Survivor: Second Chances

Second Chances
Season	12
Winner	Mearl E. / Mearl
Episodes	14
Days	16
Castaways	20
Tribes	Felidhu Mulaku Noonu Koba Faahana
Production
Filming Location	Biyadhoo, Maldives
Season Run	March 21, 2017 – April 20, 2017
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Ethiopia
Next Season	Puerto Rico

Survivor: Maldives - Second Chances II is the twelfth season of the second generation NJ's Survivor Series, which premiered on March 21, 2017 and ended with the Live Reunion on April 20, 2017.

It ended with Mearl E. defeating Robby J. and Mel T. at the Final Tribal Council in a 7-1-0 vote. At the Reunion, Brittany J. won Fan Favorite.

(Real Cast List w/ real Usernames)

Production

This season features twenty former castaways, all of whom were voted out pre-merge, returning for a second chance to play the game. The tribes this season were Felidhu, wearing blue, and Mulaku, wearing yellow. Noonu, a third tribe, was introduced on Day 3, wearing red. The tribes this season are named after atolls of Maldives. On Day 7, the tribes merged into the Koba Faahana tribe, wearing black, which is named after the Malidivian phrase for "Where's the toilet?".

The full cast of Second Chancers were hand-picked by production. The candidates were invited for being pre-merge boots who showed promise during their short time in the game. The full cast of 20 were revealed on March 20, 2017 and the tribes were revealed on March 21, 2017.

Twists

• Hidden Immunity Idol: There was one hidden idol placed in each tribe camp, which could be found by correctly guessing the answer to the clues sent daily.
• Returning Players: Twenty former castaways returned for a second chance to play the game. All the returning castaways were voted out pre-merge in their respective first seasons, yet showed potential to be good players.
• Instant Idols: The castaways were asked on Day 6 if they would like a hidden immunity idol. If they said yes, they could have one - however as punishment, they were unable to compete in the next three immunity challenges, and it was known to all they had an idol. The maximum six castaways all stood up to take one, resulting in six idols entering the game through the twist.
• Three-Tribe Format: Although initially starting with two tribes, the addition of the auxiliary Noonu tribe on Day 3 means that this is the third total season to feature more than two tribes. It is also the second all-returnee season to feature three tribes, after All Stars.
• Double Tribe Switch: On Day 3, the two tribes were randomly shuffled into three new tribes of six. The Noonu tribe was introduced in this swap. Then on Day 6, the three tribes were randomly shuffled back into two tribes of seven.
• Double Tribal Council: On Day 5, two tribes went to Tribal Council to vote someone out. Due to the three-tribe format, the challenge was still for tribal immunity, but with only one tribe winning.

Contestants

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation				Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Expanded Tribe	Switched Tribe	Merged Tribe
	Dylan W. 16, Purple Sri Lanka	Felidhu				Evacuated Day 1	0
	Steve W. 18, Light Green Peru	Felidhu				1st Voted Out Day 2	6
	Kodi M. 19, Orange Ethiopia	Felidhu	Mulaku			Evacuated Day 3	2
	Cameron K. 22, Brown Peru	Mulaku	Mulaku			2nd Voted Out Day 4	3
	Aiden W. 18, Yellow Fiji	Mulaku	Mulaku			3rd Voted Out Day 5	3
	Logan M. 19, Dark Green Ethiopia	Mulaku	Noonu			4th Voted Out Day 5	5
	Romeo K. 18, Gold Solomon Islands	Mulaku	Felidhu	Felidhu		5th Voted Out Day 6	5
	Anthony C. 18, Blood Ardennes	Felidhu	Mulaku	Mulaku	Koba Faahana	6th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 7	9
	Zac L. 22, Black Sri Lanka	Mulaku	Noonu	Mulaku		7th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 8	6
	Ronnie R. 23, Sky Brazil	Mulaku	Felidhu	Felidhu		Evacuated Day 9	3
	Jacob G. 17, Brown Fiji	Felidhu	Noonu	Felidhu		8th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 9	12
	Stoner D. 20, Blood Brazil	Mulaku	Felidhu	Mulaku		9th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 10	4
	Matt F. 16, Silver Jordan	Felidhu	Felidhu	Felidhu		10th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 11	5
	Ethan C. 20, TV Star Ardennes	Mulaku	Noonu	Mulaku		11th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 12	6
	Dana M. 16, Gold Burkina Faso	Felidhu	Mulaku	Mulaku		Eliminated 7th Jury Member Day 13	11
	Kiko D. 21, Purple Burkina Faso	Mulaku	Felidhu	Mulaku		12th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 14	3
	Brittany J. 21, TV Star Burkina Faso	Felidhu	Mulaku	Felidhu		13th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 15	8
	Mel T. 99, TV Star Brazil	Felidhu	Noonu	Mulaku		Third Place	8
	Robby J. 17, Black Sri Lanka	Felidhu	Felidhu	Felidhu		Runner-Up	4
	Mearl E. 27, TV Star Generation Gap	Mulaku	Noonu	Felidhu		Sole Survivor	3

The Total Votes is the number of votes a castaway received during Tribal Councils where the castaway was eligible to be voted out of the game, excluding tiebreakers. It does not include the votes received during the final Tribal Council.

^1 Brittany used a Hidden Immunity Idol on Day 12, but didn't negate any votes.
^2 Kiko used a Hidden Immunity Idol on Day 12, therefore 3 votes against him were not counted.
^3 Mearl used a Hidden Immunity Idol on Day 12, therefore 3 votes against him were not counted.
^4 Robby used a Hidden Immunity Idol on Mel on Day 12, therefore 1 vote against her were not counted.
^5 Kiko used a Hidden Immunity Idol on Day 13, but didn't negate any votes.
^6 Dana was voted out after a 3-3 tie between Brittany and Mearl led to a re-vote, in which the vote tied again 2-2. Dana and Robby, as the only two non-immune players, were asked to pick rocks. Dana drew the purple rock and was eliminated.

The Game

Episode		Air Date	Immunity	Eliminated	Vote	Finish
1	"Unlimited Supply Of Chocolate"	March 21, 2017	Mulaku	Dylan	No Vote	Evacuated Day 1
2	"Only Gonna Hurt The Tribe"	March 22, 2017	Mulaku	Steve	6-1-1-1	1st Voted Out Day 2
3	"Vote Off Edgardo"	March 24, 2017	Noonu	Kodi	No Vote	Evacuated Day 3
			Felidhu
4	"Survivor Not The Bachelor"	March 26, 2017	Noonu	Cameron	3-1-1	2nd Voted Out Day 4
			Felidhu
5	"A Possibility, And That's Scary"	March 28, 2017	Felidhu	Aiden	3-1	3rd Voted Out Day 5
				Logan	5-1	4th Voted Out Day 5
6	"Idols Everywhere"	March 29, 2017	Mulaku	Romeo	5-1-1	5th Voted Out Day 6
7	"Introduce You To Blindside"	March 30, 2017	Ethan	Anthony	6-3-2-2	6th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 7
8	"Social Players Are Not Threats"	April 3, 2017	Ethan	Zac	6-4-1-1	7th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 8
9	"Good Fake Evidence"	April 5, 2017	Ethan	Ronnie	No Vote	Evacuated Day 9
				Jacob	6-4	8th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 9
10	"This Became Tradition"	April 7, 2017	Ethan	Stoner	4-3-2	9th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 10
11	"All A Formality"	April 9, 2017	Kiko	Matt	4-2-2	10th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 11
12	"Idol Mania"	April 11, 2017	Robby	Ethan	0-0-0 6-1	11th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 12
13	"Going To Decide How This Game Ends"	April 14, 2017	Mel	Dana	3-3 2-2 Tiebreaker	Eliminated 7th Jury Member Day 13
14	"Maybe I Can Save Myself"	April 18, 2017	Mearl	Kiko	3-2	12th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 14
			Mearl	Brittany	3-1	13th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 15
Live Reunion		April 20, 2017	Jury Vote	Mel	7-1-0	Third Place
				Robby		Runner-Up
				Mearl		Sole Survivor

^1 Kiko and Mearl both used Hidden Immunity Idols, each negating 3 votes against them, and Robby used a Hidden Immunity Idol on Mel, negating 1 vote against her, causing a null 0-0-0 vote. A revote was held with Brittany (who also used a Hidden Immunity Idol, but didn't negate any votes), Kiko, Mearl, Mel, and Robby all immune.
^2 Due to a tie, there was a re-vote between the tied players.
^3 Following a second tie after a re-vote, the castaways were forced to pick rocks to decide who would go home. The players who tied were safe from this rock picking.

Voting Table

		Original Tribes		Expanded Tribe				Switched Tribe	Merged Tribe
Episode #:		1	2	3	4	5		6	7	8	9		10	11	12		13			14
Eliminated:		Dylan	Steve	Kodi	Cameron	Aiden	Logan	Romeo	Anthony	Zac	Ronnie	Jacob	Stoner	Matt	Ethan		Dana			Kiko	Brittany	Mel	Robby	Mearl
Vote:		No Vote	6-1-1-1	No Vote	3-1-1	3-1	5-1	5-1-1	6-3-2-2	6-4-1-1	No Vote	6-4	4-3-2	4-2-2	0-0-0	6-1	3-3	2-2	No Vote	3-2	3-1	7-1-0
►►►	Mearl	—	—	—	—	—	Logan	Romeo	Anthony	Zac	—	Jacob	Brittany	Robby	Kiko	Ethan	Brittany	None	—	Kiko	Brittany	Jury Vote
►►►	Robby	—	Steve	—	—	—	—	Romeo	Anthony	Zac	—	Jacob	Brittany	Dana	Kiko	Ethan	Brittany	Brittany	—	Kiko	Brittany
►►►	Mel	—	Steve	—	—	—	Logan	—	Anthony	Zac	—	Jacob	Dana	Robby	Kiko	Ethan	Brittany	Brittany	—	Kiko	Brittany
►►►	Brittany	—	Steve	—	Cameron	Aiden	—	Romeo	Mel	Jacob	—	Mel	Stoner	Matt	Mearl	Ethan	Mearl	None	—	Robby	Mel			Mearl
►►►	Kiko	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Anthony	Zac	—	Jacob	Stoner	Matt	Mearl	Ethan	Mearl	Mearl	—	Robby				Mearl
►►►	Dana	—	S-V	—	Cameron	Aiden	—	—	Mel	Jacob	—	Mel	Stoner	Matt	Mearl	Ethan	Mearl	Mearl	Eliminated				Robby
►►►	Ethan	—	—	—	—	—	Logan	—	Dana	Jacob	—	Mel	Stoner	Matt	Mel	Dana								Mearl
►►►	Matt	—	Steve	—	—	—	—	S-V	Anthony	Zac	—	Jacob	Dana	Dana								Did Not Vote
►►►	Stoner	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Anthony	Zac	—	Jacob	Dana											Mearl
►►►	Jacob	—	Steve	—	—	—	Logan	Romeo	Dana	Matt	—	Mel												Mearl
►►►	Ronnie	—	—	—	—	—	—	S-V	Jacob	S-V	Evacuated
►►►	Zac	—	—	—	—	—	Logan	—	Dana	Jacob														Mearl
►►►	Anthony	—	Steve	—	Cameron	Aiden	—	—	Jacob															Mearl
►►	Romeo	—	—	—	—	—	—	S-V
►	Logan	—	—	—	—	—	Mel
►	Aiden	—	—	—	Anthony	Anthony
►	Cameron	—	—	—	Dana
►	Kodi	—	S-V	Evacuated
	Steve	—	Anthony
	Dylan	Evacuated

^1 Due to the null vote, the first round of voting had to be redone.
^2 Dana was voted out after the re-vote ended in a tie, and was forced to pull rocks. She picked the purple rock and was eliminated from the game.