One Day Tribes is a twist to Double Tribal Councils that first appeared at the final eight of Survivor: Brunei and Survivor: Friends vs. Favorites, in the Survivor Auction challenge. It also appeared with the Auction at the final eight of Survivor: Occultus Island, final nine of Survivor: Reclamation and final ten of Polynesia. The Second Chances season plus Survivor: Eritrea, Survivor: Japan, and Survivor: Ayia Thekla all had this twist included in the Prized Position challenge. Survivor: Rejects vs. Royals was the first season to feature the twist as a result of The Vault, with the second being Survivor: Honduras. An alternate version of One Day Tribes, One Day Merge, was introduced in Survivor: Unfinished Business.
Overview[]
This twist was originally designed to coincide with the first outing of the Survivor Auction in Brunei, as a new way of making the merge game interesting. The idea is that the remaining players in the game are divided back into two tribes, like pre-merge, just for one Double Tribal Council. The success of the twist resulted in it returning the following season in the Auction of Friends vs. Favorites. After a season out, it returned for a third time in Occultus Island, this time without the accompanying Auction. It did not occur again until Reclamation, this time appearing the final nine, with one of the nine on Exile Island. The following season, Second Chances, saw nine people divided into two un-even tribes when the twist was a part of the new Prized Position challenge. It returned to the eight-person format in Eritrea and Japan, once again with Prized Position. After a four season hiatus, the twist was reprised in Rejects vs. Royals without the Survivor Auction or Prized Position challenges, but instead as a direct effect of The Vault. The twist appeared again for Polynesia at the final ten, along with the Survivor Auction once again. After another four season hiatus, the twist then appeared again for Ayia Thekla at the final ten, along with the Prized Position challenge, and was reprised as an effect of the Chaos Cards in Honduras, pulled by an in-game player following The Vault challenge.
Twist History[]
Brunei[]
Wyatt A. was the person who uncovered the item at the Auction. He was given the power to elect one person to join his tribe, and he picked Matt G.. The other six were randomized to decide if they would join the Yellow tribe or the Black tribe. The One Day Tribes were as follows:
Yellow | Black |
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Andaib | Austin |
Matt | David |
Ray | Joe |
Wyatt | Rich |
Friends vs. Favorites[]
James S. was the person who uncovered the item at the Auction. He was given the power to elect one person to join his tribe, and he picked Josh M.. The other six were randomized to decide if they would join the Red tribe or the Green tribe. The One Day Tribes were as follows:
Red | Green |
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James | Ashley |
Josh | Jack |
Renny | Oliver |
Ryan | Will |
Occultus Island[]
After Mike S. won the Immunity Challenge, he was given the power to elect one person to join his tribe, and he picked Dylan J.. The other six were randomized to decide if they would join the Blue tribe or the Green tribe. The One Day Tribes were as follows:
Blue | Green |
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Dylan | Austin |
Mike | Dave |
Neil | Ed |
Raphael | Game |
Reclamation[]
After Millie M. won the Immunity Challenge, she was given the power to elect one person to join her tribe, and she picked Joe E.. The other six were randomized to decide if they would join the Teal tribe or the Brown tribe. Jake L. was on Exile Island and so was not on a tribe. The One Day Tribes were as follows:
Teal | Brown |
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Jet | Alex |
Joe | Jayson |
Millie | Jim |
Nathan | Mearl |
Second Chances[]
Jeremy B. got the power to activate the twist as his prize in the Prized Position challenge. He chose to activate it. After Ryan C. won the Immunity Challenge, he was given the power to elect one person to join his tribe, and he picked Jeremy. The other seven were randomized to decide if they would join the Green tribe of five or the Black tribe of four. The One Day Tribes were as follows:
Green | Black |
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Cameron | Brendon |
Jake | Mickle |
Jeremy | Ranz |
Ryan | Sagar |
Shadi |
Eritrea[]
Gerard S. got the power to activate the twist as his prize in the Prized Position challenge. He chose to activate it, and was then given the power to elect one person to join his tribe, and he picked Connor J.. The other six were randomized to decide if they would join the Red tribe or the Yellow tribe. The One Day Tribes were as follows:
Red | Yellow |
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Gerard | Dustin |
Charlie | Ethan |
Connor | Patrick |
Dexter | Shadi |
Japan[]
Owen A. found the twist as his prize in the Prized Position challenge. He was then given the power to elect one person to join his tribe, and he picked Rhys R.. The other six were randomized to decide if they would join the Green tribe or the Red tribe. The One Day Tribes were as follows:
Green | Red |
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Ollie | Brittany |
Owen | Cam |
Rhys | Chazz |
Rob | Daniel |
Rejects vs. Royals[]
Stephen J. was made aware of the twist's return a day prior during The Vault challenge. He was then given the power to elect one person to join his tribe, but did not use it. Therefore all eight castaways were randomized to decide if they would join the Green tribe or the Purple tribe. The One Day Tribes were as follows:
Green | Purple |
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Dakota | Andrew |
Jacob | Josh |
Lynette | Julian |
Stephen | Nick |
Polynesia[]
AJ R. was the person who uncovered the item at the Auction. He was given the power to elect one person to join his tribe, and he picked Sam S.. Nick J. was also able to pick someone to join his tribe and he chose Derek Z. The other six were randomized to decide if they would join the Red tribe or the Blue tribe. The One Day Tribes were as follows:
Red | Blue |
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AJ | Derek |
Daniel | Jacob |
Newz | John |
Nick R. | Nick J. |
Sam | Robby |
Ayia Thekla[]
Carl M. found the twist as his prize in the Prized Position challenge. He was then given the power to elect one person to join his tribe, and he picked Chazz P.. The other eight were randomized to decide if they would join the Blue tribe or the Orange tribe. The One Day Tribes were as follows:
Blue | Orange |
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Andrew | Ashley |
Carl | David |
Chazz | John |
Steven | Jordan |
Sam | Nick |
Honduras[]
Max N. activated the twist when he pulled a Chaos Card, after winning the ability to do so in The Vault. He was then given the power to elect one person to join his tribe, and he picked Sam P.. The other five were randomized to decide if they would join the Blue tribe of four or the Yellow tribe of three. The One Day Tribes were as follows:
Blue | Yellow |
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Jade | Garrett |
Max | Jack |
Riley | Zach |
Sam |