The Galapagos

***One Surv1vor: The Galapagos*** *is the fifth season of* One Surv1vor.

## Production/Casting

Casting for the season initially began soon after the conclusion of Season 4 and continued onward. However, the application phase slowly transitioned into a server hiatus. The hiatus lasted for a long duration of time and the anticipation for the return of the series intensively grew.

On **March 3rd, 2022**, an announcement declaring that casting is primarily starting back up again was made. Later that evening, several announcements were made regarding the future of the series, including the beginning of the season which would start on **April 3rd, 2022**.

Applications and interviews closed on **March 31st, 2022**, and check-ins started the day after.

A total of **23** people applied and interviewed for a spot in the cast. Of those 23, only **16** checked-in in order to confirm current interest in competing. This left the production team to cut only **1** person of the 16, with the result of a **15** person cast. Nobody from the chosen 15 dropped out.

The season began on **April 3rd, 2022**.

## Twits/Changes

•**Camp Life/Survival System:** An update was changed to the survival system where castaways could not catch and store fish for themselves. Instead, all fish caught by and tribe-member would be stored in the tribe's fish stock.

As well, when it came to food rewards, they would no longer automatically max out a castaway's hunger meter. Instead, castaways will be given a range of notches they can choose from to contribute to their hunger meter.

**For example:**
If a castaway won a food reward, they could be given the option to increase their hunger meter from a scale of **0 to 5**. Meaning they have the option to even not eat the reward at all. Whichever number they choose, that is how many notches their hunger meter would increase.

•**Journey of Evolution:** This twist acted as a season format. Throughout the season, castaways faced a multitude of swaps, expansions, dissolves, merges, and de-merges. This made the castaways dependent on their ability to adapt and evolve through the game as their fate in the game constantly was put to the test.

* **Final 14 - Dissolve:** At the final 14, the remaining castaways were divided into two tribes of 7. Thus eliminating the use of one of the three starting tribes.
* **Final 12 - Expansion:** At the final 12, the remaining castaways were divided into the three starting tribes Ince again, however with only 4 on each tribe.
* **Final 10 - Dissolve:** At the final 10, the castaways were divided into two tribes of 5, once again eliminating the use of one of the tribes.
* **Final 8 - Merge:** At the final 8, the remaining castaways merged to form one merged tribe.
* **Final 6 - De-Merge:** At the final 6, the remaining castaways were once again divided into tribes, this time being two tribes of 3.
* **Final 4 - Re-Merge:** At the final 4, the remaining castaways returned to the merged tribe.

•**Double Tribal Council:** At the final 10, instead of competing against tribes, everyone competed against their tribe-mates for individual immunity. One castaway from each tribe would win individual immunity and both tribes would go to tribal council separately and vote someone out. One tribe would win reward and feast on tacos while watching the other tribe's tribal council.