Survivor: Maldives

Isaiah and Michael's Survivor: Maldives (also known as Survivor: Fans vs Favorites) is the 4th season of the Isaiah and Michael's Survivor series. This season features 20 contestants competing for the title of Sole Survivor in the Maldives, an island located in the Indian Ocean.

Announcement/Production
The applications for Survivor: Maldives began on April 26th, 2017. Applications were sent out to returning favorites, as well as fans. The cast for this season was revealed on May 3rd, 2017.

Twists/Changes

 * Fans vs Favorites - Ten new contestants (all of whom are fans of Survivor) faced ten of the series' most popular contestants. Dhomevi was the tribe of fans, while Koimala was comprised of the favorites.
 * Pairs - Each Favorite picked a Fan from the opposing tribe to become their partner. The castaways were not able to vote their partner out at any point during the season. Malcolm received the most votes in a poll, allowing him to pick his partner first and choose the next Favorite to pick their partner. That Favorite then picked the next player on Koimala to pick their partner and so on and so forth.
 * Exile Island - Exile Island made its return this season. During the tribe phase of the game, the player on the winning tribe with the best challenge performance would go to Exile Island with their partner from the losing tribe, saving them from attending Tribal Council. In the event that a player's partner was no longer on the opposing tribe, they could select any player of their choosing. Exile Island contains coconuts with items inside, such as hidden immunity idols, mutiny idols, an extra vote, a challenge advantage, clues to other rewards or nothing. Players would smash open their coconut to receive what was inside, thus preventing other players from taking that coconut.
 * Mutiny Idol - The mutiny idol is an idol played after the immunity challenge that allows a player to mutiny to the opposing tribe. In the event that a player mutinied to the tribe that lost immunity, they would receive immunity at the upcoming tribal council.
 * Double Tribal Council - On Day 14, both Dhomevi and Koimala went to tribal council. Everyone competed for individual immunity, as opposed to tribal immunity.
 * Re-Formed Tribes - On Day 21, the Final 12 chose buffs at random and went back into two tribes of 6.
 * Survivor Auction - On Day 26, a Survivor Auction took place following the second merge where castaways bid on items in secret and were informed of which items everyone received afterwards.
 * Golden Bench - On Day 32, after Peih-Gee won individual immunity, she was informed that she would need to select three players to sit on the Golden Bench at tribal council, where players could not vote or be voted for. She selected Peter, Rafe and Sherri.