Survivor: The Black Forest

## Series Chronology

***Survivor: The Black Forest*** is the twenty-eighth season of the third generation Suitman's Survivor Series, which premiered on March 10, 2023 and ended with the winner reveal on March 28, 2023.

It ended with Brody S. defeating Josh K. and Max I. at the Final Tribal Council in an 9-1-0 vote.

## Production

The twenty-eighth season was revealed on February 13, 2023. Applications opened the same day, and closed three weeks later on March 7, 2023. 50 people applied, 32 were cut from the casting, and 18 went on to become the new castaways competing in the game. They were joined by 3 hand-picked returning players. The full cast was revealed on March 9, 2022, along with the tribal designations.

This season, twenty-one castaways were divided into three tribes of seven. The tribes are named after towns in the German state of Hesse - Fulda, wearing purple, Hanau, with red, and Verra, wearing yellow. On Day 8, the tribes merged into Grimm, wearing green.

The series is produced and hosted by SuitMan13, with production assistance from Haus Gaga, JackTheFlop, PumpSmash, Ian.Reis, Christian37, Tierkreis and nutmeggiee.

## Features

### Twists

* **Power Charms:** A series of powerless advantages that players could find across the hunting grounds. These charms had to be willingly given away to another player in order to gain different advantages, with further trades increasing the power and longevity the charms could have.
* **Tribe Switch:** On Day 4, the Fulda, Hanau and Verra tribes underwent a tribe switch, mixing up the tribes in a school-yard pick.
* **Double Tribal Council:** On Day 4, two tribes went to Tribal Council to vote someone out, with only one tribe winning immunity.
* **Sun & Moon Urns:** On Day 11, the ten remaining castaways had to decide which urn they wanted to vote in when casting their vote at Tribal Council - Sun or Moon. Votes from both urns were read, culminating in two castaways being eliminated.
* **Returning Players:** Three castaways from recent seasons - who were unable achieve their fullest potential due to various circumstances - returned this season to compete for a second time.

### Powers

* **Hidden Immunity Idols:** There was one hidden idol placed in each tribe camp, which could be found by correctly guessing the location in camp where it was hidden.
* **Extra Vote:** This power enables the user to vote twice at a particular Tribal Council.
* **Vote Stealer:** This power enables the user to take away someone's vote and instead cast two themselves at a particular Tribal Council.
* **Ejector Seat:** This power enables the user to leave Tribal Council. They cannot be voted out, but also cannot vote at Tribal.

## Contestants

* **^Note 1** : Buckeey played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore 5 votes against him were not counted.
* **^Note 2** : Josh played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore 8 votes against him were not counted.
* **^Note 3** : Dylan played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Buckeey, therefore 3 votes against him were not counted.

## The Game

* **^Note 1** : Due to a tie, there was a re-vote between the tied players.
* **^Note 2** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 3** : Due to a null vote, there was a re-vote between all non-immune players.

## Voting Table

* **^Note 1** : Ty used a Bewitcher Advantage, taking away Andrew T.'s vote at this Tribal Council and cast two votes himself.
* **^Note 2** : Skylar used a Bewitcher Advantage, taking away Dylan's vote at this Tribal Council and cast two votes himself.
* **^Note 3** : An Extra Vote was used, allowing the user to vote twice at this Tribal Council.
* **^Note 4** : Buckeey used a Vote Stealer, taking away Andrew B.'s vote at this Tribal Council and cast two votes himself.
* **^Note 5** : Alek used a Vote Stealer, taking away Josh's vote at this Tribal Council and cast two votes himself.
* **^Note 6** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 7** : An Ejector Seat was used, allowing this castaway to leave Tribal Council before the vote.
* **^Note 8** : Buckeey used a Vote Stealer, taking away Sebastian's vote at this Tribal Council and cast two votes himself.
* **^Note 9** : Brody used a Vote Stealer, taking away Sebastian's vote at this Tribal Council and cast two votes himself.