I & N's Survivor: India (Season 4)

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I & N's Survivor: India is the fourth season of Bob and Nasty's first series of a Survivor group game on Tengaged. Credit for the season logo goes to Bob for finding the logo for free on the Internet. The season began on Wednesday December 21, 2016 at 9 PM EST. The original tribes were Telugu wearing Hot Pink buffs, and Odia wearing Light Blue buffs. The tribes merged into the Anritsar tribe wearing Silver buffs on Day 9. The finale was hosted on January 9, 2017. The votes for the winner were read on January 12, 2016 where Tiffany beat out Nick and Renny in a 3-3-1, 1-0 vote. Jacob was named Player of the Season.

Twists
1. The Target Twist - Every tribal council the members of the tribe attending will receive a random target that they must try and get voted off at that council. If they succeed and also vote for their target they will receive 1/2 of a hidden immunity idol. They must eliminate two of their targets to gain a full idol.

2. No Hidden Immunity Idols - Yep, we're going back to basics here as the players will be playing the old fashioned way without the assistance of pre-hidden idols.

3. Combining Half-Idols - We're giving people the ability to combine two half idols into one full idol since it may be incredibly difficult to eliminate your targets at tribal. When this happens, the two players must tell either Bob, myself or Tim whose coming on as an emergency co-host for us this year and inform us who will possess the full idol. Once done, said person will be in possession of a full idol and can play them before the votes are read at tribal council.

4. Post-Merge Targets - Same as pre-merge, targets will be mailed to everyone at tribal, with the exception of the person who won immunity. That person cannot be targeted due to the necklace and as such will also be unable to receive a target because it would create an uneven number of targets at each tribal.

Contestants
This season featured eight new contestants to the series and eight returning players who failed to make the merge in their previous season.

Episode 1: "Mom! I Made it on I & N's Survivor!"
Eight new players began the journey of a lifetime as they were brought to the coast of the Bay of Bengal in India to compete in the fourth season of I & N's Survivor. Upon arriving, they were greeted by Nasty, Bob, and new co-host Tim who would fill in for emergency situations, and were surprised to find that they were the only eight people there. However, it was quickly revealed that the first new twist of the season would be that they were facing eight returning players from the show's first three seasons that all failed to make the merge and were classified as Failures. The eight new players consisted of Bryan, Colin, Issa, Jacob, Max Z., Nick, and Zach they were known as Telugu or the Fans tribe wearing Hot Pink buffs. The returning Fails tribe was known as Odia and were wearing Light Blue buffs; their tribe consisted of Adrian, Drew, Renny and Spicoli from Brazil, Harry B. and Tiffany from Egypt, and Kyle and Michael from Vanua Levu. Once introduced both tribes learned that this season's twist would be the Target twist where at each tribal they'd be given a random person on their tribe and they'd have to get that person voted out. If they succeeded they were awarded a half-idol, doing it twice would give them a full idol. However, they could also combine half-idols with other players as long as the two agreed on who would possess the idol, and they also discovered that no other Hidden Immunity Idols would be in the season so it would be that much harder to make it farther in the game. Moving on the tribes competed in the Swim For Your Life challenge hosted by Nasty where three members of each tribe would run across the beach before diving into the Bay and swimming to a platform to get a bag of puzzle pieces and race back to their tribe's mat. Once all three bags were brought back, one tribe member would work on a Sliding Puzzle with the pieces inside and the first tribe to solve the puzzle would win immunity. It was a very close race, but Issa managed to bring the Fans back and solved the puzzle first to claim victory for them. Having lived up to their name of Fails, the Odia tribe knew they'd have to vote someone out first and they had many options to choose from due to the tribe's five inactive participants at the first challenge. As the only four active members, Harry B., Kyle, Renny and Tiffany formed an active alliance and debated on whom to vote out. They eventually came down to either Spicoli or Drew, as Renny and Tiffany wanted Drew gone for being the weakest tribe member, but Harry B. and Kyle wanted Spicoli gone because he would be a bigger threat later in the game. At Tribal Council that night, the tribe learned that Jake had walked from the game on the Fans tribe as his personal life got too hectic and he knew that his performance would suffer so he became the first person to leave the game. In the vote, Spicoli became the first person voted out of I & N's Survivor: India Fans Vs. Failures by a 4-1-1-1-1 vote. Harry B., Kyle, Renny, and Tiffany all voted for Spicoli, Spicoli voted for Adrian, Adrian voted for Tiffany, and Drew and Micahel both Self-Voted.

Episode 2: "It's the Perfect Choice."
After the elimination of Spicoli, Tiffany was infuriated at receiving a vote and wanted to start a witch hunt to find the person who did so, though her alliance members talked her out of it. They eventually as a group figured it was Adrian and decided to keep closer tabs on him moving forward. Over at the Fans tribe, a solid active alliance was forming between Max Z., Nick, Jacob, and Issa. At the next challenge in the spirit of Christmas the tribes competed in the Gift Grabbing Galore challenge where they competed to try and post the sentence "Grabs the Gift" three times in a row without being interrupted by the other tribe's posts. Each round was played two vs. two, and the Fails emerged victorious after a close battle. Back at camp, Telugu made it pretty clear that the people on the chopping block were Zach because he was an outsider to the alliance, Colin for not competing in the challenge, and Bryan for not even showing up to the challenge. Eventually Jacob managed to convince his alliance that Bryan was the most dead weight since he never once talked game with anyone at all, nor did he compete in either of the two challenges. At tribal, Bryan was unanimously eliminated by a 6-1 vote over Colin as Jacob picked up 1/2 of an immunity idol for his vote against Bryan.

Episode 3: "I Got My Ass Dunked On."
After the elimination of Bryan, the Fans came back from tribal more determined than ever to even up the tribes. At the Survivor Trivia challenge, Zach single handedly won the challenge for the Fans with his vast knowledge and lightning fast reflexes. Despite this, his attitude towards the challenge as a game show and his unnecessary celebration rubbed many of the Fails the wrong way, especially Kyle who muttered the title quote when describing the situation in a confessional. Nevertheless, Max Z. was impressed with Zach's effort and formed a side alliance with him since he was trying in the challenges compared to Colin. Back at the Fails camp, the majority alliance debated between eliminating the other outsiders. Tiffany wanted to eliminate Adrian since he was nothing more than a wildcard vote and voted against her last time. Kyle wanted Drew out since he had done nothing at all in the season, and Harry B. brought up Michael for not trying his hardest in the challenges. In the end, the group agreed upon targeting Michael since he would be more of a threat moving forward towards the merge though Tiffany's constant appeals were grating on Harry B. and Kyle's nerves causing their trust in her to decline rapidly. Hearing his name being brought up as a potential target, Michael began scrambling to keep himself safe. He managed to convince Drew to vote with him since he was more than likely on the bottom of the tribe as well, and informed the majority alliance that he wanted Adrian gone for not trying harder in the group. Hearing this, Renny decided to change his vote to Adrian as well since Adrian was his target at the upcoming tribal. At tribal council, Adrian was voted out 4-3 over Michael when he failed to turn in a vote and eliminated himself from the game via a self-vote. Renny earned himself half of an idol due to voting for Adrian to leave.

Episode 4: "I AM THE ALLSTAR!"
Back at camp, Harry B. and Kyle were pissed at the voting outcome and incorrectly blamed Tiffany for the flip when in fact Renny had done so. When questioned, Renny provided a fake vote message to back up his claim that Tiffany flipped on the alliance. Harry B. wasn't so sure since he couldn't make out the time stamp, but Kyle did and backed up Renny's claim. The three then decided to target Tiffany at the next tribal, however Renny wasn't so sure of this as he quickly figured that Harry B. and Kyle were a duo that would go to the end together. Meanwhile, Tiffany was also pissed at the voting outcome but for a different reason as she was going to get a half idol if Michael was eliminated. Now out for blood, Tiffany quickly figured out that Renny was the one most likely to flip on the group since he revealed that Adrian was his target to the group. She vowed to target him the next time the Fails went to tribal. At the Complicated Quad challenge, where tribes competed to create a word the correct length to score a point for their tribe, the Fails managed to pull out a win and send the Fans back to tribal. Despite this, Kyle was again pissed at Tiffany for her constant complaining about the host of the challenge, Tim, who was called into duty since Bob and Nasty were unavailable. He even called for her dismissal from the game if her behavior continued after he apologized for using the N word at the challenge to try and score a point. At the Fans camp, Max Z. campaigned for Colin's elimination since he was the person contributing the least for their tribes in challenges as he never stuck around to compete. This was fine with the rest of the group, but Nick and Max Z. both contemplated eliminating Issa since she wasn't talking as much as she normally did to them. In the end, Colin was eliminated in a 3-2-1 vote over Zach and Max Z. when Nick decided to change his vote as he was becoming fed up with Max Z.'s controlling nature in the alliance. Jacob earned his second half idol piece for eliminating Colin and now had an idol in his back pocket moving forward.

Episode 5: Stab Him with a Rusty Spoon."
Back at camp, Issa was pissed at Max Z.'s decision to vote out Colin because she wanted the half idol piece for eliminating Zach. She then contemplated turning against him the next time they went to tribal. Jacob was ecstatic knowing that he now possessed an idol and decided to have some fun with it since he knew that he'd more than likely lose the season anyway. He created himself a fake half idol and gave it to Nick so that way it would make Nick trust him more and he knew that he could use it as leverage against him moving forward as Nick was playing the game too hard and fast in his opinion. Over at the Fails camp, Renny knew that Immunity was necessary as he was more than likely going home for his move last time at tribal. In the Spamming for Days challenge, the tribes competed to get as many people outside of the game to tag their tribe's hashtag in a blog on Bob's profile. The Fails narrowly won by one point thanks to the main efforts of Renny who had many friends on the site. At the Fans camp, they knew that they were going into the merge down in numbers and needed to make a big move to shake the game up. Tired of his controlling attitude, Nick decided to rally Issa and Jacob against Max Z. due to his controlling nature and bossiness at camp by revealing his thoughts on trying to eliminate Issa last tribal. This solidified a final three deal between them as they agreed to vote out Max Z. Meanwhile, Max Z. was becoming paranoid that no one was talking to him and decided to vote for Jacob as he was the least trustworthy of the other three active players in his opinion. At tribal though, all of their plans were dashed when Zach self-voted for the second consecutive vote and was automatically eliminated from the game and since he wasn't being voted off anyway, nobody received the half idol.

Episode 6: "I 'Received' a Special Advantage"
The two tribes merged together after the tribal, and they wore brand new Silver buffs which thrilled Max Z. since he was on the bottom and hoped that he could work with the Fails moving forward. The tribe then competed in the annual Flag Making Challenge which was won by Michael, who named the tribe Amritsar. However, he wouldn't receive a target at tribal because there would be an odd number of targets since nobody could vote him out. Jacob decided to have some more fun with his game and made up a fake advantage that he claimed to have gotten for finishing third in the challenge. It was called the Death stone and would allow him to take all the idol pieces from three people and toss them in the fire if he was voted out before the final 8. Few people believed it, but they didn't want to take the chance in case it was the truth so they decided against targeting him. Max Z. worked on talking to all of the Fails telling them about his standing on the old Fans tribe and how he wanted to flip on them. However, his multiple conversations rubbed people the wrong way and made him seem very untrustworthy. At tribal, the votes reflected this as Max Z. was voted out 6-3-1 over Kyle and Drew to become the first Jury member. Because he helped to vote out Max Z., Jacob was awarded his third half idol piece of the season.

Episode 7: "Right Out the Window"
Back at camp, the Fans knew that their days were numbered as they failed to get anybody to flip with them last night. At the Who to Cut challenge, Renny managed to answer the most questions correctly and outlasted all the other players to win his first immunity challenge of the season. Back at camp, the tribe was soon split into four groups, Kyle and Harry B., Renny and Tiffany, Michael and Drew, and the Fans. Deciding to try and make a big move, Michael convinced Renny and Tiffany to work with him in going against Harry B. and Kyle by taking out Nick who was the biggest threat of the remaining Fans. Meanwhile, Harry B. and Kyle convinced Jacob to vote with them since they trusted Issa the least as she like Max Z. was talking to multiple people. Knowing they were in danger, Issa and Nick threw their votes against Drew hoping that he would self-vote again and be eliminated. At tribal, it was the first three way tie in I & N's Survivor history as Drew, Issa, and Nick all had three votes each. However, since Drew had self-voted he was automatically eliminated according to the group rules. His jury spot was given to the VL because there was no guarantee that he would vote at the FTC.

Episode 8: "A Roller Coaster Game"
Following the tie vote, everyone was understandably on edge and tried to solidify bonds with other people. Michael made ground with Tiffany and Renny, while Jacob asked around to everyone as he liked the possibility of being a free agent. Nick made ground with Harry B. and Kyle and promised to help them vote out Michael next as he was becoming a bigger threat by the minute. At the Who the Hell is?! challenge, Tiffany claimed victory and was immune at the upcoming tribal council. Michael began his campaign to try and separate Kyle and Harry B., but was rebuffed by almost everyone he talked to. Realizing that he was not going to be in majority, he and his alliance voted for Issa in the hopes that her not voting would create a tie. At tribal, there was a 4-4 tie between Michael and Issa, but due to Issa not voting because of a medical emergency, she was eliminated automatically. However, she still retained her spot as the third jury member. Because he failed to vote off Issa, Jacob didn't receive a half idol but he did make another fake one and gave it to Tiffany to increase her trust in him.

Episode 9: "I'm the Kennel Master"
Coming back to camp, the group were honestly surprised at the vote outcome, but the majority weren't worried as now Michael didn't have anything to protect at this upcoming trible sans immunity. At the Cards Against Humanity challenge, Tiffany was proven to be the Queen of the game and won her second consecutive immunity challenge. Leading up to the vote, Nick stuck with Harry B. and Kyle since he knew that the others took out Issa and were untrustworthy. Jacob approached Michael's group about blindsiding Harry B. since he was playing everybody and needed to go soon. However, Michael didn't trust Jacob as he was sliding into the background unnoticed by the others. He decided to take him out and tried to convince Tiffany and Renny to join him, although they didn't want to do so they went along with the plan. At tribal, Jacob shocked everyone by playing his idol on himself and negated the votes against him sparing him from elimination. This left Michael to take the fall instead as he was voted out 3*-3-1 over Harry B.and Kyle earned himself a half idol.

Episode 10: "Juries Respect Gameplay and She has No Gameplay"
Coming back from tribal, Renny and Tiffany knew that they were in deep trouble and started scrambling to stay in the game. Renny contemplated flipping on her, while she wanted to remain loyal to Renny and looked towards taking out either Harry B. or Kyle since they were the power duo back at camp in her mind. At the Majority Rules challenge, Harry B. won immunity as he was able to correctly guess his fellow tribemates feelings about one another. Knowing that tonight's vote would lead into the finale, it looked like Renny or Tiffany would be the likely target. However, Harry B. confided in Tiffany that he was looking blindside Kyle as he knew that he was his toughest competition left. At the vote, it was a 2-2-2 tie between Kyle, Renny and Tiffany when Nick and Kyle voted for Renny, Renny and Jacob voted for Tiffany, and Harry B. and Tiffany voted for Kyle. In the revote, Kyle was blindsided 2-1-0 over Renny when Harry B. turned his back on him and Jacob did it for the half idol as Kyle became the Fifth jury member. Jacob was now in possession of his second idol of the season.

Episode 11: "Another Tie!?!?!?!?!"
Coming into the finale, Renny profusely apologized to Tiffany and reaffirmed his alliance to her after she begrudgingly forgave him. Harry B. felt comfortable as long as he won immunity again, and Nick and Jacob were just trying to survive. At the Fallen Comrades challenge, Tiffany once again reigned supreme as she remembered the most about the previously eliminated contestants. At the tribal, Jacob was confident that he could eliminate Nick due to his social game and brought this to Harry B.'s attention. Hearing his name going around, Nick approached Tiffany about blindsiding Harry B., and Renny decided to cause paranoia by combining his half idol with Tiffany's fake one to make a full idol, and voted for Jacob since he wanted him gone thinking that everyone would vote for him instead. The vote became a 2-2-1* split as Jacob shocked everyone with his second idol and the remaining three chose between Nick and Harry B. to go home. In the end, Renny and Tiffany eliminated Harry B. since he was the perceived kingpin of the season, while Jacob voted for Nick. At the final challenge of the season, Tiffany claimed her fourth challenge win as she guaranteed herself a spot in the FTC. Jacob pleaded with Nick to vote Fans strong as he knew Renny and Tiffany were gunning for him. The vote ended in a 2-2 deadlock which lead to the first Fire Making Challenge in I & N's Survivor history which resulted in Renny winning and eliminating Jacob from the game. At the FTC, Renny was blasted by the jury for his poor social game and handling of the jury questions, Nick was praised for his social gameplay but criticized for his lack of strategic moves and physical challenge presences, while Tiffany was commended for his physical performance but criticized for her temper. In the end, it was a 3-3-1 tie between Tiffany and Nick which led to Renny casting a tiebreaking vote which made Tiffany the first female Sole Survivor in I & N's Survivor history. Tiffany received votes from Max Z., Issa, Michael and Renny, Nick received votes from Kyle, Harry B., and Jacob, and Renny received only the VL's vote. Jacob was named Player of the Season at the Reunion show.