Survivor: Cape Verde

**Survivor: Cape Verde** is the sixteenth season of *PM Survivor​*.

This season saw the downfall of Maio tribe that rose strategic power-house Anaya Patel; the rise of a tribe and the downfall of the Cova tribe that was focused on Andre Vargas as the leader; the shifts in power led by challenge beast and flip flopper Darma Widodo. The three of them dominated from three different tribes where they all ended in the final three. Andre won the title of Sole Survivor in a 4-3-0 against Darma and Anaya respectively. To date, it has produced two returning players (Anaya Patel and Darma Widodo) for subsequent seasons.

## Production

After a two month hiatus, the series will make it's return in the month of April. The season was later scrapped on March 31st, 2020 for the series wanting to go in a different direction. The season will be hosted with the same tribe names, colors and twists at a later date.

As of August 29th, the season would be revived and revamped for the upcoming sixteenth season. The season will in the fall of 2021.

## Twists

* **Three Tribes:** For the first time since *Survivor: All-Stars*, three tribes will compete starting at the beginning of the season.
* **Tribe Switch:** On Day 11, Maio is disbanded, and the remaining fourteen castaways are shuffled and randomly distributed into the new Cova and Fogo tribes.
* **Hidden Immunity Idol:** No hidden immunity idols were hidden for the first 10 days of the game. At the tribe swap, the tribes were instructed that one idol would be hidden at each camp.

## Season Summary

The eighteen new castaways were divided into three tribes: Cova, Fogo, and Maio. The Maio tribe was the clear weakest tribe, losing three of the immunity challenges. Their losses allowed for Anaya Patel to take front stage as the mastermind for that tribe. The Fogo tribe became the messier tribe, having no clear leader and only losing one member. While, Cova became the physically dominate tribe losing no immunity challenges. At the final fourteen, the Maio tribe dissolved and players were shuffled into two tribes of seven: Cova featured three original Cova, three original Fogo, and Anaya as the lone Maio members while Fogo contained three original Cova, two original Fogo, and two original Maio. With initially the original tribes wanting to stay strong, Ricardo Saltos and Daniela Osorio opened the game open when they decided to blindside Daniel Cohen.

Going into the merge with Cova having the most original members with five, the remaining players decided to team up along with Daniela to get rid of an original Cova Member. An idol play by Taye Brown allowed for two Cova members to go home back to back, and another idol play betrayal by Darma Widodo blindsided his new alliance with Andre Vargas and Anaya to send home fellow ally Ricardo. Proving to be social threat, Andre became the target for original Fogo members, but a second flip by Darma allowed him to make final three with their alliance.

At the Final Tribal Council, Andre's sense of loyalty garnered respect by the jurors over Darma's cutthroat strategic gameplay and Anaya's behind the scenes master manipulation gameplay, earning him the win in a 4-3-0 vote.

## Trivia

* This is the first season to have three starting tribes in which all three tribes don't attended a Tribal Council before a Tribe Switch or absorption.
* This is the first season with three starting tribes to have a representative from each of the original tribes present in the Final Three. Anaya represented Maio, Andre represented Cova, and Darma represented Fogo.