Ranger Dan 5-2 in a jury vote. This season is remembered for its brutal pre-merge that saw each tribe take turns dominating the other in immunity challenges, resulting in long periods of safety or repeated tribal councils for the contestants.

*Mandalay is hosted in the same server that houses the archives of Season 8: Sahara and Season 9: Jujuy. You can join that here: **https://discord.gg/BjSThbNzsZ***

***DISCLAIMER: Like every other season of GeoORGs, Mandalay is not a legitimate 39-day season, because GeoORGs as a whole does not stretch across 39 actual days. The schedules of each season of GeoORGs are warped for the purpose of the Wiki and the Wiki only, and in reality, they vary slightly in length anywhere from ~20 to ~40 days. GeoORGS does not present itself to follow a strict 39-day schedule.***

## Production

### Season Structure

* **Tribe Composition**: The twenty castaways were divided into two tribes of ten.
* **Tribe Shuffle**: On Day 11, the remaining cast swapped tribes.
* **Double tribal**: On Day 17, castaways competed for individual immunity on each tribe, and both tribes attended separate tribal councils where they voted out one of their members.
* **Double Shuffle**: On Day 18, the remaining cast swapped tribes for a second time.
* **Merge**: This season merged with nine castaways in the game.
* **Final Tribal Council**: Two finalists faced a jury of seven.
### Twists

* **Hidden Immunity Idol**: A hidden immunity idol was hidden on each tribes beach. These idols could be used while six players were left in the game.
* **Gamblers Immunity Idol**: A Gamblers hidden immunity idol was hidden on each tribes beach after the first tribe swap took place. These idols could only be activated by the holder forfeiting their vote. Once activated, these idols could only be played at the next tribal council. The last time to activate them would be with eight people were left in the game, meaning they could be played with seven people left.
* **Merge Hidden Immunity Idol**: A hidden immunity idol was hidden on the merge beach. This idol could be used while five people were left in the game.
* **Merge Extra Vote**: An extra vote was hidden in the same place as the merge hidden immunity idol. This extra vote could be used while six people were left in the game.
* **In-challenge Prisoners Dilemma**: At the final 14 immunity challenge, tribes were split into pairs to tackle different legs of the challenge. One of these legs allowed a pair to each gain an extra vote and a shorter time in the challenge if they accepted. However, if both pairs on both tribes accepted, all players taking part in this leg would lose their vote.

## Voting History

1Besco forfeited his vote in order to charge the Gamblers Immunity Idol

2Hannah played an activated Gamblers Idol on herself, but negated no votes

3Patrick played a Hidden Immunity Idol on himself, negating all votes cast against him.

4Patrick forfeited his vote in order to charge the Gamblers Immunity Idol

5Patrick played an activated Gamblers Idol on himself, negating all votes cast against him

6Ranger Dan forfeited his vote as part of the Final 11 Immunity challenge

## Trivia

* Mandalay is the first season to feature a pink tribe.
	+ The buff for Isla Tiburón was also pink, but since this was not an official tribe, Monywa becomes the first actual pink tribe.
* Mandalay is the first season to feature both returnees and new players.
* Mandalay is the first season with new players to have a cast of 20 players, and the second overall, following *GeoORGs: Comino*.
* Mandalay is the first season to feature returning players who have never witnessed a tribe swap before.
	+ Since one of them, despite reaching the tribe switch, never switched tribes, Mandalay produced the first returning player who was only affiliated with two unique tribes.
* Excluding *Sahara*, which had swaps every single cycle, Mandalay is the first season to feature two tribe switches.
* Mandalay lost the highest percentage of its contestants pre-merge of any GeoORGs season, with 55% of the cast eliminated before the merge. The only seasons that come close to this percentage are *Hokkaido* (43.75% of the cast gone pre-merge) and *Comino* (45% of the cast gone pre-merge).
	+ Mandalay is the first season to merge with less than half of its cast remaining.