Featured the first tribe swap

Season with the youngest contestant ever

First time the tribes were not preselected by producers

Only season to air during the summer

Had the greatest number of representatives on the first allstar season

Featured the first final three

First season to start with more than two tribes

Contestant was voted off with two hidden immunity idols

All 3 finalists were over 40-years-old

Featured the Outcast Tribe

First time winner won by a unanimous vote

First season to feature an amputee

First season where the tribes merged with 12 contestants left

Nobody was voted off on the first episode

Featured the infamous 'purple rock'

Tribes were originally divided by both age and gender

Had a contestant exiled five times in a row

Was the first season to divide tribes by gender

Two contestants were sent home before tribes were made

First time the final 4 was all female

First season to have a hidden immunity idol

Only season to not use the slogan 'Outwit, Outlast, Outplay'

Two contestants quit in the same episode

Contestants had option of switching to other tribe after leaving Exile Island

Had a player voted out three times in that season

Had a tribal council where a pre-merged tribe voted out loud