Survivor 24

***Survivor 24*** is the twenty-fourth season of the PM Survivor Series.

The season featured the first deadlock vote that didn't result in a tie-breaker and multiple tribe swaps throughout the season. Ultimately focused on the control for power between Evita Orellana and Kenza Bannani that was won out by Evita. With the combination of power over the votes and her ability to win to competitions to keep her from danger, Evita was awarded the title of Sole Survivor in a 5-2-1 vote over Katie Wang and Skye Jackson. To date, it has produced three returning players (Camron Harris, Kenza Bannani, and Ziya Bakshi) for subsequent seasons.

## Production

Survivor 23 and 24 were completed back to back. A day after Survivor 23 was completed, the cast of 24 started the game.

## Twists/Changes

* **Four Tribes:** After an eleven-season hiatus, the castaways were divided into four tribes of five.
* **Tribe Division:** These four tribes are defined according to age and gender, thus having tribes of Older Men (Arama), Younger Men (Kuto), Younger Women (Yate), and Older Women (Voh).
* **Summit and Prisoner's Dilemma:** On Days 1 & 13, one castaway from each tribe was taken to another island where they were given a choice between a selfless act for the tribe or a selfish act for themselves. If all of them chose to be selfless, they kept their votes. If all of them chose to be selfish, none of them were able to vote at their next Tribal Council. If there was a split decision, those who chose to be selfless would get to keep their vote and the reward for their tribe, but those who chose an advantage for themselves obtained a temporary Hidden Immunity Idol that is good for their next two tribal councils.
* **Two Tribe Switches:** On Day 7, the tribes were mixed up. Yate was disbanded, shuffling the contestants between Arama, Kuto and Voh. On Day 16, the tribes were mixed again. Voh was disbanded, shuffling the remaining contestants between Arama and Kuto.
* **Double Tribal Council:** On Day 15, only the first place tribe won immunity, sending the two other tribes to Tribal Council to vote out one person each.
* **Double Elimination:** On Day 36, Amyema was subjected to a Double Elimination. The tribe competed in two individual challenges before Tribal Council. The first challenge awarded the winner immunity for the first vote while the second winner was awarded immunity during the second vote. The first challenge winner could be voted off during the second vote whereas the second winner could be voted out during the first vote which would void individual immunity completely during the second vote.

## Season Summary

The game began with the twenty competitors split into four tribes by both relative age and gender. The Younger Women and The Older Men were the only two tribes to lose a member before the swap on Day 7 was introduced, mixing members between Arama, Kuto and Voh.

While the new Arama and Kuto tribe succeeded in challenges, the Voh lost every challenge and went to back-to-back tribal councils that resulted in a deadlock vote. Even with the luck of competing against the doomed Voh tribe, the Arama lost against their only competition when a Double Tribal Council took place on Day 15. Following, the Voh tribe was officially dissolved, shuffling members into Arama and Kuto. The new Arama tribe proved to be the stronger tribe winning the two immunity challenges before the merge.

On Day 22, the twelve contestants came together for the merge. The first merge tribal council resulted in an idol play by Bronze De Santis to eliminate one of the bigger threats in the game. Despite the move made by Bronze, Evita Orellana rose to power with her allies to eliminate anyone not in her alliance. At the final eight, Evita and Kenza Bannani who were allies, were in a power struggle for the next person to go home. Kenza was victorious in the battle, but the attempt made by Evita, shifted their loyalties when Kenza attempted to blindside her during the Double Elimination. The result failed turning the two against each other in the second vote where Evita convinced the remaining players that Kenza was the biggest social and stratgeic threat in the game, officially ending the final two the women formed.

Following the dramatic events of the previous tribal council, Evita was able to maintain the power landing her a spot at the Final Tribal Council next to her original tribe members, Katie Wang and Skye Jackson. Some of the jurors criticized Evita for what they viewed as her relying solely on competitions. While Katie was praised for her social and subtle moves throughout the season, multiple jurors felt she fell into the backseat to Evita. Despite some criticism coming her way, the majority of the jurors awarded Evita with the win over Katie and Skye in a 5-2-1 vote.

## Trivia

* This season ties with *Survivor 21* and *Survivor 23* for most LGBT contestants with the following six: Bronze, Drew, Katie, Marc, Priscila and Skye.
* This is the first season to feature disabled contestants: Camron and Quinn.
* *Survivor 24* is the first season where three different tribes attended the first three Tribal Councils.
* *Survivor 24* is the second season to feature a Double Tribal Council and Double Elimination in the same season.
	+ The first season was *Survivor: Mauritius*.
* This is the first season since *Guatemala* to have the first *eliminated* person on the merged tribe not be a member of the jury.