Exile Island

Exile Island
FSFW Twists
Description	A separate camp where contestants are forced to live alone, away from the tribe.
Appearance(s)
Main Season
Season(s)
Seasons	Madamadamadamada Tavuye

Exile Island is a game-changing twist in Flipverse Survivor. Exile Island is a small campsite apart from the actual tribe camps where one or two contestants will be left, banished for a predetermined period of time. Though in seclusion, the banished castaway(s) will often have a "consolation prize" such as a clue to the location of a Hidden Immunity Idol that may or may not be hidden there.

Premise

The premise of Exile Island is simple: To force someone (though still depending if there is another twist) to live on his/her own on an uninhabited island. The logic is that the banished player will be separated from their tribe, unable to strategize and will be out of the loop until a predetermined period of time. This twist provides more emphasis on the social aspect of the game, for which players can have an open opportunity to gossip and/or to campaign the ouster of the exiled survivor. However, all these can backfire, as Exile Island provides clues to the whereabouts of a Hidden Immunity Idol, which may or may not be hidden on the island. Clues will constantly be handed in every episode, though it does not guarantee the player truly finding the Idol (especially if the Idol had already been found by someone else). This will add more mystery in the game as suspicion would arise between the castaways regarding who really has the Idol.

Usually after winning a Reward Challenge, aside from the reward itself, the winning tribe (or individual/group, if merged) will also have the power to send one person from the losing tribe/team to Exile Island.

During the pre-merge phase, if a tribe switch takes place with an odd number of castaways, the odd person out will be automatically banished to Exile Island. They will rejoin the game after the following Tribal Council, as a member of the tribe that loses a member at that Tribal Council. Not being on any tribe, they cannot compete in any challenges, nor vote or be voted out at that respective Tribal Council.

Banished players will be given a machete, a pot, and a piece of flint to fend for themselves. They will usually be reunited with their tribe in time before the next Immunity Challenge, though there are exceptions.

Development

The concept of Exile Island was first introduced in Survivor: Madamadamadamada as an official part of the game in Survivor: Tavuye and a number of subsequent seasons.

Strategy

There have been strategies and other factors that can be considered in banishing a player over the course of the series:

• Send the same person multiple times so that only that person receives the clues of the hiding place of the Hidden Immunity Idol (could also potentially brand them a threat);
• Send the losing tribe's strongest or resident food provider, assuring their tribe will grow hungrier and weaker come the Immunity Challenge.
• Send one person multiple times so that their tribe will question that player's loyalties and motives;
• Send the tribe's weakest member in challenges to weaken the tribe further and break their spirit;
  • Send a person to Exile Island following a combined Reward/Immunity Challenge which also grants them immunity from Tribal Council
• Send a person to Exile Island can be also a fitting revenge plan following a betrayal;
• Send the most likable person to demoralize their tribe;
• Send an ally, or themselves to gain access to a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol.

Exile Island and the Hidden Immunity Idol

Though players may feel alone and uneasy during their banishment, there is a silver lining about staying on the dreaded island - a clue to the whereabouts of a Hidden Immunity Idol that may or may not be hidden somewhere on Exile Island.

Twist History

Survivor: Madamadamadamada

TBA

Survivor: Tavuye

On day 1, all twenty castaways were sent to the island, with the host telling them about the twist. Immediately after the revelation, the castaways were immersed into their first Reward Challenge. The losing tribe, style="width: 55px; background-color:#24AA32; white-space:nowrap;" | {{{2}}}, would then leave one of their own on the island. After a harrowing game of rock-paper-scissors, TBA was forced to stay there. After the incident, Tayna then revealed the existence of the Hidden Immunity Idol.

For the rest of the game, Tayna announced that the tribe that wins the reward challenge would also get the power to banish any member of the rival tribe to Exile Island. During this time period, TBA's TBA would obtain the Hidden Immunity Idol.

After the merge, on day 19, the merged tribe TBA was divided into three groups of three for their next reward challenge. The winning tribe would send two people, one member from both teams to Exile Island. TBA, TBA, and TBA won the challenge and chose TBA and TBA to stay on Exile Island. Up until the final five, the same rules applied, though only one person was exiled per episode.

On day 38, Exile Island was retired, though the final four castaways, TBA, TBA, TBA, and TBA revisited the island for the rites of passage ritual to celebrate their fallen comrades and burn the skull, after which they headed to the venue of their Final Immunity Challenge.

Trivia

• It's based on the real version used in Survivor.
• It didn't make an appearance in Survivor: Tropical Paradise or Survivor: Relai.
• Eggy is the first person to be sent to Exile Island.
• Ikebana has the record for the most Exile Island visits with 3.
• TBA was the first castaway to be banished to Exile Island but be given free immunity.
• TBA was the first castaway to be banished to Exile Island and not return to their tribe for tribal council.