Survivor: Mauritius

**Survivor: Mauritius** is the thirteenth season of *PM Survivor​*. Rachel Barr defeated Chris Merchant in a 7-2 vote to become the Sole Survivor. It produced the most predominate decimation of the other tribes with 14 castaways voted out before Chalè lost their first member at the final six. To date, it has produced one returning player (Rachel Barr) for subsequent seasons.

## Production

The series was put into a hiatus after Survivor: Panama for a while to focus on the sister series, Big Brother. The whole production of PM was put into a hiatus and would be brought back in December.

## Twists

* **Four Tribes:** For the second time, the castaways are divided into four tribes, containing five members each.
* **Hidden Immunity Idol:** During this season, two hidden immunity idols would be hidden after the four tribes dissolved into two tribes. There will also be an idol hidden at the merge camp.
* **Double Tribal Council:** On Day 9, only the first and second place tribes would win immunity, sending both losing tribes to Tribal Council to vote out one person each.
* **Tribe Switch**: On Day 10, the four tribes became two. Kontan and Nati were dissolved, with the 16 remaining contestants spread into the new Chalè and Lapli tribes with eight members each.
* **Mutiny:** On Day 19, the tribes were offered to switch tribe affiliations.
* **Message in a Bottle:** The winning tribe would receive a bottle after the immunity challenge on Day 24 which was assumed to be a kidnapping, but the note was revealed that the winning tribe would attend Tribal Council to announce the start of the jury. The note was far from over as it revealed two players from the losing tribe would become the first two jurors.
* **Delayed Merge:** Because of the sealed message in a bottle twist, the tribes were merged with nine members on Night 24 after the back-to-back eliminations.

## Season Summary

The 20 players were divided into four tribes of five for a second season. With Kontan and Lapli proving to be the weaker tribes, they went to two tribal councils whereas Chale and Nati avoided tribal council. On Day 10, Kontan and Nati tribes were dissolved the players were distributed between Chale and Lapli. In back and forth wins between the tribes, all the tribes exclude Chale members: Andy Jamison, Chris Merchant, Devi Patil, Rachel Barr, and Tony Canales gained control of the game. An idol play by Aleiah Perkins allowed for the first Nati member to go home. An opportunity for any tribe member to mutiny and join the other tribe was taken by Rachel and Tony to join the original Chale members while Rickey Meza and Shea Forbes also took the chance to flip. The mutiny resulted in Chale's power going stronger resulting in Rickey's elimination. Shea's idol play saved her from one vote off, but a double elimination twist sent her home the following vote.

The tribes merged at 9 with 5 original Chale members, 3 original Nati and 1 original Lapli member. The power remained in position of Chale as they picked off the opposing members until the final six. Rachel and Tony turned rallied the Chale tribe to turn against Andy who held the possession of the Hidden Immunity Idol. With the help of Nova, they blindsided Andy. In the following tribal, Rachel turned against Tony. Nova Winbush's streak of surviving the longest of any non-Chale member came to an end after Devi won the final four immunity challenge. Rachel won the final immunity and chose to take out Devi.

At Final Tribal Council, Chris was critiqued for his poor strategic, social, and physical gameplay compared to Rachel who excelled in all aspects of the game. However, he did garner respect for receiving from two jurors for not receiving very few votes against him. Ultimately, Rachel's all around gameplay was rewarded over Chris, winning against him in a 7-2 vote.

## Trivia

* This is the first season to have castaways with homophonic first names (names that are pronounced the same, but spelled differently), namely Chris Merchant and Kris Woodall.
* This season ties with *Panama* for the most starting tribes with four.
* This is the second season to have the jury phase start before the merge, following *Palau*.
* This season had the most pre-merge jury members, with three.
* This is the second season to have the merged tribe consist of nine members, following *Vanuatu*.
* This season has the most people voted out pre-merge, with 11.
* This is the first season where any members from a tribe didn't make the merge.
* The season logo was created by User:MightyUke416.