Survivor Büyük Macera, was the first season of the popular show Survivor to air in Turkey. This season premiered on March 22, 2005 and aired for thirteen weeks. This season resembled Expedition Robinson more so than Survivor in the way that the tribes were divided up into two groups known as the North and South teams. From early on in the game alliances came into play as the four younger members of the North team, Ebru Demiray, Irmak Arkadaşlar, Kemal Pekser, and Selin Yardımcı quickly formed an alliance. Because of this, and the fact that the South team proved better at the challenges, none of the four elder members of the North team made it to the merge. Following the merge, the surviving member of the North team struggled to find a hole in the South team six and were one by one picked off until only former South team members remained in the game. When it came time for the final four the contestants competed in the infamous "Plank" competition. Uğur Pektaş won this first challenge and eliminated Delim from the game. In the second semi-final competition the other two members of the final three competed against each other for the remaining spot in the final two. They also could earn a point by winning either the viewer vote or the jury vote. Ultimately, it was Uğur Pektaş who won this season over Özgür Şimşek with a higher combined vote count of the jury and public's votes.
Contestant | Original Tribe | Merge Tribe | Finish |
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Bora Bölükbaşı 33, Istanbul |
North Team | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
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Fulya Keskin 21, Istanbul |
South Team | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
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Semih Şahin 48, Kocaeli |
North Team | 3rd Voted Out Day 9 |
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Tuğba ? 28, Ankara |
North Team | 4th Voted Out Day 12 |
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Özden Yılmaz 37, Sakarya |
South Team | 5th Voted Out Day 15 |
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Onur ? 28, Istanbul |
North Team | 6th Voted Out Day 18 |
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Selin Yardımcı 26, Istanbul |
North Team | Merged Tribe | 7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 21 |
Ebru Demiray 24, Istanbul |
North Team | 8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 24 |
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Kemal Pekser 24, Balıkesir |
North Team | 9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 27 |
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Irmak Arkadaşlar 23, Ankara |
North Team | 10th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 30 |
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Bora Uçak 49, Istanbul |
South Team | 11th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 33 |
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Serap Işık 29, Istanbul |
South Team | 12th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 36 |
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Dilem ? 29, Istanbul |
South Team | Lost Challenge 7th Jury Member Day 37 |
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Celal Canbakal 23, Istanbul |
South Team | Lost Challenge 8th Jury Member Day 38 |
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Özgür Şimşek 33, İzmir |
South Team | Runner-Up Day 39 |
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Uğur Pektaş 26, Istanbul |
South Team | Sole Survivor Day 39 |