Secretvivor Lesotho

***Secretvivor: Lesotho*** is the first season of *Secretvivor*, which began on December 26, 2020, and ended 36 days later on January 30, 2021.

There were two tribes: Bantu, who wore green-colored buffs, and Khoisan, who wore purple-colored buffs. Both were named after indigenous ethnic groups. The merge tribe name, Basotho, was chosen by Konner and named after an ethnic group of southern Africa. The merged tribe wore teal buffs.

Alfie was named the season's Secretvivor on January 30, 2021, defeating runners-up Clyde and Jumed in a 5-4-0 vote.

## Production

The first season was announced on December 9, 2020, with applications for the first season opening on the same day and closing two weeks later, on December 23, 2020. 42 people applied; 22 were cut from the cast, and 20 went on to become the castaways competing in the game. The full cast was revealed on December 26, 2020, along with the tribal designations.

## Features

* **Tribe Composition:** The twenty castaways were divided into two tribes of ten.
* **Secret Envelopes:** The season started off with the first round of secrets hidden in secret envelopes.
* **Hidden Immunity Idols:** A hidden immunity idol is hidden at each camp. During the gift exchange two participants received a half idol. The two halves could be combined to form one idol with full power.
* **White Elephant Gift Exchange:** The white elephant gift exchange was a special reward challenge.
* **Double Tribal Council:** On Day 8, both tribes were forced to attend Tribal Council separately to vote out one of their own.
* **Tribe Switch:** On Day 10, a tribe switch occurred, mixing 14 of the 15 remaining castaways into two tribes of seven.
* **Secrecy Island:** During the tribe switch, 14 people would be assigned to either Bantu or Khoisan, leaving one person without a tribe. That person would be sent to the Secrecy Island, where they would be ineligible for the next vote, and would join the losing tribe at the next Immunity Challenge.
* **Legacy Advantage:** The Legacy Advantage was hidden on Secrecy Island and allowed its holder to gain immunity at either the final twelve, nine, or six. In the event that the holder is eliminated, he or she must give it to another player still in the game.
* **Merged Tribe Composition:** The merged tribe was composed of twelve members.
* **Final Tribal Council Format:**  Three finalists faced a jury of nine, and the jurors addressed them individually.

## Awards

* **Best Confessionals:** Alfie
* **Best Duo:** Dan & Kyson
* **Best Idol Play:** Clyde
* **Best Rivalry:** Ben & Quint
* **Best Spectator:** Ashton
* **Christy's Favorites:** Axel & Clyde
* **Dillon's Favorite:** Dan
* **Fan Favorite:** Tommy
* **Hero of the Season:** Clyde
* **Konner's Favorite:** Quint
* **Most Robbed:** Axel
* **Player of the Season:** Dan
* **Villain of the Season:** Dan

## Trivia

* This season marks the first tribe switch.
* Axel and Dan both won the first Individual Immunity challenge, marking the first time that two castaways have held the immunity necklace.
* For the first time, a contestant gave up an immunity necklace and gave it to another contestant.
* This season has the most different individual immunity winners, with seven.
* This season holds the record for most votes negated by Hidden Immunity Idols, with 15.
* This was the first season in which the final vote was between three contestants.
* This season currently contains the largest jury, with 9 jurors.