History WhamLine / Survivor

* ''The Amazon'':
** "Boys vs. Girls":
--->'''Jeff Probst''': "Jeanne... Heidi... Joanna... Jenna... Christy." [[labelnote:Context]]Jeff was announcing which players would join the first (yellow) tribe. Christy was the fifth woman on a tribe of just eight, so this was the first signal to the cast that this season would be men against women.[[/labelnote]]
** "The Amazon Heats Up":
--->'''Matthew:''' "[[ObfuscatingStupidity As far as Rob and Butch are concerned, I'm going to the Final Two with both of them.]]"

* ''Survivor 46:'' In episode 8, Q single-handedly changes the trajectory of the game, destroying the alliance status quo, tribal lines, and long-term plans of every single player, turning the season into a chaotic mess where all alliances are gone and pretty much everyone is playing an individual game with no real clue who's going home, and he did it with one line signaling his intention to quit by asking the other players to eliminate him.
--> '''Q:''' Jeff, the only one going home tonight is me.

As a reality competition, ''Survivor'' is bound to have [[WhamLine moments when someone's words change the game]]. Happens about OnceASeason, usually coinciding with a ShockingElimination.

We aren't alone in cataloguing these; ''Podcast/SurvivorOz'' made a [[https://survivoroz.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/survivor-oz-top-10-top-10-scene-changing-lines/ list of the Top 10 Scene-Changing Lines]] in 2013.

--->'''[[TheAtoner Ian]]:''' Okay, I have a solution. As you know, I had a, uh, interesting day. Um, I'll uh, [[HeroicSacrifice I'll go down]] [[RedemptionEqualsDeath if you take Katie]].

--->'''Jeff:''' Those immunity necklaces guarantee your safety, for about 10 more minutes. [[labelnote:Context]] Jolanda and Ian both won immunity during the marooning, but the next day, Jeff revealed the significance of them. They were required to start picking people for their tribes, and the male and female not picked were eliminated.[[/labelnote]]

* ''Survivor 45:'' "Following A Dead Horse To Water", This season had already been mixing a lot up from the previous four "new era" seasons, but very few people could have predicted the return of this Survivor classic:
--> '''Emily:''' ''(Reading from a note)'' Who's ready for a blast from the past? The Survivor Auction is back!

We aren't alone in cataloguing these; ''Podcast/SurvivorOz'' made a [[https://survivoroz.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/survivor-oz-top-10-top-10-scene-changing-lines/ list of the Top 10 Scene-Changing Lines]]

* In the 2016 ''Series/AustralianSurvivor'', Little awkward, overly emotional, flip-flopping Kristie, who had snuck into the final 5 by being so obviously a goat, and had seemingly only managed a place in the top 2 by sheer force of luck after some of the most gob-smackingly bad tribal council decisions in Survivor history, sits down at final tribal council and laughs: "You guys thought I was ''crazy''!"

* ''Survivor 44:'' In Episode 4, Josh, Carson, and Jamie are sent on a journey and each receive a Hidden Immunity Idol good for the rest of the pre-merge. And then the note gives them a bombshell.
--> ''Josh'': (''reading the note'') Oh, one more thing. You will not be returning to your tribe.

** In the finale Kathy was basically guaranteed the win due to likable Paschal being rocked out at the last tribal and the two others left Neleh and Vecepia being easy beats. Also she had an alliance with Vecepia guaranteeing a a spot at the end as long as Neleh doesn't win the final immunity. Only Kathy ended up dropping out and Vecepia turned to Neleh and cut Kathy's throat and made one of the most famous backstabs in the show up to that point.

-->'''Jeff''': "I'll read the votes." [[labelnote:Context]]Jeff reads the final votes at the live show back in the states and has never read them in front of the players on the island. This is because for the first time, the final vote was a tie.[[/labelnote]]

* ''Survivor 43:''
---> '''Jeff Probst:''' Two votes Justine, one vote Nneka, one vote Cody... one vote left. [[labelnote: Context]]Before Tribal Council, Cody grabbed a Beware advantage that left him without a vote and potentially risked a deadlocked tie between the remaining four (Dwight lost his vote previously). He was tasked with getting special beads from all six tribe members, and though he managed five with the help of Jesse and Nneka, [[SpannerInTheWorks Noelle was holding out because she thought they were pretty]]. Before and during Council, it was a mystery whether or not Cody managed to procure the final bead, but when Jeff announced one vote remained, it confirmed he did.[[/labelnote]]

** "Anything can Happen" - Russell has just told Sandra that he wants her sitting in the finals with her. Once again, we cut to a Sandra confessional:

* ''Survivor 42''

---> '''Omar:''' You did it?