| Survivor: Exploration | |
|---|---|
| Filming Location | Mexico |
| Survivors | 16 |
| Winner | Rescue Pack |
| Runner(s)-up | Big Red Chicken |
| Returnees | Diego Marquez (25) Boots (30) Swiper (30) Dora Marquez (40) |
| Series Chronology | |
| Previous Season | Bar |
| Next Season | Variety |
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Survivor: Exploration is the twenty-fourth season of Silly Survivor written by Luke.
Despite its low viewership, Exploration introduced star players Dora and Diego, featured the underdog story of the Azul tribe, and produced one of the most legendary blindsides when Tico idoled Isa out to save Backpack. At the same time, many deemed the finalists disappointing despite the strong cast surrounding them.
Twists[]
- Theme: Dora the Explorer
- Schoolyard Pick
- Hidden Immunity Idols
- Double Votes
- Late Merge
Castaways[]
| Castaway | Original Tribe | Merged Tribe | Finish | Votes Against | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Baby Blue-bird | Azul | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
7 | |
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Abuela Marquez | Azul | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
4 | |
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Alicia Marquez | Azul | 3rd Voted Out Day 9 |
7 | |
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Map | Azul | 4th Voted Out Day 12 |
4 | |
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Benny | Rojo | 5th Voted Out Day 15 |
6 | |
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Grumpy Old Troll | Azul | 6th Voted Out Day 18 |
6 | |
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Boots | Azul | 7th Voted Out Day 21 |
3 | |
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Swiper | Rojo | 8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24 |
6 | |
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Isa | Rojo | Morado | 9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27 |
2 |
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Tico | Rojo | 10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30 |
6 | |
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Backpack | Rojo | 11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33 |
11 | |
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Dora Marquez | Azul | 12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36 |
5 | |
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Baby Jaguar | Azul | 13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37 |
6 | |
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Diego Marquez | Rojo | 14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38 |
5 | |
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Big Red Chicken | Rojo | Runner-Up | 2 | |
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Rescue Pack | Rojo | Sole Survivor | 2 | |
Season Summary[]
In the vast wilderness, a new season of Survivor kicked off with sixteen new contestants. Abuela and Alicia Marquez, Baby Blue-Bird, Baby Jaguar, Backpack, Benny, Big Red Chicken, Boots, Dora and Diego Marquez, Grumpy Old Troll, Isa, Map, Rescue Pack, Swiper, and Tico made up the cast. They were instantly thrown into an individual Immunity challenge that was won by both Swiper and Abuela. This gave them the chance to select the tribes of the season schoolyard-style. Abuela picked Alicia, Baby Blue-Bird, Baby Jaguar, Boots, Dora, Grumpy Old Troll, and Map for the Azul tribe. Swiper picked Backpack, Benny, Big Red Chicken, Diego, Isa, Rescue Pack, and Tico for Rojo. Diego was the only member of his family not selected for Azul, a fact that both upset him and made him an early target.
Despite being relatives with Abuela and Alicia, Dora instantly opted to align with Boots and Map instead, but still kept good relations with her family. When Azul lost the first challenge, they voted out Baby Blue-Bird, the easily weakest member. Regardless, Dora was already seen as a deceptive player due to her social game and number of early allegiances. Rojo won both Immunity and reward, so Dora agreed to target the elderly Abuela for the sake of improving Azul's challenge performance. She convinced the regretful Alicia to go along with the plan, along with Map and Boots, but Baby Jaguar and Grumpy Old Troll attempted a blindside on Alicia to slowly take out the Marquez family. Abuela voted Grumpy Old Troll for this, but Dora's four key voters eliminated Abuela. Meanwhile, Rojo continued to win every single challenge while Isa found a hidden double vote after following a reward clue. To fully cut ties with her family and play her own game, Dora led the charge to eliminate Alicia, even sparing the Grumpy Old Troll.
Rojo's winning streak did not let up, but Boots and Dora found Baby Jaguar and Grumpy Old Troll to be trustworthy allies that would not be social enough to flip on them come the merge. The four banded together to eliminate the social threat Map in a shocking blindside. They were then able to pull off both a reward and an Immunity win, forcing Rojo into its first Tribal Council. Diego was the obvious vote as Swiper constructed an alliance with Benny and Tico, but Isa opened up to Diego about her double vote. As Swiper was still immune, they went after his closest associate, Benny. Diego, Isa, and Rescue Pack voted Benny with Isa using her double vote, but it proved unnecessary when Backpack and Big Red Chicken sided with them and eliminated Benny. This left Swiper and Tico on the outs, but Isa had developed a target of her own. They were spared from going after one another when Rojo's Immunity streak resumed. Dora was able to turn Baby Jaguar and Grumpy Old Troll against each other, so she and Boots took advantage of the opportunity to eliminate Grumpy Old Troll.
Even though they lost Immunity, Azul won a vital reward challenge that allowed Baby Jaguar to find a clue to a double vote. Feeling Boots was a bigger social threat than Dora and more likely to win a fire-making tiebreaker against him, he used both of his votes on Boots. This tied the votes when Boots and Dora tried to vote Baby Jaguar. This forced a revote where Dora was the only one eligible to vote. In a baffling turn of events, she eliminated Boots, finding Baby Jaguar to be less of a threat to her. They were then frightened to learn the tribes would not be merging, even though nine contestants remained. Still, they were able to win Immunity. While Swiper scrambled to turn the votes against the social threat Backpack, being on the outs of Diego's alliance caused Swiper to be voted off. Baby Jaguar, Backpack, Big Red Chicken, Dora, Diego, Isa, Rescue Pack, and Tico then came together and merged into the Morado tribe, named by Tico.
Diego and Dora were early allies and they agreed that Backpack was a growing social threat. At the same time, Tico found a Hidden Immunity Idol after following a clue from the merge feast. Angry at Diego for leaving him on the outs, he wanted to take out the biggest threat in his alliance. Dora won Immunity, so Backpack became the target of the new alliance between Baby Jaguar, Dora, Diego, Isa, and Rescue Pack. They were even able to pull Big Red Chicken to their side, forcing Tico to align with Backpack. At a jaw-dropping Tribal Council, Tico played his idol on Backpack, negating every vote against her. With only two votes, Isa was eliminated. Backpack and Tico were still on the outs, but Big Red Chicken took the opportunity to fight Dora and Diego's alliance with them. Still, Dora found the rehidden Immunity Idol, but talks occurred between Baby Jaguar and Rescue Pack regarding the potential blindside of Diego. Not knowing what to expect, Dora played the idol on Diego, but only one vote was cast against him while everyone else eliminated Tico.
Diego and Dora were targeted for their closeness, but the duo felt as though Backpack could slip to the end. Baby Jaguar and Rescue Pack, while still acknowledging how big of threats they were, decided to stay loyal to their allies. Backpack and Big Red Chicken were the outsiders, but Big Red Chicken made a last ditch effort to target Rescue Pack, who he felt could potentially win due to his mostly clean game. This did not matter and Backpack was voted out. Diego and Dora continued to dominate in challenges as Diego won both reward and Immunity, so their targets became impossible to avoid acknowledging. Dora stuck to the plan of going after Big Red Chicken, but Baby Jaguar, Big Red Chicken, Diego, and Rescue Pack all knew this was their last big chance to take her out. Dora was unanimously eliminated when Diego betrayed her. Baby Jaguar, Big Red Chicken, Diego, and Rescue Pack were the last four remaining in the season finale.
Diego was the obvious target, but he won Immunity. Viewing Baby Jaguar as a major underdog, the other three voted him out. Big Red Chicken feared that he could not win against either of his opponents, but he lost a say in the matter when Rescue Pack won the Final Immunity Challenge. The decision was obvious to him and he eliminated Diego, bringing Big Red Chicken to the final two. On the last day, both of the finalists were ridiculed by the Jury for their coattail-riding gameplays, several of them referring to the pair as the "worst final two ever." Rescue Pack seen as slightly more strategic, had more friends on the Jury, and attempted to make occasional moves, so he became the Sole Survivor in a 5-2 vote.
The Game[]
| Episode | Title | Challenges | Eliminated | Vote | Finish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reward | Immunity | |||||
| 1 | "Come On, Let's Go!" | None | Rojo [Swiper, Abuela] |
Baby B. | 7-1 | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
| 2 | "I Thought This Would Be More Fun" | Rojo | Rojo | Abuela | 4-2-1 | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
| 3 | "Family First" | Rojo | Rojo | Alicia | 5-1 | 3rd Voted Out Day 9 |
| 4 | "Always On Top" | Rojo | Rojo | Map | 4-1 | 4th Voted Out Day 12 |
| 5 | "You're Too Late!" | Azul | Azul | Benny | 6-3 | 5th Voted Out Day 15 |
| 6 | "Don't Click On That" | Rojo | Rojo | Grumpy | 3-1 | 6th Voted Out Day 18 |
| 7 | "This is the Most Unfair Thing" | Azul | Rojo | Boots | 2-2; 1-0 |
7th Voted Out Day 21 |
| 8 | "So We Can Be Safe" | Rojo | Azul | Swiper | 6-1 | 8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24 |
| 9 | "At Least You Made Jury" | None | Dora | Isa | 2-0 | 9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27 |
| 10 | "I Feel Like A Deep Fried Taco" | Dora | Big | Tico | 6-0 | 10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30 |
| 11 | "I'm A Vicious Beast" | Dora | Baby J. | Backpack | 4-1-1 | 11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33 |
| 12 | "All of This Means Nothing" | Diego | Diego | Dora | 4-1 | 12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36 |
| 13 | "Three Versus One" | None | Diego | Baby J. | 3-1 | 13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37 |
| None | Rescue | Diego | 1-0 | 14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38 | ||
| Jury Vote | Big | 5-2 | Runner-Up | |||
| Rescue | 5-2 | Sole Survivor | ||||