Survivor- Winners at War

Survivor: Winners at War is the 40th season of Survivor.

Twists
14 Castaways

Returning Contestants (all winners)

Double Elimination

Advantage at Auction (extra vote)

Hidden Advantage at Immunity Challenge (Immunity Granter)

Merge at 7

Firemaking Tiebreaker

Summary
For the 40th season, 14 of Survivor's most powerful winners competed to win the game once more, and a heightened prize of 2 million dollars. There were 2 tribes in the beginning; Sele and Nuku.

On Sele, Hallie was a main target, since she is the only Survivor contestant to have won the game twice. Carly Shay, the very first Survivor winner, was also a main target. The two formed an alliance, promising not to vote each other out. Although it looked bleak for the two, Daisy knew Hallie and wanted to be in alliance with her, as they went far together in Heroes vs Villains II. The remaining 4 became aligned and wanted Hallie to go first. On Nuku, Kris and Kim battled for control of the tribe, and since they still had bad blood from their first season, feuded a lot. They formed two separate alliances, one with Kris, Loreinne, Tom, and Rachel, and another with Kim, Woody, and Applejack. However, both alliances wanted to send Applejack home before the merge, since she was an old school player that could be dangerous. At the first challenge, Sele lost. The majority was ready for Hallie to go; however, Hallie never quits, and confided in Pabbie to join her alliance. Pabbie knew that Hallie mostly kept her alliances strong, and joined their side. They blindsided Francine first, the head of the other alliance. Prince Eric and Swiper were left on the bottom.

At the second challenge, Sele united and won the challenge. While Kris's majority was set on voting out Kim, Rachel and Tom wanted to shake up the game and be the head of an alliance. They got Applejack on their alliance since they knew that she was at the bottom of Kim's group, and tried to get Loreinne to jump ships and vote out Woody. However, Loreinne realized that it would be a mistake to shake up alliances this early, and told Kris. Since Kris is quite ruthless, she wanted Rachel gone, and settled her differences with Woody and Kim. The four then voted Rachel off. Although they were together for that one vote, Tom and Applejack apologized to their separate alliances, and the two groups stayed divided. Sele lost the third challenge, and the majority voted off Prince Eric next. However, Pabbie considered flipping, and started a secret alliance with Swiper. It didn't end up mattering, because they won the fourth challenge. The alliances were tied in numbers, but Kim sensed that a tribe switch was coming, and joined forces with Kris once again, as well as making amends with Tom. Applejack was then blindsided by her tribe.

Kim's theory was proven correct, because a tribe switch occurred the next day. The new tribes were; Once- Tom, Daisy, Swiper, Pabbie, and Kris, and More- Loreinne, Hallie, Woody, Carly, and Kim. On More, Woody did not want to stay aligned with Kim, since she was gossipy and rude. Loreinne became closer with Kim, and Woody started to talk to Carly and Hallie, a power duo. On Once, Daisy became friends with Kris and Tom, and Pabbie considered to stay aligned with Swiper. However, Pabbie found a clue at his camp to an Immunity Granter at the next Immunity Challenge, and didn't trust Swiper enough to confide in him. Pabbie told Daisy, who helped him get it at the challenge, which Once ended up losing. He then knew to stick with her, and the 4 voted off Swiper. Daisy and Pabbie then became closer.

Although tribes seemed quite strong, Survivor is never predictable, and introduced a Double Elimination at next challenge, where both tribes would be voting one of their own off. Hallie won Immunity on More, and Tom won on Once. With Tom winning Immunity, he gained more power. He wanted Pabbie to go, but Daisy had just become close with him, and did not want that to happen. She told Tom about Pabbie's advantage, and the two promised that they would use it on Tom if he was in trouble at the merge. He agreed that it would be helpful, and the 3 blindsided Kris. On the More tribe, Carly and Hallie seemed set to vote with Woody and take out Kim. Loreinne and Kim knew that Woody was shifty, and wanted to make a big move and get out Carly, who felt like she was in a power position. Woody debated flipping, and at the last second realized that it would be a good move. The very first Survivor winner was then blindsided and became the second juror, and Hallie was on the bottom.

The two tribes then merged into one, and Tom was in the middle between his new Once alliance and his original Nuku alliance. Kim pulled him in, and the 4 planned on taking out Hallie first. The 3 Sele members were on the bottom, but Pabbie had an advantage that he knew would keep him safe. However, Tom told his Nuku alliance about the Immunity Granter, and the 3 lost trust in him. At the first Reward Challenge, there was an auction, and whoever had 500 dollars left could play for an advantage. Hallie was the only one, so she won by default. She received a clue to an Extra Vote Granter at her camp. She eventually found it under their shelter, but told the tribe that she couldn't find it, but later let Daisy and Pabbie know the truth. Tom won the first Individual Immunity, and Hallie's alliance knew that they had to play their advantages to stay in the game. Daisy and Pabbie wanted to take out Kim or Woody, but Hallie realized that if she took one of them to the Final Two with her, then most of the jury would be in Hallie's favor. The three decided to go for someone who didn't have that much power to send a message, and were set to vote for Loreinne. But before tribal, Woody told to Hallie that he will vote Kim out and doesn't want Hallie to go home. Kim caught him whispering, and realized that he was still shifty. Her alliance (excluding Woody) decided that Woody had to go instead, and tried to get Hallie's group to join them. Hallie stayed with her theory of keeping her main enemies, and told her alliance to stay strong. During tribal, Kim sensed that Hallie wasn't going to flip, and whispered to her alliance members to vote for Hallie. Woody was left out of Kim's whispering session, and announced that he was going to vote for Kim. However, Hallie's alliance stayed strong with their plan for Loreinne, and Hallie used to extra vote so that the votes wouldn't be tied. Loreinne was then successfully blindsided by the opposing alliance.

Down in numbers, Kim tried to make amends with Woody. They agreed to work together from now on, even though Woody and Hallie started to become acquainted. Hallie's alliance felt like they were in a strong position, and when Kim won Immunity, they planned on using the Immunity Granter on whoever Kim's alliance was going to vote for, and Pabbie offered to be a double agent and get intel (Daisy and Hallie wanted to take out Tom). However, Pabbie and Kim had been talking throughout the past days, with Kim convincing Pabbie that flipping would be a good move. Just incase Hallie had other advantages, the alliance decided to split the votes (2 and 2) between her and Daisy, so that they wouldn't be able to revote. Woody convinced the group to get out Daisy if there was a revote, since him and Hallie were becoming closer. At tribal, no advantages were played, and Hallie and Daisy were shocked that Pabbie flipped. Daisy was then voted out at the revote, leaving Hallie all alone.

On the bottom once more, Hallie did not give up, even though it looked bleak for her. Although she was friendly with Woody, he gave his word to Kim that he wouldn't flip on her again. When she lost Individual Immunity to Woody, she decided to partake in drastic measures. She told Woody that she would go to the Final 2 with him if she stayed, and convinced him that Kim and Tom wouldn't take him. She then talked to Tom, and told him that he hadn't made any big moves in the game so far, and voting out Pabbie would be the first. Tom agreed, and the 3 pulled off a blindside on Pabbie, who went home with his Immunity Granter. Kim understood that Pabbie was a threat, but wanted Hallie gone the next vote. Tom thought so as well, but Woody wanted nothing to do with Kim, and 2 separate alliances formed. Kim won Immunity, and at tribal, a tie occurred between Hallie and Tom. Since no one wanted to change their vote, they went into a Firemaking Tiebreaker. Hallie came out successful, and Tom was eliminated.

Down to 3, Kim was confident that she could win Final Immunity and take out Hallie. However, her theory was incorrect, as Hallie won the most important challenge yet. The decision was clear to her, and Kim became the final jury member.

On Day 29, Hallie and Woody enjoyed their success in making it to the Final Two, and wished each other the best of luck. At the Final Tribal Council, Hallie was given much praise for making it to the end even though she was usually on the bottom. Although Woody also played a good game, he was criticized for his constant flipping and eagerness to follow Hallie, when he could have taken her out many times. In the end, the decision of who should win was obvious, and Hallie received all 7 votes and was titled the Sole Survivor, winning two million dollars and being the only Survivor contestant to ever win 3 times.

Episodes
* On Day 20, Hallie used her Extra Vote Advantage and voted for Loreinne