History Trivia / Survivor

*** The name "Ponderosa" comes from another long-running TV show; it's the homestead ranch featured in Series/Bonanza.

** Sia also loves the show and has given money to several players.

** The original filming location intended for Season 4 was the country of Jordan, but due to [[TheWarOnTerror a certain event in America in 2001]], it was changed to Marquesas.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: A number of former players have passed away, thus making them unable to return for returning player seasons.
** Jenn Lyon (''Palau'') died of cancer in 2010.
** B.B. Andersen (''Borneo'') died of a brain tumor in 2013.
** Caleb Bankston (''Blood vs. Water'') died of a rail accident in 2014.
** Dan Kay (''Gabon'') passed away by unknown reasons at the end of 2016.
** Wrestling/AshleyMassaro (''China'') committed suicide in 2019.
** Rudy Boesch (''Borneo'') died from complications of alzheimer's disease in 2019.

* BigNameFan:
** Mario Lanza, creator and owner of the extremely popular fan site [[http://www.funny115.com The Funny 115]], and writer of (among many others), the popular fanfics ''All-Star Survivor: Hawaii'', ''All-Star Survivor: Greece'' and ''All-Star Survivor: Alaska''. He's also considered to be one of the most prominent and knowledgeable experts on the show.
** {{Music/Sia}} is a huge fan of Survivor, and her favorite players are [[Characters/SurvivorSanJuanDelSur Keith]] [[Characters/SurvivorCambodia Nale]] and [[Characters/SurvivorKaohRong Tai]] [[Characters/SurvivorGameChangers Trang]]. She even appeared on Kaoh Rong's finale to give Tai one-hundred thousand dollars, half for him and half for an animal charity. She continued the gifts on later season's to the extent that fans talk about contestants playing for 'Sia Money' through doing good deeds.
** Other well known celebrity fans are Creator/YvetteNicoleBrown, Creator/AdamScott, Creator/DebraMessing, Creator/MayimBialik, Creator/DominicMonaghan, Music/DaveGrohl, Music/{{Rihanna}}, Creator/JimmyFallon, Creator/TylerPerry, Creator/ScottPorter, Creator/HankAzaria, and Creator/NeilPatrickHarris.

*** The name "Ponderosa" comes from another long-running TV show; it's the homestead ranch featured in Series/Bonanza

** {{Music/Sia}} is a huge fan of Survivor, and her favorite players are [[Characters/SurvivorSanJuanDelSur Keith]] [[Characters/SurvivorCambodia Nale]] and [[Characters/SurvivorKaohRong Tai]] [[Characters/SurvivorGameChangers Trang]]. She even appeared on Kaoh Rong's finale to give Tai one-hundred thousand dollars, half for him and half for an animal charity.

* OutOfOrder: The 32nd season of Survivor was apparently filmed ''before'' Season 31.

** "CG-I", to refer to a player with an OutOfFocus edit to the point that they seem almost digitally inserted into the show halfway through the season. In a similar then, thanks to Purple Kelly's OutOfFocus edit in ''Nicaragua'', people have referred to OutOfFocus contestants as "Purple ______".

** The hosting job for Survivor came down to Jeff Probst and [[Series/TheAmazingRace Phil Keoghan]]. Probst got it due to his live TV work and due to an interview on Access Hollywood where he flirted with Sandra Bullock. However, if Probst hadn't been chosen, imagine what both Survivor and The Amazing Race would be like with Phil as the Survivor host.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Despite many superfans clamouring for some sort of international crossover all-stars season with US returnees competing with returnees from [[Series/AustralianSurvivor Australia]], New Zealand and/or South Africa in the late 2010's, territorial rights issues will mean that such a season will likely never see the light of day.

** Richard Hatch was supposed to be on ''Heroes vs. Villains'' as well, but he was under house arrest at the time and wasn't able to get permission from the courts to to leave the country to film it. Additionally, both Yau-Man Chan and Corinne Kaplan had to turn down coming back due to work obligations.

** Ashley Massaro (''China'') committed suicide in 2019.

** Other well known celebrity fans are Yvette Nicole Brown, Creator/AdamScott, Creator/DebraMessing, Creator/MayimBialik, Creator/DominicMonaghan, Music/DaveGrohl, Music/{{Rihanna}}, Creator/JimmyFallon, Creator/TylerPerry, Creator/ScottPorter, Creator/HankAzaria, and Creator/NeilPatrickHarris.

** Jennifer Lyon (Palau) died of cancer in 2010. She was given an "Inmemoriam-" dedication after Heroes vs. Villains.
** BB Andersen (Borneo) died of a brain tumor in 2013.
** Caleb (Blood vs. Water) died of a rail accident in 2014.
** Dan Kay (Gabon) passed away for unknown reasons in 2016.

*** "Matsinging," named for the tribe in ''Philippines'', is similar but refers specifically to a losing tribe in 3-tribe seasons since those seasons have different dynamics. Interestingly, those dynamics tend to put the survivors of these in favorable positions.
** "Idoled" is when a contestant is eliminated only because another player who has the same or higher total of votes against them uses the Hidden Immunity Idol to save themselves from elimination. So far, this has happened in ''Fiji, Micronesia, Samoa'', ''Heroes vs. Villains'', ''Philippines''. ''Worlds Apart'', ''Cambodia'', ''Millennials vs Gen X'', and ''Game Changers''.
** "Loser Lodge" is a popular term for the Ponderosa, the nearby complex at which Jury members are sequestered before the final Tribal Council.

** "Advantagegeddon" refers to the final 6 tribal council in ''Game Changers'' where 3 immunity idols and a legacy advantage were played, sending Cirie out of the game when she was the only person that could receive votes despite having no votes cast against her.

*** "The Ometepe five/six" (Andrea, Natalie, Grant, Phillip, Ashley, Rob when it's six, during ''Redemption Island'')

** Two players have left ''San Juan del Sur'' just before filming, resulting in the "redemption island" twist being played axed altogether, and forcing the players to have a gender imbalance for the first time since Fiji. Probst confirmed this in an interview, and did not state why they had to leave. (Fans assume something similar to what happened to Craig Saint-Amour or [[Series/TheAmazingRace The Amazing Race 24]].) One of the supposed players then eventually competed in the following season.
** According to Jeff Probst, some players declined to return for ''Second Chances'', including Greg Buis from ''Borneo'', Elisabeth Hasselbeck from ''The Australian Outback'', Ian Rosenberger from ''Palau'', Brett Clouser and Shambo Waters from ''Samoa'', Jeff Kent and RC Saint-Amour from ''Phillipines'', and Josh Canfield from ''San Juan Del Sur''. CBS contacted Jon Misch, also from ''San Juan Del Sur'', about participating, but he missed the call and didn't check his voicemail in time.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://survivor.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The Survivor Wiki]].

** [[Characters/SurvivorDavidVsGoliath Davie Rickenbacker]] was never originally intended to be on ''David vs. Goliath'', but on the following season. Instead, somebody else applied to be on that season instead in which that said person left during the pre-season press interviews causing Davie to take his spot.

** [[Characters/SurvivorAfrica Kelly Goldsmith]] was an alternate for the ''All-Stars'' season was replaced with Shii-Ann at the last minute. She was also approached for ''Heroes vs. Villains'', but declined when casting wouldn't tell her the concept behind the season. She was approached a third time, for ''Blood vs. Water'', and had planned on playing, but had to decline when none of the loved ones she had chosen were able to play.

** [[Characters/SurvivorDavidVsGoliath Davie Rickenbacker]] was never originally intended to be on ''David vs. Goliath''. Instead, somebody else applied to be on that season instead in which that said person left during the pre-season press interviews causing Davie to take his spot.

** After [[Characters/SurvivorTocantins Stephen]] [[Characters/SurvivorCambodia Fishbash]] incorrectly refer to [[SurvivorSanJuanDelSur Missy]] as Muffin on Podcast/RobHasAPodcast, several fans start calling Missy by Muffin.

** [[Characters/SurvivorPanama Tina Scheer]] was going to be in ''Guatemala'' but her son died through a car accident and [[SurvivorGuatemala Amy O'Hara]] went on to replace her.

** Other well known celebrity fans are Yvette Nicole Brown, [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Adam Scott]], Debra Messing, Creator/MayimBialik, Creator/DominicMonaghan, Music/DaveGrohl, Music/{{Rihanna}}, Creator/JimmyFallon, Creator/TylerPerry, and Creator/NeilPatrickHarris.