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.