Survivor: Havasu Canyon

## Series Chronology

***Survivor: Havasu Canyon – The American Frontier*** is the eighteenth season of the third generation Suitman's Survivor Series, which premiered on July 23, 2021 and ended with the winner reveal on August 9, 2021.

It ended with Mehdi K. defeating Hekky K. and Meredith G. at the Final Tribal Council in an 6-3-0 vote.

## Production

The eighteenth season was revealed on July 1, 2021. Applications opened the same day, and closed over two weeks later on July 19, 2021. 44 people applied, 26 were cut from the casting, and 18 went on to become the new castaways competing in the game. They were joined by 2 hand-picked returning players from the first four Discord-era seasons (*Deception Island* - *Okinawa*). The full cast was revealed on July 21, 2021, with the tribal designations decided one day later on July 22.

This season, twenty castaways were divided into two tribes of ten. The tribes are named after words relating to nature in various indigenous languages - Hakan, wearing red, and Taima, in yellow. On Day 3, a third tribe was added - Yakos, with white. On Day 7, the tribes merged into Wot'aah, wearing brown.

The series is produced and hosted by SuitMan13, with production assistance from Haus Gaga, JackTheFlop, PumpSmash, AlmightyOZ and Spark\_.

## Features

### Twists

* **One People:** This season brought a heavy emphasis on cross-tribal dynamics, under the umbrella of the cast being 'one people'. This theme comprises of a series of twists and rule changes to change the game and how the castaways navigate it.
* **Island Chest:** Returning for the first time since *Naozhou*, with all new dynamics. A chest containing a major twist could be found, giving the holder the ability to open the chest and unleash said twist into the game. After two rounds, the chest must be passed to another player.
	+ **Torched Targets:** This season players, could find themselves having other players become their "quarries". Taking a quarry out of the game with their own vote at Tribal Council rewards the player with a brand new game advantage - the Vote Torcher.
* **Tribe Switch:** On Day 3, the Hakan and Taima tribes underwent a tribe switch, mixing up the tribes in a random draw. The Yakos tribe was created during this switch. On Day 6, the three tribes underwent a second tribe switch, mixing up the tribes in a school-yard pick.
* **Joint Tribal Council:** Regular Joint Tribals occurred as part of the One People twist.
* **Double Tribal Council:** On Day 6, two tribes went to Tribal Council to vote someone out, with only one tribe winning immunity.
* **Blackjack Gamble:** The ability for players to play a game of Blackjack, to potentially win an Extra Vote in the game if victorious, or a Vote Stealer if able to get an outright 21.
* **Returning Players:** Two castaways from the first four Discord-era seasons - who did not make the cast of *Valhalla* - returned this season to compete for a second time.

### Powers

* **Hidden Immunity Idols:** There was one hidden idol placed in each tribe camp, which could be found by correctly guessing the location in camp where it was hidden.
* **Extra Vote:** This power enables the user to vote twice at a particular Tribal Council.
* **Vote Torcher:** A power won through the Torched Targets twist, allowing the player to block one player from voting, or void three votes cast against a particular player.
* **Ejector Seat:** This power enables the user to leave Tribal Council. They cannot be voted out, but also cannot vote at Tribal.

## Contestants

* **^Note 1** : Kelley played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore 9 votes against him were not counted.
* **^Note 2** : Brad self-voted while immune, therefore the vote against him was not counted.
* **^Note 3** : Due to Vote Torchers, 2 votes against Nolan were not counted.
* **^Note 4** : Kelley and Mehdi each played a Vote Torcher on Mehdi, but neither negated any votes against him.
* **^Note 5** : JSB played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore 2 votes against him were not counted.

## The Game

* **^Note 1** : Only one tribe won immunity this episode, sending the other two tribes to a Joint Tribal Council together, where they voted out one person.
* **^Note 2** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 3** : Due to a tie, there was a re-vote between the tied players.
* **^Note 4** : A Vote Torcher was used, blocking players from voting.
* **^Note 5** : A Vote Torcher was used, negating up to 3 votes against a player.
* **^Note 6** : Due to a tie at the Final Four, the two tied castaways drew rocks to decide who would leave.

## Voting Table

* **^Note 1** : This castaway lost their vote after losing a Blackjack Gamble.
* **^Note 2** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 3** : Because Brad had Individual Immunity, his self-vote did not count.
* **^Note 4** : An Ejector Seat was used, allowing this castaway to leave Tribal Council before the vote.
* **^Note 5** : A Vote Torcher was used, blocking this castaway from voting.
* **^Note 6** : A Vote Torcher was used, negating up to 3 votes against a player.
* **^Note 7** : Due to a tie at the Final Four, the two tied castaways drew rocks to decide who would leave.