Survivor: Yucatan

## Series Chronology

***Survivor: Yucatan – The Mayan Relics*** is the seventh season of the third generation Suitman's Survivor Series, which premiered on April 29, 2020 and ended with the winner reveal on May 15, 2020.

It ended with James S. defeating Ethan O. and Sam A. at the Final Tribal Council in a 6-3-0 vote.

## Production

The seventh season was announced on April 2, 2020, alongside the season subtitle *The Mayan Relics*. Applications opened on April 15, 2020, closing almost a week and a half later on April 26, 2020. 51 people applied, 31 were cut from the casting, and 20 went on to become the castaways competing in the game. The full cast was revealed on April 27, 2020, along with the tribal designations.

This season, twenty castaways were divided into two tribes of ten. The tribes are named after places in the Yucatán Peninsula - Akumal, wearing teal, and Bacalar in magenta. On Day 8, the tribes merged into Natacuya, wearing blue.

The series is produced and hosted by SuitMan13, with production assistance from Haus Gaga.

## Features

### Twists

* **The Mayan Relics:** Unprecedented new powers in the history of *Survivor*. Few in number but great in power, these advantages can turn the tables of the game in an instant. Each Relic is split into two halves, and when both halves are found the power is activated for either is sole or shared owners to unleash.
* **SuitBucks:** The SuitBucks twist returned this season. Each faction had their own SuitBucks balance, and the faction with the most SuitBucks would win immunity for the first two rounds of the merge. However along the way there were temptations for individual power, that players could either buy themselves or sell to other factions.
	+ **Factions:** As part of the SuitBucks twist, the castaways were divided into five factions, based on their original debut season in the entire *Suitman's Survivor* franchise, and named after the NATO phonetic alphabet.
* **Tribe Switch:** On Day 4, the Akumal and Bacalar tribes underwent a tribe switch, mixing up the tribes in a school-yard pick.
* **Double Tribal Council:** On Day 6, both tribes went to Tribal Council to vote someone out, with the challenge being individual.
* **Blackjack Gamble:** The ability for players to spend SuitBucks in a game of Blackjack, to potentially win an Extra Vote in the game if victorious, or a Vote Stealer if able to get an outright 21.
* **Vote Sacrifice**: With SuitBucks ending at the merge, a new currency was introduced whereby people would have to sacrifice their own vote at Tribal Council in exchange for an advantage in the game.

### 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.
	+ **Neglect and Reflect Idol:** A new Mayan Relic form of Hidden Immunity Idol that functions the same as a normal idol, but it also changes the votes to be against the person the user voted for.
* **Vote Intruders:** This Mayan Relic power enabled its holder(s) to have up to three people of choice from the winning tribe cast a vote at the losing tribe's Tribal Council.
* **Faction Swap:** This Mayan Relic power enabled its holder(s) to force two players to swap SuitBuck factions.
* **Open Urn:** This Mayan Relic power enabled its holder(s) to halt Tribal Council at the reading of the votes, and peak into the urn to see who has voted for who up to that point, before a vote extension is granted.
* **Instant Mutiny:** This power enables the user to instant mutiny to an opposing tribe. This will insert them into Tribal Council if that tribe is attending, making them vulnerable yet unable to vote, and vice versa.
* **Advantage Menu:** A power that offers three potential advantages for the person who obtains it, from which they must select one that they think will most help their game.
	+ **Viruses:** A group of curses which allow players to impose a ban on a particular game element to a player of their choice. This season featured a two-round ban on **Voting**.
	+ **Ejector Seat:** This power enables the user to leave Tribal Council. They cannot be voted out, but also cannot vote at Tribal.
* **Extra Vote:** This power enables the user to vote twice at a particular Tribal Council.

## Contestants

* **^Note 1** : On Day 5, Sam mutinied from the Akumal tribe to Bacalar.
* **^Note 2** : Harry played a Neglect & Reflect Idol on James, but didn't negate any votes against him.
* **^Note 3** : Aria played a Hidden Immunity Idol on James, negating 5 votes against him.
* **^Note 4** : Nikki played a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating 4 votes against her.
* **^Note 5** : Nikki played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Jan, but didn't negate any votes against him.
* **^Note 6** : James played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Sam, negating 4 votes against him.

## The Game

* **^Note 1** : A Extra Vote was used, allowing the user to vote twice at this Tribal Council.
* **^Note 2** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 3** : Both tribes went to Tribal Council on Day 6, so the challenge was individual.
* **^Note 4** : Due to a tie, there was a re-vote between the tied players.
* **^Note 5** : Andrew won the Immunity Challenge whilst already immune, and chose to give up immunity to Aria.
* **^Note 6** : Tyler won the Immunity Challenge whilst already immune, and chose to give up immunity to Ethan.

## Voting Table

* **^Note 1** : Bob used the Vote Intruders Mayan Relic, bringing this castaway to Tribal Council from the winning tribe.
* **^Note 2** : A Extra Vote was used, allowing the user to vote twice at this Tribal Council.
* **^Note 3** : Bob was cursed with the Vote Virus, rendering him unable to vote for two Tribal Councils.
* **^Note 4** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against its user.
* **^Note 5** : An Ejector Seat was used, allowing this castaway to leave Tribal Council before the vote.
* **^Note 6** : A player gave up their right to vote at this Tribal Council in exchange for an advantage in the game.