Survivor: Grand Final

***Survivor: Grand Final*** is the thirteenth season of *Brovivor*. *Grand Final* featured the largest cast in Brovivor History containing 24 returning Castaways, for what was originally Brovivor's final season. However, due to increased time and motivation from host *Joseph*, more seasons were produced.

After 42 Days, West won Brovivor's grand season in a 5-1-1 vote, giving the win to the last winner of the original Brovivor era.

## Production

Production for *Grand Final* started after the twelfth season with the originally intended season to be filmed in Tahiti, and had the subtitle "Island of Wonders" which was supposed to be a relatively "Back to Basics" season, where the only major twist planned to be featured was the inclusion of a singular hidden immunity idol for the entire season for all players, rather than the normal "One per Tribe". However, when production for the season was slowed down because of time constraints of both hosts and lack of applicants, Joseph and Matt took time to make an impulsive decision of cancelling the series and creating the (at the time) final season called Grand Final. Most people would confuse the title with the phrase "Grand Finale", but the dropped e was intentional as it was a reference to the final season of the Korean Reality TV show "The Genius"

> "We have put thought into this, and I really don't know how to put this. Matt and I want what is best for Brovivor as a whole. Matt and I both know we will get even more busy as time passes, meaning we will become less and less invested. Matt is getting farther into his college life and soon won't have time for discord. We all know that I am barely ever around due to activities for school such as band. We had to think about what was best for the future of this game, and we want what's best for all of you. Matt and I have reached a point in our lives where hosting ORGs longterm just isn't viable. That being said, we have decided to officially cancel Season 13 of Brovivor. This next season
> will be Legen- wait for it... DARY!"
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## Twists/Changes

* **Expanded Cast and Day Count:** This season had the largest cast to date, being 24, and as a result the amount of "Days" played was expanded to 42.
* **Devil's Den:** At the Final 23, Players were offered a Chance to go into the Devil's Den where they could sit out of the Immunity Challenge and instead play for a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol.
* **Double Tribal Council:** At the Final 21, instead of the traditional two tribes winning immunity. Only one tribe would be immune and the two lowest placing tribes would attend separate tribal councils, and each vote out one member. The tribe with the higher placement in the challenge, would vote out the higher placing player in the game
* **Tribe Draft:** At the Final 19, 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 six people would go to Unknown Island, and would select the tribe they wanted to attend tribal council. They would join that tribe after the voted someone out.
	+ This Twist came from Season 12, where the same twist was applied, however some changes were made this season. This season three tribes were created, instead of two. There was also a rule implemented where when you selected the next member of your tribe, you could not select someone that was from your original tribe. They had to be from one of the opposing tribes originally in order to be eligible to be selected.
* **Joint Tribal Council:** At the Final 17, only one tribe would win immunity, and the two tribes that lost would head to a singular tribal council where they would vote out one person. During that time, they would have full communication with the other tribe. This twist was used as a throwback to the Joint Tribal from Season 9, where Hlane was voted out.
* **Random Tribe Swap:** At the Final 16, the three existing tribes were randomly shuffled into two tribes of eight, where the Sereki Tribe would be removed, and the castaways would be put onto either the Rawati or Ikatolu Tribe.
* **Brovivor Reddit ORGs Day:** For a singular round, all announcements for challenges and tribal councils would take place through the format of Reddit instead of discord channels. Hosts would also change their appearance to match one of the hosts of similar org known as *SRorgs*. Some speculate this was due to the celebration of April Fool's Day, however Matt and Joseph state it was a very serious change that would have been permanent had it not occurred in the middle of a season.
* **Treasure Hunt:** As a callback to the *Doubloons* twist from Seasons 4 and 12 of Brovivor, Pirate Island, at the Final 12 castaways would not participate in an individual immunity challenge. Each player would receive one doubloon and were given the same opportunity that players of those seasons got, being that three doubloons may be exchanged for a hidden immunity idol. However, this season the doubloons and idols received from this challenge would only hold value for this round. After the Final 12, they had no value in the game.
* **Partners Twist:** At the Final 10, as a callback to Season 10's Secret Partners Twist. Each castaway was randomly paired up with another castaway and their scores were combined together in the Evil 2048 challenge, and the pair with the highest total score would win individual immunity for both players.
* **Design-A-Tribal:** At the Final 8, before Jaiden was medically-evacuated, the "Design-A-Tribal" twist was going to be in play, however the round was cancelled because of the unorthodox elimination. The Twist would later come into play in the fifteenth season of Brovivor, *Honduras*.

## Trivia

* *Grand Final* was originally intended to be the final season of *Brovivor*.
* *Grand Final* features the largest cast in *Brovivor* history to date, with 24 castaways.