Tiebreaker

A tiebreaker is a situation where two or more players share the same amount of votes at Tribal Council, with no other person receiving a higher amount.

## Rules

### Pre-Final Four

In the event of a tie prior to the Final Four, all tied players will not vote, and the non-tied players will have to vote between the tied players. Whoever receives the highest amount of votes will be voted out. Unless specifically stated, advantages cannot be played at revotes. That being said, an advantage's power may be *carried over* to a revote (like an Idol's immunity carrying over, or an Extra Vote as long as the user is not in the tie themselves).

If the revote does not break the tie, then a deadlocked vote is called, in which case, the tied players will be rendered immune, alongside any already-immune players, forcing the non-immune players to draw rocks and the person who draws the odd-colored rock will be eliminated from the game. *However*, if all other players are immune and there are no viable players to draw rocks, the players in the deadlock would instead compete in a Fire-making challenge, much like in the case of a Final Four tie.

### Final Four Vote

As mentioned above, if the vote at the Final Four ties, it is immediately declared a deadlock with no revote and the two players in the tie will compete in a Fire-making challenge. This situation does **not** apply to tribes of four and instead would still draw rocks (unless all other players are immune).

### Null Votes

If a null vote occurs (i.e. a vote where none of the votes cast count, due to the use of Hidden Immunity Idols negating all votes), a revote would occur where all of the players may vote again and those that gained immunity cannot be voted for and any advantages may not be played at this new vote. In the event that the revote ties, it would lead to a deadlocked vote and the same rules of a deadlock vote would apply.

### Tied Jury Vote

In the case of a tied vote between two finalists in a three-person Final Tribal Council, the second runner-up would act as the final member of the jury and will have to cast the deciding vote for the winner. This was seen in *Motionvivor: From the Archives*, where the vote tied 5-5-0 between Cam and Enzo, leaving Beaker to cast the deciding vote for Cam.

It's unclear what would happen in the a tie with a Final Two, which would never happen in the series regardless as the jury would start at an odd-number in a final two season to prevent such a case. However, certain changes to the jury (i.e., a removal, a player quitting and not joining the jury, etc.) could still make it possibility, as seen in *Motionvivor: At the Drive-In* when one juror, Zheema, failed to cast a vote in time.

In the case of a three-way tie (as was possible and almost happened in *Motionvivor: Breath of the Wild*), all three finalists' tiebreaker votes would be used and the finalist who received the most would be declared the winner. However, if that also ties, it is unknown what would happen further. Though, in the case of *Breath of the Wild*, since one player, Alekii, opted out of the jury, he was asked to send in a jury list as a safety measure.

## Trivia

* *"I Would Say I Fear It's My Time, But I Don't Fear"* (*At the Drive-In*) is the first ever tied vote in *Motionvivor*. Because of this, Brodie is the first person to be voted out as a result of a tie.
	+ Brodie is also the only person to have ever been unanimously voted out on a revote.
* *At the Drive-In* and *From the Archives* are the only two seasons to have a tie vote involving the future winner of those respective seasons.
* *"Choosing Between a Bomb and a Bomb"* (*On Tour!*) is the first ever instance to have a tie vote where there was an odd-number of votes cast. It would only be followed by *"I Might Only Have One Match... But I Can Make an Explosion"* (*Midnight Noir*).
* *Breath of the Wild* is the only season where a tie vote was prevented due to advantages, as an idol and a Light Pearl turned what would have been a 2-2-2-1 vote to a 2-1-1-0 in *"It's Fine, It's Messy"*.
* *Happily Never After* holds the record for the most tied votes in a single season, with four tied votes.
* *Happily Never After* is the first season to have two ties in one episode, doing so in *"Worst Ally Ever Award"*. It would later be followed by *"My Competitive Spirit Just Really Jumped Out"* (*From the Archives*).
* *Happily Never After* is also the first season to have a fire-making tiebreaker, as well as two for that matter.
	+ For that, Bean is the first person to win a fire-making challenge and Hickstar is the first person to ever lost via fire.
	+ *"Too Duplicitous for My Own Good"* (*Happily Never After*) is the first and only instance where a fire-making challenge occurred before Final Four due to every other player having immunity.
* *From the Archives* is the first and only season to have a tied jury vote. Because of this, Cam is the first person to win a season due to a tied jury vote.
	+ Cam is the first and only person to be involved in multiple different ties in one season.
* The Final Four tie in *Midnight Noir* is the first tie to be between two women.