Blood versus Water Seasons Similarities

With the twenty-seventh season of Survivor and the twenty-ninth season using the same major twist (blood versus water), it’s only inevitable that people compare the two seasons to each other. This blog post will point out the similarities (and differences) between the two seasons.

·         The highest ranking pair in both seasons was a mother/daughter pair.

·         The lowest ranking new player in the first blood versus water was paired with the person who ended  up winning. The first person voted out of the second blood versus water was paired with the winner.

·         Both seasons saw an injured contestant become a finalist.

·         Both seasons had brothers playing.

·         Both seasons had a person quitting the game.

·         Both seasons had two boyfriend/girlfriend pairs and a married couple.

·         Both had contestants that played other reality shows before they played Survivor.

·         Both had a male gay couple that was in a relationship.

·         Both quitters were with a romantic partner.

·         Both seasons lacked any cousins playing with each other.

·         Both seasons had a pair completely eliminated before the merge.

·         Both seasons had a men’s alliance that failed. (For the record, there has never been a successful all  men alliance in Survivor as of this blog post.)

·         Both seasons had pairs united by a tribe swap and more were united by the merge.

·         Both seasons had a sports player on it.

Now you might be wondering what some of the differences are. Well, I’ll get to that next. There are a lot of differences that existed between the two seasons. I might as well mention what they are, if only I could stop drawing this out… I think that I will.

Blood versus Water	San Juan del Sur
Did not have any sisters playing with each other.	Did not have any engaged people playing with each other.
Did not have a father and child.	Did not have a person with their aunt/uncle.
Had no twins.	Had the twinees!
The lowest ranking pair was married to each other.	The lowest ranking pair was a father and daughter.
A man won the game.	A woman won the game.
The game was more focused on singles- those without loved ones in the game.	The game was more focused on pairs- those with loved ones still in the game.
Had more pairs that weren’t related.	Had more blood relative pairs.
Had an even number of men and women.	Had more men than women.

Well, that’s all the trivia I can think of for now about the blood versus water twist. There’s probably more that I can’t remember. But I thought that this would be interesting, so I’m spreading my thoughts about it with you. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.