Survivor: Guatemala

***Survivor: Guatemala*** will be the eighteenth season of the PM Survivor Series.

Lorenzo Quinteiro defeated Dylan Crawford and Logan McFarland in a 6-1-0 vote to become the Sole Survivor. To date, it has produced four returning players (Dylan Crawford, Lorenzo Quinteiro, Molan Bai, and Misty Bray) for subsequent seasons.

## Production

The production for the season quickly started after the finale of *Survivor: Anarchy*. The format for the season was reconsidered multiple times before settling with a format and a location for the eighteenth season. The cast was officially formed in January with the official season start expecting to film in the later half of January.

## Twists/Changes

* **Tribe Composition:** The eighteen castaways were divided into two tribes of eight. Nasser, the oldest man, selected the members of Kinal, while Emily selected the members of Itzan. Upon choosing tribes, they were sent to Exile Island with immunity. They would choose between two urns to determine what tribe they go to.
* **Exile Island:** This season's version of Exile Island would have its tribal Reward Challenges only be one-on-one duels between castaways. The winner of each duel wins reward for his/her tribe while the losing castaway would be sent to Exile Island, along with one of the winner's tribe mates, where they will choose between two urns: one with a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol buried on his/her camp and an early departure from Exile Island, and the other with nothing and a longer sentence on Exile Island.
* **Summit:** On Day 10, both tribes were tasked with selecting an ambassador to attend a summit. The ambassadors would have to alternate between choosing members for their tribe while still keeping the tribe amount the same.

## Season Summary

The eighteen players were surprised to learn that they weren't divided into two tribes at the start of the game. The two oldest players, Emily Hamilton and Nasser Naima, were going to choose their respective tribes, consisting of nine members for Itzan and Kinal. Despite Emily picking the "older" contestants compared to Nasser's choice of younger contestants, Itzan became the dominate tribe. At the swap tribe, Dylan Crawford, Lorenzo Quinteiro and Molan Bai solidified their relationship as a trio that controlled the two votes at their tribe.

Upon merging, Misty Bray worked closely with the trio and Romina Velasco until they attempted to blindside Dylan at the final 8. However, an idol play by Dylan, foiled their plans causing Dylan's alliance to turn against Misty's alliance. With Logan McFarland's help to Dylan's alliance, they were able to pick off Misty's alliance until the final five where Lorenzo flipped on his alliance to work with Romina to blindside Molan with her idol. In a final showdown between the two new sides, Dylan came out victorious as Romina lost the fire challenge.

Despite the victory at the final four, at the Final Tribal Council, the jury respected Lorenzo's willingness to make big moves and win competitions throughout the season, they awarded him the win over Dylan's dominate leader position and Logan's flip-flopper gameplay in a 6-1-0 vote.

## Trivia

* This is the first season since *Survivor: Polynesia* to have eighteen players divided into two tribes of nine.
* This is the first season since *Survivor: Gabon* to utilize the fire-making challenge at the final four.
* This is the first and only season to have all men in the Final Tribal Council.