Survivor: Iguazú Falls

## DVD Cover

***Survivor: Iguazú Falls*** is the first season of CJvivor. The season began on November 7th, 2022 and ended with the finale and live reunion on December 6th, 2022.

The first season ended with Torree defeating Julian at the Final Tribal Council by a jury vote of 5-1.

At the Final Tribal Council on Day 30, the jury commended both finalists for being power players in the season, while managing to navigate the merge despite the large targets they had on their backs.

Julian was praised for his remarkable physical game, which amounted to five Individual Immunity wins. He was also recognized for forging kind relationships with members of the jury. However, Julian was chastised for not having the same strategic grip on the game as his opponent. He was also met with disapproval from the jury for failing to vote Torree out at the final three Tribal Council, when he had the chance to eliminate the biggest threat and guarantee himself the win by taking Pyre to the Final Tribal Council.

Torree was applauded for his large strategic presence in the season and given credit for persuading his fellow castaways to agree to his plans. In turn, he escaped from various dangerous situations and near-eliminations throughout the post-merge, and earned the respect of the jury for making it to the final two, even though Julian won the Final Immunity Challenge. Despite this, Torree was ridiculed for his abrasive personality and for disrupting the peace of the tribe at camp. His inability to mend relationships on the jury presented a threat to his Final Tribal Council potential.

In the end, Torree's strategic leadership throughout the season and Julian's failure to vote out Torree at the final three Tribal Council resulted in the jury swaying to Torree's side, awarding him the title of Sole Survivor in a 5-1 vote.

## Production

Applications for *Iguazú Falls* began October 19th, 2022. 21 people applied, 19 were selected to complete a secondary interview, and 16 were selected for the final cast.

When the 16 castaways arrived at Iguazú Falls, they were split into two tribes. Paraná, wearing pink and Vaca, wearing green. Paraná is named after the Paraná River, which runs through both Argentina and Brazil. Vaca is named for Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, who discovered the Iguazú Falls in 1541.

## Twists

**Hidden Immunity Idols:** Hidden Immunity Idols were hidden in the game this season. Each tribe had a Hidden Immunity Idol hidden somewhere at their camp. When played at Tribal Council, the individual who the idol is played on becomes safe, any votes cast against them do not count, and the person with the next highest number of votes is eliminated. The tribe that won the Immunity Challenge also received a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol. During the post-merge, the castaway who won Individual Immunity, and only that castaway, was given a clue to the location of a Hidden Immunity Idol.

**Hidden Advantage:** In addition to a Hidden Immunity Idol being hidden at each camp this season, during the pre-merge, each tribe had a Hidden Advantage somewhere at their camp. The tribe that lost Tribal Immunity would receive a clue to the Hidden Advantage, rather than the Hidden Immunity Idol. Neither tribe found its Hidden Advantage, but if it were to enter the game, it would have been a **Hidden Mutiny Idol.** This would have forced its finder to swap one member of Paraná with one member of Vaca at the start of the following Tribal Immunity Challenge.

## Castaways

When the 16 castaways arrived at Iguazú Falls, they were divided into two tribes of eight: Paraná, wearing pink, and Vaca, wearing green. On Day 13, the remaining ten castaways merged into a light blue tribe, which they named Grablodon.

## Connor's Winner Predictions

Following the Tribal Council of every episode, beginning at the merge, Connor ranked the remaining castaways on how likely he thought they were to win the game. Connor filled out the Final Tribal Council column following the final two's opening statements to the jury. His predictions are recorded below.

## Trivia

* The background photo used for the this season's Discord advertisement was a photo Connor took when he visited Iguazú Falls.
	+ The image was also later used as a background on a puzzle in episode 12.
* The animal silhouette on this season's logo is a Coati, a mammal native to South and Central America, known for its presence surrounding Iguazú Falls.
* When each tribe went to Tribal Council for the first time, the vote count was the same, 6-1-1.
* *Iguazú Falls* had no tied votes take place.
* *Iguazú Falls* is the only cast to not be wearing their buffs in their cast photos.
* *Iguazú Falls* was the first season to be filmed in South America.
* The average age for the *Iguazú Falls* cast is 22.56 years old.
* The Hidden Advantage was not found on either tribe in the pre-merge portion of the game. However, if it were, it would have been a Hidden Mutiny Idol. The recipient would have to swap one member of Paraná with one member of Vaca at the beginning of the following Immunity Challenge.
	+ Paraná's Hidden Advantage was in Sierra Leone, while Vaca's was hidden in Singapore.
* To find a Hidden Immunity Idol or Hidden Advantage, castaways had the opportunity to guess once every day where an idol or advantage may be located. To do so, they guessed a country. Each clue castaways received when winning Immunity would narrow the scope of possible countries that could hold either the Hidden Immunity Idol or the Hidden Advantage.
	+ Vaca's pre-merge Hidden Immunity Idol was the only idol not found this season.
		- It was hidden in Sudan.
		- Torree found the Paraná Hidden Immunity Idol in Latvia, while Gxlactic found the Grablodon idol in Uganda.