LogVivor: Japan

***LogVivor: Japan***, also known as ***LogVivor: Japan - Fans vs. Favorites*** (or simply ***LogVivor: Fans vs. Favorites***), is the fifth season of LogVivor.

For the first time in LogVivor history, 12 LogVivor All Stars were brought back to compete again against 12 new players. With the stakes higher than ever, this season saw an extremely chaotic and toxic premerge stage as personalities among the returnees, newbies, and former winners clashed. With the players forced to survive the lush Japanese forests, new game mechanics and twist, and each other, this season is currently the longest season to date making the battle to be the last one standing tougher than ever resulting in some of the most memorable eliminations in the franchise.

Season 1 Favorite Luke was crowned the Sole Survivor defeating newcomer Fans Isabel and Jake in a close 6-5-0 vote. To date, it has produced 5 returning players (Kamryn, Jordan, Sania, Paris, and Meg) for subsequent future seasons.

It is preceded by LogVivor: Seychelles and followed by LogVivor: Greece

## Format

* **Tribe Composition:** The 24 castaways were divided into 2 tribes of 12.
* **Tribe Swap:** After the 5th round, the 18 remaining castaways were swapped into 2 new tribes of 9.
* **Merge:** The merged tribe was composed of the final 14 members.
* **Final Tribal Council Format:** 3 finalists faced a jury of 11.

## Twists

* **Fans vs. Favorites:** 12 LogVivor All Stars returned to compete against 12 new players. The returning players formed the Okiniiri tribe and the new players formed the Forowā tribe.
* **Winner Mentors:** The 4 previous winners returned to coach both the Fans and the Favorites. Each winner was to draft 6 castaways to be on their team and were allowed to influence the game however they needed to keep their draft team members in as long as possible. If and when all of their team was eliminated, the Winner Mentor would be out of the game also.
* **Shot In The Dark:** All 24 castaways were each given one die to potentially be played only once the entire game. By sacrificing one's vote at Tribal Council, a player in trouble may invoke this advantage for a 1 in 6 chance to be immune from the vote. If played, a wheel will be spun to determine the player's status of Safe or Not Safe. If the play is successful, the die acts as if a Hidden Immunity Idol was played and all votes cast against that player will be nullified. However each time this advantage is played and it is not successful, the odds will lower from 1 in 6, to 1 in 5 down to 1 in 2 and will reset back to 1 in 6 with each successful play. This power could be invoked until the final five.
* **Idols Hidden In Opposite Camps:** The Fans and Favorites idols could only be found by members of the opposite tribes. When found, both idols were initially useless until the Tribe Swap or Merge. During those stages of the game, the player holding the idol must give it to someone of the opposite status in hopes of successfully swapping the idols to their rightful tribes.
* **Double Tribal Councils:** During both Rounds 2 and 8, both tribes would attend Tribal Council separately to both vote out one player. Both times both tribes competed for individual immunity.
* **No Merge Idol:** No Hidden Immunity Idol was hidden at the start of the formation of the merged tribe like normal.
* **Demerge:** At the Final 12, the remaining players were split up from the merge tribe and formed two new teams. Both teams would attend Tribal Council separately to both vote out one player. Both teams competed for individual immunity.
* **Plural Vote Tribal:** At the Final 9, the top 2 receivers of votes at the upcoming Tribal Council would both be voted out together.

## Castaways

### Winner Mentor Draft Teams

Marshall Islands
 Kobe
Mexico
 Brandon
Yukon
 Caleb
Seychelles
Last Member Standing: Luke (1/24)

### Season 5 Superlatives

* Best Strategic Player: Isabel
* Best Social Player: Luke
* Best Physical Player: Jordan
* Biggest Hero: Kamryn
* Biggest Villain: JK
* Best Duo: Christian & Isabel
* Best Rivalry: Jordan vs. Nate
* Most Underrated: Isabel
* Biggest Blindside: Phuong
* Best Underdog: Jordan
* Best Top Dog: Christian & Luke
* Most Robbed: Christian & Paris
* Most Robbed Premerge: Phuong

* Host Favs: Kamryn, Christian & Paris

## Trivia

* *Japan* is the first season to feature returning players.
* *Japan* has the biggest cast to date with 24 players and 4 mentors equaling 28 people involved total.
* Okiniiri is the first tribe to be composed of all returning players.
* *Japan* is the first season to include the Shot In The Dark.
* Abi is the first player to play the Shot in The Dark.
* Abi is tied with Lauren in *Guyana* and Matthew Baba in *Iceland* for most votes received in a single Tribal with 10.
* Collin and Kayla are the first players to win an Individual Immunity premerge.
* Though she was able to return to the game in Season 2, Bradi technically is the first person to be voted out premerge twice.
* *Japan* has the longest premerge portion of any season with 10 players voted out before merge.
* Bamqueefs became the largest tribe in LogVivor history with 14 members.
* Isaac holds the record for the most votes cast against a player across multiple seasons with 26 votes against him in his LogVivor career.
* Nate and Jordan are the first pair of players to be voted out together.
* Sania is the first player to quit during the jury portion of the game.
* Paris is the first woman to win multiple Individual Immunities in a single season.
* Paris is the first player to be voted out due to penalty votes.
* Isabel holds the record for most jury votes cast to win for the eventual Runner-Up with 5.
* Kayla, Isaac, and Nate became the first players to not be voted out until their second time playing LogVivor.
* Luke and Kamai are the only players to beat their previous placements this season.
* *Japan* has the biggest jury to date with 11 jurors serving on the jury.
* Luke is the first white person to win the title of Sole Survivor becoming the first winner to break the previous all POC winner circle.
* Luke is the first player to become the Sole Survivor as a returning player.
	+ He would be followed by Dali in *Guyana.*
* Sarah from *Marshall Islands* and Elijah from *Seychelles* were contacted to return as Favorites, but ultimately declined.