Survivor: Season 16 (2008)

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Summing up the 16th season of Survivor, series host Jeff Probst effusively ticked off its highlights and lowlights: "This has been a season of blindsides and dumb moves. We've had a really strong women's alliance for the first time. We've had people out with injuries. A woman lost her mind." (Well, not really: the woman he mentioned merely lost her desire to continue the game after 19 days). He might have also mentioned that, for the first time, a group of ten Survivor veterans were seen sweating out the 39-day endurance test along with ten diehard fans of the series, selected from over 800 applicants. This season of Survivor took place on the Micronesian island of Palau, last visited by the series during Season Ten in 2005. Making return appearances were Survivor: Pearl Islands' Jon "Johnny Playfair" Dalton, Survivor: Fiji's Yau-Man Chan, Survivor: Cook Islands' Jonathan Penner, Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth and Parvati Shallow, Survivor: Vanuatu's Ami Cusack and Eliza Orlins, Survivor: Panama's Cirie Fields, and Survivor: China's James Clement and Amanda Kimmel. These 10 re-players were initially grouped into the Malkalal tribe, which was pitted against the Airai tribe consisting of series fans Mary Sartain, Michael "Mikey B" Bertone,Joel Anderson, Chet Welch, Kathleen "Kathy" Steckman, Tracy Hughes-Wolf, Jason Siska, Alexis Jones, Erik Reichenbach and Natalie Bolton. Inevitably, the teams were "mixed" so that some of the Fans and Favorites became teammates rather than opponents; and ultimately, those who hadn't been eliminated during the first 22 days were merged into the single Dabu tribe. And as mentioned by Jeff Probst, not all of those who left the contest were voted off the Island: two were excused due to injuries, and one departed of her own accord. Changes made this season involved Exile Island (back again after its conspicuous absence from Survivor: China), where two players, one from each tribe, were shipped off per episode, rather than merely one single player; the eight-person jury that chose the winner of the million-dollar contest; and the selection of two rather than three finalists in the penultimate episode. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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