Survivor: Philippines
Survivor: Philippines is the twenty-fifth season of Survivor, held in, Caramoan, Camarines Sur, Philippines. The game started with three Tribes of six individuals, each lead by a returning player who has been evacuated in a previous season due to injury. The Tribes compete in Reward Challenges, to gain food and supplies. Then they compete in Immunity Challenges. The winning Tribe guarantees that all Tribe members are safe a few more days while the losing Tribe must go to Tribal Council and vote somebody off. After some Reward or Immunity Challenges, there a clues to the location of the Hidden Immunity Idol, one hidden at each Tribes camp, the Hidden Idol could be used at any time up to and through the Final Six, in case they think they're in danger. During this process, each Tribe lives on separate beaches and must build a shelter, make fire and catch and cook food to survive. There are alsoTribal Swaps, where the existing Tribes swap some members to form new Tribes and really change the Tribe dynamic.Once a certain amount of players have been voted off, the two Tribes merge to form one Tribe. They then compete for individual Rewards, where one (or more if the winner gets a chance to select somebody to accompany them), castaway enjoys food or some sort of cultural experience. They also compete for individual Immunity, where the person that wins cannot be voted out at Tribal Council and one of the others is voted out. However, the person that wins Immunity has a chance to give Immunity to someone else and become vulnerable themselves. At a certain point, the voted out castaways become members of the Jury, who, once down to the final competitors, vote for who they think should win the million dollars. The finalist with the most votes is deemed the sole survivor.
TandangAbi-Maria Gomes (32; Los Angeles, California) | KalabawCarter Williams (23; Shawnee, Kansas) | MatsingAngie Layton (20; Provo, Utah) |
Reward and 1st Immunity: 1st: Kalabaw, 2nd: Tandang
Matsing Tribal Council: Zane eliminated (5-1, Russell)
Abi-Maria sits out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Tandang
Dawson sits out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Kalabaw
Reward and 2nd Immunity: 1st: Tandang, 2nd: Kalabaw
Matsing Tribal Council: Roxanne eliminated (4-1, Angie)
Katie and Dawson sit out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Kalabaw
Abi-Maria and Lisa sit out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Tandang
Reward and 3rd Immunity: 1st: Kalabaw, 2nd: Tandang
Matsing Tribal Council: Angie eliminated (3-1, Russell)
Dana, Dawson and Katie sit out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Kalabaw
Lisa, Abi-Maria and R.C. sit out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Tandang
Reward and 4th Immunity: 1st: Tandang, 2nd: Kalabaw
Matsing Tribal Council: Russell eliminated (2-1, Malcolm)
Tribal Switch:
TandangMichael | KalabawJonathan |
Reward: Tandang
Dana is evacuated due to illness
Abi-Maria sits out of the Immunity Challenge for Tandang
5th Immunity: Tandang
Kalabaw Tribal Council: Dawson eliminated (5-1, Denise)
Artis and RC sit out of the Reward Challenge for Tandang
Reward: Kalabaw (by forfeit)
Abi-Maria and Michael sit out of the Immunity Challenge for Tandang
6th Immunity: Tandang
Kalabaw Tribal Council: Katie eliminated (4-1, Jonathan)
MERGE: Dangrayne
Original KalabawJonathan |
| Switch KalabawJonathan | Switch TandangMichael |
7th Immunity (One Man, One Woman): Elimination Order: Michael, Peter, Jonathan, Lisa, Malcolm, RC, Abi-Maria, Artis, Jeff
WINNERS: Carter and Denise
Jonathan plays the Hidden Immunity Idol
Tribal Council: RC eliminated (4-2-5, Peter, Jonathan) First Member of Jury
Reward: Jonathan, Jeff, Malcolm, Lisa and Denise
8th Immunity: Round 1: Peter, Jeff and Jonathan
WINNER: Jonathan
Tribal Council: Jeff eliminated (5-4-1, Peter, Abi-Maria) Second Member of Jury
Abi-Maria sat out of the Reward Challenge due to not being picked for teams
Reward: Jonathan, Malcolm, Denise and Carter
9th Immunity: Michael
Tribal Council: Artis eliminated (5-4, Jonathan) Third Member of Jury
Reward: Malcolm, Carter, Abi-Maria and Peter
10th Immunity: Round 1: Malcolm, Jonathan, Denise, Michael, Carter
Round 2: Michael, Carter, Denise
WINNER: Carter
Abi-Maria plays her Hidden Immunity Idol
Tribal Council: Peter eliminated (3-2-3, Abi-Maria) Fourth Member of Jury
Survivor Auction
11th Immunity: Round 1: Abi-Maria, Denise, Carter, Michael, Malcolm, Jonathan
Round 2: Abi-Maria, Jonathan, Carter
WINNER: Abi-Maria
Tribal Council: Jonathan eliminated (4-3, Denise) Fifth Member of Jury
Reward: Malcolm (Takes Lisa and Michael)
12th Immunity: Malcolm
Tribal Council: Carter eliminated (5-1, Abi-Maria) Sixth Member of Jury
Reward: Michael (Takes Malcolm and Lisa)
13th Immunity: Malcolm
Tribal Council: Abi-Maria eliminated (4-1, Denise) Seventh Member of Jury
Reward: Malcolm
14th Immunity: Michael
Tribal Council: Malcolm eliminated (3-1, Denise) Eighth Member of Jury
Final Tribal Council: Denise Stapley wins Survivor: Philippines (6-1-1, Michael Skupin, Lisa Whelchel)
Trivia
- The United States is the seventh country to host a Survivor season in Caramoan, following India, Serbia, Bulgaria, Israel, Sweden, and France.
- The tribe colors, red, blue, and yellow appeared to be a reference to the colors of the Philippine flag. Furthermore, several promotional clips feature the eight-rayed sun which prominently featured in the flag.
- This season is the first season since Survivor: Cook Islands to feature more than 2 starting tribes.
- Coincidentally, all three returning players were evacuated in their respective season's sixth episodes.
- This is the first season to have a male voted off first since Jon Dalton was voted off first in Survivor: Micronesia. Interestingly, Zane and Jon are both from Danville, Virginia.
- This is the first season with more than two tribes to have two independent tribal Immunity Idols. Previous seasons with the same format (Survivor: All-Stars,Survivor: Panama, and Survivor: Cook Islands) had all tribes sharing one tribal Immunity Idol.
- This is the first season with more than two tribes to have a Hidden Immunity Idol assigned to each camp.
- All-Stars had no Hidden Immunity Idols, whilePanama and Cook Islands each had only one Hidden Immunity Idol up for grabs between four tribes.
- This season's theme is inspired by the Maranao, a predominantly Muslim region in the southern Philippines. The Tribal Council set is inspired by the Maranao people's elaborate wooden houses. This season's Immunity Idol is the Sarimanok, a multicolored fowl in Filipino mythology (sari, an item of clothing, and manok meaning "chicken"), and an ubiquitous symbol of the Maranao people's arts and culture.
- This season's Hidden Immunity Idol is actually the handle of the tribes' rice boxes, while its clue is nestled inside the rice box.
- This season marks only the second time in Survivor history that a tribe dwindled to two members, the other time being Survivor: Palau.
- Keeping in mind that Ulong was a tribe of 9, and Matsing was only a tribe of 6.
- Keeping in mind that Ulong was a tribe of 9, and Matsing was only a tribe of 6.
- Matsing became the first tribe to win zero challenges.
- Keeping in mind that immunities and rewards were combined challenges; therefore, only having 4 opportunities for victory.
- This is the first season to have a merge at 11.
- This is the first time a tribe (Tandang) made it all the way to the merge without going to Tribal Council. As such, the six original members of Tandang broke the record of days played before attending their first Tribal Council that had stood since Survivor: Marquesas.
- The three returning players did not have votes cast against them in the season they were evacuated. Jonathan Penner had votes against him inCook Islands, but notMicronesia.
- This is the first season since Survivor: Gabon where the finalists aren't all from the same original tribe.
- This is the second season where all members of the Final Three received votes, the first being Survivor: China.
- This is also the second season since Survivor: Fiji where two members of the Final Three received the same amount of jury votes.
- In Survivor: Fiji, Cassandra and Dreamz tied at 0 votes each.
- In Survivor: Fiji, Cassandra and Dreamz tied at 0 votes each.
- This season has the oldest set of finalists out of any season, with an average age of 46.67, the youngest being Denise at 41, the oldest being Michael at 50, and the middle being Lisa at 49.
- This is the first time that both runners-up had zero votes against them and the same amount of jury votes.
- The font used for this season's tribe names is Nuku Nuku.
- This is the first season since Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains where the person that won the Final Immunity Challenge failed to win the season.
- Along with Survivor: One World, this was the first season to be released on Blu-ray.