As far as Survivor merge episodes go, Survivor: Winners at War’s merge was relatively uneventful, even with a challenge bringing back a player from the Edge.
Survivor Winners at War
Survivor season 40—the spring 2020, 20th anniversary season, which is titled Survivor: Winners at War—will feature 20 Survivor winners competing for $2 million.
Sandra didn’t quit Survivor. Stop saying she did.
Even Jeff Probst is defending Sandra, saying, “I don’t think it changes her legacy in any way. Sandra is a legend.”
The Survivor queen has one final power move before the last pre-merge vote
Survivor: Winners at War had its final pre-merge episode, with one more person sent to the Edge of Extinction—where the newest resident, Sandra, did something no one else has done.
Brutal, brilliant backstabs at Survivor’s two Tribal Councils
“Somebody’s going to get backstabbed and screwed over,” Nick said early on in Survivor: Winners at War’s sixth episode, and twice, his words turned out to be an understatement.
Survivor: Winners at War’s tribe swap created new alliances and brought up bad memories
Two tribes became three as Survivor Winners at War’s players realigned and reconnected—in one case, with past romantic partners.
Survivor and Ethan Zohn made me (briefly, temporarily) love the Edge of Extinction
For once, Survivor: Winners at War justified the amount of time it spent on the Edge of Extinction. Meanwhile, a tribe actually voted out a major threat!
Why Sandra sitting out back-to-back Survivor challenges is allowed
Survivor queen Sandra Diaz-Twine has now tied the record for the number of challenges sat out by a player on Survivor. So why is she allowed to sit out multiple challenges?
Did Survivor’s winners finally target one of the ‘power trio’?
Survivor’s third episode gave nearly all of its strategic focus to the Sele tribe, and whether or not the majority would target the alliance of Rob, Parvati, and Ethan.
Survivor winners play like terrified amateurs as advantages rain down
For some reason, Survivor’s winners are just falling down at Rob and Parvati’s feet, instead of just voting them out.
All of Jeopardy’s Survivor category answers and questions
Jeopardy gave an entire category to Survivor in honor of its 40th season. Here are the answers Jeff Probst gave, and the correct questions.
Survivor winners’ war starts with pre-existing relationships becoming part of the game
Two very strong episodes kicked off Survivor’s 40th season as winners went to war, though in very different ways.
The campaign to get rid of Survivor’s Edge of Extinction has succeeded!
“We’re not going to do Edge for a while. I’ve heard people. I got it,” Jeff Probst said. He also said Survivor: Winners at War “will be the best season we’ve ever done.”
Survivor’s retrospective had nostalgia, but mostly focused on modern Survivor’s defects
Survivor has never done clip shows well, and—while it had some great flashbacks—Survivor at 40: Greatest Moments and Players was no exception.
Jeff Probst’s astonishing response to criticism of Survivor—and a dire warning about one twist
Jeff Probst explained why he loves the Edge of Extinction, and what he thinks of people who criticize Survivor’s twists.
Survivor: Winners at War is Survivor’s oldest cast ever: explore 40 seasons of age data
The average age of Survivor 40’s cast makes it the oldest cast in the history of the show, though its oldest player is a quarter-century younger than Rudy was when he played.