Survivor (TV series)
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- For other uses, see Survivor (disambiguation).
| Survivor | |
|---|---|
| Image:Survivoricons2006.jpg Logos of the 13 seasons including the universal logo. </small> | |
| Genre | Reality, Game Show |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Creator(s) | Mark Burnett; Charlie Parsons |
| Starring | Jeff Probst |
| Country of origin | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | May 31, 2000–Present |
| No. of episodes | 194 (through season 13, episode 10) |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Survivor is a popular reality television game show produced in many countries throughout the world. In the show, contestants are isolated in a remote location and compete for cash and other prizes. Survivor, based on the successful Swedish show Expedition: Robinson, is commonly considered the mother of reality TV[citation needed] because it was the first highly-rated and profitable reality show on broadcast television.[citation needed] The show even has its own "reality coaster" at Paramount's Great America in Santa Clara, CA, called Survivor: The Ride!.
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[edit] Premise
Except where noted, this text refers to the American version of the show. Small differences may exist between it and other versions. Also, rule changes instituted for one season are discussed below.
[edit] Tribes and Immunity
At least 16 strangers (18 or 20 in some seasons) are stranded in a remote location and divided into equally sized teams called "tribes". They compete against each other in competitions called challenges. There are two types of challenges: reward challenges and immunity challenges. Both types consist of endurance, problem solving, teamwork, dexterity, and/or will power. In reward challenges, the contestants compete for luxuries that are not essential for survival but make their lives easier and/or more enjoyable. Examples of rewards have included food, flint, matches, rain gear, and even short vacations. In immunity challenges, the contestants compete for immunity, meaning they get to stay in the game until at least the next immunity challenge. After the immunity challenge the losing tribe must vote to remove one of their own members from the game at the Tribal Council. When there are at most 10 players left in the game (9 in All-Stars, Palau and Cook Islands, 8 in Thailand), they merge into a single tribe. From this point, challenges are won on an individual basis. Rewards are given to only one player, and sometimes that player has the option of sharing the reward with one or more other players. In some cases, the post-merge reward challenges are won by teams that are randomly selected beforehand.
[edit] Tribal council
Tribal council is held at the end of each episode. Here, the tribemates vote one person out of their tribe. Jeff Probst, the show's host, questions the players, often provoking revealing details from them of events and interactions since the tribe's previous tribal council. The players then vote in secret and explain their vote at the voting confessional, and the player who receives the most votes must leave the game. That player takes his or her torch to Probst, who extinguishes it, and declares "The tribe has spoken." The player then exits the Tribal Council area and delivers some final words that air at the end of the episode. In the event of a tie, a predetermined tie breaker is held and continues until there is a clear winner.
[edit] End of the game
All eliminated players, except the final nine (final twelve in Survivor: Cook Islands), leave the game altogether (The only exception was during Survivor: Pearl Islands where the first 6 eliminated players returned as part of an Outcast tribe for a one-shot chance to return to the game). The players who do not leave the game, excluding the final two, form the "jury", a group of people who determine through voting the winner of the game.
In the final episode of some seasons, the players are given a small amount of food or another luxury to celebrate making the final four. Next, in all seasons, the players compete in an immunity challenge. Immediately following this challenge another person is voted out. The players return to camp and later participate in a memorial activity, which varies from season to season, for the players previously eliminated from the game. After that, the final immunity challenge of the game, which typically emphasizes endurance, is held, and whoever wins this challenge votes the final jury member out, thereby determining which two players go to the final two. The final two return to camp for the last day.
At the final Tribal Council, each of the jurors vote for who they want to be the winner. Jeff Probst takes the container with the votes, and it is secured until the live finale of the show when the votes are revealed and the million-dollar winner is announced. (The first season was different, as the jury votes were revealed immediately after they were cast, just like any other Tribal Council).
[edit] Prizes
Every player receives a stipend for participating on Survivor depending on how long they last in the game. The known prizes for All-Stars are as follows: 2nd = $250,000; 3rd = $125,000; 4th = $100,000. In most seasons, the runner-up receives $100,000, and third place wins $85,000. Sonja Christopher, the first player voted off in Survivor's first season, received $2,500.<ref>Senior Women Web</ref> Tina Wesson, the first player voted off in Survivor: All-stars, received $25,000. The prizes in seasons with more than sixteen contestants are unknown.
The million-dollar winner also wins an automobile, as does the winner of a specific reward challenge in each season (excluding the first). All players also receive an additional $10,000 for their appearance on the reunion show.
[edit] Game rules
(rules may vary in versions outside of the United States)
- Conspiring to split winnings will result in immediate expulsion from the game.
- Except for the occasional challenges which involve wrestling or limited combat, any physical violence between players will result in immediate expulsion from the game.
- At Tribal Council, players are not permitted to vote for themselves, nor can they spoil their ballots or decline to cast a vote. Players must also show who they voted for to the camera inside the voting booth.
- Contestants must abide by U.S., as well as local law.
- Contestants may not skip any tribal councils, nor can they refuse to participate in an immunity or reward challenge, unless the game itself offers them to do so, as in the cases of Survivor: Guatemala and Survivor: Panama.
- When one tribe has more players than the other tribe, but not more than twice their numbers, it must designate players to sit out of tribal challenges so that equal numbers compete. This rule was relaxed only in the Survivor: The Australian Outback season because Jeff Probst felt neither team would be helped or hindered by the numeric disparity. Beginning with Survivor: Africa, the rules specifically stated that any player who sits out a reward challenge cannot sit out the following immunity challenge. When one tribe is more than twice as large as the other tribe, as occurred only twice, during Survivor: Palau, the larger tribe must choose different players to participate in the immunity challenge than those that participated in the previous reward challenge. Due to this rule, Katie Gallagher and Janu Tornell, both of the Palau season, tie for the most sit-outs of any players (they each sat out 7 challenges over 8 episodes). These "sit out" rules do not apply to an immunity challenge and the next immediate challenge, due to the changes in tribe numbers that will occur following the immunity challenge.
- Tribe members may not raid or visit the campsite of another tribe unless they are doing so as part of an immunity challenge, reward challenge or tribal merger activity with the other tribe. They also cannot visit the TV crew compound. There have been six exceptions to this rule:
- During the 1st Season when Kelly Wiglesworth won a Reward Challenge and went to the production camp, even though it was disguised as a local bar, as part of a reward.
- During the 2nd season when Michael Skupin was injured he was taken to a production tent to await the arrival of a medevac helicopter.
- A reward challenge win in the fifth episode of the 4th season gave the Maraamu tribe a two-minute raid of Rotu's camp.
- During the 7th season the privilege to 'loot' things from the opposing tribe's camp was often included as part of the reward.
- During one episode in Guatemala, members of the Yaxha tribe visited the Nakum tribe and invited them back to their camp for Danni's birthday party. There is no indication as to whether the rule has changed or if this was a one-time event. It's also possible that because neither Yaxha nor Nakum technically entered the opposing tribes camp that this was not a technical violation of this rule.
- During the fifth episode of Cook Islands, three members of the Aitutaki tribe happened upon Rarotonga's camp. It is unknown why this rule was not enforced at this time.
- Depending on which country the show takes place in, contestants may be barred from killing certain forms of plant or animal life.
[edit] U.S. Survivor seasons
Image:Survivor seasons countries.PNG The United States version is produced by Mark Burnett and hosted by Jeff Probst. It airs Thursdays on CBS.
- Survivor: Borneo (also called Survivor: Pulau Tiga, Survivor 1, or simply Survivor) was set in the South China Sea on the remote Malaysian island of Pulau Tiga. Corporate trainer Richard Hatch was its winner in a 4-3 vote over river raft guide Kelly Wiglesworth. (NOTE: For this season only, it aired on Wednesdays.)
- Survivor: The Australian Outback was set in the Australian Outback (though the location was by Australian standards not particularly remote, nor was it arid). Tina Wesson won 4-3 over Colby Donaldson. During this series, Michael Skupin suffered burns and became the first contestant evacuated due to injuries. (NOTE: For this season only, the castaways were marooned for 42 days.)
- Survivor: Africa was set in Kenya's Shaba National Reserve,<ref>http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,8472,00.html</ref> (previously home to the film Born Free<ref>http://www.roveafrica.com/itineraries/survivor_itin.htm</ref>). Former USL player Ethan Zohn won, defeating retired teacher Kim Johnson by a vote of 5-2.
- Survivor: Marquesas was set on Nuku Hiva, the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. For the first time the final three were all women. Vecepia Towery won by a vote of 4-3 over Neleh Dennis. This season was the only time the infamous Purple Rock tie breaker was ever used. However, Jeff Probst later admitted that it was not supposed to be used at the final 4 as it was. The Purple Rock is only the tie breaker up to the final 6. At the final 4, the tie breaker is supposed to be a fire-starting challenge.
- Survivor: Thailand was set on the island of Ko Tarutao off the coast of Thailand. For the first time the tribes were not predetermined by producers, but were rather picked by the two oldest players, Jake and Jan. Also, this season was the first to feature a "fake merge" and a delayed merge. Also, two opposing tribes lived together on the same beach. For the first time the final two were both men. Used car salesman Brian Heidik beat restaurant owner Clay Jordan by a vote of 4-3.
- Survivor: The Amazon was set in the jungles of the Amazon River region of Brazil. This was the first time the two tribes were divided up by males and females. Student and model Jenna Morasca won by a vote of 6-1 over Matthew Von Ertfelda.
- Survivor: Pearl Islands was set in the Pearl Islands off the coast of Panama. Sandra Diaz-Twine defeated Lillian Morris by a vote of 6-1. This season was the first time players who had been voted out were allowed to return to the game as part of the Outcast Tribe.
- Survivor: All-Stars was also set in the Pearl Islands. The game featured eighteen past Survivor contestants divided into three tribes. Amber Brkich won by a vote of 4-3 over Rob Mariano. Just before the live vote was revealed, Rob proposed to Amber. Survivor: America's Tribal Council was held four days later, and a second million-dollar prize was awarded to Rupert Boneham for being voted by the viewers as their favorite contestant (making him the only player in the show's history to win a million dollars on the show without actually being the "sole survivor").
- Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire was set on islands in the archipelago nation of Vanuatu, located in the South Pacific Ocean. Chris Daugherty defeated Twila Tanner by a vote of 5-2.
- Survivor: Palau was set in the island nation of Palau, located in the Philippine Sea. The season started with 20 contestants, but on day two, the number was reduced to 18 in a tribal selection process. The season concluded with firefighter Tom Westman prevailing over Katie Gallagher by a vote of 6-1. This Season was the only one in which one of the tribes (The Koror Tribe) won all immunity challenges.
- Survivor: Guatemala - The Mayan Empire was set in the Yaxha National Park. 18 Survivors (16 new contestants plus Stephenie LaGrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard from Survivor: Palau) were stranded amongst the ruins of the Maya civilization. The season concluded with Danni Boatwright defeating Stephenie LaGrossa by a 6-1 vote.
- Survivor: Panama - Exile Island was set in the Pearl Islands of Panama, marking the third time this location has been used for Survivor. This is the first time the contestants were divided into four tribes: Younger Men/Women, Older Men/Women. This was also the first season to offer a hidden Individual Immunity Idol. Bruce Kanegai became the second person in the history of the show to leave due to a medical emergency. The season concluded with Aras Baskauskas defeating Danielle DiLorenzo by a vote of 5-2.
- Survivor: Cook Islands premiered on 14 September 2006. The thirteenth season took place on the Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Tribes were initially grouped into four tribes by race: African Americans, Caucasians, Hispanics, and Asians.
- CBS has signed on for at least two more seasons of Survivor, carrying into late 2007. Jeff Probst is currently contracted to host until at least the sixteenth edition.
- Survivor: Marquesas was not shown in Australia as the network was showing a series of Australian Survivor instead. The latter was not a ratings success, and since then the American edition of Survivor resumed airing.
- Beginning with Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire, an internet talk show called Survivor Live airs the day after a show on CBS.com.
- Survivor: Cook Islands premiered in Singapore on 27 October 2006 [1] despite concerns that it would raise racial tensions among the people of Singapore.
- In 2005, the US cable Network OLN (formerly known as Outdoor Life Network, now called Versus) began showing reruns of the first ten seasons.
- Since late 2000/early 2001 the Irish TV station, TG4 has broadcast Survivor. The show is na in the Irish Language but all of the contestants' voices, including Jeff and any other person shown, are broadcast in English. The show has developed a huge cult fanbase in Ireland. Since then, TG4 has broadcast every series of Survivor, and at one stage, during the Marquesas season, there was only a 14 day gap between USA broadcast and Irish broadcast, the closest for any series of Survivor.
[edit] U.S. Television Ratings
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of the United States version of Survivor on CBS.
Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.
Survivor: Borneo doesn't have a ranking because it aired in the summer of 2000. It would have ranked #2 in the 1999-2000 U.S. television season, assuming it would have attained the exact same viewership numbers as it did in the summer of 2000.
sb The season premieres of Survivor: The Australian Outback and Survivor: All-Stars each aired after a Super Bowl.
[edit] Concept history
The creation of the Survivor concept, although credited to Charlie Parsons, was actually conceived by Bob Geldof's Planet 24 television company. It initially failed to attract the attention of any of the major broadcasters in Britain or the United States and was eventually sold to the Swedish television company Strix Television as Expedition Robinson (alluding to Robinson Crusoe). The show was a major hit in Sweden.
The initial series was a huge ratings success in the U.S. in 2000 and, along with ABC's prime-time game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, sparked a reality-television revolution. Suddenly networks pushed sitcoms and conventional drama series to the back burner and rushed their own reality shows into development. Even the Fox Network, which had vowed never to air a reality show again just months earlier following media outrage surrounding its Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? program, broke its promise and launched several competitors of its own. Survivor's second season, in the winter/spring of 2001, drew even larger audiences. Subsequent U.S. versions have attracted smaller but still substantial audiences. There have also been British and Australian versions of the show in 2001 and 2002 respectively. Both were ratings flops. Indeed in Britain, its failure was a national joke (though ratings for the UK series were considerably lower than ITV had hoped for, it still regularly attracted six to eight million viewers, a decent rather than huge audience, but enough for ITV to commission a second series which appeared a year later). TF1 France have produced 6 series of Koh-Lanta, a French version of Survivor, and a Japanese version was also produced for four installments which achieved some success.<ref>TBS Japan</ref> Broadcast rights for the American version have been sold to various broadcasters and is viewed in many countries around the world. The first ever Celebrity Survivor, made in Australia, attained moderate ratings.
[edit] Controversies & legal action
Turmoil between players is commonplace for any reality series, but Survivor has had a few instances which went beyond mere intertribal squabbles. More recently, there have been debates prior to the series even beginning regarding the formatting of the show:
- In February 2001, Borneo player Stacey Stillman filed a lawsuit claiming producers interfered in the process of the game by persuading two members of her team (Sean Kenniff and Dirk Been) to vote her off instead of Rudy Boesch. Been supported her allegations. Mark Burnett countersued Stillman for US$5 million. The case was eventually settled out of court.
- Colby Donaldson removed corals from the Great Barrier Reef, a crime resulting in a fine of AU$110,000. Technically, he should have been disqualified on Episode 9 due to breaking the local law. The helicopter involved with the reward also flew around sea bird rookeries.<ref>reality blurred: Colby's Great Barrier Reef coral theft, helicopter flight are being investigated</ref>
- At the trivia immunity challenge for Africa's final four players, host Jeff Probst asked which female player in their season had no piercings. Kim Johnson answered Kelly Goldsmith, got the point, and went on to win the challenge, which pushed her to third and ultimately (after another immunity win) second place. Tom Buchanan was eliminated. Months later, the cast and producers (who were preparing for the live finale and reunion) watched the episode backstage. During the rebroadcast of the challenge, Lindsey Richter shouted to the TV that she had no piercings. Lex van den Berghe's answer had been Lindsey, yet the show had not awarded him a point, thus drastically changing the outcome of the game (van den Berghe was eliminated in third place). CBS later paid van den Berghe and Buchanan a settlement.<ref>Reality News Online</ref>
- In the fifth episode of the All-Star season, a naked Richard Hatch may or may not have come into contact with Sue Hawk after she blocked his path during an immunity challenge. Hatch was voted out that day for other reasons; Hawk quit the game a few days later (episode six). Hawk considered filing a lawsuit against the parties involved, but appeared with Hatch on The Early Show the morning after the sixth episode aired, stating she opted out of legal action because CBS had helped her "deal with the situation".
- In order to be sure to win the Reward Challenge in which the castaways competed to win a visit from their friends/loved ones, Pearl Islands Survivor Johnny Fairplay Dalton conspired beforehand with friend Dan Fields in what has been described by Probst as the greatest lie on Survivor to date. Fields told Dalton that his grandmother, Jean Cooke, had died, in order to win sympathy from his tribemates and subsequently the reward. In reality, Cooke had not died, a fact that only emerged to his tribemates once the episode had aired. When the show staff heard about Cooke's "death," they called Dalton's family to offer condolences, only to have Cooke herself answer the phone. Dalton admitted in confessional after the challenge that his grandmother was alive and probably watching Jerry Springer. On the reunion show, Jeff Probst had a short interview with Cooke, who was not only alive and well, but also much younger and more attractive than many had expected.
- Rupert Boneham, originally on Survivor: Pearl Islands and then part of Survivor: All-Stars was an extremely popular player with television audiences, but finished 8th and 4th, respectively, in his appearances on the show. As part of Survivor: All-Stars, a special Survivor: America's Tribal Council contest for the 18 players was created, where the winner would be selected by the viewing audience and would receive $1 million USD prize; Rupert won this prize, unsurprisingly, with more than 80% of the votes casted. Many long-time Survivor fans saw this as a way of diluting the overall concept of the show, that instead of outwitting, outplaying and outlasting your fellow tribe members to win the game, a player could now play specifically to gain popularity with audience of the show, regardless of how well he played the game, and still would be rewarded with a large prize<ref>http://www.realitynewsonline.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?mode=4&article=article4488.art&page=1|</ref>.
- Richard Hatch, the winner of season 1 of Survivor, was charged and found guilty in January 2006 of failing to report his winnings to the IRS to avoid taxes. He has been sentenced to four years, three months in prison.<ref>The Smoking Gun. January 18, 2005</ref>
- The 13th season of survivor, known as Survivor: Cook Islands, began with tribes grouped according to race. Host Jeff Probst claims the choice "came from the criticism that Survivor was not ethnically diverse enough."<ref>"Will a Gimmick Help ‘Survivor’ Save Itself?", New York Times, September 15, 2006, retrieved September 21, 2006</ref> Several long-term sponsors, including Campbell's Soup, Proctor & Gamble, Home Depot, and Coca Cola<ref>http://www.adjab.com/2006/09/01/more-sponsors-dump-survivor/</ref> dropped their support of the show shortly after this announcement, leading to speculation that the decisions were in response to the controversy. Each of the companies has either denied the link or declined to comment.<ref>General Motors also announced their discontinuation of sponsorship into the 13th seasons at nearly the same time as the announcement of the racial split, but the decision was made months prior to the announcement, and thus was purely coincidental. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14589787/</ref> The controversy did attract the ire of certain community activists, such as Fernando Mateo.
[edit] Trivia
- In all, there have been 202 different American Survivor contestants over the 13 seasons, 20 of whom were able to compete twice in two different seasons. These 20 were all 18 Survivor: All-Stars players, Stephenie LaGrossa, and Bobby Jon Drinkard. In addition, Lillian Morris and Burton Roberts got to play twice in the same season when they were voted back into Survivor: Pearl Islands.
- Both winners in the British series won the grand prize by a 7-0 vote. No grand prize winner on any of the other series have won by a 7-0 vote. There were, however, four cases in the American version in which a contestant has won by a 6-1 vote. The first was in the Amazon, where Jenna Morasca defeated Matthew Von Ertfelda. The following season, Pearl Islands, Sandra Diaz-Twine beat Lillian Morris. In Survivor Palau, firefighter Tom Westman won over Katie Gallagher. Most recently, in Guatemala, Survivor's eleventh season, the vote was 6-1 when Stephanie Lagrossa was beaten by Danni Boatwright.
- Series host Jeff Probst declared that strategic mastermind Rob Cesternino from Survivor: The Amazon was the "smartest player to never win."
- Tom Buchanan holds the record for most days on Survivor ever, with 73 (37 days on Survivor: Africa and 36 on Survivor: All-Stars). Amber Brkich comes in a close second, with 72 (33 on Survivor: The Australian Outback and 39 on All-Stars). Stephenie LaGrossa is third with 69 days (30 on Survivor: Palau and 39 on Survivor: Guatemala).
- The first twist ever was a swapping of tribe members. This has happened six times in the first twelve seasons. (Survivor: Africa, Survivor: Marquesas, Survivor: The Amazon, Survivor: All-Stars, Survivor: Vanuatu, and Survivor: Guatemala). Guatemala and Marquesas did this the earliest, on day ten (according to the review-of-season montage in the finale).
- The winner of the car reward challenge has never gone on to win the title of "Sole Survivor". This has become known as the "Survivor car curse." This was most prevalent in Survivor: Guatemala episode 13, when Cindy Hall was given a chance to give up her car that she had won in a Reward Challenge in exchange for all four of the remaining contestants to receive a car. She reluctantly refused and was promptly voted out at the subsequent tribal council, due to Rafe and Danni deciding that it wasn't fair for Cindy to keep her car, instead of giving it to them after they had lost the challenge.
- All winners of the loved one visit reward have always gone on to lose, but there has been no real reference to this as a "curse."
- The Amazing Race host, Phil Keoghan, was considered as a host for Survivor, but was told that being a New Zealander counted against him.
- Burton Roberts is the only player in the history of the game to be voted out twice in one season. Other returning player Lillian Morris came in second and was consequently never officially voted out a second time.
- Candice Woodcock of Survivor: Cook Islands is the first player in the show's history to not set foot in tribal council until the sixth episode.
[edit] Survivor: a chronology
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1994-1995 | British producer Charlie Parsons created the idea for Survivor, but was unable to find a TV company interested in the idea. |
| 1995 | Mark Burnett first told about the idea that would become Survivor. |
| 1996 | Sweden bought the rights to Survivor. |
| Summer 1997 | Sweden's Expedition Robinson series 1 filmed by Strix. |
| Fall 1997 | Sweden's Expedition Robinson series 1 aired and is a huge hit. |
| Unknown | John de Mol bought the rights to 'Survivor', but created Big Brother instead. |
| 1998 | Mark Burnett bought the United States rights to Survivor. |
| Summer 1999 | Mark Burnett's Survivor was turned down by NBC, ABC, CBS, and UPN. He got another chance at CBS, and Les Moonves bought it. |
| June 1999 | Mark Burnett scouted locations in Borneo for Survivor. |
| 13 March - 20 April 2000 | Survivor: Borneo was filmed. |
| 31 May - 23 August 2000 | Survivor Borneo aired. |
| 23 August 2000 | The Survivor Borneo finale aired, but Mark Burnett was in Borneo preparing for Eco-Challenge. |
| 23 October - November 2000 | Survivor: The Australian Outback was filmed in Australia. |
| 28 January - 3 May 2001 | Survivor The Australian Outback aired. |
| July - August 2001 | Survivor: Africa was filmed. |
| August - September 2001 | Mark Burnett began preparing in Jordan for Survivor Arabia. |
| 11 September 2001 | After 9/11, Mark Burnett decided not to hold Survivor 4 in Jordan. |
| September 2001 | Leslie Moonves told Mark Burnett that the start date for Survivor 4 filming would stay the same, so Mark Burnett must find a new location quickly. |
| 15 September 2001 | Mark Burnett flew to Tahiti in French Polynesia to scout out a location for Survivor 4. |
| 17 September 2001 | Mark Burnett scouted the Marquesas Islands. |
| 20 September 2001 | Mark Burnett picked the Marquesas. |
| 11 October 2001 - 10 January 2002 | Survivor: Africa aired. |
| 12 November - December 2001 | Survivor: Marquesas was filmed in place of Survivor Arabia. |
| 28 February - 19 May 2002 | Survivor Marquesas aired. |
| 19 May 2002 | The Survivor Marquesas reunion aired outdoors in Wollman Rink. |
| Summer 2002 | Mark Burnett chose Thailand over Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia for Survivor 5. |
| Summer 2002 | Survivor: Thailand was filmed. |
| 19 September - 19 December 2002 | Survivor Thailand aired. |
| 7 November - 15 December 2002 | Survivor: Amazon was filmed. |
| 2003 | Survivor versus I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! court case was decided in favor of I'm A Celebrity.... |
| 13 February - 11 May 2003 | Survivor Amazon aired. |
| 1 May 2003 | Survivor Amazon reunion was to be at Wollman Rink, but it was moved indoors to the Ed Sullivan Theater at the last minute due to inclement weather. |
| The week of 23rd of June 2003 | Survivor: Pearl Islands was filmed. |
| 18 September - 14 December 2003 | Survivor Pearl Islands aired. |
| Fall 2003 | Survivor: All-Stars was filmed. |
| 1 February - 9 May 2004 | Survivor All-Stars aired. |
| 13 May 2004 | America's Tribal Council was held, and America voted to give Rupert Boneham a million dollars. |
| July - 11 August 2004 | Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire was filmed. |
| 16 September - 12 December 2004 | US Survivor: Vanuatu aired. |
| Fall 2004 | Survivor: Palau was filmed. |
| December 2004 | Mark Burnett scouted Madagascar as a possible future Survivor location. |
| 17 February - 15 May 2005 | Survivor: Palau aired. |
| Summer 2005 | Survivor: Guatemala - The Mayan Empire was filmed. |
| 15 September - 11 December 2005 | Survivor: Guatemala - The Mayan Empire aired. |
| 31 October - 8 December 2005 | Survivor: Panama - Exile Island was filmed. |
| 2 February - 14 May 2006 | Survivor: Panama - Exile Island aired. |
| 26 June - 3 August 2006 | Survivor: Cook Islands was filmed. |
| 14 September - 17 December 2006 | Survivor: Cook Islands airs. |
| 30 October 2006 | Survivor 14 is expected to begin filming. |
[edit] DVD releases
Best of
| DVD name | Release date |
|---|---|
| Season One: The Greatest and Most Outrageous Moments | 1 January 2001 |
| Season Two: The Greatest and Most Outrageous Moments | 25 September 2001 |
Full seasons
| DVD name | Cover art | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| The Complete First Season: Borneo | Image:Survivor1Borneo.jpg | 11 May 2004 |
| The Complete Second Season: Australian Outback | Image:Survivor2dvd.jpg | 26 April 2005 |
| The Complete Seventh Season: Pearl Islands | Image:Survivor7PearlIslands.jpg | 7 February 2006 |
| The Complete Eighth Season: All-Stars | Image:Survivor8AllStars.jpg | 14 September 2004 |
| The Complete Ninth Season: Vanuatu [2] | Image:Vanuatubb4.jpg | 5 December 2006 |
| The Complete Tenth Season: Palau [3] | Image:Survivor10dvdcover.JPG | 29 August 2006 |
Complete seasons on iTunes
| Currently available |
|---|
| Season 9: Vanuatu |
| Season 10: Palau |
| Season 11: Guatemala |
| Season 12: Panama |
[edit] See also
- Expedition Robinson
- Survivor (UK TV series)
- Survivor BG
- Australian Survivor
- Celebrity Survivor
- Obstacle course
| Survivor |
|---|
| Seasons |
| Borneo (2000) · Australia (2001) · Africa (2001) · Marquesas (2002) Thailand (2002) · Amazon (2003) · Pearl Islands (2003) · All-Stars (2004) Vanuatu (2004) · Palau (2005) · Guatemala (2005) · Panama (2006) Cook Islands (2006) · Survivor 14 (TBA) · Survivor 15 (TBA) |
| Related articles |
| Jeff Probst · America's Tribal Council · Survivor Live Statistics and trivia · Survivor Car Curse · Survivor: The Ride! |
| Survivors who won $1,000,000 |
|---|
| Richard Hatch • Tina Wesson • Ethan Zohn • Vecepia Towery • Brian Heidik • Jenna Morasca • Sandra Diaz-Twine • Amber Mariano Rupert Boneham • Chris Daugherty • Tom Westman • Danni Boatwright • Aras Baskauskas |
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
[edit] Further reading
United Kingdom Season #1 (2001)
- Waddell, Dan. Survivor: Trust No One: The Official Inside Story of TV's Toughest Challenge. London: Carlton, [December,] 2001.
United Kingdom Season #2: Survivor: Panama (2002)
- Waddell, Dan. Survivor: Panama. London: Carlton, [June,] 2002.
United States Season #1: Survivor: Pulau Tiga, Borneo (2000)
- Boesch, Rudy, and Jeff Herman. The Book of Rudy: The Wit and Wisdom of Rudy Boesch. No location: Adams Media Corporation, 2001.
- Burnett, Mark, with Martin Dugard. Survivor: The Ultimate Game: The Official Companion Book to the CBS Television Show. New York: TV Books, 2000.
- Hatch, Richard. 101 Survival Secrets: How to Make $1,000,000, Lose 100 Pounds, and Just Plain Live Happily. New York: Lyons Press, 2000.
- Lance, Peter. Stingray: Lethal Tactics of the Sole Survivor: The Inside Story of How the Castaways were Controlled on the Island and Beyond. Portland, Oregon: R.R. Donnelley, 2000.
United States Season #2: Survivor: The Australian Outback (2001)
- Burnett, Mark. Dare to Succeed: How to Survive and Thrive in the Game of Life. No location: Hyperion, 2001.
- Survivor II: The Field Guide: The Official Companion to the CBS Television Show. New York: TV Books, 2001.
- ChillOne, The. The Spoiler: Revealing the Secrets of Survivor. Lincoln, Nebraska: iUniverse, 2003.
United States Season #9: Survivor: Vanuatu -Islands of Fire (2004)
- Burnett, Mark. Jump In!: Even If You Don't Know How to Swim. New York: Ballantine Books, 2005.
Various Seasons, esp. United States 1-6
- Survivor Lessons, edited by Matthew J. Smith and Andrew F. Wood. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2004.
- Wright, Christopher J. Tribal Warfare: Survivor and the Political Unconscious of Reality Television (Series: Critical Studies in Television). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2006.cs:Trosečník (reality show)
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