Canadian Survivor: Marshall Islands

*****Canadian Survivor: Marshall Islands***** is the tenth season of *Canadian Survivor*.

Erika Torres became the first Queer, Latin and South American castaway to become Sole Survivor, defeating Sandeep Kabeer in a 4-3 vote. Erika became the 5th consecutive woman to win *Canadian Survivor*.

## Production

The season was filmed in Marshall Islands and had a World War II theme, including relics such as fallen aircraft, weapons, bags of cement, and barbed wires.

## Format

* **Expanded Cast:** This is the first season to feature twenty contestants.
* **Schoolyard Pick/Day 2 Eliminations:** On Day 1, the castaways, still unsorted into tribes, raced to shore for two Immunity Necklaces, one for a man and another for a woman. The next day, the winners, Sandeep and Ugo, were tasked to select 16 of the 18 remaining players to be on their tribes. The last man and woman respectively, Fern and Sun, were eliminated on the spot.
* **Tribe Composition:** Following the elimination of two contestants on Day 2, two tribes of nine were formed.
* **Double Tribal Council:** On Day 12, both tribes went to Tribal Council to vote one out of their own.
	+ **Immunity Vote:** The tribe that won the Day 12 Reward Challenge, Aelok, voted one member from the rival tribe to have individual immunity from their Tribal Council.
* **Merged Tribe Composition**: The merged tribe was composed of nine members.
* **Exile Island:** A one-off twist used as punishment for the first person to bail out from the Day 26 Immunity Challenge. The exiled contestant, Annie, was sent to a remote location with minimum supplies to live there until the next day.
* **Final Tribal Council Format:** Two finalists faced a jury of seven. The jurors individually addressed the finalists.

## Trivia

* With an average age of 32.8 among its castaways, ***Marshall Islands*** has the youngest average age of any season.
* This season has the record of the most eliminations by a unanimous vote, with eight.
* *Marshall Islands* is the only season where the pre-jury boots outnumbered those who reached the jury phase.
* *Marshall Islands* is the first season of *Canadian Survivor* to have a cast of twenty.
* *Marshall Islands* is the first season to eliminate three castaways in one episode. Fern and Sun were eliminated in the Schoolyard Pick, while Carlos was voted out the day after at a standard Tribal Council.
* *Marshall Islands* is the first season where contestants were eliminated before Day 3.
* *Marshall Islands* marks the first deadlock tie vote since *New Caledonia* due to the players' concern regarding the rock drawing tiebreaker.
* 'Marshall Islands *is the first season to have Exile Island. However, Exile Island was only used for one episode.* Egypt *was the first season to use it as a full season twist.*
* *Marshall Islands* is the last to not feature Hidden Immunity Idols.
* This season is tied with *Kootenays* for the highest percentage of returning players, with 25% of its cast (5 of 20) returning for future seasons.
* *Marshall Islands* and *Kootenays* hold the record for being represented in the most seasons with returning players, with 2. Marshall Islands returnees featuring in *Belize* and *Dominica*.
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*Kootenays* • *Borneo* • *Tanzania* • *New Caledonia* • *India* • *Peru*

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*Solomon Islands* • *Bahamas* • *Greece* • ***Marshall Islands*** • *Belize* • *Egypt*

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*Norway* • *Dominica* • *Japan* • *Tonga* • *Madagascar*