Host Jeff Probst revealed in this episode that there were eleven advantages from previous seasons that had either not been played or been misplayed in a way that sent the person who either didn't play or misplayed them home, and the "curse" remained on seven of these advantages after this season.
This was the fifth US season to be filmed in Fiji, the most seasons of any country.
In Australia, this episode was shown twice on 9Go!, with its first airing listed in the guides at 10:00am AWST/11:30am ACST/12:00 noon AEST coinciding with when CBS aired it in the eastern United States, and its second airing listed in the guides at 10:30pm in all Australian time zones. In both of these airings, it immediately followed the previous episode.