Tiebreaker

Tiebreaker
Survivor Gameplay
Description	A challenge, revote, or fate that determines a person's fate after a tie at Tribal Council..
Appearance(s)	Elimination of Non-Voter: Laos Public Poll: Laos Revotes Only: Hawaii Egypt Switzerland Nepal Korea Côte d’Ivoire Polynesia All-Stars Anarchy Madagascar Peru Heroes vs. Villains Kamchatka Cape Verde Sri Lanka Archetypes Morocco Argentina Bali Last Stand Costa Rica Molise Newfoundland Kingdoms Collide Tasmania Nakuru Mongolia Firemaking Challenge: Switzerland Nepal Revival Korea Papua New Guinea Côte d’Ivoire Polynesia Indonesia Salvation Greece Cyprus Morocco Last Stand Costa Rica Kariba Galápagos Nakuru Mongolia Purple Rock: Revival Peru Turkey Sardinia Rome Java Last Stand Mauritius Heroes vs. Villains II

A Tiebreaker is a event at Tribal Council which is needed to break a tie when two or more castaways are tied for receiving the most votes.

About

A tiebreaker is a situation that occurs when more than one castaway has the highest number of votes. There are different ways to break a tie, usually starting with a revote and continuing with other methods until the tie is broken.

Rules

Proved in previous seasons of Survivor ORG, a revote will commence once a tie occurs (unless it is a Final Tribal Council tie, in which case there will be an extra juror). Prior to the revote, castaways are allowed some time to converse and sway each other's votes. During the revote, only the castaways who are not affiliated with the tie are eligible to vote, and they may only vote for someone who is affiliated with the tie.

If a non-voting castaway's self-vote causes a tie, the tied castaways may or may not vote. In Survivor: Switzerland and Survivor: Côte d’Ivoire the tied castaways voted, while in Survivor: Nepal and Survivor: Turkey the tied castaways did not vote.

Elimination of Non-Voter

In Survivor: Laos, if a tie occurred between someone who voted and someone who did not vote, the non-voter would be eliminated. This rule was removed when the rule regarding Self-Votes was introduced in Survivor: Hawaii.

Season	Day	Vote	Tied Contestants		Results
Laos	Day 3	2-2	Adam	Orange	Eliminated

Public Poll

A public poll to decide the result of a tie has only happened once, on Survivor: Laos.

Season	Day	Vote	Tied Contestants		Poll	Result
Laos	Day 15	1-1	Alex	Chris	58%-42%	Eliminated

Revote

A revote occurs almost every time the votes are tied at a regular Tribal Council. The list below indicates each time a revote has happened throughout this ORG and what the outcome has been. Usually someone is eliminated by the revote, but if the revote is deadlocked, the a tiebreaker challenge or rock draw occurs.

Season	Day	Vote	Tied Contestants						Revote	Result
Hawaii	Day 11	2-2	Noah			Tommy			2-0	Eliminated
	Day 26	1-1-0	Alex			Gerard			6-2	Eliminated
Egypt	Day 31	3-3-1	Mikey			Tyler			3-2	Eliminated
Switzerland	Day 3	2-2-1	Andrew			Julie			5-0	Eliminated
	Day 18	2-2-2	Sam		Lucy		Will		3-0	Eliminated
	Day 33	3-3-2	Jino			Matt			No Vote	Quit before Revote
Nepal	Day 24	3-3	Ash			RP			2-0	Eliminated
Revival	Day 6	5-5	Brendan			Duy			4-4	Advance to Purple Rock
Korea	Day 25	3-3	Hunter			Monkey			4-0	Eliminated
Papua New Guinea	Day 34	3-3	Uli			Andrei			4-0	Eliminated
Côte d’Ivoire	Day 3	4-4-1	Nick			Nukti			7-2	Eliminated
Polynesia	Day 18	3-3	Chrix			Bob			4-0	Eliminated
	Day 33	2-2-0	Kevin			Bob			3-1	Eliminated
All-Stars	Day 10	2-2-2	Charlie		Mike		Lloyd		3-0-0	Eliminated
	Day 15	3-3	Ash			Gerard			3-1	Eliminated
	Day 25	2-2-2	Sharky		Jhet		Zac		3-0-0	Eliminated
	Day 36	1-1-0-0	Andrei			Gerda			3-0	Eliminated
Anarchy	Day 5	3-3-0	Patryk			Nokomis			6-2	Eliminated
Madagascar	Day 35	2-2-1-0	Trace			Sergiu			3-1	Eliminated
	Day 35	3-3	Craig			Jay			4-0	Eliminated
Peru	Day 3	3-3	Jessy			Nick			2-2	Advance to Purple Rock
	Day 16	3-3	Ieuan			TJ			4-0	Eliminated (Sent to Redemption Island)
	Day 21	4-4-2-1	Nick			Ryan			6-3	Eliminated (Sent to Redemption Island)
	Day 23	5-5	Jesse			Natalie			4-4	Advance to Purple Rock
	Day 26	4-4-1	Jessy			Alexandra			4-3	Eliminated (Sent to Redemption Island)
	Day 29	4-4	Alf			Aaron			3-3	Advance to Purple Rock
Turkey	Day 18	3-3	Marco			Tung			4-0	Eliminated
	Day 21	5-5	David			Jessie			4-4	Advance to Purple Rock
	Day 27	4-4	Bartley			Rasheid			5-0	Eliminated
Sardinia	Day 13	3-3-1-1	Ron			Trevor			5-1	Eliminated
	Day 19	0-0	Joe			Koopa			5-2	Eliminated
	Day 30	4-4	Hazim			Tyler			3-3	Advance to Purple Rock
Heroes vs. Villains	Day 5	5-5	Joshie			Uli			No Vote	Quit before Revote
Kamchatka	Day 26	5-5-1	Andreas			Tyler			6-3	Eliminated
Cape Verde	Day 3	3-3-1	Blake			Evan			4-0	Eliminated
	Day 12	2-2-1	Pedro			Gavin			3-0	Eliminated
Rome	Day 27	5-5	Ethan			Ricky			4-4	Advance to Purple Rock
Java	Day 27	4-4	Danielle			Sheryl			3-3	Advance to Purple Rock
Sri Lanka	Day 13	3-3	Connor			Nate			4-0	Eliminated
Archetypes	Day 34	3-3	Brett			Chris			4-0	Eliminated
Morocco	Day 12	3-3	Dalton			Malik			4-0	Eliminated
Argentina	Day 12	1-1-1-0	Ally		Claudia		Joey		4-1-0	Eliminated
Bali	Day 36	2-2-1	Max			Ting Ting			2-1	Eliminated
Last Stand	Day 21	6-6	Hannah			Nick			7-3	Eliminated
	Day 29	4-3-1	None						4-4	Advance to Purple Rock
	Day 31	3-3-0	Jake			Julia			3-2	Eliminated
Mauritius	Day 16	3-3	Emily			Wendy			2-2	Advance to Purple Rock
Costa Rica	Day 5	3-3	Ash			Jess			4-0	Eliminated
	Day 17	2-2	Alice			Zakriah			2-0	Eliminated
	Day 32	3-3-1	Joanna			Nadine			3-2	Eliminated
Molise	Day 32	4-4	Elias			Nat			4-2	Eliminated
	Day 34	3-3-1	Elias			Jason			3-2	Eliminated
Newfoundland	Day 30	3-3-3	Edvin		Elsa		Tom		4-1-0	Eliminated
Kingdoms Collide	Day 26	6-6	Szymon			Tyler			6-4	Eliminated
	Day 34	2-2-1-0	Dani			Jared			4-1	Eliminated
	Day 36	3-3	Dani			Sydney			3-1	Eliminated
Tasmania	Day 38	2-2	Ashlee			Ronald			2-0	Eliminated
Galápagos	Day 38	2-2	Shane			Thomas			1-1	Advance to Firemaking

Deadlock Tie Mechanisms

Fire-Making Challenge

A fire-making challenge on Survivor ORG is very different from one of Survivor, but they both have the same outcome. The castaways still in deadlock must compete in a challenge (usually an online game), and the one who has the highest score or time wins, while the other is eliminated. The chart below describes every time a fire-making challenge has occurred on Survivor ORG.

Season	Day	Vote	Tied Contenders		Tiebreaker	Result
Switzerland	Day 38	2-2	John	Lincoln		Eliminated
Nepal	Day 37	2-2	Dallas	Jhet		Eliminated
Revival	Day 17	1-1-0	Joshie	Raphael		Eliminated
Korea	Day 38	2-2	Amir	Ryan		Eliminated
Papua New Guinea	Day 12	No Vote	Taylor	Luke		Eliminated
Côte d’Ivoire	Day 36	2-2	Justin	Zachary		Eliminated
Indonesia	Day 11	No Vote	Laura	Steve		Eliminated
Salvation	Day 3	2-2	Perry	Isaac		Cancelled due to James's disqualification
Greece	Day 38	2-2	Amelia	Jessica		Eliminated
Cyprus	Day 38	2-2	Estefana	Mai		Eliminated
Morocco	Day 37	2-2	Brett	Will	N/A	Eliminated
Last Stand	Day 37	2-2	Clifford	Rhiannon	N/A	Eliminated
Costa Rica	Day 38	2-2	Hesh	Ry	N/A	Eliminated
Kariba	Day 38	2-2	Hals	Jake	N/A	Eliminated
Galápagos	Day 38	1-1	Shane	Thomas	N/A	Eliminated

Purple Rock

The Purple Rock tiebreaker is another way of resolving a deadlocked tie. The tied contestants are safe, as well as anyone who has individual immunity or has played a Hidden Immunity Idol. Everyone else must pick a rock out of a bag and let luck decide their fate. There is one purple rock in the bag, and all other rocks are yellow. Castaways who draw a yellow rock are safe, while the castaway who pulls the purple rock is eliminated.

In Survivor: Korea only, the tied contestants would not have been safe if rocks were drawn. However, no rock drawings occurred in this season.

Season	Day	Eligible Contestants							Result
Revival	Day 6	Aidan	CK	Jastine	Luke	Maxwell	Summer	Will	Eliminated
Peru	Day 3	Alf	Ellie	Jossue	Liam				Eliminated (Sent to Redemption Island)
	Day 23	Alexandra	Alf	Domca	Jessy	Jody	Jossue	Ryan	Eliminated (Sent to Redemption Island)
	Day 29	Alexandra	Domca	Jody	Natalie	Ryan			Eliminated (Sent to Redemption Island)
Turkey	Day 21	Bryce	Marco	Miguel	Rasheid	Thang	Topher	Tyler	Eliminated
Sardinia	Day 30	Boo	Cali	Trevor	Wes	Zane			Eliminated
Rome	Day 27	Brittany	Grace	Ivan	Josh	Nuno	Sora	Topaz	Eliminated
Java	Day 27	Alex V.	Chris	Dani	Michelle	Mikey			Eliminated
Last Stand	Day 29	Clifford	Nick						Eliminated
Mauritius	Day 16	Ben	John	Lexi	Nicholas				Eliminated
Heroes vs. Villains II	Day 20	Audrey	Lexi	Mitchell					Eliminated
Mutiny Isle	Day 32	Emma	Monalisa	Zeph					Eliminated
Lake Tekapo	Day 25	Alyssa	Brandon	Caleb	Clinton	Nat	Jackson		Eliminated
Sahara el Beyda	Day 25	Boo	Brittney	CK	Hannah				Eliminated

Trivia

• Survivor: Peru holds the record for the most tied votes with 6.
  • Survivor: Peru also holds the record for the most times of a Purple Rock occurrence, with 3 times.
    • Survivor: Peru also holds the record for most consecutive tied votes, with 4.
      • Alf holds the record for being participating in the most tied votes, with 6.
• Alf, Domca, Jody, Ryan and Lexi are the only people to survive drawing rocks twice.

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