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Survivor: Guatemala

Official logo of Survivor Guatemala

Winner
Danni Boatwright
Presented by
Jeff Probst
No. of episodes
14
No. of days
39
No. of survivors
18
Production

Location(s)
Laguna Yaxhá, Yaxhá-Nakúm-Naranjo National Park, Petén, Guatemala
Filming dates
June 27, 2005
– August 4, 2005
Broadcast

Original run
September 15, 2005 – December 11, 2005
Chronology

Preceded by
Survivor: Palau
Followed by
Survivor: Panama
Survivor: Guatemala — The Mayan Empire (commonly referred to as Survivor: Guatemala) is the eleventh season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. Filming took place from June 27, 2005 through August 4, 2005 and the season premiered on September 15, 2005. It was filmed in the Yaxhá-Nakúm-Naranjo National Park near the more popular Tikal National Park, located in northern Guatemala. Hosted by Jeff Probst, it consisted of the usual 39 days of gameplay with 18 competitors.
This season also featured the return of Survivor: Palau contestants Stephenie LaGrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard. Aside from the staple twists such as the double boot and the tribe switch, a new twist called the hidden immunity idol was introduced. The tribes merged with ten remaining players, naming their tribe Xhakúm. After the merge, they received news that an immunity idol was hidden somewhere at camp. Whoever possessed the idol had to use the idol before the tribe voted. After usage, the idol would be discarded. The idol was only valid until there were four remaining contestants. Danni Boatwright won the title of Sole Survivor by defeating LaGrossa in a 6–1 jury vote.
The complete season was released on DVD exclusively through Amazon.com on May 22, 2012.


Contents  [hide]
1 Contestants
2 Season summary 2.1 Episodes
2.2 Voting history
3 References
4 External links

Contestants[edit]



Stephenie LaGrossa, runner-up of Survivor: Guatemala


Danni Boatwright, winner of Survivor: Guatemala
Notable castmembers include former Survivor: Palau castaways, Stephenie LaGrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard. Additionally, former beauty queen and model-turned radio announcer Danni Boatwright and ex-NFL quarterback Gary Hogeboom competed. Tina Scheer, a contestant on Survivor: Panama, was slated to be on this season; however, her son had been killed in a car accident and she backed out. Hunter Ellis from Marquesas turned down an offer to return.[1] Rodger Bingham and Michael Skupin from Survivor: The Australian Outback were also set to be on this season, but were instead replaced by LaGrossa and Drinkard.[2] Jonathan Libby and Wanda Shirk, both eliminated by the Schoolyard Pick in Survivor: Palau were considered to return but were also replaced by LaGrossa and Drinkard.[3]
Stephenie LaGrossa competed for a third time as a castaway in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, where she was assigned to the "Heroes" tribe and placed 19th.
List of Survivor: Guatemala contestants

Contestant
Original tribe
Switched tribe
Merged tribe
Finish

Jim Lynch
63, Northglenn, Colorado Nakúm   1st voted out
 Day 3
Morgan McDevitt
21, Decatur, Illinois Yaxhá   2nd voted out
 Day 6
Brianna Varela
21, Spanaway, Washington Yaxhá   3rd voted out
 Day 8
Brooke Struck
25, Hood River, Oregon Nakúm Nakúm  4th voted out
 Day 11
Blake Towsley
24, Dallas, Texas Nakúm Yaxhá  5th voted out
 Day 14
Margaret Bobonich
43, Chardon, Ohio Nakúm Nakúm  6th voted out
 Day 15
Brian Corridan
22, New York, New York Yaxhá Yaxhá  7th voted out
 Day 15
Amy O'Hara
39, Worcester, Massachusetts Yaxhá Yaxhá  8th voted out
 Day 18
Brandon Bellinger
22, Manhattan, Kansas Nakúm Yaxhá Xhakúm 9th voted out
 Day 21
Bobby Jon Drinkard
28, Huntsville, Alabama
Palau Nakúm Yaxhá 10th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 24
Jamie Newton
24, North Hollywood, California Yaxhá Nakúm 11th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 27
Gary Hogeboom
46, Grand Haven, Michigan Yaxhá Yaxhá 12th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 30
Judd Sergeant
34, Ridgefield, New Jersey Nakúm Nakúm 13th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 33
Cindy Hall
31, Naples, Florida Nakúm Nakúm 14th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 36
Lydia Morales
42, Lakewood, Washington Yaxhá Nakúm 15th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 37
Rafe Judkins
22, Providence, Rhode Island Yaxhá Nakúm 16th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 38
Stephenie LaGrossa
25, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Palau Yaxhá Nakúm Runner-up
Danni Boatwright
30, Tonganoxie, Kansas Nakúm Yaxhá Sole Survivor

Season summary[edit]
Sixteen of the 18 players in the game were already split into two tribes, Nakúm and Yaxhá; both tribes received one additional tribe member, Bobby Jon and Stephenie, respectively, both who had previously appeared on Survivor: Palau; Probst described these players as resources to help either tribe, but had otherwise no safety against being voted out. The first challenge began immediately, requiring both tribes to trek 11 miles overnight through the jungle to one of the camps near Mayan ruins, along with any available supplies that they wished to carry. The trek left many of the players exhausted and dehydrated for several days following.
During the first nine days, the Nakúm tribe proved more successful at the challenges losing only one immunity challenge, sending Yaxhá to Tribal Council twice. During one challenge, Danni, a sportscaster, identified Gary as a former professional quarterback, though Gary would maintain that he was just a landscaper through most of the rest of the game. A tribal switch occurred on Day 10 that left Bobby Jon, Danni, Blake, and Brandon in the majority at Yaxhá, outnumbering Brian, Amy, and Gary. At Nakúm, the tribe was split 4-4 with Margaret, Judd, Cindy, and Brooke from the original Nakúm and Stephenie, Rafe, Jamie, and Lydia from the original Yaxhá. Immediately after the swap, Stephenie and Jamie formed an alliance with Judd to take control of Nakúm, which later included Rafe, Cindy, and Lydia. Though the two tribes performances were fairly even in wins and losses, a crucial immunity challenge won by Nakúm put them in a decisive 6-4 lead into the merge over Yaxhá. On night 18, directly after the Yaxhá tribe had voted off Amy, they left for the Nakúm campsite where the two tribes merged into the Xhákúm tribe. Upon merging, the new tribe was informed of a hidden immunity idol located in the jungle, that could be used before the votes were cast to save themselves. However, the Nakúm alliance of six held strong initially as they voted off Brandon.
As a reward for winning a reward challenge, Judd received a clue to the hidden idol. To distract the other players, Judd lied about the clue's contents, which Gary was able to pick up on, locating the idol himself and using it to save himself from being eliminated at the next tribal council, where Bobby Jon was voted off in his place. Judd's lie became a focal point for Gary to attempt to break the original Nakúm voting block; though Gary was soon voted off, Stephenie and the other former Nakúm members felt Judd was no longer trustworthy and voted him out. At the reward challenge for the final five, a car was the reward prize. Cindy won the challenge, but was given an option by Probst as a means to break the Survivor "car curse" (that no player that has won a car continued on to win the game) by exchanging her prize to give a car to each of the other four players. Cindy ultimately rejected the option, and was voted off at the next tribal council.
After Lydia's elimination, Stephenie became concerned on an earlier deal made by Rafe and Danni to take each other to the final tribal council; though she struggled to remain in the final immunity challenge and outlast Danni, she ultimately lost, becoming emotional over her failure. Rafe informed Danni that she did not have to stay true to their previous deal, and at the following tribal council, Danni eliminated Rafe. The jury at the final tribal council considered that Stephenie has played a more devious game than Danni and backstabbed several of them, and ultimately gave Danni's more social play the win, six votes to one.
Challenge winners and eliminations by episode

Episode title
Original air date
Challenge winner(s)
Eliminated
Finish

Reward
Immunity
"Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise" September 15, 2005 Nakúm Yaxhá Jim 1st voted out
 Day 3
"Man Down" September 22, 2005 Nakúm Nakúm Morgan 2nd voted out
 Day 6
"The Brave May Not Live Long, but the Cautious Don't Live at All" September 29, 2005 Nakúm Nakúm Brianna 3rd voted out
 Day 8
"To Betray, or Not to Betray" October 6, 2005 None1 Yaxhá Brooke 4th voted out
 Day 11
"Crocs, Cowboys and City Slickers" October 13, 2005 Yaxhá Nakúm Blake 5th voted out
 Day 14
"Big Ball, Big Mouth, Big Trouble" October 20, 2005 Nakúm Rafe Margaret 6th voted out
 Day 15
[Gary]2 Brian 7th voted out
 Day 15
"Surprise Enemy Visit" October 27, 2005 Yaxhá Nakúm Amy 8th voted out
 Day 18
"The Hidden Immunity Idol" November 3, 2005 None3 Gary Brandon 9th voted out
 Day 21
"Secrets and Lies and an Idol Surprise" November 10, 2005 Judd Jamie4 Bobby Jon 10th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 24
"Eating and Sleeping With the Enemy" November 17, 2005 Danni,
 Gary,
 Judd,
 Stephenie Rafe Jamie 11th voted out
2nd jury member
 Day 27
"Everything Is Personal" November 24, 2005 Cindy,
 [Rafe] Rafe Gary 12th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 30
"Price for Immunity" December 1, 2005 Survivor Auction Danni Judd 13th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 33
"Big Win, Big Decision, Big Mistake?" December 8, 2005 Cindy,
 [Stephenie] Stephenie Cindy 14th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 36
"Thunder Storms & Sacrifice" December 11, 2005 None Rafe Lydia 15th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 37
Danni Rafe 16th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 38
"The Reunion" December 11, 2005  Jury vote
Stephenie Runner-up
Danni Sole Survivor
In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
^1 There was no reward challenge due to tribal switch.
^2 Rafe was given a chance to award individual immunity to one member of Yaxha, where he chose Gary.
^3 There was no Reward Challenge due to tribal merge.
^4 Gary found the Hidden Immunity Idol in the Jungle, and used it at Tribal Council that night.
Episodes[edit]

Episode
 #
Title
Original air date
U.S. viewers
 (million)
Rating/Share
 18-49

1
"Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise" September 15, 2005 18.41 6.6/19
Reward Challenge: Tribes must run through the jungles of Guatemala in an 11-mile trek. Bringing their belongings and some heavy supplies, they must locate an authentic Mayan pyramid at the end of the course. The first team to reach the pyramid wins flint and the right to live among the ruins.
Immunity Challenge: Using their canoes, the tribes would paddle out to buoys in the lake to retrieve a torch hung from each buoy. Racing back to shore, four members would run to the top of the hill and begin hauling up the canoe with a rope. The remaining tribe members would rotate logs underneath the canoe, allowing it to roll up the hill, much like the technique the Maya used to move large items. Once the canoe passed a finish line, each tribe's remaining member would run to the top of the hill with the torch and light the victory cauldron. The first tribe to light the cauldron wins Immunity. Should Yaxha win the challenge, they would receive their flint.
The sixteen new castaways learned upon arriving in the Guatemalan jungle that they would be joined by Bobby Jon Drinkard and Stephenie LaGrossa from Survivor: Palau as they will also compete in the season (though on opposing teams, not as teammates as before). They were also told that their first challenge would be an 11-mile (18 km) hike to a campsite near some Mayan ruins. After a grueling overnight hike, Bobby Jon's Nakum tribe narrowly defeated Stephenie's Yaxha tribe, giving them the right to live adjacently to the Mayan ruins, as the losing Yaxha moved on to a less desirable campsite where they have to make their own shelter. Though victorious at their first challenge, the long hike left most of the Nakum men cramped and in bad condition; Bobby Jon collapsed, Blake was sick shortly after being injured by a poisonous barbed plant, Jim had torn his biceps and, along with Judd, was endlessly vomiting. Despite this, medical practitioner Margaret tried to nurse them back to health. In their inaugural immunity challenge, the fatigue of the Nakum men hampered their performance, leading Yaxha to their first victory as well as Stephenie's first win in a tribal immunity challenge. Back at Nakum camp, the tribe decided to eliminate one of their ailing men. At tribal council, Nakum deemed that Jim (the oldest man) was the most injured, and he was unanimously voted out.
2
"Man Down" September 22, 2005 16.98 6.1/17
Reward Challenge: One at a time, the Survivors must sprint up a ramp, over a net run to a giant rope web, where they must climb underneath it and gather hanging bags. After untying a bag, they must drop into the water and race with their bag back to the start, where the next person would be waiting to leave. Each tribe member must attempt to get a bag once. The winning tribe receives fishing supplies.
Immunity Challenge: Tribes were tethered to ropes in a pit of mud. The first tribe to drag the other to their side of the mud pit and grab a flag would win that round. The first tribe with three flags would win Immunity. If no tribe reaches a flag in fifteen minutes, the challenge will be modified to one-on-one match-ups.
At Nakum, Bobby Jon was disappointed losing the first immunity challenge, fearing that his Palau losing streak might happen again, while Blake's sickness grew worse. At Yaxha, Gary decided not to divulge his past as a former NFL quarterback, fearing that Yaxha might brand him as a threat or deem him as already wealthy; and as a solution, he introduced himself as Gary Hawkins and claimed that he works as a landscaper (actually his current job after retiring from American football). At the reward challenge, sickly Blake managed to narrowly outrun Brian, winning fishing supplies for Nakum. After losing the challenge, Yaxha found themselves desperately short on food, having been reduced to eating ants, grasshoppers and minnows. While at Nakum, Blake's physical condition took a turn for the worse as he started to hyperventilate, annoying Judd. At the immunity challenge, the tribes found themselves in a stalemate, causing Jeff Probst to resort to conducting one-on-one bouts. During Judd and Gary's match, Danni (a sportscaster by profession) recognized Gary as the former quarterback Gary Hogeboom and revealed it to everyone else, giving Judd time to outsmart Gary, giving Nakum their first point. Two rounds later, Nakum remained undefeated, thus winning their first immunity challenge and giving Bobby Jon his first win at tribal immunity. Back at Yaxha camp, Jamie felt threatened by Stephenie, and planned to vote her out, though Gary wanted to vote either Lydia (for being the weakest) or Morgan (for being lazy at camp). Later on, Brian turned on Gary due to Danni's revelation during the challenge, but he quickly denied the allegations. Brian later plead to Gary that they never lost a challenge because of Lydia's weakness and admitted that Lydia was more valuable for her work ethic and campaigned for Morgan to go instead for not doing much at camp, despite her athleticism in challenges. In the end, Brian's plan to save Lydia worked, and Morgan was voted out.
3
"The Brave May Not Live Long, but the Cautious Don't Live at All" September 29, 2005 17.29 5.7/16
Reward Challenge: Scattered around the challenge grounds are materials needed to construct an archeological tent. One sighted castaway must instruct his/her tribemates (blindfolded and tethered in pairs). After collecting all pieces, blindfolds can be removed and the tribe must assemble the tent. After assembling, the tribe must go back to their tribe mat. First to finish would win pillows, blankets and tarp.
Immunity Challenge: Castaways compete in an elevated net court with two hoops for both tribes. Tribes must face off in randomly selected threesomes, race to the ball thrown in the center, and then pass the ball to each other in an attempt to move within shooting distance of their hoops. If a player holds the ball, he/she cannot walk and must pass it to a tribemate (violating this will force the person’s tribe to hand the ball to the other tribe)The first tribe to throw the ball through a hoop would score for their tribe. The first tribe to score five points would win Immunity.
At Yaxha, Brian congratulated himself about his plan of blindsiding Morgan at the last Tribal Council. The next day at Nakum, zookeeper Cindy was fascinated about the howler monkeys waking them up every morning, but the loud noises left Judd aggravated. During the reward challenge, Yaxha collected their pieces first, but quickly stumbled as they build their tent, giving way to Nakum's third consecutive win. Back at camp, Yaxha started to be fed up with their usual corn mush meal, resorting to Gary and Rafe scouring for termites. Back at Nakum, Judd and Bobby Jon complained about Margaret's bossiness about modifying their shelter. During the Mesoamerican ballgame immunity challenge, Stephenie got angry when she noticed Brianna inactive during their round and decided to pass the ball to an open Lydia, but Lydia walked with the ball (a breach in the challenge rules), forcing them to give the ball to Nakum. In the final round, Danni shot it in the hoop, giving Nakum another victory. Back at Yaxha, a limping Amy confessed that she sprained her ankle during the challenge, but assured everyone that she was fine. Jamie, also fuming about Brianna's dismal challenge performance, campaigned for her ouster, while Brianna talked to Stephenie about targeting Lydia. In the end, the tribe agreed that Brianna is a liability, and she was next to go.
4
"To Betray, or Not to Betray" October 6, 2005 17.92 6.3/17
Immunity Challenge: Both tribes paddle out and retrieve three tribe coloured bags containing Maya war clubs. They then throw the clubs at three targets 30, 40 and 50 feet away. First tribe to have three people hit the three targets wins immunity.
At the Reward Challenge, the tribes were asked questions to find more out about everyone else, as well as assigning rewards such as a shower and a picnic. After a question which asked who had the most tribe pride, the tribes were reshuffled; Brooke, Cindy, Jamie, Judd, Lydia, Margaret, Rafe, and Stephenie were the new Nakúm and Amy, Blake, Bobby Jon, Brandon, Brian, Danni, and Gary were the new Yaxhá. Judd was very enthusiastic about being on a new tribe because he felt he was the least vulnerable, while Amy and Margaret were upset because they felt they were out of the running. Stephenie and Jamie began thinking that the two people most on the chopping block were Lydia, who had been on the chopping block before as being questionably weak, and Brooke, who they assumed as not very physical and could easily give them the number's advantage. At Nakúm, Judd formed a friendship with the former Yaxhá members on his tribe. Danni directly questioned Gary if he had been an NFL Quarterback, but as usual, he denied it. After the new Yaxhá tribe won the Immunity Challenge, Judd betrayed his original Nakúm teammates and helped to vote Brooke out.
5
"Crocs, Cowboys and City Slickers" October 13, 2005 17.85 6.5/18
Reward Challenge: The tribes had to go through three stations, first cutting a rope with a sharp rock, then through a log to release handles. The remaining four members had to use the handles to turn a wheel, which would pull a mine cart up the hill and a ramp. Six of the tribe members then had to climb into the cart, where the remaining member would cut the rope keeping the cart up, sending it flying down the hill and across the line into a sand pile. The winning tribe receives chips, drinks and a croc-proof cage.
Immunity Challenge: Each tribe divides into two groups of three, as well as one tribe member being left. The individual launches balls from a catapult towards the groups of three, who have a net to catch the balls between them. First tribe to catch five balls wins immunity.
After Tribal Council, Margaret showed how frustrated she was with Judd for betraying Nakúm. At Yaxhá, Brian expressed how uncomfortable and annoyed he was about how religious his new tribe was. At the Reward Challenge, Jamie for Nakúm struggled to cut the ropes with a rock and Yaxhá easily won chips, drinks and a crocodile-proof swimming cage. After the loss, Stephenie tried to hide her depression from losing so many challenges. Before immunity in Nakúm, Lydia tried to cheer up her teammates by dancing. Nakúm won immunity. Brian was in trouble because he knew that the numbers were against him. After all, it was 4 old Yaxhá vs 3 old Nakúm. Brandon believed with sticking with the tribal lines and refused to break his bonds with former tribemates. However, Blake was wearing on everybody's nerves by telling outlandish inappropriate stories of his partying days in Texas. Brian used his cunning to "Bait Blake" into telling these stories which obviously angered his tribemates. When it came down to tribal council the "Golden Boy" Blake was voted out. Brandon stuck to his word and voted for Brian.
6
"Big Balls, Big Mouth, Big Trouble" October 20, 2005 17.78 6.1/17
Reward Challenge: Tribes were split into pairs and one pair from each tribe competed to move a giant ball across the field and into their goal. First tribe to score three goals wins barbecue items, including a grill, burgers, beer and root beer, as well as the right to compete in an individual immunity challenge.
Individual Challenge: The survivors race out to collect three bags of puzzle pieces, containing eleven letter tiles. First person to unscramble the phrase "Ancient Ruin" wins immunity and the chance to sit in on the other tribe's tribal council and assign individual immunity to someone on the other tribe.
At Yaxhá the tribe talked about the twist of Blake being voted off while in Nakúm, Margaret was feeling depressed due to being with Judd. At the Reward Challenge, it was revealed that both tribes would be attending Tribal Council. Nakúm won their second challenge in a row. As part of their reward, Nakúm competed in an individual Immunity Challenge, which was won by Rafe. He was also able to watch part of the Yaxhá tribal council. Before Tribal Council at Yaxha, Brian lobbied his alliance to vote off Bobby Jon however Gary and Amy are unsure about it. At Nakúm, Judd's loud ego started to annoy several of his tribe mates. Nakúm went first to tribal council where Margaret and Judd faced off against each other trying to get the other voted off. In the end, Margaret, due to personality conflicts, was voted out of Nakúm, and at Yaxhá, Rafe gave Gary individual immunity and Brian was voted out, perceiving him to be untrustworthy.
7
"Surprise Enemy Visit" October 27, 2005 17.38 6.2/17
Reward Challenge: Four tribe members were attached to poles by rope and had to spin to get out and unwind each castaway. The winning tribe receives chocolate and jungle canopy zip-line.
Immunity Challenge: Tribes sent out one castaway at a time to dig/bring back puzzle pieces and construct Mayan calendars.
In Nakúm after tribal council, Judd was glad that Margaret got voted out. The next day, Yaxhá won the reward of a jungle canopy zip-line ride and chocolate. Then, they invited Nakúm to camp for Danni's birthday. At first Nakúm was unsure, but they ended up going. They swam together in the croc-proof cage. Jamie and Cindy felt uncomfortable hanging out with Yaxhá. Nakúm won the Immunity Challenge. Afterwards in Yaxhá, they were unsure of whether to vote out Amy who is still suffering from an ankle injury that she had sustained days ago, or Bobby Jon who is threat due to his past experiences in Survivor. At Tribal Council, Yaxhá decided it was best to vote Amy out. After the vote, the four remaining Yaxhá moved to the Nakúm camp for the merger.
8
"The Hidden Immunity Idol" November 3, 2005 18.28 6.6/17
Immunity Challenge: Survivors were to balance a clay pot on their head while standing on a small cube for as long as possible without touching the pot. After an hour, there was a tie breaker which involved the remaining players running up the steps of a Mayan temple with the pot balanced on their heads, with the first person to the top winning immunity. If no-one reached the top, the person who got furthest up the temple steps won.
After tribal council Nakúm was shocked to see that a merge was occurring. The next day, it was revealed in tree mail that there was a Hidden Immunity Idol located near the camp of the new Xhakúm tribe (formerly of Nakúm). The tribes merged into one and took the name Xhakúm. At the Challenge, Jeff explained that it would be both for Reward and Immunity. However, only those who didn't feel they needed immunity would partake in the food reward while the others competed for immunity. Gary ended up winning the individual immunity via the tie breaker, in effect saving himself because the former Nakúm members (Cindy, Jamie, Judd, Lydia, Rafe, and Stephenie) decided to stick together and had been targeting Gary. During the challenge, Jamie said that Judd is doing the challenge to help his alliance and that made members from both sides mad. With Gary immune from the vote, Bobby Jon and Brandon were now on the chopping block, but Stephenie convinced her allies to keep Bobby Jon in the game, allowing him to at least make the Jury. They were stuck on voting either for Brandon, who is a threat, or Jamie who brushed many people the wrong way. In the end, Brandon, arguably the strongest player of the remaining Yaxhá members, was ousted.
9
"Secret and Lies and an Idol Surprise" November 10, 2005 18.98 6.9/19
Reward Challenge: Survivors would use an atlatl to throw an arrow to the center of a target, closest to get the arrow to the pole wins a meal at the lodge, an open bar for the night and a choice of desserts, as well as a clue to the location of the hidden immunity idol.
Immunity Challenge: Obstacle course consisting of a balance beam whilst untying two planks, with the first four finishing moving on to a rope bridge, where the first two finishers competed in a two line balance bridge to win immunity.
After tribal council, Jamie and Bobby Jon made up from last episode. Judd won the reward challenge. Jamie, who got 4th place in the challenge, volunteered to go last so everyone else goes up one place. At the reward, Judd's dish was lobster and steak while Jamie's was a bowl of Ramon Nuts and a glass of lake water. Judd shared some of his food with Bobby Jon and Stephenie, as well as granting them access to his free bar and dessert list. After reward, Jamie told his alliance that Gary was planning to vote him out but they weren't so sure of him. Jamie won immunity. Gary, targeted for elimination by the dominant Nakúm alliance, surprised the tribe with the Idol at Tribal Council. With Gary safe from the vote once again, Bobby Jon was voted out instead and became the first member of the Jury.
10
"Eating and Sleeping With the Enemy" November 17, 2005 18.82 6.4/17
Reward Challenge: Survivors are in teams of four, split into two pairs - one all male and one all female - and race through a mud pit obstacle course and fill a pot with corn. The winning team receives a helicopter lift to a private home with an overnight stay including food, shower, coffee, and videos from home.
Immunity Challenge: Survivors were attached to ropes and go through an obstacle course manoeuvring themselves round the obstacles. The first four to finish moved onto the final round, which consisted of one obstacle, which was three levels high. First to finish won immunity.
At the very messy reward challenge, the team of Danni, Gary, Judd, and Stephenie won a night away from camp and videos from home. Rafe won Immunity, edging out Cindy, and afterwards Jamie became increasingly paranoid about being voted out. Jamie wasn't originally the intended target that night, but his paranoia ended up annoying everyone else to the point where they made his worst nightmare come true, voting him out and making him the second member of the Jury.
11
"Everything Is Personal" November 24, 2005 19.54 6.6/20
Reward Challenge: Each tribe member has three pots of corn and an answer cube. They are then asked questions on Mayan culture. Each question answered correctly allows them to smash one other tribe member's pot of corn. The last person standing wins a feast, waterfall pool and massage.
Immunity Challenge: The tribe members first heard a story about a Mayan goddess, Ixchel. They then had to race to seven stations, each with a question about the story they heard. Each station had two options - one box contained a flag, one a stick. If they pulled a stick, they had to throw it into an urn and run back to the station to collect their flag. First to seven flags won immunity.
Cindy won the reward challenge, and took Rafe with her on a reward of a feast, waterfall pool and massage. Back at camp, Stephenie took exception to Lydia targeting her for winning too many rewards, and as a result, Lydia started becoming an outcast from her alliance. Rafe won Immunity again in a close finish against Gary, and at Tribal Council, the Nakúm alliance finally succeeded in eliminating Gary, despite his best efforts to turn the heat on Judd for lying about the whereabouts of the Hidden Immunity Idol.
12
"Price for Immunity" December 1, 2005 19.82 7.0/21
Survivor Auction: Each contestant will be given $500 and can only bid with $20 increments. Highest bidder gets the item. Survivors may share money, but not with the item. The auction included food and drink items and overnight visits with a loved one would end without notice.
Immunity Challenge: The survivors competed on a multi-level board. They could move one space in any direction (not diagonally), flipping over tiles as they went along onto their red sides. When a tile is red, no-one can step onto it again. The middle platform spins, allowing relocation around the board. If you can't move, you're out. Last person standing wins immunity. Danni's advantage meant that she had a one-use power to switch players with anyone at any time.
The final six's loved ones arrived at camp after the Survivor Auction. Danni won an Immunity Challenge advantage, and Judd's wife, Cindy's twin sister and Stephenie's boyfriend were permitted to stay overnight at camp. As a result of using her advantage to switch places with Stephenie, Danni won the Immunity Challenge. Safe with immunity, Danni also succeeded in turning the game around for herself by convincing Lydia, Rafe, and Stephenie that Judd was untrustworthy and too much of a threat to keep around. Judd was voted out, but not before uttering a parting shot to the remaining contestants, quote: "Bye, guys. Hope you all get bit by a freakin' crocodile. Scumbags."
13
"Big Win, Big Decision, Big Mistake?" December 8, 2005 20.21 7.1/19
Reward Challenge: The second chance challenge. First, the five survivors raced across a balance beam, untying three sets of war clubs. The first three to finish used the war clubs to try and break a tile 30 feet away. The first two to finish solved a puzzle based on the Maya calendar, hopped in a cart and used a machete to cut the rope keeping the cart up sending them down the hill to the finish. The winner receives a brand new 2006 Pontiac Torrent, which they can use to drive down to an archaeologist's camp, where a barbecue is set up, along with a place to spend the night.
Immunity Challenge: The survivors begin with their hands and feet shackled, whilst attached to a long rope wrapped around a pole. They must use keys to unshackle their hands, their rope, their final key and use it to unlock their feet, whilst unwinding enough rope to be able to run to the finish and release their flag. First person to release their flag wins immunity.
After winning the Reward Challenge, Cindy was given the option of keeping her newly won 2006 Pontiac Torrent or giving one to each of the other remaining contestants. Cindy chose to keep the car, a decision which upset Rafe in particular. She chose to take Stephenie with her to the camp for the night on the reward, where they talked about voting out Danni next, as their alliance came into the merge with the numbers. After Stephenie won Immunity, Rafe successfully lobbied to get Cindy voted out.
14
"Thunder Storms & Sacrifice" December 11, 2005 21.18 7.7/17
Immunity Challenge: The most complex Survivor maze so far, which consisted of six stations, containing eight puzzle pieces inside the maze. Once all eight pieces have been collected, the puzzle must then be solved by rotating the pieces until the ancient Mayan image of either a jaguar, crocodile or monkey is revealed. First person to reveal one of the images wins immunity.
Immunity Challenge: The survivors stood on a small rotating platform with two ropes for their aid. After one hour, they had to release a rope. After 90 minutes, they had to go it alone, with their hands not allowed to touch anything to do with the challenge. The last person standing won.
The final four were surprised on the morning on Day 37 by a visit by a family of Mayans, who showed them an ancient Mayan ritual, culminating in them sacrificing a chicken to the Mayan gods. At the first challenge, Rafe won his fourth individual immunity, and Lydia was voted out as a result of her popularity with the jury. On Day 38, the final three took part in the Fallen Comrades walk, collecting images and the torches of the fallen fifteen, tossing them into the fire before proceeding to their final immunity challenge. After two hours, 38 minutes, Danni won the final immunity challenge. She chose to vote out Rafe, because she felt she would have a better chance in the final two against Stephenie. At the live reunion and finale, it was revealed that Danni beat Stephenie in a 6–1 vote.
15
"The Reunion" December 11, 2005  
The castaways return to discuss the season with host, Jeff Probst.
Voting history[edit]



Original Tribes
Switched Tribes
Merged Tribe

Episode #
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Day #
3 6 8 11 14 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 37 38
Eliminated
Jim Morgan Brianna Brooke Blake Margaret Brian Amy Brandon Bobby Jon Jamie Gary Judd Cindy Lydia Rafe
Votes
8–1 8–1 7–1 5–3 5–2 6–1 5–1 4–1 6–4 6–2–1 6–2 6–1 4–2 4–1 3–1 1–0
Voter
Vote
  Danni Jim    Blake  Brian Amy Jamie Stephenie Jamie Gary Judd Cindy Lydia Rafe
  Stephenie  Morgan Brianna Brooke  Margaret   Brandon Bobby Jon Jamie Gary Judd Cindy Lydia 
  Rafe  Morgan Brianna Brooke  Margaret   Brandon Bobby Jon Jamie Gary Judd Cindy Lydia 
  Lydia  Morgan Brianna Brooke  Margaret   Brandon Bobby Jon Jamie Gary Judd Cindy Danni 
  Cindy Jim   Lydia  Margaret   Brandon Bobby Jon Jamie Gary Lydia Rafe 
  Judd Jim   Brooke  Margaret   Brandon Bobby Jon Gary Gary Lydia 
  Gary  Morgan Brianna  Blake  Brian Amy Jamie Cindy Jamie Cindy 
  Jamie  Morgan Brianna Brooke  Margaret   Brandon Bobby Jon Gary 
  Bobby Jon Jim    Blake  Brian Amy Jamie Stephenie 
  Brandon Jim    Brian  Brian Amy Jamie 
 Amy  Morgan Brianna  Blake  Brian Bobby Jon 
 Brian  Morgan Brianna  Blake  Bobby Jon 
 Margaret Jim   Lydia  Judd 
 Blake Jim    Brian 
 Brooke Jim   Lydia 
Brianna  Morgan Lydia 
Morgan  Lydia 
Jim Margaret 

Jury vote

Episode #
14
Day
39
Finalist
Stephenie Danni
Vote
6–1
Juror
Vote
Rafe Stephenie 
Lydia  Danni
Cindy  Danni
Judd  Danni
Gary  Danni
Jamie  Danni
Bobby Jon  Danni

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"Exile Island" redirects here. For the twist on Survivor, see Survivor (TV series)#Exile twists.

Survivor: Panama

Winner
Aras Baskauskas
Presented by
Jeff Probst
No. of episodes
15
No. of days
39
No. of survivors
16
Production

Location(s)
Pearl Islands, Panama
Filming dates
October 31, 2005
– December 8, 2005
Broadcast

Original run
February 2, 2006 – May 14, 2006
Chronology

Preceded by
Survivor: Guatemala
Followed by
Survivor: Cook Islands
Survivor: Panama — Exile Island, also known as Survivor: Exile Island and Survivor: Panama, is the twelfth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season was filmed in the Pearl Islands, off the coast of Panama from October 31, 2005 through December 8, 2005 and premiered on February 2, 2006. Hosted by Jeff Probst, it consisted of the usual 39 days of gameplay with 16 competitors, the season being the first season with 16 competitors since Survivor: Pearl Islands five seasons prior.
The game began by splitting the 16 players into four tribes by sex and age:[1] young men (Viveros), older men (La Mina), young women (Bayoneta) and older women (Casaya). These four tribes were named after four islands located in the Pearl Islands. The Viveros and Bayoneta tribes were dissolved after the first tribal council and in a "schoolyard pick" formed two new integrated tribes using the Casaya and La Mina tribe names and camps. When there were ten contestants left, they merged into one tribe named "Gitanos," the Spanish word for "gypsy." Coincidentally, a member from each of the original four tribes was represented in the final four. In a 5-2 vote, Aras Baskauskas defeated Danielle DiLorenzo and was named the Sole Survivor.
The season included a twist that originally came from Survivor: Palau called Exile Island. Each week at least one castaway is banished to an island away from all other contestants for the time period between the reward and immunity challenges. The castaway is given a single machete, a flint, a pot and a bucket of non-sanitized water. The island also contained a hidden immunity idol that could be used at tribal council after the votes have been cast.
The complete season (including the mid-season recap episode and live reunion show) was released on DVD on May 22, 2012.


Contents  [hide]
1 Contestants
2 Season summary 2.1 Episodes
2.2 Voting history
3 References
4 External links

Contestants[edit]



Dan Barry came in eleventh place


 Cirie Fields came in fourth place and was the sixth jury member
Tina Scheer was originally slated for Survivor: Guatemala, but she backed out due to her son's death prior to that season.[2]
Cirie Fields was selected from this season to compete in Survivor: Micronesia and placed third.[3] She competed again in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains as part of the Heroes tribe, where she placed 17th.[4] DiLorenzo also competed on Heroes vs. Villains as part of the Villains tribe, placing 7th.[5] Aras Baskauskas returned for Survivor: Blood vs. Water, alongside his brother, Vytas, placing 11th.[6]
List of Survivor: Panama contestants

Contestant
Original tribe
Switched tribe
Merged tribe
Finish

Tina Scheer
44, Hayward, Wisconsin Casaya   1st voted out
 Day 3
Melinda Hyder
32, Nashville, Tennessee Casaya Casaya  2nd voted out
 Day 6
Misty Giles
24, Dallas, Texas Bayoneta La Mina  3rd voted out
 Day 8
Ruth-Marie Milliman
48, Greenville, South Carolina Casaya La Mina  4th voted out
 Day 11
Bobby Mason
32, Los Angeles, California Viveros Casaya  5th voted out
 Day 14
Dan Barry
51, South Hadley, Massachusetts La Mina La Mina  6th voted out
 Day 15
Nick Stanbury
25, Tucson, Arizona Viveros La Mina Gitanos 7th voted out
 Day 18
Austin Carty
24, High Point, North Carolina Viveros La Mina 8th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 21
Sally Schumann
27, Chicago, Illinois Bayoneta La Mina 9th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 24
Bruce Kanegai
57, Sacramento, California La Mina Casaya Removed due to illness
 3rd jury member
 Day 25
Courtney Marit
31, Los Angeles, California Bayoneta Casaya 10th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 30
Shane Powers
35, Los Angeles, California La Mina Casaya 11th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 33
Cirie Fields
35, Walterboro, South Carolina Casaya Casaya 12th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 36
Terry Deitz
46, Farmington, Connecticut La Mina La Mina 13th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 38
Danielle DiLorenzo
24, Pompano Beach, Florida Bayoneta Casaya Runner-up
Aras Baskauskas
24, Santa Monica, California Viveros Casaya Sole Survivor

Season summary[edit]
The game began with the 16 competitors split into four tribes by both relative age and gender. They were introduced to the concept of "Exile Island" with the promise of a hidden immunity idol located somewhere on it, while one person from the losing tribe at challenges would be sent to the island and given clues to look for it. After the first four days, the four tribes were merged by schoolyard pick with mixed genders into two tribes, Casaya and La Mina. Casaya generally proved the stronger tribe, and opted to send Terry from La Mina over to Exile Island multiple times, which gave him the opportunity to discover the hidden immunity idol.
Going into the merge, Casaya was up 6 members to 4. While Terry won several individual immunities, he did not use it or the hidden immunity idol to save his former La Mina tribe members, leaving him as the sole remaining La Mina member and a perceived immunity challenge threat by the other Casaya tribe. Bruce was evacuated due a medical emergency, leaving six players at the game. At this juncture, Cirie, who saw both Terry and Shane looking separately to take Courtney, a weaker player, into the final Tribal Council as an assurance to win the jury's favor, convinced Aras and Danielle to blindside the other three, and succeeded in achieving Courtney's elimination, followed by Shane's. The final four vote came down a fire-making tiebreaker between Cirie and Danielle; Danielle ultimately won. Danielle won the final immunity challenge and opted to take Aras to the final Tribal Council, eliminating Terry. The final jury saw both Aras and Danielle as capable players but ultimately voted Aras as sole survivor, five votes to two.
Challenge winners and eliminations by episode

Episode title
Original air date
Challenge winner(s)
Exiled
Eliminated
Finish

Reward
Immunity
"The First Exile" February 2, 2006 La Mina Bayoneta Misty Tina 1st voted out
 Day 3
Viveros La Mina
Casaya Viveros
"Breakdown" February 9, 2006 La Mina La Mina Bruce1 Melinda 2nd voted out
 Day 6
"Crazy Fights, Snake Dinners" February 16, 2006 La Mina Casaya Bruce Misty 3rd voted out
 Day 8
"Starvation and Lunacy" February 23, 2006 Casaya Casaya Terry Ruth-Marie 4th voted out
 Day 11
"For Cod's Sake" March 2, 2006 Casaya La Mina Terry Bobby 5th voted out
 Day 14
"Salvation and Desertion" March 9, 2006 Casaya2 Sally2 Dan 6th voted out
 Day 15
"An Emerging Plan" March 30, 2006 None3 Terry None3 Nick 7th voted out
 Day 18
"The Power of the Idol" April 6, 2006 Aras,
 Bruce,
 Sally Terry Austin, Danielle Austin 8th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 21
"Fight for Your Life or Eat" April 13, 2006 Bruce, Courtney, Sally, Terry Terry Aras Sally 9th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 24
"Medical Emergency" April 20, 2006 Cirie,
 [Aras, Danielle] None4 Terry Bruce Removed due to illness
 3rd jury member
 Day 25
"Perilous Scramble" April 27, 2006 Courtney,
 Danielle,
 Terry5 Terry Aras Courtney 10th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 30
"Bamboozled" May 4, 2006 Terry,
 [Shane] Terry Danielle Shane 11th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 33
"Call the Whambulence!" May 11, 2006 Aras,
[Cirie]
 Aras Danielle, Terry None6 N/A6
"The Final Showdown" May 14, 2006 Terry Danielle None Cirie6 12th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 36
Terry 13th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 38
"Reunion" May 14, 2006  Jury vote
Danielle Runner-up
Aras Sole Survivor
In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
^1 Bruce was not chosen by a tribe. He was sent to Exile Island and would join the tribe that loses a member. He joined Casaya after Melinda's elimination.
^2 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^3 There was no Reward Challenge due to tribal merge, therefore no one was sent to Exile Island.
^4 Due to Bruce being medically evacuated from the game, there was no Immunity Challenge or Tribal Council vote.
^5 As well as a barbecue meal, Terry won a GMC Yukon for winning the second part of the reward challenge.
^6 Cirie and Danielle were tied at Tribal Council, but before the tiebreaker challenge was shown, Episode 13 ended. At the start of the next episode, Cirie lost the fire-building tiebreaker, previously used in Palau.

Episodes[edit]

Episode
 #
Title
Original air date
U.S. viewers
 (million)
Rating/Share
 18-49

1
"The First Exile" February 2, 2006 19.20 7.0/18
All 16 castaways arrived on what was later revealed as Exile Island for the start of the game. They were divided into four tribes based on their age and gender.
Reward Challenge: Each of the four tribes will produce one representative, who has to run across Exile Island to find a pile of skulls. The representative must smash the skull that contains a tightly bound ball of fabric. Inside the fabric was either an amulet or a stone. Once the amulet is found the representative must run back to their tribemates. First three teams to finish win flint to make fire.
With Viveros, Casaya and La Mina victorious, the losing tribe, Bayoneta, had to pick one of their own to stay on Exile, who would return in time for the next Immunity Challenge. Through Rock, Paper, Scissors, it was decided among the younger women that Misty would remain. The older tribes fared well, with Tina's leadership at Casaya helping everyone get chores done and La Mina successfully building a bonfire, however the younger tribes were less productive.
Immunity Challenge: Beginning on platforms in the ocean, the tribes must race over a wall, dive into the ocean and swim to their tribe raft. The last person over the wall dives down to unclip a rope underwater, releasing the raft. The tribe then paddles the raft towards shore. Once the tribe latches their raft to the hitching post on shore, they race to solve a brainteaser puzzle, which releases a giant ring. The tribe has the option to dig down several feet and search to uncover an answer key to solve the brainteaser. Once the ring is released, the tribe attaches it to a rope that they use to throw at a grappling hook to unfurl their tribe flag. The first three tribes to raise their flags win Immunity.
At the first Immunity Challenge, Misty returned from Exile Island and pretended she found the Immunity Idol hidden there, although it was not necessary when Bayoneta finished first. The male tribes La Mina and Viveros finished second and third, and Casaya headed to Tribal Council. Back at Casaya, Tina caught a sizable fish while Ruth-Marie and Melinda targeted Cirie for being a weak link. At Tribal Council, Tina accused her tribemates about their work ethic, creating animosity between her and the rest of tribe. In the end, Ruth-Marie and Melinda sided with Cirie as Tina was voted out 3-1.
2
"Breakdown" February 9, 2006 18.75 6.6/17
Following a terrible storm, the tribes gathered for a Reward Challenge and were shocked to learn they would be rearranged. Bayoneta and Viveros were disbanded, with all remaining contestants spread across the new Casaya and La Mina tribes of seven people each. The new La Mina tribe consisted of Austin, Dan, Misty, Nick, Ruth-Marie, Sally, and Terry. The new Casaya tribe consisted of Aras, Bobby, Cirie, Courtney, Danielle, Melinda, and Shane. With Bruce left over as a result of the odd number of castaways, he was granted immunity and sent to Exile Island for three days until tribal council and would join the tribe that lost the next Immunity Challenge.
Reward Challenge: The two new tribes must race through an obstacle course, collecting six wooden snakes along the way. The tribes will collect two snakes at each of three stations. Each tribe must delegate one player to carry all six snakes throughout the entire course. The first tribe to cross the finish line with all their snakes wins a fishing spear, bait and a raft.
The new La Mina Tribe won the Reward Challenge.
Immunity Challenge: The tribes must transport a giant zombie head from the ocean to the beach. Each tribe has a boat anchored to the ocean floor with a large wooden box. In addition, each boat has six holes filled with rubber plugs. Five tribe members have to pull out the plugs and begin bailing water out of the boat while the other two tribe members jump into the water and start moving the boat by pulling the anchor towards shore. Once the boat is clipped onto the hitching post, it's a race up the beach to put the anchor on the finish mat. The first tribe to put the zombie head on the zombie body wins Immunity.
Despite quickly losing their newly acquired spear in deep water, La Mina won the Immunity Challenge as well. Before Tribal Council, Shane considered quitting because of nicotine withdrawal but his newly formed alliance of Aras, Courtney, and Danielle convinced him to get over it. At Tribal Council, the five new Casaya members ganged up on the only "Older Women" members Cirie and Melinda, with Melinda voted out in a 5-2 vote. After Melinda's demise, Bruce officially joined Casaya.
3
"Crazy Fights, Snake Dinners" February 16, 2006 16.98 6.3/16
At Casaya, Bruce used spare T-shirts to develop a water filtration system, meaning his tribe did not need to boil the brackish water before drinking it. It proved popular with some, but Courtney met it with skepticism.
Reward Challenge: Using a giant slingshot, three tribe members will be the launchers, while the other four will stand on a balance beam over the water. One tribe member will launch a ball to the other four, who must catch it before it hits the water. The first tribe to catch five balls wins a kerosene lantern, water canisters, blankets, pillows, rope and a tarp.
La Mina won camping essentials and the right to choose which member of Casaya would be exiled at the Reward Challenge. They chose Bruce, believing that his absence would most demoralize the tribe. Shane's mood swings continued and created friction among his alliance.
Immunity Challenge: Each team will compete in varying match-ups, racing head to head to five circles in the sand. Buried within each circle is a bag. The tribes must dig and find the bag, and then get back to the finish mat. To score, there must be at least one hand on the bag while any part of the body touches the finish mat. First tribe to score three wins immunity.
Casaya won their first Immunity Challenge, and back at La Mina, Dan and Terry recruited Nick and Austin to target Misty due to her poor performance in the immunity challenge combined with possibly having the hidden immunity idol. Her bluff about obtaining the Hidden Immunity Idol proved false as she was blindsided 5-2.
4
"Starvation and Lunacy" February 23, 2006 14.85 5.5/14
Reward Challenge: Each tribe gets six floating puzzle pieces. One tribe member at a time will swim out, dive down, unclip a puzzle piece, and bring it back to the puzzle frame. Once the piece is placed in the puzzle frame, the next person can go out. When all six of the puzzle pieces have been collected, the tribe may start assembling the puzzle by matching corresponding symbols on each side of every piece. First tribe to get it together correctly win rolls of toilet paper, bath essentials and a fully functional outhouse.
Before the Reward Challenge, Bruce, Aras and Shane returned from foraging for food to find the rest of their tribe had let the fire go out. After a lesson about responsibility around the campsite, they pulled together and won the Reward Challenge for bathroom and supplies, and chose to exile Terry, because they believed him to be his team's leader. Bobby created some friction with his teammates by disagreeing with how the reward should be used. La Mina tried to organize their camp, but were lost without Terry. Terry discovered the mysterious Hidden Immunity Idol (a makeshift shrunken head concealed inside a bottle), which he kept as a secret from his teammates after his return.
Immunity Challenge: One person is seated in a chair attached to a pulley, while another person is situated directly above them in a crow's nest, where an empty water drum hangs. The other four remaining tribe members are together in pairs, which will race across a balance beam carrying buckets. Once they reach the water, they must dip their bucket in, get water, race back and empty the water into a larger pail. The person in the crow's nest will pull that pail up and empty the water into the drum. As the drum takes on water, it will lower, but the person in the chair will rise until they're high enough to pull a pin releasing their tribe's flag. First tribe to release their flag wins Immunity.
Dan pulled in Ruth-Marie as a fifth person in his alliance, but after losing another Immunity Challenge, Sally convinced the La Mina men that she was a more valuable player. In the end, strength outweighed loyalty as Ruth-Marie was voted out 4-2.
5
"For Cod's Sake!!!" March 2, 2006 16.08 5.5/14
Bruce's "Zen Garden" caused friction in Casaya and Aras felt he should instead have been helping with the daily camp chores.
Reward Challenge: Each tribe will designate a retriever to transport rice, beans and fish from a boat to the shore. The retriever must race out, retrieve one item and bring it back to shore, then toss the item to their tribemates, who will be lined up. The item will be tossed from one person to the next until it reaches the last person, who will toss it into the appropriate bin. Once the item is in the bin, the retriever must go out and get another item. The first two items will be a bag of rice and a bag of beans. Thereafter, the items will be fish. Once a fish gets to the end of the line, the last person must chop off its head and the tail before throwing the body into the bin. The first tribe to eight wins a sack of rice, beans and three large fish; the losing tribe was given a choice between a sack of beans or a sack of rice.
Incorporating the reward into the challenge, the winning tribe would receive all the items that were used in the challenge: fish, rice, spices, and wine. The losing tribe will not go back to camp empty-handed, for they were to choose either a sack of rice or a sack of beans. La Mina lost again and Casaya chose Terry to go to Exile Island for the second time in a row. As Casaya returned to camp, they found out that their shelter was ruined due to the storm that happened during the challenge. Since the storm also extinguished their fire and they were unable to create another one on account of everything being wet, they merely enjoyed what they had and ate the fish raw. Meanwhile, as La Mina ate the beans that they chose from the Reward Challenge, Austin and Nick faced the gastrointestinal consequences. The next morning at Casaya, Danielle and Courtney learned Bruce and Bobby spent the night sleeping in their outhouse, drinking all the wine they had won.
Immunity Challenge Each tribe must send three members to paddle out to collect skulls from four coffins sitting on the ocean floor. Each time a coffin is found, someone must dive under water, open the coffin and find a skull puzzle piece. They'll then untie the puzzle piece and bring it back to the boat. Once all four skull puzzle pieces have been collected, they will return them to shore. The two remaining tribe members use those four puzzle pieces to build a skull pyramid. The first tribe to build their skull pyramid and place their gold skull on top wins Immunity.
At the Immunity Challenge, La Mina constructed the skull pyramid faster than Casaya, finally breaking their losing streak and winning Immunity. After the immunity challenge, Shane told Bobby that Bruce was the next to go, as his tribe feared he would flip over to La Mina's alliance come time of the merge. He assured Bobby he wasn't to go by swearing on his son's name; however, Cirie, Courtney and Danielle overpowered Shane and told him they felt Bruce was more trustworthy and less problematic. At tribal council, Shane voted for Aras as a "throwaway vote" as not to choose either side, and the women of Casaya led an erratic 3-2-1-1 vote, resulting in Bobby's elimination.
6
"Salvation and Desertion" March 9, 2006 15.33 5.4/14
At La Mina's camp, while Austin and the other men searched for edible creatures in the water, Dan spoke to Nick about his space flights at NASA. At Casaya, the women complained to Shane about how disrespectful he was.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: The tribes must each choose three members to race one at a time out into a field to untie, lower, unhook and retrieve four puzzle pieces. Once all four pieces have been collected, the two remaining tribe members will use those pieces to solve a spinning puzzle. The first tribe to solve it correctly will win Immunity and a feast in a Panamanian village and immunity.
In a combined Reward and Immunity challenge Casaya, despite falling back early, won a barbecue and a trip to a local village, as well as the right to exile someone from La Mina. Because the losing tribe would be attending Tribal Council, Sally, the only woman left in La Mina was exiled and was granted Immunity and unable to vote. Despite being alone, she enjoyed the knowledge that her banishment would break up the men's alliance. Meanwhile, Casaya enjoyed their reward. They rode a boat to a village and gave some toys to children. Shane saw someone smoking and talked about giving up all his clothes just to smoke a cigarette. He ended up smoking after a long abstinence. Later the tribe enjoyed barbecue, played soccer, and partied. At Tribal Council, the four men discussed how tight their alliance was, and the possibility of a two vs. two tie vote. In the end, Terry sided with the younger men and Dan was voted off 3-1.
7
"A Closer Look" March 15, 2006  
A recap of the first 15 days including previously un-aired bonus footage.
8
"An Emerging Plan" March 30, 2006 16.25 5.8/17
La Mina received treemail that they are to go to Casaya for the merge. As the tribe approached Casaya's camp, Shane pulled his tribe together in an agreement to vote out the other Tribe in the next four Tribal Councils and the Casaya members, who were eating, ate as much rice as they could to avoid sharing with La Mina, then greeted them with open arms. While building a larger shelter, Nick accidentally chipped Bruce's tooth with a machete, but Bruce was fine. Meanwhile, Terry tried to convince Shane and Cirie to flip, guaranteeing them two more weeks in the game, but no one would budge.
Immunity Challenge: Each tribe member will have to hang upside down with arms and legs wrapped around a pole. They must hang there for as long as they can. Whoever falls off of the pole will be eliminated. The last castaway hanging wins Immunity.
At the Immunity Challenge, the survivors hung on a pole with their hands and feet only. Cirie lasted only 3 minutes and after a point all the Casaya members voluntarily jumped off, leaving Terry, Austin and Nick to fight for immunity. Austin asked Terry to throw the challenge and let him give immunity, as he was convinced he was going home, but Terry wouldn't budge, despite having the hidden immunity idol. Austin fell off, then Nick did after 45 minutes, giving Terry his first victory. Before Tribal Council, Bruce drew the name "Gitanos" for their new tribe name, meaning "Gypsies" in Spanish. Later that night, Nick, considered the second strongest member after Terry, was voted out along former tribal lines, 6-4.
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"The Power of the Idol" April 6, 2006 16.36 5.6/17
With Nick voted out, the former La Mina tribe attempted to flip some of the Casaya tribe members.
Reward Challenge: The Gitanos tribe will be divided into three teams of three. Each team will have one boat and 100 coconuts. They must race to put the coconuts into the boats of the other two teams. The more coconuts in the boat, the slower it will be. Once the teams have exhausted their coconut supplies, they'll paddle out in their boats to retrieve a tribe flag and fishing net, return to shore and use the fishing net to carry all the coconuts from their boat back up the beach and into the bin. The first tribe to get all the coconuts in their bin and on their finish mat with their tribe flag wins a reward of breakfast in bed.
At the reward challenge, the castaways were split into three teams, and Bruce, Aras, and Sally ended up victorious. Austin and Danielle were exiled together, while the winners enjoyed a big breakfast in a rain-soaked bed.
Immunity Challenge: The Survivors will race through a series of obstacles in four stages. In the first stage, all nine Survivors must race to dig through the sand and pull themselves under a wooden fence. The first six to finish move on to the second round, in which they must complete a brainteaser with four written clues to guide them. After completing the brainteaser, they climb up a sand hill, through a maze and over a second sand hill. The first three to finish this phase will move on to phase three, which requires them to navigate across a rope bridge using two wooden planks. Once they've reached the end of the bridge, they must jump off the platform into the water and climb up a steep sand bank. The first to the top of the sand bank move on to the final round: a race through a series of vertical and horizontal tunnels and towers until the first person finishes, winning Immunity.
At the immunity challenge, the castaways competed in an obstacle course, with a few contestants getting eliminated in each round. Terry ended up victorious with his second individual immunity win in a row, narrowly beating Sally. Back at camp, the former La Mina tribe tried to convince Bruce and Danielle, the two outcasts of their alliance, to switch to the La Mina alliance. Terry offered Danielle the immunity idol in exchange for her switch. At Tribal Council, Danielle and Bruce still showed loyalty to Casaya, and, with a 6-3 vote, got rid of Austin.
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"Fight for Your Life or Eat" April 13, 2006 15.07 5.2/17
After another La Mina's departure, Sally and Terry were at their most desperate to keep themselves in the game.
Reward Challenge: After watching a preview of their videos from home, the tribe will be divided into two teams. One person will lie face down on a cradle suspended in the air by bungee cords. Attached to that cradle are three ropes. The teammates will pull those ropes to maneuver the person on the cradle as they grab fifteen flags and place them in order into their appropriate slots. The first team to get all fifteen flags in order wins the full length version of their videos from home, plus peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and a glass of milk.
At the Reward Challenge, the team of Bruce, Courtney, Sally, and Terry won a videos from home, peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, and ice-cold milk. They chose Aras to be sent to Exile Island. Back at the camp, a paranoid Shane told registered nurse Cirie that he was "having problems" with his testicles (and stripped naked in the process, save his shirt). When the winning team got back, they brought some of their reward with them.
Immunity Challenge: Each Survivor is asked to grab a nut and a shell and put them in opposite hands. For the Challenge, each person will swim out to a long plank with seven symbols on it resting on the ocean floor. They will have to memorize the symbols in order and race back to the beach, where they will try to replicate those symbols, in order, on their answer board. The first person to solve the puzzle correctly wins Immunity. With participation in this challenge being optional, if someone chooses not to participate, they will instead be able to enjoy cheeseburgers, French fries, and soft drinks. They can only eat for as long as the Challenge goes or until the food runs out.
At the Immunity Challenge, the players had to decide between a feast of cheeseburgers, fries, and soft drinks or the immunity challenge. Bruce, Cirie, Courtney, Danielle, and Shane decided to feast, whereas Aras, Sally, and Terry chose to participate. Terry narrowly defeated Aras, with Sally placing third. When the Survivors got back to camp, Sally and Terry continued their efforts to break the Casaya alliance. Despite their efforts, the Casaya alliance held strong, and Sally was voted out 6-2.
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"Medical Emergency" April 20, 2006 16.26 5.5/18
Terry seemed to become more bitter about his continued status outside of the alliance.
Reward Challenge: Each of the castaways will fill out a questionnaire in private, then the results will be tallied and the Challenge will begin. The questions will be posed to the group. At this time, they will guess whose name came up most often. Each time someone gets a correct answer, they'll get to chop one of three ropes assigned to each tribe member. After three chops, the rope will release a torch that will in turn send their voodoo dolls up in flames. The winner would receive a visit to a spa.
In a Reward Challenge where the contestants voted about their fellow contestants, Courtney was shocked to learn she was considered the most unpopular of the tribe. By correctly guessing what the majority of the tribe had chosen for their answers, Cirie won the challenge and sent Terry to Exile Island taking Aras and Danielle to share her reward. Cirie then worried about what effect her decisions might have with the other players. Back at the camp, Courtney was bitter because of some of the opinions expressed in the challenge and Shane was upset because he hadn't been chosen by Cirie for the reward. Shane attempted to ally himself with Courtney, but to no avail. Bruce, who had been sick for several days, was in increasing pain. He claimed to have not gone to the toilet since the Panamanian village reward. Finally, he couldn't take it any longer and asked for medical assistance. The medical team arrived and took him out of the game. Later that day, with the Reward winners returned, Jeff Probst brought Terry back to the camp from Exile Island and revealed that as a result of Bruce's withdrawal, there was no Immunity Challenge nor Tribal Council, and Bruce would assume a position on the Jury if his condition allowed.
12
"Perilous Scramble" April 27, 2006 17.09 5.9/18
The other players continued to worry about Shane's strange behavior: he had found a piece of wood and was pretending it was his BlackBerry and he was sending messages to people back home.
Reward Challenge: The tribe will be divided into two teams of three. Each team member will be attached to a rope that spans the length of an obstacle course. They must follow the rope while navigating the various obstacles. When the final platform is reached, they will unclip from the rope and, one at a time, race across a lily pad run, jump into the water and retrieve one of three bags. Once all three bags have been retrieved, they will clip onto the rope again and make their way back through all the obstacles to the beach. The first team to reach the finish with all three members and all three bags wins a barbecue feast. The winners of the barbecue feast would advance to a second challenge, firing marbles using a slingshot. The first castaway to break three tiles would receive a new car (a GMC Yukon).
Terry, Courtney and Danielle won the first part of the Reward Challenge, and Terry won the second part to claim the car. During their reward, Terry made a deal with Courtney and Danielle for the three of them to work together. Back at camp, Cirie went fishing and caught a sizable fish. After returning to camp, Danielle told Terry she was worried that if they were in the final three with Courtney, she figured he would pick Courtney to go to the final two with because she was less popular. Terry made an agreement with Danielle that if either of them won the final immunity challenge, they would take the second place winner to the final two. When Courtney was told of this, she became upset because she felt it implied she was being carried by other players.
Immunity Challenge: Each tribe member will kneel at the end of a long plank suspended over a pit of water. The contestants will hold on to two ropes connected to a weighted hook. Starting with twenty percent of their body weight, the weight will increase by another ten percent every fifteen minutes. When the weight becomes too much to hold, the ropes will slip from their hands, the plank will give out and they'll fall into the water. The last person left standing wins Immunity.
Terry won his fourth straight Immunity Challenge, and the former Casaya alliance was forced to vote out one of their own. Shane thought the alliance was in agreement to vote out Danielle, while Courtney thought that her new alliance with Danielle, Terry and fourth member Cirie was voting against Aras. Cirie, who didn't like her low position in this alliance formed a new alliance with Aras and Danielle to vote against Courtney. With the votes split three ways, Courtney was blindsided 3-2-1.
13
"Bamboozled" May 4, 2006 17.04 5.9/18
Reward Challenge: The castaways will dig in a circle of sand, each looking for a bag. The first four to find their bag move on to the second round. In the second round, they will carry their bags with them to untie a wooden snake. The first three to get to the finish with both bag and snake proceed to the third round. The third round, they will carry the bag and snake as they race over a sand hill and into a water pit, where they will untie a large fish. The first two to get to the finish with fish, bag and snake will move on to the final round. In the last round, the last two standing will go head-to-head, carrying all three items that they have collected through a series of wooden tunnels and towers. The first person to the finish wins a hotel accommodation with their loved one.
Players competed in a Reward Challenge of obstacles from past challenges for a visit with loved ones. The winner would decide as to what capacity the other contestants would get to interact with their loved ones. Terry won and he choose himself and his wife, along with Shane and his son, Boston, to spend the night at a villa. He also chose Cirie's husband H.B. to spend the night at the camp, Aras to just get a hug from his mother and Danielle to get a few words with her mom from where she was standing.
Immunity Challenge: Each tribe member will stand on a very small perch at the top of a 20-foot poll in the water. When the game begins, they will lower a bucket into the water to fill it, then pour from the bucket into a very narrow bamboo shoot. As the bamboo shoot fills up with water, it will raise a flag. Once the flag is high enough to reach, they must carefully grab it and raise it above their head in order to win Immunity.
After the loved ones left, the players competed for Immunity. For the fifth time in a row, Terry won immunity. Back at camp, Aras decided to break his alliance with Shane after finding out that Shane wanted to take Courtney to the final two. Aras then made an alliance with Cirie and Danielle. In the end, Shane was blindsided in a 3-1-1 decision.
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"Call the Whambulence!" May 11, 2006 17.20 5.8/18
Terry was inadvertently tripped by Cirie's torch and yelled at her while she was tending the bonfire, but Aras protected her, saying that it was an accident. This left Terry further isolated among the tribe.
Reward Challenge: The castaways will each be attached to ropes by one of two carabiners. Using the two carabiners, they will clip and unclasp from one rope to another as they navigate their way around each other along a main thoroughfare that leads to six stations: poles, hermit crabs, rocks, iguanas, shells and fish. Each time they get to a station they must count the number of items, race back to the start, and find the answer tile with the same number on it. Once they've been to all six stations, they will have six numbers. They will then place those six numbers into an answer grid. Using the combination, the two numbers in each column will open the locks. If the lock doesn't open, it means they've counted wrong and they can go back and correct their mistakes. Once they've opened all three locks, their tribe flag will drop. The first person to lower their tribe flag wins a luxury yacht tour of the Panama Canal.
Aras won the Reward Challenge, and chose to take Cirie on a luxurious yacht trip through the Panama Canal; but not before having a debate with Terry after he accused him of complaining every time he lost a challenge and blurting out "disparaging comments about women." Both Terry and Danielle were sent to Exile Island for losing the Challenge. During their trip, Aras and Cirie made a pact for the Final 2; while Danielle and Terry also conspired for their fate in the game during their time on exile. Soon after returning from their reward, Cirie successfully built her first fire.
Immunity Challenge: Each Survivor will work to solve three puzzles. Using a set of coordinates, each castaway will cross two ropes. Where the ropes intersect, a bag of puzzle pieces is buried in the sand. They must dig up the pieces, then race back to their respective answer boards to complete their puzzle. The puzzle will reveal the next set of coordinates. The first person to solve all three puzzles, with the third one reading "Safe From Vote," wins Immunity.
In the Immunity Challenge, Cirie and Terry were putting up a good fight but Aras ultimately won the challenge, thus ending Terry's Immunity winning streak. Before the tribal council, Aras approached Terry to apologize for accusations of Terry's worthiness to remain in the game after Reward Challenge, which Terry accepted. Meanwhile, Cirie and Danielle practiced making fire, anticipated this would be the tiebreaker in the event of a tie (with Danielle reconsidering about Terry giving his Hidden Immunity Idol to her). In the end, the guess proved accurate as the vote indeed ended up tied between Danielle and Cirie. With Terry refusing to give Danielle the Hidden Immunity Idol, she and Cirie will partake in a fire-starting challenge.
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"The Final Showdown" May 14, 2006 17.07 6.2/15
After many attempts to start fires that continue to wear out, Danielle won the fire starting tie-breaker, and Cirie was eliminated from the game.
Reward Challenge: The Survivors must race to the top of a three-story climbing wall using four individually shaped pegs. First, they must make their way through a table maze. Once at the end of the maze, each will release a bag containing their first two pegs and move to a spinning wheel. Reading the clues, each must spin the wheel clockwise, counter-clockwise, and clockwise again like a combination lock to find the one bag that contains their final two pegs. With the help of the pegs, the players must get to the top of the wall and place their pegs in the proper slots, which will raise a flag. The first person to raise their flag wins a protein-enriched meal.
The next morning, Terry displayed the now powerless Immunity Idol back at camp, and in a surprise Reward Challenge, he won a protein-enriched meal that would be useful for the final Immunity Challenge. The final three were taken to Exile Island to take part in a tribute to the eliminated Survivors. The three placed the extinguished torches of the thirteen eliminated Survivors on the large skull-shaped shelter in the center of the island and burned it in the process.
Immunity Challenge: Starting on the largest of a series of floating platforms, every fifteen minutes the Final Three will move to the next smaller platform. As the platforms get smaller, it will get tougher for the Survivors to maintain their balance. Only their feet can touch the platform. If their hands or butt touch the platform or they fall off, they are eliminated. The last person standing wins Immunity.
Danielle won the final immunity after Terry fell off and Aras jumped off after receiving a nod from Danielle. Danielle voted out Terry, thinking that she would have a better chance of winning against Aras, and because Aras was a fellow member of the former Casaya tribe. With all of the older castaways gone, Aras and Danielle received a celebratory food reward the next day. While walking along the beach rocks, Aras slipped and sliced open his hand and back, requiring a total of eight stitches. At the final Tribal Council, Aras and Danielle were asked questions ranging from who contributed the most in getting them into the final two, as to why the other castaway was more deserving of the million dollar prize. Shane, who felt neither of the two were deserving of the prize, asked them to pick a number between one and a million. At the live reunion show it was revealed that Aras, in a 5-2 decision, had become the twelfth Sole Survivor.
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"Reunion" May 14, 2006  
The castaways discuss the season with host, Jeff Probst, live at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City.
Voting history[edit]



Original
 Tribes
Absorbed Tribes
Merged Tribe

Episode #
1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Day #
3 6 8 11 14 15 18 21 24 25 30 33 36 38
Eliminated
Tina Melinda Misty Ruth-Marie Bobby Dan Nick Austin Sally Bruce Courtney Shane Tie Cirie Terry
Votes
3–1 5–2 5–2 4–2 3–2–1–1 3–1 6–4 6–3 6–2 None9 3–2–1 3–1–1 2–2 None10 1–0
Voter
Vote
  Aras  Melinda   Bruce  Nick Austin Sally  Courtney Shane Danielle  
  Danielle  Melinda   Bobby  Nick Austin Sally  Courtney Shane Cirie Win10 Terry
  Terry   Misty Ruth-Marie  Dan Shane Aras Aras  Aras Aras Cirie  
  Cirie Tina Shane   Bobby  Nick Austin Sally  Courtney Shane Danielle Lose10 
  Shane  Melinda   Aras  Nick Austin Sally  Danielle Danielle 
  Courtney  Melinda   Bobby  Nick Austin Sally  Aras 
  Bruce  Exiled7   Courtney  Nick Austin Sally  
  Sally   Ruth-Marie Ruth-Marie  Exiled8 Shane Aras Aras 
  Austin   Misty Ruth-Marie  Dan Shane Aras 
  Nick   Misty Ruth-Marie  Dan Shane 
 Dan   Misty Sally  Austin 
 Bobby  Melinda   Bruce 
 Ruth-Marie Tina  Misty Sally 
 Misty   Ruth-Marie 
 Melinda Tina Shane 
Tina Cirie 

Jury vote

Episode #
15
Day #
39
Finalist
Danielle Aras
Vote
5–2
Juror
Vote
Terry  Aras
Cirie  Aras
Shane Danielle 
Courtney  Aras
Bruce Danielle 
Sally  Aras
Austin  Aras


^7 Bruce joined Casaya after the episode 2 vote, which is why he did not cast a vote.
^8 Sally was exiled during the episode 6 vote, which is why she did not cast a vote.
^9 No vote: Bruce was removed due to a medical emergency, no Tribal Council was held.
^10 No one was eliminated during Episode 14 due to a 2-2 deadlock between Cirie and Danielle. Following the vote, Cirie lost the fire-building tiebreaker, but it was not shown until the following episode.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Dakss, Brian (January 9, 2006). "'Survivor: Panama' Cast Unveiled". CBS News. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
2.Jump up ^ Mitchell, Paul (January 11, 2006). "Timber Tina Scheer proves she's a 'survivor'". Wisconsinosity. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
3.Jump up ^ Rocchio, Christopher (May 12, 2008). "Cirie Fields, Survivor: Micronesia". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
4.Jump up ^ Ross, Dalton (March 5, 2010). "'Survivor: Heroes vs Villains': Latest evictee responds to Tribal Council blindside". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
5.Jump up ^ "Exclusive: Danielle DiLorenzo talks 'Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains'". May 7, 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
6.Jump up ^ Helling, Steve (November 21, 2013). "Aras Baskauskas Is Going to Be a Dad! : People.com". People. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
External links[edit]
Official CBS Survivor Panama Website



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Survivor: Cook Islands

Winner
Yul Kwon
Presented by
Jeff Probst
No. of episodes
15
No. of days
39
No. of survivors
20
Production

Location(s)
Aitutaki, Cook Islands,
New Zealand
Filming dates
June 26, 2006
– August 3, 2006
Broadcast

Original run
September 14, 2006 – December 17, 2006
Chronology

Preceded by
Survivor: Panama
Followed by
Survivor: Fiji
Survivor: Cook Islands is the thirteenth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season was filmed from June 26, 2006 through August 3, 2006 and premiered on September 14, 2006.
During this season of Survivor, the contestants were divided into four tribes by ethnicity; African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and White American, a decision that generated some controversy prior to the premiere. The respective tribes' names were Manihiki ("Hiki"), Puka Puka ("Puka"), Aitutaki ("Aitu"), and Rarotonga ("Raro"). These four tribes were named after islands located in the Cook Islands. The four tribes evenly divided into two new mixed tribes after the second tribal council, taking the Aitutaki and Rarotonga names. A mutiny offer was made to all remaining players during this season before the merge, where two players from the same tribe accepted the mutiny offer. After the nine remaining contestants merged, they decided to name themselves Aitutonga. This season also featured the first time a tribe has voted off two members during a single tribal council. The concept of Exile Island returned, with a hidden immunity idol located somewhere on the island.
Instead of the usual final two players facing a jury of seven, there was a final three facing a jury of nine, which included players that were voted out before the merge. The final jury setup meant that a two or three-way tie to decide the winner of the game was possible, though the method to resolve this tie was unknown at the time. In the end, Yul Kwon defeated Ozzy Lusth and Becky Lee by a jury vote of 5–4–0 and was named the Sole Survivor.
The complete season (including the mid-season recap episode and live Reunion show) was released on DVD on December 11, 2012, available exclusively through Amazon.com.


Contents  [hide]
1 Contestants
2 Season summary 2.1 Episodes
2.2 Voting history
3 Diversity and controversy
4 Filming locations
5 References
6 External links

Contestants[edit]



Parvati Shallow came in sixth place


Ozzy Lusth was the season's runner-up


Yul Kwon was the season's winner
Ozzy Lusth, Jonathan Penner, and Parvati Shallow were selected to compete again in Survivor: Micronesia. Penner and Lusth finished in 15th and 9th, respectively, while Shallow eventually won the season. Shallow would again return for Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains along with Candice Woodcock where they placed 2nd and 8th, respectively. Lusth would also return for a third time in Survivor: South Pacific, finishing in 4th place. Penner returned for his third time in Survivor: Philippines where he placed 7th. Woodcock, under the surname of "Cody", returned for her third time in Survivor: Blood vs. Water, alongside her husband, John, finishing in 16th place.
List of Survivor: Cook Islands contestants

Contestant
Original tribe
Switched tribe
Post-mutiny tribe
Merged tribe
Finish

Sekou Bunch
45, Los Angeles, California Manihiki    1st voted out
 Day 3
Billy Garcia
36, New York, New York Aitutaki    2nd voted out
 Day 6
Cecilia Mansilla
29, Thousand Oaks, California Aitutaki Aitutaki   3rd voted out
 Day 8
J. P. Calderon
30, Santa Monica, California Aitutaki Rarotonga   4th voted out
 Day 11
Stephannie Favor
35, Columbia, South Carolina Manihiki Rarotonga   5th voted out
 Day 14
Anh-Tuan "Cao Boi" Bui
42, Christiansburg, Virginia Puka Puka Aitutaki   6th voted out
 Day 15
Cristina Coria
35, Los Angeles, California Aitutaki Rarotonga   7th voted out
 Day 15
Jessica Smith
27, Chico, California Rarotonga Aitutaki   8th voted out
 Day 18
Brad Virata
29, Los Angeles, California Puka Puka Rarotonga Rarotonga  9th voted out
1st jury member
 Day 21
Rebecca Borman
34, Laurelton, New York Manihiki Rarotonga Rarotonga  10th voted out
2nd jury member
 Day 24
Jenny Guzon-Bae
36, Lake Forest, Illinois Puka Puka Rarotonga Rarotonga  11th voted out
3rd jury member
 Day 24
Nathan "Nate" Gonzalez
26, Los Angeles, California Manihiki Rarotonga Rarotonga Aitutonga 12th voted out
4th jury member
 Day 27
Candice Woodcock
23, Fayetteville, North Carolina Rarotonga Aitutaki Rarotonga 13th voted out
5th jury member
 Day 30
Jonathan Penner
44, Los Angeles, California Rarotonga Aitutaki Rarotonga 14th voted out
6th jury member
 Day 33
Parvati Shallow
23, Vero Beach, Florida Rarotonga Rarotonga Rarotonga 15th voted out
7th jury member
 Day 36
Adam Gentry
28, San Diego, California Rarotonga Rarotonga Rarotonga 16th voted out
8th jury member
 Day 37
Sundra Oakley
31, Los Angeles, California Manihiki Aitutaki Aitutaki 17th voted out
9th jury member
 Day 38
Becky Lee
28, Washington, D.C. Puka Puka Aitutaki Aitutaki 2nd Runner-up
Ozzy Lusth
25, Fresno, California Aitutaki Aitutaki Aitutaki Runner-up
Yul Kwon
31, Queens, New York Puka Puka Aitutaki Aitutaki Sole Survivor

Season summary[edit]
According to a local guidebook, pre-production began in the spring of 2006 and principal filming ran from July 3, 2006 until August 11, 2006.[1][2][3]
The 20 players were initially divided into four tribes based on race for the first six days of the competition, but later merged into two tribes. An early visit to Exile island resulted in Yul discovering the hidden immunity idol. With the tribes equal at six members each on Day 19, the castaways were given the choice to mutiny and join the other tribe; Candice and Jonathan opted to do so, leaving the Aitutaki tribe at four members, consisting of Yul, Ozzy, Becky, and Sundra, against an eight-strong Rarotonga tribe. However, this served to only increase the determination of the Aitutaki tribe; between strong teamwork, Yul's intelligence, and Ozzy's swimming skills, Aitutaki defeated Rarotonga at every subsequent challenge, leaving Rarotonga with only five members at the merge.
While the Aitu Four merged in the minority, Yul cemented his Aitutaki alliance by showing them the idol, and convinced Jonathan to vote along with them to tip the scales. The Aitu Four quickly took control of the game and were the final four players remaining. With Yul holding the hidden immunity idol and Ozzy winning the final challenge, the four agreed to let a fire-making challenge decide who would join them at the Final Tribal Council; despite this taking more than an hour to complete, Becky emerged victorious. The jury, seeing Becky's coat-tailing of Yul and poor performance at the fire-making challenge, did not consider any votes for her, and Yul's brains edged out Ozzy's brawn, five votes to four.
Challenge winners and eliminations by episode

Episode Title
Original air date
Challenge winner(s)
Exiled
Eliminated
Finish

Reward
Immunity
"I Can Forgive Her But I Don't Have To Because She Screwed With My Chickens" September 14, 2006 Puka Puka1 Jonathan Sekou 1st voted out
 Day 3
Aitutaki
Rarotonga
"Dire Strengths and Dead Weight" September 21, 2006 Puka Puka2 Yul Billy 2nd voted out
 Day 6
Rarotonga2
 Manihiki
"Flirting and Frustration" September 28, 2006 None3 Rarotonga Candice Cecilia 3rd voted out
 Day 8
"Ruling the Roost" October 5, 2006 Aitutaki Aitutaki Adam J.P. 4th voted out
 Day 11
"Don't Cry Over Spilled Octopus" October 12, 2006 Rarotonga Aitutaki Jonathan Stephannie 5th voted out
 Day 14
"Plan Voodoo" October 19, 2006 Aitutaki Nate4 None5 Cao Boi 6th voted out
 Day 15
Cristina 7th voted out
 Day 15
"Why Aren't You Swimming?!" November 2, 2006 Aitutaki Rarotonga Adam Jessica 8th voted out
 Day 18
"Mutiny" November 9, 2006 Aitutaki Aitutaki Candice Brad 9th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 21
"People That You Like Want To See You Suffer" November 16, 2006 Aitutaki Aitutaki Candice Rebecca 10th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 24
Jenny 11th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 24
"Why Would You Trust Me?" November 23, 2006 None6 Ozzy None6 Nate 12th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 27
"You're a Rat..." November 30, 2006 Survivor Auction7 Adam Candice7 Candice 13th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 30
"Arranging a Hit" December 7, 2006 Parvati, [Adam, Sundra] Ozzy Jonathan Jonathan 14th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 33
"I Have the Advantage...For Once" December 14, 2006 Ozzy, Parvati, Yul8 Ozzy Adam Parvati 15th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 36
"This Tribe Will Self-Destruct in 5, 4, 3..." December 17, 2006 None Ozzy None Adam 16th voted out
 8th jury member
 Day 37
Ozzy Sundra 17th voted out
 9th jury member
 Day 38
"Reunion" December 17, 2006  Jury vote
Becky 2nd runner-up
Ozzy Runner-up
Yul Sole Survivor
In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
^1 : The challenge was a combined reward and immunity challenge. In addition, Puka Puka received an additional reward for coming in first.
^2 : The challenge was a combined reward and immunity challenge. Puka Puka and Rarotonga tied for first and both won reward.
^3 : There was no reward challenge in Episode 3 due to the tribe merger.
^4 : As another twist to Aitutaki winning reward, they were allowed to "kidnap" one of Rarotonga's members. They selected Nate and he was granted immunity but could not vote.
^5 : This was a double elimination episode and thus there was no immunity challenge and nobody was exiled.
^6 : There was no reward challenge in Episode 11 due to the tribal merger and nobody was exiled.
^7 : Instead of a Reward Challenge, there was a Survivor Auction where Becky won the right to send someone to Exile Island and chose Candice.
^8 : In this challenge, the Top 3 finishers got to go for the reward. Ozzy placed first, Parvati was second and Yul was third.

Episodes[edit]

Episode
 #
Title
Original air date
U.S. viewers
 (million)
Rating/Share
 18-49

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"I Can Forgive Her But I Don't Have To Because She Screwed With My Chickens" September 14, 2006 18.00 6.5/20
Contestants were given two minutes to salvage whatever they could from a boat before having to paddle to their shore. As the castaways frantically scoured the ship for supplies, Puka Puka's Yul grabbed a chicken, got distracted by the commotion and the chicken escaped and got into the hands of Rarotonga's Jonathan. At Aitutaki, Billy haplessly created shelter, but Ozzy's survival skills duped him. In Rarotonga, Jonathan's stolen chicken escaped when Jessica accidentally freed it, angering Jonathan. At Manihiki, the women complained as their leader Sekou took a lot of breaks.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: The tribes must race to assemble a puzzle boat using seven braces, then paddle the boat out and retrieve fire from a bonfire floating on a raft in the ocean. Then they must paddle back to shore and carry the boat braces and fire with them. After putting together yet another puzzle, they must use the braces as ladder rungs, climb to the top of a platform and light their tribe fire bale. The first three tribes to the top win flint and immunity, and the first-placing tribe will also receive a crate full of fire-making essentials, including kerosene and waterproof matches. This challenge would later appear in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.
In a combined Reward/Immunity Challenge. All tribes, except for Manihiki, won flint and immunity. In addition, Puka Puka, who came in first, received the fire-making kit. Sekou and Nate, the men of Manihiki, sent Jonathan from Rarotonga to Exile Island in return for Puka Puka's lost chicken. This decision alienated Manihiki's female majority, for they felt isolated as the boys took the responsibility of sending someone to Exile Island for themselves. In the end, Stephannie, Sundra and Rebecca banded together to get rid of their overbearing but weak leader Sekou in a 3–2 decision. After the vote, they received their flint so they can make fire.
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"Dire Strengths and Dead Weight" September 21, 2006 17.43 6.5/18
Day 4 started well for Manihiki when the tribe managed to start a fire. Jonathan returned from Exile Island to Rarotonga, and was disappointed as nothing much has changed since he left. At Puka Puka, tribe members rapidly became fed up with Cao Boi's jokes and never-ending stories. At Aitutaki, feeling like his tribe could do better, Ozzy forced his tribe to throw the next immunity challenge to get rid of Billy, who had not been putting in much effort at camp.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: Before the challenge starts, host Jeff Probst will tell a story about the voyage of James Cook. Each tribe must remember a historical story of Captain James Cook. Tied together as a group, the tribe must make their way over and under logs and through a field of poles, gathering seven answer flags. Once they cross a two-line rope bridge over a pit of water, they must use the seven answer flags collected to solve five questions about the story. If a tribe misses a part of the storyline, they may consult from their copy of the story; but they must go back through the course to reread it. The first tribes to complete the challenge will receive tarps, and the three top finishers win Immunity.
At the challenge, Puka Puka and Rarotonga tied for first place, so they each received two large tarps as reward and immunity. Manihiki finished third and was also safe from Tribal Council. The losing tribe, Aitutaki, sent Yul from Puka Puka to Exile Island, where he successfully deciphered the clues to discover the hidden immunity idol in the sand. At Tribal Council, Billy gushed about finding love with Rarotonga's Candice, which was later found to be his taking her comments to him wildly out of context. Candice said "we love you" to him in order to lift his spirits after he admitted his vulnerability post-challenge loss, but he misunderstood and claimed that she said "I love you" to him. Sticking to Ozzy's plan, Billy was voted out 4–1.
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"Flirting and Frustration" September 28, 2006 16.85 5.9/16
Instead of a reward challenge, the four ethnically-divided tribes will be merged as two new ones. Manihiki and Puka Puka were abolished, but the supplies that were left at those camps will be equally divided by the newly rehashed Aitutaki and Rarotonga tribes. At the new Aitutaki, Cecilia told Candice of what happened during the previous Tribal Council (Billy's "I Love You" incident), leaving a bewildered Candice laughing as she made alliances with Yul, Becky and Jonathan. Yul also told Becky that he found the Hidden Immunity Idol.
Immunity Challenge: The tribes will be clipped together by a rope carrying 15 pound sand bags each. They will start on opposite sides of the course, racing through knee-deep water to catch the other tribe. If a tribe member drops out they must give their 15 pounds to someone from their tribe, doubling that person's weight. The first tribe to tackle a member from the other tribe to the ground wins Immunity.
During the Immunity Challenge, the Aitutaki men tried to fend off the fronting Rarotonga men (Adam, Brad, J.P., and Nate) but to no avail as Rarotonga tackled them, securing Immunity for their team. Rarotonga banished Candice to Exile Island, thus throwing the Becky-Candice-Jonathan-Yul alliance plans into disarray as she will be immune from the vote and will not need to go to Tribal Council. Cao Boi, Cecilia, Jessica, Ozzy, and Sundra banded together to try to vote out Becky. After strong lobbying by Jonathan and Yul, Cao Boi and Jessica switched their vote to Cecilia, who was voted out 5–3.
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"Ruling the Roost" October 5, 2006 15.83 5.6/16
At Aitutaki, Ozzy became furious about the elimination of his only remaining fellow Aitutaki tribemate Cecilia, but his tribemates comforted him. At Rarotonga, the women complained about the men's growing egotism, specifically J.P.'s bossiness.
Reward Challenge: Each tribe will have two tribe members attached by belt to a rope, which snakes over, under and around a series of obstacles. The rest of the tribe will push and pull their two tribe members, attached to the rope, through the course. Once the entire tribe reaches the end of the rope, one person from each tribe will swim out to a barrel where they will retrieve a decoding wheel, bring it back to the tribe mat and use that decoder wheel to decipher one phrase. The tribe that solves the phrase first wins three blankets, two pillows and one hammock.
Aitutaki won the reward and chose Adam to be Exiled. After the Reward Challenge, Cao Boi went egg hunting, but instead knocked down a chick from a nest, which disturbed Jonathan. However, Cao Boi successfully returned the chick to the nest.
Immunity Challenge: Tribe members from each tribe will assemble a stretcher puzzle and race though the jungle with the stretcher to the beach. Once there, one tribe member will swim out to rescue another tribe member shackled to the top of a mast. Both members will swim back to the beach while holding onto a life ring, place the rescued tribe member on the stretcher and race back through the jungle to their starting mat. There, the remaining three tribe members must build a fire tall and strong enough to burn through a rope and raise the tribe's flag. First tribe to unfold their flag wins.
Cao Boi's tactics, albeit unorthodox — such as dancing crazily with a smoking coconut husk — carried Aitutaki past Rarotonga at the fire-making Immunity Challenge. Out of frustration, Stephannie accepted blame for the defeat and put herself up to be voted out. However, later on, she retracted the offer to the other women, who then used the opportunity to vote J.P. out. Adam and Brad secretly decided to betray J.P. and Nate, sending J.P. home by a vote of 7–2.
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"Don't Cry Over Spilled Octopus" October 12, 2006 15.84 5.5/15
At Aitutaki, Cao Boi complained about Becky, Candice, and Sundra being lazy.
Reward Challenge: Both the tribes will split into three pairs, each of whom will stand on a platform. Each person on the platform will use one arm to hold onto a hook. Every two minutes members from the opposing tribe will load one of those pairs with five-pound bags. The more weight added, the harder it will be to hold onto the hook. The last pair holding their hooks and weight for their tribe wins a reward of fishing gear, spices and some wine.
At the modified weight-holding Reward Challenge, the tribes began trash-talking each other; but Rarotonga's Nate and Adam came in victorious. Rarotonga sent Jonathan back to Exile Island since he had been there before. Back at camp, Cristina's tribemates complained about her being bossy like JP. Cao Boi, Jessica, and Ozzy went exploring around the bay and accidentally ended up at Rarotonga's camp. Their unexpected visit did not sit well with Rarotonga. Meanwhile, back at Aitutaki, Becky, Candice, and Yul tried to pull Sundra into their alliance with Jonathan.
Immunity Challenge: The tribes must assemble stepping poles which they will use to transport two tribe members from one platform above water to another platform a short length away. Once both tribe members are across, all eight tribe members will climb up and over the platform, swimming out to a smaller tower. The first tribe to climb the last tower and get all eight tribe members on or above the top deck wins Immunity.
Aitutaki came from behind to win the Immunity Challenge. That afternoon, Rarotonga collectively decided that Cristina would be voted off next. But when Stephannie and Nate gathered water from the well, Stephannie told Nate that she "wanted mashed potatoes and gravy". Nate took this as a sign of weakness, and relayed it to the tribe. Even though Cristina spilled their octopus lunch earlier and continued to irritate others, the vote swung against Stephannie 7–1.
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"Plan Voodoo" October 19, 2006 15.02 5.3/14
Back at Rarotonga's camp after Tribal Council, Cristina again clashed with her tribemates after being pointed out as being annoying. At Aitutaki, Jonathan argued over bringing the Immunity Idol to the next Reward Challenge. Jonathan believed that unnecessarily taking the Immunity Idol in Reward Challenges and Tribal Councils was tantamount to gloating over the other tribe, but Cao Boi claimed he had 'spiritual reasons' for bringing the idol along. At the Reward Challenge, it was revealed that regardless of who won, both tribes would have to vote a member out.
Reward Challenge: The warring tribes will battle it out in a sand pit. Each tribe will select three people to be stationed at a post. Two members from the opposing tribe will try to physically remove them from their posts, drag them through the sand and over the finish line. First tribe to get all three opposing tribe members across their finish line wins a feast consisting of lamb shanks, bread and apple cider, to be eaten at Tribal Council.
Aitutaki won the Reward Challenge, and had to go to Tribal Council first. Before Tribal Council, Cao Boi awoke from a strange dream that spawned a strategy he called "Plan Voodoo." Its purpose was to reveal the hidden Immunity Idol by splitting a 3-3 vote between Jonathan and Candice. He chose these two in particular for two reasons: 1) He believed Jonathan had the immunity idol, and 2) Even if he did not, one of the two people from the original tribe of Whites would be eliminated. Unfortunately, his ally Yul possessed the idol. Yul did not want to reveal his idol; furthermore, he was fed up with Cao Boi's eccentric behavior, and so he decided to remove the threat. "Plan Voodoo" backfired as Cao Boi was voted out 6–1–1. Aitutaki then enjoyed a feast as they got to listen in on Rarotonga's Tribal Council. Just before Rarotonga's vote, Aitutaki was given the opportunity to "kidnap" one member of Rarotonga who would be ineligible to vote, immune from the vote, given a share of Aitutaki's reward and would be staying at Aitutaki's camp until the next Reward Challenge. Aitutaki selected Nate. Though Cristina made amends with her tribe, her lobbying still failed and she was sent packing in a 4–2 decision.
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"A Closer Look" October 26, 2006 15.30 5.4/14
A recap of the first 15 days.
8
"Why Aren't You Swimming?!" November 2, 2006 15.30 5.4/14
At Aitutaki, Jessica felt blindsided by the previous Tribal Council where Cao Boi was voted out. She confronted the rest of the tribe with Nate watching after being "kidnapped." Becky, Candice and Yul plotted their preferred order of elimination: Ozzy, Jessica, Sundra, Jonathan.
Reward Challenge: Each tribe will select three swimmers and two puzzle makers. The swimmers will grab a club, swim to a platform, climb to the top and leap off. While in midair, they will smash a plaster box releasing a key, retrieve the key and swim back to shore. After retrieving six keys, the two puzzle makers will use those keys to unlock a chest filled with puzzle pieces. First tribe to solve the puzzle wins two items chosen from a catalogue before the challenge The Aitutaki tribe chose a sack of potatoes and peanut butter, while Rarotonga chose bread and peanut butter.
At the Reward Challenge, Aitutaki was given a chance to make Nate perform at the challenge for their tribe or just sit out. After much deliberation, they chose Nate to sit out in the challenge. Nate got helplessly irked as his team fell apart as Aitutaki easily won in the Reward Challenge. They selected Adam to go to Exile Island for a second time. After the Reward Challenge, Brad's tribemates were upset at him for not performing the swimming portion of the Reward Challenge, claiming that "he's better at puzzles." They considered him as one of their strongest swimmers and the swimming part of the challenge was where they fell behind.
Immunity Challenge: Each tribe will race to arrange a series of logs, building a staircase to the top of a tower. Once the entire tribe is on the tower, three tribe members will sail down a zip line into the water, retrieve a bag of puzzle pieces and swim back. Once all three are back, they must climb a rope ladder to the top of the tower where the three remaining tribe members will solve the puzzle. First tribe to solve the puzzle wins Immunity.
Despite losing morale as well as challenges, Rarotonga finally ended their losing streak by winning the immunity challenge. Jessica lobbied hard to have Jonathan voted out, but her efforts failed and she was the first White American to be voted out 6–1.
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"Mutiny" November 9, 2006 14.39 4.8/13
At Aitutaki, Candice and Jonathan plotted for the impending merge. At Rarotonga, Brad revealed that he doesn't trust his tribemates at all, speaking about his fate if he made it to the merge a speech in which turned his tribe against him. At the Reward Challenge, a "Mutiny" offer was presented where anybody could change tribe affiliations. Candice and Jonathan decided to jump back to Rarotonga to rejoin their original tribemates, decimating Aitutaki with four members to Rarotonga's eight.
Reward Challenge: Two tribe members will squeeze into a barrel together and remain in the barrel while two other tribe members push, pull and roll the barrel through a series of obstacles in order to retrieve four buoys. Next, they must float the barrel through a final water obstacle, where they will collect four flags anchored underwater. Once the flags have been collected, the tribe must paddle back to shore, hang their flags on a flagpole, recover a buried axe and chop a rope in order to hoist their flags. The first tribe to raise their flags wins a trip to a local coffee shop with muffins, danishes and letters from home.
Undeterred, Aitutaki regrouped and made a comeback victory at the reward challenge. Aitutaki quickly selected Candice to go to Exile Island as revenge for mutinying. With Candice at Exile Island, Jonathan tried to form an alliance of the remaining original Rarotonga members, Adam and Parvati.
Immunity Challenge: The four tribe members have to paddle out in glass bottom boats in search of three targets on the ocean floor. They must line up the targets with cross hairs on their glasses, drop a cannonball and release two buoys. Once all six buoys have been collected the tribe must paddle back to shore. Reading a clue from one of the buoys, the tribe must use all six buoys to spell out the answer. First tribe assemble the mystery word ("bounty") wins Immunity.
At the Immunity Challenge, Rarotonga took a sizeable lead but Jonathan became infuriated about the painstaking task, even yelling at Jeff Probst to stop narrating the challenge, bringing the patient Aitutaki the victory. Jonathan was an easy target for elimination due to his willingness to leave his old tribe, and Adam becoming infuriated after learning that Jonathan decided he should go to Exile Island on previous instances. Ultimately, Brad's "every man for himself" speech cost him dearly and he was unanimously voted out. Unexpectedly, Brad was announced as the first member of the Jury despite placing twelfth.
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"People That You Like Want To See You Suffer" November 16, 2006 15.35 5.3/14
At Rarotonga, Jenny and Parvati were alarmed over Candice and Adam's closeness.
Reward Challenge: Two tribe members, armed with a compass and a coordinate, will race out to a large sixteen-point compass rose to locate treasure chests buried under the sand. Each chest has the next coordinate painted on the top. When tribe members find a chest, they must race back to their mat. The next two tribe members will take the compass and the new coordinate to retrieve another chest. Once the tribe has all four chests, they will remove seven nautical flags, remembering that each flag represents a letter from the alphabet. First team to complete the task wins a feast prepared by locals.
The tiny tribe of Aitutaki crushed the over-populated Rarotonga at the Reward Challenge and sent Candice back to Exile Island as continued revenge of her betrayal.
Immunity Challenge: Each tribe will swim out one at a time to a platform. Each member will dive down and unclip a bundle of island names and swim back to shore. Then the next person goes, until all four tribe members have had a turn. After all of the members are back, they must identify ten islands at an answer table. The first tribe to correctly identify all ten islands wins Immunity.
Aitutaki took their fourth straight win by winning the Immunity Challenge. A sealed bottle with a note inside was given to Rarotonga after they lost the Immunity Challenge. The bottle was to be opened after the vote at Tribal Council. At Tribal Council, Rebecca was seen as the weakest link and she was voted out 6–1, and the mysterious bottle was subsequently opened. While the tribe initially assumed that the note contained instructions about the impending merge, the tribe was shocked to discover that they were to vote out another tribemate. While Jonathan was the intended next target, the four original members of Rarotonga banded together to vote Jenny out of fear that she would rejoin the original Puka Puka members, Yul and Becky, at the merge. Showing complete disappointment over the surprise 4-2 vote, an angry Jenny stormed away as her torch was snuffed.
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"Why Would You Trust Me?" November 23, 2006 12.67 4.3/13
Expecting a challenge, the tribes arrived to receive announcement of the merge. The castaways chose to live on Rarotonga beach, and decided to call themselves "Aitutonga." The former Aitutaki merged in the minority, four to Rarotonga's five. Yul and Becky agreed that Jonathan was the best bet to flip. Yul informed Sundra and Ozzy about the hidden Immunity Idol and his plan to bring Jonathan over.
Immunity Challenge: Each individual must hang onto a pole for as long as they can. When they fall off of the pole, they are out of the challenge. Last person left hanging on their pole wins Immunity. Originally from Survivor: Vanuatu, this challenge would later appear in Survivor: Tocantins and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.
Ozzy outlasted Candice to win the first individual Immunity Challenge. Yul decided to show the hidden Immunity Idol to Jonathan to sway him back to his side: if Jonathan did not vote with Yul and Aitutaki, they would vote for Jonathan, and Yul's idol would negate the former Rarotonga members' votes to send Jonathan home. Jonathan requested that Yul vote for Nate in exchange for him flipping to their side, which Yul readily agreed to. Jonathan blindsided his old Rarotonga tribemates and joined the former Aitutaki members in voting out Nate 5–4.
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"You're a Rat..." November 30, 2006 15.63 5.4/14
Instead of a Reward Challenge, a Survivor Auction was held.
Survivor Auction Each contestant will be given $500 and can only bid with $20 increments. Highest bidder gets the item. Survivors may share money, but not with the item. The auction included food and drink items, a bubble bath, health care products, and the power to send another castaway to Exile Island.
Becky, teaming up with Yul, outbid Candice and Adam to win a note that was advertised as "the power to change the game." The note said that she would select somebody to immediately go to Exile Island and therefore forfeit all of their remaining money to her. Upon being told that Candice and Adam had not yet spent any of their money, Becky selected Candice. Before Candice left for Exile Island, Yul revealed to everybody that he had the Immunity Idol. After the Survivor Auction, everybody was annoyed at Jonathan due to his arrogant behavior after sweeping a lot of items during the auction.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways will be quizzed on how well they recollect the events of the last 30 days. First, each tribe member will answer four questions which will have numeric answers. Then, each tribe member will add, subtract or divide the numeric answers to come up with a final number. Then they must untie a corresponding box, searching for a key. That key opens a lock and raises a flag. The first three to raise their flag move on to a final round. In the final round, the remaining contenders will use the key to unlock a timber tunnel, crawl though the tunnel and go over a series of floating pontoons to raise one final flag. First to complete the course wins Immunity.
Adam's worries about being voted out next were quelled after he won the Immunity Challenge. Back at camp, Adam, Candice, and Parvati were taking a "snuggling session" in the shelter while the majority alliance downed a handful of fish that Jonathan caught. But Candice, seeing all the action, started confronting Jonathan about his arrogance and told him that the whole tribe hates him. In a heated Tribal Council, the three continued their crusade against Jonathan, but ultimately failed and Candice was voted out 5–3.
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"Arranging a Hit" December 7, 2006 15.72 5.3/15
Upon returning from Tribal Council, Jonathan felt uneasy after being called a "rat" and "cancer" but he declared that he will not let Adam and Parvati ruin his gameplan. Meanwhile, assuming that they were doomed, Adam and Parvati asked a favor to Yul that if they help them vote Jonathan out before them, they will give their jury votes in return. Parvati accidentally hit her thumbnail with a machete while cutting open a coconut, which required medical attention, but not removal from the game. At the Reward Challenge, the castaways were surprised by the arrival of their loved ones, who partnered up with the castaways in the challenge.
Reward Challenge: The survivors, while blindfolded, must scoop water using a bucket and must pass it to their loved ones. The loved ones will now transport the bucket to another bucket which is elevated from the ground. When there is enough water in that bucket, the weight of the water will lower the bucket, raising a flag. The first person to raise their flag wins a picnic that consists of fried chicken, meatloaf, and apple pie and will enjoy it with their loved ones.
An injured Parvati was able to work through her injury and win the Reward Challenge. Her reward was a picnic with her dad and the right to send somebody to Exile Island. Parvati selected Jonathan to make sweet revenge for his deception. Parvati's dad was allowed to select two other castaways to join in the picnic without any input from Parvati. He selected Sundra and her mom and Adam and his dad. While the challenge winners and invitees were enjoying the picnic, Ozzy, Yul, and Becky decided that they would agree to hide food from Parvati, Adam, and Jonathan, but the plan was foiled after Parvati and Adam brought back some leftovers from the picnic.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways will have to race out into the water and maneuver across a series of obstacles. When a tribe member reaches the end, he or she will retrieve a bundle of sticks and race back. Then each tribe member must repeat the process for a second bundle of sticks. Once a person has both bundles back, they'll untie the sticks and use the rope and the sticks build one long pole. The tribe member will then use the pole to collect two rings. The first person to retrieve both rings wins Immunity.
Ozzy easily won the Immunity Challenge. Despite singlehandedly saving the Aitutaki alliance from decimation, Jonathan was betrayed by them and sent to the jury by a vote of 6-1.
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"I Have the Advantage...For Once" December 14, 2006 14.55 5.0/14
Threatened by the presence of the impenetrable Aitutaki alliance, Parvati and Adam tried to figure a way to befriend one of the four to swing the vote.
Reward Challenge: Under a time pressure of ten minutes, tribe members are going to dive into a mud pit and cover their body with as much mud as they can, then race back and scrape it off into a bucket. They may not carry mud in their arms or in their hands; they can only use their body. Then Jeff Probst will weigh each bucket. The three castaways that own the heaviest buckets win a trip to a local spa.
Ozzy won the mud-carrying reward challenge, and sent Adam to Exile Island. Parvati and Yul, for placing second and third in the challenge, also got to partake in the reward. During this reward, Parvati tried to get closer to Ozzy in order to secure his vote, even with Yul around. Meanwhile, Becky and Sundra discussed the possibility of voting challenge dominator Ozzy off. When Yul returned from the reward, Becky informed him of her plan, but Yul believed it would be best to wait at least until after the next Immunity Challenge to determine if this was necessary.
Immunity Challenge: Tribe members will each carry four bundles of puzzle pieces one at a time across balance beams to a mat. Once all four bundles have been collected, tribe members will use those pieces to create a table maze. Then they'll use the maze to maneuver one cannonball past the decoy holes into each of the two corner pockets. The first person to complete the puzzle and sink the balls into the correct holes wins immunity.
For the second time in a row, Ozzy handily won the Immunity Challenge. Adam, with very little time left, talked to Yul about keeping him on the island over Parvati, which Yul agreed to as long as Adam didn't try to sway the other Aitutaki members. However, Adam and Parvati were later caught trying to gain Ozzy's vote. Prior to Tribal Council, Yul decided to bring Jonathan's hat, which he had left at camp prior to being voted off, to return it to him as requested. While Jonathan was happy at Yul's anonymous good deed, Jeff Probst decided to et everyone know that Yul brought back the hat and editorialize on how this was an example of Yul's politicking and efforts to sway the jury to his side. In the end, the Aitutaki alliance held together, voting off the crafty Parvati over physical threat Adam by a vote of 4–2.
15
"This Tribe Will Self-Destruct in 5, 4, 3..." December 17, 2006 16.42 5.7/14
Immunity Challenge: The castaways will race around a ropes course to eight different stations, collecting a bag of puzzle pieces at each station. Each time a tribe member gets a bag he or she will have to come back to their table before they can go back out on the course. Once a tribe member has all eight bags, he or she will use the puzzle pieces to construct an eight point compass rose puzzle. Once the puzzle is assembled correctly a flag will raise. First to raise his/her flag wins Immunity.
In the most difficult puzzle challenge ever in Survivor, according to Jeff Probst, Ozzy won Immunity for the third straight time. Back at camp, Adam tried to stir up the vote by trying to get Ozzy and Sundra to vote for Yul, for the sole purpose of making Yul use the Hidden immunity Idol and making the game more interesting after he was gone. However, Adam's plot failed and the Aitutaki alliance voted out Adam 4–1.
In a twist, the Aitutaki Four were told that they would be competing in the final Immunity Challenge and memory walk together, meaning that the final vote would have three people eligible to win.
Immunity Challenge: The remaining castaways will be standing on a small steel perch situated in the water. Each perch has been individually proportioned to each tribe member's foot size, making the game as fair as possible. Every 15 minutes tribe members will remove a section of the perch, making it smaller and more difficult to stand on. The last piece of the perch will be a section that is less than half the size of a postcard. If a castaway fell off the perch, he would be eliminated from the challenge. The last person left standing wins Immunity.
Ozzy outlasted Sundra to win the final Immunity Challenge. Initially, Yul offered Becky his Hidden Immunity Idol to try to save her, but Becky declined because she felt it wasn't fair to blindside Sundra as the foursome had gone through so much together. The alliance of four decided to let the third spot in the final Tribal Council be decided in a fair manner, with Ozzy and Sundra voting for Becky and Becky and Yul voting for Sundra; the tie was to be resolved via firemaking challenge, with the first castaway to make a fire advancing to the final Tribal Council. Neither Becky nor Sundra could get their fire started with flint and machete after one hour and the jury became bored and restless. As an alternative, matches were given to Becky and Sundra, but both had trouble again maintaining a fire long enough to burn the rope. In the end, Sundra ran out of matches after half an hour, whereas Becky finally kept a fire long and high enough to burn the rope to secure her spot in the final three.
At the final Tribal Council, the jury saw Becky as riding Ozzy and Yul's coattails. Despite her attempts to convince the jury that she had played the game with much integrity as possible and had helped Yul devise voting strategies, she received no votes. Between Yul and Ozzy, the jury was split on the importance of Yul's masterminding of the social game versus Ozzy's impressive physical challenge performance, and which contributed more to the Aitutaki alliance's success. The final vote was 5–4–0 in favor of Yul and he became the thirteenth Sole Survivor.
16
"Reunion" December 17, 2006  
The castaways return to discuss the season with host, Jeff Probst, live from CBS Television City in Los Angeles.[4] As a result of a viewer's poll, Ozzy won a new Mercury Mariner car.
Voting history[edit]
Pre-Merge

Original
 Tribes
Absorbed Tribes
Post-Mutiny

Episode #
1 2 3 4 5 610 8 9 1012
Day #
3 6 8 11 14 15 18 21 24
Eliminated
Sekou Billy Cecilia J.P. Stephannie Cao Boi Cristina Jessica Brad Rebecca Jenny
Votes
3–2 4–1 5–3 7–2 7–1 6–1–1 4–2 6–1 7–1 6–1 4–2
Voter
Vote
  Yul   Cecilia   Cao Boi  Jessica   
  Ozzy  Billy Becky   Cao Boi  Jessica   
  Becky   Cecilia   Cao Boi  Jessica   
  Sundra Sekou  Becky   Cao Boi  Jessica   
  Adam    J.P. Stephannie  Cristina  Brad Rebecca Jenny
  Parvati    J.P. Stephannie  Cristina  Brad Rebecca Jenny
  Jonathan   Cecilia   Cao Boi  Jessica Brad Rebecca Jenny
  Candice   Exiled9   Cao Boi  Jessica Brad Rebecca Jenny
  Nate Sundra   Stephannie Stephannie  Kidnap11  Brad Rebecca Jonathan
  Jenny    J.P. Stephannie  Cristina  Brad Rebecca Jonathan
  Rebecca Sekou   J.P. Stephannie  Cristina  Brad Jonathan 
  Brad    J.P. Stephannie  Jenny  Jonathan 
 Jessica   Cecilia   Jonathan  Jonathan  
 Cristina  Billy  J.P. Stephannie  Jenny 
 Cao Boi   Cecilia   Candice 
 Stephannie Sekou   J.P. Cristina 
 J.P.  Billy  Stephannie 
 Cecilia  Billy Becky 
Billy  Ozzy 
Sekou Sundra 
Post-Merge


Merged Tribe

Episode #
11 12 13 14 15
Day #
27 30 33 36 37 38
Eliminated
Nate Candice Jonathan Parvati Adam Tie Sundra
Votes
5–4 5–3 6–1 4–2 4–1 2–2 None13
Voter
Vote
   Yul Nate Candice Jonathan Parvati Adam Sundra 
   Ozzy Nate Candice Jonathan Parvati Adam Becky 
   Becky Nate Candice Jonathan Parvati Adam Sundra Win13
   Sundra Nate Candice Jonathan Parvati Adam Becky Lose13
   Adam Yul Jonathan Jonathan Sundra Yul 
   Parvati Yul Jonathan Jonathan Sundra 
   Jonathan Nate Candice Adam 
   Candice Yul Jonathan 
   Nate Yul 

Jury vote

Episode #
15
Day #
39
Finalist
Becky Ozzy Yul
Votes
5–4–0
Juror
Vote
Sundra   Yul
Adam   Yul
Parvati  Ozzy 
Jonathan   Yul
Candice   Yul
Nate  Ozzy 
Jenny  Ozzy 
Rebecca  Ozzy 
Brad   Yul


^9 Candice was exiled in episode three. However, she was not returned to her tribe until after tribal council, meaning she could not be voted out or participate in the vote.
^10 This was a double elimination episode.
^11 As another twist to Aitutaki winning reward, they were allowed to "kidnap" one of Rarotonga's members. They selected Nate and he was granted immunity but could not vote.
^12 After losing the Immunity Challenge, Rarotonga was given a sealed bottle with a note inside that was opened after they voted out a member. The note said that another member was to be immediately voted out; so two people were eliminated by vote at the same tribal council.
^13 Sundra lost to Becky in fire-making tiebreaker challenge.

Diversity and controversy[edit]
The decision to divide the teams by race and ethnicity has made this series of Survivor controversial even before airing. Members of the New York City Council's Black, Latino and Asian Caucus have called on CBS to dump Survivor.[5] Those who work with the show indicate that as divisions by age, gender, or gender and age combined, have been accepted this should not be treated much different or it would set race apart.[6] Host Jeff Probst conceded, by implication, a small difference in that racial segregation had actually been practiced in US history.[7]
Conversely, previous seasons have been criticized for not having many non-white contestants. This scheme represented much higher exposure particularly for Asian Americans who were only 3.6 percent of the US population in 2000. Native Americans were not represented as a separate group. Probst has since pointed out that over 80% of Survivor's applicants are white.[7]
According to Advertising Age Magazine, more than a half dozen major advertisers such as General Motors and Coca Cola withdrew their advertising after hearing about the teams' division.[8] However, a New York Times report indicates that the decision by several advertisers not to advertise for the current season, including General Motors, Coca Cola, Home Depot, United Parcel Service, and Campbell Soup, was made three months prior to the start of the show and unrelated to the show's racial format.[9]
The early advertisements for the season also attracted some criticism, as they all coyly hinted at how the tribes would be divided, despite the producers having completely revealed the racial divide some time earlier.
Possibly in response to the criticism, Jeff asked the contestants on the reunion show how they felt about the racial divide, and they said that it helped to disprove the stereotypes about them.
MADtv parodied Survivor: Cook Islands in its twelfth season premiere episode, which aired September 16, 2006. The parody involved giving the white challengers significantly easier tasks, such as a swimming challenge which allowed the white challengers to use a canoe, or building a fire with a fire building kit that consisted of gasoline and a DVD on how to build fire, the Hispanic contestants received flint, the Asians received a matchstick, and the African-Americans were given a glass of water.
Filming locations[edit]



 Photo taken of the beach on Aitutaki during the filming of Survivor: Cook Islands in July 2006.
The tribal camps, Exile Island, and many challenges of Survivor: Cook Islands were filmed on small "motu" (Polynesian word for "islet") in the Aituaki lagoon. The Rarotonga (later Aitutonga) tribe's camp was on Moturakau. The Aitutaki tribe lived on Motukitiu. The short-lived tribes of Manihiki and Puka Puka lived on Rapota and Muritapua, respectively. Most challenges were filmed on Tekopua and Tapuaetai (One Foot Island). Exile Island is a small sand cay south of Tapuaetai, and the bow of the wooden ship was brought in for the show. Just to the West of Tapuaetai is another sand cay called "Nude Island" by locals in reference to its lack of vegetation. The third challenge was played in the shallow waters just off the shore of Nude Island. Akaiami hosted challenges and also "The Ponderosa," where eliminated contestants were sequestered until the end of the game. Tribal Council, the production camp, and a few challenges were located on the main island of Aitutaki. There were three reward trips to the neighboring islands of Atiu, Mitiaro, and Rarotonga.[10]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Survivor 13 will be filmed in the Cook Islands, may feature past cast members + reality blurred". Retrieved 4 January 2014.
2.Jump up ^ "CBS announces thirteenth 'Survivor' edition to film in Cook Islands - Reality TV World". Retrieved 4 January 2014.
3.Jump up ^ "Survivor Cook Islands now taping; all hotels are booked due to the production + reality blurred". Retrieved 4 January 2014.
4.Jump up ^ "Breaking News - The Amazing Race 10 and "Survivor: Cook Islands" Finales to Be Broadcast on Back-To-Back Sundays". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
5.Jump up ^ Staff Writer. "New Yorkers blast ethnic grouping of 'Survivor' players." Belleville News Democrat. August 28, 2006. Retrieved on September 14, 2006.
6.Jump up ^ Lang, Derrik J. "'Survivor: Cook Islands' segregates by players' race." August 24, 2006. Retrieved on September 14, 2006.
7.^ Jump up to: a b Staff Writer. "‘Survivor: Cook Islands’ to divide teams by race." MSNBC. August 23, 2006. Retrieved on September 14, 2006.
8.Jump up ^ Laurence, Robert P. "Advertisers vote to get off 'Survivor' after racial-split ploy." San Diego Union Tribune. September 11, 2006. Retrieved on September 15, 2006.
9.Jump up ^ Wyatt, Edward; Elliott, Stuart. "G.M. Drops ‘Survivor’ but Says Racial Format Isn’t the Reason." New York Times. August 31, 2006. Retrieved on September 15, 2006.
10.Jump up ^ Morrison, Cheyenne. "Survivor Series 13: Aitutaki Cook Islands." Private Islands. May 14, 2006. Retrieved on September 14, 2006.
External links[edit]
Official CBS Survivor Cook Islands Website



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Survivor: Fiji

Winner
Earl Cole
Presented by
Jeff Probst
No. of episodes
14
No. of days
39
No. of survivors
19
Production

Location(s)
Macuata, Vanua Levu, Fiji
Filming dates
October 30, 2006
– December 7, 2006
Broadcast

Original run
February 8, 2007 – May 13, 2007
Chronology

Preceded by
Survivor: Cook Islands
Followed by
Survivor: China
Survivor: Fiji is the fourteenth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season was filmed in the Fiji Islands. The premiere of Fiji aired on February 8, 2007. The two-hour season finale aired on May 13, 2007, followed by the Reunion show live from Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. Host Jeff Probst has gone on record declaring the season as one of his least favorite seasons.[1] Applications were due June 16, 2006. The complete season (including the live Reunion show) was released on DVD on December 11, 2012, available exclusively through Amazon.com.
In a twist from previous seasons of Survivor, all contestants participated in at least one challenge before being split into two tribes and moving to two different tribe camps. One camp (built by all contestants in the initial challenge), Moto, was furnished with several luxuries, including shelters built from pre-cut wood, a kitchen area with dishware, a shower, a toilet, furniture, and the means to maintain fire. The other camp, Ravu, was given merely a pot and a machete to survive. During the broadcast of the season, host Jeff Probst admitted that this concept did not play out quite as the producers hoped, as it led to the "haves" tribe predictably dominating in the challenges over the "have-nots" week after week.[2] Exile Island returned once again for Fiji, with new twists. Unlike previous seasons, there were two hidden immunity idols, with one hidden at each camp. The idol now had to be played before Jeff read the results of the voting, rather than after. Once a hidden immunity idol was used, it was rehidden rather than discarded. The idols were good through the final five. The winner, Earl Cole, was unanimously selected by the jury. Yau-Man Chan reported that Andria (Dre) "Dreamz" Herd and Cassandra Franklin received $100,000, as they both received the same amount of votes for Sole Survivor (zero) and tied for second place. He also reported that he received $60,000 for coming in fourth.[3]
This was the first season of Survivor to have an odd number of castaways, with 19. Melissa McNulty would have been the twentieth castaway, but dropped out the night before the show because of panic attacks and irritable bowel syndrome.[4][5] Due to the timing and lack of alternates, her spot could not be replaced.[6] Gary Stritesky was the only contestant who applied to be on the show; McNulty and the other 18 contestants were recruited.[7] The cast retained the same amount of diversity as the previous season, Survivor: Cook Islands, in a conscious effort intended to show that the racial diversity of Survivor: Cook Islands was not just a ratings stunt.[6]


Contents  [hide]
1 Contestants
2 Season summary 2.1 Episodes
2.2 Voting history
3 Filming locations
4 Political turmoil in Fiji
5 References
6 External links

Contestants[edit]



Rita Verreos came in fourteenth place


Yau-Man Chan came in fourth place and was the ninth jury member


Earl Cole, winner of Survivor: Fiji
Yau-Man Chan later appeared in Survivor: Micronesia where he was the third contestant and second returning player to be voted out. He was asked to return for Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains but turned the offer down due to work obligations.[8]
List of Survivor: Fiji contestants

Contestant
Original tribe
Switched tribe
Merged tribe
Finish

Jessica DeBen
27, Los Angeles, California Ravu   1st voted out
 Day 3
Erica Durousseau
27, Lake Charles, Louisiana Ravu   2nd voted out
 Day 6
Sylvia Kwan
52, Malibu, California Ravu1   3rd voted out
 Day 8
Gary Stritesky
55, Rochester, Minnesota Moto   Quit due to illness
 Day 10
Liliana Gomez
25, Oxnard, California Moto   4th voted out
 Day 11
Rita Verreos
38, San Antonio, Texas Ravu   5th voted out
 Day 14
Anthony Robinson
32, Compton, California Ravu Ravu  6th voted out
 Day 16
James "Rocky" Reid
28, San Diego, California Ravu Ravu  7th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 19
Lisette "Lisi" Linares
36, Las Vegas, Nevada Moto Ravu2  8th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 21
Michelle Yi
23, Cincinnati, Ohio Ravu Moto Bula Bula 9th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 24
Edgardo Rivera
28, Miami, Florida Moto Ravu 10th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 27
Mookie Lee
25, Chicago, Illinois Ravu Ravu 11th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 30
Alejandro "Alex" Angarita
28, Sacramento, California Moto Ravu 12th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 33
Stacy Kimball
27, Boulder, Colorado Moto Moto 13th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 36
Kenward "Boo" Bernis
34, Lafayette, Louisiana Moto Moto 14th voted out
 8th jury member
 Day 37
Yau-Man Chan
54, Fresno, California Ravu Moto 15th voted out
 9th jury member
 Day 38
Andria (Dre) "Dreamz" Herd
25, Wilmington, North Carolina Moto Ravu Runner-up3
Cassandra Franklin
42, San Francisco, California Moto Moto Runner-up3
Earl Cole
35, Santa Monica, California Ravu Moto Sole Survivor


^1 Sylvia was given the task of dividing the tribes. She was sent to Exile Island and told she would join whichever tribe lost the Immunity Challenge after that tribe voted off a member. Because Ravu lost the Immunity Challenge, Sylvia became a member of Ravu.
^2 Lisi was not picked in the tribal switch. She was sent to Exile Island and would join the tribe that lost the Immunity Challenge. Because Ravu lost the challenge, Lisi became a member of Ravu.
^3 Dreamz and Cassandra were considered co-runners up due to being tied at zero votes each in the final Tribal Council vote, and both awarded the second place monetary prize. Yau-Man was awarded the third place prize.
Season summary[edit]
Due to one player dropping out prior to the game, the season started with 19 players. After arriving at their beach as one group, instructions and materials for building a camp were dropped from a plane. Before the first challenge, the castaways were divided into two tribes by Sylvia, appointed for her leadership in building the camp, who was sent to Exile Island due to the odd number of players. After the challenge, the winning team, Moto, returned to the constructed camp, while the losing team, Ravu, was directed to a different beach where only meager supplies awaited them; Sylvia joined Ravu shortly afterwards. While both tribes vied equally in challenges, it was clear Moto was in much better shape due to the better camp, winning every single challenge. On Ravu, an alliance between Earl and Yau-Man was formed. When Earl was sent to Exile Island, he conspired with Yau-Man to find a hidden immunity idol located at the camp, which Yau-Man did.
A tribal shuffle served to further alliances; Earl and Yau-Man brought Michelle, Cassandra and Boo into their fold, while Alex became the leader of an alliance between himself, Mookie, Edgardo, and Dreamz, titling themselves the "Four Horsemen". Mookie found the other hidden immunity idol, but decided not to tell Dreamz because of the latter's untrustworthiness. The tribes merged at the original Moto camp, stripped of their original structures and luxuries. The first post-merge immunity challenge divided the contestants into two randomly selected teams, putting Michelle with most of the Horsemen, and leading to her being voted out. After Dreamz discovered his alliance had neglected to tell him about Mookie's idol, he defected to Earl's alliance and worked with them to trick Mookie into misplaying his idol, resulting in the systematic eliminations of the three loyal Horsemen.
The reward challenge played by the final six players was for a truck. Yau-Man won the challenge, but made a deal with Dreamz to trade the truck in exchange for the final challenge's immunity necklace should Dreamz win it. While Dreamz attempted to get out of the deal by targeting Yau-Man immediately, Yau-Man played his idol and Stacy was sent home, followed by Boo for being a physical threat. Dreamz won the final immunity challenge, but reneged on his deal with Yau-Man at the subsequent Tribal Council; Yau-Man was the final player voted out. At the final Tribal Council, Dreamz' actions and Cassandra's quiet game led the jury to vote unanimously for Earl.
Challenge winners, exiles, and eliminations by episode

Episode title
Original air date
Challenge winner(s)
Exiled
Eliminated
Finish

Reward
Immunity
"Something Cruel Is About to Happen ... Real Soon" February 8, 2007 Moto4 Sylvia1 Jessica 1st voted out
 Day 3
"Snakes Are Misunderstood ... We Have an Understanding Now" February 15, 2007 Moto4 Earl5 Erica 2nd voted out
 Day 6
"This Is Not Survival ... It's a Thrival" February 22, 2007 Moto Moto Sylvia Sylvia 3rd voted out
 Day 8
"Let's Just Call Jeff on the Jeff Phone" March 1, 2007 Moto Moto6 Yau-Man Gary Quit due to illness
 Day 10
(Ravu) Liliana 4th voted out
 Day 11
"Love Many, Trust Few, Do Wrong to None" March 8, 2007 Moto Moto Earl Rita 5th voted out
 Day 14
"I've Got Strength Now to Carry the Flag" March 21, 2007 None7 Moto Lisi2 Anthony 6th voted out
 Day 16
"An Evil Thought" March 29, 2007 Ravu Moto Earl Rocky 7th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 19
"So You Think You Can Meke?" April 5, 2007 Moto Moto Lisi Lisi 8th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 21
"Are We Gonna Live on Exile Island?!" April 12, 2007 Boo, Cassandra, Earl,
 Edgardo, Yau-Man4 None8 Michelle 9th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 24
"It's a Turtle?!" April 19, 2007 Cassandra,
 [Boo, Dreamz, Yau-Man] Yau-Man Mookie Edgardo 10th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 27
"Blackmail or Betrayal" April 26, 2007 Alex, Dreamz,
 Earl, Stacy Stacy Boo Mookie 11th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 30
"A Smile, Velvet Gloves and a Dagger in My Pocket" May 3, 2007 Boo, Dreamz,
 Yau-Man Boo Earl Alex 12th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 33
"I Wanna See If I Can Make a Deal" May 10, 2007 Yau-Man
 (Dreamz),9
 Boo, Stacy Boo Yau-Man Stacy 13th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 36
"You've Got That Puzzled Look" May 13, 2007 None Yau-Man None Boo 14th voted out
 8th jury member
 Day 37
Dreamz Yau-Man 15th voted out
 9th jury member
 Day 38
"Reunion" May 13, 2007  Jury vote
Dreamz Runner-up
Cassandra Runner-up
Earl Sole Survivor
In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
^4 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenges.
^5 Earl was exiled in episode two and did not return to his tribe until after Tribal Council, meaning he could not be voted out or participate in the vote.
^6 Moto won the immunity challenge, but received a message which forced them to choose between keeping their luxurious camp or keeping immunity. The Moto tribe chose their camp and gave immunity to Ravu.
^7 There was no Reward Challenge due to a tribe mix-up.
^8 The ten remaining Survivors were merged on Exile Island, therefore nobody was exiled.
^9 Yau-Man made a deal with Dreamz to give the reward to Dreamz in exchange for the possibility of a future Individual Immunity.
Episodes[edit]

Episode
 #
Title
Original air date
U.S. viewers
 (million)
Rating/Share
 18-49

1
"Something Cruel Is About to Happen...Real Soon" February 8, 2007 16.44 5.7/15
The castaways arrived on an island with no instructions and were not split into tribes. After some time, a box was parachuted, which contained plans for a luxurious shelter using the provided building supplies. The castaways spent the next two days constructing the shelter from the plans under the primary direction of Sylvia. At the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge, the castaways were asked who the leader was during construction and unanimously named Sylvia. Sylvia was told to split the castaways into two tribes, Moto and Ravu, but was then exiled. She would be immune from Tribal Council and would join whichever tribe lost the Immunity Challenge.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: Both tribes race chariots across a course with stops at which the tribe members riding on the chariots untie three bags containing puzzle pieces. Once all bags and a small tribe flag are retrieved, the tribes race to the puzzle table to solve the puzzle, revealing the three-number combination to a wheel containing a knife. With this knife, the tribe cuts a rope raising the tribe's flag to win reward and immunity. The reward allowed the winning tribe to live at the luxury camp built upon arrival.
Ravu lost the challenge and was sent to a new island with only one pot and a machete. Moto returned to the original tribe to live in the shelter built on day one and two with additional amenities. James (self-nicknamed "Rocky"), Erica, and Jessica formed a strong alliance, while the other six formed a looser alliance. Jessica was blamed for losing the challenge and being under the radar, and was voted out.
2
"Snakes Are Misunderstood...We Have an Understanding Now" February 15, 2007 16.08 5.6/15
Ravu continued to suffer from dehydration and were reduced to licking water off of leaves, though they found a supply of pineapples in addition to their coconut supply. At Moto, the castaways continued to live a cushy life at their camp. Boo injured himself in the eye and then shortly thereafter cut himself with an ax while chopping wood, and then the hammock he was lying on fell down. On day 5, Sylvia returned from Exile Island and immediately declared that she felt like an outcast. Her tribemates were annoyed by her perceived bossiness and the fact that she had plenty of water to drink on Exile Island.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: Each tribe will paddle a canoe out and around their tribe flag. While the tribes are heading back to shore the must collect four supply crates. Once they pass a crate, one tribe member must connect the crate to the boat. After getting to shore, they must get the crates to their tribe mat. Once the tribes get all four crates they must untie them to get six puzzle pole pieces and a flag. The first tribe to solve the pole puzzle and raise their tribe flag wins reward (fishing gear) and immunity, and the ability to send a member of the losing tribe to Exile Island.
In a close race, Moto pulled out another win and chose Earl to go to Exile Island. Anthony lobbied to vote out Sylvia for being the outsider and disrupting the tribe's chemistry. However, Erica's panicking during the challenge caused a movement against her that resulted in her elimination.
3
"This Is Not Survival...It's Thrival" February 22, 2007 13.47 4.6/12
Michelle finally started a fire at Ravu using Yau-Man's glasses. Michelle used Yau-Man's glasses because the thicker bifocals concentrated the light better than her own glasses.
Reward Challenge: One member from each tribe will face head to head on a slippery course to receive a number ball. Once the tribe member is on the course they must get the ball and throw it into a basket. First tribe to six, wins one of three choices of reward: Either luxury items from home, a duplicate set of fishing gear, or a basket of fresh fruit.
Despite Ravu's momentum from starting a fire, it failed to carry over to the Reward Challenge as they lost yet again, though they did gain flint for successfully earning fire on their own. Moto opted to have a second set of fishing gear as reward instead of their luxury items or fresh fruit. Moto also won the right to send somebody to Exile Island and they selected Sylvia to go for a second time. After the Reward Challenge when Moto returned to camp, Gary felt dizzy and complained of chest pain, thinking that it may have been a cracked rib suffered during the Reward Challenge. The medics were called in and he was cleared to continue, though his tribe encouraged him to not be afraid to call for medical help should he not be able to breathe. This deflated some of Moto's elation of the Reward win.
Immunity Challenge: Tribes are challenged to eat Fijian dishes, such as giant clam, octopus tentacles, peanut worms, [sea cucumbers], fish eyes and pig snouts in a series of 1-on-1 matches. The first tribe to win four matches wins.
At the Immunity Challenge, tempers flared after some taunting by Mookie, but Moto was able to continue their win streak. Sylvia, knowing she was vulnerable from the previous vote and her performance at the Reward Challenge, attempted to find the idol at camp using the three clues she had, but was unsuccessful and subsequently voted out at Tribal Council.
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"Let's Just Call Jeff on the Jeff Phone" March 1, 2007 14.67 5.0/13
Gary continued to suffer from vertigo due to an allergic reaction brought on by bug bites.
Reward Challenge: Each tribe will stand on a balance beam. One at a time a tribe member must pass through a tribe member to get to the finish platform. First tribe to have all tribe members on the platform wins fish, rice, spices, pillows, blankets, and a king size bed.
Moto came up with a great strategy to win the Reward Challenge after initially falling behind to win the challenge. Moto chose to send Yau-Man to Exile Island, and a frustrated Rocky threw a temper tantrum after his tribe's fifth consecutive loss. On Day 10, Gary decided that his condition was not getting any better and he pulled himself from the game.
Immunity Challenge: Four tribe members will begin locked in floating cages. One tribe member will start on shore and race out to unlock the first cage, releasing the first tribe member. The newly freed tribe member will run across floating lily pads to free the next member in a locked cage. Once the fourth tribe member is freed from their locked cage, those tribe members will get on a boat where another tribe member will be waiting with a ring of keys. The teams will paddle back to shore, picking up the stranded tribemates along the way. Once back, the Survivors will form a human pyramid. The person at the top will use a ring of keys to unlock a series of pad locks, freeing their last tribe member from the last cage. The first tribe to get all members back on their tribe mat wins Immunity.
Rocky decided to motivate his tribe by wearing one of the women's pink tops to the Immunity Challenge, but this did not help as Moto's winning streak continued. In a twist, Moto opened a sealed bottle that contained a note that forced them to either give up their luxurious camp or their immunity. Moto decided to keep their comfort and go to Tribal Council. The alliance of Alex, Boo, Edgardo, Lisi, and Stacy discussed voting strategies for tribal council, and decided to target Liliana after viewing Dreamz as an asset for the tribe and Cassandra as harmless. The decision was motivated after Liliana gave the men a sports massage, which Lisi saw as deceptive. Alex was initially against this decision as he feels Liliana was about as strong as the men of the tribe, and preferred to eliminate weak link Cassandra instead. Despite that, the alliance stuck with their decision and Liliana was voted out.
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"Love Many, Trust Few, Do Wrong to None" March 8, 2007 13.81 4.6/12
Earl and Yau-Man discussed their clues about the Hidden Immunity Idol. Earl took the tribe on a hunting expedition, leaving Yau-Man to dig for the Idol, but his search turned up nothing.
Reward Challenge: The Survivors will square off, one on one, on a platform. Using large padded bags they will battle sumo style, knocking the other tribe member off the platform to score a point for their tribe. The first tribe to score seven points wins two items chosen from a catalog by each tribe.
At the Reward Challenge, Moto crushed Ravu and opted to send Earl back to Exile Island. Lisi and Stacy upset Alex and Edgardo by going on a power trip, treating Cassandra and Dreamz rudely. Dreamz decided that he and Cassandra would flip to the other side after the unspoken alliance's effort to smooth things over rang hollow.
Immunity Challenge: Scattered in a field are 30 boards. Each board has a number or a word painted on it. One tribe at a time will send a member out to reveal two boards. If the numbers or words on the boards match, they’ll score a point for their tribe. The first tribe to seven points wins Immunity. To make things more difficult, there are 4 dummy boards on the course without a match.
Moto won a close Immunity Challenge to remain undefeated. Rita annoyed Rocky with her chitchatting with Michelle and she was voted out.
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"I've Got Strength Now to Carry the Flag" March 21, 2007 12.78 4.2/12
After receiving tree mail, Moto and Ravu head to what they believed was a Reward Challenge. Jeff asked the tribes to volunteer one member from each tribe; Earl from Ravu and Edgardo from Moto volunteered, and were instructed to begin the selection of new tribes by schoolyard pick. An upset Lisi was not picked and was sent to Exile Island. Edgardo and Earl then played Rock, Paper, Scissors for the right to draw from a bag that contained Moto and Ravu buffs to see which tribe went to which camp and Edgardo drew the less luxurious Ravu camp. The new Moto tribe became Earl, Yau-Man, Cassandra, Boo, Michelle, and Stacy, with the new Ravu being Rocky, Dre, Mookie, Edgardo, Anthony, and Alex. Cassandra, who had been weak without any alliance in the old Moto tribe quickly warmed up to the new members. Over at Ravu, the new members didn't let their worse camp deter them from strengthening the team with their positive attitude and good health.
Immunity Challenge: Each tribe will be belted into a large six point sliding hub resembling a star. By shifting, sliding and adjusting each other they will maneuver through a course of bamboo poles. Along the way the tribes will pass through five gates. Making things more difficult, the tribe paths intersect at four points in the course, which could result in the two tribes colliding before reaching the finish line. The first tribe to get all their members across finish line wins Immunity.
Despite their renewed attitude, Ravu was not able to win the closely contested Immunity Challenge. At the Ravu camp, two heads were on the chopping block: Anthony for being seen as weak and Rocky for his obnoxious behavior. Things became tense at Tribal Council, when Anthony unleashed some pent up anger at Rocky. When it came to the vote, Anthony was voted out, and Lisi joined the Ravu tribe.
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"An Evil Thought" March 29, 2007 13.71 4.5/14
Lisi joined the Ravu tribe after spending two days on Exile Island. Dreamz immediately saw Lisi as an outsider and the weakest person, as well as being annoying. Earl took his tribemates to try to retrieve Moto's stranded boat, leaving Yau-Man to search for the hidden immunity idol. Using Moto's digging tools, Yau-Man found the hidden immunity idol and vowed to share the idol with Earl.
Reward Challenge: Each tribe will use a flamethrower to launch fireballs at three separate targets. Each time they hit a target it will burst into flames. The first tribe to ignite all three of their targets wins a reward of traveling via seaplane, the winning tribe will be taken to a private Fijian arcade where they will enjoy an afternoon of foosball, bowling and billiards while consuming hotdogs and beer.
At the reward challenge, Dreamz's perfect aim led Ravu to finally break their losing streak. Ravu sent Earl to Exile Island, and they enjoyed their reward. After suffering stomachaches from gorging on too many hot dogs, Rocky (the only one who moderated and ended up without a stomachache) told them that "it is what it is." Although Lisi was planned as the next to go if Ravu lost immunity, the others were fed up with Rocky's harsh attitude and did not want to suffer the same fate as Anthony. Yau-Man made a fake hidden immunity idol and buried it where he found the real immunity idol, although not as deep so it will be easier to find.
Immunity Challenge: Each tribe will designate one person to be the caller while the rest of the tribe is blindfolded. One at a time, the caller will guide their tribe out into a field where five skulls are hanging. Using a Fijian war club one player must smash a skull, releasing a bundle of tiles trapped inside. While still blindfolded that player must then find the tiles, take them to their puzzle board and race back to the start. Then the next person will go. Once the tribes collect all five bundles of tiles, the entire tribe will race to unscramble the them and decipher a two-word phrase (Cannibal Isles). The first tribe to correctly solve the phrase wins Immunity.
At the immunity challenge, Ravu and Moto were neck and neck, but Moto finished the puzzle quicker to win immunity. Knowing she was next and wanting to keep herself in the game, Lisi told Alex the clues she got from Exile Island to the whereabouts to the hidden immunity idol on Ravu. Alex and Edgardo then concluded that they preferred Lisi's loyalty over Rocky's strength and attitude. Dreamz agreed with them, but Mookie still felt taking out physically strong Rocky was too risky and wanted the weaker Lisi out. In the end, loyalty outweighed physical strength as Rocky was voted out, becoming the first member of the jury.
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"So You Think You Can Meke?" April 5, 2007 13.58 4.3/13
While Dreamz and Lisi slept, Alex, Edgardo, and Mookie found the hidden Immunity Idol using the clues that Lisi told Alex. The three men decided not to tell Dreamz or Lisi that they found the idol, though Lisi figured out that Alex told Mookie about the clues. Alex stated that they would share the idol, but Mookie made it clear that he had primary control of the idol because he dug it up. After Lisi mocked the idea that anyone else had found the idol, Mookie had some fun by helping her dig in the spot where he'd already found it.
Reward Challenge: Both tribes were taught a Meke, a traditional Fijian dance. Each tribe will perform this Meke in front of Fijian judges who are experts in Fijian dance. They will be judged on three criteria: appearance, authenticity and spirit. Winners will indulge in a Fijian feast of chicken, pork and seafood while enjoying Fijian entertainment.
At the Reward Challenge, both Moto and Ravu tied for both appearance and spirit, but Moto beat Ravu in the dance (moves and timing) category. Moto enjoyed a traditional Fijian feast with the natives while Ravu's morale sunk. Lisi struggled at Exile Island during the thunderstorm.
Immunity Challenge: Using three different weapons, tribes will test their skills. The first round is blowing darts, one shot per tribe member, and whoever gets closest to the bull’s eye scores one point for their tribe. The second round is spear throwing; the closest to the bull’s eye scores two points for their tribe. For the final round they would shoot a bow and arrow, with the tribe member to hit closest to the bull’s eye scoring three points. The tribe with the most points wins Immunity.
Moto continued their winning streak by winning all three rounds of the immunity challenge, with Yau-Man showing off some unorthodox but successful techniques in spear throwing and archery. A frustrated Lisi told her tribe that she wanted to be voted out, which made Dreamz happy because he'd never gotten along with her. Lisi then changed her mind and hoped that Alex and Edgardo would vote out Dreamz, but the tribe had enough and decided to vote out Lisi.
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"Are We Gonna Live on Exile Island?!" April 12, 2007 14.25 4.5/13
On day 22, the tribes received tree mail that told them to paddle immediately to Exile Island and to not take any of their rewards with them. When they arrived, they discovered a box in the tower on the island with purple buffs and a note telling them that they were now a merged tribe and they were to return to the Moto camp. When they arrived, everything had been removed and the castaways would have to rebuild from scratch. All the castaways started scrambling for new alliances or tried to bring back together old ones. Michelle chose the name Bula Bula for the merged tribe, meaning "hello hello." At the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge, the castaways were randomly split into two competing teams consisting of a green team (Alex, Dreamz, Michelle, Mookie, and Stacy) and an orange team (Boo, Cassandra, Earl, Edgardo, and Yau-Man). The winning team would be immune and not attend Tribal Council, and the losing team would immediately open a note containing instructions.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: Shown a large Fijian mask, teams are to memorize the symbols and their arrangement on the mask. Teams will paddle down a river to three stations to retrieve three bundles of puzzle pieces. Once they have retrieved all three bundles, they'll paddle to the finish where two tribe members from each team will then use those pieces to construct six of the symbols from their Fijian mask. The team would then have to place the six symbols on the correct positions on their team mask. The first team to place the symbols in the correct order on their team mask wins a feast of massive slabs of steak, veggies and seasoning, and a few bottles of wine.
Leading from the start, the orange team won the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge, leaving Alex, Dreamz, Michelle, Mookie, and Stacy to go to Tribal Council. The note revealed that they were to go to Tribal Council immediately and were not allowed to discuss anything or strategize. When they got to Tribal Council, Jeff asked each Survivor to tell him a good reason to vote out another castaway. Through this, Alex implied that he was voting for Michelle. Dreamz decided to also vote for Michelle, and she was sent to the jury.
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"It's a Turtle?!" April 19, 2007 13.33 4.5/13
After half the tribe returned from the previous Tribal Council, tensions were high as everyone knew the next vote would decide the game between the two alliances: Earl and Yau-Man's Ravu alliance, and Moto's "Four Horseman." Michelle's ouster caused Boo, Cassandra, Earl, and Yau-Man to regroup and make a new strategy.
Reward Challenge: After answering a series of questions in private, Jeff will ask the questions again, but this time Survivors will guess what the tribe as a whole answered. Each time someone gets an answer correct, they will smash a tower belonging to another tribe member. When all three towers are gone, that person is out of the game. The last person standing wins a huge barbecue and a night aboard a 70-foot luxury yacht.
Cassandra won the first individual Reward Challenge, sending Mookie to Exile Island, and bringing along Boo, Dreamz, and Yau-Man on a private yacht trip. During the challenge, which involved each tribe member guessing which competitors were named by the others for numerous questions, Stacy received several negative titles, including "Who do you NOT want to see after the game is over?" and "Who wasted this great opportunity?". On the yacht, Cassandra and Yau-Man talked Dreamz into their alliance.
Immunity Challenge: The survivors will use their arms to brace themselves between two walls, while their feet are positioned on very narrow footholds. Every 30 minutes Survivors will step down to an even smaller foothold. When they reach the third and final foothold they will stay there as long as they can. When someone falls off, they’re out. The main rule: no hips, no back, and no butts. Arms and feet only. Last person standing wins individual Immunity.
The first individual Immunity Challenge was won by Yau-Man. In the ensuing scramble to decide the vote at Tribal Council, the self-titled "Four Horsemen" of Alex, Dreamz, Edgardo, and Mookie figured that Earl must have the other hidden Immunity Idol and planned to vote him off. Both Alex and Yau-Man tried to convince Stacy to join their alliances. In the end, Stacy sided with Yau-Man. Alex, Edgardo, and Mookie told Dreamz that they found the hidden immunity idol at Ravu, which caused Dreamz to waver because they kept it a secret from him.
Dreamz jumped sides and told Cassandra, Earl, and Yau-Man that Mookie had found an Immunity Idol. Initially, the group of Boo, Cassandra, Dreamz, Earl, Stacy, and Yau-Man decided to target Alex. Feeling threatened, Alex asked Mookie to discretely give him the hidden Immunity Idol for protection at Tribal Council. Dreamz noticed this exchange and told the Earl's alliance of the swap, and the same group decided to change the target to Mookie. Edgardo later suggested to the Four Horsemen that they vote off Cassandra instead, as she was a strong middle player in the game and if Earl did have the Immunity Idol, their plan may backfire. Seeing that Dreamz may have been playing both sides of the game and hoping to improve her standing with her critical teammates, Stacy suggested to Boo, Cassandra, Earl, and Yau-Man that they vote off Edgardo and not tell Dreamz about this change; regardless of whether Alex and Mookie had the idol (facts unsure by Dreamz's double-sided dealings), Edgardo would be left unprotected and be voted off if the 5-member alliance held. This would also confirm whether Dreamz was trustworthy and cost the Four Horsemen use of the idol. At Tribal Council, Alex played the hidden Immunity Idol, but for naught as he received no votes, and the Earl-led alliance stuck to their plan and voted out Edgardo. Jeff noted the Immunity Idol would be re-hidden with new clues available on Exile Island.
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"Blackmail or Betrayal" April 26, 2007 13.83 4.6/14
With Edgardo gone and Dreamz having defected, the "Four Horsemen" alliance collapsed. Alex and Mookie confronted Dreamz about why he double crossed them at Tribal Council, but Dre tried to cover because he noted he needed their votes if he was to make it further in the game.
Reward Challenge: The tribe will be randomly divided into two teams, and one person from each team will launch balls from a platform out into the muddy field. The other teammates will attempt to catch the ball using a basket. Each time someone catches a ball they score a point for their team, regardless of which team's ball they catch. The first team to score five points wins. For the reward, a seaplane will take the winning team to a luxury spa resort where they will have a hot shower, dinner and a night in a bed.
Boo struggled in the Reward Challenge when he injured his knee, but he popped it back into place and continued playing. Alex, Dreamz, Earl, and Stacy won the reward and sent Boo to Exile Island. At the spa, Alex scrambled to see if he could get any support from his fellow tribemates, but he could not. Alex and Mookie figured that Yau-Man had the other hidden Immunity Idol from the Moto camp and confirmed this when they searched through his personal belongings. They plotted to confront Yau-Man about the idol at Tribal Council to either get him to lie about having the idol or stir up trouble by casting doubt among his alliance. However, Cassandra and Stacy were nearby, attempting to eavesdrop on the conversation. Although they only heard small parts of the conversation and didn't learn exactly what their adversaries were planning, they were spotted by Mookie and Alex, who then decided to confront Yau-Man immediately. They attempted to blackmail Yau-Man into telling his alliance about the hidden Immunity Idol or they would tell them. Yau-Man decided to tell the members of his alliance, but the strongest reaction was anger that Alex and Mookie went through Yau-Man's personal bag.
Immunity Challenge: Testing their memory, each Survivor will secretly select three squares on a grid, horizontally, vertically or diagonally. The goal is to knock out their opposing teammate by guessing squares and bombing them one by one. The last person with squares still left on the board wins individual Immunity.
At the Immunity Challenge, Stacy won immunity by taking out Yau-Man and Alex. Boo convinced his alliance that it would be better to split the votes between Alex and Mookie, just in case either of them had found the remaining idol, even though neither of them had any clues about the rehidden idol. At Tribal Council, it was admitted openly that Yau-Man had the hidden Immunity Idol and that Alex and Mookie were on the outside. The six-person alliance held to their plan of splitting their vote between Mookie and Alex, but Alex voted against Mookie to successfully avoid a tie. Mookie became the fifth member of the jury, leaving Alex the sole outsider remaining.
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"A Smile, Velvet Gloves and a Dagger in My Pocket" May 3, 2007 13.74 4.6/14
Alex went into self-declared "ninja" mode trying to stay out of everybody's way and just observing the others looking for possible ways to continue in the game. Cassandra, Earl, and Yau-Man discussed the options for who is the fourth member of the "Core Four" alliance with Cassandra and Earl preferring Dreamz and Yau-Man preferring Stacy.
Reward Challenge: Using only their teeth, Survivors will rip pieces of meat off large chunks of pork, filling their individual plates. The three with the most meat on their plates wins a trip to a Fijian rain forest for a river rafting adventure. The person with the most meat on their plate would receive an advantage in the next Immunity Challenge.
At the Reward Challenge, the winner and the first two runners-up were taken on a river rafting excursion. The winner of the challenge also received an advantage to the next Immunity Challenge. Boo won the challenge by a wide margin with Yau-Man and Dreamz as runners-up. Boo selected Earl to go back to Exile Island. In a surprise, the three castaways on the trip received letters from home. Alex noticed the others complaining about Boo being too talkative, so he approached Dreamz about convincing the others to vote Boo out before Alex.
Immunity Challenge: Survivors will race to dig up three climbing steps buried randomly in the sand. The first two people to find their climbing steps and cross the finish line will join Boo in the final stage. There they will use those climbing steps to ascend to the top of a 12-foot pole and retrieve their flag. The first person to retrieve their flag at the top of the pole wins individual Immunity.
At the Immunity Challenge, Boo's advantage turned out to be a free pass to the final round of the challenge, where he was joined by Dreamz and Alex. However, the energy expended by Alex and Dreamz was too much for them to overcome and Boo won Individual Immunity for the first time. With Boo winning immunity, Alex tried to convince Cassandra, Dreamz, and Earl that now was the time to vote out Yau-Man, but his efforts were for naught and he was unanimously voted out.
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"I Wanna See If I Can Make a Deal" May 10, 2007 13.77 4.4/14
Boo made himself a hideout near the well to overhear conversations thinking that he would be the next one voted out. Earl discussed with his alliance that Boo would be indeed the next voted out.
Reward Challenge: Split into groups of three and tied together, they will maneuver over a series of see-saws, climb up and through a cargo net tower to a sand pit, dig up a hatchet and chop through a rope to release a box. The first team to release the box wins reward. In addition, those three will also compete against each other in a hatchet-throwing contest for the keys of the 2008 Ford Super Duty. The winning team will drive in the truck, delivering the box as well as a trailer carrying a mobile school office to a local Fijian school. While there, they will have a picnic lunch with the children.
At the Reward Challenge, Yau-Man won a new truck, but then dealt the truck to Dreamz in exchange for Individual Immunity should Dreamz win Individual Immunity at a prospective final four. Yau-Man also decided to send himself to Exile Island. In his new truck, Dreamz, Boo, and Stacy delivered school supplies and a teacher's office to the local school as part of the reward. After Dreamz returned from the trip, he plotted with Cassandra and Stacy to vote out Yau-Man after realizing what Yau-Man's strategy was regarding giving him the truck, also noting that the deal wouldn't be broken if he voted out Yau-Man before the final four.
Immunity Challenge: On platforms in the ocean, Survivors will toss a ball attached to a rope into a hoop to pull down a balance beam. From there, they'll cross to the finish. The first four will move on and do it again, with the first two to cross moving into the final round. They'll once again lower a balance beam, then move onto another beam to a small perch. Balancing on that perch, they will use a grappling hook to fish for a buoy. The first one to raise their buoy wins Individual Immunity.
At the Immunity Challenge, Boo, Dreamz, Earl and Yau-Man moved on to the second round. Yau-Man and Boo then moved on to the final round. Boo won immunity for the second time in a row, throwing the alliance's plans into disarray. Earl found the Hidden Immunity Idol using the third clue that Yau-Man received. Feeling bad vibes leading up to Tribal Council and Stacy's hinting that his alliance would split a vote, Yau-Man played his Hidden Immunity Idol. The plans to eliminate Yau-Man backfired as the four votes cast against him were negated, and a surprised Stacy was voted out.
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"You've Got That Puzzled Look" May 13, 2007 13.63 4.6/13
After Tribal Council, Earl tried to figure out his standing with his alliance after he was kept out of the loop about the plan to vote Yau-Man out.
Immunity Challenge: Survivors will make their way blindfolded through a massive five-section maze. Each will be assigned a uniquely shaped medallion, negotiating the maze till they find a key station. They will feel for the shape that matches their medallion to retrieve their specific key. After making their way to the correct drawbridge they will use their key to unlock it, lower it and cross over to the next section of the maze. If they get lost at any point, there are guide posts in each section of the maze that would help them to find their way. The first person to get all five keys and cross all five drawbridges wins Immunity.
At the Immunity Challenge, Yau-Man won immunity. Boo tried to stay in the game by trying to persuade Earl and Yau-Man to vote out Dreamz, but he did not succeed and Boo was voted out.
Immunity Challenge: Survivors will lie on their backs on an elevated plank at an angle holding onto a wooden handle. Making things more difficult, water will stream out of a barrel, making the plank slippery. They would start at a 35° angle at the beginning of the challenge. Every five minutes, Jeff will increase the angle of the plank, making it steeper and harder to hang onto. When they can’t hang on any longer, they'll let go and slide down the plank, landing in a pool of water. If the castaway slides down the plank, they would be eliminated from the challenge. The last person hanging on wins Individual Immunity.
The final Immunity Challenge was won by Dreamz when he outlasted Yau-Man. At Tribal Council, Dreamz reneged on his agreement with Yau-Man to hand over the immunity necklace as Dreamz, correctly, felt that if he handed the necklace over, he would be voted out. Dreamz kept the immunity necklace in the end. With Yau-Man's agreement broken, he was voted out. At the final Tribal Council, the jury saw Dreamz as disloyal and deceptive, Cassandra as greedy and undeserving, and Earl being the only one of the three that played the game respectably. Earl received the unanimous vote of the jury and became the fourteenth Sole Survivor.
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"Reunion" May 13, 2007  
The castaways return to discuss the season with host, Jeff Probst.
Voting history[edit]
Pre-Merge

Original Tribes
Switched Tribes

Episode #
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Day
3 6 8 10 11 14 16 19 21
Eliminated
Jessica Erica Sylvia Gary Liliana Rita Anthony Rocky Lisi
Votes
6–1–1–1 6–2 4–3–1 None12 6–1–1 5–2 5–1 4–2 4–1
Voter
Vote
 Earl Jessica Exiled11 Sylvia   Rita   
 Cassandra     Lisi    
 Dreamz     Liliana  Anthony Rocky Lisi
 Yau-Man Jessica Erica Sylvia   Rita   
 Boo     Liliana    
 Stacy     Liliana    
 Alex     Liliana  Anthony Rocky Lisi
 Mookie Jessica Erica Anthony   Rita Anthony Lisi Lisi
 Edgardo     Liliana  Anthony Rocky Lisi
 Michelle Jessica Erica Sylvia   Anthony   
 Lisi     Liliana  Exiled13 Rocky Dreamz
 Rocky Mookie Erica Anthony   Rita Anthony Lisi 
 Anthony Jessica Sylvia Sylvia   Rita Rocky 
Rita Jessica Erica Earl   Anthony 
Liliana     Cassandra 
Gary     
Sylvia Exiled10 Erica Anthony 
Erica Yau-Man Sylvia 
Jessica Rita 
Post-Merge


Merged Tribe

Episode #
9 10 11 12 13 14
Day #
24 27 30 33 36 37 38
Eliminated
Michelle Edgardo Mookie Alex Stacy Boo Yau-Man
Votes
3–214 5–3–1 4–3–1 6–1 2–015 4–1 3–1
Voter
Vote
  Earl  Edgardo Alex Alex Stacy Boo Yau-Man
  Cassandra  Edgardo Mookie Alex Yau-Man Boo Yau-Man
  Dreamz Michelle Mookie Mookie Alex Yau-Man Boo Yau-Man
  Yau-Man  Edgardo Alex Alex Stacy Boo Cassandra
  Boo  Edgardo Mookie Alex Yau-Man Dreamz 
  Stacy Michelle Edgardo Alex Alex Yau-Man 
  Alex Michelle Cassandra Mookie Yau-Man 
  Mookie Stacy Cassandra Boo 
  Edgardo  Cassandra 
  Michelle Stacy 

Jury vote

Episode #
14
Day #
39
Finalist
Dreamz Cassandra Earl
Votes
9–0–0
Juror
Vote
Yau-Man   Earl
Boo   Earl
Stacy   Earl
Alex   Earl
Mookie   Earl
Edgardo   Earl
Michelle   Earl
Lisi   Earl
Rocky   Earl


^10 Sylvia was given the task of dividing the tribes. She was sent to Exile Island and told she would join whichever tribe lost the Immunity Challenge after that tribe voted off a member. Because Ravu lost the Immunity Challenge, Sylvia became a member of Ravu.
^11 Earl was exiled in episode two and did not return to his tribe until after Tribal Council, meaning he could not be voted out or participate in the vote.
^12 No vote: Gary was evacuated due to medical reasons (severe constipation).
^13 Lisi was not picked in the tribal switch. She was sent to Exile Island and would join the tribe that lost the Immunity Challenge. Because Ravu lost the challenge, Lisi became a member of Ravu.
^14 Half of Bula Bula was immune due to winning the Reward/Immunity Challenge, therefore was not present at Tribal Council and did not participate in the vote.
^15 Yau-Man played the hidden Immunity Idol, therefore the four votes against him were not counted.

Filming locations[edit]
Survivor: Fiji was filmed in the eastern region of the Macuata province, on Fiji's second largest island, Vanua Levu, about 15 miles (24 km) from the town of Labasa. Tribal Council, the production camp ("Tent City"), and several challenges were located in close proximity to the village of Vunivutu. Other challenges were held on Katawaqa Island, Tivi Island, Vatudamu Point, and fields along the Wainikoro River. The Moto (and later Bula Bula) tribe lived on a peninsula in Vunivutu Bay, while the Ravu tribe lived on Druadrua Island under much harsher conditions. Exile Island's actual name is Sausau Island. Reward getaways included trips to the Namale Resort and Jean-Michel Cousteau Fiji Islands Resort in the town of Savusavu, as well as a rafting excursion on the Navua River on Fiji's main island of Viti Levu.
Political turmoil in Fiji[edit]



Frank Bainimarama
On December 5, 2006 (two days before the final Tribal Council), a coup d'état was initiated by Fiji's military leader, Frank Bainimarama. While there was some speculation that a full evacuation of the Survivor crew members from Fiji would take place, only a few crew members on the mainland were relocated to the second-smallest island. However, the political turmoil prior to the coup did prevent the families of the cast members from coming to Fiji to participate in a reward challenge (as usually occurs on Survivor) that occurred towards the end of filming.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Jeff Probst Breaks Down Survivor's Final Four". Retrieved 2008-06-13.
2.Jump up ^ "Jeff Probst: We would probably change 'Survivor: Fiji' twist if we could". Retrieved 2008-06-13.
3.Jump up ^ "He lost a million, won our hearts on 'Survivor'". Retrieved 2007-05-15.
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This article is about the fifteenth U.S. Survivor season. For the Chinese version of the franchise, see Into The Shangri-La.

Survivor: China

Winner
Todd Herzog
Presented by
Jeff Probst
No. of episodes
14
No. of days
39
No. of survivors
16
Production

Location(s)
Zhelin Reservoir,
Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
Filming dates
June 25, 2007
– August 2, 2007
Broadcast

Original run
September 20, 2007 – December 16, 2007
Chronology

Preceded by
Survivor: Fiji
Followed by
Survivor: Micronesia
 This article contains Chinese text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Chinese characters.
Survivor: China is the fifteenth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The premiere aired September 20, 2007. Host Jeff Probst claimed the show was the first full American TV series to be filmed entirely within China.[1] It is also the northernmost Survivor season held to date, well outside of the tropical zone. Applications were due on January 30, 2007. Around March 2007, about 800 applicants were selected for an interview by CBS. Out of those 800, about 48 semi-finalists were selected to go to Los Angeles in April–May 2007. From these semi-finalists, about 16 were selected to participate in the show between June and August 2007. The final contestants and their original tribes, Fei Long (飞龙) and Zhan Hu (战虎), meaning Flying Dragon and Fighting Tiger respectively, were officially announced on August 20, 2007.[2][3] The merged tribe was Hae Da Fung (黑打風), which means Black Fighting Wind, a name proposed by Peih-Gee Law. The complete season was released on DVD from CBS Home Entertainment, via Amazon.com's CreateSpace, on January 27, 2014. It is set to have significantly more special features than recent releases.
The "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast" slogan used in previous season's logos has been replaced by Chinese characters. The characters translate to "compete in intelligence" (比智慧, bĭ zhìhuì), "compete in skill" (比技巧, bĭ jìqiǎo), and "compete in endurance" (比耐力, bĭ nàilì).[4] Among the many aspects of Chinese culture and history included this season were a Buddhist ceremony and a 100-foot (30 m) tall replica of a historic temple used for Tribal Council. Each tribe received a copy of The Art of War by Sun Tzu. As stated by Probst: "Survivor is a war. The book deals with leadership and how you defeat the other tribe. It's interesting how much it plays into the game all the way through." The show had "unprecedented access" to several historical Chinese monuments, including the Shaolin Temple and the Great Wall of China.[2]
Exile Island from the previous three seasons was discarded for this season, but the Hidden Immunity Idol was still part of the game. In lieu of Exile Island, the tribes had the ability to kidnap a player from the opposing tribe as part of winning a Reward Challenge. The kidnapped player remained with that tribe through the next Immunity Challenge and received a clue to the location of an Immunity Idol at that camp. However, this clue must be given, unread, to a member of the other tribe prior to the next Immunity Challenge. Ultimately, neither of the two Idols available to the castaways were used; James Clement was voted out with both in his possession. Three players went to the Final Tribal Council, continuing the pattern that began in Survivor: Cook Islands and again in Survivor: Fiji. Probst explained that having a final three "prohibits one person winning through to the end and then taking an extremely unlikable person with them."[5] In the end, Todd Herzog won, defeating Courtney Yates and Amanda Kimmel by a vote of 4–2–1. During the reunion, James Clement was awarded a $100,000 prize as the most popular player in Survivor: China, beating fellow favorites Denise Martin, Yates, and Peih-Gee Law.


Contents  [hide]
1 Contestants
2 Season summary 2.1 Episodes
2.2 Voting history
3 Controversy
4 References
5 External links

Contestants[edit]



Ashley Massaro came in fifteenth place


Jean-Robert Bellande came in ninth place and was the second jury member


Todd Herzog, winner of Survivor: China
James Clement and Amanda Kimmel both returned to compete in the following season, Survivor: Micronesia where they placed 7th and 2nd, respectively. The pair returned again in 2010 for Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains along with Courtney Yates, who returned for the first time. Clement placed 14th, Yates placed 11th, and Kimmel placed 9th.
List of Survivor: China contestants

Contestant
Original tribe
Switched tribe
Merged tribe
Finish

Steve "Chicken" Morris
47, Richmond, Virginia Zhan Hu   1st voted out
 Day 3
Ashley Massaro
28, East Northport, New York Zhan Hu   2nd voted out
 Day 6
Leslie Nease
38, Columbia, South Carolina Fei Long   3rd voted out
 Day 9
Dave Cruser
37, Diamond Bar, California Zhan Hu   4th voted out
 Day 12
Aaron Reisberger
32, Los Angeles, California Fei Long Zhan Hu  5th voted out
 Day 15
Sherea Lloyd
26, Atlanta, Georgia Zhan Hu Fei Long  6th voted out
 Day 18
Jaime Dugan
22, Columbia, South Carolina Zhan Hu Zhan Hu Hae Da Fung 7th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 21
Jean-Robert Bellande
36, Las Vegas, Nevada Fei Long Fei Long 8th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 24
Michael "Frosti" Zernow
20, Chicago, Illinois Zhan Hu Fei Long 9th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 27
James Clement
30, Lafayette, Louisiana Fei Long Zhan Hu 10th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 30
Erik Huffman
26, Nashville, Tennessee Zhan Hu Zhan Hu 11th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 33
Peih-Gee Law
29, Malibu, California Zhan Hu Zhan Hu 12th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 36
Denise Martin
40, Douglas, Massachusetts Fei Long Fei Long 13th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 38
Amanda Kimmel
22, Kalispell, Montana Fei Long Fei Long 2nd runner-up
Courtney Yates
26, Boston, Massachusetts Fei Long Fei Long Runner-up
Todd Herzog
22, Salt Lake City, Utah Fei Long Fei Long Sole Survivor

Season summary[edit]
The two tribes, Fei Long and Zhan Hu, were predetermined prior to the start of the game. As an added bonus for winning reward challenges was that the winning tribe was given the opportunity to kidnap a member from the losing tribe, where they would live at the winning tribe's camp until the next Immunity Challenge. This person would receive a container with a clue to the hidden immunity idol that they had to give to one of the winning tribe members.
After the first 12 days, Fei Long held a slight edge thanks to the strength of James and leadership of Aaron. A strong alliance had been formed on Fei Long between Todd, Amanda, Aaron, and Courtney. On Day 14, each tribe, separately, selected two members of the other tribe to bring into theirs; Fei Long selected Sherea and Frosti, while Zhan Hu selected James and Aaron. Believing that James and Aaron would remain true to the other Fei Long members when the merge occurred, Jaime and Peih-Gee struck a plan to lose the next Immunity Challenge on purpose so that they would be able to remove the former Fei Longs from the game. Zhan Hu would end up losing the challenge, and subsequently voted Aaron out.
On Fei Long, Todd had been working to find the Hidden Immunity Idol. At the next reward challenge on Day 16, Fei Long won and kidnapped James. With the clue from James, Todd was able to find the idol, which he gave to James to use to eliminate a Zhan Hu, and also told James that the same clues would apply at the Zhan Hu camp. While James found the second idol, Zhan Hu won the next immunity challenge thus rendering Todd's plan moot and leaving James with both idols.
The tribes merged on Day 19, with the former Fei Longs holding a 6–4 advantage. Amanda became concerned that James would not give back one of the two idols, and worked with her other tribe members to blindside him, with James leaving the game with the two idols still in his possession. The remaining Fei Long held on to their lead, and Todd, Amanda and Courtney's alliance held strong and the three went to the Final Tribal Council. All three were criticized by the jury, but Todd ultimately won with four votes to Courtney's two and Amanda's one.
Challenge winners, kidnaps, and eliminations by episode

Episode Titles[6]
Original air date
Challenge winner(s)
Kidnapped
Eliminated
Finish

Reward
Immunity
"A Chicken's a Little Bit Smarter" September 20, 2007 Fei Long1 None2 Chicken 1st voted out
 Day 3
"My Mom Is Going to Kill Me!" September 27, 2007 Fei Long Fei Long Jaime Ashley 2nd voted out
 Day 6
"I Lost Two Hands and Possibly a Shoulder" October 4, 2007 Zhan Hu Zhan Hu Leslie Leslie 3rd voted out
 Day 9
"Ride the Workhorse Till the Tail Falls Off" October 11, 2007 Fei Long Fei Long Dave Dave 4th voted out
 Day 12
"Love Is In the Air" October 18, 2007 None3 Fei Long None3 Aaron 5th voted out
 Day 15
"That's Love, Baby! Make You Strong!" October 25, 2007 Fei Long Zhan Hu James Sherea 6th voted out
 Day 18
"I'm Not As Dumb As I Look" November 1, 2007 None4 Frosti None5 Jaime 7th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 21
"High School Friend Contest" November 8, 2007 Amanda,
 James,
 Jean-Robert,
 Todd Courtney Jean-Robert 8th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 24
"Just Don't Eat the Apple" November 15, 2007 Amanda,
 Courtney,
 Erik,
 Frosti Peih-Gee Frosti 9th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 27
"Ready to Bite the Apple" November 29, 2007 Peih-Gee,
 [Denise,
 Erik] Erik James 10th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 30
"Going for the Oscar" December 6, 2007 Denise6,
 [Amanda,
 Todd] Peih-Gee Erik 11th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 33
"Hello, I'm Still a Person" December 13, 2007 Denise,
 [Courtney,
 Todd] Amanda Peih-Gee 12th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 36
"A Slippery Little Sucker" December 16, 2007 Amanda,
 [Todd] Amanda Denise 13th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 38
"The Reunion" December 16, 2007  Jury vote
Amanda 2nd runner-up
Courtney Runner-up
Todd Sole Survivor
In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenges.
^2 There was no Reward Challenge and the kidnapping rule was not yet known to the castaways.
^3 There was no Reward Challenge because of the tribal switch, therefore nobody was kidnapped.
^4 There was no Reward Challenge due to the tribal merge.
^5 The kidnapping rule was no longer applicable after the tribal merge, as there was only one tribe.
^6 In this "Loved Ones" reward challenge, the remaining contestants teamed up with a visiting friend or family member to compete. In the end, Denise and her husband came away victorious.
Episodes[edit]

Episode
 #
Title
Original air date
U.S. viewers
 (million)
Rating/Share

1
"A Chicken's a Little Bit Smarter" September 20, 2007 15.35 9.0/15
The castaways began in downtown Shanghai, China and traveled by train and truck to a Buddhist Temple where they participated in a welcoming ceremony. Even though Jeff stated that the ceremony was not religious, Leslie left before the ceremony was done because she felt it was against her beliefs. After the ceremony, Jeff announced to the castaways that they would be going into the game with only the clothes that they were wearing at the time. The castaways were then divided into two tribes, each tribe receiving a copy of Sun Tzu's The Art of War. After a stormy night at Zhan Hu, Ashley became ill, which put her on the spot as a target for elimination.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: Each team is to maneuver a Chinese dragon puppet, held on poles individually by each team member, through a maze, with the lead runner for each team having to open some obstacles along the way, such as a locked gate. At the end of the course, the team members are to match their poles with correct spots in the ground. The winning team is the first to complete this task and will win flint.
At the first challenge, the race began with the tribes trudging through the muddy course, maneuvering side-by-side as they make their way to the locked gate. Frosti and James were neck-and-neck as they catapulted themselves over the walls. But when Frosti forgot to lower the drawbridge and had to go back, he gave James from Fei Long a narrow lead. Carrying the awkward and heavy mascots, both tribes made their way through the waist deep swamp. Fei Long reached he finish platform first. They started on their puzzle as the swamp slowed the Zhan Hu tribe. Zhan Hu did not catch up and Fei Long solved the puzzle, winning flint and Immunity.
At Tribal Council, several contestants were up for elimination; Chicken was seen as not fitting in, Ashley appeared to be a weak link after getting sick with diarrhea, and Peih-Gee came across as bossy and demanding. Chicken annoyed some of his tribe members by deciding not to help out with shelter around camp, which led to his elimination. After Chicken left, Probst presented the tribe with fire in the form of a flint.
2
"My Mom Is Going to Kill Me!" September 27, 2007 14.15 8.3/14
Dave tried to take a leadership role at Zhan Hu, but his tribemates resisted him for being too controlling and not listening to their ideas. At Fei Long, Amanda and Todd formed an alliance and pulled in Aaron to be "someone strong to call the shots" to deflect any anger about their plotting during the game. Jean-Robert became a target due to his laziness, but he privately revealed that this negative perception was part of his gameplan. Probst revealed at the Reward Challenge that in addition to the reward, the winning team would be able to kidnap one player from the other tribe up until the next immunity challenge. Furthermore, this player would be given special instructions they could only read once at the other tribe's camp; ultimately, it revealed that the kidnapped person must give a sealed tube to a member of the other tribe that contained clues to the hidden immunity idol at their camp.
Reward Challenge: In a series of 3-on-3 matches, each team has to push their large ball across a muddy field into their opponents' goal, while preventing the opponents from doing the same. The first team to score two goals wins fishing gear and a fishing boat.
In the first round, Amanda, Denise and Aaron of Fei Long raced out into the mud to battle Jaime, Sherea and Erik of Zhan Hu. Both sides choked and wrestled each other to gain possession of the wooden balls, and Sherea pulled Amanda’s top down. Despite the clothing malfunction, Amanda maneuvered the giant ball across the line and scored the first point for Fei Long. In the next round, Ashley, Frosti and Dave of Zhan Hu took on Jean-Robert, James and Leslie of Fei Long. Calling on her professional wrestling skills, Ashley attempted to grapple with the heavier Jean-Robert. Jean-Robert dragged Ashley along behind him and took out Frosti, leaving James free and clear to score the winning point for Fei Long. Fei Long opted to kidnap Jamie as she was seen as a "spot of sunshine" and thought her being gone from Zhan Hu would be demoralizing. Jaime gave the sealed clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol at Fei Long to Leslie, seeing her as the weakest member of Fei Long. Leslie then shared the clue with Todd thinking that he would trust her and keep her around, but he saw this an opportunity to have the clue to himself if she were to be eliminated.
Immunity Challenge (Gatecrasher): Each tribe uses a puzzle log to break through two sets of gates; then, they must turn, pull and push the puzzle log to navigate a maze that is worked into the surface of the log. Once the log is cleared from the maze station, the first tribe to hit a gong at the end of the course wins immunity.
Both tribes plowed through their first gates with their heavy puzzle log. James and Jean-Robert muscled the Fei Long log through the second gate and headed to their puzzle station, as Zhan Hu’s over-worked Dave could barely lift his part of the log. In a split-second decision, Frosti switched positions with Dave in order to catch up for the lost time and finally broke through the second gate. However, it was too little, too late for Zhan Hu as Fei Long conquered their puzzle and rung their gong in victory. Once again, Fei Long avoided attending the dreaded Tribal Council. Dave took full responsibility for Zhan Hu's immunity challenge loss, but the tribe saw Ashley as causing too much conflict with Dave and not being a hard enough worker causing her to be unanimously voted out.
3
"I Lost Two Hands and Possibly a Shoulder" October 4, 2007 14.14 8.5/14
At Fei Long, the tribe had conflicts over sleeping conditions and what to do with a crab they had caught. Dave continued to work hard at Zhan Hu but also continued to irritate his tribemates for his bossy manner. At Fei Long, Courtney and Todd overheard Jean-Robert and James strategizing and making crude comments about Courtney.
Reward Challenge: In a series of 3-on-3 matches (separated by gender) taking place on two tribe-colored floating ships attached via two separate planks, each tribe must attempt to wrestle each member of the other team into the water; the first tribe to do so wins that match. The game is played best 3 out of 5 matches with the winner receiving a kerosene lamp, rope, blankets, pillows, and a tarp.
At the reward challenge, Dave attempted to distract Fei Long's male members by doing the wresting challenge completely naked. However, the competitors from Fei Long were unaffected and proceeded to defeat the males both times they battled. Unfortunately, for the male Fei Long members, the women failed to win leaving the score 3-2 with Zhan Hu achieving victory. After winning their first reward challenge, Zhan Hu chose to kidnap Leslie from Fei Long seeing her as "genuine." Leslie gave the sealed clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol at Zhan Hu to Jaime, repaying the favor from the prior episode.
Immunity Challenge: Four members of each tribe, sequentially, must use a machete to chop through wooden beams and ropes to release a set of puzzle disks. Once all four sets of puzzle disks are collected for the tribe, two other members must assemble the disks onto a large post on a heavy stone base. Once all disks are assembled on the post correctly, the two puzzle solves must then drag it across the finish line. The first tribe to drag the completed puzzle across the finish line wins immunity.
At the immunity challenge, Zhan Hu got an early lead as Jamie, Peih-Gee, Frosti, and Erik tackled the post chopping with ease. On the other side, Fei Long was having trouble because Courtney couldn't cut fast enough, therefore she had to resort to sawing through the ropes at her station. After finally retrieving their first bundle of puzzle disks; Amanda, Aaron, and James blew through the other posts easily. Jean-Robert and Todd worked on Fei Long's puzzle while Dave and Sherea worked on Zhan Hu's. Fei Long was working quickly until Jean-Robert put a disk on the post too quickly blocking Todd's view, and causing the disk to become stuck. Zhan Hu; who was ahead, calmly finished the puzzle and dragged it across the finish line, thus winning their first immunity challenge. At Fei Long, Leslie was seen as untrustworthy due to her potential ties to the other tribe after being kidnapped, particularly after telling her tribe that Zhan Hu was a more cohesive and fun tribe than they were, and she was voted out.
4
"Ride the Workhorse Till the Tail Falls Off" October 11, 2007 14.22 8.6/14
Frosti spoke to Dave privately and tried to warn him that he was causing too much conflict around camp after he clashed with Sherea.
Reward Challenge: Two members of each tribe, at a time, must use a pair of large chopsticks to carry a burning metal ball across the length of the course and then to place it onto a chute, where it will roll down and ignite a fireworks display. The chopsticks would get longer in each round making it more difficult to carry the metal ball. The first tribe to successfully transport three balls in this way wins a visit by a local fisherman and his family the next day. The fisherman would teach the tribe how to fish, and would bring additional food for the tribe.
The reward challenge was won by Fei Long. Jean-Robert surprised his tribe by revealing that he spoke Mandarin, which he learned as a child while spending a few years in Taiwan and, during the visit by a local fisherman and his family as part of the Reward, was able to serve as a translator between the fisherman's family and the other contestants. Dave was kidnapped by Fei Long and chose to give the Hidden Immunity Idol clue to Todd after Todd agreed to return the favor should he be kidnapped.
Immunity Challenge (Warriors' duel): The tribes are dressed in mock Chinese armor for the challenge for their own protection. Two members of each tribe, at a time, attempt to use meteor hammers to break several pots arranged behind the opposing tribe while defending the opponents from breaking their own using large staves to block the hammers. The challenge is played in three rounds, the first round is played with two women from each tribe, the second is played with two men from each tribe and the third and final round is played with one man and one woman from each tribe. Each opposing pot broken scores a point for the tribe. The tribe that breaks the most pots after three rounds receives immunity.
Fei Long won the Immunity Challenge. After returning to camp, Dave noticed that his tribe was united against him and tried to convince his tribemates that his attitude had changed. Sherea overheard Erik, Frosti, Jaime, and Peih-Gee discussing her lack of work and realized that she was in danger of being voted out. Ultimately, the four other members of Zhan Hu decided that Dave's abrasive and miserable attitude was too much, and he was voted out.
5
"Love Is In the Air" October 18, 2007 14.03 8.5/13
Erik and Jaime's relationship grew, and Jaime shared the clues she had about the Hidden Immunity Idol with him. Instead of a Reward Challenge, local fishermen dropped off messages instructing each tribe to select the two strongest members from the other tribe to be added to their own; Fei Long selected Frosti and Sherea while Zhan Hu selected Aaron and James. Along with their new tribe members, each tribe received a basket of fruits, nuts, and wine. The tribal switch caused a lot of plotting of potential future moves by the castaways: Jean-Robert trying to regain the trust of his tribe; Frosti looking for new alliances, and Peih-Gee and Jaime contemplating throwing the next two Immunity Challenges in order to eliminate Aaron and James thus potentially balancing the number of original tribe members should a merge happen with ten players remaining.
Immunity Challenge: Two members of each tribe must dive down from a floating platform to remove sticks that are trapping twelve buoyant puzzle disks, representing the twelve animals in the Chinese Zodiac. Once the members have collected all twelve, they must place the disks in their tribe boat and row the boat to shore to deliver the pieces to three other members of their tribe, who must then place them to match notches on a puzzle board. The first tribe to complete the puzzle wins Immunity.
At the Immunity Challenge, Jaime and Peih-Gee sabotaged their tribe's chances by tossing a puzzle piece behind the puzzle board and making minimal effort to solve the puzzle. Aaron and James were upset at Jaime and Peih-Gee's poor performance and seeming lack of concern during the challenge. Back at camp, Erik was surprised to learn that the girls purposely threw the challenge and felt compelled to go along with their plan to stay in the game. At Tribal Council, Jaime admitted to throwing the challenge, prompting disgust from both Aaron and James. James was very vocal in condemning the strategy, even asking to be sent home. The remaining Zhan Hu members felt that Aaron would be a bigger threat because of this later on and voted him out.
6
"That's Love, Baby! Make You Strong!" October 25, 2007 14.19 8.5/14
Todd teamed up with Amanda to find the Hidden Immunity Idol, sharing his knowledge of the clues with her.
Reward Challenge: One member of each tribe at a time will search an abandoned Chinese village for colored planks containing letters on them. When all eight planks are collected, the tribe must arrange the planks into a large board where other letters are already written and masking some letters on the planks to complete a proverb. The first tribe to complete the proverb (The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step) wins a trip to a nearby tea house to bathe, eat, and relax.
During the Reward Challenge, Peih-Gee tried to relay a message to Sherea about the strategy she and Jaime had devised, but when Sherea and Frosti were non-communicative, Peih-Gee, Jaime, and Erik began to doubt their plans. Fei Long won the reward challenge and kidnapped their former tribemate James. Todd convinced James to give him the Hidden Immunity Idol clue with a promise to save James in return. With the clue, Amanda and Todd discovered the location of the Hidden Immunity Idol attached to the paifang at the camp's entrance. They attempted to retrieve it discreetly by pretending their main objective was dismantling the paifang, but were forced to reveal the idol to Frosti after he innocently came over to help them. Todd then gave the idol to James and told him how to find the idol at the Zhan Hu camp. Todd also told Denise and Courtney about the Hidden Immunity Idol and his plan for Fei Long to win the next Immunity Challenge. James would then reveal the Hidden Immunity Idol at Tribal Council, thus negating all votes against him, and eliminate Jaime.
Immunity Challenge: Tribes are challenged to eat "traditional" Chinese dishes such as 10 chicken hearts, 3 eels, 3 baby turtles (still with their shell), 2 balute, and one "1,000 year old" egg in a series of 1-on-1 matches. The first person to finish the food item and show Probst an empty mouth scores a point for their tribe. The first team to win four matches wins Immunity.
Despite the best efforts by the Fei Long tribe to win and James to help throw the food eating Immunity Challenge, Zhan Hu won immunity forcing Fei Long to vote someone out. The alliance of Todd, Amanda, Denise, and Courtney agreed that they could trust Frosti and would vote out Sherea. After thinking more about it, Courtney tried to convince them to vote out Jean-Robert due to her dislike of him. Todd and Amanda were torn on whom to trust, but they stuck to their original plan after a tense Tribal Council, and Sherea was voted out.
7
"I'm Not As Dumb As I Look" November 1, 2007 14.44 8.5/14
James retrieved the Hidden Immunity Idol from the Zhan Hu paifang. The other members of Zhan Hu noticed that the paifang was different, prompting them to pick up a false plaque James removed from the other side of the paifang. Later, Jaime searched James' bag and discovered he had two plaques hidden in his pants. She did not actually see the plaques, and thus did not realize the plaque she had was a false Idol. Courtney continued her push to get Jean-Robert voted out, irritating Todd who felt the need to keep Jean-Robert to maintain Fei Long's majority. On day 20, the tribes were merged, after which they enjoyed a feast of food and alcohol, while being entertained by Chinese acrobats. The merged castaways named their new tribe Hae Da Fung (Black Fighting Wind). Jeff arrived at the campsite and announced an Immunity Challenge would take place immediately.
Immunity Challenge: The players must recall information that was visible at the feast they attended after the merge. If a player incorrectly answered a question, that player would be eliminated from the challenge. The last remaining player would win Immunity.
The Immunity Challenge was won by Frosti. Peih-Gee tried to bring James and Frosti to the former Zhan Hu's side while Jaime tried to use her knowledge of the Hidden Immunity Idols as a bargaining chip with Frosti and Todd to save herself, but both already knew she had a false Idol and who had the real ones. After the votes were cast at Tribal Council, Jaime tried to play her false Hidden Immunity Idol, but Jeff tossed the plaque into the fire after announcing that it was not a Hidden Immunity Idol. The votes cast against Jaime counted and she was voted out.
8
"High School Friend Contest" November 8, 2007 14.86 8.7/14
Reward Challenge: The tribe was divided into two teams of four via schoolyard pick (Jean-Robert, James, Todd, and Amanda versus Peih-Gee, Frosti, Erik and Courtney), with the ninth player (Denise) unable to participate or qualify for reward. During each match, one member of the team is positioned in a boat in the center of a floating platform and must prevent the boat from being flooded by three members of the other team standing on the platform to outlast the fourth member of the other tribe doing the same in a separate area. The team that sinks the other team's boat first wins the match; the game is played to the best 2 of 3 matches with the winner receiving a Chinese feast and a scroll containing the final clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol at camp.
As part of winning the reward challenge, Amanda, James, Jean-Robert and Todd received a scroll containing all the clues and an additional clue to the whereabouts of the Hidden Immunity Idol at camp. With his new knowledge about the Hidden Immunity Idol, Jean-Robert searched the remaining wooden plaques at the campsite for the Idol, not knowing that both Idols had already been found. Todd, feeling slighted by James having both Hidden Immunity Idols and not giving one to him, approached Amanda and Frosti about blindsiding James at Tribal Council.
Immunity Challenge: Each player sits atop a large barrel filled with water, fashioned as a Chinese dragon; at the start of the challenge, the players will release a cork that will cause water to drain out of the barrel, and furthermore, will unlatch the barrel as to allow it to rotate freely. Players must then attempt to stay atop the barrel for as long as possible, with balancing becoming more difficult as the water drains from the barrel. The players can only touch their own barrel with their hands. If they touched the other parts of the structure with their hands or if they fall off their barrel, they would be eliminated from the challenge. The last player that remains on their barrel wins Immunity.
Courtney won the immunity challenge. Thinking that he had the Hidden Immunity Idol, Jean-Robert told Erik that he had the Idol, but Erik told him that he thought James had both of them. Jean-Robert confronted James about the Idols hoping to get an alliance with him, but James denied that he had it. Jean-Robert then approached Todd about blindsiding James, which caused Todd to alter his plan to do the same. However, he changed his mind and formed an alliance with James, Amanda, Courtney, and Frosti. They decided not to tell Denise due to her wavering friendship. Fearing that Jean-Robert might overthrow him as the strategy guy of the game, Todd turned the majority Fei Long alliance to Jean-Robert who was voted out.
9
"Just Don't Eat the Apple" November 15, 2007 14.68 8.9/14
Denise felt betrayed by her alliance after they did not tell her about their plan to vote out Jean-Robert at the last Tribal Council. Frosti and Courtney flirted with each other.
Reward Challenge: Two teams of four are selected via schoolyard pick (Amanda, Courtney, Erik, and Frosti vs. Todd, Denise, James, and Peih-Gee). Each team must attempt to bounce a ball on the heads of four drums along the length of a course including across two gates, and into a pot at the end of course; if the ball should drop to the ground the team must restart at the last gate passed or back at the start. The first team to transfer three balls in this fashion wins a night on a river cruise along the Lishui River.
Amanda, Courtney, Erik, and Frosti won the reward challenge. Peih-Gee took out her frustration at losing the Reward Challenge on James, saying that he quit on the challenge when he had a hard time with it. She later attempted to apologize to James for what she said, but he didn't accept. When the winners got back from the reward challenge, they attempted to downplay their reward in order to not alienate the other castaways.
Immunity Challenge: Each player is presented with a set of tiles representing the animals of the Chinese zodiac. Each round, Probst will read off a series of animals in a specific order; the players must remember this series and then using a knife, stab the tiles in the correct order. A player is eliminated from the challenge if they fail to get the correct order of animals. The last player remaining in the challenge would win immunity. Prior to the challenge, players that do not want to participate are able to partake of cheeseburgers, french fries, and drinks for as long as the challenge continues or until the food runs out before the end of the challenge. The decision to participate in the challenge or not is determined by a simultaneous reveal of each player's choice through colored coins. If the player wants to eat, they would reveal the black coin. If the player wants to participate, they would reveal the white coin.
At the Immunity Challenge, Erik was first out, followed by Amanda. Frosti answered the final question incorrectly and Peih-Gee won Immunity. Todd, James, and Denise were concerned that Courtney would not vote for Frosti due to her close friendship with him. Seen as a greater threat to win challenges than Erik and as a possible threat to turn Courtney to his side, Frosti was unanimously voted out. After the vote, Jeff told the remaining contestants that they are not going directly back to camp and that they had to stay at Tribal Council to attend to some additional business.
10
"It’s Been Real and It's Been Fun" November 22, 2007  
A recap of the first 27 days including previously unaired bonus footage.
11
"Ready to Bite the Apple" November 29, 2007 13.57 8.3/13
The surprise "more business to attend to" announced by Jeff at the Tribal Council was a Reward Challenge.
Reward Challenge: The players are quizzed on their knowledge of China and its culture. The player to first five correct answers wins Reward as well as the opportunity to bring two others along on a plane trip to the Shaolin Temple, including a demonstration of martial arts and an overnight stay.
Peih-Gee won the challenge and invited Denise and Erik to join her on the reward. While at the temple, Denise surprised Peih-Gee and Erik by revealing that she has been a student of karate for eight years, nearly reaching the rank of black belt. While fetching the tree mail announcing the Immunity Challenge, Amanda shared with Courtney her plot to blindside James at the next Tribal Council as long as he did not win immunity at the challenge.
Immunity Challenge: Players are to throw hira-shuriken (steel stars with sharp points) at a target wall marked with various scoring areas (1, 2, 3 and 5 points). In the first round, each player throws three times, and the highest four scores (barring any ties) proceed to the next round. In the second round, the target wall is moved farther away by ten feet (3.0m), and each player only has one throw. The player with the highest scoring throw on the second round wins Immunity.
At the immunity challenge, Courtney, Erik, Amanda and James all scored 6 points and moved on to the final round. Erik won the Immunity Challenge with a score of 3 points to Amanda's 2 and Courtney and James missing the target in the final round. Amanda convinced Todd and Denise to go along with her plot to blindside James. Thinking that she was next to go and trying to go out fighting, Peih-Gee talked to Amanda about James possibly having a Hidden Immunity Idol and Amanda told Peih-Gee to "just not do anything." Peih-Gee shared the possible plot with Erik, who had to decide if it was in his best interest to vote with Peih-Gee and vote for Todd or join the possible plot by voting out James. James was blindsided at Tribal Council without playing either Hidden Immunity Idol, and was voted out.
12
"Going for the Oscar" December 6, 2007 14.05 8.2/13
Reward Challenge: Each remaining contestant was teamed with a loved one for this challenge. Each participant was blindfolded and placed on opposite sizes of a maze formed by fenceposts. The contestant and their loved one had to help meet at the center and step up onto a dais to win the reward. The first pair to step up onto the dais wins a boat trip including a dinner feast and a call from home; selection of two other contestants and their loved ones to share in the boat trip and feast.
At the Reward Challenge, the castaways were surprised by the appearance of their loved ones with whom they teamed up in the challenge. The team of Denise and her husband won, and selected Amanda and Todd, along with their sisters, to join them on the trip. After Courtney, Erik, and Peih-Gee were sent away, Jeff announced the remaining loved ones would spend the night at the camp.
Immunity Challenge: Each contestant is tethered to a rope that crosses a knee-deep bog of water and included various posts which the rope is wrapped around. Each contestant must maneuver the length of the rope including around any obstacles to reach a set of question boxes, each containing one true and one false statement related to Chinese inventions and a key associated with that answer. The contestant selects the key from the answer they believe to be true and makes their way back through the course to try to use the key to unlock one of three locks on a box containing the flag. If they are wrong, they must go back and fetch the other key. The first player to open all three boxes and hoist their flag wins.
The grueling Immunity Challenge was won by Peih-Gee. Peih-Gee and Erik tried to get Denise to switch to their side to force a tie at Tribal Council, but the Fei Long alliance held and Erik, as the only remaining member of the former Zhan Hu who wasn't immune, was voted out.
13
"Hello, I'm Still a Person" December 13, 2007 13.86 8.7/14
Reward Challenge: Each player is given 5 arrows of their color, and must secretly distribute them to the other players by placing them in their containers. They cannot place any of their arrows in their own container. Then, using the arrows that they have been given, they must use a replica of a Chinese wooden repeating crossbow to shoot at their names at a checkerboard target. A player earns a point whenever an arrow hit their name, regardless of who shot the arrow. The winner is the one with the most points after all arrows are fired and receives a private jet trip to the Great Wall of China, including a meal; selection of two other contestants to share the reward with them.
Denise won the reward challenge due to Amanda and Courtney hitting her name instead of their own. She then chose to take Courtney and she chose Todd for strategic reasons, leaving a teary-eyed and furious Peih-Gee (she shared her Shaolin Monks reward with Denise, but after Denise's two straight reward wins, she had not returned the favor). Back at camp, Amanda and Peih-Gee started to talk, resolved their conflicts with each other and became somewhat close. Amanda flirted with the idea of blindsiding Todd. Later, when the others returned to camp, Peih-Gee attempted to get Denise to vote along with her and Amanda, telling Denise that she would be voted out once Peih-Gee was eliminated.
Immunity Challenge: This was the "Second Chances" challenge split into four rounds, with the last player in each round losing the challenge. The reappearing challenges were: using 3 throwing stars to earn points, eating one balut, bouncing a ball on a drum across a course into a large container, and finally using a sword to chop ropes holding eight puzzle disks, then assembling the puzzle on a large post. The first person of the two in the final round to assemble the puzzle correctly wins immunity.
The Immunity Challenge was won by Amanda. At the Tribal Council, Amanda and Denise decided to keep their allegiance with Todd; and Peih-Gee, the last original Zhan Hu member, was voted out.
14
"A Slippery Little Sucker" December 16, 2007 15.18 8.5/13
Reward Challenge: Players must cross over two bridges (once which they have to assemble by placing planks in correct positions on the bridge) to reach a yoke and 12 puzzle pieces. Using the yoke to haul the pieces, the player must then take these to the top of a replica Great Wall. Once all the pieces are collected at the top of the wall, the player must then fill the pieces into a three-dimension puzzle in order to complete their section of the wall. The first place to complete the puzzle correctly wins pizza, brownies, beer, and soft drinks. The winner can choose to eat the food in the reward themselves, or share it with one or two of the other players.
At the final Reward Challenge, Amanda won a food reward challenge. Given the choices of having the reward herself, sharing it with one person or sharing it with two people, she chose to split it with only Todd. While eating their reward, Amanda questioned Todd's loyalty to their alliance and he reassured her that he was true to their alliance with Courtney. The Immunity Challenge was preceded by a torch remembrance of the voted out castaways that ended at a statue of Guan Yin.
Immunity Challenge: Each player is provided a one-arm balance adjusted for their height, with a small disk at the far end. During the challenge, Probst will call out specific dishware that the player must take and stack on the far end of the balance. Should any part of a player's stack fall, that player is out of the challenge. The last player remaining in the challenge would win immunity.
Amanda continued her winning streak by winning the final Immunity Challenge. During the challenge, Denise tried to convince Amanda to drop out and hand Denise immunity in exchange for a promise Denise wouldn't vote her out. Amanda told Denise to forget it and won Immunity for herself. After the challenge, Denise continued her lobbying to not be voted out and finally decided to move against Todd, but her efforts were unsuccessful and she was voted out.
At the final Tribal Council, all the three were confronted by the jury for their actions during the course of 39 days. Amanda was lambasted for apologizing too much and not giving reasons to the jury as to why she chose to vote them out, nor even admitting to ever lying to them. Courtney was seen as the most honest of the three, but was criticized for her personality and her differences with some members of the jury, as well as being too dependent on Todd and Amanda. Todd was seen as the most manipulative and deceitful of the three, but was more honest about his lying (unlike Amanda) and was seen as playing the game since Day 1 (unlike Courtney). When all was said and done, Todd was voted the Sole Survivor with a vote of 4–2–1.
15
"Reunion" December 16, 2007  
The 16 castaways return to discuss the season with host, Jeff Probst.
Voting history[edit]



Original Tribes
Switched Tribes
Merged Tribe

Episode #
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14
Day #
3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 38
Eliminated
Chicken Ashley Leslie Dave Aaron Sherea Jaime Jean-Robert Frosti James Erik Peih-Gee Denise
Votes
5–2–1 6–1 6–2 5–1 3–1–1 5–2 7–3 5–3–1 7–1 5–1–1 4–2 4–1 3–1
Voter
Vote
  Todd   Leslie   Sherea Jaime Jean-Robert Frosti James Erik Peih-Gee Denise
  Courtney   Jean-Robert   Jean-Robert Jaime Jean-Robert Frosti James Erik Peih-Gee Denise
  Amanda   Leslie   Sherea Jaime Jean-Robert Frosti James Erik Peih-Gee Denise
  Denise   Leslie   Sherea Jaime Peih-Gee Frosti James Erik Peih-Gee Todd
  Peih-Gee Chicken Ashley  Dave Aaron  Jean-Robert James Frosti Todd Todd Todd 
  Erik Chicken Ashley  Dave Aaron  Jean-Robert James Frosti James Todd 
  James   Leslie  Peih-Gee  Jaime Jean-Robert Frosti Peih-Gee 
  Frosti Chicken Ashley  Dave  Sherea Jaime Jean-Robert Erik 
  Jean-Robert   Leslie   Sherea Jaime James 
  Jaime Chicken Ashley  Dave Aaron  Jean-Robert 
 Sherea Chicken Ashley  Dave  Jean-Robert 
 Aaron   Leslie  James 
Dave Ashley Ashley  Sherea 
Leslie   Jean-Robert 
Ashley Peih-Gee Dave 
Chicken Ashley 

Jury Vote

Episode #
14
Day #
39
Finalist
Amanda Courtney Todd
Votes
4–2–1
Juror
Vote
Denise  Courtney 
Peih-Gee   Todd
Erik Amanda  
James  Courtney 
Frosti   Todd
Jean-Robert   Todd
Jaime   Todd

Controversy[edit]
During the Reunion show, Denise Martin stated that she lost her job as a lunch lady after her return from filming. Upon hearing this, the producer, Mark Burnett, gave her a $50,000 prize. The school district Denise works for has refuted her version of what happened after she returned from Survivor. According to Douglas Public School District Superintendent Nancy T. Lane, Denise asked for and received a promotion to the higher-paying full-time custodian position before filming began for Survivor. When Denise returned to work, she returned to her new position. She requested to transfer back to her old position but it was no longer available.[7] On the December 19, 2007 broadcast of The Early Show, Martin apologized, stating that it was "not [her] intention to be misleading" and asked that the $50,000 be donated to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.[8]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Survivor: Fiji live reunion special, May 13, 2007
2.^ Jump up to: a b Rudolph, Ileane (2007-08-20). "Survivor: China Exclusive: Meet the Fei Long Tribe". TV Guide. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
3.Jump up ^ Rudolph, Ileane (2007-08-20). "Survivor: China Exclusive: Meet the Zhan Hu Tribe". TV Guide. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
4.Jump up ^ Washburn, Dan (2007-05-21). "Survivor China Update: Remote island of ... Jiangxi?". Gothamist, LLC. Retrieved 2007-07-31. "The Chinese characters on the logo say, 'Compete in intelligence, compete in skill, compete in endurance.'"
5.Jump up ^ "Returning Shows". Retrieved 2007-09-21.
6.Jump up ^ "Survivor: China Episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved November 7, 2007.
7.Jump up ^ "Worcester Telegram & Gazette Mega News".
8.Jump up ^ "‘Survivor’ lunch lady to donate $50,000 gift".
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Survivor: Micronesia
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Survivor: Micronesia

Winner
Parvati Shallow
Presented by
Jeff Probst
No. of episodes
14
No. of days
39
No. of survivors
20
Production

Location(s)
Koror, Palau
Filming dates
October 29, 2007
– December 6, 2007
Broadcast

Original run
February 7, 2008 – May 11, 2008
Chronology

Preceded by
Survivor: China
Followed by
Survivor: Gabon
Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites is the sixteenth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. It is the show's third season to include contestants from past seasons, after the all-returning contestant pool from Survivor: All-Stars, along with Survivor: Guatemala, in which two contestants from Survivor: Palau returned for a second chance. The season was filmed in Palau, marking the second time Survivor has filmed there (the first being 2005).[1][2] The filming locations for this season were the same as those used in Survivor: Palau, with Airai living in the former Koror camp and Malakal living in the former Ulong camp.[3] Exile Island returned this season after being absent from Survivor: China, with a new twist of one castaway from each tribe being sent to Exile Island where they had to compete to find the hidden immunity idol. This was the final Survivor season to be aired in standard definition. The complete season was released on DVD from CBS Home Entertainment, via Amazon.com's CreateSpace, on January 31, 2014. It is set to have significantly more special features than recent releases.
The full cast of 20 contestants was revealed on January 3, 2008 by Entertainment Weekly.[4] For the first time since Survivor: Panama, the final Tribal Council featured a Final Two rather than a Final Three. This was also the first season to have an even numbered jury, with this season having eight jury members, rather than the traditional seven or nine in past seasons, making a tie possible. Host Jeff Probst held a white envelope that he claimed had the tie-breaker, but its contents were not revealed as no tie occurred. In the end, Parvati Shallow defeated Amanda Kimmel by a vote of 5–3 to become the Sole Survivor. On the reunion show, it was revealed that James Clement, for the second consecutive season, was the viewer's choice of favorite contestant, winning US$100,000. Kimmel and Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth received the next highest number of votes. Host Jeff Probst has declared this as his second favorite season of all time.[5] Probst also stated that the Tribal Council in which Erik Reichenbach was eliminated was his favorite of all the seasons,[6] and he also said Palau was his favorite filming location.[7]


Contents  [hide]
1 Casting
2 Contestants
3 Season summary 3.1 Episodes
3.2 Voting history
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links

Casting[edit]
Host Jeff Probst revealed that a list of 20 favorites was put together (enough for an entire game) and then 10 of them were cut. Candice Woodcock from Cook Islands was asked to return but turned down the offer because of medical school. She later return as a "hero" for Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains and Survivor: Blood vs. Water.[8] Courtney Yates from China declined an offer to return, which Jeff Probst revealed in an interview that she "didn't want to do it". However Yates returned as a "villain" for Heroes vs. Villains.[9] Edgardo Rivera from Fiji declined an offer to return.[9] According to Jeff Probst, Tom Westman, winner of Palau, declined the offer to return, fearing the image he carved in his season would be tarnished. However, Westman later returned as a "hero" in Heroes vs. Villains.[9] Richard Hatch, winner of Borneo, was considered to return but he needed to apply a visa to leave the United States and his request was denied.[10] Sandra Diaz-Twine, winner of Pearl Islands, participated in initial casting, but was cut at the last minute. She later returned as a "villain" in Heroes vs. Villains.[11] Peih-Gee Law from China was cut and replaced by Amanda Kimmel.[12] Janu Tornell from Palau was considered to return, but was ultimately cut.[13] The first idea was to do another All Stars season, but when the twist change to Fans vs. Favorites, some former castaways were cut: Coby Archa,[14] Jeff Wilson, Jennifer Lyon and Ian Rosenberger from Palau,[15] Twila Tanner from Vanuatu,[14] Yul Kwon winner of Cook Islands[9] and Shane Powers and Terry Deitz from Exile Island.[14] Mike Skupin from Australia stated that he was offered a spot on this season, but never said if he declined or was cut. He later returned for Survivor: Philippines.[16] The contestants were split into two tribes, fans and favorites, named Airai and Malakal respectively. Both tribes were named after locations in Palau.
Contestants[edit]



Jon "Jonny Fairplay" Dalton came in last place


Yau-Man Chan came in eighteenth place


Ozzy Lusth came in ninth place and was the second jury member


 Cirie Fields came in third place and was the eighth jury member
Parvati Shallow, Amanda Kimmel, James Clement and Cirie Fields returned to play Survivor for a third time in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. Kimmel, Fields and Clement were all placed on the Heroes tribe, while Shallow was place on the Villains tribe. Fields, Clement and Kimmel placed 17th, 14th and 9th, respectively, while Shallow was the season's runner-up. Ozzy Lusth returned to play a third time on Survivor: South Pacific where he ended in 4th place. Jonathan Penner returned for his third time on Survivor: Philippines where he finished 7th. Erik Reichenbach was the first fan to return, playing as a Favorite in the second "Fans vs. Favorites" season, Survivor: Caramoan, where he finished 5th.[17]
List of Survivor: Micronesia contestants

Contestant
Original tribe
Switched tribe
Merged tribe
Finish

Jon "Jonny Fairplay" Dalton
33, Danville, Virginia
Pearl Islands Malakal   1st voted out
 Day 3
Mary Sartain
29, Emeryville, California Airai   2nd voted out
 Day 6
Yau-Man Chan
55, Martinez, California
Fiji Malakal   3rd voted out
 Day 8
Michael "Mikey B" Bortone
34, Los Angeles, California Airai   4th voted out
 Day 11
Joel Anderson
32, Avondale, Arizona Airai Malakal  5th voted out
 Day 14
Jonathan Penner
45, Los Angeles, California
Cook Islands Malakal Airai  Medically evacuated
 Day 15
Chet Welch
48, Ford City, Pennsylvania Airai Malakal  6th voted out
 Day 17
Kathleen "Kathy" Sleckman
45, Glen Ellyn, Illinois Airai Airai  Quit
 Day 19
Tracy Hughes-Wolf
43, Fredericksburg, Virginia Airai Malakal  7th voted out
 Day 20
Ami Cusack
34, Lakewood, Colorado
Vanuatu Malakal Malakal  8th voted out
 Day 21
Eliza Orlins
25, Syracuse, New York
Vanuatu Malakal Airai Dabu 9th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 24
Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth
26, Venice, California
Cook Islands Malakal Malakal 10th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 27
Jason Siska
22, Barrington, Illinois Airai Airai 11th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 30
James Clement
30, Lafayette, Louisiana
China Malakal Airai Medically evacuated
 4th jury member
 Day 31
Alexis Jones
24, Beverly Hills, California Airai Airai 12th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 33
Erik Reichenbach
22, Pinckney, Michigan Airai Malakal 13th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 36
Natalie Bolton
32, West Hollywood, California Airai Airai 14th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 37
Cirie Fields
37, Norwalk, Connecticut
Panama Malakal Malakal 15th voted out
 8th jury member
 Day 38
Amanda Kimmel
23, Kalispell, Montana
China Malakal Malakal Runner-up
Parvati Shallow
25, Los Angeles, California
Cook Islands Malakal Airai Sole Survivor

Season summary[edit]
The two tribes were pre-selected before the start of the show: ten returning Survivor contestants and ten new players. In their first challenge, each tribe competed within themselves to be first at a distance island and retrieve a hidden immunity idol that would only be good for that tribe's first visit to Tribal Council; these were claimed by Yau-Man and Kathy. In the pre-merge reward challenges, the winning tribe selected both a member of the losing tribe and a member of their own tribe to go to Exile Island where a series of clues would lead to a hidden immunity idol. Ozzy managed to follow the clues to claim the idol, and following Yau-Man's strategy from Survivor: Fiji, left a fake idol at its location. Jason would later find this idol, believing it to be the real idol.
After 11 days, with the tribes still at equal numbers, the tribes were swapped through a schoolyard pick. Despite the separate tribes, the favorites worked within their new tribes to eliminate the fans, who succumbed to infighting. Before and through the merge, three people had to be removed from the game; Jonathan, who suffered an infection on his knee; Kathy, who wanted to quit after suffering psychological trauma; and James, who had an infected finger - James remained part of the jury though had to use an IV drip during Tribal Council.
After the merge, the remaining fans attempted to form alliances with the favorites that held the majority. A core alliance of Amanda, Parvati and Cirie worked with the other female fans, Natalie and Alexis, to push through several upsets. First, Eliza attempted to work with Jason to use his idol to trick the majority, but her planned failed when she realized Jason's idol was fake. After luring Ozzy to believe they would be voting off Jason, they were able to eliminate Ozzy without him playing the idol. Jason was next sent to Exile Island and found the relocated idol but he too was lured into not playing it, and was quickly eliminated. After James' evacuation, the remaining fans (Alexis, Erik, and Natalie) convinced Cirie to betray Amanda, but Amanda had been to Exile since Jason's elimination and had retrieved the idol, playing it to protect her and eliminate Alexis. Finally, the remaining women convinced Erik he was safe at the next vote regardless if he won individual immunity; Erik, having won this immunity, gave it to Natalie to engender her trust, allowing the women to vote him off.
After eliminating the last fan, Natalie, and realizing that there would not be three contestants in the final tribal council, Amanda and Parvati both saw Cirie as the likely winner against either of them, and through her immunity win, Amanda voted Cirie off, opting to go to the final with Parvati. The jury grilled both players, with Parvati ultimately winning in a 5–3 vote.
Challenge winners, exiles, and eliminations by episode

Episode title
Original air date
Challenge winner(s)
Exiled
Eliminated
Finish

Reward
Immunity
"You Guys Are Dumber Than You Look" February 7, 2008 None Yau-Man2 None4 Jonny 1st voted out
 Day 3
Kathy2
Airai3
"The Sounds of Jungle Love" February 14, 2008 Malakal3 Cirie Mary 2nd voted out
 Day 6
Kathy
"I Should Be Carried on the Chariot-Type Thing!" February 21, 2008 Malakal Airai Ami Yau-Man 3rd voted out
 Day 8
Kathy
"That's Baked, Barbecued and Fried!" February 28, 2008 Malakal Malakal Kathy Mikey B 4th voted out
 Day 11
Ozzy
"He's a Ball of Goo!" March 6, 2008 Airai Airai None5 Joel 5th voted out
 Day 14
"It Hit Everyone Pretty Hard" March 13, 2008 Airai Airai Chet Jonathan Medically evacuated
 Day 15
Jason Chet 6th voted out
 Day 17
"Like a Wide-Eyed Kid in the Candy Store" March 19, 2008 Malakal Airai Jason Kathy Quit
 Day 19
Tracy Tracy 7th voted out
 Day 20
"A Lost Puppy Dog" April 3, 2008 Airai3 Alexis Ami 8th voted out
 Day 21
Ozzy
"I'm in Such a Hot Pickle!" April 10, 2008 None6 Jason None6 Eliza 9th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 24
"I Promise..." April 17, 2008 Amanda, Erik, Jason, Ozzy Parvati Cirie Ozzy 10th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 27
"I'm Ruthless... and Have a Smile on My Face" April 24, 2008 Survivor Auction Erik Jason7 Jason 11th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 30
"I'm Gonna Fix Her!" May 1, 2008 Alexis, [Cirie, Natalie] Erik Amanda James Medically evacuated
 4th jury member
 Day 31
Alexis 12th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 33
"If It Smells Like a Rat, Give It Cheese" May 8, 2008 Erik, [Amanda] Erik
 (Natalie)9 Parvati Erik 13th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 36
"Stir the Pot!" May 11, 2008 None Amanda None Natalie 14th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 37
Amanda Cirie 15th voted out
 8th jury member
 Day 38
"The Reunion" May 11, 2008  Jury vote
Amanda Runner-up
Parvati Sole Survivor
In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
^2 The players competed for a one-time use individual immunity (one per tribe).
^3 This was a combined reward and immunity challenge.
^4 No one was sent to Exile Island because it was not yet known to the castaways.
^5 No one was sent to Exile Island due to the tribal switch.
^6 There was no Reward Challenge due to the tribal merge, therefore no one was sent to Exile Island.
^7 At the Survivor Auction, Natalie bought the right to send someone to Exile Island and take all of his/her money. She chose Jason.
^8 Amanda played the Hidden Immunity Idol, so the four votes against her did not count. Alexis, who had two votes against her, was eliminated instead.
^9 Erik won individual immunity, but gave it to Natalie before the vote.
Episodes[edit]

Episode
 #
Title
Rating/Share
 (Household)
Rating/Share
 (18-49)
Original air date
U.S. viewers
 (million)
Weekly Rank

1
"You Guys Are Dumber Than You Look" 8.1/13 4.8/13 February 7, 2008 14.02 #8
In a pouring rain, the ten fans arrived on the island unaware that they would be facing past castaways and were shocked when Jeff introduced the favorites. Jeff then pointed to a beach on an island across the way with two boats and told the tribes to swim across.
Individual Immunity Challenge: The players had to race across the ocean to a shoreline, where they would hunt for the individual immunity idols. The idols were attached to the back of each tribe's boat. The first favorite and the first fan to find their tribe's idol would be granted immunity at the first tribal council they attend.
Jonny Fairplay was the first to find the idols tied to the boat's prows, but took the wrong one. Yau-Man noticed this, raced over, and grabbed the correct idol after Jonny tripped (Jonny accused Yau-Man of tackling him). Kathy got her tribe's idol after Yau-Man pointed it out to her. Two alliances were formed in the favorites tribe: one between Ami, Eliza, Jonathan, and Yau-Man and another consisting of the couples of James and Parvati, and Amanda and Ozzy. Both groups courted Jonny and he played both sides.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: The tribes are to assemble four puzzle wheels, attach them to a cart, and push the cart through a series of wooden fences. Upon reaching a sandpit with the cart, they then must dig up a set of planks to make a bridge. The tribes then push the cart over the bridge to a turnstile. The wheels are then removed and the pieces reassembled to complete the turnstile. The turnstile raises a fire wok on a pulley that lights the top of a platform. The winning tribe would receive tribal Immunity and flint.
At the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge, the fans took the lead early and won. After the challenge, Jonny told the tribe that his mind was not really committed to the game because he missed his girlfriend and unborn daughter. Feelings were split about whether he was being truthful or reverting to his old, dirty ways, but in the end he was unanimously voted out. After the vote, the tribe was given a flint, although Yau-Man had already started a fire by focusing the sun using water and his eyeglasses.
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"The Sounds of Jungle Love" 7.6/12 4.5/13 February 14, 2008 13.12 #6
Airai struggled with making fire and building a shelter. Chet, Kathy, and Tracy, feeling shunned by their younger tribemates and upset that the others were not making an attempt to build a decent shelter, built their own and then another was built for the other tribe members. At Malakal, the couples of Amanda/Ozzy and Parvati/James grew closer, much to the concern of Jonathan and Cirie, who joked that Amanda would be having "Ozzlets." At the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge, Malakal won by a wide margin after Chet struggled to retrieve his key. Before the challenge, Jeff announced Exile Island and said there would be a twist revealed after the challenge.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: Five castaways are chosen to swim, one at a time, to a platform, grab a club, and leap off the platform to smash a tile that releases a key. The swimmer then retrieves the key and swims back to shore with it, allowing the next tribemate to go out. Once the five keys are collected, another castaway uses the keys to open a locked box containing a set of puzzle pieces that form a map of Micronesia. Three other castaways put the puzzle together. The winning tribe received Tribal Immunity, fishing gear, and a bamboo fishing boat.
After Malakal selected Kathy to go to Exile Island, Jeff revealed the twist: the winning tribe also had to select one of their own to go to Exile Island. Cirie volunteered to go. Kathy and Cirie discovered a series of four clues at Exile Island that required them to crisscross between two islands, but did not find the Hidden Immunity Idol. After Chet's poor performance at the challenge, Mikey B wanted him to be voted out. Mikey B came up with a plan to split his alliance of seven's votes between Chet and Tracy to protect against potential Immunity Idols. Joel did not like how Mikey B was trying to control the vote, so he plotted with Erik, Alexis, Natalie, Chet, Tracy, and Kathy to break up Mikey B's alliance with Mary. Joel's plan came together, even though he changed his vote to Tracy at Tribal Council as a failsafe, and Mary was voted out.
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"I Should Be Carried on the Chariot-Type Thing!" 7.3/11 4.0/10 February 21, 2008 12.55 #8
Mikey B confronted Joel about voting out Mary at the last Tribal Council. The alliance of Amanda, Ozzy, Parvati, and James tried to swing Eliza over to their side. Cirie contemplated her options on which alliance to trust and join.
Reward Challenge: In a playing area similar to a football field, the tribes start at opposite ends of the playing field with three canvas bags. The tribes have to battle their way to their end zone. The challenge ends when one tribe has their three bags and two of the other tribe's bags in their end zone at the same time with the winners receiving three sets of items chosen from a catalog by the tribe
At the Reward Challenge, the tribes, dressed in war paint, had a very physical battle in the rain. Ultimately, Malakal won the challenge, taking home a tarp, a lighting kit, and a survival kit. Kathy was selected to go to Exile Island for a second time along with Ami. Cirie struck an alliance with Amanda and Parvati to go all the way to the final three with them. On Exile Island, Ami tried to follow the clues without the help of Kathy, who refused to decode the clues that she already knew about from her previous stay.
Immunity Challenge: Two women and two men from each tribe hold onto ropes that support a large net. The other castaways, one at a time, attempt to toss coconuts into the other tribe's net. The tribe who holds up their net for the longest time wins the challenge.
The Immunity Challenge was won by Airai after Erik, Joel, Natalie, and Tracy outlasted Cirie, James, Jonathan, and Parvati. There was open lobbying by both alliances for Cirie to join their side. Cirie wanted Yau-Man voted off because she feared that he would find the Hidden Immunity Idol. The alliance of Amanda, Ozzy, Parvati, and James wanted to vote out Eliza, but decided to follow Cirie's lead and Yau-Man was voted out.
4
"That's Baked, Barbecued and Fried!" 7.5/12 4.2/11 February 28, 2008 12.47 #10
At Airai, Chet's lack of work around camp irritated his tribemates. At the Malakal campsite, Eliza was feeling sick and James criticized his alliance's decision to vote out Yau-Man instead of Eliza, whom he felt was the weakest member of the tribe.
Reward Challenge: Four members of each tribe would swim out to a floating platform. One at a time, a castaway would dive down to a 30 foot (9.1 m) long steel cage that contained coconuts painted in tribe colors and with letters on them. The coconuts would have to be placed in a floating bin and the bin pulled back to shore. The four remaining castaways would unscramble a word puzzle using the letters on the coconuts with the winners receiving three chicken hens and one rooster along with chicken feed.
Malakal won the Reward Challenge after Ozzy's strategy of singlehandedly pushing his tribe's coconuts to the front of the steel cage made it easier for his tribemates to retrieve their coconuts. Kathy was sent to Exile Island for the third consecutive time with Ozzy joining her. On Exile Island, a disheartened Kathy did not want to look for the Hidden Immunity Idol, so Ozzy followed the clues on his own under the pretense of looking for food. He succeeded in finding the Idol and kept his discovery a secret from Kathy. Borrowing Yau-Man's strategy from Survivor: Fiji, Ozzy fashioned a false Idol and placed it where he found the real Idol. Eliza tried to keep herself in the game by talking to Parvati about voting out Jonathan, but Jonathan overheard them.
Immunity Challenge: Six tribe members would race to a six point, sliding hub and harness themselves in. The six would then pass around a keyring to find a key their individual lock that secured the hub to a stand. Once unlocked, the hub would have to be maneuvered through the forest where six puzzle piece necklaces were hanging on trees. The two remaining tribemates would use the necklaces as keys on a decoding wheel, which would decrypt a three word phrase.
At the Immunity Challenge, Airai struggled to unlock their hub and maneuver through the forest. Malakal won their second challenge in a row by a wide margin. Mikey B, feigning loyalty to Joel, lobbied to vote out Chet. Tracy approached Joel about a plan to use her alliance with Chet and Kathy to help vote out Mikey B. Tracy's plan came to fruition and Mikey B was voted out.
5
"He's a Ball of Goo!" 7.3/11 4.0/10 March 6, 2008 12.06 #8
At Malakal, Ozzy told Amanda, James, and Parvati that he found the Hidden Immunity Idol. Before the Reward Challenge began, Jeff announced a tribal switch. The tribes were divided by schoolyard pick. The new Airai tribe was composed of Alexis, Eliza, James, Jason, Jonathan, Kathy, Natalie, and Parvati; Amanda, Ami, Chet, Cirie, Erik, Joel, Ozzy, and Tracy made up the new Malakal tribe.
Reward Challenge: The tribes would divide into pairs that are harnessed together. Taking turns in rounds, one pair from one tribe would chase a pair from the other tribe through an obstacle course in the forest and attempt to grab a flag attached to the backs of the pair being chased. There would be a time limit of one minute to chase down the pair. If the chasing pair succeeded in grabbing the flag, their tribe would receive one point. If the chasing pair did not succeed, the other tribe would receive one point. The first tribe to score three points would win steak, sausage, vegetables, spices, and wine.
Airai won the physically punishing Reward Challenge with Parvati receiving a fat lip, Ami a tweaked knee, Jonathan a puncture wound to the knee, and Chet a blow to the head. Jeff announced that due to the tribal switch, nobody would go to Exile Island. After the challenge and back at the Airai beach, Jonathan's injured knee required attention from the Survivor medical team. On day 14, the Favorites at Airai took charge and fixed the tribe's camp site by moving it further inland and building a new shelter.
Immunity Challenge: Four members from each tribe would alternate at throwing rocks at hanging tiles. When the tile is broken, it would drop a bundle of puzzle pieces. Three tribe members and a direction caller would assemble a color-coded puzzle from the pieces.
While Airai fell far behind during the rock throwing stage of the Immunity Challenge, they caught up during the puzzle assembly stage and won Tribal Immunity. Joel and Erik approached the Favorites of Malakal about voting out who they perceived as the weakest members: Chet, Cirie, and Tracy. Overhearing this, Cirie took Chet and Tracy aside and they decided to vote Joel out. Cirie told Amanda and Ozzy that it would be better to vote out Joel instead of Chet as Joel was the bigger threat longer term through the game, and that Chet could be used as a pawn for future strategic votes. Cirie also expressed discomfort that if the weaker members of the tribe were to be voted out, she would be voted off soon after Chet. Cirie's argument convinced the Favorites, and Joel was sent home.
6
"It Hit Everyone Pretty Hard" 7.9/13 4.2/13 March 13, 2008 13.06 #3
On Malakal, Tracy started to regret her decision to help the Favorites vote out Joel.
Reward Challenge: The tribes were to swim out to collect bundles of planks, sticks, and ropes. They would then have ten minutes to use these items to build a blockade of the other tribe's tunnel. The tribes would then race to tear apart the other tribe's blockade of their own tunnel and get all the members of their tribe through to the other side with the winners receiving a visit by two native Micronesians who would demonstrate how to improve the tribe campsite and catch crabs and fish.
Airai won the Reward Challenge and elected to send Chet to Exile Island along with Jason. After the challenge, Jeff announced that the Survivor medical team wanted to look at Jonathan's knee. The doctor recommended that he be evacuated and taken to the hospital for treatment as the knee had become seriously infected. Jonathan accepted the recommendation and left on day 15. The two Micronesians, Edwin and Joe—who made a previous appearance in Survivor: Palau—, showed up at Airai bringing fishing line, an extra machete, two knives, a fishing net, vegetables, fruit, and taught the castaways how to fish and hunt for crabs. At Malakal, Ami approached Tracy and Erik about forming an alliance with them after she felt that she could not trust Cirie. On Exile Island, Jason found the fake Hidden Immunity Idol that Ozzy left.
Immunity Challenge: The tribes were to use two stepping poles to transfer two tribe members from one platform to another out at sea. All the tribe members would then swim out to a smaller tower. To win immunity, the tribe has to get all seven of its members on the tower with both feet on or above the top deck.
Airai continued their winning streak at the Immunity Challenge by using a strategy of carrying Eliza and Parvati on a single stepping pole instead of using both poles. After the Immunity Challenge, Chet told his tribe to vote him out because he had given up and had an injured foot. Erik and Tracy tried to convince Chet to help vote out Ozzy, but the tribe honored Chet's request and he was voted out.
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"Like a Wide-Eyed Kid in the Candy Store" 6.7/11 3.7/10 March 19, 2008 11.34 #6
At Malakal, Ozzy's de facto leadership and arrogance during a fishing excursion irked the women of the tribe.
Reward Challenge: Four members of each tribe would be blindfolded and would push a large money stone through a forest course while being verbally directed by the two other tribe members. Along the course, the money stones would crush four tiles that would reveal a pair of smaller money stones. Three tribe members would then use these eight stones to solve a rotating cog puzzle with the winners receiving a trip to an island to enjoy a spa and food.
Airai's winning streak was broken when Malakal won the Reward Challenge. They chose to send Jason back to Exile Island along with Tracy, who could not go on the spa trip with the rest of Malakal. On day 18, the constant rain, poor camp conditions, and feeling of missing her family was too much for Kathy to bear and she decided to quit the next morning. Jeff arrived at the Airai beach and took Kathy away at her request.
Immunity Challenge: A tribe member would race across a floating bridge carrying one end of a rope. The rope would then be attached to a bundle of giant puzzle pieces. The rest of the tribe would turn a winch that would reel in the bundle and the tribe member back to the beach. Five bundles would need to be hauled to the beach in this manner. Two tribe members would then assemble the puzzle pieces.
At the Immunity Challenge, Ozzy and Erik gave Malakal a large lead during the first half of the challenge, but Eliza and Jason quickly assembled their puzzle and Airai won immunity for the third straight time. Ami came up with a complex plot to blindside Ozzy at Tribal Council: Ami would convince Amanda and Cirie to vote for Erik and would tell the two women she and Tracy would be voting with them. However, Ami and Tracy would actually vote for Ozzy along with Erik. Ozzy would vote for Tracy thinking everyone else would be voting for her as well. This would lead to Ozzy being voted out 3–2–1. At Tribal Council, the complex plot collapsed as Amanda and Cirie did not want to betray Ozzy by voting for Erik. The vote followed Fans vs. Favorites lines with Erik joining the Favorites and voting out Tracy.
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"A Lost Puppy Dog" 7.5/12 3.8/9 April 3, 2008 12.84 #11
At Malakal, Ozzy was still concerned about the perception that he was the leader. Ami tried to assure Ozzy that he was okay, but he began to feel uneasy about her loyalty. At Airai, Parvati approached Natalie about forming an alliance with James and Alexis in order to get them to the tribal merge. Longer term, Parvati offered to Natalie the option of going to the final four with Alexis and Amanda, which Natalie agreed with. A combined reward and immunity challenge was held on day 21 with a twist that the tribes had to select one member from the other tribe who would sit out the challenge, go to Exile Island, and return to Tribal Council with individual immunity for that one Tribal Council only should their tribe lose the challenge. Airai selected Ozzy and Malakal selected Alexis to sit out the challenge.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: One tribe member at a time would have to cross an obstacle course of stepping stones suspended by ropes, rotating barrels, a balance beam, a floating bridge, and a net to retrieve a flag. The tribe member would then have to cross back with the flag thus scoring a point for their tribe. Two tribe members would be assigned to run the course. Two other tribe members would try to knock the opposing tribe's runner from the course into a water pit by swinging canvas bags at them. If the tribe member fell off the course, they would have to return to the start and the other runner would have to make an attempt. The first tribe to collect five flags would win pizza and beer delivered to the tribe's campsite as well as immunity.
Airai won the closely contested challenge and won Tribal Immunity for the fourth straight time. On Exile Island, Ozzy feigned not having the Hidden Immunity Idol and went through the motions of trying to find the idol with Alexis to see if somebody took the false Hidden Immunity Idol that he planted. After the challenge, Erik told Amanda and Cirie about Ami's plotting with the Fans behind the Favorite's backs. Ami tried to convince Amanda and Cirie that her allegiance was to the Favorites. As soon as Ozzy returned from Exile Island, Erik told Ozzy the same story he told to Amanda and Cirie. Although Amanda and Cirie thought it would be safer to keep Ami since they knew her game and didn't trust Erik, Ozzy was upset at Ami's previous strategizing with the fans about potentially voting him out. At Tribal Council, a very emotional Ami tried to counter Erik's story, but to no avail and she was voted out.
9
"I'm in Such a Hot Pickle!" 6.9/11 3.8/11 April 10, 2008 11.68 #17
Eliza, disappointed that Ami had been previously voted out, formed an alliance with Jason, who told her that he had the Hidden Immunity Idol, not knowing it was a false Idol. On day 22, Airai and Malakal merged into one tribe and enjoyed the customary merger feast. The tribe decided to live at the Malakal campsite. Erik chose the name Dabu for the merged tribe, telling everyone that it meant "good" in Micronesian when in reality he had just made it up because he wanted to name the tribe something funny. Amanda became concerned about Alexis' attachment to Ozzy and she wanted to vote her off as soon as possible. Parvati told Amanda about the alliance she struck with Alexis and Natalie, but Amanda was angry about Parvati pledging Amanda's allegiance without her consent.
Immunity Challenge: The tribe members are positioned under a metal grate as the incoming tide rises. As the tide rises, the breathing space under the grate grows smaller. The last castaway to remain under the grate would win Individual Immunity.
At the Immunity Challenge, Jason won the first Individual Immunity, allowing him to give the false Hidden Immunity Idol to Eliza, though she immediately recognized it as a fake planted by Ozzy. Jason and Eliza devised a plan that involved the two of them voting for Ozzy and using the Idol to protect Eliza from being voted out when the others made it clear that they wanted her gone. Even though she knew it was a fake, calling it "just a stick," Eliza hoped that even if it wasn't the real idol, she could at least expose Ozzy for having the real one. After the castaways voted but before the votes were revealed, Eliza put her plan into action and presented the false Hidden Immunity Idol. After declaring the idol a fake, Jeff tossed it into the fire pit. Eliza then said that Ozzy must have the real Hidden Immunity Idol, and he admitted that he did. The vote tally proceeded and Eliza became the first member of the jury.
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"I Promise..." 7.4/13 3.8/12 April 17, 2008 12.09 #11
Reward Challenge: The castaways would split into two teams of four in a schoolyard pick, with the castaway not picked being ineligible to win the reward and sent to Exile Island immediately before the challenge. One at a time, a castaway from each team would swim out to a multi-level net tunnel that they would have to crawl through. After another short swim, they would reach a floating platform that contained a wall with a set of Micronesian symbols laid out in a pyramid shape. The castaway would then return to the starting position and attempt to replicate the pattern of symbols onshore. The first team to match the symbols onshore with the pattern on the platform would win a flight to a village on Yap for a feast, watching a traditional dance, and spending the night in a chief's traditional house.
The team of Amanda, Erik, Jason, and Ozzy won the Reward Challenge. Cirie was not selected during the schoolyard pick for the challenge and she had to go to Exile Island, where she spent a cold night planning how to get rid of Ozzy.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would stand on a log, one arm above their head with their wrist tethered to a bucket of water on top of a platform. The castaway who could stand there the longest without tipping the bucket would win. During the challenge, Jeff would tempt the castaways to quit with offerings of food, including donuts, cookies, and various other food items. This challenge was used before in Survivor: Africa and Survivor: All-Stars and was later used in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains and Survivor: One World.
At the Immunity Challenge, Erik and Cirie were the first to step down for a bowl of candy 20 minutes in. After 45 minutes in, Alexis dropped out due to excitement over the next item (a chocolate chip cookie). Natalie and James both lost their concentration and were out of the challenge. After one hour, Ozzy dropped out for 3 doughnuts. After 5 hours, Amanda dropped out for a bathroom break. The challenge came down to Parvati and Jason after over six hours of the two of them standing on the log. When Jeff offered a full tray of food that would be split with whomever stepped down and the castaways already out of the challenge, Jason said he would step down if he got a guarantee that he would not be voted for at the next Tribal Council after Parvati persuaded him that he could gain some friends by doing this. Everybody agreed, though several of the castaways crossed their fingers, and Jason stepped down, giving Individual Immunity to Parvati.
When the castaways returned to camp, Amanda, James, and Ozzy immediately wanted to renege on their promise to Jason and vote for him. Cirie saw this as a good opportunity to blindside Ozzy, the biggest physical threat, and eliminate the danger of the Immunity Idol. She approached Alexis, Jason, Natalie, and Parvati about voting for Ozzy. The four agreed with her, but decided not to tell any of the others and hoped to throw them off by acting like Jason was going home. At Tribal Council, Ozzy stated that he might have had to play the Hidden Immunity Idol, but he did not bring it with him to Tribal Council. Following that, an angry Ozzy was voted out.
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"I'm Ruthless... and Have a Smile on My Face" 7.9/13 4.2/13 April 24, 2008 12.98 #12
After Tribal Council, Amanda was angry that Parvati and Cirie did not tell her about their plot against Ozzy. Parvati tried to patch things up with James, but her efforts didn't work and James no longer trusted Parvati. Her efforts also failed with Amanda, though she kept her distrust of Parvati and Cirie to herself.
Survivor Auction: Instead of a Reward Challenge, a Survivor Auction was held.
One of the items sold at the auction was a bottle containing a note that said that the winning bidder had to pick a castaway to immediately go to Exile Island. The item was won by Natalie and she chose Jason. Jeff announced that there was a new Hidden Immunity Idol on Exile Island, which was found by Jason. While Jason was on Exile Island, the girls planned to blindside him at the next Tribal Council. The plan was for Natalie to exploit Jason's trust in her and tell him that he owed her for sending him to Exile Island so that he could find the Hidden Immunity Idol. Just before the start of the Immunity Challenge, Natalie put the girl's plan into action by telling Jason that James was going to be voted out and Jason needed to make sure that James did not win Individual Immunity.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would throw rocks at a tile which would cause a bundle of puzzle pieces to drop to the ground. The first four castaways who broke their tiles would move on to the second round of digging up a key that would unlock the puzzle pieces. The puzzle pieces would then be assembled into a wheel that would be used to crank a pulley which would lower two wooden planks. The first two castaways who completed the second round would move on the final round. The planks would be used to cross a rope bridge. The castaway would then race across a series of disks suspended on ropes to the finish. The first castaway to finish wins Individual immunity.
On his 22nd birthday, Erik won Individual Immunity, unknowingly putting the second part of the girl's plan into place. Back at camp, the girls searched Jason's bag, much to the chagrin of James and Erik, and found the Hidden Immunity Idol wrapped in his belongings. Natalie convinced Jason that the girls would be voting for James. At Tribal Council, the girls' plan finally succeeded when Jason did not play the Hidden Immunity Idol, and he was voted out.
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"I'm Gonna Fix Her!" 7.7/13 4.0/12 May 1, 2008 12.53 #14
After Tribal Council, the Survivor medical team took a look at James' injured finger and told him that they would look at the finger again the next morning. James was told that if the infection spread to the joint, he would need surgery to prevent disablement of the joint. During the night, Alexis tripped and fell, injuring her knee.
Reward Challenge: The castaways would, in private, answer a survey about their fellow tribemates. After they have answered the questions in private, the results would be tallied and the challenge would begin. They would then have to guess whose name came up the most from the group. Each time a castaway guessed correctly, they would be given the opportunity to chop at a rope that held a weight above a statuette that represented another castaway. After three chops of the rope, the statuette would be smashed and that castaway would be eliminated from the challenge. The last castaway whose statuette was not smashed would win a trip to Jellyfish Lake to swim among stingless jellyfish with a loved one; selection of two additional castaways and their loved ones to share the reward
The Reward Challenge included the customary visit by the castaways' loved ones. Jeff announced that Exile Island was back in play with another Hidden Immunity Idol. Alexis won the challenge to take a trip to Jellyfish Lake and opted to take along Cirie and her husband and Natalie and her mother. Amanda volunteered to go to Exile Island and Alexis granted her wish. After the challenge, the Survivor medical team looked at James again and made the call that the risk of the infection in his finger spreading to his joint was too great and that James be removed from the game for medication attention. On Exile Island, Amanda followed a new set of clues to learn that the Hidden Immunity Idol was buried under the tribe's flag back at camp. Alexis, Natalie, and Parvati discussed what they should do if Erik succeeded in winning the next Individual Immunity. Natalie said that she would vote for Amanda since she thought Amanda had the best chance of winning over the jury while Parvati said that she could not vote for Amanda due to long term alliances.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would take turns shooting a rifle at colored sake bottles, each representing a different castaway. The first person who breaks all three of their bottles would win.
Erik's sharpshooting enabled him to win the Immunity Challenge, foiling the all-girl alliance's plan to vote him out at the next Tribal Council. Back at their campsite, Amanda truthfully told the tribe that she did not find the Hidden Immunity Idol. The idol clue stated that the idol was at camp, which she confided to Parvati. At that point, she recruited Parvati's help in retrieving the Idol. The others were fooled by Amanda and wanted to vote her out, worried that she had a better chance to capture jury votes since she had not made any enemies. Amanda and Parvati thought they could convince Erik to join their voting block by asking him to return the favor of keeping him in the game over Ami, but he would not join them. At Tribal Council, James shocked everybody by appearing with an IV for his infection. Alexis, Cirie, Erik, and Natalie openly said they would be voting for Amanda, but the three fans received a second shock for the night when she produced the Hidden Immunity Idol. She said when she told the others she didn't have it, she wasn't lying because she didn't have it at the time. This negated their votes against her, leaving only the votes cast for Alexis, who was voted out.
13
"If It Smells Like a Rat, Give It Cheese" 7.7/13 4.1/12 May 8, 2008 11.98 #9
After returning from Tribal Council, Erik and Natalie plotted their next moves to stay in the game, with them figuring out that one of them had to win the next Reward Challenge so that they could send the other to Exile Island in order to find the Hidden Immunity Idol. Amanda and Cirie reconfirmed their alliance with Parvati to go to the final three. They plotted to manipulate Erik into sending Parvati to Exile Island by having Amanda convince Erik that she forgave him for his switching loyalties and that they should team up since they were the two most physical players left. This would prevent Erik or Natalie from finding the Hidden Immunity Idol, making one of them vulnerable at the next Tribal Council.
Reward Challenge: The castaways would be quizzed about favorite moments from past seasons of Survivor. The first person to correctly answer four questions would win a helicopter trip over the Rock Islands and an overnight stay at a resort
Erik won the Reward Challenge and selected Amanda to join him based on his agreement with her, while Parvati was sent to Exile. Back at the campsite, Natalie felt betrayed by Erik and vented her feelings to Cirie, who found pleasure in Natalie stressing over the betrayal. After returning from the reward, Erik talked to Cirie and attempted to make a final 3 alliance with her and Parvati. However, Natalie overheard their conversation and she, Amanda and Cirie all recounted what Erik said to them, stressing Erik.
Immunity Challenge: Three large sand pits are surrounded by signs with symbolic coordinate. Each castaway would be given a pair of ropes and a set of coordinates. They would use the ropes to match the coordinates up so that the ropes intersect within the circle. At that intersection point, they would dig up a bag of puzzle pieces. This would give them the coordinates to use with the ropes on the second sand pit. The process would be repeated until a final bag of puzzle pieces would be retrieved from the third sand pit. The first person to complete the last puzzle wins immunity.
At the Immunity Challenge, Erik easily won, once again ruining the women's hopes of getting rid of him. Erik later revealed his planned game play to Cirie involving his hopes of going to the final three with her and Parvati, unaware that Natalie was nearby and overheard it. Natalie explained this to the other three women, and Cirie suggested that Natalie attempt to try to convince Erik to hand the Individual Immunity over to Natalie using the argument that it would redeem himself in front of the jury and that Cirie and Natalie would agree to vote out Amanda only if Erik saved Natalie. At Tribal Council, Amanda lambasted Erik for his switching loyalties, and was soon joined by Natalie and Parvati. However when the time came, the plot worked, and Erik gave Natalie the immunity necklace, hoping that Cirie and Natalie would join him in voting for Parvati. However, the girls stuck to their plan, and Erik was voted out.
14
"Stir the Pot!" 7.2/12 4.4/12 May 11, 2008 12.92 #11
After returning from Tribal Council, the ladies celebrated their success in voting out all of the men from the game.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would start standing on top of a 20-foot (6.1 m) pole in the water. They would have to lower buckets into the water and use the water to fill a bamboo chute which would raise a set of keys. Once the keys are in reach, the castaways would swim ashore with the keys to unlock a box that contained 16 individually shaped ladder rungs. The ladder rungs would be used to build a ladder to a platform. The first castaway to assemble their ladder, climb to the top of the platform and raise their flag would win immunity.
At the Immunity Challenge, Natalie quickly took an early lead, but Amanda came from behind during the ladder assembly stage to win Immunity. Natalie tried to break up the alliance of Amanda, Cirie, and Parvati. During Tribal Council, Jeff hinted that instead of a final three that there would be a final two, which caused Cirie to declare that she felt she was at the bottom of every alliance that she was in. This resulted in a short argument between Cirie and Amanda. Despite this, the Favorites alliance held and Natalie, the last Fan remaining, was voted out 3–1.
After Tribal Council, Amanda and Cirie continued their argument over Cirie feeling that she was at the bottom of every alliance she was in, although they eventually made up and celebrated that they had all reached the final three like they had originally intended. Their happiness was cut short however, as the three found out on Day 38 that Jeff's questions at Tribal Council about a final two were not hypothetical and they would have to go through one final Immunity Challenge after the customary honoring of past castaways who left the game.
Immunity Challenge: A long wooden cylinder was cut into different sized segments. On the center segment a notch has been cut on which rests a metal ball. The castaways would have to hold up the segments by squeezing them between two handles. Every five minutes, a new round would start where the castaway would have to add two additional segments between the handles. After the cylinder was nine segments long, the final round would last as long as the castaways held out. If the metal ball fell off, the castaway would be eliminated from the challenge. The castaway who held up their segments the longest without allowing the ball to drop from the center segment would win immunity.
While Parvati didn't really try, a distraught Amanda managed to regroup and win the final Immunity Challenge over Cirie. At camp, Cirie tried to convince Amanda why she should keep her, but at Tribal Council, Amanda kept her loyalty to Parvati and voted out Cirie.
Back at camp, Amanda and Parvati celebrated their making it to the final two by eating the customary final feast and burning down their shelter. For her opening statement at the final Tribal Council, Amanda tried to persuade the jury to vote for her by emphasizing her loyalties to her alliances. Parvati emphasized her aggressive play during the game. Tribal Council then proceeded to the jury's statements and questions. Eliza complimented the girls on their strategic gameplay, but criticized Parvati for being mean and Amanda for being superficial.
Jason asked if Amanda would have told Ozzy about the plan to vote him out if she had known about it and Parvati to list some of her redeeming qualities during the game. Alexis asked Parvati about what made her a better role model for young girls than Amanda, and asked Amanda about what part of her game was genuine. Natalie asked Parvati a confusing question about how Parvati's flirting translated into her intimate life, and Amanda was asked about her "glazed over... zombied, pretty girl, not really knowing what's going on, pageant queen cliché" look and if that was her strategy during the game.
Erik asked Amanda on what basis she felt had to judge him during Tribal Councils, but he did not ask any question of Parvati. James did not ask anything of Amanda, but questioned Parvati about what she said to him after Ozzy was voted out. Cirie asked Amanda why Parvati deserved a million dollars more than her and then asked Parvati about why Cirie should be in the final two instead of Parvati. Ozzy used his statement time to blast Parvati for taking 14 days away from him that he could have spent with Amanda and for ruining their friendship, before declaring that he was falling in love with Amanda. In the end, the jury sided with Parvati and declared her the Sole Survivor with a vote of 5–3.
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"The Reunion" 6.0/10 3.9/10 May 11, 2008 10.84 #12
The castaways return to discuss the season with host, Jeff Probst.
Voting history[edit]



Original Tribes
Switched Tribes
Merged Tribe

Episode #
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Day #
3 6 8 11 14 15 17 19 20 21 24 27 30 31 33 36 37 38
Eliminated
Jonny Mary Yau-Man Mikey B Joel Jonathan Chet Kathy Tracy Ami Eliza Ozzy Jason James Alexis Erik Natalie Cirie
Votes
9–1 6–2–2 6–2–1 6–3 6–2 None10 5–2 None11 5–1 4–1 8–2 5–4 4–3–1 None12 2–013 4–1 3–1 1–0
Voter
Vote
  Parvati Jonny  Yau-Man        Eliza Ozzy Jason  Alexis Erik Natalie 
  Amanda Jonny  Yau-Man  Joel  Chet  Tracy Ami Eliza Jason Jason  Alexis Erik Natalie Cirie
  Cirie Jonny  Yau-Man  Joel  Chet  Tracy Ami Eliza Ozzy Jason  Amanda Erik Natalie 
  Natalie  Mary  Mikey B       Eliza Ozzy James  Amanda Erik Cirie 
  Erik  Mary  Mikey B Chet  Chet  Tracy Ami Eliza Jason Jason  Amanda Parvati 
  Alexis  Mary  Chet       Eliza Ozzy James  Amanda 
  James Jonny  Yau-Man        Eliza Jason Parvati  
  Jason  Chet  Chet       Ozzy Ozzy James 
  Ozzy Jonny  Yau-Man  Joel  Chet  Tracy Ami Eliza Jason 
  Eliza Jonny  Yau-Man        Ozzy 
 Ami Jonny  Cirie  Joel  Chet  Tracy Erik 
 Tracy  Mary  Mikey B Joel  Erik  Ozzy 
 Kathy  Mary  Mikey B     
 Chet  Mary  Mikey B Joel  Erik 
 Jonathan Jonny  Parvati    
 Joel  Tracy  Mikey B Chet 
Mikey B  Chet  Chet 
Yau-Man Jonny  Parvati 
Mary  Tracy 
Jonny Ozzy 

Jury Vote

Episode #
14
Day #
39
Finalist
Amanda Parvati
Votes
5–3
Juror
Vote
Cirie  Parvati
Natalie  Parvati
Erik Amanda 
Alexis  Parvati
James Amanda 
Jason  Parvati
Ozzy Amanda 
Eliza  Parvati


^10 No vote: Jonathan was evacuated due to medical reasons.
^11 No vote: Kathy voluntarily left the game.
^12 No vote: James was evacuated due to medical reasons.
^13 Because Amanda played the Hidden Immunity Idol, four votes cast against her did not count.
Reception[edit]
This season was very well received by both fans and critics alike, and is generally considered one of the two best seasons of the show, alongside the original season Borneo. Jeff Probst ranked it as his second favorite season of all time (behind Borneo), stating that “The Parvati-led women's alliance produced some of the most memorable moments in the history of the show”.[5] Survivor columnist Dalton Ross also rated the season as the second best season saying that it had “great characters and the perfect mix of solid and stupid gameplay.”[18] He then later ranked this season and Borneo as tied for the best seasons saying, "I’ve gone back and forth with these two over the years. After Micronesia aired, I named it the best Survivor season ever. Upon reflection, while I still considered it the most enjoyable, I also worried I was understating the impact of the first season, which became a national phenomenon. (Yes, Borneo now seems dated and tame by comparison, but it’s the biggest game changer in the past 20 years of television.) So then I returned that to the #1 spot. If I wanted to watch one season again, it would be Micronesia. If you ask me which is the most important season, well, obviously it’s Borneo. So instead of constantly flipping them, they can simply share the top spot…until I change my mind again."[19] Entertainment Weekly similarly ranked both Borneo and Micronesia as tied for first.[20] Slant magazine gave it a 3.5 star rating out of 4 saying “Never in Survivor history has there been such a string of shocking tribal councils one right after the next.”[21] Andy Dehnart of realityblurred.com also gave the season a positive review stating that the moment where Erik gave individual immunity to Natalie helped make “Survivor Micronesia the best season ever—or at least, the best second half of a season ever.”[22]
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External links[edit]
Official CBS Survivor Micronesia Website



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Survivor: Gabon

Winner
Robert "Bob" Crowley
Presented by
Jeff Probst
No. of episodes
14
No. of days
39
No. of survivors
18
Production

Location(s)
Wonga-Wongue Presidential Reserve, Estuaire, Gabon
Filming dates
June 23, 2008
– July 31, 2008
Broadcast

Original run
September 25, 2008 – December 14, 2008
Chronology

Preceded by
Survivor: Micronesia
Followed by
Survivor: Tocantins
Survivor: Gabon — Earth's Last Eden is the seventeenth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor.[1] The premiere aired September 25, 2008, with the first two episodes screened back-to-back. Survivor: Gabon began filming in late June.[2] It marked the second season of the series that was filmed in Africa (Survivor: Africa had been filmed seven years earlier in Kenya). Reports from Gabon indicate the show was filmed around the coastal towns of Nyonie and Ekwata in the Wonga-Wongue Presidential Reserve.[3]
This season, players sent to Exile Island had a choice of receiving a clue to the location of a Hidden Immunity Idol or a comfort item. On April 13, 2008, at the National Association of Broadcasters's annual show, Sony announced that the 17th season of Survivor would be the first to be shot in high definition, using Sony XDCAMs.[4] The show ranked number ten in DVR playback (2.33 million viewers), according to Nielsen prime DVR lift data from September 22, 2008 – November 23, 2008.[5]
The winner was 57-year-old Robert "Bob" Crowley, a high school physics teacher from Maine. He defeated Susie Smith and Jessica "Sugar" Kiper in a 4-3-0 vote at the live finale to take the million dollar prize. In addition, Bob won the $100,000 "Sprint Survivor of the Season" award, beating out Sugar and Matty Whitmore who were next highest in the popular vote.
A DVD release of the season was announced during the season finale of Survivor: Cagayan and is expected to be released during the second or third quarter of 2014.


Contents  [hide]
1 Contestants
2 Season summary 2.1 Episodes
2.2 Voting history
3 Controversy
4 References
5 External links

Contestants[edit]



Ken Hoang came in fifth place and was the sixth jury member


Jessica "Sugar" Kiper, 2nd runner-up of Survivor: Gabon


 Robert "Bob" Crowley, winner of Survivor: Gabon
Jessica "Sugar" Kiper and Randy Bailey returned for Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains where they placed 20th and 18th, respectively. Corinne Kaplan was asked to return, but declined due to work obligations.[6] Kiper was also later featured as a patient on Celebrity Rehab. Kaplan eventually returned for Survivor: Caramoan and finished 12th.[7]
List of Survivor: Gabon contestants

Contestant
Original tribe
First
 switched tribe
Second
 switched tribe
Merged tribe
Finish

Michelle Chase
24, Los Angeles, California Fang    1st voted out
 Day 3
Gillian Larson
61, Temecula, California Fang    2nd voted out
 Day 6
Paloma Soto-Castillo
23, Downey, California Kota    3rd voted out
 Day 9
Jacquie Berg
25, Santa Barbara, California Kota Fang   4th voted out
 Day 12
Danny "GC" Brown
25, Portland, Oregon Fang Fang   5th voted out
 Day 15
Kelly Czarnecki
22, Spring Grove, Illinois Kota Fang   6th voted out
 Day 18
Ace Gordon
27, Naples, Florida Kota Fang   7th voted out
 Day 21
Dan Kay
32, Boston, Massachusetts Fang Kota   8th voted out
 Day 21
Marcus Lehman
28, Atlanta, Georgia Kota Kota Kota  9th voted out
1st jury member
 Day 24
Charlie Herschel
29, New York, New York Kota Kota Fang Nobag 10th voted out
2nd jury member
 Day 27
Randy Bailey
49, Eagle Rock, Missouri Fang Kota Fang 11th voted out
3rd jury member
 Day 30
Corinne Kaplan
29, Los Angeles, California Kota Kota Fang 12th voted out
4th jury member
 Day 33
Crystal Cox
29, Durham, North Carolina Fang Fang Kota 13th voted out
5th jury member
 Day 36
Ken Hoang
22, Westminster, California Fang Fang Kota 14th voted out
6th jury member
 Day 37
Matty Whitmore
29, San Francisco, California Fang Fang Fang 15th voted out
7th jury member
 Day 38
Jessica "Sugar" Kiper
29, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Kota Fang1 Fang 2nd runner-up
Susie Smith
47, Charles City, Iowa Fang Kota Kota Runner-up
Robert "Bob" Crowley
57, Augusta, Maine[8] Kota Kota Kota Sole Survivor


^1 Sugar was sent to Exile Island after not being chosen in the tribal switch picks of Episode Four. She joined the tribe that lost the Immunity Challenge, Fang.

Season summary[edit]
The players were divided into tribes by a schoolyard pick started by the oldest players, Bob and Gillian. It became evident that Gillian's tribe, Fang, was weaker, losing many of the reward and immunity challenges even after a tribal switch, but a core alliance between Matty, Ken, and Crystal developed. On Bob's tribe, Kota, a series of alliances were formed, strengthened after the swap with the addition of Randy. Both the hidden immunity idol and Exile Island were in play; the winning tribe on reward challenges was able to send one of the losing tribe's members to the latter. At Exile, that player had the option of a clue to the immunity idol hidden near Exile (ultimately leading to a string of hidden clues to the idol), or to relax in a small shack with a provision of fruit and a hammock. Sugar was the second player to visit Exile and found the idol on her first visit; she was repeatedly sent back to Exile, where, isolated from both tribes, she relaxed most of the time. Sugar's idol was eventually discovered by Matty, Ken, and Crystal, and they decided to bring her into their alliance, with Ken convincing her to vote off her closest ally Ace whom he claimed was using her for the idol.
On Day 22, both tribes were given clues suggesting a tribal merge; they enjoyed a celebratory meal, and discovered a hidden immunity idol nearby. Unanimously, the players agreed to throw the idol away into the ocean. They then discovered they were still separate tribes, mixed by random draw, and returned to their camps. This development proved crucial for the minority Fang alliance, who successfully convinced Kota alliance member Susie that she was on the bottom of her alliance, resulting in the elimination of Kota alliance leader Marcus. The tribes were then merged with the former Kota alliance in the minority. The Fang alliance, now with Susie, dominated the game, eliminating the former Kota alliance until only Bob was left. Bob won three consecutive immunity challenges, forcing the Fang alliance to turn on themselves and resulting in the eliminations of Crystal and Ken due to their strong strategic prowess.
The final four were Matty, Sugar, Susie, and Bob. Susie won the final immunity challenge, ending Bob's immunity streak. Sugar decided to vote with Bob due to their social bond, forcing a tie between him and Matty; Bob won the fire-making tiebreaker challenge. At the final Tribal Council, the jury were critical of Sugar's backstabbing and of Susie's less-dominant strategic game. They ultimately voted Bob as the Sole Survivor with four votes to Susie's three, with Sugar receiving none.
Challenge winners, exiles, and eliminations by episode

Episode title[9]
Original air date
Challenge winner(s)
Exiled
Eliminated
Finish

Reward
Immunity
"Want to See the Elephant Dung?" September 25, 2008 Kota3 Kota None5 Michelle 1st voted out
 Day 3
GC3
Kota4 Dan Gillian 2nd voted out
 Day 6
"She Obviously Is Post-Op!" October 2, 2008 Fang Fang Sugar Paloma 3rd voted out
 Day 9
Marcus3
"It Was Like Christmas Morning!" October 9, 2008 None6 Kota Sugar1 Jacquie 4th voted out
 Day 12
"This Camp Is Cursed" October 16, 2008 Kota Kota Sugar GC 5th voted out
 Day 15
"He's a Snake, But He's My Snake" October 23, 2008 Kota Kota Sugar Kelly 6th voted out
 Day 18
"It All Depends On the Pin-Up Girl" October 30, 2008 Kota Marcus7 Sugar Ace 7th voted out
 Day 21
[Sugar]7 Dan 8th voted out
 Day 21
"Apple in the Garden of Eden" November 6, 2008 None8 Fang None8 Marcus 9th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 24
"The Brains Behind Everything" November 13, 2008 Fang Susie Bob Charlie 10th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 27
"Nothing Tastes Better Than Five Hundred Dollars" November 20, 2008 Survivor Auction Ken Bob Randy 11th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 30
"The Good Things in Life Aren’t Easy" December 4, 2008 Bob Bob None9 Corinne 12th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 33
"The Good Guys Should Win in the End" December 11, 2008 Bob,
 [Crystal,
 Ken] Bob Susie Crystal 13th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 36
"Say Goodbye to Gabon" December 14, 2008 None Bob None10 Ken 14th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 37
Susie Matty 15th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 38
Reunion December 14, 2008  Jury vote
Sugar 2nd runner-up
Susie Runner-up
Bob Sole Survivor
In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
^3 Combined Reward/Individual Immunity Challenge. Tribal Immunity was not in play, therefore no castaway was eligible to be exiled or eliminated.
^4 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^5 Exile Island was not yet known to the castaways.
^6 There was no Reward Challenge due to a tribal switch.
^7 Individual Immunity Challenge instead of Tribal Immunity. Marcus chose Sugar to receive Individual Immunity after he won the challenge.
^8 There was no Reward Challenge due to a tribal switch, therefore nobody was sent to Exile Island.
^9 As part of a love day in which all castaways got to see their respective loved ones, nobody was sent to Exile Island.
^10 The hidden immunity idol was null after day 36, therefore Exile Island was discontinued.
^11 Matty lost to Bob in fire making tiebreaker challenge.

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"Want to See the Elephant Dung?" 7.7/12[10] 4.4/11[11] September 25, 2008 13.06[10] #13[10]
The castaways were welcomed to the game by Jeff with just their street clothes. After introducing themselves, the tribes were divided by schoolyard pick. As traditional in Gabon, Jeff announced that the elders usually make the decisions in the tribe and therefore the oldest castaways, Bob and Gillian, started the pick. After the tribes were picked, tribe names announced, and buffs passed out, Jeff announced the first challenge for individual Immunity Idols and extra food.
Tribal Reward/Individual Immunity Challenge: The tribes would have to race across the plain and up a hill. The first castaway from each tribe to the top of the hill would win an Individual Immunity Idol that would only be good at their tribe's first Tribal Council. The first entire tribe to the top of the hill would win an extra bag of corn and beans.
Marcus and GC won individual Immunity Idols and Kota won the extra bag of food. At the Kota tribe, Bob and Ace took charge and organized the campsite. At the Fang tribe, a nighttime visit by an elephant spooked the tribe. Randy hit his head on the tribe's hut, requiring a visit by the Survivor medical team to put in several stitches.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: Six tribe members would be belted together and have to race through a swamp, over a net wall, and under and over a series of hitching posts. The six would then have to dig up three bags of puzzle pieces and deliver them to the three remaining tribe members. These three would then assemble the puzzle pieces to win flint and immunity.
At a combined Reward/Immunity Challenge, Kota pulled far ahead while digging up the puzzle bags and won by a blowout. Before Tribal Council, Michelle and Gillian were targets for votes due to their negativity and age, respectively. Michelle's negativity outweighed concerns over age and she was voted out. After the vote, Jeff announced that Fang would be taking their torches back to camp and gave them a flint.
Picked as the leader of Fang at Tribal Council, GC started the tribe's first fire and organized jobs to fix up the campsite. At Kota, Charlie and Marcus formed an alliance; the two expanded their alliance to include Jacquie and Corinne. The four discussed bringing in Bob to have a majority, though Bob would be kept out of the core alliance of four. In the early morning of day 5, GC resigned his leadership of the tribe after arguing with Gillian over waking up early and making too much noise. After receiving tree mail announcing the next challenge, Dan tried to unify Fang by painting everybody with charcoal face paint.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: The tribes have to roll a large ball through a series of gates. At two points along the course, a tribe member would have to climb atop the ball to retrieve of set of keys. At the final gate, the keys would unlock three chains that blocked the gate. The first tribe to go through all the gates and roll their boulder atop a short pedestal wins fishing gear and immunity.
Despite Fang's attempts to boost morale, Kota won their third challenge in a row. Kota selected Dan to go to Exile Island, where he chose to get a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol, but he was not able to decode the clue to find it. At Fang, Randy fashioned a fishing hook out of parts from his glasses and the tribe was finally able to get some meat. Gillian suggested to Susie that the two of them form an alliance, fearing they might have been next in line to be voted out since they were the oldest women in the game; she suggested the two vote off Ken because Gillian thought he was useless. Dan's behavior after he returned from Exile Island made the others suspicious that he had found the Hidden Immunity Idol. This caused some of the Fang tribe to reconsider voting out their weakest link, Gillian, and instead vote for Dan. At Tribal Council, Gillian's weakness at physical challenges was seen as a greater concern than Dan's potential of having the Hidden Immunity Idol and she was voted out.
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"She Obviously Is Post-Op!" 7.7/12[12] 4.3/12[13] October 2, 2008 13.08[12] #12[12]
At Fang, the argument over who was or was not the tribe leader continued. At Kota, the rest of the tribe was annoyed at Ace's attitude of being king of the tribe.
Reward Challenge: One member of each tribe would hang on to a post. Two members of the opposing tribe would attempt to remove the tribe member from the post and drag them across the sand to the finish line. The first tribe to get the member of the other tribe across the finish line would receive one point. The first tribe to score two points wins blankets, a hammock, pillows, and a mat.
At the Reward Challenge, Ace chose Paloma to hang on to the post. However, the Fang members easily overpowered her, leading to their first victory. They also elected to send Sugar to Exile Island. The win re-energized the Fang tribe and they finally felt like a team. Meanwhile, at Kota, Paloma's poor effort at the challenge caused her to be seen as the weakest link in the tribe. Corinne talked to Bob about joining her alliance of four, though she kept him in the dark about his status in the endgame. On Exile Island, Sugar elected to receive a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol over comfort and followed the clues to find the Hidden Immunity Idol. Sugar then revealed that her father's recent death was the motivation for her playing the game.
Immunity Challenge: One at a time, six tribe members would slide down a water slide. They would then swim out to retrieve a numbered tile, then run up the hill they slid down to drop their number off. Once all six tiles were retrieved, the remaining castaway would use the tiles to solve a numeric puzzle. The answer to the puzzle is a combination to open a locked chest which holds an ax. The first tribe to open their chest and use the ax to cut a rope that would raise their tribe's flag would win.
During the Immunity Challenge, Ken secured Fang's victory by overcoming Kota's lead at the tile retrieval stage and solving the numeric puzzle before Bob. After the Immunity Challenge and back at their camp, Sugar told Ace that she found the Hidden Immunity Idol while leading the others to believe she didn't have it. Paloma approached Corinne about forming an alliance and targeting Ace for elimination, due to Ace being manipulative and trying to set her up for failure at the Reward Challenge. At Tribal Council, Ace's attitude at camp was discussed, but the tribe chose to remove their weakest physical link and voted out Paloma.
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"It Was Like Christmas Morning!" 7.7/12[14] 4.3/12[15] October 9, 2008 13.28[14] #12[14]
After Tribal Council, Ace was upset at Kelly's animosity towards him and her vote against him. In retaliation, he targeted her for the next elimination. Over at Fang, an alliance of Dan, Matty, Randy, and Susie formed and targeted GC for elimination. The remaining members of Fang, Crystal, GC, and Ken formed their own alliance. When the tribes next gathered, Jeff announced that the castaways would rank their tribemates by secret survey according to their importance within the tribe. Kota ranked Marcus as most important in their tribe followed by Ace, Bob, Charlie, Jacquie, Corinne, Sugar, and Kelly. Fang ranked Matty as most important in their tribe followed by Dan, Randy, Crystal, Ken, GC, and Susie. After announcing the rankings, Jeff told the castaways to drop their buffs as they would be picking new tribes by schoolyard pick once again. Voted as most important within their tribes, Marcus and Matty stayed with their original tribes and started the draft. The new Kota was Marcus, Dan, Charlie, Randy, Corinne, Susie, and Bob, while the new Fang tribe consisted of Matty, Ace, Crystal, Jacquie, Ken, Kelly, and GC. As Sugar was not selected during the process, she was sent to Exile Island. She would stay there until after the next Tribal Council and then join the tribe that lost the next Immunity Challenge. Since she had already found the Hidden Immunity Idol, Sugar chose the comfort option at Exile Island. At the newly formed Fang campsite, Crystal noticed that Kelly felt like an outcast at the old Kota and invited her to join her alliance with GC and Ken.
Immunity Challenge: The tribes would play a lacrosse-like game on the water. Each tribe member would be on a raft and have a paddle. Each round, Probst would toss a ball into the water. The castaways would paddle around the playing field, using the paddle to pass the ball from one tribemate to another. The first tribe to throw the ball three times into their opponents goal would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, Randy scored all three goals for Kota in their shutout victory over Fang. Kelly's poor performance at the challenge made Crystal, GC, and Ken reconsider their alliance with her, as they now perceived her as the weakest member of the tribe. However, they decided to target Jacquie instead, realizing that Sugar might have the Hidden Immunity Idol and with it, the trio of Ace, Sugar, and Jacquie would hold power within the tribe. They wanted to ensure that Ace in particular had as little power as possible, as he was also a physical threat. The three shared their plan with Matty to persuade him to vote their way, but he immediately informed Jacquie of the development. Jacquie tried to plead her case to Ken and Crystal, casting herself as an outsider who was not allied with Ace and really wanted to remain in the game. However, her effort was in vain, as the original Fang stuck to their plan at Tribal Council, voting Jacquie out.
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"This Camp Is Cursed" 7.8/13[16] 4.2/12[17] October 16, 2008 12.81[16] #12[16]
Sugar arrived at Fang to join her new tribe and was surprised to see that Jacquie was voted out at the last Tribal Council. She continued to feign that she had not found the Hidden Immunity Idol, but Crystal did not believe her and targeted her next for elimination. On day 13, the Fang tribe were visited by an elephant just across the river from their camp.
Reward Challenge: A tribe member would toss fruit through a hole in a wall to two members of their own tribe. An opposing tribe member would stand in front of the wall and use a club to try to knock away the fruit as it was thrown through the air. Once a piece of fruit is caught by a tribe member, it would have to be thrown through a hole in a second wall defended by a second opposing tribe member. The tribe that catches the most fruit by weight after five minutes would win an herb garden, salt, oil, chili sauce, and all fruit collected from the challenge.
At the Reward Challenge, a strategy change of tossing two fruit at a time over Ace defending the second wall helped Kota win the challenge by 2 pounds (0.91 kg). Kota chose to send Sugar to Exile Island for the third time in a row, with Dan stating that it was a strategy move to force her to play the Hidden Immunity Idol before the tribal merge as they wanted it back into circulation. At Exile Island, Sugar once again opted for the comfort. At the Fang camp, the pressure of the game started to get to GC and he argued with Crystal. Immediately before they were to leave for the Immunity Challenge, he went off alone in the tribe's kayak, causing his tribemates to call out for him. He returned just before they left for the challenge.
Immunity Challenge: One member from each tribe would roll a large ball made of interwoven sticks down a hill. A blindfolded tribe member at the bottom of the hill would attempt to block the opposing tribe's ball with a shield and the aid of a caller. Behind the blocker would be a row of seven goals of varying point values. If a tribe's ball made it past the blocker and into a goal, they would be awarded the specified number of points. The tribe with the most points after five rounds would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, Fang was in the lead until the last round of the challenge when Randy, the caller for Kota, tricked Ace, the blocker for Fang, into stopping and allowing the last Kota ball to reach the goal. The final points were enough for Kota to win the challenge, continuing their winning streak. Before Tribal Council, GC told Matty that he was ready to leave the game. Crystal searched Sugar's bag and found that Sugar had the Hidden Immunity Idol. Although Crystal, Kelly, Ken, and Matty believed that the upcoming Tribal Council was the ideal time to blindside Sugar, they decided instead to grant GC's wish to leave and he was voted out.
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"He's a Snake, But He's My Snake" 7.8/12[18] 4.4/12[19] October 23, 2008 13.31[18] #14[18]
The day after Tribal Council, Matty and Ace made a pact to take each other to the tribal merger as long as Ace could keep Sugar in the game and Matty could keep Ken in the game. Matty swore on his girlfriend and Ace swore on his mother's life. Over at Kota, Dan's extra helpings of food caused conflict among the tribe while the dwindling food supplies at Fang made them rethink their rationing of food. After Ace told Sugar that he thought the rest of Fang went through her bag and discovered the Hidden Immunity Idol, she gave him the idol for safekeeping.
Reward Challenge: The tribes would be tethered to a 20-foot (6.1 m) long, 200-pound (91 kg) cloth snake. The tribes would start at opposite ends of an oval course. Both tribes would run counter-clockwise around the course and try to catch up to the other tribe. If a tribe member could not continue, they may unhook themselves from the snake and the remaining tribe members would continue the challenge. The first tribe to catch the other tribe and touch one of the opposing tribe members would win croissants, fruit tarts, chocolate éclairs, coffee, and tea.
At the Reward Challenge, Kota won their fourth consecutive challenge when Ken, Sugar, Kelly, and Crystal were unable to keep up and dropped out of the challenge, leaving an exhausted Ace and Matty to be chased down by the five men of Kota. Randy's taunting of an emotional Crystal did not sit well with her and she predicted that the old Fang and new Fang members would not get along. Kota chose to send Sugar back to Exile Island for the fourth time. Unlike her last visit where she enjoyed the food with the comfort, Sugar felt guilty about eating while her fellow tribe members subsisted on three scoops of rice. Kelly thought that Crystal crying after the Reward Challenge was a sign of weakness, but Crystal said that it was not.
Immunity Challenge: The tribes would divide into three pairs. Each pair would be tethered together by a rope. The first pair would crawl under a cargo net, race through the jungle, go through an obstacle, retrieve two sections of a flag pole, and return to the starting line. The next pair would run the same course with an additional obstacle to retrieve the next two pieces of the flag pole. The final pair would run the course with two additional obstacles and retrieve the final two pieces of the flag pole. The first tribe to collect all of the flag pole pieces and assemble their flag would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, good teamwork by Kota during the flag pole assembly versus Ace trying to assemble Fang's flag alone allowed Kota to extend their winning streak to five challenges in a row. After the challenge, Matty approached Ace about blindsiding Sugar to flush the Hidden Immunity Idol, but Ace convinced Matty not to worry about the Hidden Immunity Idol being played and to vote for Kelly, though Ace did not tell Matty that he had the idol. Crystal also wanted to blindside Sugar or vote out Ace, but Matty told her of Ace's plans. Ken talked to Matty about blindsiding Ace, but Matty told Ken that he made a promise that he could not break. Lastly, Ken talked to Sugar about Ace and she told Ken that she had given the idol to Ace. Ken was unable to convince Sugar to change her alliances, but Ken did make sure that Sugar took the idol back from Ace. At Tribal Council, none of the blindside plans came to fruition and Kelly was voted out.
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"It All Depends On the Pin-Up Girl" 7.7/13[20] 4.1/12[21] October 30, 2008 13.02[20] #15[20]
The day after Tribal Council, Crystal accidentally kicked over Fang's rice supply, which upset Ace and Matty. At the Kota camp, the alliance of Charlie, Corinne, and Marcus made Dan uncomfortable and he approached them feeling left out.
Reward Challenge: In two roped off squares, three members of a tribe would toss a breakable ball back and forth. An opposing tribe member would attempt to smash or knock the ball to the ground. The first tribe to break the opposing tribe's ball would score a point for the round. The first tribe to score three points would win a helicopter ride to a picnic. Not announced at the challenge was an additional reward of letters from home.
At the Reward Challenge, Kota continued their winning streak by shutting out Fang 3-0; Sugar was chosen to go to Exile Island for the fifth consecutive time. Back at camp, Matty voiced his frustration at Sugar's lack of effort at the challenge. Matty offered Ace a plan to vote out Sugar without Ace having to stab her in the back, but Ace wanted to vote out Crystal instead. Meanwhile, Ken talked to Crystal about blindsiding Ace. During Kota's reward picnic, a crew member of the helicopter surprised them with letters from home. At the Immunity Challenge, Jeff announced that both tribes would be going to Tribal Council, that they would be playing for Individual Immunity, and there would be a twist announced after the Challenge was done.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would compete in a head-to-head logrolling contest in a single-elimination tournament. Each castaway is matched up against another castaway. The first person to fall off from the log is eliminated from the challenge. The final round would have three castaways rolling the log at the same time. The last person remaining would win immunity.
Marcus won the Individual Immunity by defeating Sugar and Ace. The twist was that Marcus had to assign Individual Immunity to one member of the other tribe and he selected Sugar. After the Immunity Challenge, Ken, in an effort to blindside Ace, told Sugar about Ace and Matty plotting to vote her out. Later, Ace asked Sugar to give him the Hidden Immunity Idol, which made her think Ken's story was true. At Fang's Tribal Council, Ken's plan to blindside Ace came to fruition as Sugar cast the deciding vote against Ace and he was voted out.
The afternoon before Kota's Tribal Council, Dan scrambled to keep himself in the game. Charlie, Corinne, and Marcus replaced Bob in their alliance with Randy, though they did not tell Bob. Susie upset Corinne by telling her she had planned to vote for her. Corinne immediately went to her alliance and told them that she wanted to vote out Susie. Corinne, Charlie, Marcus, Randy, and Bob split their votes between Dan and Susie, convincing each to vote for the other and hoping that the immunity idol would be flushed out if Dan had it in his possession. Ultimately, Dan was voted out.
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"Apple in the Garden of Eden" 7.2/11[22] 3.8/10[23] November 6, 2008 12.01[22] #15[22]
Back at camp after Tribal Council, Marcus and Corinne addressed Susie over her opinion that she was a stronger player than Corinne. Over at Fang's camp site, the tribe tried to start over and looked ahead to an expected tribal merger. After tree mail hinted at a tribal merge, the castaways packed up their personal items and went to a beach for a feast. At the feast, a clue for a second Hidden Immunity Idol was tucked under a locked box that the castaways would open after the feast was over. Ken noticed the note first, but when he tried to get the note for himself, Charlie saw the note and forced Ken to share the note with everybody. When nobody showed much interest in going to find the idol for fear of looking greedy, Marcus proposed to dig up the Hidden Immunity Idol, but to throw it in the ocean so that nobody could use it. Although many were tempted to take the Idol, the castaways finally agreed to throw it into the ocean. When the castaways opened the locked box, they were instructed to each draw a numbered stone from a bag. A second note was then read, stating that they had just selected new tribes. Castaways with odd numbers would be the new Fang and the even numbers the new Kota. At the new Kota, Marcus identified Crystal as the cousin of one of his friends, forming a connection with her. The two agreed not to write each other's names down at Tribal Council, but Crystal later stated in a confessional she had no intention to be loyal to him. Marcus tried to convince Susie to join his alliance with himself and Bob. At the new Fang, Corinne felt that the greatest threat to her alliance with Marcus was Matty and she wanted to vote him out next. Matty told Sugar that Ace never targeted her contrary to what Ken told her and she felt bad about blindsiding Ace at the last Tribal Council. The two formed a new alliance. Concerned over how Susie would vote at a Kota Tribal Council, Randy talked to Charlie and Corinne about throwing the next Immunity Challenge to force Fang to go to Tribal Council where the three would vote out Matty.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would hold two poles on the tops of their hands up against a board over their heads. Any movement in their hands would cause the poles to drop to the ground. If the castaway dropped his or her poles, he would be eliminated from the challenge. The last person who does not drop their poles would win immunity for their tribe and keep all of its members safe.
At the Immunity Challenge, Matty outlasted Bob and he won the challenge for Fang, spoiling Charlie, Corinne, and Randy's plans. Marcus tried to keep the Kota six alliance going by approaching Crystal about replacing Susie in the Kota six and voting out Ken followed by Susie, but she did not want to vote out her ally, Ken. Marcus told a different story to Susie, telling her the plan would be to vote out Ken followed by Crystal. He also promised to take Susie to the final three. Not wanting to betray her long term alliance with Ken, Crystal told Ken what Marcus told her. Crystal tried to convince Susie that Marcus's promise of a final three was not possible because Corinne and Randy disliked Susie too much to allow that to happen. At Tribal Council, Susie decided to join Crystal and Ken, and they voted out Marcus.
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"The Brains Behind Everything" 7.6/12[24] 4.1/11[25] November 13, 2008 12.89[24] #15[24]
Several castaways expected a merge notice via tree mail, but instead the tribes received a Reward Challenge note. Upon seeing the Marcus-less Kota tribe, Charlie and Corinne were visibly shocked at their ally's ouster.
Reward Challenge: The tribes would use a three man slingshot to shoot an oversized golf ball along three golf holes. The tribe that put their ball in the hole using fewer shots would receive one point. The first tribe to score two points would win an overnight trip to a Gabonese village.
Fang came from behind to win the Reward Challenge. Corinne announced that Fang was going to send Bob to Exile Island, hoping that he would find the Hidden Immunity Idol, but not knowing that Sugar had already found it. At Exile Island, Bob followed the clues to the Hidden Immunity Idol and found the location where the idol would have been. Unable to find the idol and thinking that Sugar may have found it, Bob fabricated a fake Hidden Immunity Idol that he hoped to use as a bluff. On day 27, before the start of the Immunity Challenge, Jeff announced that the tribes had merged.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would make a fire large enough to burn through a rope using flint, steel, and a box of fire making supplies. The first castaway to completely burn through their rope would win immunity.
Susie and Sugar were the only two castaways to get a fire started during the Immunity Challenge, with Susie being the first to burn through her rope to win individual immunity. The castaways returned to the old Fang campsite, found that they had received new food supplies, and named themselves Nobag ("Gabon" backwards). The alliance of Charlie, Corinne, and Randy saw Sugar as a swing vote at Tribal Council to vote for Crystal, whom Randy wanted voted out. Sugar told Charlie and Corinne that she could not live with Randy any more and Corinne tried to convince Sugar that if she voted with their alliance that they would vote Randy out next. To get revenge for forcing him to share the note about the second Hidden Immunity Idol at the feast, Ken decided to blindside Charlie by fabricating a story that Charlie was the brains behind the Kota alliance. Ken told the story to his alliance of Crystal, Matty, and Susie who believed his story and agreed to vote for Charlie. Ken told the same story to Sugar in an effort to get her vote for Charlie. At Tribal Council, Crystal confronted Randy over why he disliked her so much. Sugar joined the alliance of Crystal, Ken, Matty, and Susie, because she did not want to align with Randy and Corinne, and Charlie was voted out.
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"Nothing Tastes Better Than Five Hundred Dollars" 7.5/12[26] 4.0/11[27] November 20, 2008 12.50[26] #14[26]
Not knowing that Sugar had the Hidden Immunity Idol, Bob told her that he did not have it and showed her the fake idol that he made.
Survivor Auction: Instead of a Reward Challenge, a Survivor Auction was held. Each castaway was given $500. Items won included food and drinks, a secret item for the next Immunity Challenge, the power to send someone to Exile Island and take their remaining money, and a hot bath with fresh clothes.
The second item up for bid was unknown as it was covered. After making the winning bid, Ken discovered he had won the right to send somebody to Exile Island and take their money. He chose Bob who immediately departed for Exile Island. For the second to last item at the auction, Corinne won a sealed bottle with a note that would give her an advantage at the next Immunity Challenge. Randy won the last item of the auction, chocolate chip cookies to share with the tribe. Sugar declined the first cookie offered to her which Randy then split between Matty and Corinne. Without taking one for himself, Randy offered Sugar the last cookie. She took it and gave it to Matty which upset Randy. At Exile Island, after getting no additional help from the Hidden Immunity Idol clue, Bob decided to go on a personal safari instead of looking for the idol. After the auction, Corinne and Randy talked to Matty about joining their alliance with Bob. Instead of joining with Corinne and Randy, Matty lobbied his alliance to vote out Bob next instead of Randy. Randy decided that the only option available to his alliance was to annoy the Fang alliance, get them to all vote for him, pull out the Hidden Immunity Idol that he assumed Bob had found, and blindside Susie at Tribal Council in revenge for her flipping to the Fang alliance. Randy told Matty that Matty had "whored [himself] out" to the original Kota alliance, at which point Matty rescinded his voting off order and gave into his alliance's want of voting Randy off.
Immunity Challenge: In the first round, the castaways would race across a series of balance beams carrying a bag of puzzle blocks. The first two castaways to bring all three of their bags would go to the final round in which each player must stack all of their pieces like a line of domino tiles while avoiding ropes that would topple the tiles that were already stacked. Once all of the blocks were properly stacked, the castaway would start a chain reaction which would release a flag. The first castaway to raise their flag would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, Corinne's sealed note that she bought at the Survivor Auction stated that she would skip the first round and go directly to the final round. Despite her advantage, Ken defeated her and Matty in the final round. After the Immunity Challenge, Bob told Sugar that he still did not have the Hidden Immunity Idol and she told him that he should give his fake idol to Randy. Figuring that he had nothing to lose and it would keep him in the game, Bob agreed to Sugar's plan and gave Randy the fake idol. At Tribal Council, Randy pulled out the idol before the votes were read. Jeff announced that it was not a hidden immunity idol and tossed the idol into the fire pit. The votes against Randy were counted and he was voted out.
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"I Was Put On The Planet For This Show" 4.9/10[28] 2.3/7[29] November 27, 2008 8.31[29] 
A recap of the first 30 days including previously un-aired bonus footage.
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"The Good Things in Life Aren’t Easy" 7.5/12[30] 4.0/11[31] December 4, 2008 12.73[30] #11[30]
Back at camp after Tribal Council, Bob was upset at all of the laughing when Randy was voted out. Corinne and Sugar argued over how to play the game. At the Reward Challenge, the castaways got to view a short video clip from their loved ones before the schoolyard pick. Jeff said that the castaways' loved ones were not around the corner and he only had the videos of them. Because "today is all about love" according to Jeff, nobody was sent to Exile Island.
Reward Challenge: The castaways would be split into two teams of three by schoolyard pick. The unpicked castaway would be ineligible to win the reward. The teams would be roped together and have to race through a swamp to collect seven sprocket pieces at two different stations. After collecting all the sprockets, the team would have to assemble them on a board in order to turn another sprocket which in turn would raise a flag. The members of the winning team would move on to the final round to individually solve a sliding puzzle. The first castaway to solve the puzzle would win a video from their loved one, pizza, beer, and brownies. Not announced at the challenge was an in-person visit from their loved one.
The schoolyard pick resulted in one team of Susie, Matty, and Ken and another team of Crystal, Sugar, and Bob; Corinne was not picked, so she could not win. The team of Bob, Crystal, and Sugar came from behind to win the first round of the challenge and moved on to the final round. Bob won the Reward Challenge by quickly solving his sliding puzzle first. While Bob was watching the video clip from his wife, she paused and said that there was "something I wanted to show you" and moved off-camera. Contrary to what Jeff said at the start of the Reward Challenge, Peggy, Bob's wife, was in Gabon and she stepped around the corner to surprise Bob. Bob and Peggy then walked hand in hand to the Nobag campsite to meet the rest of the castaways. After introducing his wife to the tribe, Bob turned and whistled to signal the other castaways' loved ones to make an appearance. Matty proposed to his girlfriend, Jamie. The loved ones departed camp before sundown. Bob shared with Corinne a plan to blindside Matty where Bob would make up a second fake Immunity Idol and tell the Fang alliance that it was the idol that Marcus threw into the ocean. Bob's story was that Marcus only threw the bottle into the ocean, had hidden the idol around the camp, and told Bob where it was.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would be asked trivia questions about Gabon. For each question answered correctly, the castaway would earn one ball. After four questions are asked, the castaways would throw the balls that they won down a hill at a target divided into zones. The castaway who throws their ball into the zone closest to the center of the target would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, Bob won by throwing his second ball one zone from the center. With Bob's win, Corinne expanded upon her blindsiding plan with Bob by concocting the story that Bob would have played the idol tossed into the ocean at the next Tribal Council, but since he won Individual Immunity, he would give Corinne the lost idol. Bob and Corinne hoped that the threat of Corinne having an idol would deter the Fang alliance from voting for her and would instead vote for Matty. Corinne told the story to Ken, which he believed and he suggested that Bob and Corinne approach Crystal with their plan. Bob told the story to Crystal and showed her the second fake idol. Crystal and Ken talked about their voting strategy under this plan where Ken would vote for Matty, Crystal would vote for Corinne, resulting in a 4-3 vote split between Corinne and Matty, respectively, Corinne would play the lost idol negating votes against her, the lost idol would be flushed, and Matty would be going home. At Tribal Council, the vote went as Crystal and Ken planned, Corinne's bluff was called and she was voted out.
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"The Good Guys Should Win in the End" 7.7/12[32] 4.1/11[33] December 11, 2008 13.05[32] #14[32]
After the castaways returned from Tribal Council, Matty was upset because Ken voted for him. Ken told Matty about Bob and Corinne's Hidden Immunity Idol, but Matty did not believe him. Ken confronted Bob about the fake Hidden Immunity Idol. Bob promised Ken that if he won the next Immunity Challenge that he would give the immunity necklace to Ken.
Reward Challenge: The castaways would race through a swamp and over several obstacles to retrieve one of three balls. They would then return to the start and toss the ball into a net. The first castaway to retrieve all three balls and get them into the net would win an overnight helicopter trip to a gorilla sanctuary in Loango National Park, a meal, a shower, and a bed to sleep in.
Bob won the Reward Challenge and chose to take Crystal and Ken along on the trip and to send Susie to Exile Island. While on the trip, Bob reiterated his promise to give the immunity necklace to Ken. Ken decided that he would only take it if he felt he was in danger of being voted out. On Exile Island, Susie selected the comfort choice because she knew that Sugar already had the Hidden Immunity Idol. Back at camp, Matty tried to get Sugar to give him the Hidden Immunity Idol. After returning from the reward trip, Crystal yelled at Matty for him questioning Crystal and Ken's loyalty to him. The yelling made Sugar change her opinion about Crystal and Ken. She told Matty that he would not be going home after the next Tribal Council and hatched a plan to take out Crystal and Ken.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would be blindfolded during the challenge. At the starting line would be a Gabonese mask. At the other end of a net obstacle would be a duplicate mask with some pieces removed. Three bags of puzzle pieces would need to be carried across the net obstacle one at a time. The puzzle pieces would then need to be assembled to replicate the mask at the start line. The first castaway to correctly replicate the mask would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, Bob won immunity for the second time in a row, marking his fourth consecutive challenge win. Ken told Crystal, Matty, and Sugar that Bob would give him the immunity necklace if they all told Bob that they would be voting for Ken, so they should tell Bob that and then vote for Bob instead to blindside him. Sugar told Bob of Ken's plan, that she would not vote for him, and to vote for Crystal. At Tribal Council, Bob and Ken said that their agreement over the immunity necklace would be that Bob would give it to Ken if Bob felt that Ken was in danger of being voted out. Jeff stated that this Tribal Council would be the last Tribal Council where the Hidden Immunity Idol could be played. Sugar was openly wearing the Hidden Immunity Idol. Before the voting started, Jeff asked Bob if he was going to give up the Immunity necklace. Bob stated that he was not going to give up the necklace as he thought Ken was not going to go home. Before the votes were tallied, Sugar gave the Hidden Immunity Idol to Matty who then presented it to Jeff. Ken and Crystal's votes against Matty were voided and Crystal, upon receiving the four remaining votes, was sent to the jury.
13
"Say Goodbye to Gabon" 7.8/12[32]  December 14, 2008 13.77[32] #9[32]
Ken felt that Bob reneged on his deal to hand over the immunity necklace at the last Tribal Council. Sugar worked on re-establishing Ken's trust in her even as she plotted with Bob to vote out Susie and Ken next.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would have to dig a hole under a wall, cross a maze made out of planks, and untie a series of knots that would open a gate that led to a maze with 25 Gabonese huts. In three of the huts would be a bag of puzzle pieces. One puzzle bag at a time would need to be retrieved from the maze and dropped off at the finish platform. Once all three bags were retrieved, the first castaway to correctly assemble the puzzle (a replica of a Gabonese hut) would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, Bob narrowly beat Sugar, winning immunity for the third straight time and the fifth consecutive challenge. At Tribal Council, Ken felt confident going into Tribal Council that he would not be voted out, but that confidence was misplaced as he was voted out 4–1.
Before the start of the final Immunity Challenge, the Final Four took the traditional journey honoring the castaways voted out before them.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would be given 200 wooden tiles. The first castaway to use the tiles to build a house of cards 10 feet (3.0 m) tall would win. There is a time limit of 30 minutes for the challenge. If after 30 minutes, no castaway has built the house of cards to over 10 feet (3.0 m) tall, the castaway who builds the tallest house of cards at the end of the time limit would win.
Susie broke Bob's challenge winning streak by having built the tallest house of cards after 30 minutes. Sugar thought about forcing a tie at the next Tribal Council due to her loyalty towards Bob for being a father figure. Bob went off into the trees to practice starting a fire, anticipating a fire making tiebreaker challenge. At Tribal Council, Sugar did force a 2-2 tie between Bob and Matty. The tiebreaker challenge was to create a fire large enough to burn through a rope, which Bob won after resuscitating his initial fire to burn through his rope; Matty did not manage to even get one started.
The final three spent their last day at camp eating the traditional feast and burning down one of the huts at the campsite. At the final Tribal Council, Charlie asked Sugar and Susie why they felt they should be voted at the "top of the totem pole" even though they were ranked the second lowest and lowest, respectively, among their tribes before the first tribal switch. He asked Bob if the "intimate cuddling and spooning all night long" was more enjoyable than he would liked to admit. Crystal asked no question of Susie, asked Bob to tell her something that Sugar didn't tell him to do, and asked Sugar why she voted her out. Ken asked Susie why she thought she deserved the million dollars and his vote, asked Sugar why she back stabbed him, and Bob about their deal over the immunity necklace. Corinne asked Susie if she would be willing to have her vocal cords removed if she were to win the million dollars. She asked Bob to show the nasty side of Bob and make her believe that he did not like Sugar. She took the opportunity to make a callous comment about Sugar's deceased father, to which Sugar gave an obscene gesture. Marcus asked no questions of Susie, what Sugar would do to honor her deceased father if she were to win, and for Bob to give one example of a situation were he was responsible for his decisions. Randy asked Susie to elaborate on the time that Susie said she felt sorry for him and Sugar and Bob if they considered the consequences of putting him on the jury when they gave him the fake Hidden Immunity Idol. Matty asked Susie to tell him why Bob and Sugar were less deserving that she was of the million dollars, Sugar to reveal something that she felt that she did was evil, and Bob why Sugar and Susie were more deserving of the million dollar prize than he was. In the end, the jury voted Bob the Sole Survivor receiving four jury votes while Susie received the remaining three.
14
"Reunion" 7.0/12[32]  December 14, 2008 11.74[32] #15[32]
The castaways return to discuss the season with host, Jeff Probst.
Voting history[edit]



Original Tribes
First Switch
Second
 Switch
Merged Tribe

Episode #
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13
Day #
3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 37 38
Eliminated
Michelle Gillian Paloma Jacquie GC Kelly Ace Dan Marcus Charlie Randy Corinne Crystal Ken Tie Matty
Votes
8–1 7–1 7–2 5–2 6–1 5–1 3–2 4–3 3–2 5–4 5–3 4–3 4–013 4–1 2–2 None14
Voter
Vote
   Bob   Paloma     Dan Ken Crystal Susie Matty Crystal Ken Matty Win14
   Susie Michelle Gillian      Dan Marcus Charlie Randy Corinne Crystal Ken Bob 
   Sugar   Paloma Exiled12 GC Kelly Ace   Charlie Randy Corinne Crystal Ken Matty 
   Matty Michelle Gillian  Jacquie GC Kelly Crystal   Charlie Randy Corinne Crystal Ken Bob Lose14
   Ken Michelle Gillian  Jacquie GC Kelly Ace  Marcus Charlie Randy Matty Matty Susie 
   Crystal Michelle Gillian  Jacquie GC Kelly Ace  Marcus Charlie Randy Corinne Matty 
   Corinne   Paloma     Dan  Crystal Susie Matty 
   Randy Michelle Gillian      Susie  Crystal Susie 
   Charlie   Paloma     Dan  Crystal 
  Marcus   Paloma     Susie Ken 
 Dan Michelle Gillian      Susie 
 Ace   Paloma Kelly GC Kelly Crystal 
 Kelly   Ace Jacquie GC Crystal 
 GC Michelle Gillian  Jacquie Kelly 
 Jacquie   Paloma Kelly 
Paloma   Ace 
Gillian Michelle Ken 
Michelle Gillian 

Jury Vote

Episode #
13
Day #
39
Finalist
Sugar Susie Bob
Votes
4–3–0
Juror
Vote
Matty  Susie 
Ken  Susie 
Crystal  Susie 
Corinne   Bob
Randy   Bob
Charlie   Bob
Marcus   Bob


^12 Sugar was sent to Exile Island after not being chosen in the first tribal switch. She joined the tribe that lost the subsequent Immunity Challenge, Fang.
^13 Because Matty played the Hidden Immunity Idol, the two votes against him did not count.
^14 Matty lost to Bob in fire making tiebreaker challenge.
Controversy[edit]
Survivor: Gabon received criticism from the Parents Television Council for a brief, uncensored glimpse of Marcus's genitals when the tip was partially exposed through the fly of his boxer shorts. The exposure occurred on the season opener during the second Immunity Challenge while Marcus raced alongside fellow contestants.[34][35]
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Survivor: Tocantins

Winner
James "J.T." Thomas, Jr.
Presented by
Jeff Probst
No. of episodes
14
No. of days
39
No. of survivors
16
Production

Location(s)
Jalapão, Tocantins, Brazil[1]
Filming dates
November 2, 2008
– December 10, 2008
Broadcast

Original run
February 12, 2009 – May 17, 2009
Chronology

Preceded by
Survivor: Gabon
Followed by
Survivor: Samoa
Survivor: Tocantins — The Brazilian Highlands is the eighteenth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season was filmed in the microregion of Jalapão in Tocantins, Brazil, and first aired Thursday, February 12, 2009. CBS began casting for Survivor: Tocantins once production for Survivor: Gabon was underway. Applications were due by July 15, 2008, with in-person interviews being conducted in various cities sometime in August 2008, and semi-finalists traveling to Los Angeles, California sometime in September 2008. Sixteen applicants were chosen to compete on the show, and were initially divided into two tribes. Exile Island returned this season, but with new twists. Instead of one castaway sent to Exile Island, two were sent. While on Exile Island, each exiled castaway picked from one of two urns. One urn contained a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol and an option to join the opposing tribe, while the other urn contained nothing.
James "J.T." Thomas, Jr. was named the winner in the final episode on May 17, 2009, defeating Stephen Fishbach in a unanimous vote. In addition, J.T. was named "Sprint Player of the Season", earning the fans' vote over Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George and Sierra Reed. Thomas was the second player to win the game by a unanimous vote, following Earl Cole of Survivor: Fiji, but the first to receive no votes throughout the season in addition to a unanimous jury vote. He remained the only player to do so until John Cochran in Survivor: Caramoan.
A DVD release of the season was announced during the season finale of Survivor: Cagayan and is expected to be released during the second or third quarter of 2014.


Contents  [hide]
1 Contestants
2 Season summary 2.1 Episodes
2.2 Voting history
3 References
4 External links

Contestants[edit]



 Debra Beebe came in sixth place and was the fourth jury member


Benjamin "Coach" Wade came in fifth place and was the fifth jury member


Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George (left) came in fourth place and was the sixth jury member
J. T. Thomas, along with Benjamin "Coach" Wade and Tyson Apostol, later returned for Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, where they placed 10th, 12th and 15th, respectively. Wade would return for a third time in Survivor: South Pacific, where he placed as runner-up. Apostol returned for his third appearance in Survivor: Blood vs. Water alongside his girlfriend Rachel Foulger, and eventually won the season.
List of Survivor: Tocantins contestants

Contestant
Original tribe
Merged tribe
Finish

Carolina Eastwood
26, West Hollywood, California Jalapao  1st voted out
 Day 3
Candace Smith
31, Dayton, Ohio Timbira  2nd voted out
 Day 6
Jerry Sims
49, Rock Hill, South Carolina Timbira  3rd voted out
 Day 9
Sandy Burgin
53, Louisville, Kentucky Jalapao  4th voted out
 Day 12
Spencer Duhm
19, Lakeland, Florida Jalapao  5th voted out
 Day 15
Sydney Wheeler
24, Raleigh, North Carolina Jalapao  6th voted out
 Day 18
Joe Dowdle
26, Austin, Texas Jalapao Forza Medically evacuated
 Day 20
Brendan Synnott
30, Buffalo, New York Timbira 7th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 24
Tyson Apostol
29, Lindon, Utah Timbira 8th voted out
2nd jury member
 Day 27
Sierra Reed
23, Los Angeles, California Timbira 9th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 30
Debra "Debbie" Beebe
46, Auburn, Alabama Timbira 10th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 33
Benjamin "Coach" Wade
37, Bolivar, Missouri Timbira 11th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 36
Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George
37, Nashville, Tennessee Jalapao 12th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 37
Erinn Lobdell
26, Waukesha, Wisconsin Timbira 13th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 38
Stephen Fishbach
29, New York, New York Jalapao Runner-up
James "J.T." Thomas, Jr.
24, Samson, Alabama Jalapao Sole Survivor

Season summary[edit]
The players were split into two tribes, Timbira and Jalapao, prior to the game. However, before the game started, Jeff stated that each tribe was to vote for one of their own to not make the trek to camp. The selected members, Sierra from Timbira and Sandy from Jalapao, assumed they had been eliminated, but it was then revealed that these two would be flown to their respective campsites while the rest had to trek for four hours while carrying supplies. Nevertheless, this would impact their game; both Sierra and Sandy became distant from their tribes. Sandy was eliminated, but Sierra was spared due to Timbira's repeated immunity wins.
Both the hidden immunity idol and Exile were in play, with the clues to the hidden idols available at Exile. The winning tribe of each reward challenge would be able to select one member of the losing tribe to be exiled, while the exiled player would be able to choose a member of the winning tribe to join them. Brendan from Timbira and Taj from Jalapao formed a secret cross-tribe alliance for the merge, bringing in Sierra and Stephen, respectively. The alliance members saw several repeat visits to Exile, securing both immunity idols by sharing the clues. After J.T. accidentally stumbled upon the hidden immunity idol in Stephen's pocket, Taj and Stephen agreed to bring J.T. into their own alliance, and the three decided to share the use of the hidden immunity idol. Timbira was able to win the last three tribal Immunity Challenges, leaving Taj, J.T., Stephen, and Joe as the only Jalapao members remaining. Shortly after the merge, Joe was evacuated from the game due to an infection in his knee.
After Joe's evacuation, Timbira had a major numerical advantage on Jalapao, up six players to three. However, Timbira had divided into several factions: Coach, Tyson, and Debbie, Brendan and Sierra, and Erinn on the outside. Coach's faction decided to align with J.T. and Stephen in an attempt to overthrow Brendan and Sierra. With Brendan and Sierra acting distant, Taj and Stephen decided to betray their Exile alliance; Brendan neglected to play his idol and was voted out. With the dissent among Timbira exposed, J.T., Stephen and Taj aligned with Erinn, navigating between the two Timbira factions to eliminate them all, becoming the final four.
After knocking Taj out of the game due to her likelihood of winning the jury's vote, J.T. eliminated Erinn after he won his third consecutive immunity challenge, bringing Stephen the Final Two. At the Final Tribal Council, the jury unanimously voted for J.T. to be named Sole Survivor, believing J.T. played a stronger and more strategic game compared to Stephen's.
Challenge winners, exiles, and eliminations by episode

Episode title[2]
Original air date
Challenge winner(s)
Exiled
Eliminated
Finish

Reward
Immunity
"Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start" February 12, 2009 Timbira1 None2 Carolina 1st voted out
 Day 3
"The Poison Apple Needs to Go" February 19, 2009 Jalapao1 Brendan Candace 2nd voted out
 Day 6
Taj
"Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This" February 26, 2009 Jalapao Jalapao Brendan Jerry 3rd voted out
 Day 9
Taj
"The Strongest Man Alive" March 5, 2009 Jalapao Timbira Sierra Sandy 4th voted out
 Day 12
Taj
"You're Going to Want that Tooth" March 12, 2009 Jalapao Timbira Brendan Spencer 5th voted out
 Day 15
Stephen
"One of Those 'Coach Moments'" April 2, 2009 Timbira Timbira Joe Sydney 6th voted out
 Day 18
Erinn
"The Dragon Slayer" April 9, 2009 None3 Tyson None3 Joe Medically evacuated
 Day 20
"The Biggest Fraud in the Game" April 16, 2009 Brendan, Debbie,
 J.T. Tyson Stephen Brendan 7th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 24
"It's Funny When People Cry" April 23, 2009 Debbie, Erinn,
 J.T., Tyson Debbie Stephen Tyson 8th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 27
"They Both Went Bananas" April 30, 2009 Stephen,
 [J.T., Taj] Coach Erinn Sierra 9th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 30
"The Ultimate Sacrifice" May 7, 2009 Survivor Auction Stephen Taj Debbie 10th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 33
"The Martyr Approach" May 14, 2009 J.T., [Stephen] J.T. Coach Coach 11th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 36
"I Trust You But I Trust Me More" May 17, 2009 None J.T. None Taj 12th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 37
J.T. Erinn 13th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 38
"Reunion" May 17, 2009  Jury vote
Stephen Runner-up
J.T. Sole Survivor
In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^2 Exile Island was not yet known to the castaways.
^3 There was no Reward Challenge due to the tribal merge, therefore no one was sent to Exile Island.
Episodes[edit]

Episode
 #
Title
Rating/Share
 (Household)
Rating/Share
 (18-49)
Original air date
U.S. viewers
 (million)
Weekly Rank

1
"Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start" 8.0/13[3] 4.5/13[4] February 12, 2009 13.63[3] #12[3]
With the castaways already split into tribes, they were dropped off by truck in a clearing. The game started immediately with Jeff announcing that the tribes would have 60 seconds to gather as many supplies from the back of the truck as they could. Timbira took all of the water and bags of beans, leaving Jalapao with only some melons and a few other supplies. Jeff then announced that the tribe's campsites were about a 4-hour trek by foot away, that one person from each tribe "would not be making the journey" and a vote would take place immediately. Jalapao voted for Sandy and Timbira voted for Sierra. Sandy and Sierra thought they were being voted out the game, but Jeff announced that they would only not be making the trek to camp and instead would be flown to their campsites by helicopter. When Sandy and Sierra arrived at their respective campsites, they were given the option to start setting up camp or follow clues to a disposable Hidden Immunity Idol that can only be used during their tribe's first Tribal Council. Sandy opted to follow the clues, but did not find the idol before her tribe arrived. Sierra opted to start setting up the camp in order to improve her impression with her tribe. Carolina was upset that Sandy did not work on the campsite. Timbira's trek did not end until dark, by which time Sierra had built a shelter big enough to house the entire tribe. Despite her hard work, Coach's view on Sierra did not change and he still wanted to vote her out first. On day 2, Sandy resumed her search for the Hidden Immunity Idol, but was stumped by the second clue.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: Six members of each tribe would race across a series of sand hills and into a river to retrieve a raft with puzzle planks tied to it. When all six members of the tribe returned to shore with the raft, the puzzle planks could be untied and taken back to the start line. The two remaining tribe members would assemble the planks into a staircase. Once all of the tribe was at the top of the staircase, any two tribe members would work together to navigate a peg through a table maze, which would release the tribe's flag to win flint and immunity.
At the Reward/Immunity Challenge, Sandy gave Jalapao a big lead by building the staircase quickly. However, Brendan and Erinn quickly solved the table maze for a comeback victory for Timbira. Back at Jalapao's camp, Carolina's bossy personality irritated the others, while Sandy's effort at the challenge impressed her tribemates. Still concerned about being voted out, Sandy went searching for the Hidden Immunity Idol before Tribal Council, but was again unsuccessful. At Tribal Council, Jalapao decided that Carolina should leave and she was voted out. Before sending the tribe back to camp, Jeff gave them flint.
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"The Poison Apple Needs to Go" 7.8/12[5] 4.5/12[6] February 19, 2009 13.59[5] #11[5]
In a quest for protein, the Jalapao tribe broke open a termite mound to eat the termites. At Timbira, Sierra decided that she needed help following the clues to the special first Tribal Council-only Hidden Immunity Idol and she recruited Brendan in the search. Together they went to the beach to follow the clues, but were caught digging a large hole on the beach by Debbie and had to stop their search. Sierra came up with the cover story that she and Brendan were building a fire pit for the tribe that night, which Debbie believed and relayed to the rest of the tribe. Candace and Coach argued over how to cook the afternoon meal on day 5. Back at Jalapao, Taj told her tribe that she was married to famed football player Eddie George. At the start of the rain-soaked Reward/Immunity Challenge, Jeff announced that someone from the losing tribe would go to Exile Island. He added that there was a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol at Exile Island, and a twist would be revealed after the challenge.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: Three castaways from each tribe would face off against each other in a river to retrieve a ball and throw it into their tribe's net to score a point. The first tribe to score three points would win tribal Immunity and fishing gear consisting of a spear, two poles, fishing line, fishing hooks, a cast net, tackle box, a diving mask, and a knife.
Jalapao overcame a 2–0 deficit to win the challenge and chose to send Brendan to Exile Island. Jeff announced the twist was that Brendan could choose one person from the winning tribe to join him on Exile Island; he chose Taj. J.T. and Stephen put their newly acquired fishing gear to use, but did not catch anything. On Exile Island, Brendan and Taj found two urns and each had to choose one. Brendan's urn contained two notes: the first note was a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol which he could optionally share with Taj and the second note telling him that he could switch tribes if he wanted to. After some pestering by Taj, Brendan shared the clue with her and they realized that the clue hinted that there was a Hidden Immunity Idol back at each tribe's campsite. They agreed to work to get sent back to Exile Island together to collect more clues. At Timbira, Candace lobbied her tribemates to vote for Coach, but her negativity backfired on her and she became the target to vote out. When Brendan returned to Timbira's campsite, he lied to his tribemates telling them that Taj had the urn with the clue and that she went to look for the Hidden Immunity Idol on her own, but did not appear to have found it. At Tribal Council, Candace's lobbying to vote out Coach could not overcome her negativity and she was voted out.
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"Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This" 6.9/11[7] 4.0/11[8] February 26, 2009 12.05[7] #11[7]
Back at camp after Tribal Council, Erinn scrambled to realign herself with the rest of her tribe after Candace, with whom the tribe thought she was aligned, was voted out. Jerry started to develop stomach pains which he blamed on Timbira's diet of beans. At Jalapao, the tribe struggled with their casting net, only catching a few minnows, but had better luck with the fishing line and hooks.
Reward Challenge: Six castaways from each tribe would be blindfolded and tethered together in pairs. The remaining castaway would work as a caller to direct the paired tribemates through a maze. Each set of tribemates would have to locate a bucket in the maze, navigate the rest of the maze to a tower, fill the bucket with water from the tower, return to the beginning of the maze, and empty the bucket into a container which would raise a flag. Once the water container was filled enough to raise a flag, the process would have to be repeated again, this time filling the buckets with corn from a different tower. The first tribe to raise both flags would win a tarp, an umbrella, folding chairs, pillows, blankets, and a hammock.
At the Reward Challenge, Jalapao easily won and selected Brendan to go back to Exile Island. As per their agreement the first time they went to Exile Island, Brendan selected Taj to return with him to Exile Island for a second time. On Exile Island, Brendan and Taj shared the next clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol, further cemented their secret alliance, and discussed bringing Sierra and Stephen into their cross-tribe alliance.
Immunity Challenge: In pairs, the castaways would race across a field to retrieve six large crates painted in their tribe's colors. Once all six crates were retrieved, the tribes would have to stack the crates into a staircase with the name of their tribe properly aligned along the sides. The first tribe to complete the staircase and get all of their members up the staircase to the top of a platform would win. This challenge would later appear in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.
Jalapao secured their third challenge win in a row at the Immunity Challenge by coming from behind during the staircase assembly task. After returning to camp, Jerry's weakening condition made him a target for elimination. Coach was upset about Erinn's reaction after she realized Jerry was sick and he was likely to be voted off next. Coach tried to persuade Tyson, Sierra, and Debbie to keep Jerry and vote out Erinn, but Sierra did not want to "sever off another limb so we can get our vendetta's against Erinn" and cast her vote for Jerry. Tyson tried to get Jerry to stick it out and vote against Erinn. A few hours before Tribal Council and using the second clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol, Brendan found the Idol hidden within the statue next to the tree mail. At Tribal Council, Tyson looked for a blindside against Erinn, but the tribe could not ignore Jerry's illness and voted him out.
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"The Strongest Man Alive" 7.0/11[9] 3.9/10[10] March 5, 2009 11.85[9] #15[9]
Back at camp after Tribal Council, Coach was angry at Erinn for saying that Brendan was a better leader than himself, but he eventually accepted it and anointed Brendan as tribe leader. At Jalapao, Taj told Stephen about her secret alliance with Brendan and told him that if Jalapao were to win the next Reward Challenge, they would need to choose Sierra to go to Exile Island, who would pick Stephen to go along. However, Brendan could not find the time and privacy to tell Sierra about the alliance.
Reward Challenge: Three castaways, two men and one woman, from each tribe would stand on perches holding a wooden pole on their shoulders to which weighted bags would be added. Every few minutes, two members of the opposing tribe would select someone to carry an additional 20 pounds (9.1 kg) of weight. If the weight becomes too much for a castaway, they would drop the pole and be out of the challenge. The last castaway standing would win for their tribe. The winning tribe would send two castaways to the losing tribe's camp where they would be allowed to steal two items.
At the Reward Challenge, Brendan, Tyson, and Debbie shouldered the weight for Timbira, and J.T., Joe, and Taj for Jalapao. Brendan dropped out first when he was about to carry 220 pounds (100 kg). Tyson dropped out next at 140 pounds (64 kg), leaving just Debbie for Timbira. J.T. carried 220 pounds (100 kg) before dropping out next, tying the weight carried by Rupert Boneham in Survivor: Pearl Islands. Moments later, Joe dropped out at 140 pounds (64 kg), leaving the two women to continue the challenge. Just as both women were to move to carrying 120 pounds (54 kg), Debbie dropped her pole, giving Jalapao their fourth straight challenge victory. In a rare show of sportsmanship for Survivor, Taj congratulated Debbie for a "hell of a job". Jalapao selected Sierra to go to Exile Island, but since Brendan did not tell Sierra of his alliance's plan, she immediately picked Taj to join her. Joe and J.T. arrived to raid the Timbira camp and they chose to take Timbira's larger sack of beans and a can for water. Sandy derided the decision, stating that they should have taken both sacks of Timbira's beans. On Exile Island, Taj got the clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol, which told her it was hidden around the tree mail area. Taj told Sierra about her secret four-way alliance and Sierra readily agreed to join the alliance.
Immunity Challenge: One tribe member at a time would race along a winding path to retrieve a puzzle piece. Each puzzle piece is a large wooden triangular prism with letters written on each of the three faces. Once all eight puzzle pieces are retrieved, they would need to be placed in their correct spot in a frame. The pieces would then need to be rotated to display a scrambled phrase. The first tribe to solve their puzzle would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, Timbira broke Jalapao's winning streak. Before Tribal Council, Jalapao was undecided whether to vote out Sandy or Sydney. Ultimately, Taj, J.T. and Stephen did not want to risk Joe and Spencer feeling betrayed by voting Sydney off, so the vote went against Sandy and she was voted out.
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"You're Going to Want that Tooth" 7.3/12[11] 4.1/12[12] March 12, 2009 12.82[11] #15[11]
The day after Tribal Council at Jalapao, Taj and Stephen found the Hidden Immunity Idol in the statue next to tree mail. Taj gave the idol to Stephen as he had shorts with pockets and was able to conceal the idol. While the rest of Timbira was off fetching water from the river, Sierra told Brendan that she decided to join the Exile Island alliance.
Reward Challenge: A tribe member would sit on a spinning platform at one end of the playing field. Another tribe member would start at the other end and race across to the platform, grab a rope and pull it back to the starting line. The rope would be wound around the base of the platform, causing the platform to spin as the rope is unwound. When the "puller" returned to the finish line, the sitting tribe member, now dizzy, would have to race across a balance beam to the finish line. The tribes would race against each other in rounds with the first dizzy tribe member across the finish line scoring one point for their tribe. The first tribe to score three points would win a trip to a cafe with coffee, fresh water, pastries, cookies, muffins, and a toilet with toilet paper.
Jalapao won the Reward Challenge by a score of 3–1 and chose Brendan to go to Exile Island; Brendan chose Stephen to join him. Midway through enjoying their reward, J.T. found envelopes with letters from home. Back at Timbira, Tyson told Coach and Debbie that he was suspicious that Brendan was building relationships with members of Jalapao and that they should vote out Brendan at the next Tribal Council. On Exile Island, Brendan talked to Stephen about cementing the secret four-way Exile Island alliance, but Stephen was privately unsure about tying his fate in the game to the alliance. Spencer decided to keep his homosexuality a secret from his tribe, thinking that there was nothing to gain by coming out and also that it might conflict with J.T.'s Southern values.
Immunity Challenge: Two tribemates from each tribe would alternate launching balls from a slingshot while the remaining four tribemates have to catch the balls with handheld nets. Catching a ball would score one point for their tribe. The first tribe to reach five points would win.
Despite J.T. losing half of a tooth and almost single-handedly winning the Immunity Challenge for his tribe, Tyson and Brendan helped score a victory for Timbira. Tempers flared at Jalapao over their performance at the Immunity Challenge, with J.T. upset at Spencer's poor defense and Taj venting at Joe. Joe wanted to vote off Taj for this reason but Jalapao eliminated Spencer instead, voting him out.
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"The First Fifteen Days" 5.0/8[13] 2.3/6[14] March 26, 2009 8.15[14] 
A recap of the first fifteen days including previously un-aired bonus footage.
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""One of Those 'Coach Moments'"" 6.5/11[15] 3.6/11[16] April 2, 2009 11.27[15] #17[15]
The day after Tribal Council, Sydney was worried that if Jalapao were to lose the next Immunity Challenge that either she or Taj would be voted off as the men would stick together. Joe tried to assure her that she would make it to the merge as she was trustworthy and the men would vote off Taj first. Taj and Stephen discussed telling J.T. about the Hidden Immunity Idol, but not the secret four-way Exile Island alliance in order to secure his vote at the next Tribal Council. Over at Timbira, Coach clashed with his tribe over him burning a pot of beans.
Reward Challenge: The tribes would have five minutes to build a barricade of poles tied together with ropes inside two frames of the opposing tribe. The tribes would then have to toss small ceramic pigs from tribemate to tribemate through the two frames, avoiding breaking them against the barricade or dropping them. The tribe which tosses the most number of intact pigs through the frames after ten minutes would win a trip to a waterfall and a barbecue with hamburgers.
The Reward Challenge was closely fought with Timbira winning with a score of 14–13. Timbira decided to send Joe to Exile Island and he chose Erinn to join him, thinking that she would be a good candidate to flip her tribal loyalties once the merge occurred. On Exile Island, Erinn selected the urn with the clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol and shared the clue with Joe. Joe and Erinn thought that if they could find the two Hidden Immunity Idols, they could have a strong alliance together. To counter Joe figuring out Jalapao's Hidden Immunity Idol had already been found, Taj and Stephen crafted a fake idol and placed it in the statue at tree mail. After using the real idol as a model for the fake one she made, Taj tried to hide it her bag, but J.T. stumbled upon the idol after she walked off. Stephen tried to cover for Taj by telling J.T. that Taj had just discovered the idol moments earlier and had shown it to him. A bit later, Taj showed the idol to J.T. and told him that he could have it anytime he needed it. J.T. believed Taj and Stephen to be honest in their story and that he now had a strong alliance with them.
Immunity Challenge: Each tribe would use a slingshot to shoot out a tile in three towers full of sand. After a tile is broken, the sand would be released from the tower which would cause a bag of puzzle pieces to be released and the tile at the next tower to be uncovered. The same tribe member could do all of the shooting with the slingshot or different shooters may be substituted. Once all three bags of puzzle pieces were collected, two tribe members would have to assemble the puzzle. The first tribe to assemble the puzzle correctly wins immunity.
At the Immunity Challenge, Tyson gave his tribe a large lead by winning the slingshot shoot out over J.T. Brendan and Erinn finished off the puzzle to give Timbira their third Immunity Challenge win in a row. After the challenge, Joe told his tribemates that Erinn kept the clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol to herself. Using an excuse that he wanted some water, he went to find the idol, not knowing that what he found was a fake. Joe told the tribe to vote out Taj. Stephen and J.T. tried to convince Joe to vote out Sydney, but were unable to convince him to change his vote. Stephen and J.T. thought about the possibility of blindsiding Taj at Tribal Council since Stephen had the Hidden Immunity Idol. However, the two kept to their alliance with Taj and Sydney was voted out.
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"The Dragon Slayer" 6.6/12[17] 3.5/11[18] April 9, 2009 11.24[17] #16[17]
Anticipating a merge, Coach refocused his game and tried to get along with his tribe. Over at Jalapao, an infection on Joe's left leg appeared to have gotten worse. The tree mail on day 19 hinted at a Reward Challenge with a feast for the winner, but the tribes instead arrived at the challenge site to see a hut with a feast and note saying that they had merged. The castaways named their new tribe Forza, a transliteration of força (Portuguese: "strength"), and moved to the old Timbira campsite. Coach approached J.T. about forming an alliance, which suited J.T. as he was concerned about Jalapao going into the merge down 4 to 6. After cementing the alliance with J.T., Coach approached Tyson about forming a four-way alliance with J.T. and Stephen, targeting Brendan as the next to be voted out because Coach and Tyson did not trust him. Tyson talked to Stephen and Debbie about the potential alliance. Taj was concerned that Brendan wasn't holding up to his end of the secret Exile Island alliance, but Brendan wanted to keep it a secret and lie low until there were only seven or eight castaways left. Joe and Erinn went to get the Timbira Hidden Immunity Idol, but found nothing and figured out that either Brendan or Sierra had it.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would hang on to the top of a pole as long as they can. The last person left hanging without touching the ground would win. This was a rendition of a challenge used in Survivor: Vanuatu and Survivor: Cook Islands and was later used in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.
At the Immunity Challenge, Tyson outlasted Debbie to win the first Individual Immunity. After the challenge, Jeff told Joe to stay around so that the Survivor Medical Team could look at his infected leg. The doctor diagnosed that infection was serious and could spread to Joe's bones or blood, which could lead to amputation of his leg or loss of his life. Stephen, Tyson, and Coach decided to blindside Brendan and negate him potentially playing his Hidden Immunity Idol by splitting the Tribal Council vote with four votes against Brendan and three votes against Sierra. However, all of the plotting would have to wait potentially three more days when Jeff arrived at camp to announce that Joe had been medically evacuated from the game by decision of the Survivor Medical Team and there would be no Tribal Council.
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"The Biggest Fraud in the Game" 6.8/12[19] 3.5/11[20] April 16, 2009 11.64[19] #15[19]
Coach continued to feel that he was in control of the game and he targeted Brendan for elimination next, followed by Sierra. With Joe's departure, Erinn lost her only alliance member and thought about aligning herself with the former Jalapao members.
Reward Challenge: The castaways would be divided into teams of three: black, red, and white. The teams would have a row of eight team-colored ceramic tiles on frames belonging to them. Playing in rounds, one member from each team would throw a metal ball at the other two team's tiles to try to break them. When all eight tiles of a team were broken, the team would be out of the challenge. The last team with an intact tile would win a whitewater rafting trip down the Rio Novo and a picnic of sandwiches, chicken wings, brownies, watermelon, and potato chips.
The Reward Challenge was a nailbiter when the challenge came down to two partially broken tiles for the black team of Brendan, Debbie, and J.T versus the white team of Erinn, Sierra, and Stephen. A final toss by Brendan knocked out the final white tile and his team won the challenge. They selected Stephen to go alone to Exile Island, per the rules post tribal merger. Unlike most rewards in past seasons, the winning team went on their trip the next day instead of immediately after the completion of the challenge. On their picnic, Brendan talked to J.T. about going all the way to the finals together. The next day, Brendan talked to Sierra and Taj about a plan to keep J.T. in the game and to vote out Coach, Erinn, and Tyson.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would be attached to a rope which is thread through three of obstacles, for which the castaways would have to climb under, over, or around. The first three castaways to finish would move on to the next round. The next round's challenge would be the same, but with a single obstacle three levels high. The first castaway to complete the obstacle would win. A rendition of this challenge would later appear in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.
The Immunity Challenge was won by Tyson for the second time in a row. Coach and Tyson conspired to split the Tribal Council vote four votes for Brendan and three votes for Sierra to protect against Brendan using his Hidden Immunity Idol. Brendan wanted to finally reveal the secret Exile Island alliance to blindside Coach. Stephen and J.T. thought about following the Exile Island alliance. At Tribal Council, Brendan revealed that he has a Hidden Immunity Idol, but opted not to play it, thinking he was safe. However, Stephen, J.T., and Taj aligned themselves with Coach and Tyson to blindside Brendan.
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"It's Funny When People Cry" 6.8/12[21] 3.2/11[22] April 23, 2009 11.30[21] #12[21]
After returning to camp from Tribal Council, Sierra thought she was the next one to be voted out and she tried to smooth things over with Coach. The next morning, Sierra continued to plead for her life in the game, but Tyson ridiculed her and said that she would not be able to change the vote and she would be voted out next.
Reward Challenge: The castaways would be divided into two teams of four. Two members at a time from each team would race across a field to retrieve a large puzzle board. Once the pair returns, the other two teammates would retrieve another board. Four boards would need to be retrieved. Once retrieved, the boards would have to be arranged in a line so that the large holes were aligned like a grille to reveal seven vowels. The revealed vowels and seven consonants given to the team would need to be arranged to solve a four word phrase. The first team to solve the phrase would win a trip to a local village for a feast of local food and a demonstration of Capoeira.
At the Reward Challenge, the red team of Debbie, Erinn, J.T., and Tyson prevailed over the black team of Coach, Sierra, Stephen, and Taj. Stephen was chosen to go to Exile Island for the second time in a row because the red team did not want to give Sierra the opportunity to find a supposed new Hidden Immunity Idol since Brendan took his with him when he was voted out. At Exile Island, Stephen found the seventh clue to the original Hidden Immunity Idol, meaning no replacement Idol was put into play. Sierra continued lobbying Coach to give her a second chance to remain in the game, but Coach refused her pleas. After describing the Immunity Challenge, Jeff offered anyone who felt comfortable enough in the game to sit out and eat pizza for the duration of the challenge; Coach, J.T., and Stephen chose to eat.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would play a version of shuffleboard. Each castaway would be given three pucks which they would try to slide closest to the target. The castaway whose puck ends up closest to the target would win. This challenge was originally from Survivor: The Amazon and Survivor: Vanuatu, and a rendition of this challenge would later appear in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.
Debbie won the challenge with the last slide of the game by knocking away Sierra's puck. Back at camp, Erinn pointed out to Stephen and Taj that there was an opportunity to vote out Tyson, the biggest perceived threat at the Immunity Challenges. Stephen agreed that this might be their only chance to take him out, so he convinced J.T. to blindside Tyson. J.T. was concerned about breaking up the "warrior" alliance he had with Coach and Tyson. At Tribal Council, Tyson and Sierra insulted one another, but it was Tyson who was voted out.
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"They Both Went Bananas" 7.0/12[23] 3.6/11[24] April 30, 2009 11.73[23] #17[23]
Upon their return to camp after Tribal Council, Coach and Debbie were upset with J.T. and Stephen for not telling them about the blindside of Tyson. Debbie talked to Coach about reforming the Timbira alliance to regain control of the game.
Reward Challenge: Each of the castaways would fill out a questionnaire about the tribe in private, then the results would be tallied and the Challenge would begin. The questions would be posed to the group and the castaways would guess whose name was written most often. Each time a castaway guesses the correct answer, they would get one chop at a rope assigned to another castaway. After three chops, the rope would be released, which would smash an idol, removing that castaway from the challenge. The last castaway whose idol is not smashed would win a trip to a natural spring and a home cooked, traditional Brazilian feast made by a local family.
The Reward Challenge was won by Stephen, who selected fellow ex-Jalapaos Taj and J.T. to join him. Stephen selected Erinn to go to Exile Island because he felt that he had a strong alliance with J.T, Taj, and Erinn and that they needed one of their alliance members at Exile Island to find any Hidden Immunity Idol, but there was no new clue to a new Hidden Immunity Idol. While on their reward, J.T., Stephen, and Taj discussed strategy for the next Tribal Council, either voting out Debbie or Sierra. Coach and Debbie tried to strongarm Sierra into rejoining the former Timbira alliance, but when she hesitated, they angrily turned on her. Coach felt a line had been drawn in the sand and approached J.T. about what his plans were for the final four. Coach lied to J.T. that it was Sierra who brought up bringing back the old Timbira alliance. Meanwhile, Sierra told Stephen that it was Coach and Debbie who brought up the Timbira alliance. The differing stories made J.T. and Stephen suspicious of all three of them.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would toss a grappling hook to retrieve three bags. The first three castaways to retrieve all of their bags would move on to the final round. In the final round, the three would compete in a labyrinth game. The first to finish would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, Coach, J.T., and Debbie moved on to the final round, which was won by Coach. In an effort to show that she was not lying about her version of the potential reforming of the former Timbira alliance, Sierra confronted Coach and Debbie about what exactly happened between the three of them in front of the whole tribe. Coach said that Debbie wanted to talk about a former Timbira alliance, Sierra got into Debbie's face, Debbie started to cry, and then he said that he did not want a Timbira alliance. Stephen and J.T. believed that Sierra's confrontation brought into the open Coach's half-truths and Debbie's scheming and they considered voting Debbie out, but also thought that voting Sierra out would cause less drama in the future for the tribe. At Tribal Council, Coach and Sierra continued their confrontation about who said what regarding a Timbira alliance. Unable to sway her tribemates, Sierra was voted out.
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"The Ultimate Sacrifice" 7.0/12[25] 3.8/12[26] May 7, 2009 11.99[25] #15[25]
Upon returning to camp after Tribal Council, Coach was livid about Erinn and Taj voting for Stephen and Debbie, respectively, at the last Tribal Council. He talked to Debbie about targeting Erinn and Taj next, with Taj to go first. On the morning of day 31, Debbie woke up feeling that she needed to move away from her alliance with Coach and told J.T. and Stephen that she wanted an alliance with them. However, Stephen was worried that she was just playing the game instead of wanting a real alliance.
Survivor Auction: Instead of a Reward Challenge, a Survivor Auction was held. Each castaway is given US$500. Castaways may not share any money or the item(s). The castaways must bid for the items in $20 increments. The auction will end without notice. Items bought include food and drinks and a video from home.
On the last item up for bid, Jeff presented a Samsung Instinct loaded with a video message from loved ones at home and announced that the usual Survivor Auction rules would be suspended and that the castaways could pool their money in order to get one of the castaways to win. Everybody gave their remaining money to Taj so that she could win the item uncontested. At the very end of the video message, Taj's husband, Eddie George, said that he would see them back at camp. After pointing out the last line in the video, Jeff told Taj that only Eddie would be back at camp, but if Taj offered to go to Exile Island where Eddie would join her, the other castaways' loved ones would be at the campsite. She immediately accepted the offer. Back at camp, the castaways were joined by Coach's assistant coach, Debbie's husband, Erinn's father, J.T.'s younger sister, and Stephen's brother. After the loved ones had left, the game resumed on the morning of day 32 with Debbie continuing to push her allegiance to J.T. and Stephen, even so far as promising to give the final Individual Immunity to one of them should she win it and they make it to the final three. The three continued to be suspicious of her promises, and after J.T. and Stephen told Erinn of this offer, Erinn said that Debbie had to go next. Coach, still uninformed of the voting out of Debbie, pushed the idea of voting out Taj to prevent the Hidden Immunity Idol from being played.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would have to go through an obstacle course of digging underneath a log, crossing a balance beam, and under a rope crawl. The castaways would then run across a field to where a spinning series of ten mathematical symbols would be displayed. The castaways would have to memorize the sequence of symbols, run back to starting line through the obstacles, and use the symbols in the correct order to solve a math equation. The first castaway to solve the math problem correctly would win immunity.
At the Immunity Challenge, Stephen was way behind the others as he stumbled off the balance beam several times, so he tried to remember all ten symbols in one pass, while the others needed multiple trips to try to remember the symbols. Stephen's memory technique did not fail him and he was able to come from behind to win Individual Immunity for the first time. Before Tribal Council, the game controlling alliance of J.T. and Stephen were torn between using the opportunity to vote out Coach or Debbie. They decided to move against Debbie, and she was voted out.
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"The Martyr Approach" 7.0/12[26] 3.8/11[27] May 14, 2009 12.18[26] #18[26]
Coach was shocked by the turn of events at the last Tribal Council, especially after he was told that Debbie voted for him. Coach told J.T. and Stephen that he did not want to go to Exile Island because of his asthma, but J.T. and Stephen believed that Coach was scared to go to Exile Island and looked forward to sending him there.
Reward Challenge: With their feet shackled together, the castaways would have to race through a maze forming the letters of the word 'Survivor' and then build a long wooden pole by tying together short wooden sticks. The pole would be used to hook a sandbag which they castaways would swing to knock over three targets. When all three targets are knocked over, a flag would be raised. The first castaway to raise their flag would win an overnight trip to the Governor's Retreat where the castaway would have a bed to sleep in, take a shower, and eat at a traditional Brazilian churrasco.
The Reward Challenge was won by J.T. by a wide margin. He selected Stephen to go with him on the trip, and Coach to go to Exile Island. After he was selected to go to Exile Island, Coach said that he welcomed the opportunity to test himself and would take the "monastic approach" on Exile by spending the time meditating without food or water. This did not sit well with Erinn, who suspected that Coach was seeking an excuse for his inability to light a fire and prepare his meals. She called him out for trying to take the "martyr approach" and use his time at Exile Island as an excuse for not winning the next Immunity Challenge. While Stephen and J.T. enjoyed their reward, Erinn admitted to Taj that she felt a little guilty about what she said to Coach after the Reward Challenge, and was worried that what she said could cause J.T. and Stephen to vote her out before Coach. Taj reassured her that this was not the case, that their alliance was still strong. Coach did exactly what he said he would do on Exile Island, except for drinking some water, and was mentally refocused on the game. While on their reward, J.T. and Stephen talked about voting Erinn out before Coach because of what she said to Coach.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would brace themselves with their arms between two walls while standing barefoot on two foot pegs. Every 15 minutes, the castaways would move down to smaller foot pegs. When the castaways reached the third set of foot pegs, they would try to remain on them as long as they could. The last castaway to remain on their pegs would win. A rendition of this challenge later appeared in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.
The Immunity Challenge was won by J.T. when he outlasted Coach, who collapsed from the challenge due to back spasms. Coach declined having the Survivor Medical Team look at him as he said he feared that he would be pulled from the game for medical reasons. Erinn and Taj were suspicious that Coach was playing up the sympathy card and that he did not want a medical exam because he knew that it would reveal that he was not hurt. J.T. and Stephen told Coach that their alliance was good and that Erinn was going to be voted out, but Stephen was not sure who he would vote for. At Tribal Council, the confrontation between Coach and Erinn at the Reward Challenge was discussed again. Just before the vote, Coach recited a poem, which visibly annoyed the jury members. Stephen cast the deciding vote against Coach and he was voted out.
14
"I Trust You But I Trust Me More" 7.0/11[26] 4.2/[26] May 17, 2009 12.94[26] #14[26]
Back at camp after Tribal Council, Stephen was concerned that he would be perceived as the one who betrayed Coach and that he lost jury votes.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would have to race through a series of rope tunnels in the shape of a tarantula to three different stations to retrieve three bags of puzzle pieces, one at a time. The puzzle pieces would then be assembled into a web-shaped puzzle. The first castaway to finish their puzzle would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, J.T. got a large lead during the puzzle piece bag retrieval stage, Erinn made a huge comeback from last place during the puzzle assembly stage, but J.T. managed to finish his puzzle just in front of Erinn. Erinn pleaded her case to J.T. and Stephen that Taj was a threat for winning jury votes. The men agreed that they would take each other to the Final Two no matter what, but were undecided on if Erinn or Taj would be a greater threat at the next Immunity Challenge and with the jury. At Tribal Council, the men decided to break up the Jalapao alliance that existed since very early in the game with a vote against Taj and she was blindsided by a vote of 3–1.
On day 38, Erinn and Stephen told each other that they had to win the Immunity Challenge as neither stood a very good chance against J.T. with the jury. J.T. gave his word to Stephen that he would take him to the Final Two and Stephen likewise gave his word. The day's tree mail told the Final Three to take the traditional journey honoring the castaways voted out before heading to their final Immunity Challenge.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would drop a ball into a metal chute. The ball would travel down a spiraling metal track and exit out of one of two points. The castaway would have to catch the ball and drop the ball back into the chute at the top. Every few minutes, an additional ball would be added to the track until eight balls were simultaneously going around the track. A turnstile gate in the middle of the track would rotate, causing the balls to alternate exiting out of the two exits. If a ball exits the track and is not caught, the castaway would be eliminated from the challenge. To make the challenge more difficult, each castaway would have one hand tied behind their backs.
At the Immunity Challenge, Erinn was out first with three balls simultaneously going. With four balls circling the track, Stephen bobbled and dropped a ball, giving J.T. his third Immunity Challenge win in a row. Back at camp, even though Stephen lost the challenge, he felt a great relief that he would not have to decide who he had to take to the Final Two. Erinn told J.T. that Stephen told her that he would take her to the Final Two over J.T. to ensure himself a victory with the jury. When J.T. asked him, Stephen denied that he would have taken Erinn to the Final Two. At the final Tribal Council, J.T. decided to stick with his alliance and promise to Stephen, voted against Erinn, and she became the final member of the jury.
J.T. and Stephen enjoyed the traditional Final Two breakfast that they had planned to be at since the very beginning of the game. At the final Tribal Council, Brendan focused on Stephen's opening statement that he had grown personally in the game, asking Stephen and J.T. if personal growth was relevant and important to winning the game. Erinn asked Stephen about his changing alliances between the Jalapao Three, the Exile Island alliance, and the Warrior alliance. She asked J.T. why Stephen was the best player in the game. Debbie questioned J.T. about if her first impression of him of being an honest person was correct or if lying and deception was his M.O. She asked Stephen that if he had been the one wearing the Individual Immunity necklace at the last Tribal Council, would he have taken Erinn or J.T. to the Final Two. Coach asked J.T. and Stephen for examples of honesty and integrity during later stages of the game and being the noble warrior. Sierra had no question to ask of Stephen. She asked J.T. what he meant by taking the strongest players to the end as she called Stephen one of the weakest players in the game. Tyson asked J.T. if and why Stephen was an asset to him in getting to the Final Two. Tyson asked for a response from Stephen about J.T.'s answer to Tyson's question. Taj asked J.T. why, if it was so hard for J.T. to write down Coach's name at Tribal Council, it seemed so effortless of him to write down her name and why he thought it would be easy to lie to her. She asked Stephen why he felt it was so important to blindside her and if he felt that she was that big of a threat in the game. The jury vote went unanimously for J.T. and he became the eighteenth Sole Survivor.
15
"Reunion" 6.4/11[26] 4.1/[26] May 17, 2009 11.59[26] #20[26]
The castaways return to discuss the season with host, Jeff Probst.
Voting history[edit]



Original Tribes
Merged Tribe

Episode #
1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Day #
3 6 9 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 33 36 37 38
Eliminated
Carolina Candace Jerry Sandy Spencer Sydney Joe Brendan Tyson Sierra Debbie Coach Taj Erinn
Votes
7–1 7–1 6–1 5–1–1 5–1 3–2 None4 4–3–2 5–3 4–2–1 4–1–1 3–2 3–1 1–0
Voter
Vote
 J.T. Carolina   Sandy Spencer Sydney  Sierra Tyson Sierra Debbie Erinn Taj Erinn
 Stephen Carolina   Sandy Spencer Sydney  Brendan Tyson Sierra Debbie Coach Taj 
 Erinn  Candace Jerry     Sierra Tyson Stephen Debbie Coach Taj 
 Taj Carolina   Joe Spencer Sydney  Brendan Tyson Debbie Debbie Coach Erinn 
 Coach  Candace Jerry     Brendan Sierra Sierra Taj Erinn 
 Debbie  Candace Jerry     Brendan Sierra Sierra Coach 
 Sierra  Candace Jerry     Coach Tyson Debbie 
 Tyson  Candace Jerry     Sierra Sierra 
 Brendan  Candace Jerry     Coach 
 Joe Carolina   Sandy Spencer Taj  
Sydney Carolina   Sandy Spencer Taj 
Spencer Carolina   Sandy Taj 
Sandy Carolina   Sydney 
Jerry  Candace Erinn 
Candace  Sierra 
Carolina Sandy 

Jury Vote

Episode #
14
Day #
39
Finalist
Stephen J.T.
Votes
7–0
Juror
Vote
Erinn  J.T.
Taj  J.T.
Coach  J.T.
Debbie  J.T.
Sierra  J.T.
Tyson  J.T.
Brendan  J.T.


^4 No vote: Joe was evacuated due to medical reasons, no Tribal Council was held.
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Survivor: Samoa

Winner
Natalie White
Presented by
Jeff Probst
No. of episodes
15
No. of days
39
No. of survivors
20
Production

Location(s)
Upolu, Samoa[1]
Filming dates
June 11, 2009
– July 19, 2009
Broadcast

Original run
September 17, 2009 – December 20, 2009
Chronology

Preceded by
Survivor: Tocantins
Followed by
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
Survivor: Samoa is the nineteenth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season premiered on Thursday, September 17, 2009. Participant applications were due by January 14, 2009. Approximately 800 were invited to be interviewed in several states. Following this, approximately 48 semi-finalists were invited to Los Angeles in April 2009 for final interviews with the producers. From there, 20 finalists were selected to be contestants in the show, which was scheduled to occur between mid June and mid-July 2009 in Samoa. Similar to Survivor: Tocantins, the minimum age requirement for this season was 18 for most states.[2]
In the end, Natalie White defeated Russell Hantz and Mick Trimming with a vote of 7–2–0. Hantz ended up winning the "Sprint Player of the Season" Award, earning the fans' vote over Shannon "Shambo" Waters and Brett Clouser. This was the first season when the tribes merged at 12.


Contents  [hide]
1 Contestants
2 Season summary 2.1 Episodes
2.2 Voting history
3 References
4 External links

Contestants[edit]



 Russell Swan came in 14th place.
Russell Hantz later appeared as a contestant in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, where he finished in 3rd place. He then returned to compete again in Survivor: Redemption Island, and finished in 17th place. Russell Swan returned in Survivor: Philippines and finished in 15th place. Laura Morett returned in Survivor: Blood vs. Water alongside her daughter Ciera Eastin, where she placed 6th.
List of Survivor: Samoa contestants

Contestant
Original tribe
Merged tribe
Finish

Marisa Calihan
26, Cincinnati, Ohio Foa Foa  1st voted out
 Day 3
Mike Borassi
62, Marina del Rey, California Foa Foa  Medically evacuated
 Day 5
Betsy Bolan
48, Campton, New Hampshire Foa Foa  2nd voted out
 Day 6
Ben Browning
28, Los Angeles, California Foa Foa  3rd voted out
 Day 8
Yasmin Giles
33, Detroit, Michigan Galu  4th voted out
 Day 11
Ashley Trainer
22, Maple Grove, Minnesota Foa Foa  5th voted out
 Day 14
Russell Swan
42, Glenside, Pennsylvania Galu  Medically evacuated
 Day 15
Elizabeth "Liz" Kim
33, New York, New York Foa Foa  6th voted out
 Day 18
Erik Cardona
28, Ontario, California Galu Aiga 7th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 21
Kelly Sharbaugh
25, Wilmington, Delaware Galu 8th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 24
Laura Morett
39, Salem, Oregon Galu 9th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 27
John Fincher
25, Los Angeles, California Galu 10th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 30
David "Dave" Ball
38, Los Angeles, California Galu 11th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 31
Monica Padilla
25, San Diego, California Galu 12th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 33
Shannon "Shambo" Waters
45, Renton, Washington Galu 13th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 36
Jaison Robinson
28, Chicago, Illinois Foa Foa 14th voted out
 8th jury member
 Day 37
Brett Clouser
23, Salem, Oregon Galu 15th voted out
 9th jury member
 Day 38
Mick Trimming
33, Boise, Idaho Foa Foa 2nd runner-up
Russell Hantz
36, Dayton, Texas Foa Foa Runner-up
Natalie White
26, Van Buren, Arkansas Foa Foa Sole Survivor

Season summary[edit]
The twenty contestants were assigned tribes at the start of the game and, based only on appearances, were instructed to elect a leader who would make critical decisions at challenges for the first half of the game. The leader of the tribe that won the reward challenge would also choose a member of their tribe to observe the other tribe for a day, receiving a clue to the hidden immunity idol at the other tribe's camp. Mick was chosen as Foa Foa's leader, and Russell S. as Galu's.
At Foa Foa, Russell H. attempted to make living conditions harsher for his tribe by dumping water out of canteens and burning socks, leading to Foa Foa losing nearly every challenge. Russell H. managed to find his tribe's hidden immunity idol at his own camp and, after making alliances with virtually all of his tribe mates, amassed a huge amount of influence among the members of his tribe. Galu's winning streak led to a relaxed state at the camp, a condition that Shambo resented, putting her at odds with the tribe. After Galu won a reward challenge, Russell S. opted to send Shambo over to Foa Foa for one night, where she found the tribe had a strong work ethic and welcomed her. Russell S. was removed from the game due to fatigue, and Galu elected Shambo as their new leader in order to gain her loyalty.
The two tribes merged with twelve players left: four from Foa Foa and eight from Galu. Natalie from Foa Foa was able to convince the Galu women to vote off one of their own. At this vote, Russell H. had played his hidden immunity idol, but it was all for naught as Erik was eliminated. Russell H. was able to find the idol in its new location before the next tribal council. He played his new idol there, saving himself from being voted off as he was targeted by every Galu member. With ten players remaining, Shambo decided to align with the Foa Foa alliance, resulting in the next vote ending in a 5-5 tie. John from the Galu alliance, worried about being eliminated from the game by random draw, switched his vote on the tiebreaker, putting the Foa Foa alliance in the majority. They systematically eliminated the former Galu members, however their plans were halted when Brett, the final member of the Galu alliance, won three immunity challenges in a row. Perceived as physically drained, and unlikely to beat Brett in the coming immunity challenges, Shambo and Jaison were voted out. With four players remaining, Russell H. ended Brett's immunity streak and he was the final player eliminated.
Russell H., Mick, and Natalie were the final three. At the Final Tribal Council, Mick was ignored by the jury, given his lack of leadership when assigned that role and his seemingly lackluster drive. Though Russell H. was confident that he had played the game well and that Natalie would be seen as a coattail rider, most of the jury members disliked his brash attitude and saw Natalie as the lesser of three evils, with Erik giving an elaborate closing speech in Natalie's favor. Natalie was ultimately named the Sole Survivor over Russell H. and Mick by a vote of 7–2–0.
Challenge winners, observers, and eliminations by episode

Episode title[3]
Original air date
Challenge winner(s)
Observer
Eliminated
Finish

Reward
Immunity
"The Puppet Master" September 17, 2009 Foa Foa Galu None Marisa 1st voted out
 Day 3
"Taking Candy From a Baby" September 24, 2009 Galu4 Yasmin Mike Medically evacuated
 Day 5
Betsy 2nd voted out
 Day 6
"It's Called a Russell Seed" October 1, 2009 Galu4 Shambo Ben 3rd voted out
 Day 8
"Hungry for a Win" October 8, 2009 Galu Foa Foa None Yasmin 4th voted out
 Day 11
"Walking on Thin Ice" October 15, 2009 Galu Galu Shambo Ashley 5th voted out
 Day 14
"This Is the Man Test" October 22, 2009 None5 None Russell S. Medically evacuated
 Day 15
"Houdini Magic" October 29, 2009 Galu Galu Laura Liz 6th voted out
 Day 18
"All Hell Breaks Loose" November 5, 2009 None6 John None7 Erik 7th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 21
Laura
"Tastes Like Chicken" November 12, 2009 Dave,
 John,
 Kelly,
 Monica,
 Shambo Laura Kelly 8th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 24
"The Day of Reckoning" November 19, 2009 Brett,
 Dave,
 Laura,
 Natalie,
 Russell H. Mick Laura 9th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 27
"Off With Their Heads!" December 3, 2009 Survivor
 Auction Jaison John 10th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 30
"Damage Control" December 10, 2009 None Jaison Dave 11th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 31
Brett Monica 12th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 33
"Two Brains Are Better Than One" December 17, 2009 Jaison,
 Russell H.,
 Shambo Brett Shambo 13th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 36
"This Game Ain't Over" December 20, 2009 None Brett Jaison 14th voted out
 8th jury member
 Day 37
Russell H. Brett 15th voted out
 9th jury member
 Day 38
"The Reunion" December 20, 2009  Jury vote
Mick 2nd runner-up
Russell H. Runner-up
Natalie Sole Survivor
In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
^4 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^5 Russell S. collapsed during the challenge; Jeff cancelled the challenge with neither tribe winning the reward.
^6 There was no Reward Challenge due to the tribal merge.
^7 The observer rule was no longer applicable after the tribal merge, as there was only one tribe.
^8 Russell H. played the Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore the seven votes against him did not count.
^9 Laura was voted out after the first Tribal Council vote resulted in a 5–5 tie, but John switched his vote to Laura when the tribe revoted.
Episodes[edit]

Episode
 #
Title
Rating/Share
 (Household)
Rating/Share
 18-49
Original air date
U.S. viewers
 (million)
Weekly Rank

1
"The Puppet Master" 6.8/11[4] 3.6/11[4] September 17, 2009 11.66[4] #12[5]
When the preselected tribes arrived ashore, Jeff handed each of the tribes pens and parchment and instructed the tribes that they would each elect a leader based solely on appearance. Mick and Russell S., the elected leaders for Foa Foa and Galu respectively, selected participants in the first Reward Challenge; as directed by Jeff, they chose who they believed to be the best swimmer, the strongest person, the most agile, and the smartest person on their tribes.
Reward Challenge: A designated swimmer would swim out into the ocean to retrieve a key and swim back. The swimmer would hand the key to the designated strong person to unlock a chain around two bundles of heavy logs. The logs would have to be carried to the next station where a designated agile person would use the log bundles to climb on top of a balance beam. The agile person would need to pull a second key along a rope twisted around the balance beam while remaining on top of the balance beam. At the final stage, a designated smart person would use the second key to unlock a bag of puzzle pieces and use them to assemble a statue. The first tribe to assemble their statue would win flint.
When Foa Foa won the challenge, Jeff tossed maps to both tribes and sent them on their way. At Foa Foa, Mick downplayed his role of leader to stay "under the radar", believing that the leader always has a huge target on his head. Meanwhile, Russell H. quickly made "secret alliances" with Ashley, Betsy, Marisa, and Natalie; nevertheless, Betsy was suspicious and didn't trust him. At night in Foa Foa, Russell H. told a completely fabricated story to his tribe of his experience of Hurricane Katrina in his house in New Orleans, Louisiana; later, he emptied all the canteens and burned Jaison's socks. His strategy revolved around the idea that if he could control how his tribe felt, he could control how they think. Russell H.'s hard-core strategy began to make an effect on the tribe.
Immunity Challenge: Six members from each tribe would race across a series of three wooden A-frames carrying three coils of rope. At the end of the course, the six would use the rope to pull a heavy wooden crate across a ramp and up to the finish platform. The four remaining tribe members would disassemble the crate to use as puzzle pieces. The first tribe to solve the puzzle would win.
When Foa Foa lost the Immunity Challenge, discussions of whom to vote out began when Mike talked about voting out the physically weakest: in his opinion, Ashley. Since Marisa was skeptical of Russell H.'s quickly-made alliance with her, the latter immediately targeted her for elimination. At Tribal Council, his plan to eliminate Marisa came together, and she was voted out.
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"Taking Candy From a Baby" 6.7/11[6] 3.7/11[6] September 24, 2009 11.66[6] #22[7]
Russell H. assumed a Hidden Immunity Idol was somewhere around camp and went searching for it. While his tribemates stood around oblivious to what he was doing, he located the idol, without the help of any clues, in the roots of a large tree. After taking the idol and hiding it in his underwear, he showed the idol to Jaison to create some trust between them.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: In a walled off arena, three members of each tribe would battle for control of three balls. Once a castaway gets control of a ball, they would pass the ball to three other tribe members standing on a platform who would attempt to throw the ball through the opposing tribe's basket at the other end of the arena. One point would be scored when a ball is made in the basket. After every point, the tribes would change who was in the arena and on the platform. The first tribe to score three points would win tribal Immunity and fishing gear.
At the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge, after many dirty moments during the game, Jeff announced that the next dirty play would result in getting kicked out of the challenge. Moments later, Ben attempted to trip Russell S. by kicking his feet out from under him. Jeff called a time out and kicked Ben out of the challenge, resulting in Foa Foa being short one member. In the end, Galu triumphed over Foa Foa. When the challenge ended, Jeff announced a twist—the leader of the winning tribe would select one member of the tribe to accompany the losing tribe back to their camp and observe them through the next Tribal Council. When Russell S. selected Yasmin, Jeff gave her a note to be read in private. Jeff also asked Mike to stay so the Survivor Medical Team could examine him due to the hard hits he received. The Survivor Medical Team determined that he would be unable to continue and pulled him from the game. At Galu, Shambo went spearfishing with the tribe's new fishing gear; however, when she came back with no fish and a missing mouthpiece to the swim mask, Laura felt that Shambo had "signed her own death warrant". At Foa Foa, Yasmin, the observer, came off as rude to the Foa Foa members. Ben and Yasmin had a heated conversation involving racial controversy about Ben's "cheap shot". At Tribal Council, Betsy, knowing her head was on the chopping block, attempted to sway her tribe to vote out Ben; the attempt, however, proved ineffective, and she was voted out.
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"It's Called a Russell Seed" 6.9/11[9] 3.7/11[9] October 1, 2009 11.54[9] #22[10]
Upon returning from Tribal Council, Jaison talked to Mick about voting out Ben next because of what Jaison perceived as racist comments made by Ben about Yasmin.[8] Multiple stories went around about who was "stirring up the pot".
Reward/Immunity Challenge: A pair of castaways from each tribe would swim out into the ocean to retrieve one of four crates with a different color on each face of a crate. Between the beach and crates would be a "battle zone" marked off by four flags. Within this zone, an opposing tribe member would try to prevent the two castaways from crossing the zone and reaching the crate. Once the two castaways crossed the zone, they would bring a crate back to the beach, and a second pair of castaways would go out to retrieve another crate. Once all four crates were retrieved, the crates would need to be stacked so that one color didn't show more than once on each column. The first tribe to complete the puzzle would win comfort items of pillows, candles, mats, beach towels, and a hammock.
At the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge, Galu never lost their lead and won their third consecutive challenge. After the challenge was over, Jeff gave Russell S., Galu's leader, an option of trading the reward of comfort items for more functional items such as fishing gear, a pot, a lantern, and a tarp. Believing it would be delightful to the Galu women, Russell S. chose the comfort items. Many of the tribe's men disagreed with his choice. When Russell S. was also given the decision on whom to send as the observer to Foa Foa, he chose Shambo. Her visit with Foa Foa went great, and she began to feel more comfortable with them than Galu. When discussions arose about whom to vote out, Liz and Russell H., as well as Ben, gunned for Ashley, but Mick was unsure if he would agree with them or vote for Ben. Russell H. made an agreement with Mick that as long as the latter would not vote for him, Ben would be the next gone after Ashley. In an attempt to gain Mick's trust, Russell H. showed the Hidden Immunity Idol to him. At Tribal Council, Ben and Jaison voiced their disagreement about whether Ben's statements were racist. The tribe decided to vote against Ben, and he was voted out.
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"Hungry for a Win" 7.0/11[11] 3.4/10[11] October 8, 2009 11.69[11] #19[12]
The day's tree mail instructed the tribe leaders to select two castaways to join them at the upcoming Reward Challenge; Russell S. chose Dave and Shambo, while Mick chose Natalie and Russell H. While his tribemates were not around, Erik began a search for the Hidden Immunity Idol at Galu and succeeded. Meanwhile, at Foa Foa's campsite, Russell H. pondered about changing his "final two alliance" from Jaison to Natalie. Upon arriving at the challenge site, the six selected castaways realized Jeff was nowhere to be seen. After some hesitation, the six made a scramble towards a treasure chest and a cage of chickens. In the treasure chest, they discovered instructions that they were to do the challenge on their own.
Reward Challenge: Three castaways from each tribe would play a game similar to bocce. A flag would be placed in the center of a circle. The castaways would take turns tossing three balls each at the flag. The tribe who throws a ball closest to the flag would win three chickens.
Dave won the challenge with a last ricochet shot. When the victorious Galu trio returned to Galu with the reward, Shambo was assigned to watch over the chickens, but she mistakenly let one loose.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would race across a net run carrying wooden blocks to a platform. When all of the blocks were at the platform, they would need to be stacked into a tower. The castways would then cross a rope bridge to a second platform where two nets would be tied together holding more wooden blocks. After the nets were untied, the blocks would have to be stacked into another tower. The first tribe to stack both towers would win.
When Foa Foa broke Galu's Immunity Challenge win streak, deliberations began about how Tribal Council would go down. Brett and Kelly were both upset at Yasmin for doing nothing around camp, while Shambo and Yasmin wanted to vote out Monica because of her performance in the challenge. When Russell S. was told that the rest of the tribe was leaning towards voting out Yasmin, he was upset that the tribe was not following his lead. However, at Tribal Council, he followed the majority, and Yasmin was voted out.
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"Walking on Thin Ice" 7.1/11[13] 3.5/10[13] October 15, 2009 11.78[13] #19[14]
Shambo felt more alienated from her tribe when she realized that she was the only one besides Yasmin to vote for Monica at Tribal Council, and she became more attached to her Foa Foa "tribemates".
Reward Challenge: Two castaways would face off against each other by spinning a roulette-like wheel with various food items on it that would be blended together and have to be drunk by the castaways. The castaway would score one point if they were able to drink the whole glass. The challenge would not be a race and there was no time limit on getting the food item down. The first tribe to score five points would win steaks, sausages, and onions.
At the Reward Challenge, the chance for Foa Foa to win rested on Ashley's shoulders. After much taunting from the Galu bench, she quit the challenge and lost for her tribe. Per the rules, Galu's leader, Russell S., chose Shambo as the observer for the second time, a decision which infuriated her; he selected Shambo because he felt she had to pay for the loss of the chicken. Upon reaching the opposing tribe's camp, Shambo shared all of the clues to the Hidden Immunity Idol with the Foa Foa members. Liz presumed Russell H. to have the Hidden Immunity Idol, however, and confronted him about it. He denied he had it and then threatened Liz for confronting him.
Immunity Challenge: One man and one woman from each tribe would hold on to a rope that would suspend a net. The castaways from the other tribe would attempt to toss coconuts into the net which would weigh it down. The castaway who held on to the rope the longest without letting the net touch the ground would win for their tribe.
At the Immunity Challenge, Russell H. was the first to drop his net, and Liz dropped her net shortly afterward, losing the challenge for Foa Foa. Back at camp, rain had been pouring down for more than a day, and the Foa Foa members were forced to huddle together. Russell H. originally wanted Liz out because she had confronted him, but had second thoughts after seeing her strength in the Immunity Challenge. He also knew that Ashley was clearly the weakest link in the tribe. At Tribal Council, Russell H. put aside his vendetta and went with the rest of his tribe to vote out Ashley.
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"This Is the Man Test" 7.7/12[15] 4.0/11[15] October 22, 2009 12.88[15] #17[16]
The rain continued for the fifth straight day, but ended soon thereafter. Both tribes were extremely thankful.
Reward Challenge: One castaway would be strapped into a wooden spherical cage and would have to guide two blindfolded castaways in rolling the cage through a maze through the forest. At the end of the maze would be a labyrinth-like table maze. The castaway inside the cage would then have to guide four blindfolded castaways in solving the table maze. The first tribe to finish the table maze would win pizza while observing the losing tribe at Tribal Council.
At the Reward Challenge, Jeff announced that both tribes would be going to Tribal Council that night to vote somebody out of the game. Foa Foa selected Liz to be the guide with Jaison and Russell H. as cage-rollers, while Galu selected Laura to be the guide with Erik and Russell S. as cage-rollers. Towards the end of the cage-rolling stage, with Foa Foa in the lead, Russell S. became disoriented and struggled to make it to the puzzle table. When he collapsed at his station onto the puzzle table, Jeff called for a halt so the Survivor Medical Team could tend to Russell. After examination, they announced that he had dangerously low blood pressure which was even worse than Mike's injury was. Jeff officially called off the challenge and stated that although neither tribe would win the reward, both would still go to Tribal Council and vote somebody off. Moments later, as the medical team tried to sit him up, Russell blacked out again with his eyes open. The medical team tried to ask him if he remembered what just happened and announced to Jeff that Russell's heart rate went from 97 (when they set him up) to 68. The medical team eventually decided it was time for him to be pulled from the game. Russell protested at first; saying his family depended on this and that he was just a little dehydrated, but Jeff said that with what he just saw happen to Russell with a plummeting heart rate, how Russell wasn't feeling better and blacking out two times in front of him there would be no way he would stay in the game and that if he didn't get any help he would get worse. Feeling his frustration, Jeff reminded Russell that he was in great shape and led a tribe that dominated, that up until this day there was no sign he was going home anytime soon and he pushed himself until the end. Back at Foa Foa, the vote was between Natalie and Liz, while at Galu, the women targeted Shambo for being an outsider, while the men targeted Monica for being a liability in challenges. At Tribal Council, when the two tribes arrived at the site, Jeff explained Russell's condition, how he was removed from the game, and what had happened to Russell after the two tribes had been sent back to their respective camps. Jeff made a final announcement that due to the unprecedented circumstances of the incomplete challenge, including how big of an impact that Russell had on the tribe, there would be no vote and nobody else would be going home. Before departing, Jeff told Galu that they would need to select a new tribe leader.
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"Houdini Magic" 6.9/11[17] 3.7/10[17] October 29, 2009 12.19[17] #15[18]
The men of Galu conspired to vote Shambo in as the new leader of the tribe to secure her loyalty to them, but they kept her in the dark about their plans.
Reward Challenge: The castaways would play a variation of Concentration with thirteen pairs of survival items plus four unpaired dummy items hidden under covers. One tribe member at a time would uncover two items. If the items matched, they would score one point for their tribe. However, the tribe leaders would have the option of forfeiting the point and taking the uncovered pair. The tribe with the most points at the end of the challenge would win a sailing trip aboard a three-masted barque and lunch, and the items collected for the points forfeited for either tribe.
At the Reward Challenge, Brett, who was designated to make decisions on which items to keep, forfeited the first point to keep the then-uncovered fire starting kit. The remaining matched pairs were kept for points, and Galu easily won the challenge. Shambo chose Laura to miss the reward and observe Foa Foa, much to the anger of the latter. While at Foa Foa, Russell H. attempted to ally with Laura; unknown to him, though, Laura didn't trust him.
Immunity Challenge: The tribes would paddle out into the ocean to retrieve six sets of fish-shaped puzzle pieces. Once back on the beach, three tribe members would have to assemble the puzzle pieces. The first tribe to assemble their puzzle would win.
When the Immunity Challenge was won by Galu, Russell H. considered voting Jaison instead of Liz due to his poor performance in the challenge, but seeing how Liz was weak in trust, Russell H decided to vote out Liz. Although Liz thought she was safe, Russell H.'s plan to mislead her came together, and she was voted off.
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"All Hell Breaks Loose" 7.3/11[19] 3.7/10[19] November 5, 2009 12.44[19] #20[20]
The tribes arrived at the challenge site as instructed by tree mail. Jeff was not there, and a lone treasure chest lay on the beach. When the castaways opened the chest, they saw new blue buffs and supplies to create a new tribe flag. The note stated that the newly merged tribe would move to the old Galu campsite, and there was a feast down the beach for them. After the feast, the castaways settled on Aiga, meaning "extended family" in Samoan, as a tribe name. Russell H. scrambled around camp, showing his Hidden Immunity Idol to John, Laura, and Monica and made conflicting deals with each of them to no avail. He then turned a disgruntled Shambo away from her tribe and gained support from her in voting out Laura.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would play a variation of T-ball with the men competing against the men and the women against the women. The playing field would be divided into sections with different point values. Each castaway would take one swing at the ball. Wherever the ball comes to a stop would be that castaway's score. Two castaways, one man and one woman, with the highest score would win immunity.
At the Immunity Challenge, Jeff explained that there would be an immunity necklace for the highest-scoring man and woman. With Laura's immunity win, Russell H.'s plan to vote out Laura collapsed. Laura informed Erik that the Hidden Immunity Idol was in Russell H.'s hands, and he conspired with others. When news of Erik's strategizing spread to Natalie, she campaigned for Erik's elimination. At Tribal Council, Russell H., concerned that he was the actual target, played his Hidden Immunity Idol. Not a single vote was cast against him. Erik, not noticing the blindside coming, was voted out with the idol in his pocket.
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"Tastes Like Chicken" 7.5/12[21] 4.0/11[21] November 12, 2009 12.94[21] #18[22]
In the morning, Natalie stumbled upon a rat and, out of hunger, smashed it for food. This surprised the rest of the tribe, as Natalie had provided a good breakfast for all.
Reward Challenge: The tribe would split into two teams of five, with one castaway sitting out the challenge. Two castaways at a time, the teams would race out into a field to collect a series of poles with black and white colored coconuts. The poles would have to be arranged so that the white coconuts form a four digit number. One blindfolded team member would then have to use their sense of touch to unlock a multiple-dial combination lock using the four digit number. The first team to unlock their lock would win a trip to a waterfall rock slide and a picnic lunch.
At the Reward Challenge, the purple team of Dave, John, Kelly, Monica, and Shambo took the win. While eating their picnic lunch, they received a clue to a new Hidden Immunity Idol. The group planned only tell Brett and Laura to keep the knowledge in Galu's hands. When the five discussed which former Foa Foa member to vote out next, Shambo's defense of Russell H. made Kelly suspicious of her loyalties. Upon returning from camp, Russell H. remarkably found his second Hidden Immunity Idol without the help of a clue and informed Shambo. In return, she told him about Galu's plot against him.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would have to toss a grappling hook to retrieve two bags with a wooden peg in each bag. The first three castaways to retrieve their bags would move on to the final puzzle round. In the final round, the castaways would untie the bags and try to insert one of the uniquely shaped pegs into board, which would release another peg. That peg would fit into another hole, which releases another peg, and so on until the board was full. The first castaway to complete their puzzle would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, Russell and Shambo's fear came true when Laura won immunity for the second time in a row. The whole of Foa Foa plus Shambo targeted Kelly. Galu still believed Russell H. would be going home. At Tribal Council, a massive blindside of Kelly occurred when Russell H. pulled out his second Hidden Immunity Idol, and the seven Galu votes against him were negated. The remaining votes sent Kelly home.
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"The Day of Reckoning" 7.2/11[23] 3.8/11[23] November 19, 2009 12.33[23] #19[24]
When the tribe returned to their campsite, Russell H. went searching for his third Hidden Immunity Idol.
Reward Challenge: The tribe would be split into two teams. One castaway from each tribe would be hoisted aloft in a cradle held up by four ropes controlled by the other team members. The castaway in the cradle would have to be maneuvered around the playing field to collect fifteen numbered flags in order and placed into a slot in a log. The first team to collect all fifteen flags would win a plane trip to Savai'i and a picnic lunch at a waterfall.
At the Reward Challenge, the purple team of Brett, Dave, Laura, Natalie, and Russell H. won the challenge; they were given a Palm Pre to use during their picnic lunch. The castaways were informed the phone contained clues to a new Hidden Immunity Idol. Laura informed the others there was a video - that each player was able to view - revealing a clue to the whereabouts of the idol. The 8 second video showed it was hidden under a rock somewhere near camp. Upon returning from the reward, Russell  immediately took off in search of it. He finally found the idol after a long chase through the forest.
Immunity Challenge: Each castaway would throw one stone at a set of three hanging tiles. For each tile broken, they would earn one spear to be used in the next round. The castaways would use a crossbow to shoot the spears they earned at a target. The castaway that shoots their spear closet to the center of the target would win.
At the immunity challenge, Mick and Jaison each broke one of their tiles, Dave Ball broke one of Monica's tiles but none of his own, and Brett broke two of his tiles. In the final round, Mick came out on top with his spear closest to the center of the target to win his first immunity. When they arrived back from the Immunity Challenge, John and Russell H. debated on how the voting would go down; if John were to switch his vote to Laura after a tie, the next person voted out would be a former Foa Foa. John's first instinct was to let the Tribal Council vote to go the infamous "purple rock" tiebreaker and then hope that one of the former Foa Foa would be sent home. At Tribal Council, the vote came to a 5–5 tie between Laura and Natalie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where Laura and Natalie would not vote and the remaining eight castaways would have to vote for one of the two. When the votes were cast again, John changed his vote and Laura was sent home.
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"The First 27 Days" 5.3/11[25] 3.1[25] November 26, 2009 9.94[25] #23[25]
Recap of the first 27 days with never before seen footage.
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"Off With Their Heads!" 7.5/12[26] 3.9/11[26] December 3, 2009 12.82[26] #7[27]
The day's treemail contained envelopes full of US$500, signaling a Survivor Auction. Unlike previous Survivor Auctions, money and food could not be shared. Jaison bid high on a sealed container with a note that would give him an advantage at the Immunity Challenge, and John received an additional clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol.
Immunity Challenge: With one hand, the castaways would hang on to a rope with several knots tied into it. The rope would be tied to one end of a heavy log. The other end of the log would be connected to a pivot point on a platform that the castaways would stand on. The castaways would start at the knot closest to the end of the log. Every three minutes, they would change hands and move one knot further down the rope. This would increase the angle of the log at the pivot point and increase the weight that the castaways would have to hold. The castaway who held on to the rope the longest would win.
At the challenge, Jaison opened the container; the note stated that Jaison could move up two knots on his rope at any time during the challenge. Because this gave him a significant advantage, Jaison won the Immunity Challenge by outlasting Dave. Back at camp, the tribe decided to eat the chickens won by Galu in a previous Reward Challenge. Shambo, the chickens' caretaker, took control of the cooking and insisted on boiling the chickens. She was infuriated when Dave, who had won the chickens for his tribe, suggested on another method of cooking. That night, Shambo had "a clairvoyant dream" in which the tribe had voted out Dave. The next day, Russell H. confronted John about the missing Hidden Immunity Idol and revealed to the latter the idol. Later, Russell H. realized that he had made a mistake in showing John the idol and felt that he needed get rid of John immediately to cover up the mistake. He organized a plan to vote John out with his Foa Foa alliance. John did not see through the Foa Foa pact, and at Tribal Council, the Foa Foa plan came together—stunning Shambo in the process—and John was voted out.
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"Damage Control" 7.6/12[28] 4.2/12[28] December 10, 2009 13.25[28] #11[29]
After returning to camp from Tribal Council, Shambo was stunned about the vote going against John. To calm down the infuriated Shambo, Russell H. said he voted out John because he was gunning for her. She bought the lie, but she insisted that Dave had to go next. The argument between Russell H. and his tribe about the former's US$1.7 million salary proved that there were cracks forming in the Foa Foa alliance. When the tribe arrived at the challenge site, Jeff announced they would be playing for immunity, not the expected reward.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would compete in a bowling tournament. The castaways would be randomly matched against another castaway and given two rolls. The castaway who knocks down the most pins moves on to the next round. The remaining castaways would compete in another round and so forth until a winner is determined.
Jaison took his second immunity win in a row, while Shambo reaffirmed her statement that Dave was going home at the next Tribal Council. After the challenge, Dave knew that he was the "lowest man on the totem pole" in the tribe. Russell H. debated between Dave and Shambo. However, at Tribal Council, Shambo got her wish, and Dave was voted out 7–1.
Russell H. thought that Brett was the biggest threat to him remaining as he was well liked by the jury, so he started to work on voting out Brett with the Foa Foa alliance.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would swim out into the ocean to retrieve one of three bags. They would then swim back and have to launch the bag up into a basket on top of a tower by jumping on a plank setup like a seesaw. The first castaways to get their three bags into the basket would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, Brett edged out Mick to win Individual Immunity, much to the alliance's disappointment. Brett's win solidified the Foa Foa theory that he could quite possibly win again, forcing the alliance to vote out one of their own at the next Tribal Council. Russell H. told the rest that Monica was to be voted out first. Monica stirred the pot by informing Russell H. that Natalie had previously told her about Russell H.'s salary—she later corrected herself and stated it was rather Jaison who revealed the information. Monica's plot to anger Russell H. worked, and he went off to confront his alliance members about Monica's story; after confronting Brett and Natalie, he went to Jaison, who denied it because he had forgotten he told Brett and Monica those stories. Jaison felt nervous around Russell H. and believed the latter should be eliminated soon. When the castaways sat down at Tribal Council, Russell H. flaunted the Hidden Immunity Idol pulled out it out and placed it around his neck. Monica commented that she was busy stirring the pot and infuriating Russell H. with her rumors. Russell H. felt that this earned her a trip home, and she was sent home.
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"Two Brains Are Better Than One" 7.3/12[30] 3.9/12[30] December 17, 2009 12.46[30] #16[30]
In the tribe's shelter, Brett and Natalie felt a connection through their shared interest in religion as Brett recited verses of the Bible from memory.
Reward Challenge: Coconuts would be suspended in the air by intertwined ropes on a frame. The castaways would be split into two teams. One at a time, each castaway would select a rope to remove, which would cause coconuts to be released and drop to the ground. The first team to cause 100 coconuts to drop would lose. The winning team would receive a trip to a local village with a feast and overnight stay.
At the Reward Challenge, the castaways drew stones to be team captains; when Natalie, one of the team captains, selected Brett first, Russell H. and Shambo were suspicious of an alliance that would need to be broken up immediately. This was partially brought up when Brett and Natalie joined hands as "prayer warriors" to help them through the challenge. After Jaison, Russell H., and Shambo won the challenge, they went on their reward trip. Jaison told Russell H he agreed to go to the top three together. The winning trio also discussed the possibility of a Brett–Natalie alliance and that they had to put a stop to it immediately by voting out Brett or Mick next. Back at camp, Brett suggested the three from the losing team create their own reward by spending the day at the beach hunting for snails. When Russell H. returned to camp, he talked with Natalie about her picking of Brett at the Reward Challenge. She reassured him that her and Russell H.'s "final two alliance" from early in the game was still strong.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would run out into a field to six different stations and count the number of objects (pigs, crabs, rocks, coconuts, octopi, and fish) at each station. The count of the objects would be used to unlock a combination lock. The order of the numbers in the combination lock would be different for each castaway. The first castaway to open his or her lock and break the tile would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, Russell H. became worried when Brett won immunity for the second time in a row. Jaison figured the former Foa Foa needed to be as strong as possible to prevent Brett from winning any further Immunity Challenges, and told Russell H. that Shambo would need to go next due to her poor performance in challenges. When Shambo approached the conversation, Jaison quickly scrambled off. Russell H. told Shambo, suspicious that Jaison was hiding something, that Jaison was upset, that he wanted to vote out Mick, and that Russell H. agreed with the vote. Mick was surprised when Russell H. told him that Shambo was getting on his nerves and she needed to go. At Tribal Council, Russell H. once again openly wore his Hidden Immunity Idol, but did not use it the last time it could be played. Shambo was voted out.
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"This Game Ain't Over" 7.6/12[30] 4.4/11[30] December 20, 2009 13.97[30] #12[30]
The remaining four Foa Foa members concentrated on getting rid of Brett, feeling that he didn't deserve to be there. Russell H. talked to Natalie about how they could keep her in the game, warning her that if Brett were to win the next Immunity Challenge, she would be voted off to keep the strongest possible in the game in the hopes of voting off Brett.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would race across a rope net and a balance beam to retrieve a bag of puzzle pieces. Once back with the bag, they would climb up a steep wall to a platform where they would assemble the puzzle pieces. The first castaway to assemble their puzzle, the Survivor: Samoa logo, would win.
Russell H. was again extremely confident going into the Immunity Challenge, but while he had an early lead, Brett came from behind during the puzzle assembly stage and pulled off his third immunity win in a row. Natalie and Russell H. again discussed what the plans were for Tribal Council. Russell H. wanted to keep Natalie around, as he felt that she would be seen by the jury members as "riding his coattails" and therefore not get any votes. Russell H. told Jaison that they had to keep Natalie and get rid of Mick to make it to the final three, which Jaison agreed with. Russell H. told Mick a different story: Jaison could not beat Brett in anything, and voting off Jaison would give them a better chance at beating Brett. Mick agreed with the plan, believing that Jaison wasn't mentally in the game while Natalie was. With the vote split—Jaison and Mick agreeing to vote for each other—the power of who went home fell to Natalie and Russell H. They decided to vote against Jaison, and he was sent home blindsided by a vote of 4–1.
Upon returning to camp, Brett knew that he had to win the next Immunity Challenge or he would be going home. Russell H. made a deal with Brett that should either of them win the next Immunity Challenge, that they would take each other to the final three. The final four took the traditional journey honoring the castaways voted out before heading to their Final Immunity Challenge.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would balance a wooden statue on top of a pole which they would have to keep upright holding the bottom of the pole. At regular intervals, an additional 1-foot (30-cm) section would be added to the end of the pole, making the pole longer and harder to balance. The last castaway still holding the statue up would win.
The challenge came down to Brett and Russell H.; with the poles at 7 feet (2.1 m) long, Brett lost the balance on his pole and Russell H. won his first Individual Immunity.
Brett figured that his only hope to remain in the game was the deal he made with Russell H. Russell H. gloated about his challenge win to Mick and Natalie and said that he thought he had a great shot at the million dollars and was already rehearsing his jury speech. Mick was concerned that Russell H. had some secret plan and that Mick was going home, but Natalie reassured him that the former Foa Foa would stick together. Russell H. told Brett that he had a problem because he had made a deal with everybody to take them to the final three. Russell H. told Brett that Brett was the kind of guy that Russell H. wanted his kids to marry and he wished he was like Brett when he was young. Russell H. told Brett that Mick and Natalie would be voting against him and asked if Brett could win a fire starting challenge if Russell H. joined Brett in voting for Mick, forcing a tie. At Tribal Council, Mick and Natalie stated that there was no doubt in their mind that Brett was going home. Jeff asked Russell H. if he could appreciate the competitor in Brett. Russell H. answered that he respected the game and that Brett deserved to be in the final three. Mick and Natalie emphasized that strategically, Russell H. had to vote out Brett. In the end, Russell H. voted against Brett and he became the final jury member by a vote of 3–1.
With only three Foa Foa members left, Mick, Natalie, and Russell H. celebrated with the traditional Day 39 breakfast. Russell H. pressed Natalie over what she was going to say to the jury and he continued to gloat over how he had locked up the necessary jury votes. The three then burned their encampment. At the final Tribal Council, the final three made their opening statements. Mick stated that he tried to play the game without overstepping his morals by trying not promise too much, overtly stomp on, lie, and mislead people, or treat them as pawns in the game. Natalie focused on how she came into the game wanting to gain the confidence in going outside her comfort zone and that she appreciated everybody on the jury. Russell H. went over many of his big strategic moves throughout the game and that he played the game better than Mick or Natalie.
The time then came for the jury to ask their questions to the final three. Jaison was up first, asking the three to tell the members of the jury who they really were and if they didn't, that he would. All three told the jury what they did, but Jaison pointed out that both Natalie and Russell H. had made a lot of money before coming on Survivor, that Mick had the potential to make a lot of money, and that the jury should not focus who was broke, but on other criteria. Shambo took the opportunity to apologize to America for dismantling Galu and that she questioned that judgment call. She called Mick's overall game play "feckless", which Mick did not know the meaning of. She used the word "coattail" to describe Natalie, to which Natalie defended that she purposefully tried not to be aggressive in the game. Shambo then said that there was no way that Mick and Natalie would get her vote and said nothing to Russell H. Brett asked nothing of Natalie or Russell H., but asked Mick what a "bro date" would be like with him to see to what level Mick invested in Brett as a human being. Kelly started with Natalie, telling her that she thought she was never on the field in the game and that Kelly always saw Natalie asking for help in the challenges, to which Natalie said that while she might not have been good in the challenges, but she gave 100% and that she got better as the game progressed. She asked Russell H. if he lied, cheated, and stole in real life as he did in the game, to which Russell H. said that he did not and that "honor, integrity, and loyalty" was the most important thing to him, which she had a hard time believing. She said nothing to Mick.
Next up was Monica, who asked Mick and Natalie why they felt the other two sitting beside them did not deserve to win. Mick said that Natalie rode out her alignment with Russell H. throughout the game and that Russell H. was willing to lie, pit people against each other, mislead, and had a giant ego. Russell H. interrupted Mick's answer by stating that both Natalie and Mick didn't mind when Russell H. was being a snake and was congratulating him all the way. Dave asked the three what they thought their chances were with the jury. Mick thought it was 20–25%, Natalie 30–40%, and Russell H. 55%. Laura asked nothing of Natalie or Mick, but asked Russell H. what he learned about her that enabled him to beat her. John asked nothing of Russell H., but asked Mick and Natalie for the "hard sell" of his vote. Mick repeated the theme of his opening statement that he was a stand up guy, while Natalie said that she saw how the aggressive women in the game were getting voted out and that she adapted her game after that.
Erik asked no questions of the final three and instead made statements to the three. He told Mick that he did nothing to deserve the title of being the tribe leader of Foa Foa. He told Russell H. that he played an unethical game and wondered if Russell H. got to the right place by behaving the wrong way and if Russell H. was proud of behaving in such a manner. Finally, Erik told Natalie that people would call her weak and undeserving, but asked why those characteristics were any less admirable than lying, cheating and stealing. He went on to say that maybe she would call herself the less deserving of the title Sole Survivor, but that in an environment filled with "arrogance" (pointing to Russell H.) and "delusional entitlement" (pointing to Mick), that the person who might thinks she is the least deserving, could probably be the most. Erik closed his speech by saying that Natalie had his vote and hoped she would get four more. The jury gave Natalie an additional six votes and she became the Sole Survivor over Russell H. and Mick by a vote of 7–2–0.
16
"Reunion" 6.4/11[30] 3.8/10[30] December 20, 2009 11.68[30] #17[30]
The castaways discuss the season with host, Jeff Probst.
Voting history[edit]

Pre-Merge voting history

Episode #
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Day #
3 5 6 8 11 14 15 18
Eliminated
Marisa Mike Betsy Ben Yasmin Ashley Russell S. Liz
Votes
7–3 None10 7–1 6–1 8–2 5–1 None11 4–1

Castaway
Votes
Natalie Marisa  Betsy Ben  Ashley  Liz
Russell H. Marisa  Betsy Ben  Ashley  Liz
Mick Ashley  Betsy Ben  Ashley  Liz
Brett     Yasmin   
Jaison Marisa  Betsy Ben  Ashley  Liz
Shambo     Monica   
Monica     Yasmin   
Dave     Yasmin   
John     Yasmin   
Laura     Yasmin   
Kelly     Yasmin   
Erik     Yasmin   
Liz Marisa  Betsy Ben  Ashley  Jaison
Russell S.     Yasmin   
Ashley Marisa  Betsy Ben  Liz 
Yasmin     Monica 
Ben Marisa  Betsy Ashley 
Betsy Ashley  Ben 
Mike Marisa  
Marisa Ashley 

Post-Merge voting history

Episode #
8 9 10 12 13 14 15
Day #
21 24 27 30 31 33 36 37 38
Eliminated
Erik Kelly Tie13 Laura John Dave Monica Shambo Jaison Brett
Votes
10–2 4–012 5–5 5–3 7–1–1 7–1 5–2 5–1 4–1 3–1

Castaway
Votes
 Natalie Erik Kelly Laura None14 John Dave Monica Shambo Jaison Brett
 Russell H. Erik Kelly Laura Laura John Dave Monica Shambo Jaison Brett
 Mick Erik Kelly Laura Laura John Dave Monica Shambo Jaison Brett
 Brett Erik Russell H. Natalie Natalie John Dave Russell H. Shambo Jaison Mick
 Jaison Erik Kelly Laura Laura John Dave Monica Shambo Mick 
 Shambo Jaison Russell H. Laura Laura Dave Dave Monica Mick 
 Monica Erik Russell H. Natalie Natalie John Dave Russell H. 
 Dave Erik Russell H. Natalie Natalie John Shambo 
 John Erik Russell H. Natalie Laura Mick 
 Laura Erik Russell H. Natalie None14 
 Kelly Erik Russell H. 
 Erik Jaison 

Jury Vote

Episode #
15
Day #
39
Finalist
Mick Russell H. Natalie
Votes
7–2–0

Juror
Votes
Brett   Natalie
Jaison   Natalie
Shambo  Russell H. 
Monica   Natalie
Dave   Natalie
John  Russell H. 
Laura   Natalie
Kelly   Natalie
Erik   Natalie


^10 No vote: Mike was evacuated due to medical reasons.
^11 No vote: Russell S. was evacuated due to dehydration.
^12 Russell H. played a Hidden Immunity Idol, so the seven votes cast against him did not count.
^13 The first Tribal Council Vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for the two tied.
^14 Laura and Natalie were not eligible to vote in the second Tribal Council vote.
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External links[edit]
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Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains

Winner
Sandra Diaz-Twine
Presented by
Jeff Probst
No. of episodes
14
No. of days
39
No. of survivors
20
Production

Location(s)
Upolu, Samoa
Filming dates
August 9, 2009
– September 16, 2009
Broadcast

Original run
February 11, 2010 – May 16, 2010
Chronology

Preceded by
Survivor: Samoa
Followed by
Survivor: Nicaragua
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains is the twentieth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. It premiered on February 11, 2010 with a special two-hour episode. It was the show's fourth season to feature contestants from past seasons after Survivor: All-Stars, Survivor: Guatemala, and Survivor: Micronesia. The season was filmed in Upolu, Samoa. The complete season, including the pre-season "Surviving Survivor" special and live reunion show, was released on DVD exclusively through Amazon.com on February 22, 2011.[1] It was initially released as a 10-disc package, but was later reissued condensed into 5 discs. Special features include full exit interviews and Ponderosa webisodes.
The twenty contestants were initially divided into two tribes based on their prior reputation in their previous seasons, Heroes and Villains. When ten players remained, the two tribes merged and named their new tribe "Yin Yang." After 39 days of competitions, Sandra Diaz-Twine became the first two-time Survivor winner, defeating Parvati Shallow and Russell Hantz with a vote of 6–3–0. Despite receiving zero jury votes, Hantz was voted by fans to win "Sprint Player of the Season" award for the second consecutive season and the $100,000 prize that went with it, earning the fans' vote over runner-up Rupert Boneham. Additionally, Hantz received a nomination in the 2010 Teen Choice Awards for his performance on this season.[2]


Contents  [hide]
1 Casting
2 Contestants
3 Season summary 3.1 Episodes
3.2 Voting history
4 Production
5 References
6 External links

Casting[edit]
According to Probst, the production initially selected 50 players from the past seasons, narrowing down the list to twenty and keeping one spot open for a possible player from Survivor: Samoa.[3] Some selections were made to match players that production thought would be exciting to see, according to casting director Lynne Spillman.[3] Richard Hatch, winner of the original Survivor, was asked to return for this season. However, he had to apply to leave the country since he was under house arrest. His request was denied by a federal judge in Rhode Island.[4][5] Corinne Kaplan of Gabon, and Shane Powers of Panama were also asked to return but Kaplan declined due to work obligations and Powers was replaced by Russell Hantz of Survivor: Samoa,[6][7] although Jonathan Penner of Cook Islands and Micronesia has stated that he accepted an offer though was replaced by Hantz.[8] Penner would later return to the game on Survivor: Philippines[9] and Kaplan eventually returned to compete on Survivor: Caramoan.[6][10] Twila Tanner of Vanuatu was asked to be back, which she accepted, but she was cut at the last minute.[11] Yau-Man Chan from Fiji and Micronesia was also asked to return but turned the offer down due to an insufficient leave of absence.[12] In addition, Jeff Probst revealed in an interview that the producers would have liked Elisabeth Hasselbeck from The Australian Outback and Colleen Haskell from Borneo to participate on this season, but knew neither of them would have accepted the offer.
Various other former contestants were asked to come back, but turned down the opportunity. Jenna Morasca, winner of The Amazon, turned down the chance to appear on the show due to her then partner Ethan Zohn, winner of Africa, having cancer. Shii Ann Huang of Thailand was asked back but she declined because she had just given birth to a baby.[13] According to Ryan Opray of Pearl Islands, Alicia Calaway of The Australian Outback and All-Stars turned down an offer to return.[14] Taj Johnson and Sierra Reed of Tocantins both claimed they turned down an offer to return.[15][16] Danni Boatwright, winner of Guatemala also turned down an offer to return, claiming she would only return for an 'all-winners' edition.[17] Tom "Big Tom" Buchanan of Africa and All-Stars, Natalie Bolton of Micronesia, Ozzy Lusth of Cook Islands and Micronesia, Ace Gordon of Gabon, Jean-Robert Bellande of China, and Tina Wesson of The Australian Outback and All-Stars were all strongly considered to appear but ultimately were not chosen.[18] Lusth did, however, play the game for a third time on South Pacific[19] and Wesson returned as a contestant on Blood vs. Water.[20] Rudy Boesch of Borneo and All-Stars was strongly considered for the show, however producers thought that due to Boesch's age and how the show forces its participants to struggle, he was ultimately not chosen.[21] Brian Heidik the winner of Thailand was in talks to participate in this season, however producers and even Probst himself felt "too repulsed" to include Heidik once again.[22] Some fans of the show were disappointed that Yul Kwon winner of Cook Islands, Mike Skupin of The Australian Outback and Terry Deitz of Panama were not chosen to participate, Probst revealed that Kwon, Skupin and Deitz were considered but ultimately not chosen.[22] Skupin would eventually appear on Survivor: Philippines in 2012.[9] Some fans of the show wondered why Jonny Fairplay of Pearl Islands and Micronesia was not asked to participate again, which led Probst to say that Fairplay was a "Survivor quitter" and quitters are not asked back.[23] However, Dalton later claimed in an interview that he was initially cast, but was ultimately cut when Richard Hatch was unable to return.[24]
Contestants[edit]



Stephenie LaGrossa came in nineteenth place


Benjamin "Coach" Wade came in twelfth place and was the first jury member


Jerri Manthey came in fourth place and was the ninth jury member


Parvati Shallow was the first runner-up
There were twenty contestants overall, divided into two tribes, Heroes and Villains. After ten contestants were eliminated, the tribes were combined, or merged, to form one tribe, Yin Yang. Nine contestants made up the jury, who ultimately decided who would win the game, and the $1 million grand prize.
Due to the back-to-back filming of Survivor: Samoa and this season, the other players did not have an opportunity to see Russell Hantz's gameplay in Samoa nor reveal more information about him; however, the players were told by the production crew that Hantz was considered "one of the five most notorious male villains of all time" prior to the start of the game.[25]
Russell Hantz and Rob Mariano returned to compete once again in Survivor: Redemption Island where they placed 17th and 1st, respectively. Benjamin "Coach" Wade returned to compete in Survivor: South Pacific where he finished as runner-up. Rupert Boneham, Candice Woodcock, and Tyson Apostol returned for Survivor: Blood vs. Water. Boneham returned with his wife, Laura; Woodcock, now under the surname "Cody", returned with her husband John; and Apostol returned with his girlfriend, Rachel Foulger. Apostol won the season, while Boneham and Cody placed 20th and 16th, respectively.
List of Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains contestants

Contestant
Original tribe
Merged tribe
Finish

Jessica "Sugar" Kiper
30, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Gabon Heroes  1st voted out
 Day 3
Stephenie LaGrossa
29, Glenolden, Pennsylvania
Palau & Guatemala Heroes  2nd voted out
 Day 6
Randy Bailey
50, Austin, Texas
Gabon Villains  3rd voted out
 Day 8
Cirie Fields
39, Jersey City, New Jersey
Panama & Micronesia Heroes  4th voted out
 Day 11
Tom Westman
45, Long Island, New York
Palau Heroes  5th voted out
 Day 14
Tyson Apostol
30, Lindon, Utah
Tocantins Villains  6th voted out
 Day 15
James Clement
32, Lafayette, Louisiana
China & Micronesia Heroes  7th voted out
 Day 15
Rob Mariano
33, Boston, Massachusetts
Marquesas & All-Stars Villains  8th voted out
 Day 18
Benjamin "Coach" Wade
38, Susanville, California
Tocantins Villains  9th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 21
Courtney Yates
28, Boston, Massachusetts
China Villains  10th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 24
James "J.T." Thomas, Jr.
25, Samson, Alabama
Tocantins Heroes Yin Yang 11th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 27
Amanda Kimmel
24, Kalispell, Montana
China & Micronesia Heroes 12th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 30
Candice Woodcock
26, Fayetteville, North Carolina
Cook Islands Heroes 13th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 31
Danielle DiLorenzo
28, Boston, Massachusetts
Panama Villains 14th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 33
Rupert Boneham
45, Indianapolis, Indiana
Pearl Islands & All-Stars Heroes 15th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 36
Colby Donaldson
35, Christoval, Texas
The Australian Outback & All-Stars Heroes 16th voted out
 8th jury member
 Day 37
Jerri Manthey
38, Los Angeles, California
The Australian Outback & All-Stars Villains 17th voted out
 9th jury member
 Day 38
Russell Hantz
37, Dayton, Texas
Samoa Villains 2nd Runner-up
Parvati Shallow
26, Atlanta, Georgia
Cook Islands & Micronesia Villains Runner-up
Sandra Diaz-Twine
35, Stamford, Connecticut
Pearl Islands Villains Sole Survivor

Season summary[edit]
The twenty returning castaways were pre-divided into two tribes of ten based on their previous style of gameplay. The Villains dominated the earlier challenges due to Rob's leadership, only going to Tribal Council once in the first 14 days, and the Heroes were quickly whittled down to six members. The Villains tribe was divided into two factions: Rob's alliance of six, and the minority alliance of Russell, Parvati, and Danielle. At a double Tribal Council, Rob's alliance decided to split the vote between Russell and Parvati out of fear of the hidden immunity idol which Russell had found. Rob's right-hand man Tyson, knowing that the minority alliance was voting for him, became uneasy and deviated from the plan, voting for Parvati instead of Russell. This error would prove fatal; Russell decided to play his idol on Parvati, negating the four votes against her, and Tyson was voted out. The Villains lost the next Immunity Challenge and, due to Jerri aligning with Russell and Coach's inability to pick a side, Rob was voted out.
During the challenges after Rob's elimination, the Heroes were led to believe that the women of the tribe were methodically eliminating the men. J.T. found the Heroes' hidden idol, and gave it to Russell, the last male Villain remaining, with hopes that Russell would use it to eliminate Parvati and align with the Heroes at the merge. Instead, Russell shared the idol with Danielle, Jerri, and Parvati, unaware that Parvati and Danielle had also found the Villains' idol. Without Rob, the Villains lost the next two Immunity Challenges, leaving Sandra as the last remaining Villain outside of Russell's alliance of four.
With five Heroes and five Villains remaining, the tribes merged into Yin Yang. While the Heroes believed Russell was on their side, Sandra attempted to warn Rupert of Russell's distrustful behavior. Ultimately, the Heroes ignored Sandra's warnings, voting for Jerri as she was considered the least likely to have a hidden idol. Parvati played both idols on Jerri and Sandra to gain their loyalty, negating the Heroes' votes, sending J.T. out of the game, and giving the Villains the majority. Despite attempts to align with the Villains, Heroes were consistently eliminated. However, after Russell realized that Parvati and Danielle's true loyalty was to each other, Russell betrayed Danielle, working with the remaining two Heroes to vote her out. After this, the final Heroes were eliminated, leaving Sandra, Russell, Parvati, and Jerri as the final four.
Russell, having won final immunity, felt he would have a better chance in the final tribal council against Sandra, whom he felt did little in the game, over Jerri, and Jerri was the final player voted out. This would ultimately be his downfall. At the final tribal council, the jury showed little respect for Russell's poor social gameplay, and he would go on to receive no votes. While Parvati argued for her mastery of the physical and social nature of her game to win the jury's favor, Sandra was able to win over the Heroes' votes by pointing out that she tried to help them vote out the Villains and remained the last of Rob's core alliance. Along with her closest ally Courtney's vote, Sandra won the title of Sole Survivor over Parvati and Russell, 6–3–0 respectively, and became the first two-time Survivor winner.
Challenge winners and eliminations by episode

Episode title
Original air date
Challenge winner(s)
Eliminated
Finish

Reward
Immunity
"Slay Everyone, Trust No One" February 11, 2010 Heroes Villains Sugar 1st voted out
 Day 3
"It's Getting the Best of Me" February 18, 2010 Villains5 Stephenie 2nd voted out
 Day 6
"That Girl is Like a Virus" February 25, 2010 Heroes5 Randy 3rd voted out
 Day 8
"Tonight, We Make Our Move" March 4, 2010 Villains Villains Cirie 4th voted out
 Day 11
"Knights of the Round Table" March 11, 2010 Villains Villains Tom 5th voted out
 Day 14
"Banana Etiquette" March 24, 2010 Villains6 Rob Tyson 6th voted out
 Day 15
Candice James 7th voted out
 Day 15
"I'm Not a Good Villain" April 1, 2010 Heroes Heroes Rob 8th voted out
 Day 18
"Expectations" April 8, 2010 Heroes Heroes Coach 9th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 21
"Survivor History" April 15, 2010 Villains Heroes Courtney 10th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 24
"Going Down in Flames" April 22, 2010 None7 Danielle J.T. 11th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 27
"Jumping Ship" April 29, 2010 Amanda,
 Colby,
 Danielle Jerri Amanda 12th voted out
 4th jury member
 Day 30
"A Sinking Ship" May 6, 2010 None Parvati Candice 13th voted out
 5th jury member
 Day 31
Russell Danielle 14th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 33
"Loose Lips Sink Ships" May 13, 2010 Jerri,
 [Parvati,
 Sandra] Parvati Rupert 15th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 36
"Anything Could Happen" May 16, 2010 None Parvati Colby 16th voted out
 8th jury member
 Day 37
Russell Jerri 17th voted out
 9th jury member
 Day 38
"Reunion" May 16, 2010  Jury vote
Russell 2nd runner-up
Parvati Runner-up
Sandra Sole Survivor
In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
^5 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^6 Each tribe competed separately for Individual Immunity. The two winners, Rob and Candice, moved on to the final round, where the winner would win reward for their tribe. Rob won the final round, winning reward for the Villains.
^7 There was no Reward Challenge due to the tribal merge.
Episodes[edit]

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Title
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Original air date
U.S. viewers
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"Slay Everyone, Trust No One" 8.1/13[27] 4.5/12[27] February 11, 2010 14.15[27] #14[28]
The returning castaways arrived on board four Royal New Zealand Air Force UH-1 Iroquois helicopters.[26] After initial assessments about the tribe division, the contestants launched into a Reward challenge.
##Reward challenge: The tribes would face off in pairs. The four castaways would race along the beach to dig up a single bag in a designated lane. The castaways would then have to race back to their respective finish mat. The first person to be touching the bag and their finish mat would score a point for their tribe. The first tribe to score three points would win flint. Challenge from Panama.
During the aggressive challenge, two Heroes were injured. Stephenie dislocated a shoulder and Rupert broke a toe. Neither injury resulted in evacuation. The Heroes won the challenge, obtaining flint. At both camps, the castaways found fishing gear. Russell made "top two" alliances with both Danielle and Parvati; still, they both questioned his loyalty. Rob was quick to organize the Villains camp and helped them to create fire using a fire saw. At the Heroes camp, Rupert failed to start a fire while wasting much of the flint's magnesium, but Colby, J.T., and Stephenie were successful. Tom also found four wild chickens that he and his tribemates captured to use as food. Loose alliances between castaways that were previously on the same season were made, while Coach and Jerri formed a separate alliance and J.T. formed pacts with James and Tom. During the night, Sugar disrupted her tribemates' sleep with her chatting.
##Immunity challenge: Six members from each tribe would race to assemble a boat from seven pieces and seven planks and then paddle the boat out into the ocean to light their torch from the raft. Once the six members return with the fire and the seven planks, the remaining four tribe members would assemble a puzzle. The seven planks from the boat would then be used to assemble a ladder to the top of a platform and place the completed puzzle in a slot halfway up. The first tribe to have their whole tribe at the top of the platform and light their fire barrel would win. Should the Villains tribe win the challenge, they would receive flint. Challenge from Cook Islands.
At the Immunity challenge, the Heroes lost a significant lead due to their conflicting puzzle strategies, and the Villains won, earning their flint. Back at the Heroes camp, Sugar targeted Amanda for elimination, but the rest of the tribe wanted Sugar out. Tom brought up voting for Cirie for strategic reasons. Amanda, Candice, and Cirie talked about voting for Stephenie or Tom to break up a potential alliance that rooted from their season in Palau. At Tribal Council, the vote went against Sugar, and she was unanimously voted out.
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"It's Getting the Best of Me" 6.9/11[29] 3.9/11[30] February 18, 2010 11.94[30] #11[31]
Frustrated from his tribe's lack of work ethic and cooperation regarding their shelter, Rob wandered off into the jungle. Jerri found him collapsed on the jungle floor and called in the Survivor Medical Team, who, as they found nothing to concern them, cleared Rob to continue.
##Reward/Immunity challenge: In pairs, the castaways would race across a field to retrieve six large crates painted in their tribe's colors. Once all six crates were retrieved, the tribes would have to stack the crates into a staircase with the name of their tribe properly aligned along the sides. The first tribe to complete the staircase and get all of their members up the staircase to the top of a platform would win immunity and a tarp. Challenge from Tocantins.
During the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge, the Heroes initially gained a healthy lead but, again, ended up stumbling as they solved the puzzle staircase. Russell felt threatened by Rob's rise in power amongst the Villains tribe and tried to demonstrate his own power by catching a chicken with a spear. James vented to his tribe about their lack of cooperation during the challenge and not following J.T., who had performed the challenge in Tocantins. Having mostly stormed on Stephenie for their loss, he pointed that her doings might have contributed to her original tribe's losing streak in Palau. Meanwhile, the trio of Colby, Stephenie, and Tom tried to convince Candice and Cirie to join them in voting out Amanda, who had previously played with Cirie, Courtney, James, and Parvati during her tenure as a contestant. After a heated Tribal Council, Candice and Cirie decided to join Amanda, James, J.T., and Rupert in voting out Stephenie.
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"That Girl is Like a Virus" 6.7/10[32] 3.7/10[32] February 25, 2010 11.60[32] #14[33]
James apologized to his tribemates for his behavior at the previous Tribal Council. The next day, the men of the Heroes tribe "bonded" over re-capturing two chickens that had escaped. Meanwhile, at the Villains camp, Coach and Rob warned Russell about his alliance with Parvati. In retaliation, Russell decided to show the two who was in control by hiding the tribe's machete during the night. Randy became frustrated when he seemed to be the only one providing food for his tribe, thrusting the role of the tribe's main provider on him and Rob. J.T. planted some distrust in Candice and Cirie's alliance by fabricating a story to Cirie that the former didn't trust her.
##Reward/Immunity challenge: The tribes would face off in a series of one-on-one sumo-style battles. The castaways would use padded duffel bags to knock their adversaries out of a ring and into the mud. The first tribe to win eight bouts would win immunity and a reward of coffee, sugar, rice for one week, and a luxury item for each castaway. Challenge originally from Palau, version used was the adaptation from Fiji.
At the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge, the Heroes destroyed the Villains in an 8–0 blowout win. Discussions over whom to vote out focused on Parvati and Randy: Parvati for being a social threat and having four potential allies on the Heroes tribe, and Randy because he was one of the weaker competitors. At Tribal Council, the vote went against Randy, and he was sent home.
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"Tonight, We Make Our Move" 7.2/12[34] 3.8/11[34] March 4, 2010 12.72[34] #17[35]
Coach vented his disappointment to Tyson about being singled out by Sandra at the previous Tribal Council. He considered quitting the game, but Rob assured Coach that his position in the tribe was secure.
##Reward challenge: A member from each tribe would slide across a slippery surface and grab a ball with a certain color and number suspended above them. They would have to toss it into a basket to score a point. First tribe to score four points would win two selected items from a Sears catalog. The Heroes tribe chose cooking equipment and additional fishing gear. The Villains tribe chose additional materials to set up camp and a tool kit. Challenge from Fiji.
After winning the Reward Challenge, the Villains selected tools, twine, and a tarp from the catalog. While unpacking their reward, Russell accidentally discovered a clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol in front of the tribe. After Rob read the clue out loud, Sandra made the point that whoever found it would be voted out next in order to flush out the idol. The rest of the tribe agreed and decided not to go look for the idol. Despite this warning, Russell went out to search, much to the anger of his tribe. At the Heroes camp, Tom discovered their clue in the jar of coffee beans. J.T. read the clue out loud, and several members of the Heroes tribe went looking for the idol. Tom succeeded in finding the idol and slipped it in his shoe. Amanda saw this and notified the others that it was in his possession.
##Immunity challenge: One castaway would be strapped into a wooden spherical cage and would have to guide two blindfolded castaways in rolling the cage through a maze through the forest. At the end of the maze would be a labyrinth-like table maze. The castaway inside the cage would then have to guide four blindfolded castaways in solving the table maze. The first tribe to finish the table maze would win. Challenge from Samoa.
When the Heroes lost the Immunity Challenge, the majority alliance decided to split their votes between Colby and Tom, thus flushing the idol and sending Colby home. Tom reached an agreement with Amanda, James, and J.T. to vote out Candice after offering to give up the idol, but Cirie disagreed and convinced the majority to follow through with the plan to split the vote and flush the idol. J.T. was torn between going with the majority alliance and joining Colby and Tom in voting out Cirie. At Tribal Council, Tom played the Hidden Immunity Idol; therefore, the three votes against him were negated. In the end, J.T. turned on the majority alliance, and Cirie was voted out.
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"Knights of the Round Table" 7.0/11[36] 3.6/11[36] March 4, 2010 12.17[36] #14[37]
When the Heroes returned to camp after Tribal Council, J.T. explained that his vote against Cirie was for the tribe and not for "personal reasons". However, Amanda and Rupert still questioned J.T.'s loyalties. At the Villains campsite, Russell continued his lone search for the Hidden Immunity Idol and soon found what he was looking for.
##Reward challenge: In a walled off arena, three members of each tribe would battle for control of three balls. Once a castaway gets control of a ball, they would pass the ball to three other tribe members standing on a platform who would attempt to throw the ball through the opposing tribe's basket at the other end of the arena. One point would be scored when a ball is made in the basket. After every point, the tribes would change who was in the arena and on the platform. The first tribe to score two points would win a trip to a swimming hole and a feast of chocolate bars, chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies, and chocolate milk. Challenge from Samoa.
Shortly into the Reward Challenge, James went down with an injury to his left knee. After the Villains won the challenge by a score of 2–1, James's knee was braced by the Survivor Medical Team, and he was cleared to continue in the game. While on their reward trip, Russell told both Coach and Parvati that the Hidden Immunity Idol was in his possession, and a potential alliance brewed.
##Immunity challenge: One castaway from each tribe would work as a caller to direct their tribemates, who would be blindfolded and teamed up in pairs, in collecting ten large puzzle pieces from a field. Once all of the puzzle pieces were collected, the entire tribe would work together to assemble the puzzle. The first tribe to complete their puzzle would win. Challenge from All-Stars.
James lead the Heroes to an early lead but they all struggled at the puzzle. Boston Rob then lead the Villains to another immunity win. Before Tribal Council, Rupert gunned for Candice for being the weakest, while Candice wanted to vote out James due to his injury. Meanwhile, J.T. vacillated between voting for James or Tom. At Tribal Council, Candice and J.T. voted against Tom, and he was sent home.
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"Banana Etiquette" 6.6/11[38] 3.4/11[38] March 24, 2010 11.15[38] #15[39]
Both tribes were surprised when Jeff announced that both tribes would be going to Tribal Council, and that the challenge was individual.
##Reward/Immunity challenge: The tribes would compete separately for individual immunity. The castaways would be attached to a rope threaded through obstacles which they would have to climb under, over, or around. The first Hero and the first Villain to win will be immune from the vote. Then the two winners will be competing in the final round. The final round's challenge would be the same, but with a single obstacle three levels high. The first castaway to complete the obstacle would win reward for their tribe consisting of hot dogs and soft drinks to be enjoyed at the opposing tribe's Tribal Council. Challenge originally from Guatemala, version used was the adaptation from Tocantins.
Candice defeated JT to win for the Heroes, and Rob defeated Tyson to win for the Villains. When Candice and Rob battled it out, Rob ultimately won the reward for his tribe. Upon arriving at the Heroes' camp, Colby believed it was his time to go; however, the rest of the tribe members talked about voting out James instead of Colby to keep the tribe stronger. To try to prove he could still be strong to the tribe by speed, he challenged JT to a race. But JT defeated James by much even after running backwards halfway through the race. Another consideration for voting out James was how he was told by Amanda that he hogged all the bananas he could find. Amanda told him that if he gets a banana, he has to get one for everyone else. She called it a "banana etiquette". At the Villains' camp, Rob, assuming that Russell possessed the Hidden Immunity Idol, organized his alliance members to split their votes between Russell and Parvati, so that they would hopefully flush out the idol and remove one of the two. As a strategy to put the numbers against Tyson and not himself, Russell approached Tyson and convinced him to vote for Parvati. Tyson, believing Russell would also vote Parvati, opted to switch his vote to her as well, when, in reality, Russell would be voting for Tyson. At their Tribal Council, Russell presented the Hidden Immunity Idol to Jeff but gave it to Parvati. When she played the idol, the four votes cast against her were negated, thus blindsiding Tyson with a vote of 3–2–0. Afterwards, the Villains enjoyed their reward at the Heroes' Tribal Council, where James castigated Colby for not performing as well in challenges like he used to in Australia. But ultimately, despite stating his desire to continue on the competition, the tribe ultimately agreed that James' knee injury and brutish demeanor were too obvious to ignore, and he was next to go.
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"I'm Not a Good Villain" 6.7/12[40] 3.5/13[40] April 1, 2010 11.26[40] #11[41]
Rob was stunned by the results of previous Tribal Council and was suspicious of his alliance's loyalties. With Jerri wavering about her alliance with Rob, Parvati promised Jerri that she would go to the final four with Danielle and Russell.
##Reward challenge: Competing in rounds, the tribes would face off three to a side in the ocean to get control of a ball and shoot it into their basket to score a point. The first tribe to score three points would win a trip to a waterfall with a feast. Challenge from Tocantins.
Sensing that he needed to step up at the challenges to prove to his tribe that voting James off was not a mistake, Colby led the Heroes to a 3–0 win at the Reward Challenge. When the Heroes arrived at the waterfall for their reward, they received a note that there was another Hidden Immunity Idol at their beach. The five Heroes agreed that they would find the idol together and use it against the Villains instead of against each other. At the Villains' camp, Russell told Coach and Jerri that he wanted to take them to the final three. Jerri accepted the offer and aligned herself with Russell, while Coach was skeptical of Russell's promises. Coach was hurt by Jerri's equal loyalties to himself and Russell as he thought he had a greater level of trust and loyalty from Jerri.
##Immunity challenge: One at a time, three castaways from each tribe would race across a platform and a rope net and then climb up a rope web to retrieve six bags of puzzle pieces. Once all six bags were retrieved, two other castaways from each tribe would assemble the puzzle. The first tribe to assemble their puzzle would win. Challenge based upon one used in Africa, and in Guatemala, with the puzzle part inspired from a challenge from Cook Islands.
At the Immunity Challenge, the Heroes finally won a challenge with a puzzle component. Back at camp, Russell told Rob that either Courtney or Sandra, both of whom were sitting right beside, had to go home next. Rob tried to convince Coach to vote for Russell by appealing to his respect for loyalty, and Coach gave him his word. Russell devised a plan to blindside Rob while talking with Coach, Danielle, and Jerri, and although Coach disagreed, he eventually stated that he was with them 100%. Coach was torn because he didn't want to betray his promise to either Rob or Russell. At the Villains' Tribal Council, the votes were cast; while Coach tried to sit in the middle by voting for Courtney, Jerri joined Russell's alliance thus eliminating Rob.
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"Expectations" 7.3/12[42] 3.8/12[42] April 8, 2010 12.38[42] #13[43]
At the Heroes campsite, J.T. went off looking for the Hidden Immunity Idol by himself in his own self-interest, even though the tribe had promised earlier to look for it together. Just after he found the idol, Amanda came across him before he could hide it, putting J.T. into a position in which he had to tell the whole tribe about the idol in order to sustain trust. Before the Reward Challenge, the Villains misinterpreted the day's treemail as a hint to an impending merge. In response, they brought all of their equipment to the challenge, only to have Jeff announce that the tribes were not merging. After seeing Rob voted out, the Heroes assumed an all-girl alliance in control—the true power being with Danielle, Parvati, and Russell.
##Reward challenge: The castaways would be compete in a bowling tournament. Each castaway would be matched against another castaway and given two rolls. The castaway who knocked down the most pins won the round for their tribe and scored one point. The first tribe to score three points won a feast of pizza, garlic bread, brownies, and drinks. Challenge from Samoa.
The Heroes continued their winning streak by defeating the Villains at the Reward Challenge. Feeling that they were on the outs with their tribe, Sandra plotted to trick Russell into believing that Coach was gunning for him, in order to save Courtney. Russell, who seemed immediately convinced, conspired with Parvati to vote out Coach, a move they hoped would further strengthen the misconception of an all-girl alliance.
##Immunity challenge: Competing in rounds, two castaways from each tribe would be belted together and would have to race across a mud pit and over obstacles to retrieve a flag to score a point for their tribe. The second round would be a one-on-one competition, while the third round would be back to two-on-two. The first tribe to score two points would win. Challenge from Survivor: Guatemala.
The Heroes extended their winning streak to four at the Immunity Challenge. Russell and Danielle had a heated discussion over whether they should vote out Coach or Courtney, with Russell ultimately voting for Courtney. At Tribal Council, Sandra and Courtney's plan came to fruition, and Coach was voted out.
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"Survivor History" 7.1/13[44] 3.8/12[44] April 15, 2010 12.31[44] #12[45]
At the reward challenge, the Heroes continued to believe there was a women's alliance on the Villains tribe due to the departure of Coach and silent signals that Russell made to J.T.
##Reward challenge: The castaways would compete in an endurance contest in which castaways were ranked strongest to weakest in their tribes. These rankings would be used to determine the matchups between each tribe. Each castaway would stand on footholds. After ten minutes, the castaways would move to smaller footholds. After another ten minutes, they would move to the smallest footholds and stay there until the challenge was over. A castaway would score a point for their tribe by outlasting their opponent. The first tribe to score three points would win an all-you-can-eat feast courtesy of Outback Steakhouse. Challenge from Fiji and Tocantins.
The Villains would go on to win the Reward Challenge. During the feast, Parvati discovered a clue to another Hidden Immunity Idol tucked into her napkin at the dining table. Parvati secretly showed the clue to Danielle in order to strengthen her loyalty to Parvati versus Russell; they successfully found the idol the next morning and kept it secret from the rest of the tribe. Over at the Heroes camp, J.T. shared his plan to give Russell their tribe's Hidden Immunity Idol at the next Immunity Challenge in order to protect him from the next vote and gain his loyalty post-merger, hoping he would use it to eliminate Parvati; Amanda and Candice thought this would be a bad idea but would also keep the idol out of J.T.'s hands and agreed to it.
##Immunity challenge: One at a time, five castaways from each tribe would maneuver a bag of puzzle pieces attached to a rope through an obstacle course in the ocean. The first tribe to retrieve all five bags and assemble the puzzle would win. Challenge from Vanuatu.
At the Immunity Challenge, the Heroes dominated throughout and won the challenge. J.T., with Colby's help, successfully gave the idol, wrapped in a letter to explain his reasoning, to Russell during the post-challenge congratulations. Back at the Villains camp, Russell shared the letter and his possession of the idol with Parvati, Danielle, and Jerri, acknowledging the Heroes fell for the woman's alliance plan. Courtney, knowing she was likely to be voted out, attempted to pledge her loyalty to Parvati in an effort to stay in the game; Parvati lobbied her alliance to keep Courtney in the game, but they opted to eliminate her anyway, and Courtney was voted out.
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"Going Down in Flames" 7.0/12[46] 3.6/11[46] April 22, 2010 11.89[46] #8[47]
The tree mail on day 25 announced the merge of the tribes, with the Villains moving to the Heroes campsite and enjoying the traditional feast, eventually naming themselves "Yin Yang" in keeping with the theme of "good vs evil". Russell, Parvati, and Danielle conspired to share the same false story to explain Parvati's survival of the previous Tribal Council; that both Russell and Parvarti played opposing hidden immunity idols. Russell maintained the trust the Heroes had with him to eliminate the supposed Villains' "woman's alliance" through its leader, Parvati. However, Sandra was able to pull aside Rupert and explain the truth of the former Tribal Council; Rupert reported this to the other Heroes, and together they decided to test Russell's loyalty by informing him they were voting for Parvati while they would vote off someone else. Parvati secretly told Amanda about her Hidden Immunity Idol in order to get information on who the Heroes were going to vote out.
##Immunity challenge: The castaways would hang onto a pole as long as they can. The last person left hanging without touching the ground would win. Challenge from Vanuatu, Cook Islands, and Tocantins.
The challenge came down to Danielle and Parvati but the latter agreed to step down, knowing she still had her Hidden Immunity Idol, giving Danielle the win. Following the challenge, Russell gave Parvati his Hidden Immunity Idol, believing her to be in trouble at the vote. The Heroes decided to make Jerri their target, believing the possibility of Parvati having an idol and would use it if she felt vulnerable. Amanda, following up on her previous conversation with Parvati, told Parvati she would be the target, but Parvati distrusted her statement. At Tribal Council, the Heroes voted for Jerri and the Villains voted for J.T as planned. Before the votes were read, Parvati surprised the whole tribe by giving a Hidden Immunity Idol to both Jerri and Sandra. They both played the idols, negating the votes cast against Jerri. J.T. was voted out.
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"Jumping Ship" 7.6/13[48] 4.1/13[48] April 29, 2010 12.74[48] #9[49]
Russell worked on getting Candice to join his alliance as he thought Sandra would flip to the Heroes alliance.
##Reward challenge: The castaways would be split into teams of three and would play a version of shuffleboard. Each castaway would be given two pucks which they would try to slide closest to the target. The team whose puck ends up closest to the target would win an overnight trip to the former home of Robert Louis Stevenson and a screening of the 1934 version of Treasure Island. Challenge originally from The Amazon also used in Vanuatu and Tocantins.
The Reward Challenge was won by the team of Amanda, Colby, and Danielle. While on the reward, Danielle found a clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol in a bowl of popcorn. Amanda grabbed the clue after Danielle tried to hide it. The two women fought over who should have the clue until Colby intervened and said that Danielle should have it since she found it. When the trio returned to camp the next day, Danielle related the story of the fight for the idol clue to her alliance and they set off to find it. Russell found the Hidden Immunity Idol without the girls noticing and hid his discovery from them. In order to secure her loyalty, Russell showed the idol to Candice and told her that they would go to the final three together. Sandra discussed flipping to the Heroes alliance with Colby and Rupert in order to get rid of Russell. Russell told Sandra that one of the Heroes had already flipped to the Villains alliance and warned her about flipping to Heroes alliance.
##Immunity challenge: The castaways would attempt to build a tower out of 150 wooden tiles to a height of 10 feet (3.0 m). Challenge from Gabon.
The Immunity Challenge was won by Jerri. Russell wanted to vote out Amanda and he told Candice to vote for Amanda, which she agreed to. She then told Russell that the Heroes along with Sandra were planning to vote him out. Russell confronted Sandra about what Candice told him, but Sandra denied any switch in alliances. Sandra then confronted Candice about her telling Russell about the Heroes plan and that they had to stick to the plan in order to vote out Russell. The Heroes agreed to vote for Parvati in case Danielle or Russell played a Hidden Immunity Idol. At Tribal Council, Russell played his Hidden Immunity Idol, but no votes against him were cast. Candice flipped to the Villains alliance and Sandra stuck with the Villains, resulting in Amanda being voted out and sent to the jury.
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"A Sinking Ship" 7.7/14[50] 4.1/14[50] May 6, 2010 13.06[50] #8[51]
Back at camp after Tribal Council, Colby and Rupert were upset about Candice's flip to the Villains side, while Jerri was ready to vote her out now that her vote was no longer needed and was worried she would flip back to the Heroes side. Rupert and Russell confronted each other in front of the entire tribe, which made Russell target Rupert for the next Tribal Council. When the castaways arrived for the challenge, Jeff announced that they would be playing for immunity instead of reward. After explaining the challenge, Jeff stated that there would be a twist at the end.
##Immunity challenge: The castaways would stand on a perch, one arm above their head with their wrist tethered to a bucket of water on top of a platform. The castaway who could stand there the longest without tipping the bucket would win. During the challenge, Jeff would tempt the castaways to quit with offerings of cookies and milk; donuts and iced coffee; peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, chips, candy, and milk. Challenge from Africa, All-Stars and Micronesia.
Just as she had done when she last played this challenge during Survivor: Micronesia, Parvati outlasted everybody to win Individual Immunity. The twist was that Jeff read a clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol to the entire tribe. When the castaways returned to camp, everybody went looking for the Hidden Immunity Idol. Sandra found it and hid it from the others. Rupert stuck a rock in his pocket to feign finding the idol. Russell fell for the deception and his alliance plotted a way to get Rupert to play the idol by splitting the vote at the next Tribal Council. Colby and Rupert knew that the Villains alliance would split their vote between Rupert, Colby or Candice, so they agreed to vote for Candice, hoping the Villains would pick her for the split. At Tribal Council, the Villains ultimately chose Candice and split their votes between her and Rupert. According to plan, Rupert and Colby voted for Candice, sending her to the jury.
When the tribe returned to camp, Russell criticized the girls in his alliance that they should have split their votes between Colby and Rupert instead of focusing on Candice.
##Immunity challenge: In the first round, the castaways would dig up a wooden peg and then guide the peg through a table maze. The first five to finish would move on to the next round. In the second round, the castaways would use four pegs to climb a wall. The first three to reach the top of the wall would move to the final round. The final round would be a sliding puzzle. The first castaway to finish their puzzle would win. Challenge from Panama.
At the Immunity Challenge, Rupert, Sandra, Russell, Parvati, and Danielle moved on from the first round. Russell, Parvati, and Rupert moved on to the final round. Russell finished his puzzle first to win Individual Immunity. Parvati wanted to vote out Rupert. Russell was concerned that Parvati was more loyal to Danielle than Parvati was to Russell, so he decided to break them up by discussing voting out Parvati with Danielle and telling Parvati that Danielle wanted to vote her out when it came down to five or six remaining. Danielle and Parvati discussed Russell's stories to them and they figured out that Russell was trying to break them up. The two begged Jerri to vote for Rupert to foil Russell's plan. Meanwhile, Russell decided to get Danielle out of the game so that Parvati would stay loyal to him by telling Colby and Rupert that Danielle needed to go out next. Russell threatened Jerri to vote out Danielle by telling Jerri she would be voted out next if Danielle didn't go. At Tribal Council, Danielle and Russell argued over what the other had said to each other. Danielle broke into tears and unintentionally revealed that Jerri was not included in the Final 3 alliance of herself, Parvati and Russell. Russell's plan came together when Jerri switched her vote and Danielle was voted out, becoming the first villain voted out since the merge.
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"Loose Lips Sink Ships" 7.7/13[52] 4.1/13[52] May 13, 2010 13.28[52] #11[53]
The tree mail on day 34 was a Sprint Palm Pre loaded with videos from family members announcing that they had arrived on the island and were looking forward to reuniting with the castaways at the next challenge.
##Reward challenge: The castaways would use a bucket to scoop water from the ocean and then toss the water to their loved one who would use another bucket to catch the water. The loved one would then pour the water into a bucket hanging from a see saw. The first pair to fill their bucket with enough water to tip their see saw would win a plane trip with their loved one to see the Alofaaga Blowholes along with a meal of hamburgers, soft drinks, cookies, and donuts. Challenge from Cook Islands.
After emotional introductions to the castaway's loved ones, the challenge was won by the team of Jerri and her sister. After winning the challenge, Jeff told Jerri that she could pick another castaway and their loved one to go along with them. Jerri chose Parvati and her father. Jerri then asked Jeff if she could take one more pair. Jeff agreed and Jerri picked Sandra and her uncle. Russell was angry that Jerri did not pick him and his wife to join them on the trip. During the trip, Jerri voiced concern that Russell would seek revenge on her for not selecting him for the trip. Parvati and Sandra said they would protect her from any retaliation and that Russell had to vote out either Colby or Rupert in order to stay in the game. Back at camp, Russell was indeed plotting to seek revenge by making an agreement with Colby and Rupert to go to the final three with them. Russell thought he could swing Jerri over to this new alliance and vote out Parvati if she did not win the next Immunity Challenge. During the night of day 35 after the three women returned from their reward, Rupert angered Jerri by making a racket while the rest of the tribe was trying to sleep and she wanted to vote him out next.
##Immunity challenge: The castaways would hold two poles on the tops of their hands up against a board over their heads. Any movement in their hands would cause the poles to drop to the ground. If the castaway drops their poles, they would be eliminated from the challenge. The last person who does not drop their poles would win immunity. Challenge from Gabon.
Russell's new alliance's plan was spoiled when Parvati won the Immunity Challenge. With his plan spoiled, Russell decided he had to flip back to his original girls alliance and vote out Rupert. Sandra told Rupert that she wanted to vote out Russell. Rupert told this to Russell, and Russell then confronted Sandra in front of Parvati asking if she was with him or against him. Sandra replied that she was against him and then yelled out to Rupert about revealing her plan to Russell. Russell scolded Parvati and Sandra about being dumb when they made fun of him and changed his mind yet again to vote out Sandra. At Tribal Council, the argument between Russell and Sandra was discussed. Though Sandra thought she was safe going in and wouldn't need to play her Hidden Immunity Idol, she decided to play it since she had mixed feelings after the discussion. Two votes against Sandra were not counted. The rest were all cast against Rupert and he was sent to the jury.
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"Anything Could Happen" 7.2/12[53] Unknown May 16, 2010 13.46[53] #9[53]
Back at camp after Tribal Council, Russell was upset at Sandra's use of the Hidden Immunity Idol and accused Parvati and Sandra of lying to him about Sandra having a Hidden Immunity Idol.
##Immunity challenge: The castaways would balance ceramic dishes on the end of a balancing arm. As the challenge progresses, Jeff calls out different dishwares that the castaways would stack on the far end of the balance. Should any part of a castaways's stack fall, that castaway would be out of the challenge. The last castaway in the challenge would win. Challenge from China.
Parvati won the Immunity Challenge by outlasting Colby. After returning from the challenge, Colby gave his "surrender speech" to the Villains and told them they should just enjoy the day and he would not scramble to stay in the game. However, Colby made one final attempt to stay in the game by approaching Russell about voting out Sandra in an effort to defeat Parvati at the next Immunity Challenge. At Tribal Council, the Villains voted out the last of the Heroes, sending Colby to the jury.
The final four received treemail announcing that they would take the traditional journey honoring the castaways voted out before heading to their final Immunity Challenge.
##Immunity challenge: The castaways would have to navigate through a maze blindfolded. The first castaway to retrieve four necklaces at stations within the maze and then find the immunity necklace at the end of the maze would win. Challenge from The Amazon.
Russell won the final Immunity Challenge by edging out Parvati and Jerri by mere inches. After the challenge, Russell told Sandra that he was going to take her to the final three as he thought he could beat her at the final vote as she would get maybe only one vote. Parvati disagreed and told Russell that getting rid of Sandra would be best as she would get votes from the jury. At Tribal Council, Jerri was eliminated and became the final member of the jury.
Parvati, Russell, and Sandra celebrated with the traditional Day 39 breakfast. Unknowingly paying homage to something Russell once did, Sandra tossed Russell's hat into the camp fire in an attempt to throw him off his game at Tribal Council. The three burned down the camp and set off for the final Tribal Council. At the final Tribal Council, the jury questioned and lectured the final three on their strategic plays, their perceptions among the jury, what they would have done differently during the game, their loyalties, and how they played the game. The members of the jury made their dislike of Russell and his unlikelihood of receiving votes very clear; the other two finalists used this in their attempts to sway the jury. Parvati mentioned that she used Russell and "kept him as her pet" while Sandra said that she lobbied for Russell's removal since day one. The votes went 6-3-0, with Sandra receiving all of the Heroes' votes plus Courtney's, Parvati receiving the rest of the Villains' votes, and Russell receiving none, to give Sandra her second Sole Survivor title.
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"The Reunion" 5.9/10[53] Unknown May 16, 2010 10.65[53] #22[53]
The castaways discuss the season with host, Jeff Probst.
Voting history[edit]


Original Tribes

Episode #
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Day #
3 6 8 11 14 15 18 21 24
Eliminated
Sugar Stephenie Randy Cirie Tom Tyson James Rob Coach Courtney
Votes
9–1 6–3 9–1 3–2–08 5–2 3–2–09 5–1 4–3–1 4–3 5–1

Voter
Vote
Sandra   Randy   Russell  Russell Coach Courtney
Parvati   Randy   Tyson  Rob Coach Courtney
Russell   Randy   Tyson  Rob Courtney Courtney
Jerri   Randy   Parvati  Rob Courtney Courtney
Colby Sugar Amanda  Cirie James  James   
Rupert Sugar Stephenie  Colby Tom  James   
Danielle   Randy   Tyson  Rob Coach Courtney
Candice Sugar Stephenie  Tom Tom  James   
Amanda Sugar Stephenie  Tom Tom  James   
J.T. Sugar Stephenie  Cirie Tom  James   
Courtney   Randy   Parvati  Russell Coach Jerri
Coach   Randy   Parvati  Courtney Courtney 
Rob   Randy   Russell  Russell 
James Sugar Stephenie  Colby Tom  Colby 
Tyson   Randy   Parvati 
Tom Sugar Amanda  Cirie James 
Cirie Sugar Stephenie  Tom 
Randy   Rob 
Stephenie Sugar Amanda 
Sugar Amanda 



Merged Tribe

Episode #
10 11 12 13 14
Day #
27 30 31 33 36 37 38
Eliminated
J.T. Amanda Candice Danielle Rupert Colby Jerri
Votes
5–010 6–3 5–3 4–3 4–011 4–1 3–1

Voter
Vote
 Sandra J.T. Amanda Candice Rupert Rupert Colby Jerri
 Parvati J.T. Amanda Rupert Rupert Rupert Colby Jerri
 Russell J.T. Amanda Candice Danielle Rupert Colby Jerri
 Jerri J.T. Amanda Candice Danielle Rupert Colby Parvati
 Colby Jerri Parvati Candice Danielle Sandra Sandra 
 Rupert Jerri Parvati Candice Danielle Sandra 
 Danielle J.T. Amanda Rupert Rupert 
 Candice Jerri Amanda Rupert 
 Amanda Jerri Parvati 
 J.T. Jerri 

Jury Vote

Episode #
14
Day #
39
Finalist
Russell Parvati Sandra
Votes
6–3–0

Juror
Vote
Jerri  Parvati 
Colby   Sandra
Rupert   Sandra
Danielle  Parvati 
Candice   Sandra
Amanda   Sandra
J.T.   Sandra
Courtney   Sandra
Coach  Parvati 

Notes
^8 Tom played a hidden immunity idol, canceling the three votes against him.
^9 Parvati played a hidden immunity idol, canceling the four votes against her.
^10 Jerri played a hidden immunity idol, canceling the five votes against her.
^11 Sandra played a hidden immunity idol, canceling the two votes against her.
Production[edit]



 The island of Upolu, where the season was filmed
Unlike previous seasons where a break in production occurred between seasons, the twentieth season was shot twenty days after Survivor: Samoa was completed, taking advantage of the existing infrastructure from that season.[54][3] Casting for Heroes vs. Villains was done simultaneously with casting for Survivor: Samoa.[55] Heroes vs. Villains features ten former Survivors known for their acts of integrity and honor, the Heroes, and ten former Survivors known for their deeds of deception and duplicity, the Villains.[56] The cast was officially announced during the 36th People's Choice Awards on January 6, 2010.[4] Jeff Probst, the show's host, stated that while they wanted to do another season where they brought back former players for the show's 10-year anniversary and 20th cycle, they did not want to simply do another All-Stars season. On reflecting on the most popular players, they realized that these players were either seen as liked or despised for those respective seasons, and opted to use that as the theme for this season.[4][3] While the players were classified as Heroes or Villains, Survivor's creator Mark Burnett did not expect these players to maintain these roles in the game, but rather to do what they need to survive to the end.[3] Rather than the usual slogan "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast", the slogan for this season is "Return, Revenge, Redemption". All challenges in this season were based on challenges used in previous seasons.[4]
The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami occurred shortly after the completion of filming for this season; a CBS spokeswoman stated that no crew members were harmed from it.[4][57]
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External links[edit]
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Survivor: Nicaragua
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Survivor: Nicaragua

Winner
Jud "Fabio" Birza
Presented by
Jeff Probst
No. of episodes
15
No. of days
39
No. of survivors
20
Production

Location(s)
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua[1]
Filming dates
June 14, 2010
– July 22, 2010
Broadcast

Original run
September 15, 2010 – December 19, 2010
Chronology

Preceded by
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
Followed by
Survivor: Redemption Island
Survivor: Nicaragua is the 21st season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor.[2] It premiered on September 15, 2010 at 8:00pm, moving to the Wednesday timeslot for the first time since Survivor: Borneo.[3][4] Applications were due in January 2010, filming started from June and ended on July 2010. Nicaragua and the following season, Survivor: Redemption Island, were filmed near San Juan del Sur in Rivas Department on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua.[5][2][6]
This season's opening titles uses the original version of "Ancient Voices" — Survivor's opening theme song — first used for the debut Survivor season. Traditionally, each season features its own version of "Ancient Voices", using instruments and sounds meant to evoke that season's location or theme. One was created for Nicaragua but was not used, though the song was released onto iTunes on October 10.[7] The reason for this omission has not been publicly disclosed. Survivor host Jeff Probst also announced that the Hidden Immunity Idol will continue to be used in the game. However, as idols had been found too easily in the past two seasons, the idol was hidden differently.[8] The clues to the idols' locations were visual rebuses rather than text as in past seasons.[9] In addition, the tribes vied for control of a new item, the Medallion of Power, which offered an advantage to the tribe who held it at a challenge, but should they use the Medallion, it went to the other tribe for the next challenge. This season also marked the return of the tribal swap, which was absent in the previous three seasons. When the tribal swap occurred in episode 5, the Medallion of Power was retired.
Additionally, the 20 contestants were originally divided up into two tribes based on their ages. Until a tribal swap in episode 5, the Espada tribe featured contestants over the age of 40, while the La Flor tribe included contestants aged 30 years and younger. This was the second season in which tribes were divided by age, the first one being Survivor: Panama. Notable contestants this season include Kelly Bruno, a triathlete whose leg was amputated at six months old because of a birth defect, and former Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson. Bruno is the second Survivor contestant to be an amputee, the first being Chad Crittenden of Survivor: Vanuatu, who lost his right leg to cancer. Jud "Fabio" Birza was named the winner in the final episode on December 19, 2010, defeating Chase Rice and Matthew "Sash" Lenahan in a 5–4–0 vote. Birza became the youngest person to ever win the game, at age 21 years and 6 month. Jane Bright won $100,000 as the "Sprint Player of the Season."


Contents  [hide]
1 Contestants
2 Season summary 2.1 Episodes
2.2 Voting history
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

Contestants[edit]
Brenda Lowe returned for Survivor: Caramoan as a part of the "Favorites" tribe, placing 6th overall.
List of Survivor: Nicaragua contestants

Contestant
Original tribe
Switched tribe
Merged tribe
Finish

Wendy DeSmidt-Kohlhoff
48, Fromberg, Montana Espada   1st voted out
 Day 3
Shannon Elkins
30, Lafayette, Louisiana La Flor   2nd voted out
 Day 6
Jimmy Johnson
67, Tallahassee, Florida Espada   3rd voted out
 Day 8
Jimmy Tarantino
48, Gloucester, Massachusetts Espada   4th voted out
 Day 11
Tyrone Davis
42, Inglewood, California Espada Espada  5th voted out
 Day 14
Kelly Bruno
26, Durham, North Carolina La Flor La Flor  6th voted out
 Day 15
Yve Rojas
41, Kansas City, Missouri Espada Espada  7th voted out
 Day 15
Jill Behm
43, Erie, Pennsylvania Espada La Flor  8th voted out
 Day 18
Alina Wilson
23, Downey, California La Flor Espada Libertad 9th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 22
Marty Piombo
48, Mill Valley, California Espada La Flor 10th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 24
Brenda Lowe
27, Miami, Florida La Flor La Flor 11th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 27
NaOnka Mixon
27, Long Beach, California La Flor Espada Quit
 4th jury member
 Day 28
Kelly Shinn
20, Mesa, Arizona La Flor La Flor Quit
 5th jury member
 Day 28
Ben "Benry" Henry
24, Los Angeles, California La Flor Espada 12th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 32
Jane Bright
56, Moore County, North Carolina Espada La Flor 13th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 36
Dan Lembo
63, Water Mill, New York Espada Espada 14th voted out
 8th jury member
 Day 37
Holly Hoffman
44, Eureka, South Dakota Espada Espada 15th voted out
 9th jury member
 Day 38
Matthew "Sash" Lenahan
30, New York, New York La Flor La Flor 2nd runner-up
Chase Rice
24, Fairview, North Carolina La Flor Espada Runner-up
Jud "Fabio" Birza
21, Venice, California La Flor La Flor Sole Survivor

Season summary[edit]
Twenty new castaways were divided into tribes by age: La Flor, which consisted of castaways 30 and younger, and Espada, which consisted of castaways 40 and older. Both tribes also vied for ownership of the newly introduced Medallion of Power, which granted them an advantage when played in challenges.
Several members of the older Espada tribe vied for leadership. While Jimmy J. initially took control, he was quickly overthrown by Marty and voted out. Marty furthered his control of the tribe by finding the Hidden Immunity Idol and voting out aspiring leader Jimmy T. Despite dominating the challenges in the first eleven days of the game, the younger La Flor tribe also had their own share of conflicts. Two warring alliances emerged, one led by Shannon and the other led by Brenda, with both alliances vying for Chase's vote. A confused Shannon lashed out at La Flor's first Tribal Council, causing Chase and some of Shannon's own alliance members to vote him out. Brenda not only gained control of the tribe but she also found La Flor's Hidden Immunity Idol.
A tribe swap on Day 12 caused allegiances to shift. Alina, Benry, Chase, and NaOnka moved to Espada, while Marty, Jill, and Jane moved to La Flor. At the new Espada, Holly and Dan aligned themselves with the younger members. At the new La Flor, the once-powerful Marty fell from grace, and Jane teamed up with the original La Flor tribe members. Brenda planned to split the vote between Marty and original La Flor outsider Kelly B. in order to flush Marty's idol and send Kelly B. home. Unfortunately for them, Marty decided not to use his idol and Kelly B. was sent home anyway, while Marty still had his immunity idol. Sash told Marty that in order to remain in the game, he must give him his idol. Marty complied, and Sash stayed true to his word by keeping him around, only to send Jill, Marty's closest ally, home instead.
On Day 19, the two tribes were merged into the Libertad tribe. Brenda's original La Flor alliance regrouped, with the addition of Holly and Jane. Marty, however, convinced Dan, Benry, and Fabio to follow him. Without any alliances, Alina was targeted by both voting blocs and sent to the jury first. Marty then tried to form an all-male rebellion against the females, which did not work and sent him home instead. It seemed that Brenda and Sash were in total control of the tribe, but Holly made her own move by turning everybody else on Brenda. Brenda put her faith wholly in her alliance without attempting to plead with them, but they ultimately eliminated her.
With Brenda gone and the sudden voluntary exits of Kelly S. and NaOnka, Sash was left alone without any allies, but eventually regained power by winning the next Immunity Challenge, becoming the swing vote between Holly, Chase and Jane's alliance and the alliance of Dan, Fabio and Benry. Sash joined Chase, Holly and Jane to eliminate an unsuspecting Benry, whom Sash saw as the bigger threat. The newly formed majority alliance planned to eliminate Fabio next, but he went on to win individual immunity. While Dan was the only non-immune of the minority alliance, Chase, Holly and Sash decided to turn on jury threat Jane, and voted her out instead. Fabio won immunity again and Dan was voted out, but after Fabio won his third successive immunity challenge, Chase and Sash decided to turn on Holly, whom they thought had the best chance to win the game against them.
At the Final Tribal Council, Sash was blasted for his numerous deceptions, while Chase was castigated for his indecisiveness at several points during the game. Fabio, on the other hand, was accused of seemingly coasting throughout the competition by acting strategically clueless the entire time, but he rebutted that he did that on purpose to not hurt anybody's feelings, and still stay longer in the game. In the end, Fabio's unconventional strategy earned him the title of Sole Survivor by a vote of 5-4-0.
Challenge winners and eliminations by episode

Episode title
Original air date
Challenge winner(s)
Eliminated
Finish

Reward
Immunity
"Young at Heart" September 15, 2010 None La Flor Wendy 1st voted out
 Day 3
"Fatigue Makes Cowards of Us All" September 22, 2010 Espada3 Shannon 2nd voted out
 Day 6
"Glitter in Their Eyes" September 29, 2010 La Flor3 Jimmy J. 3rd voted out
 Day 8
"Pulling the Trigger" October 6, 2010 La Flor3 Jimmy T. 4th voted out
 Day 11
"Turf Wars" October 13, 2010 Espada La Flor Tyrone 5th voted out
 Day 14
"Worst Case Scenario" October 20, 2010 La Flor Jill Kelly B. 6th voted out
 Day 15
Holly Yve 7th voted out
 Day 15
"What Goes Around, Comes Around" October 27, 2010 Espada Espada Jill 8th voted out
 Day 18
"Company Will Be Arriving Soon" November 3, 2010 None4 Jane Alina 9th voted out
 1st jury member
 Day 22
Fabio
"Running the Camp" November 10, 2010 Benry, Dan, Fabio, Marty, Sash Brenda Marty 10th voted out
 2nd jury member
 Day 24
"Stuck in the Middle" November 17, 2010 Chase, Fabio, Jane, Kelly S., NaOnka Jane Brenda 11th voted out
 3rd jury member
 Day 27
"You Started, You're Finishing" December 1, 2010 Benry, Chase, Holly,5 NaOnka, Dan6 None7 NaOnka Quit
 4th jury member
 Day 28
Kelly S. Quit
 5th jury member
 Day 28
"Not Sure Where I Stand" December 8, 2010 Chase
 [Holly, Jane] Sash Benry 12th voted out
 6th jury member
 Day 32
"This is Going to Hurt" December 15, 2010 Chase
 [Holly, Sash] Fabio Jane 13th voted out
 7th jury member
 Day 36
"What About Me?" December 19, 2010 None Fabio Dan 14th voted out
 8th jury member
 Day 37
Fabio Holly 15th voted out
 9th jury member
 Day 38
"Reunion" December 19, 2010  Jury vote
Sash 2nd runner-up
Chase Runner-up
Fabio Sole Survivor
In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
^3 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^4 There was no Reward Challenge due to the tribal merge.
^5 Holly gave up her reward in exchange for a tarp and a can of rice for the tribe.
^6 Dan did not participate in the challenge after being left out in a school yard pick, but he had guessed the correct winning team at the challenge and went along with them on the reward.
^7 There was no Immunity Challenge after NaOnka and Kelly S. quit the game.
Episodes[edit]

Episode
 #
Title
Rating/Share
 (Household)
Rating/Share
 (18-49)
Original air date
U.S. viewers
 (million)
Weekly Rank

1
"Young at Heart" 6.8/12[10] 4.0/13[10] September 15, 2010 12.23[10] #7[11]
The game started with the castaways split into two groups. When they arrived at the beach, Jeff announced the Medallion of Power, though did not explain what the power was, and that it was hidden in a lagoon nearby. The castaways scrambled to find it, with Brenda finding it up a tree. When the castaways reassembled in front of Jeff, he announced that the groups they arrived in are not the tribes, but instead the tribes would be split by age, with the 40 and over castaways called Espada and the 30 and under castaways called La Flor.
Medallion Advantage: Starting the challenge with the barrel filled one-fifth of the way.
La Flor then traded the Medallion of Power to Espada in exchange for flint and fishing gear. Once at the Espada camp, Jane started a fire with a pair of reading glasses. At the La Flor campsite, Kelly B. showed her tribe her amputated leg, which made several of her tribemates cautious about a sympathy vote for her should she make it to the final Tribal Council. Chase made an alliance with Shannon and then made another one with Brenda. Alina and Kelly B. found a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol while picking up the tree mail. They could not decipher the clue, but decided to keep the clue to themselves.
Immunity Challenge: One castaway would stand at the top of a tower and pour water down five gutters held by five castaways. The water would fill a barrel, which would release a net of puzzle pieces when full. The four remaining castaways would assemble the puzzle. The first tribe to assemble their puzzle would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, Jeff explained the power behind the Medallion of Power. Espada decided to not use the Medallion and then lost the challenge. Before heading to Tribal Council, the tribe debated between getting rid of Jimmy J or Wendy for being weak links. Holly was conflicted due to her pact with Wendy. At Tribal Council, Wendy made a short speech just before the vote in an effort to remain in the game. The appeal worked against her and she seemed to confirm the tribe's decision to boot her. The votes were read and Wendy was voted out.
2
"Fatigue Makes Cowards of Us All" 7.0/12[12] 4.0/12[12] September 22, 2010 12.59[12] #19[13]
At La Flor, Sash made an alliance with NaOnka and Brenda and talked about creating a "minority alliance". NaOnka thought somebody stole her pair of socks out of her shoes while they were hanging up, so she took Fabio's spare socks and then had a short confrontation with him when he attempted to ask her about the socks. Over at Espada, Holly snapped at Jill for eating snails which Holly thought were inedible. Holly dumped the snails, which caused the rest of her tribe to question what had gone wrong with her. Holly overheard Dan calling her "crazy" and decided to take revenge on him by dumping his $1,600 pair of alligator-skin shoes into the ocean. After a while, she confessed to the tribe to dumping them into the sea. Holly thought about quitting the game, but decided to keep going after receiving counseling from Jimmy J.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: One at a time, four tribe members would crawl in the mud under a net and then retrieve a ball from a stack of hay. Once all four balls were retrieved, three tribe members would use small shields to bounce one ball at a time into a barrel. The first tribe to have all four balls in the barrel would win a choice of a tarp and a rope or fishing gear.
Medallion Advantage: Starting the challenge with one ball already in the barrel and having one tribe member sit out the challenge.
At the Reward/Immunity Challenge, Espada used the Medallion of Power and ended up winning the challenge. Espada chose to take the fishing gear for their reward. While unwrapping the fishing gear, the tribe found a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol. Jill figured out the last part of the clue and told Marty in a ploy to gain his trust. Using the clue, the two found the Hidden Immunity Idol. Before Tribal Council, La Flor seemed like they had an easy decision and NaOnka was to go because of her fiery personality. However, discussions turned to Brenda, who seemed like a bigger threat (due to her being seen with Chase). The tribe seemed divided with NaOnka, Brenda, Sash and Kelly S. on one side, and Shannon, Alina, Kelly B., Fabio and Benry on the other side. NaOnka and Brenda started to try to garner the votes to boot Shannon. Chase was conflicted due to his ties with both Shannon and Brenda. However, Brenda seemed to cast doubt on Chase's alliance with Shannon and it seemed like there would be a tie vote. At Tribal Council, Shannon was very aggressive in his answers during Jeff's questions resulting in a fiery Tribal Council discussion, even accusing Sash of being gay. The vote was taken and Shannon's aggressive answers and homophobic statements did not help his case. Kelly B. and Benry flipped their votes, and he was sent home.
3
"Glitter in Their Eyes" 7.1/12[14] 3.5/11[14] September 29, 2010 12.26[14] #18[15]
At Espada, Marty was getting more resentful of Jimmy J.'s position within the tribe. Jill told Marty that he should show the tribe the Hidden Immunity Idol, so he did and announced that he was sharing it with the tribe to make them stronger post merger. Over at La Flor, the alliance of Brenda, Chase, Kelly S., NaOnka, and Sash discussed voting out Alina.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: The tribes would race out into a field to retrieve ten barrels. Once all ten barrels were retrieved, the tribe would stack them on individual platforms arranged in a triangle formation. One tribe member would then attempt to toss a sandbag onto the top of each barrel. The first tribe to have a sandbag on all ten barrels would win sauces, spices, fruit, and an herb garden.
Medallion Advantage: Starting with two barrels on the platform with sandbags on top.
At the combined Reward/Immunity Challenge, La Flor won the challenge without using the Medallion of Power. When Kelly B. and NaOnka picked up the basket of fruit that was part of the reward, they both noticed a note tucked within the basket, but neither made a move toward it. However, as soon as they reached their camp, the two tussled over the note in full view of their tribemates. NaOnka won the tussle and walked off alone with the clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol. She wasn't able to decipher the clues and shared it with Brenda, who wasn't able to decipher it either. Back at Espada's camp, Marty made his move against Jimmy J. and the entire tribe followed, voting Jimmy J. out.
4
"Pulling the Trigger" 7.0/12[16] 3.8/11[16] October 6, 2010 12.05[16] #19[17]
At La Flor, Brenda and NaOnka found the Hidden Immunity Idol. NaOnka kept the idol. Alina and Kelly B. noticed that Brenda and NaOnka were searching for the idol and set off to find it themselves, not knowing that NaOnka already had it. NaOnka overtly followed the two and then argued with Kelly B. Over at Espada, the tribe tried to strategize and practice for the upcoming challenge with Marty nominating Tyrone to lead them as tribe caller. As Marty predicted, this nomination did not go over well with Jimmy T. who asserted that he wanted to lead the tribe in a challenge.
Reward/Immunity Challenge: One tribe member would act as a caller to guide three blindfolded pairs of tribemates to collect ten items scattered in a field and bring them to the tribe mat. Once all ten items were collected, one pair would have to be guided to collect a set of keys and then to a locked chest. The first tribe to unlock the chest and bring it to their tribe mat would win a choice of three items collected during the challenge such as a toolkit, a tarp, rope and a knife, fishing gear, a collapsible chair, and a grill.
Medallion Advantage: Starting with two items already on the mat.
At the combined Reward/Immunity Challenge, La Flor used the Medallion of Power advantage and easily won over Espada. La Flor selected fishing gear, a tarp, and cooking supplies as their reward. When they returned to camp, Chase found a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol in the tackle box, which he shared with Brenda. Brenda told him that she and NaOnka had already found the idol and to keep that information to himself as she did not want to jeopardize the trust that she had established with NaOnka. When Espada returned to their camp, Jimmy T. repeated his request to be given a shot at leading the tribe in a challenge. He also called out Marty for not being a team player when the tribe went searching for food. Marty then targeted Jimmy T. for elimination at Tribal Council. At Tribal Council, Jimmy T. again repeated his plea to lead the tribe just once in a challenge, but he would not get the chance as the tribe voted him out.
5
"Turf Wars" 6.9/11[18] 3.8/11[18] October 13, 2010 12.32[18] #15[19]
Marty and NaOnka thought they were in total control of their tribes, but Jeff spoiled their plans by telling the castaways to drop their buffs as there would be a tribal switch before the start of the Reward Challenge. The castaways drew rocks for captains, with Brenda and Holly being selected. Brenda was told to pick three members from the older tribe that would join the younger tribe and she picked Jane, Jill, and Marty. Holly had to pick four members from the younger tribe to join the older tribe and she selected Alina, Benry, Chase, and NaOnka. Jeff declared that the old versus young tribes were done along with the Medallion of Power.
Reward Challenge: Playing in rounds, two members from one tribe would roll balls along a board with various pegs (similar to a Plinko or Pachinko board) that would deflect the ball. Two members from the other tribe would attempt to catch the balls as they exited the bottom of the board. If the two castaways fail to catch a ball, the other tribe would score a point and next round would be played. The first tribe to score three points would win two hens and one rooster.
The newly formed tribes went on to compete in the Reward Challenge and Espada took the win. Back at Espada's camp, Tyrone told the new young tribe members how the camp worked, which did not sit well with Alina and NaOnka. Holly tried to align herself with the younger group. Over at La Flor, Jane told Brenda and Kelly B. to watch out for Marty and Jill's alliance. Marty told the tribe that he had a Hidden Immunity Idol. On day 13, an intense rain storm drove NaOnka to break down emotionally and she considered quitting, but Alina and Chase convinced her to stick it out.
Immunity Challenge: Three members from each tribe would be strapped to a large wheel. Three other tribe members would spin the wheel, which would cause one strapped in castaway at a time to be dunked head first into water. While under water, the castaway would take water in the mouth, which they would then spit into a tube. Once the tube was filled, a ball would be released. The ball would be used by two other tribe members to break five tiles. The first tribe to break all five tiles would win.
The Immunity Challenge was won by La Flor when Fabio and Jane came from behind during the tile breaking stage. Espada voted to kill one of the chickens before they head off to Tribal Council, so they killed one of the hens. Tyrone didn't want to kill the chicken and he was perceived to have taken a larger share of the chicken. The tribe considered voting out NaOnka for potentially quitting and Tyrone for being too bossy, but the vote went against Tyrone at Tribal Council and he was voted off.
6
"Worst Case Scenario" 7.0/12[20] 3.6/11[20] October 20, 2010 12.26[20] #14[21]
On day 15, Dan thought about quitting the game. Yve asked Holly about why she wasn't told about the previous Tribal Council vote against Tyrone. When Yve found out from Holly that Dan was thinking of quitting, Yve thought she could use that info to lobby the younger members of the Espada tribe in voting out Dan. Over at La Flor, Brenda planned to flush out the Hidden Immunity Idol by splitting a 3–3 vote between Marty and Jill.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would use paddles to dig up three rope rings one at a time, tossed into a basket strapped to their lower backs, and returned to the start line. The first tribe member to return all three rings to the start line would win.
Reward Challenge: The winners of the Immunity Challenge would compete against each other to toss three rope rings onto hooks on a board set a few feet away. The winner would receive a feast of chicken and beef kebabs to be eaten while listening to the other tribe's Tribal Council.
When the tribes arrived for the Immunity Challenge, Jeff announced that they would not be playing for Tribal Immunity, but would be playing for Individual Immunity as both tribes would be going to Tribal Council that night. Jeff then announced that the winners of the Individual Immunities would then compete in the Reward Challenge. Jill and Holly won Individual Immunity for La Flor and Espada, respectively; Jill then won reward for her tribe. Jill's immunity threw Brenda's plan into disarray and she came up with a new plan with Sash: to split the 3–3 vote between Marty and Kelly B., while telling Kelly B. that the vote would be split between Marty and Jane. Marty worked on getting Fabio to join the older alliance by fabricating a story that he was a chess grandmaster and that as a child, he had beaten Guillermo Vilas, who actually played tennis and was not a chess grandmaster. Sash told Fabio to vote for Marty, but Fabio had believed Marty's chess story and was conflicted about voting for Marty since he thought Marty was offering him an alliance and insight into his game. At Espada, Yve continued her lobbying against Dan as being the weaker player in challenges and him thinking about quitting. The younger members of the tribe were split between voting Dan or Yve as she was seen as the bigger threat within the game. At La Flor's Tribal Council, the plan to flush the Hidden Immunity Idol did not work when Marty did not play it and the vote ended up being a tie 3–3–2 between Marty, Kelly B., and Brenda. A second vote was taken with Marty and Kelly B. not voting and the others only voting for those two. The vote swung against a very surprised Kelly B. and she was voted out. The remaining La Flor members then moved to the side to enjoy their feast and observe Espada's Tribal Council. Yve continued her lobbying against Dan, but she was unable to convince the tribe to vote against him and she was voted out.
7
"What Goes Around, Comes Around" 6.6/11[22] 3.5/10[22] October 27, 2010 11.82[22] #19[23]
After Espada returned to their camp site, Chase, Holly, and NaOnka talked about voting out Alina ahead of the merge. Over at La Flor, Marty was seething over Jane's flip to the younger group at Tribal Council and confronted her about it, but she neither confirmed or denied her vote.
Reward Challenge: One member from each tribe would act as a defender and stand on a small platform above a pool of water. The opposing tribe members would leap off a platform on one end of the pool into the water and try to throw a ball into a net on the far end. The defender would attempt to knock the ball away from the net. A point would be scored for each ball successfully thrown into the net. The first tribe to score five points would win a trip to a Nicaraguan farm for a horseback ride and breakfast.
Immunity Challenge: Two members from each tribe would stand on top of a tower and roll cannonballs down a chute. Four other members of the tribe would use ropes to guide the chute so that cannonball would break five tiles arranged in a field. The first tribe to break all five tiles would win.
Espada won back to back challenges by winning both the Reward and Immunity Challenges. With the La Flor loss, the younger group had another opportunity to flush the Hidden Immunity Idol and they planned to split the vote 3–2 between Marty and Jill. If Marty played the Idol, the vote would be tied between Jill and whomever the Marty/Jill alliance would vote for and the younger group would then vote out Jill. Meanwhile Sash came up with the plan to tell Marty that he would be safe at the next Tribal Council if he gave up the Hidden Immunity Idol. Sash sweetened the deal by telling Marty that if La Flor lost the next Immunity Challenge, Sash would return the Hidden Immunity Idol. Marty decided to give the Idol to Sash instead of playing it at Tribal Council hoping to stay in the game and make it to the Tribal Merge. At Tribal Council, the younger tribe kept their word about keeping Marty and Jill was sent home.
8
"Company Will Be Arriving Soon" 7.0/11[24] 3.7/11[24] November 3, 2010 12.30[24] #13[25]
Marty was ecstatic that the tree mail on day 19 announced the tribal merge and a move to the Espada camp site. Before La Flor arrived, Alina lobbied for the six Espada members to stick together to the final six, but there was little enthusiasm for such an alliance. Marty named the new tribe 'Libertad', the Spanish word for freedom. After the merge, Brenda and NaOnka reestablished their alliance made before the tribal switch and told each other what had happened at each tribe. On day 20, NaOnka made breakfast, but got angry when she ate last and got the smallest share. Her anger prompted her to steal food and supplies which she hid in the jungle. NaOnka shared her stolen items with Alina and told Alina that she was being targeted by the tribe. When other members of the tribe noticed that items were missing, Holly said that she saw NaOnka take the flour jar and put in her bag. NaOnka vehemently denied that she took the flour, claiming that she put it back, but did not explain why the flour was in her bag. Eventually, NaOnka confessed to stealing the food after Alina and Chase convinced her that if she confessed, it would be better than continuing to lie. Even then, she tried to convince them that she stole it for the benefit of the tribe, and so that they wouldn't greedily eat all of it too soon. But most of the others, most prominently Marty, refused to believe this story and knew that she stole the food for her own benefit. The alliance of Brenda, Chase, Jane, and Sash decided to protect NaOnka by distancing themselves from her. Sash admitted that it would be better strategically to bring NaOnka to the finale at this point because of her actions, as obviously, no one would vote for her to win, which would greatly benefit whoever else was in the finale with her.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would use two metal handles to hold a metal bar in tension above a tile. The last man and woman to keep tension on the bar and keep it from breaking the tile would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, Jane stayed in the challenge to continue to compete against the men even though she had already won the women's side of the challenge. Fabio outlasted Chase to win the men's side. Jane told the rest of the women that she stayed in the challenge to show up Marty. The tribe was split between voting for Marty or Alina. Sash asked his alliance to keep Marty around for one more Tribal Council so that he could keep his word on the deal that he made with Marty to give up the Hidden Immunity Idol. At Tribal Council, Marty was very vocal that Jane was the biggest threat to win the game, even going so far as announcing that should Jane reach the Final Tribal Council that he would vote for her. The votes were cast and after the tally, Alina became the first jury member.
9
"Running the Camp" 6.4/10[26] 3.2/10[26] November 10, 2010 11.29[26] #19[27]
The day after Tribal Council, Marty continued his plotting against Jane by proposing a plan to Benry and Dan to feign a vote against NaOnka to Chase and Holly, but really vote for Jane. Marty said that this would flush out NaOnka's Hidden Immunity Idol and blindside Jane.
Reward Challenge: The tribe would be randomly split into two teams. The teams would run an obstacle course of a hay stack, a rope crawl, a reed blocked pathway, a net crawl, and a brick wall. Along the way of the course would be three stations where a key is suspended in the air on a metal spring. The team would have to work together to reach the key and free it from the spring. The first team to collect all three keys and unlock their team's flag would win a tour of the jungle canopy with zip-lining and a barbecue feast.
At the Reward Challenge, the random draw for teams turned out to be men versus women. Since there were eleven castaways, Chase was the odd man out and did not participate. However, he could select the team he thought would win, and if they won, he would join them on the reward. He selected the women, but this turned out to be a poor choice when the men won the challenge. On the reward, Marty continued his lobbying for his plan to vote out Jane.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would test their memory by having to memorize a series of symbols shown by Jeff. The castaways would have to show back the symbols in order. If they showed the wrong symbol, they would be out of the challenge. The last castaway to show all of the correct symbols would win.
The Immunity Challenge was won by Brenda. Back at camp, Marty put his plan into motion by telling Chase that the men were voting for NaOnka. Chase told Holly that he thought the guys were trying to blindside Jane and he was voting for Marty. Marty told Brenda that the plan to flush the idol and blindside Jane was Sash's idea. Brenda and Sash talked over their swing votes by either joining the Marty or Jane blocs. At Tribal Council, the discussion became heated when NaOnka made an expletive-filled rant towards Marty and Fabio, culminating with NaOnka giving Marty the finger. Marty's plan to flush the idol failed when NaOnka did not feel threatened enough to play her idol. When the time to vote came, Brenda and Sash decided to join the bloc voting against Marty and he was sent to the jury.
10
"Stuck in the Middle" 6.9/11[28] 3.5/10[28] November 17, 2010 11.98[28] #17[29]
After Brenda and Sash tipped their alliances at the last Tribal Council, Holly decided that she had to make a move in the game and get either Brenda or Sash voted out next. She then recruited Jane, Benry, and NaOnka into voting for Brenda. She talked to Chase about voting for Brenda, but he was more concerned about Benry being a bigger threat. Holly left Kelly S. out of the plan believing that she wouldn't switch because she was riding Brenda's coattail. A rain storm came and the tribe moved their three wooden chests around the fire in order to protect it before they headed off to the challenge.
Reward Challenge: The tribe would be split into two teams by school yard pick. The teams would be given four barrels, two wood planks, and 10 feet (3.0 m) of rope that they would use to cross the beach without stepping on the sand. If any team member steps onto the sand, the entire team would have to restart from the beginning. The first team to reach the finish line would win a helicopter trip to the Cerro Negro volcano with volcano surfing and pizza, brownies, and soft drinks.
At the Reward Challenge, the team of Chase, Fabio, Jane, Kelly S., and NaOnka cruised to victory. While on their reward, NaOnka took Fabio aside and filled him in on the plan to vote out Brenda. Kelly S. looked on in surprise and questioned their actions to Chase but he didn't fill her in on the blindside against Brenda. When the losing team returned to camp, they discovered that the three chests had caught fire and burned down, taking with it their machetes and almost all of the tribe's food. After the winning team returned to camp, Chase told Brenda the entire plan to vote her out, but Brenda shrugged it off. Chase again lobbied to vote out Benry to NaOnka, but NaOnka would not budge and she then told Benry, Jane, and Holly that Chase could not be trusted, since he had told Brenda about their plan.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would stand on small platforms and hang on to a rope while leaning backwards over a pool of water. The rope would have knots tied along its length. In five-minute intervals, the castaways would have to move further down the rope to the next knot, increasing the angle at which they were hanging over the water. The last castaway to hang on to the rope would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, after a showdown between Jane and Chase, Jane claimed victory; and afterwards, Chase once again lobbied to vote out Benry, but this time to Sash. NaOnka told Sash about the plan to vote out Brenda and he was then torn between giving the Hidden Immunity Idol to Brenda or letting the plan go through. At Tribal Council, Brenda called out NaOnka for splitting up the original alliance, while NaOnka tried to deflect the blame onto Chase. Sash and Kelly S. said they both felt it was the first time they had been left out of the loop. Brenda defiantly refused to scramble to stay in the game, leaving it up to her trust in her alliance to keep her in the game. However, it was not to be and she was voted out.
11
"We Did It Guys" 4.7/8[30] 2.0/7[30] November 24, 2010 8.02[30] #24[31]
A recap of the first 27 days including previously un-aired bonus footage.
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"You Started, You're Finishing" 7.0/11[32] 3.6/11[32] December 1, 2010 12.26[32] #6[33]
When the tribe returned from camp after Tribal Council, Kelly S. felt left out of her alliance as she did not know that the vote was going against Brenda. NaOnka felt that Brenda had "thrown her under the bus". Holly told NaOnka that she trusted her more now that she had told her about Brenda's plans. Chase thought that the core alliance was himself, Holly, Jane, and NaOnka. On Day 28, the rain returned with a vengeance and made camp life miserable. NaOnka and Kelly S. had doubts that they could continue in the game, as they were both exhausted by the conditions of the weather. NaOnka gave her Hidden Immunity Idol to Chase, and with NaOnka thinking about quitting, the alliance of Chase, Holly and Jane brought in Sash, but he preferred that NaOnka and Kelly S. stayed in the game and considered joining Benry, Dan, and Fabio in an alliance.
Reward Challenge: The tribe would be divided into two teams by school yard pick. The teams would be tethered together and would untie an 8-foot (2.4 m) stuffed dummy from a table named "Gulliver" after the novel Gulliver's Travels. The teams would then carry the dummy through a series of obstacles. The first team to cross the finish line would win a viewing of the upcoming film of the titular novel, hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, candy, and drinks.
At the Reward Challenge, Dan was left out of the challenge from the school yard pick. He decided to back the team of Benry, Chase, Holly, and NaOnka, which meant he would join them if they won the challenge. The choice turned out to be a good one as the four won the closely fought challenge. As soon as the challenge ended, NaOnka announced that she wanted to quit the game. A stunned Jeff asked if anybody else wanted to quit and Kelly S. said that she did. Jeff told the two women that they should think about if they really wanted to quit and that the tribe would meet at Tribal Council that night to sort out the matter. Jeff then offered a tarp and a can of rice to replace the ones lost in the camp fire if one of the winning team members would forgo their reward, to which Holly stepped up and volunteered. Benry tried to make NaOnka step up and volunteer since she had wanted to quit, but NaOnka remained silent. Benry, Chase, Dan, and NaOnka went off to their reward, while back at camp, Holly tried to convince Kelly S. to stay in the game. Later that night, the five who didn't go on the reward arrived at Tribal Council followed a short time later by the four who did and the members of the jury. Jeff and the tribe discussed what it took to keep the desire to stay in the game and why NaOnka and Kelly S. were considering to quit. Jeff then asked NaOnka if she did want to quit and she replied that she did. Kelly S. was asked the same question and she also stated she wanted to quit. Jeff asked the two women what should happen to their torches. They asked for them to be snuffed as per usual practice, which Jeff agreed to, but then said that the snuffed torches would remain in the Tribal Council area as a reminder to the two women that while they served on the jury, they had quit the game instead of getting voted out. Their torches were then snuffed (and laid down) and the two left Tribal Council and became members of the jury.
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"Not Sure Where I Stand" 6.8/11[34] 3.6/10[34] December 8, 2010 12.13[34] #10[35]
With NaOnka and Kelly S. quitting, Sash knew that he was the fourth man between the two three-person alliances of Chase/Holly/Jane and Benry/Dan/Fabio. Sash told Benry, Chase, and Fabio that he would play his Hidden Immunity Idol at the next Tribal Council so that he would no longer be seen as a threat and to get the two alliances to see him as a swing vote. Chase told Sash that he would take him all the way to the end and that he would take Sash on the next reward along with Holly, since she had given up her last reward.
Reward Challenge: The castaways would be given a second chance against previous challenges. The castaways would crawl in the mud under a net and then retrieve a ball from a stack of hay. The ball would then have to be bounced off a shield on the ground and into a barrel. The first four castaways to get their ball into the barrel would advance to the next round. In the second round, the four castaways would use a stick to retrieve a key suspended above on a metal spring. The key would unlock a chest that contains four sandbags. The first two castaways to toss all four of their sandbags on top of a barrel would advance to the final round. In the final round, the two castaways would use a paddle to dig up three rope rings. The first castaway to toss all three rope rings onto hooks on a board set a few feet away would win an overnight trip to a private resort, which included a shower, massages and a meal.
At the Reward Challenge, Chase, Jane, Benry, and Holly advanced to the second round. Chase and Benry then advanced to the final round, which was won by Chase. To join him on the reward, Chase selected Holly and Jane, reneging on his promise to Sash. While Chase and the women were on their reward, Sash talked to the remaining three guys about joining their alliance, but Dan and Benry were leery about Sash's true alliances and did not trust him. On the reward, Chase realized that he made a major mistake by not taking Sash on the reward and that he would have to regain Sash's trust. In order to do so, Chase and Holly came up with a plan to tell Sash that the two would vote out Jane and take Sash to the final three. Chase also told Benry that Jane would not make it to the final three, to which Benry said that was fine and he was willing to vote out Fabio. Chase and Holly told Sash that leaving him behind was really a sign of trust in him, since they figured that he was loyal to them and that it would be safe to leave him alone with the Benry/Dan/Fabio alliance. Sash told Chase and Holly that Benry was lying about being willing to vote for Fabio. When Benry joined the conversation, the three told him that the next target was Fabio.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would be attached to a rope on a hitching rail and would have to maneuver over and under the rail to unspool the rope from the rail. When the castaway thinks that there is enough rope unspooled, they would race across a field to retrieve a bag of gold coins. If they had not unspooled enough rope to reach the bag, they would have to return to the hitching rail and unspool more rope. The first three castaways to retrieve the bag would advance to the final round. In the final round, the gold coins would have to be assembled in a puzzle in the shape of a chest. The first castaway to complete the puzzle would win.
At the Immunity Challenge, Fabio, Benry, and Sash advanced to the final round where Sash solved the puzzle ahead of the other two. After the challenge, Benry, Chase, Dan, and Sash agreed to tell Fabio that the vote would go against Holly, though they would really vote for Fabio. However, in reality, Sash decided to align himself with the Chase/Holly/Jane alliance and vote out Benry. At Tribal Council, the alliance of Chase, Holly, Jane, and Sash put their plan into motion and voted against Benry, who was sent to the jury.
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"This is Going to Hurt" 7.0/12[36] 3.5/11[36] December 15, 2010 12.32[36] #10[37]
Reward Challenge: The castaways would run up a ramp and into a pool to retrieve two bags of letter puzzle pieces. Their loved ones would then use the pieces to solve a word puzzle. The first loved one to solve the puzzle would win a trip on a sailboat along the Nicaraguan coast with food and drinks with the winning castaway's loved one.
Day 33's tree mail contained a Sprint HTC Evo 4G with videos from the castaways' loved ones. Fabio and Chase agreed that if one of them were to win the Reward Challenge, they would take the other on the reward along with Sash. At the Reward Challenge, Jeff introduced the castaway's loved ones. The team of Chase and his mother won the challenge. Chase then selected Sash and his mother and Holly and her husband to join in the challenge, reneging on his promise to Fabio. Dan, Fabio, and Jane were very upset at Chase's choices. While on their reward, Chase, Holly, and Sash agreed that they would go to the final three together and that their top priority at this point is to get Fabio voted out.
Immunity Challenge: Blindfolded and connected to a rope, the castaways would go over and under three hitching posts to a station where there would be a shield with various symbols on it. Using only their sense of touch, the castaways would memorize the symbols and take the bags of the symbols back to the start line. There, the castaways would have to replicate the symbols from the shield on to a second shield. The first castaway to have all the correct symbols would win.
However, Fabio went on to win the Immunity Challenge the next day, which ruined their plan. Fabio told Chase that Jane had to go, but Chase was conflicted about the choice between Dan or Jane. Holly approached Sash and Chase and confirmed that Dan was also on board with voting off Jane. The three of them finally decided that this was the only choice left. Then Jane joined them and asked if her alliance of four with them were still strong. When the three hesitated in answering her and then finally admitting that they were discussing voting for her, Jane knew that her alliance had turned on her, and proceeded to unleash a tirade against everyone. She flipped them off immediately when she learned of their betrayal, avoided everybody else at camp for the rest of the day, and even dumped a bucket of water on the camp fire shortly before Tribal Council, stating that since she started it, she was going to put it out. At Tribal Council, Dan told Jeff and the Jury of Jane's recent actions. Jane stated that she was going to be voted out. After some digging by Jeff, the alliance of three stated that the next castaway voted out after Jane would be Fabio or Dan. Jeff then asked why Dan, Fabio, and Jane did not form an alliance and vote against Holly to force a tie with Fabio being immune due to his Individual Immunity and Chase and Sash having their Hidden Immunity Idols. The votes were cast and Chase and Sash played their idols since this Tribal Council would be their last opportunity. Jeff's suggested alliance did not form and everybody voted for Jane. Jane's sole vote against Sash was discounted and she became a member of the jury.
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"What About Me?" 7.3/12[37] 4.1/10[38] December 19, 2010 13.58[37] #8[37]
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would race out to a station where a question about Nicaragua is posted. The castaway would have to select from one of two possible answers where a bag would be tied underneath. They would then return to the start line with the bag. If the castaway chooses the correct answer, the bag would contain puzzle pieces. If not, the puzzle pieces would be blank and they would have to return to the station and pick up the correct bag. This would be repeated for two additional questions until the castaway has three bags of puzzle pieces at which time they would assemble the puzzle. The first castaway to solve the puzzle would win.
Knowing that he was odd man out in the alliance of Chase/Holly/Sash, Fabio worked on breaking up the alliance. At the Immunity Challenge, while Fabio fell behind due to a missed answer on the second question, he quickly caught up to Chase, Holly, and Sash during the puzzle assembly stage and picked up the win. Fabio talked to Chase and Sash about voting out Holly before Dan using the argument that Holly was a bigger threat than Dan for jury votes. At Tribal Council, Dan lobbied to keeping him around because nobody would give him a million dollars and that Holly was a threat to win. However, his lobbying went for naught when he was voted out.
Immunity Challenge: The castaways would balance a sword with one hand by its tip on a shield on the ground. The castaways would then stack coins on top of the sword handle. Should any of the coins fall off of the sword, the castaway would be out of the challenge. The last castaway standing would win.
On day 38, the final four received tree mail telling them to take the traditional journey honoring the castaways voted out before heading to their final Immunity Challenge. At the challenge, Fabio outlasted Sash to take the final Individual Immunity. The win forced the Chase/Holly/Sash alliance to turn on one of their own. All three talked to Fabio about taking them to the Final Three. Sash told Fabio that if Fabio had not won immunity then Sash would have taken Chase and Fabio to the Final Three, but Fabio thought Sash might be lying. When Fabio asked Chase about the alliance's plans should Fabio lose immunity, he told him that the plan was always to vote out Fabio and that he would have stuck to the plan. Holly told Fabio that Sash was the biggest threat for jury votes and that she would have stuck to the alliance's plans to vote him out. At Tribal Council, the alliance of three continued their pitch to Fabio to keep them in the game. Ultimately, Fabio saw Holly as his biggest threat, and she was sent home.
Chase, Fabio, and Sash woke up on day 39 and enjoyed the traditional breakfast. Before heading off to the final Tribal Council, the trio burned their camp site. At the final Tribal Council, Chase focused on being open with the jury about how he played the game. Fabio told the jury that he was always open with everybody, had not back stabbed anybody, and had earned his spot in the Final Three. Sash emphasized that he was remorseful about the alliances that he had broken but that the friendships he made were important to him. Chase was mocked by several members of the jury for his rash decisions. Chase and Sash charged Fabio with never knowing what was going on. Still, the jury chose Fabio as the title of Sole Survivor over Chase and Sash in a 5–4–0 vote.
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"Reunion" 6.1/11[37] 3.0/8[38] December 19, 2010 11.19[37] #14[37]
The castaways return to discuss the season with host, Jeff Probst.
Voting history[edit]
Pre-merge

Original Tribes
Switched Tribes

Episode #
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Day #
3 6 8 11 14 15 18
Eliminated
Wendy Shannon Jimmy J. Jimmy T. Tyrone Tie8 Kelly B. Yve Jill
Vote
9–1 7–3 8–1 5–3 6–2 3–3–2 5–1 6–1 3–2–2

Voter
Vote
 Fabio  Brenda    Kelly B. Kelly B.  Marty
 Chase  Shannon   Tyrone   Yve 
 Sash  Shannon    Marty Kelly B.  Jill
 Holly Wendy  Jimmy J. Dan Tyrone   Yve 
 Dan Wendy  Jimmy J. Jimmy T. Tyrone   Yve 
 Jane Wendy  Jimmy J. Dan  Marty Marty  Marty
 Benry  Shannon   Tyrone   Yve 
 Kelly S.  Shannon    Kelly B. Kelly B.  Jill
 NaOnka  Shannon   Tyrone   Yve 
 Brenda  Shannon    Kelly B. Kelly B.  Jill
 Marty Wendy  Jimmy J. Jimmy T.  Brenda None9  Jane
 Alina  Brenda   Tyrone   Yve 
 Jill Wendy  Jimmy J. Jimmy T.  Brenda Kelly B.  Jane
 Yve Wendy  Jimmy J. Jimmy T. NaOnka   Dan 
 Kelly B.  Shannon    Marty None9 
 Tyrone Wendy  Jimmy J. Jimmy T. NaOnka 
Jimmy T. Wendy  Jimmy J. Dan 
Jimmy J. Wendy  Dan 
Shannon  Brenda 
Wendy Yve 
Post-merge


Merged Tribe

Episode #
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Day #
21 24 27 28 32 36 37 38
Eliminated
Alina Marty Brenda NaOnka Kelly S. Benry Jane Dan Holly
Vote
10–2 7–4 8–1–1 None10 None10 4–2–1 5–011 4–1 3–1

Voter
Vote
  Fabio Alina Jane Brenda   Holly Jane Dan Holly
  Chase Alina Marty Brenda   Benry Jane Dan Holly
  Sash Alina Marty Brenda   Benry Jane Dan Holly
  Holly Alina Marty Brenda   Benry Jane Dan Sash
  Dan Alina Jane Brenda   Fabio Jane Chase 
  Jane Marty Marty Brenda   Benry Sash 
  Benry Alina Jane Brenda   Fabio 
  Kelly S. Alina Marty Benry   
  NaOnka Alina Marty Brenda  
  Brenda Alina Marty NaOnka 
  Marty Alina Jane 
  Alina Marty 

Jury Vote

Episode #
14
Day #
39
Finalist
Sash Chase Fabio
Votes
5–4–0

Juror
Vote
Holly  Chase 
Dan   Fabio
Jane  Chase 
Benry   Fabio
Kelly S.   Fabio
NaOnka   Fabio
Brenda  Chase 
Marty   Fabio
Alina  Chase 


^8 The first Tribal Council vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those who tied.
^9 Kelly B. and Marty were not eligible to vote in the second Tribal Council vote.
^10 No vote: NaOnka and Kelly S. chose to quit the game.
^11 Because Sash played the Hidden Immunity Idol, one vote against him did not count.
Reception[edit]
The season received mixed reception from fans and critics. While some of the fans appreciated it for some of its strong cast members, Survivor columnist Dalton Ross of Entertainment Weekly ranked it as the worst season because "1) Splitting the tribes up by age and the Medallion of Power were both enormous flops. 2) Like One World, Thailand and Fiji, just too many unlikable players. 3) Two people quitting with only 11 days left. 4) No big memorable moments. Even Thailand had the fake merge and Fiji had the big Yau-Man/Dreamz free car deal gone bad, but what was Nicaragua's signature moment? Unfortunately, it was people quitting, and that was memorable for all the wrong reasons."[39] When Jimmy Fallon, a longtime fan of the show, interviewed Jeff Probst on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, he said that he was disappointed with this season and called it a popularity contest. Probst even admitted that season was boring and that was why he and the producers decided to add the "Redemption Island" twist for the next season.[40]
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