

Todd had been working to find the Hidden Immunity Idol. Zhan Hu would end up losing the challenge, and subsequently removed Aaron from the game. Believing that James and Aaron would remain true to the other Fei Long members when the merge occurred, Jaime Dugan and Peih-Gee Law formed a plan to lose the next Immunity Challenge on purpose so that they would be able to remove the former Fei Longs from the game. On Day 14, each tribe, separately, selected two members of the other tribe to bring into theirs Fei Long selected Sherea Lloyd and Frosti Zernow, while Zhan Hu selected James and Aaron. A strong alliance had been formed on Fei Long between Aaron, Todd Herzog, Amanda Kimmel, and Courtney Yates. This person would receive a container with a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol that they had to give to one of the winning tribe members.įei Long held a slight edge thanks to the strength of James Clement and leadership of Aaron Reisberger. Exile Island was abandoned for this season and instead, an added bonus for winning Reward Challenges was that the winning tribe was given the opportunity to kidnap a member from the losing tribe, where they would live at the winning tribe's camp until the next Immunity Challenge. The two tribes, Fei Long and Zhan Hu, were predetermined prior to the start of the game. New Jury/Finals Configuration: This is the first Final Three season to use the traditional seven-member jury instead of the nine-member jury used during Survivor: Cook Islands and Survivor: Fiji.

Final Three: For the third consecutive season, three castaways would face the jury instead of the usual two.Tribe Switch: On Day 13, both tribes were told to send two warriors from each tribe who would be sent to the opposite tribe.The kidnapped player would give a tube containing clues to the Hidden Immunity Idol to a tribe member from the opposing side for an idol at their camp. Starting with the episode " My Mom Is Going to Kill Me!", whichever tribe won the Reward Challenge would kidnap a member from the losing tribe to stay at their camp until the next Immunity Challenge. However, unlike the two former seasons, the kidnapped player was not granted immunity. Kidnapping: The kidnapping twist from Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: All-Stars returned.


This season returned to its standard format of 16 contestants on two competing tribes, Fei Long and Zhan Hu, each with their own colorful personalities and internal conflicts. The characters translate to "compete in intelligence" (比智慧, bĭ zhìhuì), "compete in skill" (比技巧, bĭ jìqiǎo), and "compete in endurance" (比耐力, bĭ nàilì). The "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast" slogan used in previous season's logos was replaced by Chinese characters. Originally airing in fall 2007, it was the first American television show to ever be filmed or produced in the People's Republic of China. Micronesia Survivor: China is the fifteenth season of Survivor.
