Cutthroat: Worlds Collide

## Series Chronology

***Cutthroat Survivor: Worlds Collide - All Stars*** is the eighth season of the *Cutthroat Survivor* series. This season featured an all returning player cast for the first time in Cutthroat history. The season began on Friday, May 28th, 2021 and ended on Wednesday, July 21st, 2021, when Mitchell S was named the winner by a 9-1-1 vote over Spencer B and Bryan V.

## Production

* Mearl, Cmack, Matt M and Scott E returned this season, while Brian S, Hudson J, Jeremy C, Krissy Y, Michael H and Phil O did not return.
* Stoner D returned to production after competing in *Treasures of Aotearoa*.
* *Devil's Island* alumni Erica L along with *Treasures of Aotearoa* alumni Andrew C, Daniel H and Jamie L joined production this season.

## Twists and Advantages

* **All Stars:** For the first time, the cast comprised solely of former players returning for another shot at the title of Sole Survivor.

* **Two Worlds:** To start the game, the tribes were divided into 2 separate worlds, each world with 2 tribes. These tribes would compete head-to-head. Inside of each world are “one world rules” where everyone can talk to everyone in the same world, regardless if they are on the same tribe or not.

* **Idol Shards:** Each player will start the game with an idol shard and can earn more by “no voting” at Tribal Council. Each idol shard played will negate 1 vote cast against a player in an initial vote. These do not carry over into re-votes.

* **The Anomaly:** During the pre-merge portion of the game, all voted out players entered the Anomaly with a chance to eventually return to the main game. They competed in challenges that involved social, strategic and physical attributes. At the end of each cycle, deathmatches would occur with at least one person being eliminated. The three surviving players on Day 32 returned to the main game.

* **UFO**: One member of each tribe to be sent to a neutral location where a dilemma will be put before them.

* **Delta Coin**: The holder of this coin will be able to play it on anyone at a Tribal Council they attend, causing one of two actions: If the player casts a vote, they must flip a coin to determine if their vote stands or if they must change it. If the player opted to “no vote”, they must flip a coin to determine if they will receive an idol shard or not. Multiple coins can be played on the same player in a single Tribal Council.

* **Safe Space**: Introduced at the Final 20, at Tribal Councils, players can bid their shards while in the voting booth to earn this power that is the equivalent of a Hidden Immunity Idol, which goes to the highest bidder. If there is a tie for highest bid, a wheel will determine who wins it. The winner will be announced before Idols/Advantages are asked for prior to the vote reading. Each player can only earn this power once.

* **Time Lord:** Starting with the first round post-merge, the winner of the immunity challenge has the option to give up immunity to 2nd place for the Time Lord power, which gives one player the sole power to decide which of 2 Urns will have it's vote counts final.

* **Time Turning Idol:** For the duration of the 2 Urns twist, the holder of this idol may play it on the first urn read at Tribal Council and then if the second urn is taken instead, they may change who the idol is played on.

* **Double Urn:** A Tribal Council in which 2 separate urns are present and one person from each urn will be voted out.

## Format

* **Tribes:** The castaways were divided into four tribes of eight:
	+ The Belisario tribe.
	+ The Marfusha tribe.
	+ The Veterok tribe.
	+ The Yorick tribe.

* **Tribe Swap:** On Day 11, each world selected from 12 different cards to determine brand new tribes within their world. The swap divided the castaways into four tribes of six:
	+ The Belisario tribe.
	+ The Marfusha tribe.
	+ The Veterok tribe.
	+ The Yorick tribe.

* **Worlds Collide:** On Day 15, each world merged within and formed two tribes of ten:
	+ The Belisario tribe.
	+ The Veterok tribe.

* **World Swap:** On Day 22, the remaining players were placed on a wheel and alternated landing on one of the two tribes. The swap divided the castaways into two tribes of eight:
	+ The Belisario tribe.
	+ The Veterok 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

Courtney V returned for *Cutthroat: Dual Fates* where she placed 6th.