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Survivor 42

Survivor 42 is the forty-second season of the American competition television series Survivor. The season premiered on March 9, 2022, on CBS in the United States and Global in Canada. It ended on May 25, 2022, when Maryanne Oketch was voted the Sole Survivor, defeating Mike Turner and Romeo Escobar in a 7–1–0 vote. With her victory, Oketch became the second Canadian castaway to win the game after Erika Casupanan from Survivor 41, the fifth castaway of African descent to win after Vecepia Towery from Survivor: Marquesas, Earl Cole from Survivor: Fiji, Jeremy Collins from Survivor: Cambodia, and Wendell Holland from Survivor: Ghost Island, and the second black female castaway to win after Towery.

Both the 41st and 42nd season of Survivor were originally ordered in May 2020.[1] Production and broadcast of the season were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming occurred in Fiji for the tenth consecutive season during May and June 2021.[2]

Production

Development

Much like the previous season, it is a shortened season spanning only 26 out of the usual 39 days, due to the COVID-19 pandemic requiring all cast and production members to quarantine for 14 days and taking up some of the short production time.[2]

Gameplay

This season reused several twists introduced in the previous season. Returning twists included the "Shot In the Dark," the "Beware Advantage," and various decision games which forced players to make game-altering choices. New to this season was the "Advantage Amulet" which was initially shared by three players at the start of the game; the fewer of its owners remained in the game, the more power it gained.

Contestants

The cast was announced on February 9, 2022, and consisted of 18 new players divided into three tribes: Ika, Taku, and Vati. The tribe names, in Fijian, come from various species of "fish," "hawksbill sea turtle," and "swimming crab," respectively. The merged tribe name Kula Kula comes from the Fijian word "Kula" meaning collared lory, the national bird of Fiji.[3] Swati Goel, one of this season's contestants, was previously a contributing author for the Wikimedia Foundation.[4]

  1. ^ At the start of the individual phase of the game on Day 12, players had to earn their way into the merged tribe by either winning immunity or by surviving the Day 14 Tribal Council.

Future appearances

Outside of Survivor, Chanelle Howell competed on the second season of The Challenge: USA.[6]

Season summary

Eighteen new castaways were divided into three tribes of six: Ika, Taku, and Vati. Taku dominated the tribal phase thanks to Jonathan's strength, though they also lost Jackson to a medical removal. Maryanne, Tori, and Chanelle were on the outs of their initial tribes heading into the merge, at which point Omar took control and orchestrated the blindsides of Vati and Ika leaders Hai and Drea as big threats. Omar was then blindsided by Maryanne, who used an extra vote found early in the game and kept it secret from the others.

Outsider Romeo won the final immunity challenge and elected to take Maryanne to the end. Former Vati member Mike defeated Jonathan in the firemaking challenge. Despite Mike's strong strategic game, he was criticized for making too many promises he could not keep, while Romeo was criticized for his poor strategic game and laziness at camp. Maryanne's growth throughout the game earned the jury's respect, and they voted her the Sole Survivor in a 7-1-0 vote over Mike and Romeo.

  1. ^ The winners were allowed to save an extra player and invite that player to the reward; they chose Lindsay.
  2. ^ Rocksroy was exiled after not being chosen to join the winning team's reward and share in their immunity. At Exile Island, he was given the opportunity to either keep the game moving as is, allowing the winning team to keep their immunity, or go back in time and change the outcome, in which case he and the losing team would be given immunity instead. His decision was to change the outcome and give immunity to the losing team, a move that occurred after the original winning team had enjoyed their reward.
  3. ^ The episode ended on a cliffhanger and no one was voted out.
  4. ^ In addition to immunity, Jonathan won reward for his entire team for lasting the longest in the challenge.
  5. ^ For winning the final Immunity Challenge, Romeo had to assign additional immunity to another player, with the remaining two competing in a fire-making challenge to determine the third finalist; he gave additional immunity to Maryanne.

Episodes

Voting history

Notes
  1. ^ On Day 17, a split Tribal Council was held. The castaways were divided into two groups of five; each group went to Tribal Council separately to eliminate one castaway from each.
  2. ^ a b The vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those who tied.
  3. ^ After two rounds of voting, Tribal Council remained tied. Per the rules, the non-tied castaways who had the ability to vote must come to a unanimous decision as to whom to eliminate between the tied castaways, or else the tied castaways would then become immune and every remaining non-immune player would draw rocks.
  4. ^ No vote; Jackson was removed from the game for medical reasons.
  5. ^ Due to a deadlocked tie, the non-tied castaways who had the ability to vote, Daniel and Hai, had to come to a unanimous decision to vote out either Jenny or Lydia, or else Jenny and Lydia would become immune and the remaining non-immune castaways would draw rocks. Daniel and Hai decided to eliminate Jenny.
  6. ^ Drea and Maryanne both played a hidden immunity idol on themselves before the votes would have been cast. Then Drea, Jonathan, and Maryanne all publicly agreed to vote for Tori, and Lindsay was required to vote for Tori as the only other non-immune castaway remaining at Tribal. This prompted Tori to publicly play her shot in the dark. Because of this, no formal vote was held.
  7. ^ a b c d e For winning the final Immunity Challenge, Romeo had to assign additional immunity to another castaway, with the remaining two competing in a fire-making challenge to determine the third finalist; he gave additional immunity to Maryanne, and Mike defeated Jonathan in the fire-making challenge.
  8. ^ a b This player used an extra vote advantage, allowing them to cast two ballots during a single vote.
  9. ^ By accepting one of the Beware Advantages, this castaway was unable to vote until either the same advantage was found by someone on all three tribes and each finder said their respective phrase at an immunity challenge, or the tribes merged.
  10. ^ a b At the decision game that Chanelle and Omar attended together in Episode 3, both chose to risk their vote. As a result, both lost their vote at their next Tribal Council.
  11. ^ a b c d This player played the Shot in the Dark, and as a result, had to sacrifice that night's vote.
  12. ^ a b Chanelle and Daniel were not eligible to vote in the second round of voting.
  13. ^ a b Jenny and Lydia were not eligible to vote in the second round of voting.

Reception

Critical reception

Survivor 42 received mainly positive reviews with praise directed towards the cast, editing, and the eventual winner. However, the season received some criticism for repeating many of the twists and challenges from Survivor 41. Dalton Ross of Entertainment Weekly ranked this season 20th out of 42.[22] He stated that "the entire season often felt like a rerun" due to the repetition of the format used in the previous season. However, he praised the producers and editing direction for having more focus on the players rather than the twists and called Maryanne's victory the best story of the season. Jake Cole of Slant Magazine ranked the season 8th out of 42, praising the cast, editing, gameplay, and the winner's "masterclass" Final Tribal Council performance.[23] Gordon Holmes of Xfinity said that "For better or for worse, seasons 41 and 42 are going to be linked together forever. They're basically an identical format with different casts. And 41 was fine while 42 was great."[24] Andy Dehnart of reality blurred called Survivor 42 an improvement over the previous season due to "a clearer, stronger story arc that spans at least half the season, if not more."[25]

Viewing figures

United States

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