Survivor ORG 8: Rio San Juan | |
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Season | 8 |
Filming Location | Río San Juan, Nicaragua |
Season Run | August 29th, 2014 - October 24th, 2014 |
Survivors | 20 |
Winner | JessyPop |
Runner(s)-up | Henzzy ZiggyW |
Tribes | Mombacho La Venada San Cristobal |
Returnees | JessyPop (12,20) Jamievdw101 (12,20) AttackCobra (13) District3 (12) RevengeOfTheNerds (13) Tiernan420 (12) ForeverTyC (13,21) Jake R (16,20) |
Opening Sequence | |
Series Chronology | |
Previous Season | Survivor ORG 7: Vietnam |
Next Season | Survivor ORG 9: Nigeria |
Survivor: Rio San Juan, also stylized as Survivor: Rio San Juan- Friends vs Favorites, is the eighth installment in the Koror ORG Survivor series.
Considered a large improvement over the preceding season, Rio San Juan was a success with the community. The Friends vs Favorites twist was met with praise for its original take on the usual Blood vs Water format. A split merge (eventually leading to the series first two rock draws) created a tense dynamic and led to great gameplay. In the end, the winner was crowned in one of the tightest finishes in the ORG's history. Overall, Rio San Juan is ranked in the upper half of seasons, thanks to its exciting moments at that time in the wiki's history.
Production
The season was announced on July 26th, 2014. Hosting apps were opened once Norway had finished, followed by casting applications opening on August 20, 2014.
Twists/Changes
- Friends vs. Favorites- In a play on the classic Blood vs Water twist, ten returnees from the past seven seasons of Koror ORG will return and play against their "friends", newbies with a close bond or friendship with their said returnee. The La Venada tribe consisted of the favorites, while the Mombacho tribe consisted of the friends.
- Exile Island- Two people will be sent to Exile Island each round during the pre-merge, with only one going during the merge. Whenever someone goes to exile, they will miss immunity and/or tribal council. Hidden at Exile Island are clues to the hidden immunity idol.
- Mutiny- On Day 13, the players were given the option to mutiny to the other tribe to join their loved ones, or stay loyal to their original tribe.
- Pre-Merge Auction- On Day 14, the players were welcomed with the wiki's first pre-merge auction, in which the teams were given $500 to bid on various items to help out the tribe.
Moderators
Koror | Mike |
Contestants
Castaway | Tribe Affiliation | Finish | Votes Against | |||
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Original Tribe | Post-Mutiny | Merged Tribe | ||||
Blondieee "Dylan" Liam's Friend |
Mombacho | 1st Voted Off Day 3 |
8 | |||
Turbofrog "Isaac" Joan's Friend |
Mombacho | 2nd Voted Off Day 5 |
7 | |||
Jake R "Jake" Haiti |
La Venada | 3rd Voted Off Day 7 |
8 | |||
SoaringSpirits "Liam" Russia |
La Venada | 4th Voted Off Day 10 |
7 | |||
JefraProbst "Laure" Jessy's Friend |
Mombacho | Evacuated Day 12 |
0 | |||
WhodunnitKiller "Anthony" James' Friend |
Mombacho | Mombacho | 5th Voted Off Day 15 |
3 | ||
ForeverTyC "Tyler" Haiti |
La Venada | La Venada | 6th Voted Off Day 17 |
5 | ||
wikitarted "Jeff" Tyler's Friend |
Mombacho | Mombacho | 7th Voted Off Day 17 |
6 | ||
LukePrower "Luke" Emma's Friend |
Mombacho | La Venada | San Cristobal | 8th Voted Off Day 20 1st Jury Member |
6 | |
Tiernan420 "Joe" Brazil |
La Venada | La Venada | 9th Voted Off Day 22 2nd Jury Member |
5 | ||
RevengeOfTheNerds "George" Jake's Friend |
Mombacho | Mombacho | 10th Voted Off Day 25 3rd Jury Member |
5 | ||
District3 "Joan" Mali |
La Venada | La Venada | 11th Voted Off Day 27 4th Jury Member |
12 | ||
AttackCobra "Steve" Ziggy's Friend |
Mombacho | Mombacho | 12th Voted Off Day 27 5th Jury Member |
3 | ||
Jamievdw101 "Jamie" Joe's Friend |
Mombacho | La Venada | Eliminated Day 30 6th Jury Member |
0 | ||
Moonsik "Szymon" Mali |
La Venada | La Venada | Eliminated Day 33 7th Jury Member |
11 | ||
XxXMidget In A BikiniXxX "Emma" Mali |
La Venada | La Venada | 13th Voted Off Day 36 8th Jury Member |
17 | ||
Com3dyboyz "James" Vietnam |
La Venada | Mombacho | 14th Voted Off Day 38 9th Jury Member |
12 | ||
ZiggyW "Ziggy" Vietnam |
La Venada | Mombacho | 2nd Runner Up Day 39 |
5 | ||
Henzzy "Henry" Szymon's Friend |
Mombacho | La Venada | Runner Up Day 39 |
2 | ||
JessyPop "Jessy" Haiti |
La Venada | La Venada | Sole Survivor Day 39 |
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Episode Guide
# | Title | Challenge | Exiled | Eliminated | Vote | Finish | |
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Reward | Immunity | ||||||
1 | "I Don't Want to Go" | La Venada | Ziggy | Dylan | 8-1 | 1st Voted Off Day 3 | |
Henry | |||||||
2 | "Heaven on This Tribe" | La Venada | Joe | Isaac | 7-1 | 2nd Voted Off Day 5 | |
Luke | |||||||
3 | "Goodbye and Good Riddance" | Mombacho | James | Jake | 8-1 | 3rd Voted Off Day 7 | |
Anthony | |||||||
4 | "We Have a Problem" | Mombacho | Mombacho | Jessy | Liam | 7-1 | 4th Voted Off Day 10 |
Luke | |||||||
5 | "I'm the Best to Ever Play This Game" | None | Emma | Laure | No Vote | Evacuated Day 12 | |
Anthony | |||||||
6 | "You Did Everything Right" | Survivor Auction |
La Venada | Tyler | Anthony | 3-1-1 | 5th Voted Off Day 15 |
George | |||||||
7 | "They Don't Want to Make Any Moves" | None | Luke | None | Tyler | 5-3-1 | 6th Voted Off Day 17 |
George | Jeff | 4-1 | 7th Voted Off Day 17 | ||||
8 | "I'm King of the Castle" | None | Joan | None | Luke | 5-5-1-1 | 8th Voted Off Day 20 |
9 | "A Tale of Two Alliances" | Joan | Jessy | Joe | 5-4-1 | 9th Voted Off Day 22 | |
10 | "In Me Mum's Life Vest, Float Float." | Jamie | Jessy | George | 5-2-2 | 10th Voted Off Day 25 | |
11 | "Mess Ups and Switch Ups" | Jessy | Emma | Joan | 4-4 6-0 |
11th Voted Off Day 27 | |
Steve | 3-0 | 12th Voted Off Day 27 | |||||
12 | "Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Who's the Betchiest of Them All?" |
Jessy | Emma | Jamie | 3-3; 2-2; Rock Draw |
Eliminated Day 30 | |
13 | "It's Our Time to Shine" | None | Henry |
None | Szymon | 2-2-0; 2-2; Rock Draw |
Eliminated Day 33 |
14 | "Time is Rio San Gone" | None | Jessy | None | Emma | 3-1-1 | 13th Voted Off Day 36 |
Jessy | James | 2-1-1 | 14th Voted Off Day 38 | ||||
15 | "Reunion (Rio San Juan)" | Jury Vote | Ziggy | 5-4-0 | 2nd Runner-Up | ||
Henry | Runner-Up | ||||||
Jessy | Sole Survivor |
Voting History
Trivia
- Batangas has no representatives in this season, due to none applying.
- In Episode 7, a friend/favorite pair was eliminated unintentionally. This pair consisted of Tyler and his friend Jeff.
- In Episode 8, a tie between Luke and Szymon occurred. Since Luke was leaving wikia due to personal issues, he chose to skip the tiebreaker, allowing Szymon to stay and Luke to be eliminated.
- This season was based off of the following Survivor seasons:
- Survivor: Nicaragua (Location)
- Survivor: Blood vs Water (Twists)
- Survivor: San Juan Del Sur (Location, Twists, Theme)
- Survivor: Thailand (Twists)
- This season included the first purple rock tiebreaker, in which Jamie was eliminated.
- Szymon would later be eliminated in a second purple rock the next round.
- This is the first season for someone to hand over their immunity necklace to another player.
- The episodes were named as following:
- Episode 1- "Henry"
- Episode 2- "Luke"
- Episode 3- "Jessy"
- Episode 4- "Luke"
- Episode 5- "Joe"
- Episode 6- "Jeff"
- Episode 7- "Jessy"
- Episode 8- "Joan"
- Episode 9- "Joe"
- Episode 10- "Emma"
- Episode 11- "Jessy"
- Episode 12- "Ziggy"
- Episode 13- "Szymon"
- Episode 14- "Koror"
Koror ORG Wiki Seasons | |
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Russia · Mali · Brazil · Batangas · Norway · Haiti · Vietnam · Rio San Juan · Nigeria · Nicaragua · Bora Bora · Heroes vs Villains · Cappadocia · Barbados · El Peten · Palawan · Ghana · India · Belize · Mount Yasur · Canary Islands · Vanua Levu · Henan · French Guiana · Palau · Bali · New Zealand · Seychelles · Koh Tang · Yasawa Islands · Mexico · Tonga · Arabia · Upolu · Iguazu Falls · The Outback · Tanzania · Myanmar · Nuku Hiva |