Survivor

Shii Ann Huang is the first Asian-born contestant to compete on "Survivor."

For the first time in "Survivor" history, the tribes are not pre-determined. The oldest male, Jake Billingsley (tribe name Sook Jai), and the oldest female, Jan Gentry (tribe name Chuay Ghan), were tasked with picking each individual tribe.

Ryan becomes the third consecutive male to be the first contestant who is voted out.

With four individual immunity wins, Jenna ties Kelly Wiglesworth from Borneo for the most individual immunity wins by a female contestant in one season.

The editing accidentally gave away that Jenna was in the final 2 before the last immunity challenge. Note her confessional, with warpaint still on her face, in the jungle. Had she been voted out, she would not have returned to camp, and she didn't have the warpaint until after leaving camp.

After Jeff entered the studio, as the final ceremony was beginning, the words "Jenna's Family" prematurely flashed on the screen. Since the winner always hugs their family, this gave away the winner two minutes early.

Lillian is the first Survivor whose torch didn't go out on the first try. Ironically, Lill is also one of the two chosen later to return to the game, thus re-lighting her torch.

This is the first time in series history that a tribe that WINS the Immunity Challenge gets to attend Tribal Council. The Outcast tribe votes two players, Burton and Lil, back in the game. In a matter of speaking, one could say that a Survivor-record FOUR players were eliminated in this Tribal Council, as Nicole, Ryan S., Michelle, and Trish leave the game for good.

By helping to vote out Andrew, Lill became the first person in Survivor history to get revenge on someone who previously helped vote them out.

At Tribal Council, Burton gives his extra immunity (since he already has a week from the Outcasts win) to Rupert, one of the first times that immunity has been chosen for someone.

Burton wins the Immunity Challenge in this episode.

Burton and Lill of the Outcasts tribe are voted back into the game, the first time that this has ever happened on Survivor. They rejoin their old tribe, Drake and Morgan, respectively, granted with immunity for one week to allow themselves time to reintegrate into their tribes.

With Rupert's ouster, this marks the first time that five consecutive contestants of one gender (male in this case, Shawn, Osten, Andrew, Ryan O., and Rupert) have been eliminated at any time in one season.

In the season premiere, the survivors had only the clothes on their backs. However in this episode, Darrah is shown with a bathing suit that she wouldn't actually get for a couple more episodes at a reward. The shot was put in this episode despite having occurred later.

Burton is the first "Survivor" castaway to be voted out twice in one season. This scenario would not happen again until season 22, "Survivor: Redemption Island".

Sandra joins Tina Wesson as the only mothers to win "Survivor."

In the first immunity challenge, the final four contestants took on the five jury members (acting as a team) in a trivia question and answer contest. The jury won, thereby resulting in none of the four contestants gaining immunity. This is the first time in "Survivor" history that no contestant held immunity in a post-merge Tribal Council.

Shi-Ann Huang is the first contestant ever to play the game a second time despite not making the merge or the jury in a previous appearance.

It's interesting to note that there is a bit of foreshadowing during the episode's introduction. Rob M. and Amber sit next to each other on the boat and high five each other after making it to their beach.

Of all the All-Stars, Tina ends up faring the worst in two appearances combined, going from winning in the Outback to being voted off first. She finished 39 days less than her previous finish.