Survivor: The Caribbean

**Survivor: The Caribbean** is the 10th regular season of Survivor and 11th overall.

Andrew Fry was crowned the Sole Survivor after beating Marvin Bickerman in a 10-1 landslide, only losing the vote of Darrah Punto. To date, it has produced xx returning players () for subsequent seasons.

The season was released in DVD format on May 17, 2006.

## Twists/Changes

* **Old vs. Young**: The 24 contestants will be divided up into two tribes based on their ages. The Arawaks tribe will feature twelve older contestants, while the Kalinago tribe will include twelve younger contestants. The producers deemed that they have a good slate of competitive older people, so they expected that the "Battle of the Ages" format will not agree to the younger tribe's sheer strength.
* **Unexpected Start**: The contestants were made to believe that they will be shooting their cast photos, only to be informed that the game had already begun. With only the clothes on their backs, the tribes were given $100 to buy supplies with.
* **Less Physical Challenges**: Challenges in this season will be more innovative and less physical, due to the Old vs. Young format. Instead of sheer strength, majority of the challenges will require teamwork to win.
* **Kidnapping**: After every pre-merge Immunity Challenge, the winning tribe is given the right to kidnap one member from the rival tribe. The chosen castaway is also given immunity, skipping Tribal Council. The kidnapped player would give a tube containing clues to the Hidden Immunity Idol to a tribe member from the opposing side for an idol at their camp. That castaway would return to their tribe at the next Challenge.
* **Hidden Immunity Idol**: Pre-merge, one Hidden Immunity Idol that can be played before votes are cast is hidden at each camp. After the merge, the regular Idol is hidden somewhere on Exile Island.
* **Tribe Raid**: The castaways experienced pirate life with one member from the winning tribe from the Reward Challenge being sent to the other tribe to steal one item from their camp.
* **Buried Treasure**: Another advantage of winning a Reward was one of three clues to a treasure chest buried somewhere at camp. Inside the treasure were additional creature comforts such as food rations and blankets.
* **Outcast Twist**: On Day 18, the 16 remaining castaways faced a third tribe comprised of the first 8 departed castaways in a three-way special challenge. If The Outcasts win, both Arawaks and Kalinago will go to separate Tribal Council sessions and will vote out one of their own. The Outcasts will vote two of their own back into the game, with the remaining six being eliminated for good. The two returning castaways will be granted immunity at their first visit to Tribal Council. If The Outcasts finish second, only one of them will be voted back in the game, and only the losing tribe will vote somebody out. If The Outcasts lose to both tribes, they are all eliminated from the game, and Arawaks and Kalinago switches tribes without voting anybody out.
* **Double Tribal Council**: Due to their loss to The Outcasts, both Arawaks and Kalinago had to vote someone out.
* **Impromptu Tribal Council**: Both Kalinago and Arawaks will be immediately sent to Tribal Council after the challenge.
* **Tribe Switch**: On Day 19, a tribe switch occurred. The tribes would draw rocks. The castaways to draw their tribe's colored stone would be the captains. The captains chose four members of the opposite tribe to join their tribe.
* **Merged Tribe Composition**: The tribes merged on Day 24. The merged tribe was composed of fourteen members.
* **Exile Island**: Returning from the previous season, post-merge, after a Reward Challenge, players may banish the other player to Exile Island. The player would not be left in despair, for he/she will be given clues to a Hidden Immunity Idol that is hidden somewhere on the island.
* **Final Tribal Council Format**: Two finalists faced a jury comprised of eleven members.