Survivor: Nicaragua
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Survivor: Nicaragua is the twenty-first season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor.[1] It will premiere on September 15, 2010 at 8:00pm, moving to the Wednesday timeslot for the first time since Survivor: Borneo.[2][3]
The location of Nicaragua was announced at the conclusion of the finale of Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. It has been reported that the 22nd season will also take place in Nicaragua,[1] and both seasons will be filmed near San Juan del Sur.[4]
Survivor host Jeff Probst, has also announced that the Hidden Immunity Idol will continue to be used in the game. However, as idols have been found too easily the past two seasons (most often by Russell Hantz), or as the show's producers have dubbed it, "The Russell Factor", the idol will be hidden differently.[5] The clues to the idols' locations will be visual rather than written as in past seasons.[6] In addition, the tribes will be vying for control of a new item, the Medallion of Power. The Medallion offers an advantage to the tribe who holds it at a challenge, but should they use the Medallion, it goes to the other tribe for the next challenge.
Additionally, the 20 contestants will be divided up into two tribes based on their ages. The Espada tribe will feature contestants over the age of 40, and the La Flor tribe will include contestants aged 30 years and younger.
Contestants
| Contestant[7] | Original Tribe | Merged Tribe | Finish | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy DeSmidt-Kohlhoff 48, Fromberg, MT |
Espada | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
9 | |
| Jill Behm 43, Erie, PA |
Espada | |||
| Jud "Fabio" Birza 21, Venice, CA |
La Flor | |||
| Jane Bright 56, Jackson Springs, NC |
Espada | |||
| Kelly Bruno 26, Durham, NC |
La Flor | |||
| Tyrone Davis 42, Inglewood, CA |
Espada | |||
| Shannon Elkins 30, Lafayette, LA |
La Flor | |||
| Ben "Benry" Henry 24, Los Angeles, CA |
La Flor | |||
| Holly Hoffman 44, Eureka, SD |
Espada | |||
| Jimmy Johnson 67, Islamorada, FL |
Espada | |||
| Dan Lembo 63, Water Mill, NY |
Espada | |||
| Matthew "Sash" Lenahan 30, New York, NY |
La Flor | |||
| Brenda Lowe 27, Miami, FL |
La Flor | |||
| NaOnka Mixon 27, Los Angeles, CA |
La Flor | |||
| Marty Piombo 48, Mill Valley, CA |
Espada | |||
| Chase Rice 24, Fairview, NC |
La Flor | |||
| Yve Rojas 41, Kansas City, MO |
Espada | 1 | ||
| Kelly "Purple Kelly" Shinn 20, Mesa, AZ |
La Flor | |||
| James "Jimmy T." Tarantino 48, Gloucester, MA |
Espada | |||
| Alina Wilson 23, Downey, CA |
La Flor |
- The Total Votes is the number of votes a castaway has received during Tribal Councils where the castaway is eligible to be voted out of the game. It does not include the votes received during the final Tribal Council.
The game
| Episode Title[8] | First air date | Challenges | Eliminated | Vote | Finish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reward | Immunity | |||||
| "Young at Heart" | September 15, 2010 | None | La Flor | Wendy | 9–1 | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
| "Fatigue Makes Cowards of Us All" | September 22, 2010 | |||||
- In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
Episode 1: "Young at Heart"
- Immunity Challenge: One castaway would stand at the top of a tower and pour water down five gutters held by five castaways. The water would fill a barrel, which would release a net of puzzle pieces when full. The four remaining castaways would assemble the puzzle. The first tribe to assemble their would win.
The game started with the castaways split into two groups. When they arrived at the beach, Jeff announced the Medallion of Power, though did not explain what the power was, and that it was hidden in a lagoon nearby. The castaways scrambled to find it, with Brenda finding it up a tree. When the castaways reassembled in front of Jeff, he announced that the groups they arrived in are not the tribes, but instead the tribes would be split by age, with the 40 and over castaways called Espada and the 30 and under castaways called La Flor. La Flor then traded the Medallion of Power to Espada in exchange for flint and fishing gear. Once at the Espada camp, Jane started a fire with a pair of reading glasses. At the La Flor campsite, Kelly B. showed her tribe her amputated leg, which made several of her tribemates cautious about a sympathy vote for her at the final Tribal Council. Alina and Kelly B. found a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol while picking up the tree mail. They could not decipher the clue, but decided to keep the clue to themselves. At the Immunity Challenge, Jeff explained the power behind the Medallion of Power. Espada decided to not use the Medallion and then lost the challenge. At Tribal Council, Wendy made a short speech just before the vote in an effort to remain in the game, but the attempt was futile and she was voted out 9–1.
Voting history
| Original Tribes | |
|---|---|
| Episode #: | 1 |
| Eliminated: | Wendy 9/10 votes |
| Voter | Vote |
| Alina | |
| Benry | |
| Brenda | |
| Chase | |
| Dan | Wendy |
| Fabio | |
| Holly | Wendy |
| Jane | Wendy |
| Jill | Wendy |
| Jimmy J. | Wendy |
| Jimmy T. | Wendy |
| Kelly B. | |
| Kelly S. | |
| Marty | Wendy |
| NaOnka | |
| Sash | |
| Shannon | |
| Tyrone | Wendy |
| Yve | Wendy |
| Wendy | Yve |
References
- ^ a b "'Survivor: Nicaragua' is Next". CBS News. May 17, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
- ^ Fienberg, Daniel (May 19, 2010). "CBS's 2010–2011 fall primetime schedule features 'Survivor,' 'Big Bang Theory' shifts". HitFix. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
- ^ Rice, Lynette (2010-07-22). "CBS reveals fall premiere dates". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
- ^ Dehnart, Andy (May 18, 2010). "San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, hosting both Survivor seasons 21 and 22". Reality Blurred. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
- ^ Rocchio, Christopher (May 3, 2010). "Jeff Probst: 'Survivor' changing hidden idols due to Russell Hantz". Reality TV World. Retrieved July 4, 2010.
- ^ Ross, Dalton (August 9, 2010). "'Survivor: Nicaragua': New cast and new twists revealed!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
- ^ http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/cast/
- ^ "CBS Primetime TV Schedule". CBS. September 15 – December 2010.
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