Survivor: Moon Islands

**Survivor: Moon Islands** is the 8th All-Star season of Survivor and 36th overall. The season reused the format from *Mamanuca Islands*, where pre-mergers battled it out for a one million dollars.

The season was won by Jolanda Basset in a 8-6-0 vote against Woo Slang and Alecia Avery. This season has to date produced xx returning players () for subsequent seasons.

## Twists/Changes

* **Returning Players**: Thirty sixformer contestants, all of whom have played only once and did not make the merge, returned for a second chance.
* **Tribe Composition**: The cast was divided into three tribes of twelve.
* **Meager Supplies**: The tribes only received a pot and machete at the start of the game.
* **Legacy Advatage**: The Legacy Advantage was hidden on the ship used during the marooning, and allowed its holder to gain immunity at either final twenty, final sixteen, final twelve and final six. In the event that the holder is eliminated, he or she must will it to another player still in the game.
* **Hidden Immunity Idol**: In the middle of each camp there is a chest with a Hidden Immunity Idol inside. The chest requires a key to open it. The clues to whereabouts of the key would be provided after each Immunity Challenge on the chest, where everyone could see it. Once the chest is open, it can't be locked again, so all castaways can see if the Idol was found yet.
* **Tribe Raid**: The tribe that finished first in each Immunity Challenge have a chance to send one of their members to one of the two remaining tribe's camps to steal one item.
* **Island of Secrets**: In a brand-new version of the Exile Island, the first tribe to finish each Reward Challenge will send one of the players from the remaining tribes to Island of Secrets. Exiled castaways will have a chance to obtain a additional camp supplies or an advanage in the game by competing in a various tasks. If they decide to compete in a task and they finish, they obtain an item, but if they fail to do so, they lose their vote at the next Tribal Council. If castaway isn't sure if they could finish the task, they can choose to not compete and nothing changes.
	+ **Temporary Hidden Immunity Idol**: This Hidden Immunity Idols are only usable for two or three Tribal Councils after obtaining them.
	+ **Advantage Menu**: Castaway was given a chance to play for one three advantages of their choice: an Extra Vote, an **Idol Nullifier**, or a Hidden Immunity Idol which could not be played for themselves.
	+ **Challenge Advantage**: Castaway had a chance to obtain an advantage in the next Tribal Immunity Challenge.
	+ **Tribal Council Pass**: Owner would be 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.
	+ **Vote Steal**: A vote steal would be hidden at the one of the opposing tribes' camp, which the player must retrieve the during the night. If they fail to do so, the Vote Steal would lose its power.
	+ **Vote Blocker**: Owner of the vote blocker would be able to block another castaway from voting at Tribal Council. This advantage is usable until there are 6 active castaways left.
	+ **Challenge Disadvantage**: Owner of this advantage would be able to anonymously disadvantage another person at any Individual Immunity Challenge of their choice up until the Final 8.
* **Joint Tribal Council**: On Day 14, the two losing tribes would attend a single Tribal Council as a one group, where they would vote one person out.
* **Tribe Switch**: After the elimination at the Joint Tribal Council, each tribe was told to vote for the person from any of the two tribes they don't want around. The person with the highest number of votes would choose four other people from their tribe and all five of them would switch places with five people of their choice from the opposite tribe.
* **Double Tribal Council**: On Day 19, the two tribes that lost Immunity Challenge would go to tribal council.
* **Tribe Absorption**: Anjouan, the tribe that lost the Day 24 Reward Challenge, was dissolved, with its remaining members to be absorbed by the other two tribes.
* **Merged Tribe Composition**: The tribes merged on Day 36. The merged tribe was composed of sixteen members.
* **Double Elimination**: On Day 39, Majotta was subjected to a double elimination, where two castaways would be eliminated after two rounds of voting.
* **Final Tribal Council Format**: Three finalists faced a jury comprised of fourteen members.