Survivor: Hermanus

Survivor: Hermanus
Logo by	Maddie
Season	89
Filming Location	Hermanus, South Africa
Season Run	December 7th, 2024 - January 27th, 2025
Survivors	22
Winner	Seph
Runner(s)-up	Sylvan
Tribes	Verwarring Gekheid Bohaai Waansin Onrus Sonskyn
Returnees	Absolbot (93) danilothedog (95) Linolynx (93)
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Prague
Next Season	Uruguay
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Survivor: Hermanus - Agents of Chaos is the eighty-ninth season of the Survivor ORG Wiki's Online Reality Game (ORG), Survivor: Wikia!

The season leaned heavily into its subtitle and mantra of chaos, with an expansive artillery of twists and a dynamic cast that played explosively to acclimate to the brutal format. Many of the cast members had a tendency to overplay their hand early on, resulting in several dramatic power shifts between the players at the middle and bottom of the power structure, but those at the top remained at the top for a large chunk of the season. The most prominent example of this was the furry alliance, which would go on to become the dominating alliance of the season as the others played themselves out of the game. As the game progressed, the remaining votes were dictated by loyalty and, for some, a tilted vision of how the game was supposed to play out, which resulted in a finish that most could see coming, even if how the game played out was anything but anticipated. Despite the predictability of the winner and the little competition they faced for the title in the end, the endgame remained emotional and captivating, providing a strong finish to a season that is ultimately remembered for its major character moments, dynamic gameplay, and flurry of entertaining moments. In addition, the season boasts the first ever legitimate Perfect Game with its Sole Survivor, and also boasts the first Sole Survivor with a non-human mangatar.

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Twists

• Anarchy - As soon as the cast reveal concluded, all 22 castaways were forced to live together on one beach, meaning everybody could talk to anybody they wish.
• Whale Spotting - Players may choose to watch one of 25 specific whale spots for a duration of 6 to 18 hours. Each whale spot has a whale that will appear after it has been watched for a specific amount of hours, called the threshold. Whales that are successfully spotted can reward players with either nothing or an advantage of varying quality. The amount of time that a whale is watched for by a player will then become their cooldown, which is the amount of time that they must wait before watching a spot again.
  • Temporary Messenger - Inspired by Aegean Islands' Hermes twist, this allows the player who owns this advantage to have the option of attending the losing tribe's tribal council whenever they wished and was able to not only cast a vote, but also communicate with their tribe and the losing tribe.
  • Tribe Swap Pass - Inspired by an advantage used in Manitoba, this advantage allows its holder to switch places with a player on another tribe, so long as it is used within 24 hours of a brand new tribe switch.
• Festival Tickets - At the beginning of the first round, it was announced that in order to make it to the second round of the game, you needed a festival ticket. The top nine players of the first immunity challenge would be receive a ticket, and be immune at the first Tribal Council, however they would not initially have a vote at Tribal Council. Tenth through eighteenth place in the challenge would also receive a ticket and be safe, and initially have their vote at Tribal Council. The bottom four in the challenge did not receive a ticket, or have a vote, and were the only players vulnerable at Tribal Council.
  • Vote Swap - The top nine were given the opportunity to take the power to vote from any of the middle group, and give it to themselves on a first come, first serve basis. They had only twelve hours to utilize this opportunity.
  • Tribe Picking - The three that survived the vote would serve as the new tribe captains at the start of the following round, and be in charge of picking the new tribes.
• Gold Skulls - At a pre-determined point in the game, having a gold skull will guarantee a player's safety. A gold skull can be acquired by receiving a total of 3 votes cast against your name, not counting any votes negated by an idol or advantage. These are non-transferable.
• Tribe Dissolve - At the Final 18, the Gekheid Tribe dissolved, leaving just Bohaai and Waansin as existing tribes. The remaining eighteen castaways were shuffled into these two tribes, with nine members per tribe.
• Tribe Expansion - At the Final 16, the game expanded into four tribes, re-introducing the Gekheid Tribe after it previously dissolved and introducing the auxiliary Onrus Tribe. The remaining sixteen castaways were shuffled into these four tribes, with four members per tribe.
  • Joint Tribal Councils - During the phase of the game with four tribes, only the top-performing tribe would win immunity, with the other three tribes forced to attend a joint tribal council where everyone is vulnerable and one person would be voted out.

Moderators

Arlie

Chroma

Dean

Maddie

Mayzan

Melody

Tony

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation							Finish	Votes Against
		Anarchy Tribe	Original Tribe	Dissolved Tribe	Expanded Tribe	Post Tribe Swap Pass	Shuffled Tribe	Merged Tribe
	fayewars "Faye"	Verwarring							1st Voted Out Day 3	9
	ExploSam "Sam"		Gekheid						2nd Voted Out Day 6	5
	GoldenAceFazbear "Ace"		Gekheid						3rd Voted Out Day 8	6
	mootiebootie "Moot"		Bohaai						4th Voted Out Day 8	5
	hetecrow "Crow"		Bohaai	Waansin					5th Voted Out Day 10	7
	purplehefferey "Hefferey"		Waansin	Bohaai					6th Voted Out Day 12	7
	Falcon338 "Imani"		Waansin	Waansin	Gekheid	Onrus			7th Voted Out Day 14	6
	MissSydneyBaby "Sydney"		Waansin	Bohaai	Bohaai	Bohaai			8th Voted Out Day 16	9
	ChefExists "Chef"		Bohaai	Waansin	Bohaai	Bohaai			9th Voted Out Day 18	4
	absolbot "Absol"		Bohaai	Waansin	Onrus	Onrus			10th Voted Out Day 18	3
	Deadlymars4 "Ethan"		Bohaai	Waansin	Waansin	Waansin	Gekheid		11th Voted Out Day 20	7
	John "John"		Bohaai	Bohaai	Waansin	Waansin	Gekheid		12th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 22	12
	WitekWitek "Witek"		Waansin	Bohaai	Gekheid	Gekheid	Bohaai		13th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 23	10
	TheOnlyVin "Vin"		Waansin	Waansin	Gekheid	Gekheid	Waansin	Sonskyn	14th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 25	8
	Linolynx "Lynx"		Waansin	Waansin	Onrus	Onrus	Onrus		15th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 27	2
	Allotrope "Allo"		Waansin	Waansin	Onrus	Onrus	Bohaai		16th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 30	12
	GhostCalledThey "Col"		Gekheid	Bohaai	Waansin	Waansin	Waansin		17th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 32	5
	Lexeus "Lex"		Gekheid	Bohaai	Bohaai	Bohaai	Onrus		18th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 34	16
	Pyr0sity "Pyro"		Gekheid	Waansin	Waansin	Waansin	Bohaai		19th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 35	3
	danilothedog "Danilo"		Gekheid	Bohaai	Onrus	Gekheid	Onrus		20th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 38	9
	Squid62 "Sylvan"		Bohaai	Bohaai	Gekheid	Gekheid	Gekheid		Runner-Up Day 39	6
	inuseph "Seph"		Gekheid	Bohaai	Bohaai	Bohaai	Waansin		Sole Survivor Day 39	0

Episode Guide

Episode Title		Challenges		Eliminated	Vote	Finish
		Reward	Immunity
1	Call Me a Greek Legend	Absol, Chef, Col, Crow, Hefferey, Pyro, Sam, Seph, Witek		Faye	9-0	1st Voted Out Day 3
			Ace, Allo, Danilo, Ethan, Lynx, Moot, Sydney, Sylvan, Vin
2	I'm a Bit of a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing		Bohaai	Sam	5-1	2nd Voted Out Day 6
			Waansin
3	The Fumble of the Century		Waansin	Ace	5-1	3rd Voted Out Day 8
				Moot	5-0	4th Voted Out Day 8
4	I Am Icarus to Put It Lightly		Bohaai	Crow	7-2-2	5th Voted Out Day 10
5	Shall I Be Vulnerable Chat?		Waansin	Hefferey	7-3	6th Voted Out Day 12
6	Smashes Her With an Anvil		Bohaai	Imani	6-4-2	7th Voted Out Day 14
7	Maybe It's the Inner Chismosa		Gekheid	Sydney	9-1-1	8th Voted Out Day 16
8	Faced With a Currently Immovable Object		Seph	Chef	4-2-1	9th Voted Out Day 18
			Col	Absol	2-0	10th Voted Out Day 18
9	First You Calm Down, Then You Get Revenge		Onrus	Ethan	5-2-1	11th Voted Out Day 20
10	Season Incapable of Having Normal Votes		Waansin	John	4-2	12th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 22
11	He's Weaponizing His Birthday		Danilo, Lex, Sylvan	Witek	8-1	13th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 23
12	Bull in a China Shop Type Strategy		Lynx	Vin	6-2-1	14th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 25
13	Turn to the Chaotic Side		Allo	Lynx	2-0	15th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 27
14	A Golden Goat in the Making		Col, Lex, Pyro	Allo	8-1-0	16th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 30
15	You Lie Like a Rug		Pyro	Col	4-2	17th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 32
16	I'm Going All or Nothing		Seph	Lex	4-1	18th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 34
			Seph	Pyro	3-1	19th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 35
			Seph	Danilo	1-0	20th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 38
		Jury Vote		Sylvan	9-0	Runner-Up
				Seph		Sole Survivor

Voting History

Survivor: Hermanus Voting History
Tribes		Anarchy	Original Tribes			Dissolved Tribes		Expanded Tribes				Shuffled Tribes		Gold Skulls	Merged Tribe
Episode #:		1	2	3		4	5	6	7	8		9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Voted Off:		Faye	Sam	Ace	Moot	Crow	Hefferey	Imani	Sydney	Chef	Absol	Ethan	John	Witek	Vin	Lynx	Allo	Col	Lex	Pyro	Danilo	Sylvan	Seph
Vote:		9-0	5-1	5-1	5-0	7-2-2	7-3	6-4-2	9-1-1	4-2-1	2-0	5-2-1	4-2	8-1	6-2-1	2-0	8-1-0	4-2	4-1	3-1	1-0	9-0
►►►►►►	Seph	—	Sam	Ace	—	—	Hefferey	—	Sydney	Chef	—	Ethan	—	Witek	Vin	Lex	Allo	Col	Lex	Pyro	Danilo	Jury Vote
►►►►►►	Sylvan	Faye	—	—	None	—	Hefferey	Imani	—	Chef	—	None	None	None	Lex	Lex	Allo (x4)	Col	Lex	Pyro	—
►►►►►►	Danilo	Faye	Sam	Ace	—	—	Hefferey	Imani	—	Chef	—	—	John	Witek	Vin	Lex	Allo	Col	Lex	Pyro	—		Seph
►►►►►►	Pyro	—	Sam	Ace	—	Ethan	—	Imani	Sydney	—	John	Ethan	John	Witek	Vin	Lex	Allo	Col	Lex	Danilo			Seph
►►►►►►	Lex	Ineligible	Ace	Ace	—	—	Hefferey (x2)	—	Sydney	Chef	—	—	Witek	Witek	Vin	Lynx	Sylvan	Danilo	Sylvan				Seph
►►►►►►	Col	—	Sam	Ace	—	—	Hefferey	Sylvan	Sydney	—	Absol	Ethan	—	Witek	Vin	Lynx	Allo	Danilo					Seph
►►►►►►	Allo	Faye	—	—	—	Crow	—	Imani	Allo	—	John	John	John	Witek	Vin	Lex	Danilo						Seph
►►►►►►	Lynx	Faye	—	—	—	Crow (x2)	—	Imani	Sydney	—	John	—	John	Witek	Lex	Lex							Seph
►►►►►►	Vin	Faye	—	—	—	Crow	—	Danilo	—	Danilo	—	Ethan	—	Witek	Allo								Seph
►►►►►	Witek	—	—	—	—	—	Lex	Danilo	—	Vin	—	John	John	Col									Seph
►►►►►	John	Ineligible	—	—	Moot	—	Hefferey	Danilo	Sydney	—	Absol	Ethan	Witek										Seph
►►►►►	Ethan	Faye	—	—	Moot	Allo	—	Danilo	Sydney	—	John	Sylvan
►►►►	Absol	—	—	—	Moot	Allo	—	Imani	Sydney	—	John
►►►►	Chef	—	—	—	Moot	Crow	—	—	Sydney	Vin
►►►►	Sydney	Faye	—	—	—	—	Lex	—	Absol
►►►►	Imani	Ineligible	—	—	—	Crow	—	Sylvan
►►	Hefferey	—	—	—	—	Crow	Lex
►►	Crow	—	—	—	Moot	Ethan
►	Moot	Faye	—	—	Sylvan
►	Ace	Faye	Sam	Lex
►	Sam	—	Ace
	Faye	Ineligible

Trivia

• This is the first season hosted by Dean, Mayzan, Melody, and Tony.
  • Mayzan would be the third person who is a host but never played before on Survivor ORG Wiki, the other two were Josephine in Survivor: Babylon and Survivor321 in Survivor: Laos.
• This season's jury color was Purple (#B4A7D6).
• This is the first season that has a final three made up of castaways with non-human mangatars.
  • By extension, this is the first season to have a non-human mangatar win the series, Seph.
• This is the second season, after Survivor: Papua New Guinea, to feature exactly 6 tribes throughout its duration.
• This is the first season since Survivor: Sahara el Beyda to not have a quit, evacuation, ejection or removal.
• This season holds the record for the longest uninterrupted period of time between two seasons taking place in the same country, being South Africa, spanning 77 seasons between Survivor: All-Stars and Survivor: Hermanus.