Survivor Winter Park: All-Stars

## Cast

***All-Stars*** is the eighteenth main season of *Survivor Winter Park* and the sixth and final season in the third era.

Despite being an all-returnee season, *All-Stars* wasn't dictated by pre-game alliances but rather the complicated pre-game relationships formed over the course of the last four years, due to the season's conclusionary nature. As the final season for the Class of 2022, many of the lesser-connected players were taken out early, before Waylu's destruction at the hands of Tavuko's members before the merge. Following a series of major alliances forming and crumbling in the span of rounds, the secret alliance of Griffin Hallemeier, Meaghan Schlossmacher, and Pedro Kawamura would take every Final Tribal Council spot. Despite all their reputations going into the game, Meaghan's impassioned arguments and authentic self would earn her the title of Sole Survivor in an 8-5-3 vote over Griffin's equally controlling but less notable personality and Pedro's surprisingly lack of agency.

## Production

The season was planned to not feature any winners since before *Clash of the Champions* had played and was solidified after that season happened. However, William Dietz of *Dynamic Duos* was invited to play, as he was unable to participate in the previous season and would've been the only winner to not have a chance to compete in it (Ethan Taylor was unavailable and seemingly uninterested anyways). It was only on the day of the season's beginning that Will dropped out due to being sick, with Reid Walker being moved from the production team into the season. He was disguised as a player for the opening of the season.

## Twists/Advantages

### **Twists**

* **Timeline Twister:** For nearly every round of the game, a card was hidden with an advantage relating to one of the previous seventeen seasons, typically based on a primary twist from each of those seasons.
* **Fallen Stars:** Every pre-merger player was given the opportunity to earn their spot on the jury by doing a detailed presentation on any player in the game by the time the merge came around (a few of players were excused from this duty, with neither Diego Lindauer nor Kaley Kolb doing their presentation).
* **Tribe Reduction:** At the Final 20, the remaining players were shuffled into two tribes of ten, determined by the results of an immunity challenge. The top ten players were placed on the new Tavuko tribe, with the top performer (William Turner) winning immunity, while the bottom ten players were placed on the new Waylu tribe, with the bottom performer (Ryan Hagerty) winning immunity.
* **Double Tribal Council:** Following the tribe reduction, both tribes were sent to separate Tribal Councils, where they would both vote a player out.
* **Public Vote Claim:** At the Final 13, the first player to publicly claim their vote could have it removed from the voting urn, giving themselves an Extra Vote for future use.

### **Advantages**

* **Hidden Immunity Idol:** A Hidden Immunity Idol was hidden at all three tribe camps at the start of the game. The last time they could be used was when there were five players remaining.
	+ The original Champions idol from *Clash of the Champions* was found by Kristen Paul at the Beta camp, mistaken for an authentic Hidden Immunity Idol. Due to precedent set back in *Good vs. Bad vs. Neutral*, it was accepted as an idol.
* A plethora of advantages were added into the game through the Timeline Twister twist.

## Season Summary

*All-Stars* brought the return of 24 previous non-winners, divided into three tribes of eight. Each of the tribes had many players connected through pre-game friendships, resulting in many outsiders being taken out before the tribe swap. With the new Tavuko tribe’s simpler dynamic, they began to meddle with the new Waylu tribe for the implosion of Cecelia Gutman and Kristen Paul, with a series of blindsides for their Tribal Councils.

At the merge, the strong-headed Michael Collins and Ryan Hagerty began to divide the tribe, with the latter’s faction reigning supreme. Many players worked around Thorin Groth, the most connected player heading into the season, with everybody understanding that they couldn’t take him far (notably his three closest allies in Griffin Hallemeier, Jacob Thigpen, and Meaghan Schlossmacher). The game would implode in the Final 9 when Pedro Kawamura, a season-long target, would eliminate his girlfriend Ryan with an advantage. He would form an alliance with Griffin and Meaghan, with the latter two controlling the game from that point on. The trio’s solid alliance would allow them to prevail and take all three spots at the Final Tribal Council.

At the Final Tribal Council, the jury would be somewhat bewildered by Pedro’s passive gameplay, who unsuccessfully rationalized that his preceding reputation didn’t allow him to play harder. Griffin would receive the majority of the credit for the major strategic moves throughout the season, when Meaghan would begin to steal the spotlight with her entirely authentic personality, earning her all the respect from nearly every early jury member. In the end, it would be Meaghan’s passionate arguments and her coming from almost nothing at the start of the game that won her the title of Sole Survivor in an 8-5-3 vote over Griffin and Pedro, respectively.

## Trivia

* *All-Stars* is the fourth all-returnee season, following *Heroes vs. Villains*, *Island of Desolation*, and *Clash of the Champions*.
	+ The third era of *Survivor Winter Park* is the only era to feature multiple all-returnee seasons.
* *All-Stars* is the third season to start with three tribes, following *Good vs. Bad vs. Neutral* and *Worlds Collide*.
* *All-Stars* is the season with the largest cast size (24 players), beating *Worlds Collide* by 3 players.
* *All-Stars* is the only season to feature players participating for their fifth main season.
* *All-Stars* is the only returnee season to not feature a previous winner.