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Survivor 41
Season 41
File:Survivor 41 Logo.png
Presented byJeff Probst
No. of days26
No. of castaways18
LocationMamanuca Islands, Fiji
No. of episodes6
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 22, 2021 (2021-09-22) –
present
Additional information
Filming datesApril 15 (2021-04-15) –
May 10, 2021 (2021-05-10)
Season chronology
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Season 42
List of episodes

Survivor 41 is the forty-first season of the American competition television series Survivor. The season was first broadcast on September 22, 2021 on CBS in the United States and Global in Canada.[1][2]

Both the 41st and 42nd season of Survivor were ordered in May 2020.[3][4] Production and broadcast of the season was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming in Fiji, the ninth consecutive season at that location, had been planned from March to May 2020 with the season scheduled to air on CBS starting in September 2020, but worldwide travel restrictions and Fiji's border closures forced production to start in March 2021, and the broadcast pushed into the 2021–22 television season.[5]

The impact of the pandemic gave the opportunity for the showrunners to freshen the format of the show, with the competition running only 26 days instead of 39 due to quarantine requirements.

Production

Development

See also: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television in the United States and COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji

This season was originally to be entitled Survivor: Dawn of a New Era according to Jeff Probst, although production and filming was initially scheduled to start on March 24, 2020, but it was pushed back until 2021 due to surrounding international travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Usually, the show releases two seasons per television season year—one debuting around the fall (September) and the other debuting around late winter/early spring (February or March). But due to the pandemic, the Survivor crew was not able to produce this and the subsequent 42nd season in 2020. Production had considered filming domestically in Georgia or Hawaii, but the unpredictability of the pandemic pushed filming back to 2021.[6][7] On February 11, 2021, Faiyaz Koya, the Fijian Minister of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport, approved filming for this season with the crew required to arrive in groups and quarantine before filming.[8] On March 22, 2021, Jeff Probst announced on-location that production of this season was set to start.[9] The forty-first season is set to debut in September 2021.[10]

Contestant Erika Casupanan became the first Canadian resident to compete on the show after the casting process was opened for Canadian residents in mid-2018.[11][12] Contestants Tom Laidlaw from Island of the Idols and Shan Smith from this season are also from Canada but resided in the United States at the time of filming.[12]

Unlike most Survivor seasons, 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.[13][14]

This is the first Survivor season to impose a significant change in the personal safety protocols following the controversy in Island of the Idols.[15]

In addition, Probst announced a new interactive game called Survivor: Game Within the Game, in which viewers at home were invited to play along with the show, solving a puzzle hidden somewhere within that episode.[16]

Contestants

Danny McCray

The cast is composed of 18 new players divided into three tribes: Luvu, Ua, and Yase. The tribe names come from the Fijian words for "flood", "wave", and "lightning" respectively.[17] The cast includes retired National Football League player Danny McCray.[18]

List of Survivor 41 contestants[19]
Contestant Original tribe Tribal dissolution Merged tribe Finish
Eric Abraham
51, San Antonio, Texas 		Yase 1st voted out
Day 3
Sara Wilson
24, Boston, Massachusetts 		Ua 2nd voted out
Day 3
David Voce
35, Chicago, Illinois 		Yase 3rd voted out
Day 5
Brad Reese
50, Shawnee, Wyoming 		Ua 4th voted out
Day 7
Jairus "JD" Robinson
20, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 		Ua 5th voted out
Day 9
Genie Chen
46, Portland, Oregon 		Ua 6th voted out
Day 11
Heather Aldret
52, Charleston, South Carolina 		Luvu None[a]
Erika Casupanan
32, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 		Luvu
Ricard Foyé
31, Sedro-Woolley, Washington 		Ua
Xander Hastings
20, Chicago, Illinois 		Yase
Evvie Jagoda
28, Arlington, Massachusetts 		Yase
Danny McCray
33, Frisco, Texas 		Luvu
Naseer Muttalif
37, Morgan Hill, California 		Luvu
Deshawn Radden
26, Miami, Florida 		Luvu
Tiffany Seely
47, Plainview, New York 		Yase
Sydney Segal
26, Brooklyn, New York 		Luvu
Shantel "Shan" Smith
34, Washington, D.C. 		Ua
Liana Wallace
20, Washington, D.C. 		Yase
  1. ^ There was no official tribal designation at this point in the game. Castaways still in the game at that time earned their way into the merge by surviving the Final 12 Tribal Council.

Season summary

Episode Challenge winner(s) Decision game Result Eliminated Finish
No. Title Air date Reward Immunity
1 "A New Era" September 22, 2021 Ua Luvu Danny Protected Abraham 1st voted out
Day 3
JD Xander Risked/
Gained 		Sara 2nd voted out
Day 3
2 "Juggling Chainsaws" September 29, 2021 Luvu[a] Deshawn Risked/
Gained 		Voce 3rd voted out
Day 5
Ua[a] Evvie Protected
3 "My Million Dollar Mistake" October 6, 2021 Luvu[a] Brad Risked/
Gained 		Brad 4th voted out
Day 7
Yase[a] Sydney Tiffany Protected/
No Gain
4 "They Hate Me Because They Ain't Me" October 13, 2021 Ua Yase None JD 5th voted out
Day 9
Yase Luvu
5 "The Strategist or the Loyalist" October 20, 2021 Yase[a] Liana Risked/
Gained 		Genie 6th voted out
Day 11
Luvu[a] Shan Protected
6 "Ready to Play Like a Lion" October 27, 2021 Danny, Deshawn, Evvie,
Ricard, Sydney, [Naseer][a][b] 		Erika TBA[c] No Tribal Council
7 "There's Gonna Be Blood" November 3, 2021 7th voted out
Day TBA
8 "Betraydar" November 10, 2021 8th voted out
Day TBA
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Combined reward and immunity challenge.
  2. ^ The winners were allowed to save an extra player; they saved Naseer.
  3. ^ Erika was exiled after not being chosen by the winning team. At exile island, she was given the opportunity to either keep the game moving, in which the current winning team would keep their immunity, or go back in time, and give immunity to the losing team. Her decision was not revealed until the next episode.

Episodes


No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [20][21]Rating/share
(18-49)		Original air date [20][21]US viewers
(millions)
5971"A New Era"1.1/8[22]September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)6.25[22]

The 18 new castaways were welcomed by Jeff before being informed of their first challenge, as well as the fact that they would start with meager supplies.

  • Reward Challenge: Tribes had to find six paddles then jump into the ocean toward their boat. After unclipping the front and back of their boat, tribe members worked together to paddle around a buoy and to a flint. The first tribe to get the flint won it as well as a pot and a machete.

Luvu jumped to an early lead, while Yase did not put up a contest. However, Luvu failed to unclip the anchor of their boat, leading to Ua pulling away with the victory. While setting up the tribe's camp, JD started Ua's fire and forged bonds with his tribemates, but some of them saw his attempts as overbearing. Shan, however, approached JD for an alliance.

As punishment for losing the opening challenge, Luvu and Yase had four hours to either solve a puzzle or nominate two tribe members to carry ocean water to fill two large buckets. Both tribes selected the latter task; Danny and Deshawn went for Luvu, while Voce (reluctantly) and Xander went for Yase. While both pairs were successful, Naseer reported to his tribemates that he believed the former pair were looking for an idol during the task, which set the two of them against Naseer. At Yase, Abraham expressed concerns about Tiffany's performance in the opening challenge, and Liana relayed this to Tiffany.

On Day 2, the three tribes were asked to pick a representative to take a journey; Danny volunteered for Luvu, JD was sent for Ua by random draw, and Yase agreed on Xander. The three bonded during a long walk, then were faced with a private decision to risk or protect their vote. Only Xander was shown choosing to risk, meaning he received an extra vote advantage. JD's story about protecting his vote upon coming back to camp was not believed by Ricard.

  • Immunity Challenge: Tribes went over a net climb and under a low beam, then worked together to transport large bags of puzzle pieces using a push cart. They then maneuvered the cart up flights of stairs with the bags before solving a 3D jigsaw puzzle. The first tribe to finish won immunity. The losing tribes had to forfeit their flint until the next immunity challenge.

Luvu came from behind to win the challenge. At Yase, Abraham worked on convincing the tribe to vote out Tiffany to preserve strength, while Tiffany searched for an idol. Evvie, who had bonded with Tiffany, likewise tried to sway tribemates to vote out Abraham. At Ua, Sara and JD targeted each other; while Ricard sided with Sara, Brad stated that Sara and Shan were on the chopping block due to faltering in the puzzle. Meanwhile, Shan was torn on who to vote out.

At Yase's Tribal Council, tribe strength was discussed, and a new twist was introduced to the viewers. Shot in the Dark allowed castaways to take a 1 in 6 shot at being safe from the vote, but if they took the chance, they would lose their vote. Xander discovered his extra vote, and Yase stayed united to vote out Abraham. At Ua's Tribal Council, whispering between Sara and Shan started a live tribal in which Brad was targeted for his earlier statement against the two women, while JD tried to convince Shan that voting out Brad was a bad idea. Shan convinced JD to vote for Sara, and told Sara not to use her Shot in the Dark. During the vote, it was revealed that JD did risk his vote to earn the advantage, and Sara was ultimately voted out.

5982"Juggling Chainsaws"1.0/8[23]September 29, 2021 (2021-09-29)5.90[23]

At Ua, JD and Ricard discussed voting out Brad by the water well, but Brad eavesdropped on the conversation from the bushes. He told Shan, who relayed Brad’s suspicions to Ricard. At Luvu, Deshawn struggled with starting a fire, so Naseer stepped in to help, earning Sydney’s respect. At Yase, Tiffany expressed how exhausting the season was for her, and Xander searched for an advantage. He found a “Beware” advantage: an idol that only works when someone from all three tribes found their respective ones (having to say a secret phrase at a challenge to confirm the idols are in power). Until then, Xander would not be able to vote at Tribal Council. He told Voce and Evvie, the latter of which told Liana and Tiffany in hopes of forming an all-girls alliance.

  • Immunity/Reward Challenge: Tribe members must traverse an obstacle course in the ocean, with the first member unclipping a key underwater. Once all tribe members are across, they would solve a turtle puzzle. The first two tribes to finish won immunity and fishing gear. The losing tribe had to forfeit their flint until the next immunity challenge.

Xander said his secret phrase, but was met with silence from the other tribes. Luvu placed first and Ua placed second after Tiffany struggled for Yase in the challenge. For placing first, Luvu had to send someone from Yase and someone either from their own tribe or from Ua to go on a journey. They chose Evvie, then Deshawn volunteered. During their time together, Evvie told Deshawn how idols worked this season and expressed that her vote was crucial, urging him to risk his so he could get an extra vote and that they could work together in the future. Back at Yase, the girls planned on blindsiding Xander until Tiffany grew paranoid over Xander playing an idol (though it didn’t have power yet), proposing voting out Voce instead. This made Evvie and Liana consider voting out Tiffany to preserve strength, but at Tribal Council, the women stuck together to blindside Voce from the game.

5993"My Million Dollar Mistake"0.9/7[24]October 6, 2021 (2021-10-06)5.79[24]

All of the Ua tribe searched for the idol which was found by allies Brad and Genie. Brad also disclosed their discovery to Shan so as to build trust. Additionally, Brad found a second “Beware” advantage requiring him to travel to a separate island or else lose his vote. Tiffany had likewise found a similar note on Yase, as did Sydney on Luvu. Once on the separate island, the three were faced with a decision: a steal-a-vote or a tarp. If all three chose tarp, all three tribes would receive a tarp. If all three chose steal-a-vote, all three lost their next vote. A split decision meant those who chose tarp would get nothing and those who chose steal-a-vote got the advantage; only Brad chose the steal-a-vote. At Luvu, Naseer proposed blindsiding Danny, but that turned Sydney against him for strategizing too much.

  • Immunity/Reward Challenge: Tribe members must cross a rope bridge over the water one-by-one, then dig up a large bag of sandbags from a sand pit on the beach. Once retrieved, they had to toss the sandbags onto overhead platforms. The first two tribes to successfully land all five sandbags won immunity plus fruit. The losing tribe had to forfeit their flint until the next immunity challenge.

Brad said his secret phrase before the challenge started, but no one on Luvu had yet found the idol. Luvu and Yase won the challenge. JD and Ricard agreed to vote out Brad, while Genie targeted JD. Brad lost his vote due to Luvu’s idol being undiscovered. Shan was the swing vote; at Tribal Council, she sided with JD and Ricard to blindside Brad with two advantages in his pocket.

6004"They Hate Me Because They Ain't Me"0.9/7[25]October 13, 2021 (2021-10-13)5.67[25]

Tensions grew between Genie and the rest of the Ua tribe after they left her out of Brad’s elimination, with Genie declaring she would no longer provide for the rest of the tribe.

  • Reward Challenge: Tribe members tossed a ball onto an overhead track, then maneuvered through a rope obstacle to catch the ball before it hit the ground. Once all four balls are retrieved, tribes had to toss them onto a high, narrow beam. The first tribe to finish won a visit with a local survivalist, and the second tribe to finish won a fish to share.

Ua and Yase cruised to an easy victory while Heather struggled for Luvu in the challenge. An emotional Heather was consoled by her tribemates and Jeff after the challenge. The four Yase members enjoyed their fish reward and witnessed baby turtles moving to the ocean, while at Luvu, Erika proposed voting out Sydney to Deshawn. However, Deshawn, aligned with Sydney and Danny, revealed to them that he was contemplating throwing the challenge to blindside Erika.

  • Immunity Challenge: Tribes swam to shore with a heavy bag of blocks, which they untied on the beach. They used the blocks to push out smaller blocks through a tunnel, one of which had a key to a chest that had three rings. The first two tribes to toss all three rings onto hooks won immunity; the losing tribe had to forfeit their flint until the next immunity challenge.

Despite Deshawn and Danny’s efforts to throw the challenge, they placed second with Yase coming in first. The alliance of JD-Ricard-Shan initially planned to stay strong and vote out Genie, but Shan got an idea to convince JD to again give her his extra vote for Tribal Council by acting paranoid, putting her and Ricard in the middle. At Tribal Council, they sided with Genie to send JD out of the game.

6015"The Strategist or the Loyalist"1.0/7[26]October 20, 2021 (2021-10-20)5.62[26]

Genie found a new "Beware" idol and immediately showed Ricard and Shan to use as a group idol for the merge, but Shan had her keep it concealed and hidden so that she could secretly make a fake idol and obtain the real one for herself. She would say the phrase to see if anyone from Luvu had found their idol and would keep the idol hidden so that she could still vote. She also gave her extra vote to Ricard in case it wouldn't need to be used yet. At Luvu, Deshawn and Danny tried to recruit a reluctant Naseer to help them throw the next immunity challenge to vote out Erika, while at Yase, Tiffany and Liana searched Xander's bag and discovered his extra vote on top of his idol.

  • Immunity/Reward Challenge: Tribes worked together to get all three members over a net, then one member would unspool a key from three knotted ropes. The key unlocked a machete that would chop a rope, releasing sandbags. The sandbags would be used in a slingshot to knock over two distant targets. The first two tribes to knock over both targets won immunity; the first tribe to finish also won a larger tarp, while the second tribe to finish won a smaller tarp. The losing tribe had to forfeit their flint until the next immunity challenge.

Naseer said Luvu's secret phrase, having found the tribe's idol the day before, putting all three idols in power. Yase placed first and Luvu stayed undefeated to place second. Yase sent Shan to the summit and Liana volunteered to join her. They bonded and agreed to work together, with Shan telling Liana that if she were to be voted out that night, Ricard (her closest ally) could not be trusted as he would have voted her out with Genie. Shan also told Liana to risk her vote, as Shan would protect her own vote. Liana discovered a new advantage called "Knowledge Is Power"; she could ask only one tribemate if they had an advantage or idol, and if they did, she could take the advantage for herself.

Upon returning to Ua, Shan asked Ricard for her extra vote back, but Ricard came to believe she would blindside him, leading to a disagreement. At Tribal Council, Shan was once again the swing vote, debating between voting out her closest ally Ricard for his strategic prowess or voting out the more loyal Genie. She ultimately stayed true to her day-one alliance partner to eliminate Genie from the game.

6026"Ready to Play Like a Lion"0.8/7[27]October 27, 2021 (2021-10-27)5.32[27]
6037"There's Gonna Be Blood"TBDNovember 3, 2021 (2021-11-03)N/A
6048"Betraydar"TBDNovember 10, 2021 (2021-11-10)N/A

Voting history

Original tribes Tribal
Dissolve 		Merged tribe
Episode # 1 2 3 4 5 7 8
Day # 3 5 7 9 11
Eliminated Abraham Sara Voce Brad JD Genie
Votes 5–1 4–1–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–1
Voter Vote
Danny
Deshawn
Erika
Evvie Abraham Voce
Heather
Liana Abraham Voce
Naseer
Ricard Sara Brad JD Genie
Shan Sara Brad JD Genie
Sydney
Tiffany Abraham Voce
Xander Abraham None[a]
Genie Ricard JD JD Ricard
JD Sara Brad Genie
Brad Sara None[a]
Voce Abraham Tiffany
Sara Brad
Abraham Tiffany
  1. ^ a b 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 or the tribes merged.

Reception

Viewing figures

Viewership and ratings per episode of Survivor 41
No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 DVR
(18–49)		 DVR viewers
(millions)		 Total
(18–49)		 Total viewers
(millions)		 Ref.
1 "A New Era" September 22, 2021 1.1/8 6.25 0.5 2.34 1.6 8.59 [22][28]
2 "Juggling Chainsaws" September 29, 2021 1.0/8 5.90 0.4 1.87 1.4 7.77 [23][28]
3 "My Million Dollar Mistake" October 6, 2021 0.9/7 5.79 0.5 2.01 1.4 7.80 [24][28]
4 "They Hate Me Because They Ain't Me" October 13, 2021 0.9/7 5.67 0.4 1.89 1.3 7.56 [25][28]
5 "The Strategist or the Loyalist" October 20, 2021 1.0/7 5.62 TBD TBD TBD TBD [26]
6 "Ready to Play Like a Lion" October 27, 2021 0.8/7 5.32 TBD TBD TBD TBD [27]
7 "There's Gonna Be Blood" November 3, 2021 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
8 "Betraydar" November 10, 2021 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

The season so far has received a very negative reception by fans and critics with many criticizing the over abundance of twists and the new format of the show.

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