Natvivor: Journey Through the Universe

***Natvivor: Journey Through the Universe***, also known as ***Natvivor: Journey Through the Universe—Blood vs. Water***, is the ninth season of *Natvivor*.

## Twists/Changes

* **Blood vs. Water**: A cast of new castaways, each playing with their loved one, will be assigned to different tribes where they must compete against each other.
* **Four Tribes**: The twenty castaways were divided into four tribes, instead of the normal two. Each tribe consisted of five members each.
* **Safari**: Players are put into a open world-based server where they can explore to find different advantages.
	+ **Hidden Immunity Idol**
* **Tribe Switch**: On Day 7, the four tribes were dissolved into two tribes: Achernar and Capella, shuffling the seventeen remaining players into two tribes of eight.
* **One Time Exile Island**: On Day 7, the one person not picked during the Tribe Switch was sent to Exile Island and would return to the game once a player was voted out.
* **Black Hole**
* **Jail**

## Production

Previous production member, Jaison stepped down from the Production team as of this season. Mr Fish and *Natvivor* alumnus Brad were brought onto Production starting this season. Post-Elimination, M00n joined the Production team as well.

## Season Summary

Upon entering the season, the ten pairs of loved ones were separated into four tribes: Achernar, Capella, Pollux and Vega. Due to the nature of the Blood vs. Water twist, many pairs stuck together over the "singles" in the game, causing numerous pairs to be voted out together, which would later lead to six pairs and a single making the merge. With the Tribe Switch occurring a round later than the players expect led to the shocking elimination of M00n. Many important relationships formed on the post-Tribe Switch, most notably the bond of Cabbate and Hannah on new Achernar, while Hannah's "step-sister", Rye formed an important connection with the pair of Kyle and Musette.

The tribes eventually merged to the Spunga tribe with 13 castaways remaining. While Brennen led the charge against Cabbate for being the only player in the game to not have their loved one, the rest of the tribe saw him as the easiest person to vote out, leading him to be the first jury member of the season. The vote, however, would lead to Taylor having distrust in her partner, Morgan, for being a leader figure in the game. This led to Taylor leading the charge to blindside her partner, leaving Cabbate, Hannah, Kyle, Musette and Rye out of the loop. The blindside would ultimately lead to the minority forming the infamous "Girthquake" alliance.

The newly formed majority alliance, however, quickly turned on one other, after Manley used the broadcaster to deliver a message attempting to expose Cabbate, Hannah, and Rye as a tight trio, which they were able to pinpoint back to him. This led to the blindside of Weaxy and the unanimous vote of Manley shortly after, which ultimately allowed the Girthquake alliance to take control of the game, systematically voting out their opposition. However, once the last remaining outsider, Taylor, won the Immunity Challenge and an incident of minor outside information being leaked into the game, massive rifts were formed among the Girthquake alliance as they were forced to turn on each other, ultimately leading to Musette being idoled out by Hannah. The incident, however, would carry onto the next round, where Cabbate asked the tribe to vote her out because the events were too much for her. Frustrated, Hannah threw her vote onto Taylor causing a 3-1-1.

In the final Immunity Challenge, Kyle managed to edge out over the other three, guaranteeing his spot at the Final Tribal Council, where he sided with Taylor to send her to a fire-making challenge against Hannah, to try to garner her jury vote for him in the end. Hannah won the fire-making tiebreaker against Taylor, taking the final spot of the Final Three, making the latter the tenth and final jury member of the season. In a 6-2-2 vote, Kyle was awarded the title of Sole Survivor for his strategic force he had on the game and the majority group he was apart of.

## Trivia

* *Journey Through the Universe* is the first *Natvivor* season of 2020.
* This season is the first season to be officially branded under the name *Natvivor*.
* This season is the first season since *Cameroon* to not feature a Loved Ones challenge.
* This season is the only season where all of the finalists has had possession of a Hidden Immunity Idol at some point in the game.
* The three finalists of the season stayed on their original tribes at the Tribe Switch.