Survivor Game Changers Episode One

Survivor Game Changers Episode One

Yep, it's that time of the year again, which sees 20 civillians battle it out over the course of 39 days, trying to outwit, outlast and outplay, all in order to achieve the infamous title of sole survivor.

As a UK fan having only watched the Kaôh Rōng and Milenials VS Generation X seasons, it was interesting for me to recognise previous players from the two seasons I've seen (Team Aubry!), but also to be able to see legendary players from older series that I've not seen play the game.

The first shock twist came in the form of a voting twist - When the vote is a tie, there will be NO revote, meaning it will go straight to a unanimous decision, or if one can't be reached, a rock draw. This twist could prove to be fairly useless if no split votes are used, or it could be FATAL, as with the case last season, where Jessica was sent home after drawing a white rock over a split vote between Hannah and Zeke.

The series began as standard, with the two different tribes collecting as many supplies as possible. Ozzy also retrieved a toolkit for his tribe Nuku, whilst Sierra found a legacy advantage, which she nearly missed, which would give her immunity when there were either 13 or 6 people left at camp.

Panic insues. Debbie doesn't really mind.

Really?

Once all the supplies had been salvaged, the two tribes headed their separate ways, when Tony decides to announce that he is off to look for the idol, leaving the rest of the tribe to their jobs. Not only is that not pulling your weight, by leaving everyone to do all the hard work whilst you go off to search for something that only benefits you, it's also putting a HUGE target on your back, without the game even really starting. Also, I do think an opportunity was missed by the other players - Someone could have gone after Tony, saying they were going to watch and check he doesn't find the idol and look for the idol themselves. That way, they could say that Tony has the idol, putting an even bigger target on their back.

Mana tribe  which consists of Ciera, Tony, Aubry, Michaela, Sandra, Hali, Malcom, Caleb, Troy, and Jeff won the first immunity/reward challenge of the series, meaning Nuku tribe, consisting of Andria, Brad, Cirie, Sarah, Ozzy, Zeke, Sierra, James, Tai, and Debbie would be going to tribal. Ciera made a big mistake in being too eager to get the bigger targets out early on, and making it known to everyone therefore what her game plan was, and was first to be voted out by her tribe.

Bye Felicia!

Mana tribe then again won the following immunity/ reward challenge, avoiding tribal council by quickly manoeuvring a giant snake (probably called Taylor or Jay) through an obstacle course, before ripping it open to retrieve rings to through at flags spelling "immunity".

Understandably, Tony was the second voted out at tribal council, after trying to snatch the queen of survivor Sandra's crown, and get her voted out.

"That's what choo get, take yo ass home"

Overall, I'm very happy with how the season has kicked off, and I am ready to enjoy 3 months of good play from the best of the best!