Survivor: Philippines

**Survivor: Philippines** is the fourteenth season of *PM Survivor​*.

This season returned to 20 contestants on two initial tribes, Gubat and Sapa. The first season since *Comoros* to not feature a tribe swap. The season was the first season to have multiple evacuations in a season. On Day 20, the tribes merged into Yaman.

A Hidden Immunity Idol play by Jamir Weaver on Jasmin Summers that shifted the power from Gubat tribe to Sapa tribe for the remaining of the merge. The power laid in the hands of Jamir and Jasmin with Kieran Grover playing a major role in the underdog edit of the season. In the end, Kieran managed to make his way to the Final Tribal Council, but it was the crucial decision by Jasmin to betray Jamir at the final four that secured her enough votes to tie the vote. The Final Tribal Council resulted in a 5-3-0 vote in favor of Jasmin, making her the Sole Survivor against Kieran and Rashad Singh. To date, it has produced three returning players (Danna Cubero, Jamir Weaver, and Oren Galvan) for subsequent season.

## Production

The season was originally going to be postponed for the return to the Big Brother series, but was given the green light. The planning for the season went into place after the finale of *Survivor: Mauritius*. The season itself would not run until the following month.

## Twists/Changes

* **Purple Rock Tiebreaker:** In case of a deadlocked tie and there is no consensus as to how the vote will go, everyone except the contestants in the tie and the immunity winner, will pick a rock from a bag. Inside the bag, there is one black rock, and the contestant who gets it will be automatically eliminated from the game.

## Season Summary

The cast of twenty players were divided into two tribes of Gubat and Sapa. Gubat displayed a strong sense of loyalty to each other within their tribe forming an alliance of six of Destinee Morrison, Grant Kerr, Kieran Grover, Mao May, Nick Hensley, and Seth Ryan. While, the Sapa became a more complex and drama-filled tribe with Oren Galvan at the center. His erratic behavior caused Jamir Weaver, Jasmin Summers, and Luz Palacio to utilize him as a shield in their tribe, which they were able to successful. The evacuations of Destinee and Luz weakened each tribes numbers.

Despite the evacuations, Gubat entered into the merge with numbers of six against five. Jamir's idol play on Jasmin allowed for the game to shift in Sapa's favor, evening the game up with five against five. Cristina Wong, feeling on the outs of her original tribe and alliance, flipped on her original tribe to join forces with Sapa to pick her tribe members off until the final 7. Danna Cubero and Oren decided to turn against each other with Oren reigning superior.

However, his power run came to an end when Jamir decided to stay loyal to Jasmin and force a 3-3 tie at the final six. The vote resulted in a rock draw where Cristina became the first victim ever of a rock draw, giving power back to Jasmin and Jamir where Oren was voted shortly after. Kieran won the final immunity challenge, forcing Sapa to turn against each other where Jamir wanted to stay loyal to Jasmin, but Jasmin decided to seize the opportunity to take out the biggest threat, Jamir.

Regardless of the jury consisting of five Gubat members and three Sapa members, Jasmin's strategic gameplay and ability to make players make moves in her favor was appreciated over Kieran's die hard loyalty, earning her the win in a 5-3-0 vote.

## Trivia

* This season features the most medical evacuations, with two.
* This is the first season to utilize the rock drawing tiebreaker.