Survivor: Guatemala
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| Survivor: Guatemala | |
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| Filming Location | Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo National Park, Guatemala |
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| Winner | Danni Boatwright (6-1) |
| Season run | 2005-09-15 – 2005-12-11 |
| Filming Dates | 2005-06-22 – 2005-08-05 |
| Number of episodes | 14 |
| Number of days | 39 |
| Number of survivors | 18 |
| Tribes | Nakum (Yellow), Yaxha (Teal), Xhakum (Red) |
| Season chronology | |
| Previous season | Survivor: Palau |
| Next season | Survivor: Panama |
Survivor: Guatemala - The Maya Empire (temporarily changed pre-show to "The Mayan Empire" and then back to "The Maya Empire"; season also known as Survivor: Guatemala for short) is the eleventh season of Survivor, and it is set inside of the ruins of the Maya civilization. Specifically, the series is in Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo National Park near the more popular Tikal National Park, located in northern Guatemala. A preview of the show's location was shown during the finale of Survivor: Palau. The season premiered on September 15, 2005 on CBS. The finale was on Sunday, December 11, 2005 on CBS. Danni Boatwright won the million dollars as sole survivor. This season also features the return of Palau contestants Stephenie LaGrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard.
The contestants arrived on June 22nd and began filming on June 27th. Filming ended on August 4th and contestants returned home August 5th. (Source from Survivor Fever)
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[edit] Contestants
18 contestants took part in this Survivor series. Two, Stephenie LaGrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard, are returning contestants from Survivor: Palau, while the remainder are new.
| Challenges | Tribes | |||||||
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| Episode Title | Air Date | Reward | Immunity | Voted Out | Original | Ep 4 | Merged | Finish |
| Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise | 2005-09-15 | Nakum | Yaxha | Jim Lynch | Nakum | 1st voted off - Day 3 | ||
| Man Down | 2005-09-22 | Nakum | Nakum | Morgan McDevitt | Yaxha | 2nd voted off - Day 6 | ||
| The Brave May Not Live Long, but the Cautious Don't Live at All | 2005-09-29 | Nakum | Nakum | Brianna Varela | Yaxha | 3rd voted off - Day 8 | ||
| To Betray or Not to Betray | 2005-10-06 | Multiple | Yaxha | Brooke Struck | Nakum | Nakum | 4th voted off - Day 11 | |
| Crocs, Cowboys and City Slickers | 2005-10-13 | Yaxha | Nakum | Blake Towsley | Nakum | Yaxha | 5th voted off - Day 14 | |
| Big Ball, Big Mouth, Big Trouble | 2005-10-20 | Nakum | Rafe Judkins | Margaret Bobonich | Nakum | Nakum | 6th voted off - Day 15 | |
| Brian Corridan | Yaxha | Yaxha | 7th voted off - Day 15 | |||||
| Surprise Enemy Visit | 2005-10-27 | Yaxha | Nakum | Amy O'Hara | Yaxha | Yaxha | 8th voted off - Day 18 | |
| The Hidden Immunity Idol | 2005-11-03 | Gary | Brandon Bellinger | Nakum | Yaxha | Xhakum | 9th voted off - Day 21 | |
| Secrets and Lies and an Idol Surprise | 2005-11-10 | Judd | Jamie Newton | Bobby Jon Drinkard | Nakum | Yaxha | 10th voted off - Day 24 | |
| Eating and Sleeping With the Enemy | 2005-11-17 | Danni, Gary, Judd, Stephenie |
Rafe | Jamie Newton | Yaxha | Nakum | 11th voted off - Day 27 | |
| Everything Is Personal | 2005-11-24 | Cindy | Rafe | Gary Hogeboom | Yaxha | Yaxha | 12th voted off - Day 30 | |
| Price for Immunity | 2005-12-01 | Multiple | Danni | Judd Sergeant | Nakum | Nakum | 13th voted off - Day 33 | |
| Big Win, Big Decision, Big Mistake? | 2005-12-08 | Cindy | Stephenie | Cindy Hall | Nakum | Nakum | 14th voted off - Day 36 | |
| Thunder Storms & Sacrifice | 2005-12-11 | Rafe | Lydia Morales | Yaxha | Nakum | 15th voted off - Day 37 | ||
| Danni | Rafe Judkins | Yaxha | Nakum | 16th voted off - Day 38 | ||||
| The Reunion | 2005-12-11 | Stephenie LaGrossa | Yaxha | Nakum | Runner up- Day 39 | |||
| Danni Boatwright | Nakum | Yaxha | Sole Survivor- Day 39 | |||||
[edit] Elimination Notes
- Jim - Although he was a good leader at first, he was eliminated after tearing a muscle in his arm, which made him detrimental to the progress of the tribe. (His vote for Margaret was not revealed.) On the morning after this episode aired, Jim appeared on the Early Show still wearing a sling.
- Morgan - Lydia was the target, but she had allies in Brian and Jamie. Brian spoke up in her defense, and convinced her to do the same. Gary and Stephenie suggested that Morgan didn't pull her weight at camp, and ultimately she was eliminated.
- Brianna - Brianna was eliminated for not performing well in challenges.
- Brooke - Brooke was eliminated for being the weakest link of the members of Nakum who had not swapped tribes. The team had 4 Nakum and 4 Yaxha, and the 4 Yaxha members managed to form an alliance with Judd, thus eliminating Brooke.
- Blake - Blake was voted off to improve team unity, and because he was set up by Brian to annoy the other tribe members by continually talking about himself.
- Margaret - Margaret was voted out in a 6-1 vote due to her being on the outside of Nakum's majority alliance and due to her personality conflicts with Judd.
- Brian - Brian was one of the more physically weak Yaxha members, and was seen as being too smart to keep in the game. The same strategy he used to knock Blake out of the game was used on him.
- Amy - Although Yaxha did not want to vote anyone out, they lost the immunity challenge, and Amy was in the minority faction within her tribe.
- Brandon - The tribes merged, and Brandon was hit with the double whammy of being in the minority alliance as well as being a challenge threat. He was voted out 6-4.
- Bobby Jon - Because Gary had picked up the individual immunity idol, the power core was forced to shift gears. Bobby Jon was considered more threatening physically than Danni and thus voted out 6-2-1.
- Jamie - Jamie was very cocky after the merge. Although he calmed down, he was still a physical threat and increasingly paranoid and spreading lies among his alliance. Rafe came up with the idea to vote him out because Jamie repeatedly approached him about their alliance and Rafe couldn't deal with him anymore.
- Gary - Gary was not in the five person alliance, and was one of the strongest competitors remaining. Though Gary exposed Judd's lie about the hidden immunity idol, it wasn't enough and he was the next to go.
- Judd - Danni was able to break up the four person alliance by raising doubts with Rafe and Stephenie about Judd's trustworthiness.
- Cindy - Cindy alienated Rafe and Danni when deciding to keep the car she won for herself instead of giving everybody one through an offer from Jeff at the reward challenge. Stephenie also apparently decided to vote for Cindy, even after previously stating she didn't want to betray another alliance member, and Cindy became the first female juror. Became the 10th victim of the Survivor car curse.
- Lydia - Lydia was voted off because Stephenie, Rafe and Danni felt she was well-liked by the jury and could possibly win, so she was voted out.
- Rafe - After Danni won immunity, Rafe said their deal was done and to vote with her heart. Danni felt she could most likely win against Stephenie so she voted her close friend, Rafe out of the game.
- Stephenie - Danni decided to take Steph to the final two instead of Rafe, knowing she could beat her. Steph lost because she had already played the game before and because she had backstabbed many of her alliance members while playing this time. Her sole jury vote came from Rafe, the one person in her alliance she did not have a hand in voting out.
- Danni - Danni fought back from a minority alliance and became the Sole Survivor without backstabbing anyone. Danni got votes from 6 of the 7 jurors: Bobby Jon, Jamie, Gary, Judd, Cindy, and Lydia all voted for Danni to win the million dollars.
[edit] Voting History
Here is a chart showing who voted for who at each tribal council. Note: If a player has individual immunity, it will say the word "immune" in parentheses after their vote.
| Starting Tribes | Mixed Tribes | Merged Tribe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Episode: | Ep 1 | Ep 2 | Ep 3 | Ep 4 | Ep 5 | Ep 6 | Ep 7 | Ep 8 | Ep 9 | Ep 10 | Ep 11 | Ep 12 | Ep 13 | Ep 14 | Ep 14 | Runner-up | Sole Survivor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Voted Out: | Jim 8/9 votes |
Morgan 8/9 votes |
Brianna 7/8 votes |
Brooke 5/8 votes |
Blake 5/7 votes |
Margaret 6/7 votes |
Amy 4/5 votes |
Brandon 6/10 votes |
Bobby Jon 6/9 votes |
Jamie 6/8 votes |
Gary 6/7 votes |
Judd 4/6 votes |
Cindy 4/5 votes |
Lydia 3/4 votes |
Rafe 1 vote |
Stephenie 1/7 votes |
Danni 6/7 votes |
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| Brian 5/6 votes |
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| Voter | Vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danni | Jim | Blake | Brian | Amy | Jamie | Stephenie | Jamie | Gary | Judd (immune) |
Cindy | Lydia | Rafe (immune) |
Jury Vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephenie | Morgan | Brianna | Brooke | Margaret | Brandon | Bobby Jon | Jamie | Gary | Judd | Cindy (immune) |
Lydia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rafe | Morgan | Brianna | Brooke | Margaret (immune) |
Brandon | Bobby Jon | Jamie (immune) |
Gary (immune) |
Judd | Cindy | Lydia (immune) |
Stephenie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lydia | Morgan | Brianna | Brooke | Margaret | Brandon | Bobby Jon | Jamie | Gary | Judd | Cindy | Danni | Danni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cindy | Jim | Lydia | Margaret | Brandon | Bobby Jon | Jamie | Gary | Lydia | Rafe | Danni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Judd | Jim | Brooke | Margaret | Brandon | Bobby Jon | Gary | Gary | Lydia | Danni | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gary | Morgan | Brianna | Blake | Brian (immune) | Amy | Jamie (immune) | Cindy (immune) | Jamie | Cindy | Danni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jamie | Morgan | Brianna | Brooke | Margaret | Brandon | Bobby Jon (immune) |
Gary | Danni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bobby-Jon | Jim | Blake | Brian | Amy | Jamie | Stephenie | Danni | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[edit] Recap
[edit] The Survivors
Nakum: yellow buffs; living adjacent to the Mayan ruins
- 1. Blake Towsley, 24, Commercial Real Estate Broker, Dallas, Texas (5th person voted out(in Yaxha) ; Ep#5)
- 2. Bobby Jon Drinkard, 27, Waiter, Troy, Alabama (10th person voted out, & 1st member of the Jury; Ep#9)
- 3. Brandon Bellinger, 22, Farmer/Rancher, Manhattan, Kansas (9th person voted out; Ep#8)
- 4. Brooke Struck, 26, Law Student, Hood River, Oregon. (4th person voted out; Ep#4)
- 5. Cindy Hall, 31, Zookeeper, Naples, Florida (14th person voted out; Ep#13)
- 6. Danni Boatwright, 30, Sports Radio Talk Show Host, Tonganoxie, Kansas (Sole Survivor; Ep#14)
- 7. Jim Lynch, 63, Retired Fire Captain, Northglenn, Colorado. (1st person voted out; Ep#1)
- 8. Judd Sergeant, 34, Hotel Doorman, Ridgefield, New Jersey. (13th person voted out, & 4th member of the jury; Ep#12)
- 9. Margaret Bobonich, 43, Family Nurse Practitioner, Chardon, Ohio. (6th person voted out; Ep#6)
Yaxha: teal buffs; living in a shelter in the jungle
- 1. Amy O'Hara, 39, Police Sergeant, Revere, Massachusetts. (8th person voted out; Ep#7)
- 2. Brian Corridan, 22, Ivy League Student, New York, New York. (7th person voted out; Ep#6)
- 3. Brianna Varela, 21, Salesperson, Edmonds, Washington. (3rd person voted out; Ep#3)
- 4. Gary Hogeboom, 46, Ex-NFL Quarterback/Real Estate Developer, Grand Haven, Michigan (12th person voted out, & 3rd member of the jury; Ep#11)
- 5. Jamie Newton, 24, Water Ski Instructor, North Hollywood, California (11th person voted out, & 2nd member of the jury; Ep#10)
- 6. Lydia Morales. 42, Fishmonger, Lakewood, Washington (15th person voted out; & 6th member of the jury; Ep#14)
- 7. Morgan McDevitt, 21, Magician's Assistant, Decatur, Illinois. (2nd person voted out; Ep#2)
- 8. Rafe Judkins, 22, Wilderness Guide, Providence, Rhode Island (16th person voted out; & 7th member of the jury; Ep#14)
- 9. Stephenie LaGrossa, 25, Pharmaceutical Sales Rep., Philadelphia, Pennsyslvania (17th person voted out; runner-up; Ep#14)
Xhakum: red buffs; living at Nakum camp
[edit] The game
Episode/Week 1: Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise; Days 1-3
- Aired: 15 September 2005, Thursday
- Reward Challenge: "11-mile race"; Nakum won the best living quarters and flint
- Injuries: Blake hurt by thorn branch; all men except Brandon retched from dehydration; Jim snapped biceps
- Immunity Challenge: "Paddle Battle" (and boat drag over logs); Yaxha won immunity and flint
- Ousted: Jim Lynch of Nakum for his injured biceps by vote of 8=Jim/1=Margaret
Episode/Week 2: Man Down; Days 4-6
- Aired: 22 September 2005, Thursday
- Injuries: Blake suffered cramps and hyperventilation
- Reward Challenge: "Web over Water"; Nakum won fishing gear
- Immunity Challenge: "Dragged through Mud" (tug of war); Nakum won
- Ousted: Morgan McDevitt of Yaxha for her perceived lazy work ethic and lack of physical strength by vote of 8=Morgan/1=Lydia
Episode/Week 3: The Brave May Not Live Long, But The Cautious Don't Live At All; Days 7-8
- Aired: 29 September 2005, Thursday
- Reward Challenge: "Blind Build"; Nakum won pillows, blankets, tarp
- Immunity Challenge: "Holding Court" (Mayan 'basketball'); Nakum won
- Injuries: Danni hit on head twice; Amy sprained ankle
- Ousted: Brianna Varela of Yaxha for her perceived lack of athletic ability by vote of 7=Brianna/1=Lydia
Episode/Week 4: To Betray or Not to Betray
- Aired: 6 October 2005, Thursday; Days 9-11
- Reward Challenge: "Tribal Switch" [names in italics were switched to tribe named below from the other tribe]
- Nakum: Brooke, Cindy, Jamie, Judd, Lydia, Margaret, Rafe, Stephenie
- Yaxha: Amy, Blake, Bobby Jon, Brandon, Brian, Danni, Gary
- Immunity Challenge: "Rows and Throws"; Yaxha won
- Injuries: no new injuries; Amy's sprain is still bad
- Ousted: Brooke Struck of Nakum for her perceived lack of athletic ability by vote of 5=Brooke/3=Lydia
Episode/Week 5: Crocs, Cowboys and City Slickers; Days 12-14
- Aired: 13 October 2005, Thursday
- Reward Challenge: "Slave to the Grind"; Yaxha won chips and drinks, and a croc proof swimming cage
- Immunity Challenge: "What's for Launch"; Nakum won
- Injuries: no new injuries; Amy's sprain not mentioned
- Ousted: Blake Towsley of Yaxha for his cocky attitude and lengthy stories by a vote of 5=Blake/2=Brian
Episode/Week 6: Big Ball, Big Mouth, Big Trouble; Day 15
- Aired: 20 October 2005, Thursday
- Reward Challenge: "Boulder Smash"; Nakum won 3/2
- Injuries: Amy re-sprained her ankle
- Immunity Challenge: "Sudden Death"; Nakum's Rafe won; watched part of Yaxha TC, and gave immunity to Gary [not needed]
- Ousted: Margaret Bobonich of Nakum because of her personality conflicts with Judd by vote of 6=Margaret/1=Judd
- Ousted: Brian Corridan of Yaxha for being weakest player by vote of 5=Brian/1=Bobby Jon
Episode/Week 7: Surprise Enemy Visit; Days 16-18
- Aired: 27 October 2005, Thursday
- Injuries: Bobby Jon and Brandon's shoulder wounds from the giant ball
- Reward Challenge: "Spooling Around"; Yaxha won; jungle canopy zipline ride, then chocolate feast
- Note: "Howdy Neighbors"; Yaxha has Nakum over for swim party in their croc proof cage
- Immunity Challenge: "Tomb Raider"; Nakum won
- Ousted: Amy O'Hara of Yaxha for being minority alliance player by vote of 4=Amy/1=Bobby Jon
- Note: 4 remaining Yaxha headed for the Nakum camp for the merger
Episode/Week 8: The Hidden Immunity Idol; Days 19-21
- Aired: 3 November 2005, Thursday
- Note: night-time Nakum/Yaxha merger
- Note: search for the hidden immunity idol
- Note: merged tribe named Xhakum
- Immunity challenge: "Pot Head"; Gary won; Jamie, Lydia, Rafe, and Stephenie partook in the feast
- Ousted: Brandon Bellinger for being minority alliance player and challenge threat by vote of 6=Brandon/4=Jamie
Episode/Week 9: Secrets and Lies and an Idol Surprise; Days 22-24
- Aired: 10 November 2005, Thursday
- Reward challenge: "Atlatl", competed for food, 1st place (Judd) received the steak and lobster, and shared it with Bobby Jon and Stephenie; food was progressively worse from there.
- Immunity challenge: "Bridge It"; Gary, Rafe, Stephenie and Jamie won 1st stage; Rafe and Jamie won 2nd stage; Jamie won immunity
- Note: Gary surprised the tribe with the hidden immunity idol at tribal council
- Ousted: Bobby Jon Drinkard (1st Jury member) for being challenge threat by a vote of 6=Bobby Jon/2=Steph/1=Cindy
Note: Bobby Jon lasted 3 days longer than he did on Survivor: Palau.
Episode/Week 10: Eating and Sleeping With the Enemy; Days 25-27
- Aired: 17 November 2005, Thursday
- Reward challenge: "Mudslide", Danni, Gary, Judd, and Stephenie won night away with shower, finger-food, a sound night's sleep, breakfast coffee, and a surprise video message from home
- Immunity challenge: "Around the Bend", Rafe, Stephenie, Cindy and Jamie won 1st stage; Rafe won immunity
- Ousted: Jamie Newton (2nd Jury member) for being paranoid and challenge threat by a vote of 6=Jamie/2=Gary
Episode/Week 11: Everything Is Personal; Days 28-30
- Aired: 24 November 2005, Thursday
- Reward challenge: "Shattered Dreams", Cindy won, and took Rafe with her for reward of feast, waterfall pool, and massage
- Immunity challenge: "Mayan Folklore", Rafe won immunity again
- Ousted: Gary Hogeboom (3rd jury member) for being minority alliance player by a vote of 6=Gary/1=Cindy
Episode/Week 12: Price of Immunity; Days 31-33
- Aired: 01 December 2005, Thursday
- Reward Challenge: "Loved Ones Auction"; Danni won the immunity challenge advantage; Judd won and took Cindy and Stephenie with him for reward of their loved ones spending the night with them in camp: Judd's wife; Cindy's twin sister; Stephenie's boyfriend
- Note: the other three loved ones, who didn't even get a hug, were: Danni's brother; Lydia's brother; Rafe's mother
- Immunity Challenge: "Watch Your Step", Danni won over Stephenie after switching places with her as per the immunity challenge advantage
- Ousted: Judd Sergeant (4th jury member) for being a threat by a vote of 4=Judd/2=Lydia
Episode/Week 13: Big Win, Big Decision, Big Mistake?; Days 34-36
- Aired: 08 December 2005, Thursday
- Reward Challenge: "Second Chance"; Cindy won, who had the option of taking a 2006 Pontiac Torrent, or giving one to each of the other survivors. She took the car for herself, and took Stephenie with her on an overnight barbeque reward, and a storytelling and Q & A with a Mayan Archeologist
- Immunity Challenge: "Pole Dancing"; won by Stephenie -- her first individual win in 2 seasons of Survivor
- Ousted: Cindy Hall (5th jury member) for keeping the car, thus continuing the "curse of the car," by a vote of 4=Cindy/1=Rafe
Episode/Week 14: Thunder Storms & Sacrifice (Season Finale); Days 37-39
- Aired: 11 December 2005, Sunday
- Immunity Challenge: "Maya Maze"; won by Rafe (his fourth individual immunity in the game)
- Ousted: Lydia Morales (6th jury member) due to the fact that she could win against anyone in the final two, by a vote of 3=Lydia/1=Danni
- Final Immunity: "Wobbly Boots"; won by Danni after 2 hours and 38 minutes
- Ousted: Rafe Judkins (7th jury member) because Danni felt she would have a better chance in the final two against Stephenie, by a vote of 1=Rafe
- Second Place: Stephenie LaGrossa
- Winner: Danni Boatwright, by a 6-1 vote.
Note: Stephenie lasted 9 days longer than she did on Survivor: Palau.
[edit] Trivia
- The idea of the hidden immunity idol was used in the following series (Survivor: Panama) where the hidden immunity idol was at camp and not at Exile Island. This immunity idol won by Gary had to be used before the vote otherwise it would have no power.
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