- VFB: Votes For Bootee. The number of times the contestant has voted for the person who was ultimately voted out. Applies only to initial votes (no points for revotes in case of a tie). Special case: In a final three TC, where only one vote is cast (by the F3 IC winner), only that vote counts.
- VAP: Votes Against the Player. The total number of tribal council votes cast against the contestant. Again, only initial votes count (no penalty for revotes), and here a hidden immunity idol (if played) erases the votes. In the special case of a final three tribal council above, only the F3 bootee receives a vote against.
- TotV: Total votes cast during the tribal councils the player has attended (again, only initial votes count). Used to adjust for different vote totals as tribes shrink.
- TCA: Tribal council appearances. The number of times a contestant has attended tribal council (at which they voted).
- TC%: Tribal Council percent. Attempts to reward voting for the bootee (which players controlling the vote almost always do), while punishing receiving votes yourself. The formula is: TC% = [VFB - (VAP/TotV)] / TCA.
- wTCR: weighted Tribal Council Ratio. Very similar in intent to TC%, but calculated as a ratio of VFB to VAP, while also scaling to a uniform number of TC appearances. The formula is as follows: wTCR =2* [VFB / (4+VAP)] x (14/TCA). I originally tried (1+VAP) to avoid dividing by zero, but this overly rewarded getting zero votes against relative to just one vote against, which seemed silly. (4+VAP) scaled that effect back comfortably. 14 was used as the scaling factor for TC appearances because there are usually 14 episodes, then a final scaling factor of 2 to bring maximal scores up to roughly even with ChW and JV% high scores.
Survivor New Zealand: Nicaragua boxscores
Episode 9
Filmed: August 14-15, 2016 | Aired: June 4, 2017
- Ep9 duel: "House of Cards" - Told before the duel that it is for re-entry into the game, Georgia and Shay have a neck-and-neck race to build their 3-meter house of cards first. As Georgia attempts to put the winning pieces in place, her entire stack collapses, and Shay calmly puts two more cards on her stack to win.
- Ep9 merge: After Georgia departs, Matt informs the contestants they have merged, and they're stuck with the name "Casar," whether they like it or not.
- Ep9 Reward challenge: "Flash Back" - With his last three competitors eliminated at the end of the third round, Mike wins a chocolate cake, picks Shannon and Shay to join him, and they have 5 minutes to eat it. Yum?
Episode 9 scoring notes
Notes: This episode marks the debut of individual challenges, and thus Mean % Finish in individual challenges (a.k.a. MPF). See below for explanation. Only relevant note here: Ties in placement give a % Finish of the average of the places for the people tied - so Shannon, Shay & Tom's placement (2/3/4) averages to points for third place (8/10). Also: Nobody has yet won more than one duel. Weird!
Vote count:
- No votes this episode
| Contestant | ChW | ChA | % Fin | MPF-D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 75.0% |
| Shay | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 100.0% |
| Reward Challenge | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contestant | ChW | ChA | Plc | % Fin | MPF |
| Shay | 0 | 1 | t-2 | 0.80 | 80.0% |
| Tom | 0 | 1 | t-2 | 0.80 | 80.0% |
| Jak | 0 | 1 | t-6 | 0.45 | 45.0% |
| Lee | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.30 | 30.0% |
| Mike | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 100.0% |
| Avi | 0 | 1 | t-6 | 0.45 | 45.0% |
| Sala | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.60 | 60.0% |
| Barb | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.20 | 20.0% |
| Nate | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.10 | 10.0% |
| Shannon | 0 | 1 | t-2 | 0.80 | 80.0% |
Glossary of terms