Survivor: Myanmar – Friends vs. Favorites is the twelfth season of the second generation Suitman's Survivor Series, which began on November 30, 2013 and ended with a live reunion on December 15, 2013.
It ended with Oliver L. defeating Jack T. and Ryan W. at the Final Tribal Council in a 5-4-1 Jury vote, with the deciding vote cast by replacement juror Anthony following a 4-4-1 tie. At the Reunion, Jack won Player of the Season, while Oliver won Fan Favorite.
Production[]
This season features twenty castaways, divided into two tribes of ten. Ten members of the cast are returning players labeled as "favorites", and the other ten are "friends" of the returning castaways. The tribes for this season are named after cities in Myanmar. They are Akyab, wearing red, and Mandalay, in green. The insignias of the two tribes are radial patterns in the two tribe colors. On Day 9, the tribes merged into the Rangoon tribe, wearing gold.
The ten returning players were hand picked by the host, based on their popularity in their previous season. The returning favorites then selected a friend to participate alongside in the season. The cast and tribal designations were revealed in full on October 29, 2013. The season was intended to begin on November 2nd, but due to technical issues, the start was delayed by nearly a month.
The majority of the returning castaways played in the five seasons following Survivor: All-Stars (Venezuela, Caicos Islands, East Timor, Seychelles and Brunei), with two of them from the two seasons immediately preceding All-Stars (Great Britain and Jordan).
This season was originally intended to be a Fans vs. Favorites season, but it was decided that the concept of Blood vs. Water was to be adapted for the season, and thus Friends vs. Favorites was born. The theme would later evolve again in the twenty-first season, Survivor: Eritrea, featuring returning rivalries in place of generic returning favorites.
Twists[]
- Friends vs. Favorites: This season ten returning favorite castaways faced off against ten of their friends. Akyab is the tribe of friends, while Mandalay is comprised of the favorites.
- Odd Necklace: A special immunity necklace which can be passed around by players from tribal to tribal, and is played like a hidden immunity idol. It was previously seen in Survivor: Brazil.
- Returning Players: Ten former castaways returned this season, selected because of their likability in past seasons. The returnees were comprised of one player from each of Great Britain, Jordan, East Timor and Brunei, and two each from Venezuela, Caicos Islands and Seychelles.
- Tribe Switch: On Day 5, the Akyab and Mandalay tribes underwent a tribe switch, mixing up the tribes.
- Double Tribal Council: On Day 13, due to the One Day Tribes twist, two people were voted out of the game back-to-back following the Survivor Auction.
- One Day Tribes: Returned from previous season, Brunei. On Day 13, the eight remaining castaways were divided back into two tribes, just for a Double Tribal Council that day, before reverting back to a normal merged tribe. James' reward at the Survivor Auction meant that he could pick one person to join him on his tribe. He chose Josh.
- Hidden Immunity Idols: There was one hidden idol placed in each tribe camp, which could be found by correctly guessing the answer to the clues sent daily. There was also an extra hidden idol in the post-merge camp.
Contestants[]
Contestant | Tribe Affiliation | Finish | Votes Against | |||
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Original Tribe | Switched Tribe | Merged Tribe | ||||
Conor P. 15, Orange Caicos Islands |
Mandalay | 1st Voted Out Day 1 |
8 | |||
Alan D. 15, Gold Jordan |
Mandalay | 2nd Voted Out Day 2 |
8 | |||
Benjamin A. 17, Light Green Anthony's friend |
Akyab | 3rd Voted Out Day 3 |
8 | |||
Sammy D. 19, Light Green Ryan's friend |
Akyab | 4th Voted Out Day 4 |
7 | |||
Tyler K. 18, Black Chris' friend |
Akyab | Mandalay | 5th Voted Out Day 5 |
3 | ||
Tim T. 17, Silver Venezuela |
Mandalay | Akyab | 6th Voted Out Day 6 |
5 | ||
Lynette L. 16, Blue Alan's friend |
Akyab | Akyab | 7th Voted Out Day 7 |
11 | ||
Anthony B. 23, Blue Caicos Islands |
Mandalay | Mandalay | 8th Voted Out Backup Juror Day 8 |
5 | ||
Raphael S. 20, Brown Seychelles |
Mandalay | Mandalay | Rangoon | 9th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 9 |
10 | |
Chris D. 17, Sky Great Britain |
Mandalay | Akyab | 10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 10 |
8 | ||
Joe F. 15, Brown Brunei |
Mandalay | Akyab | 11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 11 |
7 | ||
Pepper P. 19, Brown Joe's friend |
Akyab | Akyab | 12th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 12 |
4 | ||
Renny T. 18, Black Will's friend |
Akyab | Akyab | 13th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 13 |
6 | ||
Will S. 17, Gold Venezuela |
Mandalay | Mandalay | 14th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 13 |
42 | ||
Josh M. 14, Purple Conor's friend |
Akyab | Akyab | 13th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 14 |
3 | ||
Ashley A. 16, Yellow Jack's friend |
Akyab | Mandalay | 14th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 15 |
516 | ||
James S. 17, TV Star Tim's friend |
Akyab | Mandalay | 15th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 15 |
45 | ||
Ryan W. 15, Orange Seychelles |
Mandalay | Mandalay | Third Place | 24 | ||
Jack T. 15, Orange East Timor |
Mandalay | Akyab | Runner-up | 436 | ||
Oliver L. 19, Orange Raphael's friend |
Akyab | Mandalay | Sole Survivor | 5 |
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 On Day 5, three votes cast against Ashley were voided due to the Odd Necklace. She also received two extra votes in a tiebreaker on Day 15.
^2 On Day 10, three votes cast against Will were voided due to the Odd Necklace.
^3 On Day 12, two votes cast against Jack were voided due to the Odd Necklace. He also received one extra vote in a tiebreaker on Day 15.
^4 On Day 13, one vote cast against Ryan was voided due to the Odd Necklace.
^5 James played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore three votes against him were not counted.
^6 Ashley was voted out in a 2-1 tie-breaker vote between herself and Jack. In the initial vote, Jack and Ashley received one vote each, while James received three votes which were voided by his idol.
The Game[]
Episode | Air Date | Immunity | Eliminated | Vote | Finish | |
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1 | "It Would Feel Like Francesca" | November 30, 2013 | Akyab | Conor | 8-1-1 | 1st Voted Out Day 1 |
2 | "#FloppyAssTribe" | December 1, 2013 | Akyab | Alan | 7-1 | 2nd Voted Out Day 2 |
3 | "YEAH FANG. GET SOME." | December 2, 2013 | Mandalay | Benjamin | 8-1-1 | 3rd Voted Out Day 3 |
4 | "I Don't Believe in Momentum" | December 3, 2013 | Mandalay | Sammy | 6-1-1-1 | 4th Voted Out Day 4 |
5 | "This is a Survivor First!" | December 4, 2013 | Akyab | Tyler | 3-1-1-01 | 5th Voted Out Day 5 |
6 | "Wreck Some Shit Up" | December 5, 2013 | Mandalay | Tim | 5-3 | 6th Voted Out Day 6 |
7 | "Don't Let That Fool You" | December 6, 2013 | Mandalay | Lynette | 7-0 | 7th Voted Out Day 7 |
8 | "Krystal Hacked Me Jet" | December 7, 2013 | Akyab | Anthony | 5-1-1 | 8th Voted Out Day 8 |
9 | "Gender Confusion" | December 8, 2013 | Pepper | Raphael | 8-3-1 | 9th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 9 |
10 | "Way to Screw Yourselves" | December 9, 2013 | James | Chris | 6-2-02 | 10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 10 |
11 | "Dumb Leytle Shites" | December 10, 2013 | James | Joe | 7-2-1 | 11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 11 |
12 | "Not All Dreams Will Happen" | December 11, 2013 | Josh | Pepper | 4-1-1-03 | 12th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 12 |
13 | "On Top of the World" | December 12, 2013 | Jack | Renny | 3-04 | 13th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 13 |
Will | 2-1 | 14th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 13 | ||||
14 | "Massive Pile of D.O.G.S.H.I.T" | December 13, 2013 | James | Josh | 3-2 | 15th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 14 |
15 | "Taste the Victory" | December 14, 2013 | Oliver | Ashley | 1-1-05 2-16 |
16th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 15 |
Ryan | James | 3-1 | 17th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 15 | |||
Reunion Show | December 15, 2013 | Jury Vote | Ryan | 5-4-1 | Third Place | |
Jack | Runner-up | |||||
Oliver | Sole Survivor |
^1 On Day 5, three votes cast against Ashley were voided due to the Odd Necklace.
^2 On Day 10, three votes cast against Will were voided due to the Odd Necklace.
^3 On Day 12, two votes cast against Jack were voided due to the Odd Necklace.
^4 On Day 13, one vote cast against Ryan was voided due to the Odd Necklace.
^5 James played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore three votes against him were not counted.
^6 Due to a tie, there was a re-vote between the tied players.
Voting Table[]
Original Tribes | Switched Tribes | Merged Tribe | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Episode #: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |||||||
Eliminated: | Conor |
Alan |
Benjamin |
Sammy |
Tyler |
Tim |
Lynette |
Anthony |
Raphael |
Chris |
Joe |
Pepper |
Renny |
Will |
Josh |
Ashley |
James |
Ryan |
Jack |
Oliver | ||
Vote: | 8-1-1 | 7-1 | 8-1-1 | 6-1-1-1 | 3-1-1-01 | 5-3 | 7-0 | 5-1-1 | 8-3-1 | 6-2-02 | 7-2-1 | 4-1-1-03 | 3-04 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 1-1-05 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 5-4-1 | |||
►► | Oliver | — | — | Benjamin | Sammy | Tyler | — | — | Anthony | Raphael | Chris | Joe | Pepper | — | Will | Josh | Jack | James | Jury Vote | |||
►► | Jack | Conor | — | — | — | — | Lynette | Lynette | — | Raphael | Chris | Joe | — | — | Will | Josh | None | James | ||||
►► | Ryan | Conor | Alan | — | — | — | — | Anthony | Oliver | Joe | Pepper | Renny | — | — | Jack | Ashley | James | |||||
►► | James | — | — | Benjamin | Sammy | Ryan | — | — | Ashley | Raphael | Chris | Joe | Pepper | Renny | — | Jack | Ashley | Ashley | Jack | Jack | ||
►► | Ashley | — | — | Benjamin | S-V | Raphael | — | — | Raphael | Raphael | Oliver | Will | James | — | — | Josh | None | Jack | ||||
►► | Josh | — | — | Benjamin | Sammy | — | Tim | Lynette | — | Raphael | Joe | Renny | — | Jack | Oliver | |||||||
►► | Will | Conor | Alan | — | — | Tyler | — | — | Anthony | Raphael | Oliver | Joe | — | Ashley | Oliver | |||||||
►► | Renny | — | — | Benjamin | Sammy | — | Tim | Lynette | — | Raphael | Chris | Joe | Pepper | Ryan | ||||||||
►► | Pepper | — | — | Benjamin | Sammy | — | Tim | Lynette | — | Raphael | Chris | Renny | Will | Oliver | ||||||||
►► | Joe | Conor | Alan | — | — | — | Tim | Lynette | — | Oliver | Chris | Renny | Jack | |||||||||
►► | Chris | S-V | S-V | — | — | — | Tim | Lynette | — | Oliver | Jack | |||||||||||
►► | Raphael | Conor | Alan | — | — | Tyler | — | — | Anthony | Ryan | Oliver | |||||||||||
► | Anthony | Conor | Alan | — | — | — | — | S-V | Oliver6 | |||||||||||||
► | Lynette | — | — | Benjamin | S-V | — | S-V | S-V | ||||||||||||||
► | Tim | Conor | Alan | — | — | — | Lynette | |||||||||||||||
► | Tyler | — | — | Benjamin | Sammy | |||||||||||||||||
Sammy | — | — | S-V | Renny | ||||||||||||||||||
Benjamin | — | — | Ashley | |||||||||||||||||||
Alan | S-V | S-V | ||||||||||||||||||||
Conor | S-V |
^1 On Day 5, three votes cast against Ashley were voided due to the Odd Necklace.
^2 On Day 10, three votes cast against Will were voided due to the Odd Necklace.
^3 On Day 12, two votes cast against Jack were voided due to the Odd Necklace.
^4 On Day 13, one vote cast against Ryan was voided due to the Odd Necklace.
^5 James played a Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore three votes against him were not counted.
^6 Due to the 4-4-1 tie between Oliver and Jack, Anthony, as the last person voted out before the jury, was selected to make the tiebreaker vote. He cast it for Oliver, crowning him the Sole Survivor.
Returning Players[]
Gallery[]
Suitman's Survivor Seasons | |||||
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Mongolia • Saint Lucia • Brazil • Great Britain • Jordan • All-Stars • Venezuela • Caicos Islands • East Timor • Seychelles Brunei • Friends vs. Favorites • Vietnam • Occultus Island • Moral vs. Merciless • Cursed Hand • Reclamation • Second Chances Jan Mayen • Bingo vs. Suitman • Eritrea • New Zealand • Japan • Last Leap • Conqueror's Crusade • Bhutan Kiribati • Rejects vs. Royals • El Salvador • Polynesia • Kazakhstan • Unfinished Business • Puerto Rico • Ayia Thekla Solomon Islands • Worlds Collide • Honduras • Indonesia • Canary Islands • Entitled vs. Earned • Ragnarok |