Castaway: Cagayan

 — Outwit vs Outplay vs Outlast is the twelfth season of Castaway and was produced on May 16, 2021.

The season borrowed elements from the CBS reality television competition Survivor. Hosted by Robert, the game consisted of eighteen competitors.

The three tribes, Aparri, Solana and Luzon, were named after two municipalities and an island group in the Philippines respectively. When fifteen competitors remained the tribes swapped into three tribes of five, and when twelve competitors remained Aparri was dissolved leaving two tribes of six. When eleven competitors remained, the tribes merged to the Kaibigan tribe, named by Jake which is the Filipino word for Friendship. Stephanie won the season over JohnMichael and James in a 4-2-1 vote.

Exile Island, Trial by Fire and the Final Four elimination challenge (the latter which premiered in Castaway: Micronesia) returned. The season introduced a form of team immunity when ten competitors remained at the merge the teams divided into two groups of five (Team Shelter and Team Shore) where the winning team would not attend Tribal Council.

Development and Casting
For the twelfth season, attention turned to versus themes yet to be explored in Castaway and how to configure it to an online variation. Similar to Survivor: Cagayan, the tribes were divided similar to the source material though with new names in lieu of Brains, Brawn and Beauty:


 * , ("Outplay") players who prioritise strength in challenges.
 * , ("Outwit") players who prioritise strategy and cunning.
 * , ("Outlast") players who prioritise social connections.

Applicants were asked to choose up to two of three gameplay aspects that would determine their designated tribe.