Canadian Survivor: Egypt

*****Canadian Survivor: Egypt***** is the twelfth season of *Canadian Survivor*.

Debbie Babych became Sole Survivor, defeating Tim Milton in a 4-3 vote, becoming the 7th consecutive woman to win.

## Production

This season theme is inspired by Ancient Egypt.

## Format

* **Exile Island:** After a Reward Challenge, players may banish a player from the rival tribe to Exile Island. This island, entirely separate from the existing camps, will force the banished player to fend for themself until the upcoming Immunity Challenge (unless stated otherwise). The player would not be left in despair, for they will be given clues to a Hidden Immunity Idol that is hidden somewhere on the island.
* **Rehashed Hidden Immunity Idol Mechanism:** Unlike the previous season where the Hidden Immunity Idol is used like the Immunity Necklace, the mechanism of using the idol was now changed. Instead of revealing the idol before voting, the owner must draw it when they have enough votes to eliminate them. The votes cast against that player will be considered null, while the person that gets the second highest amount of votes will be eliminated instead. The idol is usable until the Day 36 Tribal Council.
* **Four Tribes:** For the first time in the series, the castaways were divided into four tribes of four.
* **Tribe Division:** These four tribes are defined according to age and gender, thus having tribes of Older Men (Atum), Younger Men (Montu), Younger Women (Hathor), and Older Women (Isis).
* **Tribe Switch:** On Day 4, the tribes were mixed up. Hathor and Montu were disbanded. Two team captains were chosen randomly and contestants were divided into the new Atum and Isis tribes by a Schoolyard Pick. Because of odd numbers, the last unpicked player was sent to Exile Island and was given immunity. The exiled player will stay there until the tribe that loses the next Immunity Challenge already finished the task of voting out one of their own. After the vote, the exiled player will join that tribe.

## Trivia

* *Egypt* is the first season to have Exile Island as a season-long twist.
	+ This is the first season to have a Hidden Immunity Idol at Exile Island; the two twists would often be associated with each other in future seasons.
* *Egypt* has the most starting tribes, with four.
* This is the first time in 9 seasons that *Canadian Survivor* returned to Africa. The longest run of seasons for any continent thus far.
* *Egypt* is the first season in which only castaways who switched tribes were eliminated after a tribe switch. This would be followed by *Dominica*.
* This season has the most tie votes, with three, tied with *Solomon Islands* and *Belize*.
* Only two men were on the jury this season, the fewest men on any jury.
* *Egypt* is the most recent season of *Canadian Survivor* to have a Final Two without any evacuation or quit.
* *Egypt* is the third season where at no point during the season did the male castaways outnumber the female castaways. This happened previously in *New Caledonia* and *Belize*.
* This season ties with *Norway* for the most starting tribes, with four.
* After Tim was voted out on *Dominica*, all of the castaways from ***Egypt*** have been voted out at some point. Becoming the third season to gain this distinction, after *Borneo* and *Bahamas*.
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*Kootenays* • *Borneo* • *Tanzania* • *New Caledonia* • *India* • *Peru*

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*Solomon Islands* • *Bahamas* • *Greece* • *Marshall Islands* • *Belize* • ***Egypt***

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*Norway* • *Dominica* • *Japan* • *Tonga* • *Madagascar*