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Hello everyone! Mack here. Welcome to another instalment in this series! I am so excited for you to watch this season, and I am so excited that we finally arrived to our very first All Stars season. I feel as though we are entering a new era, and I am so excited we are doing this together.

I apologise for the wait on this one, as you know life gets in the way & I try to pay close attention to detail with my seasons so I wanted to make sure the final product wasn't rushed in the end. I hope you understand! Without further ado, I present to you Mack's Survivor Season 8!

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This season 18 of Mack's Survivor most iconic players are going to face off once again to see who will be the last one standing to claim the million dollar prize and the title of Sole Survivor! The location this season, as you may have noticed is none other than Borneo, there is no better place for an all star season than the place where it all began!

The game will be tougher than it has before, with not only experience but previous relationships impacting the course of the game for the first time ever. Here is the cast of MS: Season 8:

CAST

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Cast Reveal Thread can be found here for extra detail!

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SEASON LINK

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SEASON SYNOPSIS:

Episode 1 - We are back where it all began, on the beach of Borneo. Here, 18 of the best players from the last 7 seasons are gathered again to play once more. Some, seeking redemption, revenge or recognition, while others looking to defend their title as Sole Survivor. Over the next 39 days, these all-stars are going to be battling the elements and one another, forced to adapt, they will be voted out one by one until only one remains to claim the million-dollar prize. The game is about to begin, who will be the winner? 39 days, 18 people 1 Survivor!

The 18 all-stars show up on the beach, everyone is sizing each other up as they recognize one another. They are split into 3 tribes for the first time in Mack’s Survivor history, Bintang tribe wearing red, Raja tribe wearing green and Diraja tribe wearing yellow. The game officially begins with an introduction immunity challenge. At the very first immunity challenge of the season, the all-stars play in the Quest for Fire. Raja & Diraja tribe come out on top and win immunity, however during the challenge Alice sprains her ankle. She is cleared to continue in the game, but she will need her ankle revaluated when she is back at camp. Back at the Bintang tribe, Croissant and Sera bond ahead of the tribal council, both expressing their fear of going home first. The two of them decide to protect one another from becoming the first boot of the season. Raja tribe celebrate their win, and everyone gets along… for now. At Diraja, Taylor starts a fight with Sasha after the two of them had a clash in the first immunity challenge when they both tried to lead the tribe. Taylor ends up very frustrated with Sasha and calls her untrustworthy. Later, Taylor approaches Eric, the two of them have a pre-existing relationship from their previous season where they played together. They decide to work together. A few hours pass and Alice realises that her ankle is getting worse, the medical team comes to the Diraja camp to look at her ankle which turns out to be broken. Alice ends up not being cleared to continue and she is devastated when she is told that she must leave the game immediately. Nobody is voted out at the end of the day as Alice is taken away by a boat.

Episode 2 – Bintang & Raja tribe learn the information about Alice’s med-evacuation from the game. The game continues. Raja tribe win reward, they win a tarp and blankets, however they give up their reward for flint, a pot and a clue to the first key of the rice box, which is also given to the other two tribes. At the immunity challenge, the Bintang tribe loses yet again, and will actually have to face tribal council tonight. Back at camp, Franklin and Valentino form an alliance, the two of them consider each other to be the best strategists on the tribe and want to go to the end with one another. At Raja, Arjun and Iseul show off their social abilities and form a bond. At Diraja, after her argument with Sasha in the last episode Taylor decided to take the lead at the immunity challenge and her tribe is very impressed with her skills. However, Sasha speaks to Eric and Eric realises that Sasha is a much more level-headed player, and he thinks he can work with her better long term. He decides not to work with Taylor anymore after her outburst.

Tribal Council – At the Bintang tribal council, Croissant and Sera target Valerie who they think is the weakest link on the tribe both strategically and physically. Frankie and Valentino catch out that Sera and Croissant are getting too close with one another, and decide to split up their duo as soon as possible. The Syncopation is very happy to be involved in a blindside and Valerie is desperate to save herself. At tribal council, Sera and Croissant are blindsided when Sera is voted out by a vote of 4-2. She leaves the game stunned and wishes her ally Croissant best of luck moving forward.

Episode 3 – The all-stars game is in full swing, and blindsides have already begun. Raja and Diraja tribes win the next reward challenge, winning comfort items & another clue to the rice box. At the immunity challenge, Raja and Bintang come out on top and will be safe for another few days. Back at Bintang, Valerie becomes paranoid after receiving votes at the previous tribal council, she starts to investigate who wanted her gone and starts a fight with Frankie, who she says can’t be trusted due to being a previous winner. The chaos continues as the way Frankie handles the fight with Valerie makes Valentino pull away from their alliance, he approaches Croissant and Shawn to form a new back up alliance, the other two agree. At Raja, Arjun continues to put his social abilities to use, and he decides to get close to Elka, as he wants to work with her moving forward. He believes that due to her being a winner he will be able to go to the end with her and at the final two, nobody will vote for her to win again. Meanwhile, Wayne’s physical strength is impressing his tribe members. Arjun and Elka approach Wayne and the three of them form an alliance, they bring in Malik who they also consider to be a very strong player. Elka wants to work with Malik so that winners stay together, and Arjun wants to use the winners as shields moving forward. At Diraja, with the tribal council looming tensions begin to rise. Eric and Ethan get along and bond, Ethan thinks Eric is one of the most collected players on the tribe and wants to work with him. Ethan approaches Rylin and Taylor to create a 4-person alliance, as a superfan, Ethan believes that Sasha is the biggest threat in the game due to her experience in surviving every single tribal council during her season. Eric agrees to work with Taylor temporarily, but still considers her a dangerous player.

Tribal Council – At tribal council, Ethan’s blindside plan comes to fruition. The newly formed 4-person alliance target Sasha as they are all scared of what she can do. Eric, who previously bonded with Sasha, is very torn but decides to stick with the group to advance in the game. With a heavy heart he also votes for Sasha. In the end, Sasha is blindsided with 4 votes against one. She leaves the game with grace.

Episode 4 – At the next reward challenge, Frankie is surprised to see Sasha voted out, the two of them worked quite closely together and became the final 2 of their season. He realises that everyone is out for blood this season. Raja tribe loses the reward challenge, which stunts their morale, and they go into the immunity challenge tired and hungry, which causes them to also lose immunity. At Bintang, Croissant suggests to her allies that Valerie can be a valuable number in the game, and having played with her before she thinks she can become her friend and gain an extra vote. Valerie is approached by the three and joins the alliance. Arjun and Elka continue to scheme, by creating a second alliance excluding Malik and including everybody else on the tribe. They want to make sure they are protected from every side and that they have multiple options ahead of the tribal council. At Diraja, with only 4 of them remaining tensions are running high, despite working together to blindside Sasha the alliance doesn’t last long when Taylor leaves to become a lone wolf, due to rising tension between her and her tribemates.

Tribal Council – Elka, Arjun and Wayne need to decide whether to stick with Malik or continue with Joyce and Iseul. Ultimately the three decide that Malik is a bigger asset and a much bigger shield. The tide turns towards Iseul, who they consider to be an expendable player. Joyce and Iseul vote for Malik, while the other 4 decide to vote for Iseul. Joyce and Iseul are surprised when it is Iseul who leaves by a vote of 4-2.

Episode 5 – The all-stars show up to their next reward challenge, where they learn that a twist is upon them. The losing tribe today will be immediately dissolved, and the members of that tribe will be separated amongst the other two. Bintang tribe lose the reward challenge, and they are all assigned new tribes. Frankie and Valerie join the Raja tribe, while The Syncopation, Valentino and Croissant now become members of the Diraja tribe. The Bintang tribe is no more. Frankie and Valerie are not pleased when they realise they are the only two players from the original Bintang tribe joining Raja, as the two of them do not get along very well. However, at the immunity challenge the newly formed Raja tribe wins immunity and will be safe tonight. Back at camp, Joyce confronts Arjun for being untrustworthy and forming an alliance with her and Iseul right before the tribal council only to turn back on them and vote out Iseul. Valerie has a hard time trying to accustom herself to her new tribe, and starts a fight with Wayne over sleeping arrangements at camp. The two of them get into it. The Raja tribe alliance starts to crumble, as Elka is starting to get paranoid and decides to distance herself from the three boys. At Diraja, Croissant and Valentino bond and strategize together. Ethan immediately approaches Croissant and The Syncopation and wants to work with them, he decides to play both sides for now so that he can be in the best position on the tribe. Croissant also brings in Taylor, as the two of them know each other from their original season. Meanwhile, Rylin is working hard around camp as he wants to prove he is an asset to his tribe.

Tribal Council – At tribal council, the original Bintang & Diraja tribe members decide to stick together. Due to their newly formed alliance, Croissant and The Syncopation are saved by Ethan who still wants to work with them in the game. Eric and Valentino both receive voted, Valentino is surprised that he is being targeted this early in the game, he didn’t expect to be the first one from the original Bintang to be on the chopping block. Ethan, Eric, Rylin and Taylor vote for Valentino due to his threat level. Valentino is blindsided by a vote of 4-3 and must leave the game.

Episode 6 – After the tribal council, Diraja tribe manage to unite and they win the reward challenge, which is a feast. After gaining energy from the food, they manage to also come out on top in the immunity challenge.

At Raja, everyone is impressed with Elka after her performance in the immunity challenge that none of them expected. At Diraja, Croissant and Ethan want to work together as they both recognise that they are big fans of the game. The Syncopation has a meltdown in front of his tribe. Meanwhile, Taylor once again decides to be a lone wolf in the game, as she can’t seem to find anyone to trust on her tribe.

Tribal Council – After her outburst against Wayne, Valerie finds herself on the chopping block as a target. Frankie, who also is not fond of Valerie joins the original Raja tribe in voting for Valerie. Valerie is frustrated by the outcome of the tribal council, and gets into an argument with Frankie for one last time before her torch is snuffed and she leaves by a vote of 6-1.

Episode 7 – Diraja tribe win immunity for the second time in a row. As a reward for winning they must choose a player from the other tribe to kidnap, this person will not be attending tribal council tonight. Despite their rocky relationship after their season, Ethan and Elka are still fond of one another, so Ethan manages to convince his tribe to kidnap Elka in order to keep her safe. Back at Raja, Arjun, Malik & Wayne get together to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of keeping either Joyce or Frankie around. Back at Diraja, despite winning two challenges in a row the pressure of the game is very high. Eric and Rylin have a small disagreement and a small rift is created in their original Diraja tribe alliance. The Syncopation, who is already on edge since last episode also gets into a disagreement with Eric, The Syncopation finds Eric sly and sneaky due to his reserved and quiet nature, which is a complete opposite of The Syncopation’s personality, and it causes a clash between them. Out of nowhere, Croissant collapses in the middle of camp and panic sets in as everyone rushes to help her. The medical team get to the beach immediately and Croissant is evaluated. The medical consensus is that she fainted due to being exhausted from the physicality of the game taking a toll on her, and due to being severely dehydrated. Croissant is absolutely heartbroken when she learns that her game must come to an end early and she is being taken out of the game against her own will. Croissant leaves the game, but she promises everyone this is not the end of her journey.

Episode 8 – After Croissant’s departure, the game must continue. Raja tribe finally manage to soak up a win at the reward challenge and get to raid the other tribe’s camp. This gives them a morale boost and they win the immunity challenge as well. When they return to camp, for the first time in the game all 6 members of Raja come together to celebrate their win and spend the evening around the fire talking about their lives to one another, one can only hope that this moment of peace will last… At Diraja. Rylin feels regret after getting into a fight with Eric. The two of them apologise to each other, which brings them closer together and the two of them decide to protect each other from now on. After making up with Eric, Rylin is angry with how The Syncopation treated Eric earlier and confronts him. This does not go down well with Sync and the two of them get into a major fight which causes a huge outburst on the tribe. The negative energy causes Ethan and Taylor to also get into an argument, Ethan is upset with Taylor’s decisions in the game, he tells her that he has tried to protect her a few times now by including her in alliances, as he thought they formed a friendship. Taylor does not appreciate this and she thinks Ethan is fake and he is manipulating people to win the game.

Tribal Council – After an explosive afternoon, Diraja tribe head into the tribal council area. Rylin, Eric and Ethan decide to stick together as they consider Taylor and Sync to be untrustworthy. Despite Taylor’s outburst, they consider her less of a threat than Sync. The tribal council becomes explosive as The Syncopation tries to turn Rylin and Eric against each other. In the end. All 4 of the original Diraja tribe members stick together and The Syncopation’s game comes to an end. He is voted out by a vote of 4-1 and curses them all out as he leaves the game.

Episode 9 – At the next reward challenge the two tribes find out that they will not be competing, instead they will all be randomly assigned new tribes when a new twist is thrown at them. The new Raja tribe consists of Eric, Rylin, Elka, Malik & Wayne. The new Diraja tribe consist of Arjun, Frankie, Joyce, Taylor and Ethan. The newly formed Raja tribe win the immunity challenge which consist of Mack’s Survivor trivia. After winning the challenge for her tribe, Elka not only surprises herself with her performance, but she also impresses her tribe. At Diraja however, Ethan realises he might be in the minority and quickly decides to ramp up his social game to form with his new tribe members, which impresses everyone at camp.

Tribal Council – Despite their differences in the game, Ethan decides to give his pity vote to Taylor and the two of them vote for Joyce as Taylor’s last attempt to save herself. Unfortunately, this does not work as Arjun, Frankie and Joyce stick together and vote for Taylor over Ethan. They believe Ethan is someone they can work with moving forward, but Taylor’s attitude will be hard to navigate moving forward. Taylor ends up being voted out by a vote of 3-2.

Episode 10 – At the upcoming reward challenge everyone competes individually. Malik ends up winning the reward challenge and he shares his reward with Wayne and Arjun, which gives them the opportunity to talk to get to know each other better. After this, the all-stars find out that they will now be competing in the game individually as the merge is officially here. After an extremely eventful and unpredictable pre-merge, things are bound to get even crazier moving forward as everyone is hungry to win. The final 9 players form the Terbaik tribe and will now wear blue. Malik and Joyce both win individual immunity going into the first merged tribal council. At camp, Eric and Wayne catch up with one another, they are happy that they both managed to make it this far as after their season they became good friends in the outside world, despite this, they realise that they are currently on two different sides of the tribe, and they are both reluctant to betray their side. Arjun and Malik strategize together, the two of them formed a strong relationship at the beginning of the game but were later separated at the tribe swap. Malik feels safe after winning immunity and works hard around camp.

Tribal Council – The merged tribe is split going into tribal council. Despite past relationships coming into play, alliances prove to be stronger. The alliance of Rylin, Ethan and Eric vote for Wayne despite Eric’s reluctancy to do so. Ethan approaches Frankie and Elka to join them and form a five-person alliance, Frankie votes for Wayne as he doesn’t have a solid alliance in the game yet. Elka decides to stick with her original alliance in Arjun, Malik and Wayne. Joyce, who has gotten close to Arjun also sticks with them. The votes are split with 4 votes against Wayne and 5 votes against Rylin. Rylin is surprised when he realises his game has come to an end. He leaves the game devastated but happy for the newly formed friendships in the game.

Episode 11 – The morning of the next day the players realise that it is time to start making huge moves to guarantee their spot in the final 2 chairs. At the reward challenge, the all-stars are split into two teams. Arjun, Elka, Ethan and Malik win the reward challenge. The four of them find out that only they will be competing for individual immunity today as part of their reward. The challenge is a puzzle and Elka manages to score the win. Back at camp, Ethan feels the pressure of the game as he realises, he is potentially in the minority on the merged tribe and starts to panic and scramble. Meanwhile, Joyce is putting her social game to work as she tries to impress her tribemates to make them like her and keep her around. Frankie, who up to this point has not had a solid alliance in this game, approaches Elka and Eric and forms an alliance with them. His reasoning is that the three of them are one of the most unlikely trios currently in the tribe, and together they can get to the end if they keep this alliance undercover. Elka and Eric take up the offer, but they are both reluctant to actually go through with this.

Tribal Council – Frankie comes up with a plan to blindside Malik, who he sees as a major threat being both a previous winner, having a great social game and being a massive challenge threat. Elka, who up to this point has been working with Malik, decides to join him on the vote after she hears Frankie’s reasoning, she is also not a fan of the plan to vote for Ethan which was pitched by Arjun & Malik. Eric, who was reluctant to work with Frankie, sticks with his closest ally Ethan, the two of them vote for Joyce. In the end, Arjun and Malik get their way when the two of them, Wayne & Joyce all vote for Ethan to go for being a huge threat, they decide now is the best time to get rid of him. Ethan is very upset; he knew he was on the chopping block but hoped that there was a way for him to stay another day. On his way out, Elka and Ethan embrace one another in one of the most wholesome moments of the season. Despite their relationship not working out, they can still can one another very good friends. Ethan tells Elka to give them hell and go win it again for him as he leaves by a vote of 4-2-2.

Episode 12 – At the next reward challenge, Malik wins his third reward challenge this season. He gets to spend the night at a spa, away from camp. After his stay in the spa, he feels rejuvenated and ready to go, which helps him win the upcoming immunity challenge as well. When everyone returns to camp, Malik finds himself to be the most popular player at camp. Elka, who was part of the plan to blindside Malik last tribal council, tries to smooth things over with him in a chat, this conversation goes well, and it seems that Malik doesn’t hold this against her. Joyce also approaches Malik, she wants to form a secret final 2 alliance with him that Wayne, Arjun and Elka will not know about. Malik agrees to this. Arjun overhears part of their conversation, and he gets suspicious of their motives.

Tribal Council – Frankie and Elka work together yet again, this time they vote for Joyce, who has been getting close to Malik. Since Malik is immune, they want to go for his closest allies. Eric, who has lost all his closest friends in the game decides to join them due to a lack of options anymore. Wayne and Joyce spearhead the charge for Frankie’s head, Wayne joins them on the vote. The distrust grows stronger in Arjun when he feels pressured by his allies to vote a certain way and he feels like he isn’t in control. He decides to throw his vote at Eric, causing a 3-3-1 tie between Frankie and Joyce. On the revote, Malik, Wayne, Elka & Eric all stick to their original votes, but Arjun is torn. Elka and Frankie get into his ear and feed into his paranoia of his alliance turning against him and taking over control of the tribe. This makes Arjun even more sceptical, and he flips his vote to Joyce, blindsiding someone who was once one of his closest friends in the game. Joyce and Malik are blindsided when Joyce leaves by a vote of 3-2.

Episode 13 – After last night’s tribal council, everyone starts to scramble. Multiple conversations are taking place all at once and alliances seem to be shattered. Everyone feels like they have become a lone wolf in this game, and they must look out only for themselves. Malik wins the reward challenge yet again, and he shares it with Arjun in the hopes of rebuilding trust with him during their reward retreat. At the immunity challenge, Elka manages to win her second immunity challenge this season. At camp, Wayne decides to cook rice for everyone, as he notices that everyone is very on edge. Being a compassionate and caring guy, he wants to help everyone feel a little better despite the stress of the game. This gesture is very appreciated by the other players.

Tribal Council – Everyone goes into tribal council very unsure and on edge, not knowing how things will go tonight. Malik and Wayne stick to the original plan of voting for Frankie, who they view as a massive threat this late in the game. Eric, Frankie and Elka on the other hand think the same about Malik, and they stick together once again to target him. Arjun, who still seems to be flustered by the situation in the game, once again votes for Eric, who he believes should have been gone a while ago anyway, he does this to throw away his vote as he his friendship with Malik has grown strong, but he knows that in order to get to the end he must get rid of him, he lets the alliance of 3 do this for him. Malik is not surprised; he is proud of the game he played and how far he got as a winner in the game. He leaves with a smile on his face as he is voted out by a vote of 3-2-1.

Episode 14 – Elka wins the next reward challenge and shares it with Arjun, she hasn’t been working with him directly, but the two of them have shared goals in this game and she believes this is a good moment for the two of them to start working together through this gesture. At the immunity challenge, Arjun manages to win safety. At camp, tensions rise between allies Elka and Eric, the two of them clash due to their very different styles of playing the game. Wayne continues to impress everyone and lets his social game shine.

Tribal Council – At tribal council, the votes are spread out once again. Wayne, who’s only ally at this point is Arjun, votes for Eric with him, despite their friendship he thinks this is the smartest move at the moment. Eric and Frankie target Wayne for his great social game and threat level. Elka distances herself from Eric and Frankie and does not vote with them. The vote ends in a 2-2-1 tie, and a revote takes place. In the revote, Elka decides to betray her new alliance and votes with Arjun to take out Eric. Eric does not hold any ill will against the other players and leaves by a vote of 2-1.

Episode 13 – At the next immunity challenge, Elka gets her third individual immunity win of the season. Back at camp, things are calm. Elka rests after dominating the challenge and Frankie tries to use his social game to persuade the other players to keep him, with his only two allies Eric gone and Elka now turning away from him, he starts to feel the pressure of the game to scramble.

Tribal Council – Despite his attempts to save himself, Frankie cannot break the other three players and he is voted out by a vote of 3-1.

Finale – The final three players wake up the next day and the realisation sinks in that they are very close to the final tribal council. All three of them hungry to win, but only one will become the winner of Mack’s Survivor: All Stars. At the immunity challenge, Elka crushes it yet again and wins her fourth immunity challenge. She is now faced with a tough decision. She spends the rest of the day pondering her options and thinking about what route is best for her to take at this time.

Tribal Council – Elka casts her vote. She decides to vote for Wayne, her reason for this is that she believes Wayne has not ruffled any feathers in this entire game, and has charmed everyone around him. His social game scares her and she decides to take this shot. She is also much closer to Arjun, and her conversations with him persuaded her to keep him. Wayne is happy to have made it this far and leaves with a smile on his face.

Elka and Arjun are the final two players. They will now face the jury.

Arjun and Elka have worked together from the very beginning of the season when they formed a majority alliance, finding one another beneficial. Throughout the game, they have both gone down their own paths, but in the end they joined forces once again and managed to get themselves to the final 2.

Arjun’s strategy from the very beginning of the game was to use the winners as shields throughout, aligning with both Elka and Malik early on and making it far into the game with both. From the very start he has been using his social prowess to gain the trust of his allies and even his enemies, like when he ended up being very close to Joyce after being called untrustworthy by her in an argument. He has blindsided his allies in Joyce and Malik, as his paranoia and desire to win took over him. Will his social game be enough or has he rubbed people the wrong way?

Elka started her alliance and scheming early on, with Arjun, and throughout the season Elka has proven to herself that she is a force to be reckoned with socially and physically. She won immunity challenges, worked hard around camp and made strong connections with people throughout the game. Her biggest moments this season happened when she started secretly working with Frankie and Eric to take out Joyce & Malik, and then turned on said alliance to take out Frankie. Orchestrating taking out 2/4 previous winners in the game and securing her way to the end. Will she be able to snatch another win?

Elka and Arjun await the votes to be revealed. The jury members’ votes are taken out of the urn one by one. The vote is neck and neck, and it comes down to one single vote. In the end, the winner of Mack’s Survivor: All Stars and the Sole Survivor is………….

Arjun! Congratulations to u/Lonely-Novel-4186 and thank you so much for submitting this character!

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Thank you for reading and participating to everyone!! This season was so much fun to me and it made me very happy to finally complete my very first All Stars season of this series!

Let me know who YOU think played the best game, who would you like to see again who deserved to win? Who was robbed? Who deserves a second chance? and anything else you'd like to share. I LOVE reading your opinions and suggestions! Thank you all for watching, reading and supporting. Where will we go next? You will find out soon!

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