Jonvivor S4: The Moon

Jonvivor S4: The Moon

Crisium

Vaporum

Nectaris

Luna

# Overview

**Jonvivor S4: The Moon** was the fourth season of Jonvivor. Pre-Production for the season began July 16th, 2021, with return hosts Jon, Cinya, & Kippy, along with EPS & Dex joining as new hosts. Snow took a break shortly after season planning had begun. Applications went out on the 26th of July, with the season officially starting on August 17th, 2021. The season lasted for **37** days, ending on September 23th, 2021. The season took place **ON THE MOON!**

The season was made up of **twenty castaways**, separated at first into two tribes, **Copernicus** in orange, and **Tycho** in red. They were named after the biggest craters found on the moon. The other tribes later in the season were named after lunar "seas", **Nectaris** (in yellow), **Vaporum** (in blue), and **Crisium** (in green). The winner of the season was **Emmanuel**, who won in a final 5-3-1 vote, against runner-ups and fellow Starmites, **Ichthy** and **Quint**.

## Pre-Production

The hosting team consisted of Jon, Cinya, Kippy, EPS, and Dex.

There was a long break in between Seasons 3 and 4, because Jon needed to take a break and had some vacations planned and wouldn't be able to host while those happened. But when Jon came back, he was ready to jump back into hosting.

Jon struggled with the idea of a fun location for this season, and told everyone that it would be the last season before an all returnee season, but couldn't think of somewhere fun to have the location be. EPS came up with the idea of the moon, and everyone loved it. So, the plan was set and the logo was made. They announced the season theme shortly after.

Planning for the season was hidden in a separate channel from long time host Cinya, because she thought about playing, but decided against it near the start of the season and was let back into the planning of the season and a full host.

## Production

The first applications were were sent out on July 26th, 2021, while the season was still being planned. Applications closed on August 16th, with the season starting shortly after, on August 17th, 2021. There was a total of 37 applicants, the most thus far of any season, and 17 of them were cut to make this a 20 person season.

After the cast reveal on August 17th, the game had begun.

## Season Features

* **20 Person Cast:** This season consisted of 20 people playing for the title of Sole Survivor on a season taking place on The Moon.
* **Advantage Board:** Every 24 hours, the contestants got to chose a location on the board for a possible advantage or disadvantage. There were no traditional hidden immunity idols hidden anywhere this season.
* **Double Tribal Council:** On Day 5, It was revealed that every castaway would be competing for Individual Immunity, and that both tribes would be visiting Tribal Council to vote someone off. The top 4 highest scoring castaways on each tribe were safe.
* **Two Starting Tribes**: The two tribes at the start were Tycho and Copernicus. They both consisted of 10 people.
* **Tribe Swap**: On day 10, the tribes swapped from two tribes, to three tribes of 5. The tribes were Nectaris, Crisium, and Vaporum. These were chosen by doing a school yard pick.
* **Second Double Tribal Council**: On day 12, both losing tribes from the immunity challenge went to their own separate tribal councils, where two people were voted off.
* **Merge**: On day 17, the final 12 castaways left in the game merged together into one tribe, called Luna.
* **Advantage Board Items that were played:**
	+ **Alien Abduction**: The player is abducted by aliens, this stops the player from guessing on the advantage board for the next 7 days. This was found by Loki.
	+ **Broken Air Suit:** This stops the player that gets this from competing in the next challenge, if it was a tribal challenge, the team may be at a disadvantage. This was found by Seamus.
	+ **Moon Crater:** The player falls into a deep moon crater. They are now exiled immediately until after the next challenge is completed. This was found by Quint.
	+ **Extra Guess:** An opportunity to make another guess right away and skip the wait time on the advantage board.
	+ **Legacy Advantage:** This was an idol that could be used when there were 15 people left in the game, 11 people, or 8 people left in the game. It would be passed down if the player voted out still held it when it had power. This was found by Anubis.
	+ **Lose Your Guess Disadvantage:** This disadvantage made the player that found it wait for an extra 48 hours until they could guess on the advantage board again.
	+ **Lose Your Vote Disadvantage:** This disadvantage made the player that found it not be able to vote at the next tribal council they went to and were eligible to vote at.
	+ **Moon Cheese**: This was populated around the board, and if someone got 5 moon cheeses together, they would be able to purchase a moon cheese idol.
	+ **Moon Cheese Idol:** This is a normal idol, but everyone would know that a moon cheese idol was just purchased using the moon cheese from the advantage board. Only three were eligible to be bought this season.
	+ **Moon Rat Attack:** If you found this, a moon rat would attack the player and steal two of their moon cheese.
	+ **Safety Without Power:** This gave someone the power to be safe from a tribal council, but without power, meaning that they will be able to leave tribal council and not take part in it. The person cannot be voted out, but cannot vote. They could only use this on themselves. It could be used for the last time at the final 7.
	+ **Time Pass:** This advantage let you block a lose your guess disadvantage if you found one on the board.
	+ **Vote Stealer**: The Vote Stealer let one player steal someone else's vote, making it so that that person had 0 votes, and the player had 2. This was found by Samuel.
* **Final Tribal Council**: Final Tribal Council consisted of three finalists and nine jury members.

## Future Cast Appearances

Emmanuel, Nyte, Wario, Abe, Creative, JackJack, Izzy, and Moon would return for Jonvivor S5: All Stars. Moon would place 20th, JackJack would place 17th, Abe would place 14th, Izzy would place 9th, Emmanuel would place 7th, Nyte would place 6th, Creative would place 3rd, and Wario would place 1st.

## Awards

* Winner of Season - Emmanuel
* Villain of Season - Abe
* Hero of Season - Quint
* Best Duo - Ichthy & Quint
* Underdog - Creative
* Best Alliance - Starmites (Ichthy, Emmanuel, Quint)
* Robbed Pre-Jury Member - Izzy
* Robbed Player - Creative
* Fan Favorite - Ichthy
* Dumbest Move - Abe organizing JackJack blindside
* Smartest Move - Quint and Ichthy for blindsiding JackJack
* Dex's Favorite (Dex Point Winner) - Quint
* Player of the Season (POTS) - Emmanuel

## Trivia

* This was the fourth season of Jonvivor.
* This was the first and only season to implement no idol hunts, and an advantage board instead.
* This season was the first one to not have an auction challenge.
* Ichthy had the most immunity wins, with 3, tying with Alfie and Kon in season 2 for having the most wins in Jonvivor History.
* Every advantage played this season was used "correctly" at tribal council, meaning that it either negated a majority of the votes, or the tied majority of the votes.
	+ 3 of these were idol plays, by Creative, Quint, and Emmanuel
	+ 1 of these was a Safety Without Power, which Abe used.
* 3 idols were played at a tribal council this season
	+ Creative on himself (Abe's Idol) at F10, which negated 7 votes, and successfully saved him from going home.
	+ Quint on himself at F8, blocking 4 votes, which successfully saved him from going home.
	+ Emmanuel on Quint at F6, blocking 3 votes and preventing a tie between Quint and Jenex, sending Jenex home.
* This was the first season where an alliance dominated the season and made it all the way to the end.
* This was the first season where the winner both won, and received the Player of the Season award.
* It was officially announced at the reunion that the next season, Season 5, would be Jonvivor: All Stars