Random.org Survivor: Panama

*Random.org Survivor: Panama* was the forty-third season in the *series*.

The season took place in the Pearl Islands in Panama

The twenty contestants, referred to as "castaways," were divided into four tribes of five. These tribes were named Bayoneta, Casaya, La Mina, and Viveros, all islands in the Pearl Islands region. They represent the name of the camps and the separate teams with immunity and tribal council. On Day 14 there was a switch leading to three new tribes of five. Additionally, the previously five voted out castaways returned as the Outcasts tribe for being voted out. The Outcasts had a shot to return if they beat the newly made tribes at the immunity challenge. The merged tribe was named by the 12 castaways who made the merge. They named the tribe La Vivaya, a mashup of the three switched tribe names referring to their own lived *Survivor* island.

Returnee Helen Smart beat out returnee Rufus Delmar and defense attorney Viola Allen in a 5-3-2 vote in the final tribal council.

## Twists

* **Pirate Leaders:** Each tribe has a returning player unofficially known as their pirate leader to begin the game.
* **Fire Tokens:** Fire Tokens allow the castaways to purchase creature comforts, food, or game advantages.
* **Fire Token Advantage Menu:** Fire tokens are only eligible for purchasing advantages on a menu displayed at each camp rather than finding advantages this season. After each phase of the game changes, the menu on display also changes. Prices and quantities are in parentheses.
	+ **Original Tribes (Days 1 - 13):**
		- **Immunity Challenge Advantage (1) (Unlimited):**
			* **Bayoneta:** Before the first immunity challenge on Day 3, Jessica decided to buy one immunity challenge advantage for the Bayoneta tribe.
			* **Casaya:** Before the third immunity challenge, Kourtney decided to buy one immunity challenge advantage for the Casaya tribe. Before the fifth immunity challenge, Carl decided to buy one immunity challenge advantage for the Casaya tribe.
		- **Extra Rice - One Cup (1) (Unlimited):**
			* **Viveros:**After losing the challenge on Day 3, Sherman paid one fire token for an extra cup of rice at the Viveros camp.
		- **Safety Without Power (1) (x2):** No one bought this advantage on their original tribes.
		- **One Round Only 50/50 Coin (1) (x2):** No one bought this advantage on their original tribes
		- **Three Round Hidden Immunity Idol (4) (x1):**
			* **La Mina:** After losing the third challenge on Day 8, the remaining La Mina members pooled together their tokens for Dino to hold onto the hidden immunity idol. That same night, Dino played the idol unsuccessfully on himself, instead having votes go towards Sophie.
			* **Viveros:** After losing the second challenge on Day 5, Helen convinced Mark, Elisa, and Viola to all pool together one fire token each so that they could have a hidden immunity idol for tribal council which she bought.
	+ **Switched Tribes (Days 17 - 23):**Even though the tribe switch occurred on Day 14, the tribe menu was not available until after the Day 16 tribal councils.
		- **Immunity Challenge Advantage (1) (Unlimited):**For one fire token, they can help their tribe gain a small advantage in the immunity challenge.
		- **Steal-A-Vote Advantage (3) (x1):**For three fire tokens, someone can buy the Steal-A-Vote Advantage.
			* **La Mina:** After Luis returned to the game and they won the immunity challenge on Day 18, he aligned with Christian and Jessica and pooled their tokens together to buy the Steal-A-Vote advantage for Luis to hold on to.
			* **Viveros:** After losing the immunity challenge on Day 23, Abi-Maria immediately bought the Steal-A-Vote advantage.
		- **Idol Nullifier (4) (x1):**For four fire tokens, someone can buy an Idol Nullifier.
			* **Casaya:** Dan bought the Casaya Idol Nullifier on Day 21.
	+ **Merged Tribe (Days 24 - 36):**
		- **Food Reward (2) (Unlimited):**Castaways can purchase a delicious random food reward for two fire tokens.
			* Viola bought a random food reward after the immunity challenge on Day 25 which ended up being spaghetti with Italian meatballs.
			* Abi-Maria and Dino bought a random food reward each before the immunity challenge on Day 35 which was both burgers and fries with soda.
			* Dan, Helen, and Rufus bought a random food reward each before the immunity challenge on Day 36 which was chicken tenders with hot fudge sundaes.
		- **One Round Only 50/50 Coin (3) (x5):**
			* Rufus bought a one-round only 50-50 coin after losing the immunity challenge on Day 30. He played the coin the same night, flipping immunity and negating no votes.
			* Helen bought a one-round only 50/50 coin after losing the immunity challenge on Day 35 while there were two temporary tribes. She played the coin the same night, flipping immunity and negating two votes.
			* On the morning of Day 36, Helen bought another one-round only 50-50 coin after receiving five fire tokens from Dino the previous night. Helen won immunity on Day 36, so she played the coin on Viola, flipping no safety so she was still eligible to be voted for.
			* Luis bought a one-round only 50/50 coin after losing the immunity challenge on Day 36. He played the coin the same night, flipping no safety and was still eligible to be voted for.
			* No one bought the final one-round only 50/50 coin.
		- **Safety Without Power (4) (x3):**
			* Mark bought one Safety Without Power advantage on Day 25 before the immunity challenge. He was blindsided the same night and never used the advantage.
			* Rufus bought one Safety Without Power advantage on Day 30 after losing the immunity challenge. He only had three fire tokens, so he made a plan to convince Carl to give him one fire token that was successful. On Day 36 after losing the immunity challenge, Rufus played the Safety Without Power advantage guaranteeing safety that night at tribal council.
			* Carl bought one Safety Without Power advantage on Day 36 after losing the immunity challenge. On Day 36 after losing the immunity challenge, Carl played the Safety Without Power advantage guaranteeing safety that night at tribal council.
		- **Wild Card Advantage (7) (x1):**Castaways can purchase a mystery advantage with unknown powers.
			* Luis bought the wild card advantage by convincing Viola to contribute one fire token with his six. The Wild Card Advantage allowed Luis to cancel a random half of the votes at tribal council which could include his own vote. On Day 35 when the merged tribe split into two temporary tribes for one tribal council, Luis played the Wild Card Advantage. Abi-Maria, Luis, Rufus, and Viola all drew rocks to see whose votes were canceled. Abi-Maria and Viola drew the white rocks, canceling their votes effectively sending Abi-Maria home.
		- **None:**
			* Helen and Luis held on to one fire token each through the period any menu item could be purchased, thus forfeiting them.
* **Hidden Immunity Idols:** There is one hidden immunity idol hidden at random places in, near, or around camp. If found with a clue, the idol may be hidden in a spot in camp. After idols are successfully played or leave the game, new idols are hidden the same way.
	+ **Bayoneta Idol:** Ada found the Bayoneta Idol on Day 11 hidden underneath a wooden plank near a pond at camp. She never played the idol because she was blindsided on Day 13.
	+ **Casaya Idol:** Titus found the Casaya Idol on Day 14 hidden underneath the base of a tree. Titus played the Casaya Idol on himself on Day 18, successfully negating four votes cast against him. Velma found the rehidden Casaya Idol on Day 21 hidden at the base of the water well. However, Velma was blindsided on Day 33 and never played the Casaya Idol.
	+ **La Mina Idol:**  Abi-Maria found the La Mina Idol on Day 9 hidden underneath a wooden plank near a pond at camp. She never played the idol because she was blindsided on Day 11. The La Mina Idol was placed back into the game, even though Abi-Maria returned to the game. Rufus found the rehidden La Mina Idol on Day 16 hidden underneath the base of a tree. Rufus played the La Mina Idol the same night, negating three votes cast against him. On Day 17, Jessica found the rehidden La Mina Idol in a big rock near camp, but she was blindsided with the idol in her pocket. On Day 24 before the merge, Rufus found the rehidden La Mina Idol in another big rock near camp. On Day 37 after losing the immunity challenge, Rufus played the La Mina Idol on himself, negating zero votes.
	+ **Viveros Idol:** Mark found the Viveros Idol on Day 2 hidden underneath a wooden plank near a pond at camp. However, Mark was blindsided on Day 25 after the merge with the idol in his pocket.
	+ **La Vivaya Idol:**Dan found the La Vivaya Idol on Day 28 during the immunity challenge after finding a clue at camp the same day. On Day 33, Dan played the La Vivaya Idol on himself, negating three votes. Rufus found the rehidden La Vivaya Idol on Day 36 buried in plain sight on the camp's beach.
* **Joint Tribal Councils:** While there are four tribes in the game, two tribes will win immunity while the other two will attend a joint tribal council and vote out only one person each round. After the Day 14 tribe switch, the tribes would go to individual tribal councils.
* **The Outcasts:** On Day 14, a tribe switch occurred leading to three new tribes of five. At the first immunity challenge after the switch, the five previous castaways who were voted out walked in for a second shot to return. To return, the Outcasts had to win the challenge against any of the tribes. The Outcasts beat two tribes, so they earned the right to vote in two of their tribe members back into the game to replace voted out members of the losing tribes.

## Castaways

*The **Total Votes** is the number of votes a castaway has received during Tribal Councils where the castaway is eligible to be voted out of the game. It does not include the votes received during the final Tribal Council.*

**^1** Because Titus played one hidden immunity idol, a total of four votes cast against him did not count.
**^2** Because Luis played the Wild Card advantage, two random votes were canceled towards him.
**^3** Because Dan played one hidden immunity idol, a total of three votes cast against him did not count.
**^4** Because Rufus played one hidden immunity idol, a total of three votes cast against him did not count.
**^5** Because Helen played one 50/50 Coin, two votes cast against her did not count.

## The Game

**^1** Combined reward and immunity challenge.
**^2** Because Rufus played the hidden immunity idol, three votes cast against him did not count.
**^3** Because the Outcasts beat La Mina and Viveros in the challenge, they earned the right to vote in two tribe members as replacements to the losing tribes.
**^4** Because Titus played the hidden immunity idol, four votes cast against him did not count.
**^5** Because Dan played the hidden immunity idol, three votes cast against him did not count.
**^6** Because Helen played one 50/50 Coin, two votes cast against her did not count.
**^7** Because Luis played the Wild Card advantage, two random votes were canceled towards him.

## Voting History

**^1** Because Rufus played the hidden immunity idol, three votes cast against him did not count.
**^2** Because the Outcasts beat La Mina and Viveros in the challenge, they earned the right to vote in two tribe members as replacements to the losing tribes.
**^3** Because Titus played the hidden immunity idol, four votes cast against him did not count.
**^4** Because Dan played the hidden immunity idol, three votes cast against him did not count.
**^5** Because Helen played one 50/50 Coin, two votes cast against her did not count.
**^6** Because Luis played the Wild Card advantage, two random votes were canceled towards him.
**^7** Because Carl and Rufus each used the *Safety Without Power* advantage, they left Tribal Council without voting and were safe from the vote.

## Returning Players

**Key:**
     Sole Survivor
     Runner-Up
     2nd Runner-Up