Survivor: Moral vs. Merciless

Moral vs. Merciless
Season	15
Winner	Wyatt A. / aiwfwyattroh
Episodes	15
Days	16
Castaways	20
Tribes	Moral Merciless Harmonie
Production
Main Twist	Idol Bonds
Filming Location	Tahiti Island, French Polynesia
Season Run	June 21, 2014 – July 7, 2014
Opening Sequence
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Occultus Island
Next Season	Cursed Hand
List of castaways

Survivor: Moral vs. Merciless is the fifteenth season of the second generation Suitman's Survivor Series, which began on June 21, 2014 and ended with a live reunion on July 7, 2014.

It ended with Wyatt A. defeating Neil N. and Kiko R. at the Final Tribal Council in a 4-3-2 Jury vote. At the Reunion, Wyatt won Player of the Season, while Jamie won Fan Favorite.

Production

This season features the return of twenty former "All-Star" castaways, ten of which are known for their loyalty, truthfulness, integrity and morality, and ten of which are known for being ruthless, cunning, manipulative and merciless. The tribes this season are named after these two themed groups. The Moral tribe wears pastel blue, and the Merciless tribe wears pastel red. The tribe insignias are tribal markings of an angel (Moral) and a devil (Merciless). On Day 10, the tribes merged into Harmonie, wearing pastel black.

As with Survivor: All-Stars and the previous season, Survivor: Occultus Island, the cast was hand-picked by the host without applications taking place. The returning players were picked solely based upon how well they played in their previous season(s). They are all classed as "All-Stars". The cast is then divided upon their individual reputation as either a Moral or Merciless castaway. The full cast of 20 and the tribal designations were revealed live on April 26, 2014.

Moral vs. Merciless of course takes it's theme from the popular Heroes vs. Villains format, but was re-named in order to avoid confusion with the Gen One season of the same name. This season was originally set to be the eighteenth season, with Survivor: Second Chances taking this spot. However the seasons were swapped so more newbie seasons could increase the number of pre-merge candidates for the Second Chance theme.

Twists

• Moral vs. Merciless: Ten of the most Moral castaways, who played the game with integrity and honor, battled against ten of the most Merciless castaways, who played cunningly and manipulatively, for the title of Sole Survivor.
• Idol Bonds: Each castaway in the season is secretly 'bonded' with a player from the other tribe. If both partners make the merge, they will receive one Hidden Immunity Idol to SHARE. If someone's partner gets voted out pre-merge, their chances at getting an idol perish. Furthermore, if a player gets three or more un-voided votes at a pre-merge Tribal Council without being voted out, their idol partnership will be revealed publicly, so all castaways know one of the idol bonds. The way a shared idol works is simple - the first to play the idol gets its worth, the other goes without.
• Temporary Exile Island: Exile Island returned for the first time since Jordan. On Day 5, the Viewer's Lounge elected one person from each tribe to go to Exile Island and stay there until the beginning of the Jury phase at Final Twelve, guaranteeing them at least a spot on the Jury. They were unable to vote or be voted out at Tribal Council during this time.
• Returning Players: Twenty former "All-Star" castaways from the first fourteen seasons returned to compete again, chosen because of the way they played and the path they chose in their respective season(s).
• Double Tribal Council: On Day 7, both tribes went to Tribal Council to vote someone out, with the challenge being individual.
• Hidden Immunity Idols: Despite the Idol Bonds twist, there was still one Hidden Idol placed in each tribe camp, which could be found by correctly guessing the answer to the clues sent daily to the immune tribe. However, pre-merge-found idols this season had to be played before the merge.

Contestants

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation		Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Merged Tribe
	Chris D. 17, TV Star Great Britain & Friends vs. Favorites	Moral		20 !1st Voted Out Day 1	5
	Klaus K. 15, Blue Seychelles	Merciless		19 !2nd Voted Out Day 2	7
	Ashley A. 16, Red Friends vs. Favorites	Moral		18 !3rd Voted Out Day 3	6
	Gerard S. 16, Light Green Jordan & Brunei	Moral		17 !4th Voted Out Day 4	7
	Ty F. 15, Orange Mongolia	Moral		16 !5th Voted Out Day 5	7
	Trey C. 16, Black Caicos Islands	Moral		15 !6th Voted Out Day 6	3
	Jack T. 15, Orange East Timor & Friends vs. Favorites	Merciless		14 !7th Voted Out Day 7	4
	Davey E. 16, Light Green Vietnam	Moral		13 !8th Voted Out Day 7	9
	Mikey P. 15, Blue Saint Lucia & All-Stars	Moral		12 !9th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 8	3
	Will C. 16, Brown Jordan & All-Stars	Merciless		11 !10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 9	5
	Derek Z. 18, Black Brazil	Merciless	Harmonie	10 !11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 10	8
	Nick M. 19, Black Saint Lucia & All-Stars	Merciless		09 !12th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 11	6
	David S. 17, Silver Brunei	Merciless		08 !13th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 12	6
	Jamie G. 14, Brown Brazil & All-Stars	Moral		07 !14th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 13	6
	Dave D. 24, Black Occultus Island	Moral		06 !15th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 14	9
	Tony I. 17, Green Venezuela	Moral		05 !16th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 15	5
	Dana M. 22, Black Vietnam	Merciless		04 !17th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 15	10
	Kiko R. 17, Purple Great Britain	Merciless		03 !Third Place	3
	Neil N. 17, Black Occultus Island	Merciless		02 !Runner-up	3
	Wyatt A. 19, Orange Brunei	Merciless		01 !Sole Survivor	1

The Total Votes is the number of votes a castaway received during Tribal Councils where the castaway was eligible to be voted out of the game, excluding tiebreakers. It does not include the votes received during the final Tribal Council.

^1 Chris was voted out in a 6-1 tie-breaker vote between himself and Davey. In the initial vote, Chris and Davey received five votes each.
^2 David played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Nick, therefore five votes against Nick were not counted.
^3 Tony played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Wyatt, therefore three votes against Wyatt were not counted.

The Game

Episode		Air Date	Immunity	Eliminated	Vote	Finish
1	"Desperate to Name the Episode"	June 21, 2014	Merciless	Chris	5-5 6-1	1st Voted Out Day 1
2	"Right Time to Strike"	June 22, 2014	Moral	Klaus	7-2	2nd Voted Out Day 2
3	"Misery Loves Company"	June 23, 2014	Merciless	Ashley	6-1-1-1	3rd Voted Out Day 3
4	"I Don't See No Nuns"	June 24, 2014	Merciless	Gerard	7-1	4th Voted Out Day 4
5	"More Deals Than Deal or No Deal"	June 25, 2014	Merciless	Ty	7-0	5th Voted Out Day 5
6	"Cut the Head off the Basilisk"	June 26, 2014	Merciless	Trey	3-2	6th Voted Out Day 6
7	"#JuicyJackass"	June 27, 2014	David	Jack	4-3-1	7th Voted Out Day 7
			Mikey	Davey	3-1	8th Voted Out Day 7
8	"He Ain't Getting My Vote"	June 28, 2014	Merciless	Mikey	3-1	9th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 8
9	"We're Probably Merging at Three"	June 29, 2014	Moral	Will	5-3	10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 9
10	"Thanks for the Fake Curveball"	June 30, 2014	Neil	Derek	4-1-0	11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 10
11	"Time to Throw the Hail Mary Pass"	July 2, 2014	Jamie	Nick	6-0	12th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 11
12	"Not Playing to Be Someone's Sheep"	July 3, 2014	Jamie	David	6-2	13th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 12
13	"True Mate with Slaggish Tendencies"	July 4, 2014	Kiko	Jamie	6-1	14th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 13
14	"Still Not Trying to Get an Episode Title"	July 5, 2014	Tony	Dave	3-2-1	15th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 14
15	"Devil in Disguise"	July 6, 2014	Wyatt	Tony	3-1-1	16th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 15
			Wyatt	Dana	3-1	17th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 15
Reunion Show		July 7, 2014	Jury Vote	Kiko	4-3-2	Third Place
				Neil		Runner-up
				Wyatt		Sole Survivor

^1 Due to a tie, there was a re-vote between the tied players.
^2 Both tribes went to Tribal Council on Day 7, so the challenge was individual.
^3 David played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Nick, therefore five votes against Nick were not counted.
^4 Tony played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Wyatt, therefore three votes against Wyatt were not counted.

Voting Table

		Original Tribes											Merged Tribe
Episode #:		1		2	3	4	5	6	7		8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Eliminated:		Chris		Klaus	Ashley	Gerard	Ty	Trey	Jack	Davey	Mikey	Will	Derek	Nick	David	Jamie	Dave	Tony	Dana	Kiko	Neil	Wyatt
Vote:		5-5	6-1	7-2	6-1-1-1	7-1	7-0	3-2	4-3-1	3-1	3-1	5-3	4-1-0	6-0	6-2	6-1	3-2-1	3-1-1	3-1	4-3-2
►	Wyatt	—	—	Klaus	—	—	—	—	Dana	—	—	Will	Nick	Nick	David	Jamie	Dave	Tony	Dana	Jury Vote
►	Neil	—	—	Klaus	—	—	—	—	Jack	—	—	Will	Tony	Nick	David	Jamie	S-V	S-V	Dana
►	Kiko	—	—	Klaus	—	—	—	—	Dana	—	—	Will	Derek	Wyatt	Dana	Jamie	Dave	Tony	Dana
►	Dana	—	—	S-V	—	—	—	—	Derek	—	—	Derek	Derek	Nick	David	Jamie	Dave	Tony	Neil		Neil
►	Tony	Chris	Chris	—	Ashley	Gerard	Ty	Trey	—	Davey	Mikey	—	Nick	Nick	David	Jamie	Kiko	Kiko				Wyatt
►	Dave	Davey	Chris	—	S-V	Gerard	Ty	Trey	—	Davey	Mikey	—	Nick	Nick	David	Jamie	Kiko				Neil
►	Jamie	Chris	Chris	—	Ashley	Gerard	Ty	Exiled			Mikey	—	Nick	Nick	David	Wyatt					Neil
►	David	—	—	Klaus	—	—	—	—	Jack	—	—	Will	Derek	Wyatt	Dana					Kiko
►	Nick	—	—	Klaus	—	—	—	—	Jack	—	—	Derek	Derek	Wyatt						Kiko
►	Derek	—	—	DNV	—	—	—	—	Jack	—	—	Will	Nick									Wyatt
	Will	—	—	Klaus	—	—	—	Exiled			—	Derek										Wyatt
	Mikey	Chris	Chris	—	Ashley	Gerard	Ty	Dave	—	Davey	Dave											Wyatt
	Davey	Chris	None	—	Ashley	Gerard	Ty	Trey	—	Dave
	Jack	—	—	Klaus	—	—	—	—	Dana
	Trey	Davey	Chris	—	Ashley	Gerard	Ty	Dave
	Ty	Davey	DNV	—	Davey	Gerard	S-V
	Gerard	Chris	Chris	—	Ashley	Dave
	Ashley	Davey	Davey	—	Tony
	Klaus	—	—	Dana
	Chris	Davey	None

^1 David played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Nick, therefore five votes against Nick were not counted.
^2 Tony played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Wyatt, therefore three votes against Wyatt were not counted.

Returning Players

Season	Castaways
	Mikey P.	Tony I.
	Gerard S.
	Mikey P.	Nick M.
	Dana M.	Derek Z.	Trey C.	Wyatt A.
	Chris D.	Derek Z.	Tony I.	Will C.
	Nick M.
	Davey E.	Nick M.
	Dana M.	Derek Z.	Trey C.

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