Puffle Island III

*Puffle Island III* is the fourteenth season of *Club Penguin Survivor*. The third incarnation of the puffle island theme, this season - like its predecessors - featured a full cast of puffle contestants, mostly in order to offset the entire cast of penguins that played in *Dusk To Dawn*. Of this cast of puffles, five were new players - yet to have played CPORG before - while five were returning players, all chosen as part of a second chances theme that shaped most of the season's structure and twists; all having only played once before but having met a demise in rather extraordinary and unfortunate circumstances. Much like the similarly-themed US *Survivor* season - *Cambodia - Second Chance* - this season proved to be arguably the single most complex, fast-paced and intensive season of strategic gameplay in the entire series, with a barrage of twists, a multitude of advantages and a constantly-shifting power dynamic setting the stage for a chaotic and unpredictable game; particularly in the season's merge phase, even down to the very last tribal council, as the third tied jury vote in CPORG's history took place between returnee Candy and newbie Mugabe. In the end, Tuesday - the third place finalist - cast the deciding vote for Candy, awarding Candy the title of sole survivor in a 3-2-0 vote.

## Twists/Changes

* **Puffle Island:** The entire season will be puffle contestants to offset Season 11 which was entirely penguin contestants. This was similarly done in Season 4 due to Season 3 being entirely penguin contestants, and Season 9 due to Season 7 being entirely penguin contestants.
* **Second Chances:** Due to the long-standing history of puffle contestants being early boots or screwed over by twists, a majority of the season will revolve around the idea of second chances.
	+ **Returning Players:** Half the cast this season will be made up of puffles that were deemed to fit the previous description and were thought of as worthy of being given a second chance.
	+ **Instant Merge:**Similar to Season 1, the game will begin with all ten contestants being part of one merged tribe.
	+ **Redemption Iceberg:**Similar to Season 3, those voted out will be given a second chance to return to the game, being sent to Redemption Iceberg where they will duel to get back in the game at merge, where the twist will then end.
	+ **Tribe Expansion:**Similar to Season 4 and later Season 9, there will be a tribe expansion, with the one starting tribe splitting apart to form two tribes of four at the final eight.
	+ **Forest Quest:**Similar to Season 6, select few players will take part in a quest throughout the season, where they can attempt to gain an advantage in the game. These advantages will be a range of different advantages from previous seasons, also returning for this season.
	+ **Schoolyard Pick:**Similar to Season 9, there will be a schoolyard pick to decide the members of the two tribes at the tribe expansion.
* **Hidden Immunity Idol:** The standard rules of Hidden Immunity Idols from the U.S. Survivor series apply.
* **Merge:** At the Final Seven, the tribes were merged and the game became individual.
* **Final Three:** The game returned to a final three format, similar to the twelfth season.

## Casting Process

While the cast was being finalised closer to the start date and due to availability requirements of players and potentially conflicting returnee slots with *Blood vs Water* and *Iceberg of Isolation*, a concrete cast was not initially established and instead various players deemed to fit the second chance twist's nature were been shortlisted for a second chance, all vying for the five available returnee spots. Pom Pom in particular initially went through the entire casting process in being shortlisted for this season, only to ultimately end up ineligible as he was instead selected to compete in the aforementioned *Iceberg of Isolation.*

## Trivia

* This is the first season to canonically be 'pre-filmed' rather than released at its usual start date, as Season 12 and Season 13 were yet to 'air' at the time of Season 14 taking place.
* Fitting with the second chance theme, the tribe colours and names were all reflective of the colours from the first two seasons, with the instant merge tribe being a shade of yellow like the first season's merged tribe, while the two expanded tribes are pink and green, similar to the second season's initial tribes, and the final merged tribe is a similar blue to that same season's merged tribe.