Tiebreaker

A **tiebreaker** is a situation where two or more individuals share the same amount of votes at Tribal Council, with no other person receiving a higher amount. In this event, several instances may occur and have occurred over the course of the series.

## Current Rules

### Pre-Final Four

In the event of a tie prior to the final four Tribal Council, all tied contestants will not vote, and the non-tied contestants will have to vote again, but may only choose between the tied contestants. Whoever receives the highest amount of votes will be voted out. Hidden Immunity Idols and Extra Vote advantages cannot be played at revotes, but depending on the specifics of the advantage, their effects may carry over into the revote.

If the revote does not break the tie, the host may declare a deadlocked vote, after which he will allow the non-tied players to openly discuss who should be eliminated in front of the tied players and the jury. The decision has to be unanimous; otherwise, the tied players will be rendered immune, subjecting the non-immune, non-tied contestants to a lottery of rocks. The contestant with the odd-colored rock will be eliminated from the game instead.

If the revote breaks only *part* of the tie and the host declares a deadlocked vote, only those contestants tied at the revote are considered to be tied. However, in practice, a deadlock will not be declared in this scenario.

If all but two contestants are immune, and those two contestants are tied, no rock draw would occur as nobody would be eligible to draw rocks. In this instance, the two tied contestants would compete in a fire-making challenge. It is unknown what would happen if more than two players are tied in this situation.

If all but one contestant is either immune or tied, no rock draw would occur as only one person would be eligible to draw rocks. That person would be automatically eliminated.

### Final Four (Vote)

If a 2-2 tie vote occurs at the final four Tribal Council, there will be no official revote and the two tied contestants will compete in a fire-making challenge, where the winner stays and the loser is eliminated.

### Two-Person Tribe

If a pre-merge tribe enters Tribal Council with only two members, as happened to the Gifu tribe in *Japan*, no official vote is held and the tribe goes straight to fire-making. In this challenge, Gabby Zack defeated Corrine Kowell, sending the latter home.

It is unknown how this interacts with Hidden Immunity Idols or other advantages.

### Null Votes

If a null vote (i.e. a vote where none of the votes cast count, possibly due to multiple Hidden Immunity Idols negating all votes) occurs, a vote restart would occur.

All of those who had gained individual immunity (e.g. those with the Immunity Necklace and the ones who played idols) during the regular vote are individually immune; this immunity cannot be passed before the restarted vote. This is a fully restarted vote with the non-immune contestants *not* considered "tied", so the non-immune contestants would remain eligible to vote; however, it is believed that idols and advantages cannot be played at a restarted vote. In the event that a restarted vote ties, it is treated the same as any other tie, even if everyone eligible to receive votes at the restart is part of the tie.

If there are only two eligible targets during a restart, those targets will be ineligible to vote, as they can only vote against each other. If there is only one eligible target during a restart, they are automatically eliminated, as they are they only person who can receive votes.

## Trivia

Battle of the Sexes · Blood vs. Water · Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty · Old vs. Young · Returning Players · Schoolyard Pick

**Tribal Council-Related**
Double Elimination · Double Tribal Council · Extra Vote · Hidden Immunity Idol · Idol Nullifier · Joint Tribal Council · Juror Removal · Safety Without Power · Vote Blocker · Vote Steal

**Miscellaneous**
Advantage Menu · Buried Treasure · Day Zero · Exile Island · Fake Merge · Fire Token · First Impressions · Haves vs. Have Nots · Kidnapping · Legacy Advantage · Mutiny · One World · Reward Steal · Summit · The Outcasts · Tribe Leader · Tribe Raid · Tribe Switch

1. ↑ "It All Boils Down to This". *Survivor: Winners at War*.
2. ↑ "Lie, Cheat and Steal". *Survivor: Cambodia*.
3. ↑ "Face Off". *Survivor: Japan*.
4. ↑ "Lie, Cheat and Steal". *Survivor: Cambodia*.