Secretvivor Belize

***Secretvivor: Belize***, also known as ***Secretvivor: Belize — Second Chance***, is the fifth season of Secretvivor.

In a change from previous installments, the contestants are returning contestants from the four previous seasons.

## Production

Returning player applications opened on June 28, 2021, and closed 13 days later, on July 11, 2021. 44 people applied; 20 were cut from the cast, and 24 went on to become the castaways competing in the game. The full cast and tribal designations were revealed on July 16, 2021.

## Features

* **Returning Players:** For the first time, twenty-four former castaways returned for another shot at the title of Sole Secretvivor.
* **Tribe Composition:** The cast was divided into three tribes of eight.
* **Hidden Immunity Idol:** Hidden Immunity Idols return this season.
* **Double Tribal Council:** There were six Double Tribal Councils in this season.
* **Secret Island:** In a drastic, game-changing twist, when players get voted out of Tribal Council, that player will not be eliminated right away. Instead, they will go to Secret Island, where eventually they will compete in challenges, where the loser of the challenge will be nominated for elimination and the winner will nominate one more person. Then the five non-nominated castaways will vote between the two nominees to permanently eliminate one from the game, at which point they will be replaced with the latest castaway eliminated from the main game.
* **Tribe Switch:** On Day 9, the castaways randomly drew for new tribes. On Day 15, a second tribe switch took place. Following the first reentry challenge, a third Tribe Switch occurred, mixing the 14 castaways between two tribes of seven.
* **Black Death:** During the final 18, the castaways were informed of a one-round twist called the Black Death, where the 1st place tribe in the immunity challenge will be all safe, the 3 people who scored the best from the 2 losing tribes will be safe, and the 3 people who scored the worst from each of the 2 losing tribes will attend tribal council together as 6, where one of them would be voted out.
* **Fake Merge:** The two tribes, having a collective roster of twelve members, were instructed to live in one camp for the rest of the game. They took this to mean that the two tribes had merged. However, it was revealed not to be the case, with the tribes remaining separate and still competing for tribal immunity.
* **Merged Tribe Composition:** The merged tribe was composed of ten members.
* **Mandatory Fire-Making Challenge:** Instead of a traditional vote, the person who wins the Final Immunity Challenge will get to choose one person to take with them to the Final Three. The two remaining castaways would compete in a fire-making challenge for the right to reach Day 41.
* **Final Tribal Council Format:**  A jury of eight addressed each of the three finalists individually.

## Awards

* **Best Alliance:** Anti Fish Coalition
* **Best Confessionals:** Ray
* **Best Duo:** Dazed & Sloth
* **Best Rivalry:** Dazed & Matty
* **Best Spectator:** Jenilee
* **Christy's Favorite:** Quint
* **Dilly's Favorite:** Womack
* **Fan Favorite:**Emmanuel
* **Hero of the Season:** Paula
* **Konner's Favorite:** Tommy
* **Most Robbed:** Cat
* **Player of the Season:** Womack
* **Villain of the Season:** Womack

## Trivia

* This is the first season to feature returning contestants.
* This season has the most episodes of any season, with 20.