Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
A season themed around the cursed relics of past players' mistakes, anchored by a strong and strategic top tier.
Sole Survivor
Wendell Holland
Won the jury 6-5-0
Also read at the Final Tribal Council
Era
The New School Era
2010–2020
Timeline
36th of 50
Aired 2018
Filming
Fiji
5th of 19 seasons filmed here
The 2 tribes marooned when the game began — and where the names come from.
Named after Malolo, a volcanic island in Fiji's Mamanuca group.
Named after Naviti, a volcanic island in Fiji's Yasawa group.
At the merge · they became Lavita — Merge tribe — from Fijian 'lavi-ta', 'to bring or take fire'.
The named voting bloc that ran this season — the stories give away late-game moves, so they sit behind the idol.
The Ghost Island rallying cry — the Naviti majority, led by Kellyn, that kept voting original-tribe lines to grind down the Malolos. The twist: Domenick and Wendell wore the Naviti badge while secretly running their own duo with Malolo's Laurel and Donathan, so 'Naviti Strong' was never quite as strong as it chanted.
Around the fire
“Cirie never needed an idol. She WAS the idol — read every vote a round early and bent the whole jungle to her will without a single immunity win. That's the cei…”
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