Survivor: River Nile

## Series Chronology

***Survivor: River Nile – Curse of the Pharaohs*** is the twelfth season of the third generation Suitman's Survivor Series, which premiered on January 18, 2021 and ended with the winner reveal on February 4, 2021.

It ended with Aaron M. defeating Craig C. and Ryan V. at the Final Tribal Council in a 5-3-0 vote.

## Production

The twelfth season was announced on November 6, 2020, alongside the season subtitle *Curse of the Pharaohs*. Applications for new players initially opened on November 8, 2020, but were postponed until 2021. Applications re-opened on January 2, 2021, and closed two weeks later on January 16, 2021. 23 people applied, 5 were cut from the casting, and 18 went on to become the castaways competing in the game. The full cast was revealed on January 16, 2021, along with the tribal designations.

This season, eighteen castaways were divided into two tribes of nine. The tribes are named after ancient Egyptian agricultural seasons - Akhet, wearing yellow, and Peret, in blue. On Day 4, a third tribe was added - Shemu, with orange. On Day 6, the tribes merged into Al Azim, wearing green.

The series is produced and hosted by SuitMan13, with production assistance from Haus Gaga, J2999 and robulusjgreisonne.

## Features

### Twists

* **The Lost Pyramids:** Throughout the season, players may uncover Pyramids, each accessible through a "Pharaoh of Old". These Pharaohs will present difficult challenges, where victory earns powerful rewards and failure punishes harmful curses.
* **Tribe Switch:** On Day 4, the Akhet and Peret tribes underwent a tribe switch, mixing up the tribes in a school-yard pick. The Shemu tribe was created during this switch.
* **Double Tribal Council:** On Day 5, two tribes went to Tribal Council to vote someone out, with only one tribe winning immunity.

### 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.
* **Vote Intruders:** This power enabled its holder(s) to have two people of choice from the winning tribe cast a vote at the losing tribe's Tribal Council.
* **Ejector Seat:** This power enables the user to leave Tribal Council. They cannot be voted out, but also cannot vote at Tribal.
* **Idol Nullifier:** This power enables the user to void the use of a Hidden Immunity Idol, by playing it on a specific person.
* **Vote Stealer:** This power enables the user to take away someone's vote and instead cast two themselves at a particular Tribal Council.
* **Vote Cache:** This power gives the player the option to abstain from voting at one Tribal Council, to use it instead as an extra vote at one of the following three tribals.

## Contestants

* **^Note 1** : Josh L. played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Craig, but didn't negate any votes against him.
* **^Note 2** : Ryan played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Aaron, therefore 1 vote against him were not counted.
* **^Note 3** : Aaron played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Craig, but didn't negate any votes against him.

## The Game

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

## Voting Table

* **^Note 1** : Craig used Vote Intruders, bringing this castaway to Tribal Council from the winning tribe.
* **^Note 2** : An Ejector Seat was used, allowing this castaway to leave Tribal Council before the vote.
* **^Note 3** : Craig used a Vote Stealer, taking away Deshon's vote at this Tribal Council and cast two votes himself.
* **^Note 4** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.