Survivor: Reclamation

Survivor: Reclamation is the twenty-second season of Matt's Survivor Series. The season was filmed in Manaus, Brazil, for the fourth straight time.

The eighteen contestants, referred to as "castaways", were originally split up into two tribes of nine. The tribe names were Campache and Marajó, which are islands in Brazil. The merged tribe was named by the twelve castaways who made the merge. It was named Brilho, which means "brightness" in Portuguese. After 39 days of competition, Ryder Michaelson was given the title of Sole Survivor, defeating Mandi Moody and Tess Costello in a 7-1-1 vote.

A new twist to the game called Reclamation Island was introduced this season. After a castaway was voted out, they were not sent home. Instead, they had the opportunity to return to the game by winning "duels" against other eliminated castaways. At a fixed point, the castaway on the island would reclaim their spot in the game, still going for $1,000,000.

Two contestants, Ryder Michaelson (Survivor: Bora Bora, Survivor: All-Stars, and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains) and Mason Cullen (Survivor: Brazil and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains), returned to compete for another shot at the money. They were placed on separate tribes.

Wes Britton was also awarded the $100,000 Verizon Player of the Season prize, receiving 37% of the vote, while Candice Ainsworth and Ryder Michaelson came in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

Castaways

 * Elaina was not assigned a tribe during the tribe switch due to being on Reclamation Island.
 * CJ played the hidden immunity idol, therefore three votes cast against him did not count.
 * Wes played the hidden immunity idol, therefore three votes cast against him did not count.
 * Mandi and Tess were considered co-runners up due to being tied at one vote each in the final Tribal Council vote.
 * Ryder played the hidden immunity idol twice, therefore six total votes cast against him did not count.