Survivor: Game Changers

***Survivor: Game Changers***, also known as ***Survivor: Game Changers — Mamanuca Islands***, is the thirty-fourth season of *Survivor*.

This is the fourth season to feature a full cast of returnees, after *Survivor: All-Stars*, *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*, and *Survivor: Cambodia*.

After a chaotic season packed with multiple strategic shifts, the person who ended up controlling most of the post-merge with her calculated flips, Sarah Lacina, won in a 7-3-0 final vote over Brad Culpepper and Troyzan Robertson. To date, it has produced four returning players (Aubry Bracco, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Sarah Lacina, and Tony Vlachos) for subsequent seasons.

## Contents

* 1Production
* 2Twists/Changes
* 3Castaways
* 4Season Summary
* 5Voting History
* 6Trivia
* 7References

## Production

The season was filmed 25 days after the filming of *Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X*, following the back-to-back filming pattern of seasons since *Survivor: Samoa*.

This season features a nautical theme. The Tribal Council set is comprised of ten actual shipwrecks, most of which were retrieved in the aftermath of Cyclone Winston, the cyclone that hit Fiji before production for *Millennials vs. Gen X* began.

## Twists/Changes

* **Game Changers:** Twenty returning contestants, selected for the impact they had made on the game of *Survivor*, will return to battle for the title of Sole Survivor.
* **Simplified Tiebreaker:** In the event of a tie at Tribal Council, the re-vote would be bypassed, and an open forum would commence. If the non-tied players are unable to make a unanimous decision who to eliminate, a rock draw takes place.
* **Hidden Immunity Idol:** The idols will be inconsistently hidden at camp, in challenges, and even at Tribal Council.
* **Legacy Advantage:** The Legacy Advantage was hidden on the ship used during the marooning, and allowed its holder to gain immunity at either the final thirteen or the final six. In the event that the holder is eliminated, he or she must will it to another player still in the game.
* **Tribe Expansion:** As in *Survivor: Cambodia* and *Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X*, a third tribe was introduced during the pre-merge stage of the game. The Tavua tribe, wearing green buffs, was introduced on Day 7 of the game with 18 players left.
* **Joint Tribal Council:** The two tribes who lost the fourth Immunity Challenge on Day 11 were both sent to Tribal Council as a group, but unlike a standard Double Tribal Council, they would vote as a group and only one person was voted out.
* **Tribe Switch:** At the final fifteen, a second tribe switch occurred, resulting in the dissolution of the Tavua tribe and the remaining contestants being distributed across two tribes.
* **Exile Island:** At the final fifteen, one person was sent to Exile Island because of not being placed on a tribe.
	+ **Advantage Option:** The exiled castaway was given three possible advantages—a kit with which to design a fake Hidden Immunity Idol, an **Extra Vote**, or a challenge advantage for their new tribe.
* **Merge:** The merge occurred with 13 players remaining.
* **Vote Steal:** At the final eleven Reward Challenge, a "secret advantage" was placed by the sit-out bench. It was revealed to give its holder the right to steal a vote from another contestant, effectively denying that person a right to vote and allowing the holder to vote twice at one Tribal Council. It is usable up until the final five.
* **Expanded Jury and Final Three:** Instead of the conventional Final Two facing the jury of seven, the Day 39 Tribal Council was held with a Final Three facing a ten-person jury.
* **Reformatted Final Tribal Council:** Instead of having each jury member speak one by one, an open forum was held to ensure a more insightful rapport between the jury and finalists.