Survivor Rulebook

The Rules of Survivor are pretty low key, but during a few instances, players have tried to use them to their advantage or otherwise evade them. The basic rules of Survivor are:


 * Aside from limited combat for a challenge, contestants are forbidden from causing physical harm to the others, or face expulsion. Jon Dalton is known for trying to take advantage of this, among other things, when he confessed at the Survivor: Pearl Islands Reunion Show that he was hoping Rupert Boneham would try to hit him and get ejected.
 * Conspiring to split winnings will result in immediate expulsion from the game. It is speculated that Sash Lenahan attempted to do this with Jane Bright in Survivor: Nicaragua, sparking controversy.
 * If a Hidden Immunity Idol is played, the player's votes are nullified and the person with next highest number of votes will be eliminated.

No one throughout the series has ever been ejected because of a rule violation, but Ben Browning of Survivor: Samoa was ejected from a challenge for tripping Russell Swan. Other notable players to come close to ejection include the afformentioned, Sash and Jane.