Survivor: Luzon

## Series Chronology

***Survivor: Luzon – Blood vs. Water*** is the twenty-third season of the third generation Suitman's Survivor Series, which premiered on April 15, 2022 and ended with the winner reveal on May 1, 2022.

It ended with Megan H. defeating Courtney V. and Sam S. at the Final Tribal Council in an 6-3-0 vote.

## Production

The twenty-third season was teased at the *Jamaica* reunion on March 17, 2022, before being fully revealed with the *Blood vs. Water* subtitle on March 22, 2022. Applications opened the same day, and closed three weeks later on April 12, 2022. 54 people applied in 27 duos, 34 were cut from the casting, and 20 went on to become the castaways competing in the game. The full cast was revealed on April 14, 2022.

This season, twenty castaways were divided into two tribes of ten. The tribes are named after Filipino mythological figures - Malagu, wearing green, and Sidapa, in purple. On Day 9, the tribes merged into Kudaman, wearing orange.

The series is produced and hosted by SuitMan13, with production assistance from Haus Gaga, JackTheFlop, PumpSmash, AlmightyOZ, Spark\_, Ian.Reis and Christian37.

## Features

### Twists

* **Retribution Island:** This season, voted out castaways do not leave the game, and instead head for Retribution Island, where they will first pull a Chaos Card. Each episode the two players on the island duel, and the winner stays alive whilst the loser is eliminated. At a certain point, the last person standing will return to the main game.
	+ **Chaos Cards:** A deck of 12 cards, which are systematically pulled by eliminated players on Retribution Island. These cards offer a variety of twists, advantages and choices that are unleashed onto either the dueling players or those in the main game once pulled.
* **Shot in the Dark:** By sacrificing their vote at Tribal Council, a player in trouble may draw a parchment for a one in six chance to be immune from the vote. Although a successful outcome is slim, the safety acts as if a Hidden Immunity Idol has been played.
* **Double Tribal Council:** On Day 1, both tribes went to Tribal Council to vote someone out, with the challenge being individual.
* **Tribunal Vote:** A winning tribe is able to cast one or more whole-group votes at a losing tribe's Tribal Council via a majority tribe verdict.
* **Tribe Switch:** On Day 4, the Malagu and Sidapa tribes underwent a tribe switch, mixing up the tribes in a school-yard pick.
* **Returning Players:** Ten former castaways returned this season, alongside newbie players they signed up with - designated as their "blood partners" - for the *Blood vs. Water* theme.
	+ **Blood vs. Water** Instead of separating the returning players from the new players, each tribe consisted of five returnees and five newbies, while still keeping the blood partners opposing each other.

### Powers

* **Hidden Immunity Idols:** There was one hidden idol placed in each tribe camp, which could be found by correctly guessing the location in camp where it was hidden.
	+ **Fake Idols:** A convincing fake idol would be placed in the each tribe's camp that could be found.
* **50/50 Vote:** This curse enables the user to force a player of choice to have to submit two potential options for their Tribal Council vote, with a random draw deciding which vote goes forward.
* **Ejector Seat:** This power enables the user to leave Tribal Council. They cannot be voted out, but also cannot vote at Tribal.
* **Extra Vote:** This power enables the user to vote twice at a particular Tribal Council.
* **Vote Stealer:** This power enables the user to take away someone's vote and instead cast two themselves at a particular Tribal Council.

## Contestants

* **^Note 1** : Aloha played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore 8 votes against her were not counted.
* **^Note 2** : Rod played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Unzu, therefore 7 votes against him were not counted.
* **^Note 3** : Frost played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore 4 votes against him were not counted.
* **^Note 4** : Megan played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore 5 votes against her were not counted.

## The Game

* **^Note 1** : Both tribes went to Tribal Council on Day 1, so the challenge was individual.
* **^Note 2** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 3** : Due to a tie, there was a re-vote between the tied players.
* **^Note 4** : Sam won the Immunity Challenge, but gave up immunity to Megan at Tribal Council.

## Voting Table

* **^Note 1** : This castaway sacrificed their vote to use their Shot in the Dark.
* **^Note 2** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 3** : Due to the Tribunal Vote, Unzu received 2 votes against him from the Malagu tribe.
* **^Note 4** : An Ejector Seat was used, allowing this castaway to leave Tribal Council before the vote.