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This article combines information that relates to multiple series of the U.S. television series Survivor and comparisons to international editions.

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[edit] Survivor (US) Records

[edit] Participation

  • Oldest Participant: Rudy Boesch, 75 on All-Stars (He was 72 years old when he appeared on Borneo)
  • Youngest Participant: Eliza Orlins from Vanuatu (21 Years, 192 days on the first day of filming)
  • Oldest Castaway in Absolute Age: Rudy Boesch, 75 (born 1928) on All-Stars (He was 72 years old when he appeared on Borneo)
  • Youngest Castaway in Absolute Age: Michelle Yi, 23 (born 1983) from Fiji
  • Most Days Participating (Career): 73, Tom Buchanan (37 on Africa + 36 on All-Stars). Runner up: 72, Amber Brkich, (33 on Australia + 39 on All-Stars)
  • Most Days Participating (Season): 42, Tina Wesson and Colby Donaldson, Australia
  • Fewest Days Participating (Season): 2, Jonathan Libby and Wanda Shirk, Palau
  • Most Tribal Councils Attended as player or juror (Career): 28, Stephenie LaGrossa (15 on Palau + 13 on Guatemala)
  • Most Tribal Councils Attended as player or juror (Season): 15, Stephenie LaGrossa, Palau
  • Smallest Pre-Merge Tribe: 1, Ulong, Palau (Stephenie LaGrossa)
  • Most Tribes (Career): 7, Rupert Boneham. On Pearl Islands, he belonged to Drake (his original tribe), Morgan (he was briefly considered a member when the opposing tribe "kidnapped" him as part of a reward), and Balboa (the season's merged tribe); on All-Stars he belonged to all four of the season's tribes: Saboga (his original tribe), Chapera (when Saboga was dissolved), Mogo Mogo (as a result of the "tribal shuffle") and Chaboga Mogo (the merged tribe).
  • Most Tribes (Season): 4, Rupert Boneham and Jenna Lewis on All-Stars (Saboga, Chapera, Mogo Mogo and Chaboga Mogo). Candice Woodcock and Jonathan Penner of Cook Islands also changed tribes three times, but were on the Rarotonga tribe twice (once when initially segregated by ethnicity and a second time after their mutiny before the merge). Both also were on the Aitutaki and Aitutonga tribes.
  • Winner's Age Chronology: Tom Westman, 43,(Season 10); Tina Wesson, 40, (Season 2); Richard Hatch, 39, (Season 1); Vecepia Towery, 36, (Season 4); Brian Heidik, 34, (Season 5); Chris Daughtry, 34, (Season 9), Danni Boatwright, 31, (Season 11); Yul Kwon, 31, (Season 13); Sandra Diaz-Twine, 29, (Season 7); Ethan Zohn, 27, (Season 3), Amber Mariano, 25, (Season 8); Aras Baskuaukas, 23, (Season 12); Jenna Morasca, 21, (Season 6)

[edit] Challenges

  • Most Tribal Immunity Challenges Won: 7 of 7, Koror, Palau. Ulong became the first tribe in the show's history to lose every Immunity Challenge, and won only a total of three Reward Challenges. The Moto tribe from Fiji has also won seven consecutive immunity challenges, although two of those victories came after a tribal shakeup.
  • Most Individual Immunity Challenges Won: 5, Colby Donaldson (Australia), Tom Westman (Palau), Terry Deitz (Exile Island), and Oscar Lusth (Cook Islands).
  • Most Individual Challenges Won: 9, Terry Deitz, (one of which was a Reward won as part of a three-person team).
  • Most Individual Challenges Won, Season Winner: 6, Westman, (one as part of a four-person team).
  • Fewest Individual Challenges Won, Season Winner: 0, Sandra Diaz-Twine (Pearl Islands)
  • Most Consecutive Tribal Challenges Won: 9, Moto (Fiji)
  • Most Consecutive Individual Challenges Won: 5, Kelly Wiglesworth (Borneo) and Oscar Lusth (Cook Islands). Both won an immunity, a reward, and the three final immunity challenges.
  • Most Consecutive Individual Immunity Challenges Won: 5, Donaldson, Deitz

[edit] Exile Island

  • First-Ever People Sent Into Exile: Tijuana Bradley, Christa Hastie, Burton Roberts, Darrah Johnson, Lillian Morris and Sandra Diaz-Twine (Pearl Islands)
  • First-Ever Person Sent Into Exile Alone: Janu Tornell (Palau)
  • Most Times Sent to Exile Island: 4, Terry Deitz (Exile Island), Candice Woodcock (Cook Islands)
  • Most Consecutive Times Sent to Exile Island: 3, Candice Woodcock (Cook Islands)
  • People Who Found the Hidden Idol While in Exile: Terry Deitz (Exile Island), Yul Kwon (Cook Islands)
  • People Who were Exiled and Voted Out Before the Merge
    • Misty Giles is the only exiled person in Exile Island to not make it to the merge. She was exiled on the first episode after her tribe lost the Reward Challenge, and was the third player voted off of the said season.
    • Sylvia Kwan, from Survivor: Fiji was voted out the day after her second exile. She was also the third person voted out of her season.
  • Double Exiled
    • Day 19 of Survivor: Exile Island featured a reward challenge that divided the remaining nine contestants into teams of three. The winning team, composed of Aras Baskauskas, Bruce Kanegai, and Sally Schumann had to choose one person from each losing team into exile. They selected Austin Carty and Danielle diLorenzo.
    • On Day 34 of Survivor: Exile Island, Aras Baskauskas won a reward challenge and chose Cirie Fields to join him on the reward. The other two remaining players, Danielle diLorenzo and Terry Deitz, were both sent to Exile Island.
  • Exiled and Saved from Tribal Council:
    • Bruce Kanegai (Exile Island): After forming 2 new tribes Bruce was not chosen by any tribe, so he was sent to exile island and joined losing tribe to replace a person who was voted out in tribal council.
    • Sally Schumann (Exile Island): Winning tribe chose her to go to exile island in a twist.
    • Candice Woodcock (Cook Islands): Winning tribe chose her to go to exile island in a twist.
    • Sylvia Kwan (Fiji): Beginning with odd number of castaways, Sylvia was chosen to form two tribes from the remaining 18 people, due to her role in the building of the luxurious shelter. After the tribes were formed, she was sent to Exile Island, and was to join the tribe that lost the upcoming challenge, and replace the member voted off. This was similar to the system used in Exile Island with Bruce.
    • Earl Cole (Fiji): In episode two, team Moto won a combination reward/immunity challenge and with that the right to exile a member of team Ravu. They chose Earl, which also spared him a trip to Tribal Council.
    • Lisi Linares (Fiji): After forming two new tribes Lisi was not chosen by either tribe, so was sent to exile island and joined the losing tribe to replace the person voted out in tribal council.
  • Exiled and then Voted out:
    • Austin Carty (Exile Island): On 19th day, Austin and Danielle diLorenzo got exile. On 21th day, after Terry Deitz won another immunity challenge Austin was voted out due to his being a challenge threat. He is only castaway from season 12 who was sent to exile island and voted out in the same episode.
    • Candice Woodcock (Cook Islands): After she mutinied to the other team, her former Aitutaki members felt betrayed, and repeatedly sent her to Exile Island. Candice was sent to Exile Island for the final time on day 29, and voted out the next day.
    • Jonathan Penner (Cook Islands): After Jonathan betrayed their alliance, Parvati Shallow took revenge by sending Jonathan to exile island after winning in a family visit challenge on day 31. Parvati and Adam then convinced Yul to eliminate Jonathan on day 33.
    • Sylvia Kwan (Fiji): She was chosen by Moto, the winning tribe, to be exiled for the second time. When she came back, Ravu lost another immunity challenge, and her tribe members wanted to discover if she had found the hidden immunity idol. She did not have the immunity idol, so when she received the majority number of votes, she became the 3rd member voted off of her tribe.

[edit] Tribal Council voting

[edit] Survivors Whose Every Vote was for the Eliminated Contestant

[edit] Sole Survivors (Winners)

Season Name Age Sex Home State Final Vote Runner Up Sex Winner's Unique Distinction
Borneo Richard Hatch 39 Male Rhode Island 4-3 Kelly Wiglesworth (Nevada) Female Openly gay, currently in prison for tax evasion
Australia Tina Wesson 40 Female Tennessee 4-3 Colby Donaldson (Texas) Male First and oldest Female Sole Survivor
Africa Ethan Zohn 27 Male Massachusetts 5-2 Kim Johnson (New York) Female Jewish, former pro soccer player
Marquesas Vecepia Towery 36 Female Oregon 4-3 Neleh Dennis (Utah) Female Only African-American winner
Thailand Brian Heidik 34 Male California 4-3 Clay Jordan (Louisiana) Male Former softcore adult film actor
The Amazon Jenna Morasca 21 Female Pennsylvania 6-1 Matthew Von Ertfelda (Washington, DC) Male Youngest Sole Survivor, later posed nude with Heidi Strobel for Playboy
Pearl Islands Sandra Diaz-Twine 29 Female Washington 6-1 Lillian Morris (Ohio) Female Hispanic-American
All-Stars Amber Brkich 25 Female Pennsylvania 4-3 Rob Mariano (Massachusetts) Male Later wed runner-up Mariano, also played on The Amazing Race
Vanuatu Chris Daugherty 34 Male Ohio 5-2 Twila Tanner (Missouri) Female Only male in final 7
Palau Tom Westman 41 Male New York 6-1 Katie Gallagher (California) Female Oldest Sole Survivor
Guatemala Danni Boatwright 30 Female Kansas 6-1 Stephenie LaGrossa (New Jersey) Female Former Miss Kansas
Exile Island Aras Baskauskas 24 Male California 5-2 Danielle DiLorenzo (Massachusetts) Female Youngest male Sole Survivor
Cook Islands Yul Kwon 31 Male California 5-4-0 Oscar Lusth (California) Male First Asian-American Sole Survivor
  • Six women and seven men have won.
  • When a male-female pair reached the final two, men have won 5 of 8 times. A male-male pair has reached the final two twice (Thailand) and (Cook Islands) while female-female pairs have occurred three times (Marquesas, Pearl Islands and Guatemala).
  • Five winners were in their 20s when they won, six were in their 30s when they won, and two players were in their 40s when they won.
  • In the American version, four winners won by a 6-1 vote (three were women), three winners won by a 5-2 vote (all men), five winners won by a 4-3 vote (including four of the first five seasons), and one won in a 5-4-0 vote.
  • Both winners in the British series won the grand prize by a sweep (7-0 vote). No grand prize winner on any of the other series have won by a sweep. In the third season of the French Survivor series, the six member jury split its votes 3/3 between the final two players, Delphine and Isabelle, who were therefore both declared winners in the only tie in the show's history.
  • In eleven out of thirteen final votes, the player who lived north of the other player won. The only exceptions were: All-Stars and Guatemala.
  • For three consecutive seasons directly after All-Stars, the only votes that the runner-up received during the final tribal council were from openly gay survivors:

[edit] Notable Eliminations

[edit] First Eliminations after the Merge

For 12 consecutive seasons, a man has been voted out at the first Tribal Council when the two tribes merged. The only exception to this is Gretchen Cordy in the original season in Borneo.

[edit] Eliminated away from Tribal Council

  • Michael Skupin was airlifted from camp in Australia due to severe burn injuries. A Tribal Council was held in his absence but never broadcast.
  • Bruce Kanegai was rushed to a Panama City hospital on Exile Island due to severe pain from a blocked colon and bladder, and did not return to the game, leading to his elimination. He was still able to participate in the jury.
  • Jenna Morasca left All-Stars to be with her mother who had breast cancer and was taken away by boat. Incidentally, her mother died eight days later with Jenna by her side.
  • Susan Hawk quit All-Stars due to emotional trauma following alleged contact with a naked Richard Hatch at a previous challenge and was taken away by boat just before a following challenge.
  • Jonathan Libby and Wanda Shirk were not picked during the tribal selection phase on Day 2 of Palau and left the game, taken away by boat. In subsequent episodes, Jonathan was listed as an Ulong and Wanda was listed as a Koror in the show's opening credits. This may be because the tribes had to select men and women alternately; had they been kept in, they would have balanced each tribe at 5 men and 5 women.
  • Ian Rosenberger of Palau asked to be voted out in the final Immunity Challenge. Ian agreed to give up in the final Immunity Challenge if Tom Westman agreed to vote out Ian and take Katie Gallagher to the Final Two. Due to the extended duration of the Challenge (nearly twelve hours) and the obviousness of the result, the vote was held informally at the Challenge site. Tom verbally confirmed that he was voting Ian off. Ian remained at the Challenge site while Tom and Katie returned to camp. This was the only post-merge vote that the jury did not attend in the history of the series.
  • Gary Stritesky of Fiji fell down hard in a reward challenge, and faced an unhealthy condition and was forced to leave the game.

[edit] 'Surviving' Contestants of Each Individual Tribe

  • Borneo - Tagi: Richard, Pagong: Colleen (6th)
  • Australia - Ogakor: Tina, Kucha: Elisabeth (4th)
  • Africa - Boran: Ethan, 'New' Samburu: Lex (3rd)
  • Marquesas - 'New' Rotu: Vecepia, 'New' Maraamu: Neleh (Runner Up)
  • Thailand - Chauy Ghan: Brian, Sook Jai: Jake (6th)
  • Pearl Islands - Drake: Sandra, Outcasts: Lillian (2nd), Morgan: Darrah (4th)
  • All Stars- Chapera: Amber, Saboga: Jenna (3rd), Mogo Mogo: Shii Ann (6th)
  • Vanuatu- Lopevi: Chris, Yasur: Scout (3rd)
  • Palau- Koror: Tom, Ulong: Stephenie (7th)
  • Guatemala- 'New' Yaxha: Danni, 'New' Nakum: Stephenie (Runner Up)
  • Exile Island- Casaya: Aras, LaMina: Terry (3rd)
  • Cook Islands- Aitutaki: Yul, Rarotonga: Adam (5th)

[edit] Eliminated at Tribal Council by other than a majority vote

[edit] Quit at Tribal Council

  • Osten Taylor quit the game in Pearl Islands. Osten originally asked his tribe to vote him out, then stated at Tribal Council that he was quitting, claiming he had serious health problems and his health was "more important to me than a million dollars." Jeff Probst felt he had no real reason to leave the game, but had the remaining tribe members verbally confirm that they accepted his decision. Probst considered Osten's decision dishonorable and, in protest, snuffed his torch with the words "Per your wishes, go home", tossing his extinguished torch to the ground. The producers refused to air the post-departure confessional that Osten recorded, which typically would have appeared during the closing credits and on the Pearl Islands web site.
  • Janu Tornell of Palau pulled herself out of the game, partially to save Stephenie LaGrossa from being voted out, but was still permitted to serve on the jury.

[edit] Lost a tie-breaker

  • Mitchell Olson and Jeff Varner of Australia and Lindsey Richter of Africa and were eliminated by greater numbers of votes at past Tribal Councils.
  • Carl Bilancione was eliminated from Africa by losing a Q&A challenge to Lindsey.
  • Paschal English was eliminated from Marquesas by drawing the purple rock in a random tiebreaker, after a 2-2 vote for Neleh Dennis and Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien.
  • In Palau, Ulong became the first tribe in the show's history to lose EVERY immunity challenge. When it was down to Bobby Jon Drinkard and Stephenie LaGrossa, they lost another Immunity Challenge; because there were only 2 players left on Ulong, when they went to Tribal Council, Bobby Jon and Stephenie had to compete in a fire-building contest which Stephenie won. When Bobby Jon brought his torch to Jeff Probst to be snuffed, Probst said, "The tribe definitely did not speak tonight, Nonetheless, it's time for you to go." Thus, Ulong became the only tribe in Survivor history to be reduced to one member: Stephenie. Later, instead of a merge, Stephenie was simply absorbed into the Koror tribe.
  • Jennifer Lyon of Palau, Cirie Fields of Exile Island, and Sundra Oakley of Cook Islands were each eliminated by losing a fire-building contest after a 2-2 vote among the Final Four contestants. A revote was held prior to Jennifer's contest with Ian Rosenberger (using the same staging areas as Bobby Jon and Stephenie). No revote was shown prior to Cirie's contest with Danielle DiLorenzo, or Sundra's contest with Becky Lee.

[edit] Received a plurality of 50% of votes cast

  • Sonja Christopher received four votes out of eight in Episode 1 of Borneo with other votes splitting three to one.
  • Jenna Lewis received four votes out of eight in Episode 9 of Borneo with other votes splitting three to one.
  • Ryan Aiken received four votes out of eight in Episode 1 of Amazon with other votes splitting three to one.
  • Courtney Marit received three votes out of six in Episode 11 of Exile Island with other votes splitting two to one.
  • Sylvia Kwan received four votes out of eight in Episode 3 of Fiji with other votes splitting three to one.

[edit] Received fewer than half the ballots cast

  • Gretchen Cordy received four of ten votes when she was voted out of Borneo, but it was enough as six other players each received only one vote.
  • Bobby Mason was voted out of Exile Island after receiving three of seven votes, with the other four votes going to three different people.

[edit] Requested to be voted out

  • Three players were voted out at their own request after their tribe lost an Immunity Challenge. Another asked to be voted out after stepping down in the final Immunity Challenge.
    • Borneo's BB Andersen persuaded his tribe to oust him on day 6, a move he said he later regretted. BB was depicted as a likely candidate to be voted out anyhow, due to his bossy nature and the fact that he used the tribe's drinking water to wash his shirt.
    • On day 6, Ashlee Ashby of Palau, complaining of illness and exhaustion, convinced her tribe to eliminate her.
    • On day 8, Jeff Wilson of Palau was voted out after seriously injuring his ankle on a loose coconut at camp, causing him to withdraw early from the following Immunity Challenge.
    • One player, Ian Rosenberger of Palau, asked to be voted out in the final Immunity Challenge (as described above under the "Eliminated away from Tribal Council" heading).
  • Four other players asked to be voted out but their tribemates refused.
    • Shawna Mitchell of The Amazon complained of illness and asked to leave on day 12, but her tribemates voted out Joanna Ward instead. Shawna recovered after a tribal swap brought in an infusion of male members, but was eventually voted out on day 21.
    • Osten Taylor of Pearl Islands wanted to quit and asked to be voted out on day 6, but his tribemates voted out Ryan Shoulders instead. He eventually quit on day 18 at Tribal Council (as described above).
    • Shane Powers of Exile Island asked his tribemates to vote him out, but his ally Aras convinced him to stay in the game. Shane's tribe sent Melinda Hyder home instead.
    • Stephannie Favor from Cook Islands asked to be voted off when she realized that she was the weakest link in her tribe. However, after talking to other female tribemates, she changed her mind and agreed to form an all-female alliance and sent JP Calderon home instead. She was eliminated during the following Tribal Council because they felt her heart was not in the game.

[edit] Double Elimination

  • On day 19 of Pearl Islands, the Outcast tribe, which consisted of the 6 players who had already been voted out, were given the chance to return to the game by defeating the Drake and Morgan tribes in a special Challenge, which they did. The two defeated tribes were then required to vote out one member each; Drake sent Shawn Cohen home while Morgan did not have to vote somebody out since Osten Taylor quit the game. On the same night, but during the following episode, the Outcast tribe voted Lillian Morris and Burton Roberts back into the game. This is the first time that the show had to ask more than one tribe to attend Tribal Council on the same night.
  • Except for Exile Island, all seasons after All-Stars have featured 18 or more contestants, leading to an episode where both tribes went to Tribal Council to vote out one player each. Additionally, the tribe who had won the preceding Challenge was able to--in one way or another--affect the losing tribe's vote by exempting one of its players from elimination.
    • On day 7 of Vanuatu, the Lopevi tribe defeated Yasur in a Reward Challenge and got a fishing spear. John Kenney overcame all the Lopevi men in an individual Immunity Challenge and was given the right to observe Yasur until so that he could give away his Immunity after his own tribe's Tribal Council. John Palyok was booted in the Lopevi Tribal Council, then Ami Cusack received Immunity from Kenney and Mia Galeotalanza was sent home by Yasur.
    • On day 12 of Palau, Koror won the Reward Challenge but had to vote Willard Smith off. With the Ulong losing streak, this was the only time Koror had to go to Tribal Council during the separate tribe phase. However, after the vote, the remaining tribe members moved to the jury seating to watch the Ulong Tribal Council, and then voted formally to give Immunity to one member of Ulong--Ibrehem Rahman. After a tie vote between Angie Jakusz and Bobby Jon Drinkard, Ulong revoted and Stephenie switched her vote, leading Angie to be eliminated.
    • On day 15 of Guatemala, Nakúm won the Reward Challenge and then competed in an individual Challenge won by Rafe Judkins. Nakúm voted out Margaret Bobonich, then Rafe voted secretly which member of Yaxhá he was assigning Immunity to, before returning to camp. Yaxhá voted and Brian Corridan was voted out with 5 votes. Jeff Probst revealed the Immunity from Rafe went to Gary Hogeboom.
    • On day 15 of Cook Islands, Aitutaki won the Reward Challenge, but still had to vote Cao Boi Bui off. They then watched Rarotonga's Tribal Council and, in a twist, were asked to "kidnap" one member of Rarotonga who would not participate in the vote but would observe while feasting with Aitutaki, and would then live with the Aitutaki tribe until the next Reward Challenge. Nathan Gonzalez was chosen to be kidnapped and the rest of the Rarotonga tribe voted out Cristina Coria.
  • On day 24 of Cook Islands, Rarotonga lost the Immunity Challenge and received a bottle with a note in it to be opened after their next vote at Tribal Council. After Rebecca Borman was voted out 6-1 and left Tribal Council, Parvati Shallow was instructed to open the note, which said that the tribe must immediately vote off another player. Jenny Guzon-Bae was then voted off 4-2. This marked the first time that one tribe had lost two members in a single episode.

[edit] Voting blocs

The post-merge voting bloc of Richard, Kelly, Rudy and Susan in Borneo that took them all to the Final Four by sticking together has spawned alliances in every subsequent season, but with at least four different strategies and degrees of success:

  • In only two seasons (Borneo and Thailand) has an original voting bloc gone on to win the game. The Borneo merge was 5-5 and the Tagi bloc eliminated the 5 Pagong members before voting off their first Tagi tribemate, Sean Kenniff - ultimately, Richard Hatch of this bloc won the game. The Thailand merge was 5-3 and the 5-person Chuay Gahn bloc eliminated the last 3 Sook Jai members before turning on their own, and eventually awarding the title of Sole Survivor to Brian Heidik.
  • In two other seasons (All-Stars and Exile Island), one tribe entered the merge with a majority (6-4) and systematically eliminated 3 of the 4 minority tribe members first. However, because the final minority tribe member (Shii Ann Huang in All-Stars and Terry Deitz in Exile Island) had Immunity, their elimination was delayed by one or more Tribal Councils, forcing the bloc to eliminate their own members until the minority member no longer had Immunity (at which point they were voted out). This strategy ultimately helped majority tribe members Amber Brkich (All-Stars) and Aras Baskauskas (Exile Island) win the game.
  • In five seasons (Australia, Africa, Amazon, Pearl Islands and Palau), the dominant tribe alternately voted out minority members as well as their own, but still went on to win the game, suggesting that a voting bloc doesn't necessarily need to vote systematically to still end up winning in the end.
  • Most interestingly, in four seasons (Marquesas, Vanuatu, Guatemala, and Cook Islands) the underdog tribe at the time of the merge has successfully managed to win the game. Despite entering the merge on the losing end of a 7-3 bloc, Vecepia Towery won Immunity at just the right times to allow her to win Marquesas. In Vanuatu, the 6-4 female voting bloc eliminated three men immediately, but fractured with 7 people left in the game, allowing male Chris Daugherty to serve as a swing vote long enough to reach the Final Two and beat mutineer Twila Tanner. In Guatemala, Danni Boatwright and her three Yaxha tribemates merged with the six-person Nakum tribe, and she watched all three eliminated in the first four post-merge Tribal Councils, but positioned herself strategically enough to go on to beat all the Nakum members for the title of Sole Survivor. In Cook Islands, the Raro tribe had a 5-4 advantage over the Aitu tribe at the merge. When Jonathan Penner betrayed Raro and voted with Aitu against Nathan Gonzalez, the Aitu alliance had a 5-3 advantage. The original Aitu Four, without Jonathan, ended up getting to the Final Four, with Yul Kwon winning.

[edit] Notable challenge patterns

[edit] The Car Curse

Traditionally, one of the final Reward Challenges of each season has a car awarded as a prize, but no player who has won this Challenge has gone on to win the million dollar prize. This was first referenced on a regular episode of the program, during Guatemala, when Jeff Probst acknowledged the curse by making a special offer to Reward Challenge winner Cindy Hall. She could keep her newly-won car, or give it up and instead all four other remaining Survivors would receive cars. After some thought, she decided to keep her car, which ultimately continued the curse as she was voted out that night at Tribal Council.

Amber Brkich, winner of All-Stars, was awarded a car as part of the final Reward Challenge, but only because she was selected by Rob Mariano, the actual winner of the Challenge.

Before the filming of Cook Islands began, General Motors, a sponsor of each of the first 12 editions of Survivor, discontinued their sponsorship with the show, citing that sponsoring the show no longer fit the company's business objectives. [1] Ford took over GM's place during the 13th season, giving away a Mercury Mariner SUV to Oscar Lusth as a result of an online poll.

The results of each season are as follows:

Season Car Winner Make/Model Finish Details
Borneo None No car was given out during a reward challenge.
Australia Colby Donaldson Pontiac Aztek 2nd Place Only four competed in "Survivor Pentathlon." As winner he was surprised with a visit from his mother.
Africa Lex van den Berghe Chevy Avalanche 3rd Place Won the "Swahili Scramble" word search challenge with answer "Avalanche." Vehicle was used for AIDS supplies delivery to a local clinic.
Marquesas Sean Rector Saturn VUE 5th Place Won car and voted out in same episode. First time the car challenge was an amalgam of elements from past challenges. At the Reunion episode, all other contestants were also given a VUE and Rector was given a second.
Thailand Ted Rogers, Jr. Chevy Trailblazer 5th Place Won car and voted out in same episode. Brian Heidik had a sizable lead in the challenge but he misspelled the answer phrase "Road Trip" (seemingly on purpose), only to have Ted win it a few moments later. However, Heidik won the season.
The Amazon Matthew Von Ertfelda Saturn ION 2nd Place First person since Colby Donaldson to win the car and make it to the final Tribal Council.
Pearl Islands Burton Roberts GMC Envoy 5th Place Won car and voted out in same episode. The only time the vehicle was not indicated as part of the reward until after it was won.
All-Stars Rob Mariano Chevy Colorado 2nd Place The other part of the reward which was a "Survivor Drive-In" experience for himself and a guest; he chose Amber Brkich. During the reward, Jeff Probst, who had driven with the two to the reward, surprised Amber with her own new Chevy Malibu. She received it not for winning the challenge, but being selected to share in the reward - technically keeping the curse alive. Shii Ann Huang was also given a car by being selected by Amber during the reunion.
Vanuatu Eliza Orlins Pontiac G6 4th Place First female ever to win a car in a challenge on Survivor. The "Bridge Over Troubled Water" challenge had six competitors and was not a recap of past challenges.
Palau Ian Rosenberger Chevrolet Corvette 3rd Place Boating and Geographical challenge rather than a recap.
Guatemala Cindy Hall Pontiac Torrent 5th Place Before she went off on the second half of her reward, Jeff Probst made an offer acknowledging the curse. She could give up her car and give the other four Survivors cars, or keep her own. After heavy thought, Cindy decided to keep her car. After being voted out later that episode, Hall said "Thanks, guys. I'll be thinking of you when I see the stars through the sunroof of my new car." In summarizing the episode, the official website had a picture of Cindy with the word "CURSED!" above it.
Exile Island Terry Deitz GMC Yukon 3rd Place After a 3-on-3 water-based obstacle course, the losers returned to camp (and Exile Island), while the winners continued to a surprise slingshot contest for the vehicle. Jeff Probst mentioned the curse during the live reunion after the finale, making it the second time that he has mentioned it on the show. Also during the reunion, Cirie Fields won a 2007 GMC Yukon by winning an online poll.
Cook Islands Oscar Lusth Mercury Mariner 2nd Place Although no car was officially rewarded as part of a challenge during the filming of Survivor 13, Oscar Lusth was given a 2007 Mercury Mariner at the Survivor Reunion based on public online polling. He too failed to win the game. This instance, like that of Cirie Fields of the previous season, kept the Car Curse alive.

[edit] Final Immunity Challenge

  • Except in Australia, which featured a "Fallen Comrades" trivia quiz, the final Immunity Challenge has always been a test of endurance. The three remaining players are placed in a physically difficult position and required to maintain it without break. Any player who breaks the pose or touches the ground is out; the last one standing wins the challenge. Winning the final Immunity Challenge has two rewards--the winner automatically goes to the Final Two and also chooses one of the two remaining players to eliminate, thereby choosing his or her opponent in the Final Two. The only exception to this was in Cook Islands, when the Final Three faced the jury.
  • Despite these advantages, only five out of the thirteen players who won the final Immunity Challenge have gone on to win the game, none until the fifth season.
  • Eight out of the thirteen eliminated players went on to vote against the person who had just eliminated them.
  • Only once, in Marquesas, have all three competitors in the final challenge been women. Never have all three been men.
  • Of the seven times a woman has faced two men in a final three endurance challenge, she has won four times. Of the four times a man has faced two women in the final endurance challenge, he has won twice.

[edit] Challenges held at Tribal Council

  • "Fallen Comrades" trivia quiz for Immunity in the first four seasons
  • "Will Power" endurance challenge for Immunity at the final three in The Amazon
  • "Tribal Draft" trivia challenge for Immunity, pitting the final four against the Jury in Pearl Islands
  • Tiebreaker competitions in Africa (Q&A), Marquesas (selecting random rocks), Palau (fire-building, twice), Exile Island (fire-building), and Cook Islands (fire-building)

[edit] Challenges begun after sunset

Although some Challenges continue past sunset, very few Challenges have begun in the dark.

  • "Abandoned Barracks" object hunt for Reward, Episode 6, Borneo
  • "Fugitives" folklore comprehension for Immunity, Episode 12, Australia
  • "Virtues of Fire" fire making competition for Immunity, Episode 10, Marquesas
  • "Marquesan Folklore" folklore comprehension for Immunity, Episode 12, Marquesas
  • "Snuff It" cultural Q & A for Immunity, Episode 10, Thailand
  • "Touchy Subjects" group opinion Q & A for Immunity, Episode 10, The Amazon
  • The challenges held at Tribal Council listed above

[edit] Throwing the Immunity Challenge

In Survivor history there are 4 tribes that chose to throw the Immunity Challenge in hopes of voting out one of their own.

  • Boran from Africa--After a tribal shuffle sent Samburu members Frank Garrison, Teresa Cooper and Silas Gaither over to Boran, Ethan Zohn decided that his tribe should throw the Immunity Challenge to get rid of Silas.
  • Sook Jai from Thailand--After winning two straight Immunity Challenges, Sook Jai threw the next Immunity Challenge to have the opportunity to vote out Jed Hildebrand, which they successfully did. This turned out to be a fateful move for them, as Chuay Gahn eventually surpassed them in number of Immunity Challenges won, and voted out the remaining members of Sook Jai after the two tribes merged.
  • Drake from Pearl Islands--After winning three Immunity Challenges in a row, Burton Roberts planned to throw the Challenge in order to get rid of Christa Hastie. However, in the end, it was Burton who got booted. Moreover, after throwing this Immunity Challenge, the Morgan tribe's losing streak turned around and they defeated Drake in another two Immunity Challenges.
  • Aitutaki from Cook Islands-- Ozzy Lusth decided that Billy Garcia was too lazy, so he plotted to throw the Challenge in order to vote Billy off. Cristina Coria was initially against this idea, as she felt it would lead to potential problems in the future. Her fears would, to an extent, be realized; in the next five episodes, four members of the original Aitutaki would be voted out: all but Ozzy.

[edit] Twists and Special Rules

  • Tribal Switch: Castaways are involuntarily swapped to the opposing tribe.
    • Africa: Both tribes chose three members who were then swapped to the opposing tribe.
    • Marquesas: Castaways picked a random buff that determined the new tribe formations.
    • The Amazon: The youngest members of both tribes, Dave Johnson and Jenna Morasca, were chosen as "ambassadors" of their respective tribes. They were then asked to choose from the other castaways who they wanted to be in their new tribes.
    • All-Stars: Castaways picked a random buff that determined the new tribe formations.
    • Vanuatu: Appointed leaders from both tribes, Lea Masters and Scout Cloud Lee. One, Scout, formed the new tribes while the other, Lea, chose which tribe he would then join. Lisa Keiffer, who was not selected for either tribes, was given the choice to join either.
    • Guatemala: Castaways were asked to answer questions about their tribemates. Brian Corridan and Cindy Hall, who were chosen as the people with the most tribe pride, were asked to stay in their respective tribes while the other tribe members, excluding those who had left for a picnic, were swapped to the other tribe.
    • Fiji: Appointed castaways from both tribes, Earl and Edgardo were asked to form the new tribes with each member picking the next person to join the new tribe. Which tribe lived as 'Haves' on the Moto beach was decided at random.
  • Tribal Absorption / Dissolution: A tribe is absorbed into one or more tribes.
    • All-Stars: The Saboga tribe was dissolved and split between the Mogo Mogo and Chapera tribes after losing a challenge (the two tribes used a schoolyard pick to dissolve the tribe).
    • Palau: The Ulong tribe was reduced to one member (Stephanie LaGrossa) because of continually losing immunity challenges. The remaining tribe member was absorbed into the Koror tribe.
  • Mutiny: Contestants are given the chance to voluntarily switch to other tribe.
    • Thailand: No one decided to switch tribes.
    • Cook Islands: Jeff Probst gave the remaining players 10 seconds to mutiny by stepping off their mat. After quite some time, Candice Woodcock decided to take up the offer. She was quickly followed by Jonathan Penner.
  • Schoolyard Pick: Contestants choose another one by one to form new tribes.
    • Thailand: 2 oldest contestants, Jake Billingsley and Jan Gentry, picked all members in their tribe.
    • Palau: First man and woman reaching the shore won immunity and had a chance to from 2 new tribes. Last man and woman, Jonathan Libby and Wanda Shirk, were not chosen by tribe and were eliminated.
    • Exile Island: Four tribes were merged down to two tribes, with each member picking the next person to join the tribe
    • Cook Islands: Four tribes were merged down to two tribes, with each member picking the next person to join the tribe.
    • Fiji: Sylvia Kwan, the leader who took a role in building a luxury camp, picked member of 2 tribes 1-by-1 and then she was sent to exile island.
  • Kidnapping: Winning tribe chooses one member from losing tribe to temporarily join them, saving that person from Tribal Council.
    • Pearl Islands: Rupert Boneham was chosen by Morgan to join their tribe after they won an immunity challenge.
    • All-Stars: After winning a special reward and immunity challenge, Chapera chose Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien to join them on a yacht.
    • Cook Islands: Aitutaki kidnapped Nathan Gonzalez right before Nathan's tribe voted, making him immune from the vote.
  • Returning of Eliminated Castaways
  • Purple Rock Tie-Breaker: Marquesas (Paschal English was eliminated without any votes against him.)
  • Double Tribal Council: Both tribes vote a member out, or a single tribe votes two members out. (Pearl Islands, Vanuatu, Palau, Guatemala and Cook Islands)
  • Fake Merge: Two tribes live together in the same beach but compete as tribes instead of as individuals. Thailand
  • Exile
  • Hidden Immunity Idol
    • Guatemala: Gary Hogeboom found the Idol on day 24 after followed Judd Sergeant who had a clue from winning reward challenge in the jungle near their camp. (Hidden Immunity Idol rule began on day 19)
    • Exile Island: Terry Deitz found the Idol on Exile Island on Day 10 (the 1st time he was exiled).
    • Cook Islands: Yul Kwon found the Idol on Exile Island on Day 6 (the 1st time he was exiled).
    • Fiji There are 2 idols hidden, one in each tribe's camp. Yau-Man Chan found the Idol of Moto's camp on Day 19.
  • Odd number of castaways
    • Fiji: Mellisa McNulty, one of the original 20 castaways slated for the season, quit the game before filming began. She reportedly experienced multiple panic attacks in one day from the stress of the situation and quit the night before filming commenced. Producers decided that it was too late to bring in an alternate.
  • Immunity or Comfort
    • Fiji: This is the first time in survivor that the winning tribe (Moto) went to tribal council, while losing tribe did not. Moto have to choose to keep an immunity idol and go to less comfort camp, or to vote somebody out but stay in the same luxury camp. In the end, Moto made a decision to go to tribal council and voted Liliana Gomez out.

[edit] Names of tribes

[edit] Original tribes

The original names of the tribes, which are given by the producers, are taken from the local culture or natural history.

  • Tribes named after animals
  • Tribes named after locations
    • All-Stars's original tribes (Saboga, Chapera, and Mogo Mogo) all islands that are part of the Pearl Islands archipelago.
    • Vanuatu's original tribes, Lopevi and Yasur, were named for Volcanoes located on the island nation of Vanuatu. In addition, Lopevi is also an uninhabited island.
    • Palau's original tribes, Koror and Ulong, were named for two islands in the Republic of Palau. Also, Koror is the largest city of the country of Palau.
    • Guatemala's original tribes, Nakum and Yaxha, were named for Mesoamerican archaeological sites of the Maya empire in the region.
    • Exile Island's original tribes (Bayoneta, Casaya, La Mina, and Viveros) are, once again, all islands that are part of the Pearl Islands archipelago.
    • Cook Islands's original tribes (Aitutaki, Manihiki, Puka Puka and Rarotonga) were named after islands of the Cook Islands.
  • Tribes named after people
  • Tribes named after local language
    • Marquesas' original tribes, Maraamu and Rotu, were named for the Marquesan words for 'Southern Wind' and 'Rain' respectively.
    • Thailand's original tribes, Chuay Gahn and Sook Jai, were named for the Thai words for 'Help Together' and 'Happy Heart' respectively.
    • Fiji's original tribes, Moto and Ravu, were named for the Fijian words for 'Spear' and 'To kill' respectively.

[edit] Merged tribes

When the original tribes merge into a single tribe, the players are given the responsibility of naming the new tribe as well as creating a new flag.

  • Six seasons have had a merged tribe named after something or someone:
  • Four seasons have fashioned the merged tribe's name from the names of the original tribes:
    • Thailand's Chuay Jai ( ช่วยใจ: Help Heart = Strengthen Courage) was formed from Chuay Gahn ( ช่วยกัน: Help Together) and Sook Jai ( สุขใจ:Happy Heart).
    • All-Stars's Chaboga Mogo was a combination of Chapera, Saboga and Mogo Mogo (according to DVD commentary by the Final Four contestants, it was intended to be one word - Chabogomogo).
    • Guatemala's Xhakum was formed from Yaxha and Nakum.
    • Cook Islands's Aitutonga was coined from Aitutaki and Rarotonga.
  • Two seasons have had merged tribe names that were coined to have a special meaning:
    • Marquesas chose Soliantu, which the survivors made up to mean "sacred allegiance to the sun".
    • Vanuatu named the merged tribe Alinta to mean "people of fire" (by Scout Cloud Lee).
  • Palau did not have a formal merge due to Ulong's losing streak; the final remaining Ulong member, Stephenie LaGrossa, was instead absorbed into the other tribe, Koror.

[edit] Overall trivia

  • Of the 221 Survivors who played over the 14 seasons, 22 got to play twice: All 18 All-Stars players, plus Burton Roberts and Lillian Morris who returned in Pearl Islands due to a special twist, and Stephenie LaGrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard, who returned to Guatemala after their popularity in Palau.
  • Following the airing of Survivor: All Stars, it was confirmed that three contestants turned down the offer to compete in the 8th Season of the show; Colleen Haskell, Elisabeth Filarski, and Sandra Diaz-Twine, of Borneo, Australia, and Pearl Islands, respectively.
  • Series host Jeff Probst declared that strategic mastermind Rob Cesternino from The Amazon was the smartest player in history to never win. His reputation caused him to become a major target on All-Stars.
  • The first twist introduced after a season had already started was a swapping of tribe members during Africa, which has subsequently happened every season except Thailand, Pearl Islands and Palau. (Interestingly, this concept was floated about during Australia, but when Mitchell Olson was eliminated, leaving the tribes uneven, that was the end of it.) The four tribes in Exile Island and Cook Islands rearranged into two by means of a redraft. In addition, in Thailand and Cook Islands, Jeff Probst gave the Survivors a choice to defect to the opposite tribe immediately before a Reward Challenge. In Thailand, nobody accepted the opportunity, but when offered in Cook Islands, Candice Woodcock and Jonathan Penner did so and were immediately branded as mutineers. Though defecting initially appeared to work in their favor, Candice and Jonathan were ultimately voted off by their former Aitu tribemates they had abandoned.
  • Additional mid-game twists have included the colored rock tiebreaker at Tribal Council in Marquesas, the false merge in Thailand, the outcasts' return in Pearl Islands, the hidden immunity idol in Guatemala, the message in a bottle forcing the losing tribe to vote out two people at one Tribal Council in Cook Islands, and the choice between Comfort or Immunity in Fiji.
  • In the first 13 series, six times do the two tribes merge with equal numbers (5-5 in Borneo, Australia, Africa, Amazon, Pearl Islands, Vanuatu); once are the numbers seperated by one person (5-4 in Cook Islands); three times are the tribes seperated by two people (6-4 in Guatemala, Panama, 5-3 in Thailand); once by three people (6-3 in All Stars); once by four people (7-3 in Marquesas); and once by seven people (8-1 in Palau)
  • As of the first 13 seasons, only once has Jeff Probst not been able to tell who a vote was cast for. In Thailand, Clay Jordan cast a vote that read "Bye, Bye Denver Diva," which was meant for Ghandia Johnson. Jeff had to ask for the voter to reveal himself in order to clarify who the vote was for. Jordan sheepishly admitted his vote, which prompted Jeff to declare "no more nicknames," a rule that has since been followed in all subsequent seasons. Nicknames were only accepted when Jeff was able to know who the vote was for.
  • Guatemala was the northernmost location used for Survivor; Australia was the southernmost.
  • Australia is the only season to have more than thirty-nine days of competition; this edition consisted of forty-two days.
  • Over fourteen seasons, only 21 participating contestants left the game having never won a single challenge; 5 from Fiji (Jessica, Erica, Sylvia, Rita, Anthony), 4 from Marquesas(Peter, Patricia, Hunter, Sarah), 2 from Africa, Thailand, Panama (Diane, Jessie, John, Tanya, Tina, Melinda), 1 from Borneo, Australia, Amazon, Vanuatu, Cook Islands (Sonja, Debb, Ryan, Brook, Sekou). This was not the case in: Pearl Islands (where all ousted players went on to win a resurrection challenge, All Stars, Palau (Jolanda, the first player to go, won individual immunity- and all other members of Ulong won a reward) and Guatemala (where even Jim, who lost the first Immunity Challenge, was on the winning tribe of the 11-mile race).

[edit] Official fan polling

CBS conducts fan polls on the official website of the show: www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor. Popularity was at first determined by rating each individual Survivor on a scale of 1-10, but starting with Guatemala, viewers had to vote for their favorite Survivor to determine popularity.

[edit] Most Popular

The most popular Survivor at the end of a series is Rupert Boneham from Pearl Islands and All-Stars (95%). The player with the highest popularity ever was Jessie Camacho from Africa, who was at 98% popularity in the pre-show (but her popularity went down drastically once the game started). However, since Jessie's popularity was only high before the game, Rupert is considered to be the most popular ever. Stephenie LaGrossa had the popularity during Palau, peaking at 97%, but that number declined over time, and ended at 92%.

The following are the most popular contestants of each season based on the end results of the online polls (not including Borneo):

[edit] Least Popular

Currently, the least popular survivor is Jon Dalton, also from Pearl Islands (18%). However, the player with the lowest popularity ever was Daniel Lue from The Amazon, who was at 9% popularity in the fifth episode, but later on his popularity went up.

The following are the least popular contestants of each season based on the end results of the online polls (not including Borneo):

[edit] Best Moments

According to a fan poll first released during the America's Tribal Council finale of All-Stars, these were the best moments from the first eight seasons:

[edit] Other elimination trivia

Survivors who were never voted out
Aras Baskauskas1 | Danni Boatwright 1 | Chris Daugherty1 | Neleh Dennis 2 | Sandra Diaz-Twine1 | Danielle DiLorenzo2 | Paschal English5 | Katie Gallagher 2 | Brian Heidik1 | Kim Johnson 2 | Clay Jordan 2 | Bruce Kanegai6| Yul Kwon1 | Becky Lee2 | Jonathan Libby4 | Oscar Lusth2 | Jenna Morasca1,3 | Wanda Shirk4 | Michael Skupin6 | Gary Stritesky6 | Twila Tanner2 | Osten Taylor3 | Janu Tornell3 | Vecepia Towery1 | Matthew Von Ertfelda2 | Tom Westman1 | Kelly Wiglesworth 2

1Won the Game| 2Runner-up | 3Quit | 4Never Joined Tribe | 5Eliminated based on Tiebreaker| 6MEDEVACed

Note: Some Survivors played twice, and were voted out only once. For those Survivors, see Template:Survtwice
Survivors who played twice and were only voted out once

Amber Mariano5 | Colby Donaldson2 | Bobby Jon Drinkard4 | Richard Hatch1 | Susan Hawk3
Stephenie LaGrossa6 | Rob Mariano6 | Lillian Morris2 | Tina Wesson1 | Ethan Zohn1
1Won the game in their original season | 2Runner-up in their original season (or only season)| 3Quit in their second season
4Elimination Challenge in their original season 5Won the Game in their second season | 6Runner-up in their second season

Note: For Survivors who weren't voted out at all, see Template:Survnovote.
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Borneo (2000) · Australia (2001) · Africa (2001) · Marquesas (2002)
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Cook Islands (2006) · Fiji (2007) · Survivor 15 (TBA)
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