Survivor

For the second time in the history of the show, the Rites of Passage ritual was not shown during a season finale.

Coming in 2nd place, Coach improved on his previous finish on "Tocantins" (5th place) and "Heroes vs. Villains" (12th place). Ozzy improved on his previous finish on "Micronesia" (9th place), but not on "Cook Islands" (2nd place) after coming in 4th on "South Pacific".

With this episode, Ozzy has been voted out of his tribe a total of 4 separate times (second place in "Cook Islands", voted out for the first time in "Micronesia" and three times in "South Pacific"). Ozzy becomes the first contestant in the show's history to be voted out and have his torch snuffed out three times in one season

For the first time in the history of the show, during one season, two contestants (Jim and Brandon) win an individual immunity challenge in an episode and are voted out in that same episode.

Brandon becomes the fourth player ever to win an individual immunity challenge in an episode and be voted out in that same episode. Jim Rice from South Pacific, Jolanda Jones from Palau and Erik Reichenbach from Micronesia were the others.

The season finale of "Survivor: The Amazon" had a similiar title, "...And Then There Were Four".

The week this episode aired, it was announced that Jeff Probst married his girlfriend Lisa Ann Russell and became a step-father.

Jim becomes the third player ever to win an individual immunity challenge in an episode and be voted out in that same episode. Jolanda Jones from Palau and Erik Reichenbach from Micronesia were the others.

Ozzy becomes the third contestant in the show's history to be voted out and have his torch snuffed out twice in one season, joining Burton from Pearl Islands and Matt from Redemption Island.

With this episode, Ozzy has been voted out of his tribe a total of 3 separate times after coming in second place in "Cook Islands" and being voted out for the first time in "Micronesia" and twice in "South Pacific".

When live tweeting during the east coast broadcast, Jeff Probst (@JeffProbst) revealed that the pig-eating immunity challenge "was originally an entire pig - face, snout, tail etc.," but that during the run through done by show staff ahead of time it was decided it needed to be toned down.

Jeff states that a new Survivor record is made. Jim and Brandon carry 240 pounds during a weight challenge.

This season's cast features the return of "Coach" and Ozzy. This is both their third time on the show.

Brandon Hantz, who is the nephew of Russell Hantz, is the first ever blood relative of a previous contestant to play the game. Russell was a contestant on "Samoa", "Heroes vs. Villains", and "Redemption Island".

"Survivor: South Pacific" was filmed in Samoa, making it the third time the show has filmed there. This is the first time that a location has been used more than twice. The tribe names, Upolu and Savaii, are named after the two biggest islands in Samoa. It was reported that this season was originally going to be filmed in Tonga (an island nearby Samoa), but plans had to change after some production delays.

This season marks the sixth time that previous contestants have returned to play the game after "All-Stars", "Guatemala", "Fans vs. Favorites", "Heroes vs. Villains" and "Redemption Island". Edit

This season was titled "Survivor: South Pacific". The season premiere episode was 1 hour and 30 minutes long.

Natalie joins Russell from "Heroes vs. Villains", Mick from "Samoa", Stephen from "Tocantins", Sugar from "Gabon", Cassandra and Dreamz from "Fiji", and Becky from "Cook Islands" as the only contestants to reach a final and not receive any votes to win.

By winning season 22, Rob Mariano improved on his three previous finishes. Furthermore, Rob has now played four times and has still never sat on the jury. He was eliminated pre-jury in "Marquesas" and "Heroes vs. Villains", was second place in "All-Stars" and was the winner of "Redemption Island". Edit

Although the final four did participate in the Rites of Passage ritual, it was cut from the episode due to time. It was the first time in the history of the show that this ritual was not shown during a season finale. Edit