Canadian Survivor: Bahamas

*****Canadian Survivor: Bahamas***** is the eighth season of *Canadian Survivor*.

Kayla Iqalukjuaq became the first Indigenous castaway to become Sole Survivor, defeating Sola Baaen in the first ever unanimous decision, 7-0.

## Production

The season was filmed on The Bahamas and had a pirate culture theme.

## Format

* **Tribe Composition:** The sixteen castaways were divided into two tribes of eight.
* **Unexpected Start:** The contestants were made to believe that they will be shooting their cast photos, only to be informed that the game had already begun. With only the clothes on their backs, the tribes were given $100 to buy supplies with.
* **Camps:** The tribe camps were situated several nautical miles off each other.
* **Looting:** The castaways experienced pirate life with one member from the winning tribe from the Reward Challenge being sent to the other tribe to steal one item from their camp.
* **Buried Treasure:** Another advantage of winning a Reward Challenge was one of three clues to a treasure chest buried somewhere at camp. Inside the treasure were additional creature comforts such as food rations and blankets.
* **Kidnapping:** The Hornigold tribe was given the right to kidnap one member from the rival Jennings tribe after winning the Day 12 Immunity Challenge. Their chosen victim was also given immunity, skipping Tribal Council. Everette was also forced to compete for Hornigold at the following Reward Challenge.
* **Outcast Twist:** On Day 19, the ten remaining castaways faced a third tribe comprised of the first six departed castaways in a three-way special challenge. If The Outcasts win, both Hornigold and Jennings will go to separate Tribal Council sessions and will vote out one of their own. The Outcasts will vote two of their own back into the game, with the remaining four being eliminated for good. The two returning castaways will be granted immunity at their first visit to Tribal Council. If The Outcasts finish second, only one of them will be voted back in the game, and only the losing tribe will vote somebody out. If The Outcasts lose to both tribes, they are all eliminated from the game, and Hornigold and Jennings merge without voting anybody out.
* **Double Tribal Council:** Due to their loss to The Outcasts, both Hornigold and Jennings had to vote someone out.
* **Merged Tribe Composition:** The merged tribe was composed of ten members.
* **Immunity-Free Tribal Council:** The final four castaways competed for individual immunity against the jury, who participated in the challenge as a group. The jury won, denying immunity to the remaining castaways.
* **Final Tribal Council Format:** Two finalists faced a jury of seven. The jurors individually addressed the finalists.

## Trivia

* *Bahamas* is the first season to have the castaways start the game with the clothes on their back and not bring anything else, except for another pair of shoes.
* *Bahamas* is the first season to have tribe names derived from the English language.
* *Bahamas* is the first season where contestants were given a second chance to play the game after being voted out.
* *Bahamas* is the first season in which votes were cast for (and not against) players in a vote other than the Final Tribal Council.
* *Bahamas* is the first season where all castaways won at least one challenge.
* Only two women were on the jury this season, the fewest women on any jury and would once again happen in *Japan* and *Tonga*.
* *Bahamas* is the first season in which the winner was decided by a unanimous decision.
* This is the first season in which a finalist (Sola Baaen) received no jury votes.
* *Bahamas* is the first in which the winner of the Final Immunity Challenge won the game.
* After Sola was voted out on *Dominica*, all of the castaways from *Bahamas* have been voted out at some point. Becoming the second season to gain this distinction, after *Borneo*. It would be followed by *Egypt*.
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*Kootenays* • *Borneo* • *Tanzania* • *New Caledonia* • *India* • *Peru*

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*Solomon Islands* • ***Bahamas*** • *Greece* • *Marshall Islands* • *Belize* • *Egypt*

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*Norway* • *Dominica* • *Japan* • *Tonga* • *Madagascar*