Survivor: Cryptid Caverns

Survivor: Cryptid Caverns is the sixth season of Survivor Simps. It took place from late July 2021 to late August 2021. The theme of the season based on Cryptids and the forests of the Pacific Northwest.

Rowen became the sixth Sole Survivor, defeating Bell and Matteo in a 4-3-2 vote. To date, this season has produced thirteen returning players (Brody, Grace, Keegan, Roger, Sav, Kamai, Matteo, Bell, Rowen, James Bole, Kate, Christmas, Kobe) for future seasons.

It was preceded by Survivor: All Stars, and was succeeded with Survivor: Journey Through Time.

## Format

* **Tribe Composition:** The twenty castaways were divided into two tribes of ten.
* **Merge:** The merged tribe was composed of eleven members.
* **Final Tribal Council Format:** Three finalists faced a jury of eight. The jurors individually addressed the finalists. After the tie, Matteo became the final member of the jury, choosing between Rowen or Bell to win the game.

## Twists

* **The Caverns:** The castaways were given opportunities to travel to the caverns, a maze-like exile that would either give them an advantage, give them nothing, or steal their vote. Directly before the official merge, the Caverns were used as the final obstacle to reaching it.

## Season Summary

The series premiere began with the twenty castaways being divided into two tribes of ten. The first vote off of the season resulted in Brody getting idoled out by Sammii. This was Rowen's first move of the game, as she was the one to give Sammii the idol.

After the Tribe Swap on Day 3, TyAunnie was voted out 4-1-1 on Day 5, Sammii was voted out 3-2 on Day 6, and Kobe was voted out 2-2 -> 3-0 on Day 8. After the second Tribe Swap, in the episode "Irritating Little Boy", Ryan made one of the worst moves in the history of the franchise. In a tribe of seven, he stole Grace's vote using a Steal-a-Vote advantage, and threw it onto Rowen. The resulting vote ended up being 3 votes Ryan, 3 votes Grace, 1 vote Rowen, leading to a revote where Ryan was voted out 3-2. Had he simply voted Grace with her own vote, he would have stayed.

The merge started off with a twist, the Caverns. Each castaway had to journey through the Caverns, and those that successfully made it out (Rowen, Matteo, Roger, Keegan and Grace), moved onto the merge, those that didn't, were forced to attend a tribal council where the final premerger was voted, Brianna, was given the chop. The gameplay kept getting more heightened as on Day 16, Grace was idoled out 9\*-2 by Roger. On Day 17, Keegan became the first and only player in the franchise to be eliminated by Default due to Kamai winning immunity, and his other 3 tribemates, Bell, Roger and Matteo all playing advantages to keep them safe. On Day 18, Christmas was voted out 4-2-2, and on Day 22, Sav was idoled out 3\*-3.

Kamai won the most immunities in the season, with 3, but was seen as a threat, and taken out on Day 24. Rowen won final immunity, sending Bell against Izzy in fire, where Bell ultimately beat Izzy.

At Final Tribal Council, Matteo, Bell and Rowen were all given equal amounts of praise and criticism, where Sav closed out FTC with her infamous pro-Rowen speech. The jury vote tied 3 Bell, 3 Rowen and 2 Matteo, where a heartbroken Matteo then became the final member of the jury, ultimately choosing Rowen to win the season due to their allyship throughout the game.

## Awards & Trivia

* **Most Popular:** Roger (Seventeen votes against)
* **Comp Beasts:** Kamai
* **Hero of the Season:** Bell
* **Villain of the Season:** Matteo and Rowen
* **Best Confessionals:** Christmas
* **Best Premerger:** James Blanford
* **Player of the Season:** Matteo
* **Most Robbed:** Keegan