Survivor: Blood vs. Water

Survivor: Blood vs. Water
Season Information
Version	United States
Season No.	27
Filming Location	Palaui Island, Santa Ana, Cagayan, Philippines
Filming Dates	May 19, 2013 - June 27, 2013
Season Run	September 18, 2013 - December 15, 2013
No. of Episodes	15
No. of Days	39
No. of Castaways	20
Winner	Tyson Apostol
Runner(s)-Up	Monica Culpepper Gervase Peterson
Tribes	Galang Tadhana Kasama
Cast
Opening Sequence
Season Chronology
Previous	Caramoan
Next	Cagayan

Survivor: Blood vs. Water is the twenty-seventh season of the CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. It features returning players competing against their loved ones. The season also revived the Redemption Island mechanic. It would ultimately feature one quit, and has to date produced four returning players (Brad Culpepper, Ciera Eastin, Tyson Apostol, and Vytas Baskauskas) for subsequent seasons.

Early strategic control of the game was widely perceived as resting in the hands of Aras Baskauskas and Brad on their respective tribes. Both, however, were overthrown in the middle stages of the game, after which point an alliance controlled by returning players Gervase Peterson, Monica Culpepper, and Tyson Apostol rose to post-merge dominance. Though Ciera Eastin and Hayden Moss mounted a determined effort to fracture this alliance, their efforts were foiled and Tyson won the title of Sole Survivor in a 7-1-0 vote over Monica and Gervase.

Production

Host Jeff Probst stated during the Survivor: Caramoan Reunion Show that he was leaving to film Survivor: Blood vs. Water on May 13, 2013. He stated that a "game changing" twist would be involved. He then confirmed the season would begin airing on September 18, 2013, with a 90-minute premiere. Casting call was the same, and shortlist contestants included:

• Ashley Underwood from Redemption Island, who could not compete due to both her partner and her back-up partner being unable to play.
• Palau winner Tom Westman, who was asked but declined.
• Greg Buis from Survivor: Borneo, who was asked to play with his sister Julie, declined the offer to appear again.
• Jerri Manthey, originally from The Australian Outback, who was asked to be compete alongside with her sister Jenny; the two had to back out due to Jenny's pregnancy.
• Lex van den Berghe and Tom Buchanan, both from Africa and All-Stars, who declined due the production of their new reality television program, Family Beef.
• Erinn Lobdell from Tocantins, who was asked to play with her husband; they both declined as the filming for the season coincided with their wedding.
• Mike Chiesl from Redemption Island, who was invited to compete alongside his wife, Molly; the pair was unable to do so due to Molly's pregnancy.
• Diane Ogden from Survivor: Africa, who was invited to compete with her son Alex; Alex wanted to do the season, but Diane declined the offer.
• Sandra Diaz-Twine and Terry Deitz, originally from Pearl Islands and Panama, respectively, who were invited to compete alongside their respective daughters; they were both cut from the cast on the final day of casting. Sandra and her daughter later competed on the Australian season of Blood v Water.
• Kelly Goldsmith from Africa, who was asked to play with her fiancé, but declined the offer.
• Marty Piombo from Survivor: Nicaragua, who was asked to play either with his son or wife, but was cut.
• Cristina Coria from Survivor: Cook Islands, who was invited to play an actor, who was dated at the time, could not participate due to Cristina had a surgery on her neck and back at the time.
• Ozzy Lusth, originally from Cook Islands, was submitted to play again with his sister, but was not chosen.
• Troyzan Robertson from Survivor: One World, who was initially cast with his brother Todd, but they were cut a week before filming.
• Jim Rice from South Pacific, who was set to compete with his wife, but either of them were unavailable.
• RC Saint-Amour from Philippines, who was originally slated to compete alongside her father, Craig. Upon arriving on location (24 hours before "Day Zero"), Craig's blood pressure sharply shot up, leading to his confinement in a hospital in Makati. They were replaced by Candice Cody and her husband, John Cody.

The motif of the season was inspired by the precolonial trade between the Philippines and China.

Twists/Changes

• Returning Players: In mid-May 2013, it was revealed that this season would feature returning players.
• Blood vs. Water: Players will be paired with a competing family member or loved one on the cast. Every castaway will be playing individually, so they will remain in the game even if their family member is voted out. This season, the pairs will be comprised of returning players and their loved ones, where the returnees would be put on Galang, while all of their loved ones would be put on Tadhana.
• Day Zero: A day before the actual game starts, the 10 pairs will be sent out at sunset to 10 different locations to live by themselves for the night, under the notion that the pairs will be placed in the same tribe. They will then all meet up to be officially welcomed by host Jeff Probst and start the game the next morning.
• Redemption Island: Anyone voted out will be sent there and will then compete in a three-person duel. The last place finisher in each contest is out of the game for good, while the top two remain. However, if someone's loved one is on Redemption Island, they can take their loved one's place before a duel.
• First Impressions: Moments after meeting each other, each team tribe will be asked to immediately vote out one member. The people voted out were sent to Redemption Island.
• Hidden Immunity Idol: The person who finishes first in each duel will also get to give a clue to the location of a Hidden Immunity Idol to any person from either tribe that they choose. If a castaway wins a game-returning duel, the castaway could also keep the clue for his or herself.
• Tribe Switch: On Day 14, the remaining castaways randomly drew for new tribes.
• Early Merge: This season merged with eleven castaways in the game.
• Expanded Jury and Final Three: Instead of the conventional Final Two facing the jury of seven, the Day 39 Tribal Council was held with a Final Three facing an eight-person jury.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation				Finish	Redemption Island Status	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Post-Swap Tribe	Switched Tribe	Merged Tribe
	Rupert Boneham 49, Indianapolis, IN Pearl Islands, All-Stars, & Heroes vs. Villains Laura B.'s husband	Galang				Switched Day 1	1st Eliminated Day 4	0
	Colton Cumbie 22, Collinsville, AL One World Caleb's fiancé	Galang	Galang			Quit Day 7		0
	Rachel Foulger 33, Provo, UT Tyson's girlfriend	Tadhana	Tadhana			4th Voted Out Day 6	2nd Eliminated Day 7	5
	Marissa Peterson 21, Chapel Hill, NC Gervase's niece	Tadhana	Tadhana			3rd Voted Out Day 3	3rd Eliminated Day 9	10
	Candice Cody 30, Washington, DC Cook Islands & Heroes vs. Villains John's wife	Galang				2nd Voted Out Day 1	4th Eliminated Day 11	6
	Brad Culpepper 44, Tampa, FL Monica's husband	Tadhana	Tadhana			6th Voted Out Day 10	5th Eliminated Day 14	7
	Kat Edorsson 23, Orlando, FL One World Hayden's girlfriend	Galang	Galang	Galang		8th Voted Out Day 16	6th Eliminated Day 17	5
	John Cody 30, Washington, DC Candice's husband	Tadhana	Tadhana			5th Voted Out Day 8	7th Eliminated Day 19	8
	Laura Boneham 44, Indianapolis, IN Rupert's wife	Tadhana	Galang	Galang		1st Voted Out Day 1 9th Voted Out Day 18	Switched Day 1 8th Eliminated Day 19	11
	Aras Baskauskas 31, Santa Monica, CA Panama Vytas' brother	Galang	Galang	Tadhana	Kasama	10th Voted Out Day 21	9th Eliminated 1st Jury Member Day 25	7
	Vytas Baskauskas 33, Santa Monica, CA Aras's brother	Tadhana	Tadhana	Galang		11th Voted Out Day 22	10th Eliminated 2nd Jury Member Day 27	10
	Caleb Bankston 26, Collinsville, AL Colton's fiancé	Tadhana	Tadhana	Tadhana		14th Voted Out Day 29	11th Eliminated 3rd Jury Member Day 30	4
	Katie Collins 25, New York City, NY Tina's daughter	Tadhana	Tadhana	Galang		Eliminated Day 32	12th Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 33	4
	Hayden Moss 26, Springtown, TX Kat's boyfriend	Tadhana	Tadhana	Tadhana		15th Voted Out Day 35	13th Eliminated 5th Jury Member Day 36	8
	Laura Morett 43, Salem, OR Samoa Ciera's mother	Galang	Galang			7th Voted Out Day 13 13th Voted Out Day 26	1st Returnee Day 19 14th Eliminated 6th Jury Member Day 36	19
	Ciera Eastin 24, Salem, OR Laura M.'s daughter	Tadhana	Tadhana	Tadhana		16th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 37		14
	Tina Wesson 52, Robbinsville, NC The Australian Outback & All-Stars Katie's mother	Galang	Galang	Galang		12th Voted Out Day 24 17th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 38	2nd Returnee Day 36	10
	Gervase Peterson 43, Philadelphia, PA Borneo Marissa's uncle	Galang	Galang	Tadhana		Second Runner-Up		6
	Monica Culpepper 42, Tampa, FL One World Brad's wife	Galang	Galang	Galang		Runner-Up		6
	Tyson Apostol 33, Provo, UT Tocantins & Heroes vs. Villains Rachel's boyfriend	Galang	Galang	Tadhana		Sole Survivor		2

Season Summary

The castaways were pre-divided into two tribes of ten: Galang, comprised of returning players, and Tadhana, the returning players' loved ones. Before the tribes were sent to their camp, they were asked to eliminate one of their own immediately, where Laura B. and Candice were voted out from their respective tribes. They were then informed that Redemption Island was in play, with the added twist that a player could take their partner's spot on Redemption Island. Shockingly, Rupert decided to switch with Laura B., sending Rupert to Redemption Island and sending Laura B. to Galang.

Tadhana lost the first four consecutive challenges, and was initially dominated by the Five Guys Alliance led by Brad. Brad's decision to blindside his ally John resulted in Brad's subsequent elimination and the end of the men's alliance. Meanwhile, at Galang, Aras created the Galang Five, an alliance which approached a no-strategy strategy.

When the Galang tribe eventually went to Tribal Council after finally losing at the fifth challenge, Aras spearheaded the elimination of Laura M. in hopes that she could eliminate Brad from Redemption Island to ensure Monica's loyalty to the alliance. The plan was successful, and Laura M. returned to the game at the merge.

The tribes eventually merged to the Kasama tribe with 11 castaways remaining, including three pairs of loved ones: Aras and his brother Vytas, Tina and her daughter Katie, and Laura M. and her daughter Ciera. While Aras led the charge against Laura M. again, a recently formed alliance originally from the post-switch Tadhana tribe, which pulled in Laura M. and Monica, planned to eliminate the pairs in the game as all of them were "singles". This alliance was able to blindside Aras, and managed to vote out Vytas and Tina later on, before betraying Laura M. for being the stronger member of the final intact pair.

With no pairs remaining, the new players outnumbered the returnees four to three, but the new players' attempt to seize control was foiled by Ciera, who sided with the returnees. However, with six players left, she had a change of heart, switching allegiances and forcing a tie which was resolved through the rock drawing tiebreaker, a tiebreaker only last seen during the fourth season, which resulted in Katie's elimination. This allowed the returning players alliance of Monica, Gervase, and Tyson to take control, voting out the others and making it to the end of the game.

At the Final Tribal Council, Gervase was berated by the jury for his perceived rudeness and hiding behind more dominant players, while Monica was castigated for threatening to flip to the other alliance but ultimately never following through. This led the jury to award Tyson the title of Sole Survivor, receiving seven of the eight votes to win, and Monica receiving one.

Episode		Air Date	Redemption Island				Immunity	Voted Out (Vote)	Status	Viewership (in millions)	Rating/Share (18-49)
			Inhabitant	Challenger	Eliminated	Finish
1	"Blood Is Thicker than Anything"	September 18, 2013					None	Laura B. (6-2-1-1)	1st Voted Out Day 1	9.73	2.6/8
								Candice (6-3-1)	2nd Voted Out Day 1
								Rupert (no vote)	Switched with Laura B. Day 1
			Rupert				Galang1	Marissa (8-1)	3rd Voted Out Day 3
			Candice
2	"Rule in Chaos"	September 25, 2013	Rupert	Marissa	Rupert	1st Eliminated Day 4	Galang1	Rachel (5-2-1)	4th Voted Out Day 6	9.54	2.4/7
			Candice
3	"Opening Pandora's Box"	October 2, 2013	Candice	Rachel	Rachel	2nd Eliminated Day 7	Galang1	Colton (no vote)	Quit Day 7	10.16	2.7/8
			Marissa					John (6-1)	5th Voted Out Day 8
4	"One Armed Dude and Three Moms"	October 9, 2013	Candice	John	Marissa	3rd Eliminated Day 9	Galang1	Brad (3-3; 3-1)2	6th Voted Out Day 10	9.60	2.5/7
			Marissa
5	"The Dead Can Still Talk"	October 16, 2013	Candice	Brad	Candice	4th Eliminated Day 11	Tadhana1	Laura M. (7-1)	7th Voted Out Day 13	10.11	2.6/8
			John
6	"One-Man Wrecking Ball"	October 23, 2013	John	Laura M.	Brad	5th Eliminated Day 14	Tadhana1	Kat (5-1)	8th Voted Out Day 16	9.52	2.4/7
			Brad
7	"Swoop In for the Kill"	October 30, 2013	John	Kat	Kat	6th Eliminated Day 17	Tadhana1	Laura B. (4-1)	9th Voted Out Day 18	9.00	2.3/7
			Laura M.
8	"Skin of My Teeth"	November 6, 2013	John	Laura B.	John	7th Eliminated Day 19	Vytas	Aras (7-2-2)	10th Voted Out Day 21	9.29	2.5/7
					Laura B.	8th Eliminated Day 19
			Laura M.
					Laura M.	1st Returnee Day 19
9	"My Brother's Keeper"	November 13, 2013	Aras				Monica	Vytas (8-1-1)	11th Voted Out Day 22	9.87	2.5/7
							Katie	Tina (7-1-1)	12th Voted Out Day 24
10	"Big Bad Wolf"	November 20, 2013	Aras	Vytas	Aras	9th Eliminated 1st Jury Member Day 25	Monica (All)1,3	Laura M. (7-1)	13th Voted Out Day 26	10.18	2.5/7
				Tina
11	"Gloves Come Off"	November 27, 2013	Vytas	Laura M.	Vytas	10th Eliminated 2nd Jury Member Day 27	Monica	Caleb (4-3)4	14th Voted Out Day 29	8.81	2.2/7
			Tina
12	"Rustle Feathers"	December 4, 2013	Tina	Caleb	Caleb	11th Eliminated 3rd Jury Member Day 30	Gervase [Monica, Tyson]1	Katie (3-3; 2-2; tiebreaker)2,5	Eliminated Day 32	10.63	2.6/8
			Laura M.
13	"Out on a Limb"	December 11, 2013	Tina	Katie	Katie	12th Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 33	Ciera [Hayden]1	Hayden (3-2)	15th Voted Out Day 35	9.92	2.5/8
			Laura M.
14	"It's My Night"	December 15, 2013	Tina	Hayden	Hayden	13th Eliminated 5th Jury Member Day 36	Tyson	Ciera (3-0)4	16th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 37	10.19	2.6/7
					Laura M.	14th Eliminated 6th Jury Member Day 36
			Laura M.
					Tina	2nd Returnee Day 36
							Tyson	Tina (3-1)	17th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 38
			Jury Vote					Gervase (7-1-0)	Second Runner-Up
								Monica (7-1-0)	Runner-Up
								Tyson (7-1-0)	Sole Survivor
15	"Reunion"									7.46	1.9/5
Notes: ^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge. ^2 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence. ^3 Monica elected to give up reward to the rest of the Kasama tribe, while keeping immunity. ^4 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^5 Per Survivor rules, in the event of a deadlock tie, the non-immune castaways would have an open discussion to eliminate one of the tied castaways. If no consensus is reached, the non-immune castaways will have to draw rocks, with the castaway who draws the odd-colored rock being eliminated. ^6 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user.

Voting History

		Original Tribes			Post-Swap Tribes							Switched Tribes		Merged Tribe
Episode		1				2	3		4		5	6	7	8	9		10	11	12			13	14
Voted Out		Laura B.	Candice	Rupert	Marissa	Rachel	Colton	John	Tie	Brad	Laura M.	Kat	Laura B.	Aras	Vytas	Tina	Laura M.	Caleb	Tie	Deadlock	Katie	Hayden	Ciera	Tina	Gervase	Monica	Tyson
Vote		6-2-1-1	6-3-1	No vote1	8-1	5-2-1	No vote2	6-1	3-33	3-1	7-1	5-1	4-1	7-2-2	8-1-1	7-1-1	7-1	4-34	3-33	2-25	Lottery6	3-2	3-07	3-1	7-1-0
►►►	Tyson	—	Laura M.	—	—	—	—	—	—		Laura M.	—	—	Aras	Vytas	Tina	Laura M.	Caleb	Hayden	Hayden	—	Hayden	Ciera	Tina	Jury Vote
►►►	Monica	—	Candice	—	—	—	—	—	—		Laura M.	Kat	Laura B.	Aras	Vytas	Tina	Laura M.	Caleb	Hayden	None	—	Hayden	Ciera	Tina
►►►	Gervase	—	Candice	—	—	—	—	—	—		Laura M.	—	—	Aras	Vytas	Tina	Laura M.	Caleb	Hayden	Hayden	—	Hayden	Ciera	Tina
►►►	Tina	—	Candice	—	—	—	—	—	—		Laura M.	Kat	Laura B.	Ciera	Vytas	Tyson							Gervase	Gervase			Tyson
►►►	Ciera	Laura B.	—	—	Marissa	John	—	John	Brad	None	—	—	—	Aras	Katie	Tina	Laura M.	Caleb	Monica	Monica	—	Gervase	Gervase				Tyson
►►►	Hayden	Laura B.	—	—	Marissa	Rachel	—	John	Ciera	Ciera	—	—	—	Aras	Vytas	Tina	Laura M.	Ciera	Monica	None	—	Gervase	Eliminated				Tyson
►►►	Katie	Marissa	—	—	Marissa	John	—	John	Brad	Brad	—	Kat	Laura B.	Ciera	Vytas	Monica	Laura M.	Ciera	Monica	Monica	Eliminated	Eliminated					Tyson
►►►	Caleb	Laura B.	—	—	Marissa	Rachel	—	John	Brad	Brad	—	—	—	Aras	Vytas	Tina	Laura M.	Ciera	Eliminated								Tyson
►►	Laura M.	—	Candice	—	—	—	—	—	—		Laura B.			Aras	Vytas	Tina	Katie						Eliminated				Tyson
►►►	Vytas	Laura B.	—	—	Marissa	Rachel	—	John	Ciera	Brad	—	Kat	Laura B.	Laura M.	Tyson			Eliminated								Monica
►►►	Aras	—	Gervase	—	—	—	—	—	—		Laura M.	—	—	Laura M.			Eliminated										Tyson
►►	Laura B.	Marissa		Switched	—	—	—	—	—		Laura M.	Kat	Vytas	Eliminated
►►	Kat	—	Candice	—	—	—	—	—	—		Laura M.	Vytas	Eliminated
►	Brad	Laura B.	—	—	Marissa	Rachel	—	John	Ciera	None		Eliminated
►	John	Laura B.	—	—	Marissa	Rachel	—	Ciera						Eliminated
►	Colton	—	Candice	—	—	—	Quit
►	Rachel	Katie	—	—	Marissa	Ciera	Eliminated
►	Marissa	Brad	—	—	Katie				Eliminated
	Candice	—	Laura M.	—							Eliminated
	Rupert	—	Laura M.	Switched		Eliminated
Notes: ^1 Due to the Blood vs. Water twist, Rupert opted to send himself to Redemption Island, allowing Laura B. to take his place on Galang. ^2 Colton quit the game before the Redemption Island duel was held. No vote occurred for his removal. ^3 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie. ^4 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^5 Per Survivor rules, in case of a deadlock tie, the non-immune players would have an open discussion to eliminate one of the tied players. If no consensus is reached, the non-immune castaways would be forced to draw rocks. ^6 Since no consensus was reached, a rock draw occurred. Katie drew the odd-colored rock, and was sent to Redemption Island. ^7 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user.

Trivia

• With the Day Zero twist, Blood vs. Water is tied with San Juan del Sur as the second longest season in terms of number of days, lasting 39.5 days, following The Australian Outback, which was filmed in 42 days instead of 39.
• The U.S. Survivor franchise is the second version to adapt a couples format, following the Philippine version, which had pairs of celebrities, each with a pre-existing relationship.
• Instead of revealing the location during the previous season's Reunion Show, Jeff showed a clue, which was a short clip of blood spreading in water. The second promo was the same as the first, only with the season logo shown for a split second afterwards.
• The season's final four are the only returning Players to outlast their loved ones.
• Despite the fact that the first four people voted out were all women, the first two players eliminated were men.
• Blood vs. Water is the first time Survivor has filmed three consecutive seasons in the same country, with Philippines, Caramoan, and Blood vs. Water all being filmed in the Philippines.
  • Blood vs. Water is the second season that is filmed in another location within a previous host country. The Amazon and Tocantins were both filmed in Brazil, albeit in different locations; namely, Rio Negro and Rio Novo, respectively.
• Blood vs. Water is the ninth season to feature returning players.
  • Blood vs. Water is the third season in a row to feature returning players. Blood vs. Water is the longest consecutive streak of seasons with returning players.
  • This is also the third season in a row to feature returning players who were eliminated before the merge/jury phase.
  • Blood vs. Water is the first time to have two back-to-back seasons with half (10 contestants out of 20 total) the castaways being returning players.
• It was revealed in Ashley Underwood's Survivor Oz interview that all participants had a partner and a back-up partner.
• The returning players from Heroes vs. Villains ranked 8th in their first Survivor appearance. As Rupert, Candice, and Tyson ranked 8th in Pearl Islands, Cook Islands, and Tocantins respectively.
• Blood vs. Water is the first season to feature returning Sole Survivors but not have four returning Sole Survivors.
  • The first two seasons to feature Sole Survivors were All-Stars and Heroes vs. Villains; each had four former Sole Survivors competing.
  • This is also the first time that former Sole Survivors are competing in a season with new players.
• Blood vs. Water marks the return of the Redemption Island twist, which had been absent since South Pacific.
  • Blood vs. Water has the most castaways return to the game after being voted out, with three: Laura Boneham, Laura Morett, and Tina Wesson.
  • Blood vs. Water is the first season with Redemption Island where the contestants who got back in the game from the twist were not immediately voted out the first time they were not immune.
• Blood vs. Water marks the only time in their Survivor careers that Rupert and Candice did not make the merge or jury phase.
• Blood vs. Water is the second season where the first two castaways eliminated from the game were eliminated by means other than being voted out. The first was Palau.
  • Also after Palau, Blood vs. Water is the second season where the first two castaways eliminated from the game had no votes cast against them.
  • However, while Palau had this as an intentional twist, this was purely coincidental.
• Blood vs. Water is the second season where the first two people eliminated from the game were male. The first was Cook Islands.
• Blood vs. Water is the first season to have an entire tribe of returning players and not have a representative from the season before it.
• The font used for the tribe names this season is "Totally Glyphic."
• Blood vs. Water is the first season to not have the full opening sequence shown in any of the episodes.
• Blood vs. Water is the second season to see the rock drawing tiebreaker being utilized, following Marquesas.
• Blood vs. Water is the first season since One World to have a second runner-up, since Lisa Whelchel and Michael Skupin, and Dawn Meehan and Sherri Biethman, ended up tying for runners-up in Philippines and Caramoan respectively.
• Blood vs. Water is the first season with both new and returning players in which one of these groups makes up the entire final four.
• Blood vs. Water is the first season where two castaways (Katie and Vytas) entered the merge with only one challenge win.
• Blood vs. Water had more players survive at least one Redemption Island duel than any other season, with 7 (Candice, Marissa, John, Brad, Laura M., Vytas, and Tina).
• The highest ranking returnees (Tyson Apostol, Monica Culpepper, and Gervase Peterson) were paired with the three lowest ranking loved ones (Rachel Foulger, Brad Culpepper, and Marissa Peterson).
• Blood vs. Water is the only season to feature a castaway be voted out more than once pre-merge. All other seasons with in-game returnees did not allow such an occurrence.
• Blood vs. Water has the highest amount of combined Reward/Immunity Challenges, with ten.
• Blood vs. Water is the most recent season to distinguish two contestants with the same first name by the initial of their last name (Laura B. and Laura M.).