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| - The premiere of this season of Survivor aired on February 2, 2006. The two-hour season finale aired on May 14, 2006, followed by the reunion show. Like with the first season, there were no twists which altered the game to keep up with success of the first back-to-basics season. Like with Fiji, the twists included in the CBS version of Survivor: Nicaragua had no impact of the ones in this fanfic. However a twist which doesn't effect the game was introduced, which saw the return of 4 CBS Survivor All-Stars returning to compete in the game again. They were James "J.T." Thomas Jr. (Survivor: Tocantins and Survivor: Heroes vs Villains), Kathy Vavrick O'Brien (Survivor: Marquesas and Survivor: All-Stars), Natalie White (Survivor: Samoa) and Yau-Man Chan (Survivor: Fiji and Survivor: Micronesia). The tribes were Espada (wearing blue) and La Flor (wearing yellow). These names were chosen after the Spanish words for 'Sword' and 'the Flower' respectively. The final ten merged into the tribe 'Libertad', wearing red, meaning 'Freedom' in Spanish. The winner of this season was returning Survivor Contestant, who placed 4th on Survivor: Fiji and 18th on Survivor: Micronesia, Yau-Man Chan. He won over 38 year-old unemployed mother, Elise Fletcher in a 4-3 vote. Additionally, Yau-Man Chan also won $100,000 as the "Sprint Player of the Season", beating returnee Natalie White and Poppy Savage.
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