Survivor: Second Chance

## Series Chronology

***Survivor: Second Chance – The Western Sahara*** is the tenth season of the third generation Suitman's Survivor Series, which premiered on September 4, 2020 and ended with the winner reveal on September 24, 2020.

It ended with AJ C. defeating Andrew K. and Zac L. at the Final Tribal Council in a 7-3-0 vote.

## Production

The tenth season was announced on June 24, 2020, with the theme revealed as *Second Chance*, thereby confirming the season as the second all-returnee season after *All-Stars*. Applications for returning players opened on August 15, 2020, immediately following the *Cephalonia* reunion. The full cast of twenty-one was handpicked by production from an application pool of 40, based on their performance and mode of exit in their previous season. The full cast and tribal designations were revealed on September 2, 2020.

This season, twenty-one castaways were divided into three tribes of seven. The tribes are named after places in the Western Sahara - Dakhla, wearing green, El Marsa in red, and Tarfaya, with purple. On Day 9, the tribes merged into Jamila, wearing orange.

The series is produced and hosted by SuitMan13, with production assistance from Haus Gaga and J2999.

## Features

### Twists

* **Totem Talisman:** A new item in the game that gives its holder the ability to become Tribe Captains in a Tribe Switch. When a switch occurs, each talisman holder can select two other players to join them on their newly switched tribe. Along the way, the talisman tempts its holder to bequeath the totem to a player on a different tribe in exchange for various powers. If a talisman holder is voted out, they must bequeath the talisman to someone on the tribe that just voted them out.
* **SuitBucks:** The SuitBucks twist returned this season after being absent for *Survivor: Cephalonia*, however, under revamped rules. Unlike previous appearances, there were no factions and each tribe instead had their own SuitBuck balance. In addition, SuitBucks will play a different role after the merge, as opposed to faction immunity.
	+ **Fire Tokens:** With SuitBucks ending at the merge, a new currency was introduced. Each player started with the same number of SuitBucks their tribe entered the merge with. These tokens could be used throughout the merge in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, challenges and advantages.
	+ **Open Menu:** Before the first immunity challenge, an Advantage Menu with five purchasable advantages was presented to everyone. All players were given the opportunity to publicly purchase advantages using their tribe's SuitBucks.
* **Tribe Switch:** On Day 4, the Dakhla, El Marsa and Tarfaya tribes underwent a tribe switch, mixing up the tribes in a school-yard pick. On Day 7, the three tribes underwent a second tribe switch, mixing up the tribes in another school-yard pick.
	+ **Solo Tribe:** One player was forced to compete alone on their own tribe for the remainder of the pre-merge, tasked with beating at least one tribe in the challenge to avoid joining the losing group at a Joint Tribal Council.
* **Joint Tribal Council:** Less significant Joint Tribals occurred as part of the Solo Tribe twist.
* **Blackjack Gamble:** The ability for players to spend Fire Tokens in a game of Blackjack, to potentially win a Hidden Immunity Idol in the game if victorious.
* **Returning Players:** Twenty-one castaways from eight of the first nine seasons that have never won any Suitman season in any series, classified as "Second Chancers", returned this season to compete for a second time.

### Powers

* **Hidden Immunity Idols:** There was one hidden idol placed in each tribe camp, which could be found by correctly guessing the location in camp where it was hidden. This season however, upon finding an idol at camp, castaways also had to purchase the idol using SuitBucks.
* **Vote Cache:** This power gives the player the option to abstain from voting at one Tribal Council, to use it instead as an extra vote at one of the following three tribals.
* **Idol Nullifier:** This power enables the user to void the use of a Hidden Immunity Idol, by playing it on a specific person.
* **Vote Stealer:** This power enables the user to take away someone's vote and instead cast two themselves at a particular Tribal Council.
* **Ghost Player:** A brand new power that allows a player to remove one person from the immunity challenge and replace them with a person of their choice from outside the game to compete on their behalf.
* **Ejector Cache:** A brand new power that allows a player to abstain from competing for immunity and voting at Tribal Council, in order to make themselves immune at two of the next four Tribal Councils they attend of their choosing.
* **Challenge Advantage:** This power gives the user a boost in a particular Immunity Challenge.
* **Position Stealer:** A brand new power that allows a player to swap places with another player during a challenge.

## Contestants

* **^Note 1** : AJ played a Hidden Immunity Idol, but didn't negate any votes against her.
* **^Note 2** : Nick played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Michelle, therefore 1 vote against her was not counted.
* **^Note 3** : Cameron played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore 1 vote against him was not counted.
* **^Note 4** : AJ played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore 2 votes against her were not counted.

## The Game

* **^Note 1** : Due to a tie, there was a re-vote between the tied players.
* **^Note 2** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.

## Voting Table

* **^Note 1** : Andrew used a Vote Stealer, taking away Michelle's vote at this Tribal Council and cast two votes himself.
* **^Note 2** : Julian used a Vote Stealer, taking away Alexa's vote at this Tribal Council and cast two votes himself.
* **^Note 3** : A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user.
* **^Note 4** : Andrew received his first strike, which took away his vote at Tribal Council as a penalty.