Survivor: One World

***Survivor: One World*** is the fourth season of ***Survivor***. The season was filmed Saturday August 29th, 2020. Bailey McDonald became the fourth sole survivor, defeating Hunter Heschke and Jack Tryzna in a 4-1-1 vote with both Hunter and Jack being co-runner ups.

## **Format**

* **One World:** Unlike the previous three seasons, the players were all placed at the same "camp", where both tribes needed to coexist together.
* **Tribe** **Composition**: The season started out with twelve players divided into two tribes of six.
* **Beasts vs. Masterminds:** The 12 contestants were separated by their previous or desired gameplay, with the **Beasts** being known for their prowess in challenges and the **Masterminds** being noted for their phenomenal strategic and social games.
* **Tribe Switch:** Like the previous two seasons, before the third challenge the remaining ten players randomly drew a colored ball to determine what new tribe they were on.

* **Merge Tribe Composition**: The merge tribe was composed of nine players.
* **Hidden Immunity Idols:** The immunity idols were hidden at the "camp." Once a player finds it, it is theirs to keep until they want to use it. If and when a player uses it, any votes counted against them will not count. On the chance they are voted off they must will their idol to someone still in the game.
* **Advantages:** Along with hidden immunity idols, advantages were also hidden around "camp." The person to find it, owns it and may use it until it says so.
	+ **Vote Steal:** Like the previous seasons, the player who finds this advantage can steal any other player's vote at tribal and use it themselves.
	+ **Vote Blocker:** Like Twist Manor, this advantage allows someone to prevent another player from voting all together.
	+ **Safety Without Power:** This advantage allows any player to leave tribal council and be immune from being voted out, but this player cannot vote.
	+ **Special Advantage:** Similar to a Hidden Immunity Idol, this advantage allows a player to be safe at a tribal council, but only when there are 10 or 7 players left.
* **Final Tribal Council Format**: Three finalists faced the jury of six. The jurors individually addressed the finalists.

## **Season Summary**

The season began with ten players, with three being new players and the other seven being returning players. The tribes were divided into the Beasts and the Masterminds, dependent on what aspect of themselves they tend to rely on more throughout their life: their brains or their brawns. Two other returning players were added into the mix before the first challenge, and the winning tribe got to choose who to pick and the losing tribe got what the winning tribe did not pick. Before the third challenge, both the Beasts and the Masterminds lost a member and both tribes would swap.

After a shocking third tribal council, the two tribes merged into one and immunity became individual. Several players won multiple challenges but no one broke the record. Multiple idols and advantages were played at almost every tribal council after the merge had begun.

By the time the Final Tribal Council had come, we had set our scene to see Hunter Heschke, Bailey McDonald, and Jack Tryzna sitting in the final three after 9 tough challenges and they pleaded their cases to a jury of six. Jack was applauded for his physical game but reprimanded for not making any moves of his own. Hunter was criticized heavily by several members of the jury for his cutthroat game and for his gameplay being very similar to his winning gameplay from *Survivor: Twist Manor*. Bailey was criticized by a few for them pinning her success to her boyfriend, Seth Johnson, being in the game with her until the Final 5. However, she was also given credit for being able to survive on her own when she was not with Seth for parts of the game, as well as being able to win immunity twice and find a hidden immunity idol. At the end, Bailey won in a 4-1-1 vote, making Hunter and Jack both Co-Runner-Ups.

## Trivia

* *Survivor: One World* is the first season to have two people share the runner-up spot.
* *Survivor: One World* is the first season to feature a returning player winning the game.
* *Survivor: One World* holds the record for the least amount of contestants within a season, with only 12 contestants competing in the season.
* During this season, Christian and Kathy both doubled their initial placing in *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*, with Christian placing 10th in comparison to his previous placement of 5th, and Kathy placing 8th in comparison to her previous placement of 4th.
* *Survivor: One World* holds the record for the shortest amount of challenges held before the merge, with only three challenges being done in tribe before the remaining contestants merged at the Final 9.
* *Survivor: One World* is the first, and currently only season, to have an in-person *Reunion Episode*.