Survivor: Peru – The Inca Empire

Survivor: Peru – The Inca Empire is the first season of Lexx's Survivor. The premiere garnered 4.82 million viewers and relatively increased each episode, marking this installment as the first Survivor adaptation to bring in a large chunk of new viewers.

Production
RLV Network greenlit the reality competition series on October 20, 2012 and shortly began casting. Audition videos were mailed to the network headquarters and open casting calls were held in four cities: Chicago, Illinois; Jacksonville, Florida; New York City, New York; and Pasadena, California. Following this, 36 semi-finalists were chosen in April 2013 for final interviews with the producers. From there, eighteen finalists were selected to be contestants on the show with two replacements on hand. Alexander "Lexx" Crue was lastly hired as the host of the series.

Filming took place between June 11, 2013 to July 20, 2013 in the Urubamba Valley of Peru. The season aired on RLV Network from September 28, 2013 to December 2013. The live finale and reunion show took place at the RLV Network Television Studios in Studio City, California.

Twists

 * Hidden Immunity Idol: Located in each camp is a talisman that can be used as a form of individual immunity. The Idol is played at Tribal Council before the votes are revealed to detract particular voting blocs from targeting the player in question. Once the Idol is played, it is discarded. The Idol is only active before the final five. On Day 1, before both tribes journeyed to their camps, Lexx recited an "ancient folklore" describing the whereabouts of the Idols. During the merge, written rebus clues to the last Idol are furtively placed at most Rewards.
 * Mutiny: On Day 13, the castaways were offered to change tribe affiliations at will.