| Survivor: Game Changers | |
|---|---|
| Season 34 | |
 Region 1 DVD cover | |
| Presented by | Jeff Probst |
| No. of days | 39 |
| No. of castaways | 20 |
| Winner | Sarah Lacina |
| Runner-up | Brad Culpepper |
| Location | Mamanuca Islands, Fiji |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | March 8 – May 24, 2017 |
| Additional information | |
| Filming dates | June 6 – July 14, 2016[1] |
| Season chronology | |
Survivor: Game Changers — Mamanuca Islands is the 34th season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor, featuring 20 returning castaways. The season premiered on March 8, 2017, with a two-hour airing, marking the series' 500th episode,[2] and ended on May 24, 2017.
This season was the third to film in Fiji after Survivor: Fiji and Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X.[3] It was the fourth season to feature entirely returning players, following Survivor: All-Stars, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, and Survivor: Cambodia and was the 11th season overall to feature returning players.[4]
This season introduced several alterations to the game format. The process for resolving a tied vote was changed for this season, removing the second ballot where only non-tied castaways were allowed to vote between the tied castaways and proceeding directly to the procedure to resolve a deadlocked tie: an open deliberation between non-tied voters. The rest of the process remained the same (however, there turned out to be no such scenario in the season). This format twist was retired in the following seasons, with the revote being re-introduced.[5] The format of the Final Tribal Council, in which jurors individually addressed the finalists by delivering a statement or asking questions, was changed to a moderated discussion between the finalists and jurors.
- ^ Ross, Dalton (February 8, 2017). "Survivor: Game Changers full cast list and twist revealed". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Ross, Dalton (December 15, 2016). "Survivor: Game Changers host Jeff Probst says next season is like Jaws". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ^ Wigler, Josh (February 28, 2017). "Survivor Game Changers First Twist Revealed: There Will Be No Revote After The Tie". Parade. Retrieved February 28, 2017.