Survivor: David vs. Goliath is the thirty-seventh season of the CBS competitive reality television series Survivor.
Nick Wilson defeated Mike White and Angelina Keeley in a 7-3-0 vote to become the Sole Survivor.
Production[]
The season was filmed in the spring of 2018, following the same schedule as Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X and Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.
Casting[]
According to Elizabeth Olson, Cirie Fields's son Jared was planned to compete on this season, before dropping out last minute and being replaced by Davie Rickenbacker.[4] Jared would later go on to compete on Big Brother 25 alongside Cirie herself.
Twists/Changes[]
- David vs. Goliath: The castaways were divided into tribes defined by their degree of success in life. The David tribe was comprised of underdogs, while the Goliath tribe was comprised of overachievers.
- Hidden Immunity Idol
- Tribe Expansion: On Day 10, fifteen of the sixteen remaining players were randomly spread across three tribes of five. The David and Goliath tribes were renamed Vuku and Jabeni respectively; and a third, tribe, Tiva, was introduced.
- One-time Exile Island: The castaway who did not receive a buff during the Tribe Expansion was sent to Exile Island with the opportunity to find the Idol Nullifier. The exiled player later joined the tribe that went to Tribal Council, replacing the member it lost.
- Idol Nullifier: Introduced on Day 10 following the Tribe Expansion, the Idol Nullifier advantage can be used to void the use of a Hidden Immunity Idol.[5]
- Merge: The merge occurred with thirteen players remaining.
- Vote Steal: A vote steal was hidden after the merge.
- Simplified Final Four Tribal Council: Instead of a traditional vote, the person who wins the final four Immunity Challenge will get to choose one person to take with them to the Final Three. The remaining two castaways competed in a fire-making challenge to determine who would be eliminated.[6]
- Expanded Jury and Final Three: The Final Tribal Council was held with a Final Three facing a ten-person jury.
- Reformatted Final Tribal Council: Instead of having each jury member speak one by one, an open forum was held to ensure a more insightful rapport between the jury and finalists.
Castaways[]
Contestant | Tribe Affiliation | Finish | Votes Against | |||
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Original Tribe1 | Expanded Tribe | Merged Tribe | ||||
Pat Cusack 41, Watervliet, NY Maintenance Manager |
David | Evacuated Day 3 |
0 | |||
Jessica Peet 19, Lakeland, FL Waitress |
David | 1st Voted Out Day 6 |
5 | |||
Jeremy Crawford 39, New York City, NY Attorney |
Goliath | 2nd Voted Out Day 9 |
9 | |||
Bi Nguyen 28, Houston, TX MMA Fighter |
David | Quit Day 10 |
0 | |||
Natalia Azoqa 25, Irvine, CA Industrial Engineer |
Goliath | Vuku | 3rd Voted Out Day 11 |
3 | ||
Natalie Cole 57, Los Angeles, CA Publishing CEO |
Goliath | Jabeni | 4th Voted Out Day 15 |
4 | ||
Lyrsa Torres 36, Boston, MA Airline Agent |
David | Jabeni | 5th Voted Out Day 17 |
9 | ||
Elizabeth Olson 31, Longview, TX Kitchen Staff |
David | Vuku | Kalokalo | 6th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 20 |
13 | |
John Hennigan 38, Los Angeles, CA Professional Wrestler |
Goliath | Tiva | 7th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 22 |
3 | ||
Dan Rengering 27, Gainesville, FL S.W.A.T. Officer |
Goliath | Tiva | 8th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 25 |
6 | ||
Alec Merlino 24, San Clemente, CA Bartender |
Goliath | Vuku | 9th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 28 |
9 | ||
Carl Boudreaux 41, Houston, TX Truck Driver |
David | Vuku | 10th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 30 |
6 | ||
Gabby Pascuzzi 25, Denver, CO Technical Writer |
David | Tiva | 11th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 32 |
2 | ||
Christian Hubicki 32, Tallahassee, FL Robotics Scientist |
David | Tiva | 12th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 35 |
18 | ||
Davie Rickenbacker 30, Atlanta, GA Social Media Manager |
David | Vuku | 13th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 36 |
7 | ||
Alison Raybould 28, Chapel Hill, NC Physician |
Goliath | Tiva | 14th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 37 |
13 | ||
Kara Kay 30, San Diego, CA Realtor |
Goliath | Vuku | Eliminated 10th Jury Member Day 38 |
0 | ||
Angelina Keeley 28, San Clemente, CA Financial Consultant |
Goliath | Jabeni | Second Runner-Up |
6 | ||
Mike White 47, Los Angeles, CA Filmmaker |
Goliath | Jabeni | Runner-Up | 1 | ||
Nick Wilson 27, Williamsburg, KY Public Defender |
David | Jabeni | Sole Survivor | 0 |
Season Summary[]
The 20 new players were initially divided into two tribes: David and Goliath. The Davids struggled at the beginning, quickly losing three members which put them in the minority following the tribe switch. On the other hand, distrust and tension among the Goliaths caused them to vote among themselves, eating away their numbers. The tribes merged 7-6 still in favor of the Goliaths.
At the merge, while it would seem the original Goliaths would easily decimate the Davids following the elimination of Elizabeth, the Davids found and correctly used a Hidden Immunity Idol and two game advantages, allowing them to gain temporary control until former Davids Christian and Gabby betrayed the alliance.
With tribal lines at a stalemate at 5-5, inter-tribal strategies took place, with both sides eliminating members within their own ranks. Former Goliath Mike used the opportunity to lead the charge to eliminate the rest of the Davids. However, the last remaining David, Nick, won the remaining Immunity Challenges, forcing the Goliaths to turn on each other. Mike, Nick, and another Goliath, Angelina, made up the Final Three.
At the Final Tribal Council, Angelina was ignored by the jury, being perceived as transparently opportunistic and theatrical, and Mike was praised for his slow but steadily progressive game play, but it was Nick whose strategic moves, strong social relationships and underdog status won him the title of Sole Survivor in a 7-3-0 vote.
Episode | Air date | Challenges | Eliminated (Vote) |
Finish | Viewers (in millions) |
Ratings/Share (18-49) | ||
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Reward | Immunity | |||||||
1 | "Appearances Are Deceiving" | September 26, 2018 | David | Pat (no vote) |
Evacuated Day 3 |
7.83[7] | 1.7/7[7] | |
Goliath1 | ||||||||
2 | "The Chicken Has Flown the Coop" | October 3, 2018 | Goliath1 | Jessica (5-4) |
1st Voted Out Day 6 |
7.27[8] | 1.5/7[8] | |
3 | "I Am Goliath Strong" | October 10, 2018 | David1 | Jeremy (9-1) |
2nd Voted Out Day 9 |
7.28[9] | 1.4/6[9] | |
4 | "Time to Bring About the Charmpocalypse" | October 17, 2018 | Carl2 | Bi (no vote) |
Quit Day 10 |
7.21[10] | 1.4/6[10] | |
Tiva1 | Natalia (3-1-1) |
3rd Voted Out Day 11 | ||||||
Jabeni | ||||||||
5 | "Jackets and Eggs" | October 24, 2018 | Vuku | Vuku | Natalie (3-2) |
4th Voted Out Day 15 |
7.37[11] | 1.5/6[11] |
Jabeni | Tiva | |||||||
6 | "Aren't Brochachos Just Adorable?" | October 31, 2018 | Tiva | Tiva | Lyrsa (3-1) |
5th Voted Out Day 17 |
7.06[12] | 1.3/6[12] |
Jabeni | Vuku | |||||||
7 | "There's Gonna Be Tears Shed" | November 7, 2018 | None | Alison | Elizabeth (12-1) |
6th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 20 |
7.69[13] | 1.6/7[13] |
8 | "You Get What You Give" | November 14, 2018 | Alec, Alison, Christian, Gabby, John, Nick |
Dan | John (3-0-0)3 |
7th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 22 |
7.20[14] | 1.4/6[14] |
9 | "Breadth-First Search" | November 21, 2018 | Alec, Dan, Davie, Kara, Mike |
Alec | Dan (6-3-2)4 |
8th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 25 |
7.09[15] | 1.3/6[15] |
10 | "Tribal Lines Are Blurred" | November 28, 2018 | Alec, Alison, Christian, Gabby, Mike |
Christian | Alec (9-1) |
9th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 28 |
7.60[16] | 1.6/7[16] |
Carl, Davie, Kara, Mike |
Davie | Carl (5-4) |
10th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 30 | |||||
11 | "So Smart They're Dumb" | December 5, 2018 | Angelina, Nick [Davie, Mike] |
Kara | Gabby (2-1-0)3 |
11th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 32 |
7.51[17] | 1.5/7[17] |
12 | "Are You Feeling Lucky?" | December 12, 2018 | Davie [Kara, Nick] |
Mike | Christian (3-2-0)3,5 |
12th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 35 |
7.77[18] | 1.5/7[18] |
13 | "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility" | December 19, 2018 | Nick1 | Davie (4-2) |
13th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 36 |
7.72[19] | 1.5/7[19] | |
[Angelina, Mike] |
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None | Nick | Alison (4-1)5 |
14th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 37 | |||||
Nick | Kara (no vote)6 |
Eliminated 10th Jury Member Day 38 | ||||||
Jury Vote | Angelina (7-3-0) |
Second Runner-Up | ||||||
Mike (7-3-0) |
Runner-Up | |||||||
Nick (7-3-0) |
Sole Survivor | |||||||
14 | "Reunion" | 5.17[19] | 1.0/5[19] | |||||
Notes: ^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^2 As Carl drew a package containing no buff, he was exiled without a tribe. Because of this, he did not attend Tribal Council and was immune for the episode. ^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^4 Carl used the Idol Nullifier on Dan, canceling out Dan's idol. ^5 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^6 Instead of a traditional vote, the person who won the Immunity Challenge, Nick, would choose someone to take with them into the Final Three. He chose Angelina. The remaining two castaways, Kara and Mike, would compete in a fire-making challenge to determine the last finalist. |
Voting History[]
Original Tribes | Expanded Tribes | Merged Tribe | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||
Voted Out | Pat |
Jessica |
Jeremy |
Bi |
Natalia |
Natalie |
Lyrsa |
Elizabeth |
John |
Dan |
Alec |
Carl |
Gabby |
Christian |
Davie |
Alison |
Kara |
Angelina |
Mike |
Nick | |||
Vote | No vote1 | 5-4 | 9-1 | No vote2 | 3-1-1 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 12-1 | 3-0-04 | 6-3-25 | 9-1 | 5-4 | 2-1-04 | 3-2-04,8 | 4-2 | 4-18 | No vote9 | 7-3-0 | |||||
►► | Nick | — | Jessica | — | — | — | Natalie | Lyrsa | Elizabeth | John | Dan | Alec | Alison | Christian | Alison | Alison | — | Jury Vote | |||||
Dan6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
►► | Mike | — | — | Jeremy | — | — | Natalie | Lyrsa | Elizabeth | Christian | Alec | Carl | Gabby | Davie | Alison | — | |||||||
►► | Angelina | — | — | Jeremy | — | — | Lyrsa | Lyrsa | Elizabeth | Christian | Alec | Alison | Gabby | Christian | Davie | Alison | — | ||||||
►► | Kara | — | — | Jeremy | — | Davie | — | — | Elizabeth | Angelina | Alec | Carl | Christian | Davie | Alison | Eliminated | Mike | ||||||
►► | Alison | — | — | Jeremy | — | — | — | — | Elizabeth | None7 | Alec | Carl | Davie | Mike | Mike | ||||||||
►► | Davie | — | Lyrsa | — | — | Natalia | — | — | Elizabeth | John | Dan | Alec | Alison | Alison | Alison | Nick | |||||||
►► | Christian | — | Jessica | — | — | — | — | — | Elizabeth | John | Dan | Alec | Carl | Alison | Alison | Mike | |||||||
►► | Gabby | — | Jessica | — | — | — | — | — | Elizabeth | Dan | Alec | Carl | Nick | ||||||||||
►► | Carl | — | Lyrsa | — | — | Exiled3 | — | — | Elizabeth | Dan | Alec | Alison | Nick | ||||||||||
►► | Alec | — | — | Jeremy | — | Natalia | — | — | Elizabeth | Angelina | Carl | Nick | |||||||||||
►► | Dan | — | — | Jeremy | — | — | — | — | Elizabeth | Christian | Nick | ||||||||||||
►► | John | — | — | Jeremy | — | — | — | — | Elizabeth | Nick | |||||||||||||
►► | Elizabeth | — | Jessica | — | — | Natalia | — | — | Angelina | Nick | |||||||||||||
► | Lyrsa | — | Jessica | — | — | — | Natalie | Angelina | |||||||||||||||
► | Natalie | — | — | Jeremy | — | — | Lyrsa | ||||||||||||||||
► | Natalia | — | — | Jeremy | — | Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||||
Bi | — | Lyrsa | — | Quit | |||||||||||||||||||
Jeremy | — | — | Natalie | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jessica | — | Lyrsa | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pat | Evacuated | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: ^1 Pat was medically evacuated over his injured back. No vote occurred for his removal.
^2 Bi elected to quit the game due to an MCL injury. No vote occurred for her removal. ^3 Because the number of castaways at the time of the tribe switch was not divisible by 3, Carl was exiled and rejoined the game as a member of the tribe that lost the Immunity Challenge, Vuku, replacing Natalia and evening the tribes at 5-5-5. ^4 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^5 Carl used the Idol Nullifier on Dan, canceling out Dan's idol. ^6 This castaway used the Vote Steal advantage, allowing them to steal another castaway's vote to vote twice at Tribal Council. ^7 This castaway's vote was stolen by the Vote Steal. ^8 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^9 Instead of a traditional vote, the person who won the Immunity Challenge, Nick, would choose someone to take with them into the Final Three. He chose Angelina. The remaining two castaways, Kara and Mike, would compete in a fire-making challenge to determine the last finalist. |
Trivia[]
- David vs. Goliath breaks the record Cagayan set with the Philippines for the longest consecutive use of a country, as David vs. Goliath marks the first time a country has been used five consecutive times.
- David vs. Goliath was previously tied with Micronesia, Game Changers, Island of the Idols, and Survivor 41 for having the most LGBT contestants, with three: Jeremy, Lyrsa, and Mike. This record was broken by Survivor 42, with 5, and Survivor 44, with 6.
- The Tribal Council set is specifically designed to hide the voting booth away from the contestants to prevent them from catching who played the Idol Nullifier advantage.
- David vs. Goliath marks the first time that tribes are officially renamed, as David and Goliath were renamed to Vuku and Jabeni, respectively, after the tribe expansion.
- David vs. Goliath is the second season, following Micronesia, to have both an evacuation and a quit.
- Along with The Australian Outback and Survivor 44, David vs. Goliath has the fewest pre-merge Tribal Councils, with only five.
- David vs. Goliath is tied with South Pacific for the most different individual immunity winners, with eight.
- In addition, David vs. Goliath holds the record for the longest streak of unique individual immunity winners.
- David vs. Goliath contains the most contestants who did not receive any votes cast against them, with 4.
- David vs. Goliath is the only season where the first person eliminated and the Sole Survivor both received zero votes against them.
References[]
- ↑ https://www.cbs.com/shows/cbs-fall-preview-2018/news/1008633/the-cbs-fall-2018-19-tv-premiere-schedule-has-us-pumped-for-primetime/
- ↑ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/survivor/listings/
- ↑ https://www.truedorktimes.com/s37/calendar.htm
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/f53480/is_there_a_list_of_all_the_contestants_who_were/fhyqssr/?context=3
- ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/survivor-david-goliath-jeff-probst-season-37-1139268
- ↑ http://ew.com/tv/2018/05/24/survivor-finale-jeff-probst-ghost-island-tie/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-sept-26-2018/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-oct-3-2018/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-wednesday-oct-17-2018/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-oct-17-2018/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-oct-24-2018/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-oct-31-2018/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-nov-7-2018/
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-nov-14-2018/
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-nov-21-2018/
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-nov-28-2018/
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-dec-5-2018/
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-dec-12-2018/
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-dec-19-2018/
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