| Survivor: Motu Maha | |
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| Filming Location | Motu Maha |
| Season Run | August 27, 2016 - October 15, 2016 |
| Host(s) | Amanda Cami Abbey |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Days | 39 |
| Survivors | 17 |
| Winner | Jay O. |
| Runner(s)-up | Karen Duncan |
| Tribes | Mohiotanga Purotu Whirikoka Manaakitanga |
| Returnees | Brian (S7) Duncan (S5, S13) Drew (S8 & S14) Jay B. (S8) Jay O. (S5 & S10) Julia (S3, S13 & S14) Karen (S3, S13) Kevin (S8) Mitch (S3, S7 & S14) |
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| Previous Season | 'Survivor: Monuriki' |
| Next Season | 'Survivor: Mindoro' |
Survivor: Motu Maha is the second season of the Tumblr Survivor Athena series.
Hosts
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| Amanda | Cami | Abbey |
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Production
The blog for this season was Survivor: Motu Maha and the tag was #YouGottaDigDeep.
Applications went out on August 14th 2016 and the season started on August 27th 2016.
Twists/Differences
- Brain vs. Brawn vs. Beauty: The division of the tribes is based on the most prominent personal attributes of each castaway: brawn, brains, and beauty. The brain tribe was represented by Mohiotanga, the brawn tribe by Whirikoka, and the beauty tribe by Purotu.
Castaways
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Isaiah 18, United States 
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Whirikoka | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
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Ash 17, United States
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Whirikoka | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
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Mitch 19, United States
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Purotu | 3rd Voted Out Day 9 |
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Brian 21, Canada 
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Mohiotanga | Whirikoka | 4th Voted Out Day 12 |
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Jay B. 18, United States
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Purotu | Whirikoka | Quit Day 13 |
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Ricky 17, United States
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Mohiotanga | Whirikoka | Manaakitanga | 5th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 15 |
11 |
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Kevin 15, United States
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Whirikoka | Whirikoka | 6th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 18 |
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Drew 26, United States
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Mohiotanga | Purotu | 7th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 21 |
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Bernel 16, United States
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Purotu | Whirikoka | 8th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 24 |
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Julia 15, United States
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Mohiotanga | Whirikoka | 9th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 27 |
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Ariel 19, United States
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Mohiotanga | Purotu | 10th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 30 |
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Maximilian 20, Canada
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Whirikoka | Purotu | 11th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 33 |
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Pippa 16, United States
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Whirikoka | Purotu | 12th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 36 |
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Quinn 16, Sweden 
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Whirikoka | Whirikoka | 13th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 38 |
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Duncan 18, United States Monuriki |
Purotu | Purotu | 2nd Runner Up | 5 | |
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Karen 21, Canada Monuriki |
Mohiotanga | Purotu | Runner Up | 15 | |
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Jay O. 18, United States
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Purotu | Purotu | Sole Survivor | 1 | |
Episode Guide
| Episode | Immunity | Voted Out | Vote | Finish | |
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| 1 | “I PAID 99 CENTS FOR THAT CRAP” | Purotu | Isaiah | 5-1 | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
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| 2 | "Looking At A Damn Kneeling Abi Maria" | Mohiotanga | Ash | 4-1 | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
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| 3 | "How Do You Not Know The Sun Is A Star" | Whirikoka | Mitch | 3-2 | 3rd Voted Out Day 9 |
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| 4 | "Is This Challenge...Literally...A Pissing Contest..." | Purotu | Brian | 4-2-1 | 4th Voted Out Day 12 |
| 5 | "Talking To People? Doing Work? A Social Game? These Are Now Foreign Concepts To Me" | Jay | — | Quit Day 13 | |
| Jay | Ricky | 11-1 | 5th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 15 | ||
| 6 | "Save Me From A Sticky Situation dot MP3" | Kevin | 4-0 | 6th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 18 | |
| 7 | "Fish Gotta Swim, Snakes Gotta Die" | Karen | Drew | 6-4 | 7th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 21 |
| 8 | "Desperation Is The Best Place To Ruin Other People" | Quinn | Bernel | 4-3 | 8th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 24 |
| 9 | "Duncan Is King Cobra" | Jay | Julia | 5-0 | 9th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 27 |
| 10 | "LMFAO Whoever Keeps Me Safe!" | Maximilian | Ariel | 4-0 | 10th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 30 |
| Jay | Maximilian | 4-2 | 11th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 33 | ||
| 11 | "IM W I N N I N" | Quinn | Pippa | 4-1 | 12th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 36 |
| Karen | Quinn | 3-1 | 13th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 38 | ||
| Duncan | 5-4-0 | 2nd Runner Up | |||
| Karen | Runner Up | ||||
| Jay | Sole Survivor | ||||
Voting History
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| Episodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||||
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| Vote | 5-1 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 4-2-1 | None | 11-1 | 4-0 | 6-4 | 4-3 | 5-0 | 4-0 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 5-4-0 | |||||||||
| ►► | Jay O. | — | — | Bernel | — | — | Ricky | Kevin | Ariel | Bernel | Julia | Ariel | Maximilian | Pippa | Quinn | |||||||||
| ►► | Karen | — | — | — | — | — | Ricky | Kevin | Ariel | Bernel | Julia | Ariel | Maximilian | Pippa | Quinn | |||||||||
| ►► | Duncan | — | — | Mitch | — | — | Ricky | Kevin | Ariel | Bernel | Julia | Ariel | Maximilian | Pippa | Quinn | |||||||||
| ►► | Quinn | Isaiah | Ash | — | Brian | — | Ricky | Drew | Karen | Self-Vote | Jay O. | — | Karen | — | ||||||||||
| ►► | Pippa | Isaiah | Ash | — | — | — | Ricky | Drew | Bernel | Julia | Ariel | Maximilian | Self-Vote | — | — | Jay O. | ||||||||
| ►► | Maximilian | Isaiah | Ash | — | — | — | Ricky | Drew | Karen | Julia | Karen | — | — | Jay O. | ||||||||||
| ►► | Ariel | — | — | — | — | — | Ricky | Drew | — | — | Jay O. | |||||||||||||
| ►► | Julia | — | — | — | Brian | — | Ricky | Drew | Karen | — | Karen | — | ||||||||||||
| ►► | Bernel | — | — | Mitch | Brian | — | Ricky | Drew | Karen | — | — | Jay O. | ||||||||||||
| ►► | Drew | — | — | — | — | — | Ricky | Kevin | Ariel | — | Karen | — | ||||||||||||
| ►► | Kevin | Isaiah | Ash | — | Brian | — | Ricky | — | Karen | — | ||||||||||||||
| ►► | Ricky | — | — | — | Kevin | — | Quinn | — | — | Jay O. | ||||||||||||||
| ► | Jay B. | — | — | Mitch | Quinn | Quit | ||||||||||||||||||
| ► | Brian | — | — | — | Kevin | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mitch | — | — | Bernel | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ash | Isaiah | Quinn | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Buffs
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