Survivor: Cephalonia

## Series Chronology

***Survivor: Cephalonia – Medusa Reigns*** is the ninth season of the third generation Suitman's Survivor Series, which premiered on July 25, 2020 and ended with the winner reveal on August 15, 2020.

It ended with Spark Y. defeating Ben L. and Stoner D. at the Final Tribal Council in a 6-2-1 vote.

## Production

The ninth season was announced on May 14, 2020, alongside the season subtitle *Medusa Reigns*. Applications for new players opened on July 9, 2020, closing almost two weeks later on July 22, 2020. 25 people applied, 5 were cut from the casting, and 20 went on to become the new castaways competing in the game. The full cast was revealed on July 24, 2020, along with the tribal designations.

This season, twenty castaways were divided into two tribes of ten. The tribes are named after places in Cephalonia - Atros, wearing black, and Skala, in white. On Day 5, a third tribe was added - Vouti, with red. On Day 8, the tribes merged into Pantheon, wearing yellow.

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

## Features

### Twists

* **Medusa Reigns:** A new entity in the game based around the Greek mythological being Medusa, who is visited by one castaway each episode. Medusa assigned each visitor a mandatory task which they had to complete in order to avoid being turned to stone. Success in Medusa's tasks rewards visitors with advantages, whereas failure makes them unable to compete in the next Immunity Challenge or vote at their next Tribal Council.
* **Tribe Switch:** On Day 5, the Atros and Skala tribes underwent a tribe switch, mixing up the tribes in a school-yard pick. The Vouti 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 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.
* **Viruses:** A group of curses which allow players to impose a ban on a particular game element to a player of their choice. This season featured a three-round ban on **Idols**.
* **Challenge Advantage:** This power gives the user a boost in a particular Immunity Challenge.
* **Legacy Advantage:** A variant of the Hidden Immunity Idol, this power allows its holder to gain immunity at either the Final 11 or the Final 6 if played. In the event that the holder is eliminated, they must will it to another player still in the game.

## Contestants

* **^Note 1** : Kacey played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore 4 votes against her were not counted.
* **^Note 2** : Ryan played a Hidden Immunity Idol, but didn't negate any votes against him.
* **^Note 3** : Ralib played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Spark, therefore 4 votes against him were not counted.

## The Game

* **^Note 1** : Due to a tie, there was a re-vote between the tied players.
* **^Note 2** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 3** : Due to a tie at the Final Four, the two tied castaways drew rocks to decide who would leave.

## Voting Table

* **^Note 1** : This player was turned to stone by Medusa, taking away their vote at this Tribal Council.
* **^Note 2** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 3** : A Vote Cache was used, caching this player's vote at Tribal Council in order to cast an extra vote in the future.
* **^Note 4** : Due to a tie at the Final Four, the two tied castaways drew rocks to decide who would leave.