Cutthroat: Treasures of Aotearoa

## Series Chronology

***Cutthroat Survivor: Treasures of Aotearoa*** is the seventh season of the *Cutthroat Survivor* series. The season began on Friday, February 5th, 2021 and ended on Saturday, March 13th, 2021, when Mike M was named the winner by a 5-3-2 vote over Andrew C and Jules K.

## Production

* Mearl, Cmack, Matt M, Jeremy C and Hudson J returned this season, while Jordan B and Josh W did not return.
* *Ruins of Rome* alumni Brian S and Krissy Y, *Anatolia* and *Devil's Island* alumni Michael H and Scott E all joined production this season.
* *Anatolia* alumni Phil O assisted production with episode editing this season.

## Twists and Advantages

* **Pre-Merge Idols:** During the course of this season, pre-merge idols will have a time limit. Once found, the holder may only use it at one of the following 3 Tribal Councils before it expires and is re-hidden.

* **Treasures:** Throughout this season, treasures will be discovered, each wielding powers that can be re-used over and over again. These treasures are non-transferable and if the holder is voted out, their treasure goes with them. No player can hold more than 1 treasure at a time and if they locate another, they have the ability to swap them.

* **Self-Votes:** As introduced during the previous season, self-votes act as tie breakers in the event of a tie vote at Tribal Council. If one person involved in a tie self-votes, there will be no revote and that person will automatically be voted out. In the event more than one person involved in a tie self-votes, there will be a revote between just those who self-voted.

* **Golden Immunity Necklace:** In a callback to the first 2 seasons, the Golden Immunity Necklace was offered at post-merge Individual Immunity challenges. This necklace is allowed to be given away after the votes are cast, but before they are read. Players are allowed to vote for the player who wins the necklace, however any votes cast against the person with the necklace once the votes are read will not count.

## Format

* **Tribes:** The castaways were divided into two tribes of eleven:
	+ The Porou tribe.
	+ The Tainui tribe.

* **Tribe Swap:** On Day 7, the Final 18 each selected a numbered envelope, inside of each was the name of one of the two original tribes or a brand new tribe. The swap divided the castaways into three tribes of six:
	+ The Maniapoto tribe.
	+ The Porou tribe.
	+ The Tainui tribe.

* **Mid-round Swap:** On Day 13, the Final 15 participated in their immunity challenge and their individual scores ranked them 1-15. The top seven finishers won immunity and became a new tribe while the bottom eight finishers became a new tribe and would attend the following Tribal Council. The highest scoring player retained the tribe they were most recently on, while the highest scoring player on the losing group that wasn't on the highest scoring player's tribe would retain their tribe. This gave us two tribes:
	+ The Maniapoto tribe.
	+ The Porou tribe.

## Castaways

Note: Non-voided votes are shown regularly. If the number has a second number in parenthesis next to it then that indicates the total votes they received including any votes that were voided by immunity idols or any other advantages.

## Future Appearances

Mike M, Jules K, Courtney V, Megs E, Mitchell S and Sam W all returned for *Cutthroat: Worlds Collide*. Sam finished 27th, Courtney finished 17th, Megs finished 10th, Mike finished 8th, Jules finished 7th and Mitchell finished 1st. Courtney V and Daniel H returned for *Cutthroat: Dual Fates*. Courtney finished 6th and Daniel finished 2nd. Jodilly T and Jamie L returned for *Cutthroat: Scorned Souls*. Jodilly finished 3rd and Jamie finished 4th.