Survivor: India

Location
 No. of Castaways
 Tribes
Shiva
Vishnu
 Winner

*Survivor: India* is the thirty-first season of Huyopa 2001's Survivor. The season featured 30 castaways, with all castaways being those that previously won a season of Survivor.

This season was known for the shifting power plays and majority alliance's power struggle. The majority alliance, the Australian Outback winners, constantly controlled the votes until the alliance failed to keep the numbers. The first Two-time Sole Survivor, Ashleigh was a scheming player, who held the majority most of the time. Her partner and ally, Jack and strong challenge threat Byron were her fellow finalists. In the end, Ashleigh was more deserving of the win because Jack and Byron followed in her footsteps and missed the voting mark on many occasions. She defeated the boys in a 6-2-2 vote.

## Production

After 30 seasons and 30 *Survivor* winners, it was decided that the 31st season would commemorate the history of the show by being an All Winners Edition. When contacting all formers winners, Darcy, Harry, Jen, Joe, Mikey, Mitchell, Natalia and Skye initially declined. Producers then decided to contact a number of former players who had not won and were considering scrapping the theme altogether or continuing with the twenty-two castaways who initially accepted the offer.

In the lead up to the beginning of the game, producers contacted the winners who declined again and they all accepted the opportunity to return. There were also talks of reducing the cast to only 20 former winners by excluding Cecilia, Grayson, Harry, Hunter, Joe, Jon, Katie, Mandy, Natalia and Nick, but this didn't happen because every winner was so eager to play and "a landmark season requires a landmark cast".

Castaways who were initially contacted but cut for the final cast include Luisa (*Palau* and *Tocantins*), Dolly (*Vanuatu*), Lacey (*Vanuatu* and *Cambodia*), Calum (*Borneo*), Pierre (*Borneo* and *Cambodia*) and Jefra (from *Caramoan* and *Cambodia*).

## Twists/ Changes

**All Winners**: The previous 30 winners of Survivor competed this season in order to win the title as the first two-time winner of the show.

Tribe Dissolve: On Day 11, the remaining castaways were split into the Vishnu and Shiva tribes, consisting of eleven members each. This meant that the Brahma tribe ceased to exist.

Multiple Tribal Councils: Due to the extended cast attempting to fit within the 39 day format, two Triple Tribal Councils occurred on Days 3 and 6. Additionally, Double Tribal Councils occurred on Day 12, 14 and 18 during the Tribe Dissolve. There was no immunity challenges on these days, though a reward challenge occurred where only the winning tribe won a reward.

## Trivia

* The author takes no credit for the creation of the logo for this season, but does not know its original source. However, the author designed and created the buffs for the tribes.
* This is the first season to include all previous winners competing.
* *India* is the first and currently only season with 30 castaways, and has the second largest cast overall behind *Survivor: Panama*.
* This season includes the first two-time winner. Ashleigh defeated Byron and Jack in the Final Tribal Council after previously winning Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.