Survivor: Taiwan

**TO AVOID SPOILERS, SEE THE EPISODE LIST BELOW**

**Survivor: Taiwan** is this wikia's third season.

Taiwan is referred to as the first truly great season by some fans, and mediocre by others. It's controversial nature stems from the post-merge, where there were clear alliances in a battle for power. Some fans and critics were hoping for power shifts and blindsides, while others enjoyed the alliance wars. Taiwan also had a very advantage-heavy end game, with intense immunity challenges deciding the outcome of the season. There were also a few very clear stand-out cast members, who were playing the game hard and carried the storyline, while others followed them.

Overall, Taiwan is one of the more controversial seasons, with a portion of the fanbase loving it, and another portion not.

## Twists

* **Hidden Immunity Idols** Hidden at the castaways' campsites are hidden immunity idols. These work as regular idols, negating all votes cast against the user. These can be played until the final 5.
* **Steal-a-Vote** Also hidden at the castaways' campsites are Steal-a-Votes. These can be played after the votes have been cast. The holder of this advantage must chose a player who's vote will not be read nor counted. They will then vote once more, effectively stealing their vote. These can be played until the final 6.
* **Advantage Menu** Hidden in the merged tribe's camp is an advantage menu. The finder can pick one of three advantages listed on the menu.
	+ **50/50 Coin** This works as a normal hidden immunity idol, however, it only has a fifty percent chance of working. When played at tribal council, the castaway will flip the coin. If it lands on the safe side, any votes cast against them will not count. However, if the coin lands on the not safe side, any votes cast against them will still count. This can be played until the final 5.
	+ **Immunity at Next Tribal Council** Unlike the 50/50 coin, if the castaway selects this choice, they will have guaranteed immunity at the next tribal council. This means that no votes can be cast against them. However, this is only active for the next tribal council they attend, regardless of if they win the immunity challenge or not.
	+ **Vote Blocker** The final option is a Vote Blocker. This can be played before the votes are cast. With this advantage, one person of the holder's choice can block the vote of another castaway, meaning they will not vote at that specific tribal council.

## The Cast

This is the cast of *Survivor: Taiwan*. Click on a contestants name or name tag to be taken to their contestant page, or click on one of the tribe headers to be taken to the tribe page. Proceed with caution, however, as they may contain spoilers.

## Trivia

* Confessional backgrounds were taken by Dani, in various places around Whangamata, New Zealand.
	+ Just before the season began, the idea of using confessional backgrounds as used in Survivor: Huahine was scrapped.
* The bird featured on the logo is the Taiwan blue magpie, the national bird of Taiwan.
* This is the first season to have the 50% BIPOC Rule in place.
	+ This season follows the rule with 10/16 players being people of colour.
		- There are six Black people (Benny, Hayden, Jon, Juan, Natalie, Robert), three Asian people (Joel, Kate, Tony), and one Latina person (Alyssa-Mae).
* This season has the most LGBTQ people, with 6 (Alyssa-Mae, Avery, Benny, Hayden, Kate, Natalie).
* The starting tribe names were originally switched, and only changed (red tribe being Kinmen, black tribe being Matsu) at the last minute.
* The tribes follow the colours of Survivor: Tocantins. Red and black starting tribes, with a green merged tribe.
* This season currently holds the record for the most times a castaway has been ineligible to vote, with ten times.
* This season currently holds the record for the most revotes, with three.
* This season currently holds the record for the most people to have received zero votes, with three. (Kacey, Jon, Hayden)
* This is the first season to have all finalists be people of colour.
* It was revealed in the reunion show that if Alyssa-Mae didn't make it to the end, and Audrey took her place at the final tribal council, Audrey would have won in a unanimous jury vote.