Survivor: Panama (U.K.)

Survivor: Panama is the second season of the British reality show, Survivor. It was broadcast on ITV1 from March 13 to May 29, 2002.

After 37 days in Panama, detective Jonny Gibb defeated teacher Susannah Moffat in a unanimous 7-0 jury vote to become the Ultimate Survivor. He became the first winner of any English-language edition of Survivor to achieve a Perfect Game.

Production[]

The second season took place in Bocas del Toro. Filming took place from January 18 to February 23, 2002.

Originally, Beverley Mansell, a 45-year-old mother of three, was cast on the season. However, less than 24 hours before filming began, she dropped out over concerns for the wellbeing of her 6-year-old son, Grant. She was replaced with Drew Agger.

Twist/Changes[]

Fewer Contestants: The game started with just 12 contestants, four fewer than the first season.
Shorter Game: The game lasted 37 days, three days shorter than the first season.
Smaller Merge: The two tribes merged when there were just 8 contestants remaining in the game.
Public Jury Vote: The British public were given the right to cast a seventh jury vote.

Castaways[]

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation		Finish	Votes Against
Contestant		Original Tribe	Merged Tribe	Finish	Votes Against
	Sarah McCombie 22, Highams Park, London Broking Assistant	South Island		1st Voted Out Day 4	5
	Lee Capon 25, Thundersley, Essex Area Aftersales Manager	South Island		2nd Voted Out Day 7	4
	Tayfun Kadioglu 27, London, England Competitive Dancer	North Island		3rd Voted Out Day 10	5
	Meeta Bose 34, Stevenage, Hertfordshire Financial Manager	North Island		4th Voted Out Day 13	5
	Helen Carney 22, Sheffield, South Yorkshire Hotel Worker	North Island	Columbus	5th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 20	8
	Alastair Brogan 34, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire Oil Company Director	North Island		6th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 23	4
	Drew Agger 27, Hereford, Herefordshire Firefighter	North Island		7th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 26	4
	Dave Porter 54, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear Retired Firefighter	North Island		8th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 29	4
	Bridget Griffiths 42, Wantage, Oxfordshire Shepherdess	South Island		9th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 32	12
	John Dalzell 32, Winchester, Hampshire Barrister	South Island		10th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 35	2
	Susannah Moffat 27, Wimbledon, London English Teacher	South Island		Runner-Up	6
	Jonny Gibb 30, Edinburgh, Lothian Police Officer	South Island		Ultimate Survivor	0

Season Summary[]

The twelve contestants were divided into two tribes, North Island and South Island. South Island had a rough start at the beginning of the game, losing the first three challenges in a row. The tribe's early losses sent them to the first two Tribal Councils, where they voted out Sarah McCombie (for being ill and homesick) and subsequently Lee Capon (because some tribe members thought they would be in a better position if he left). However, the tribe's losing streak did not last for long, and they fought back, winning the next four challenges. North Island was sent to Tribal Council twice in a row, where they voted out Tayfun Kadioglu (for not fitting in) and subsequently Meeta Bose (because she had asked to leave).

On Day 14, the two tribes merged with four members each, and the merged tribe was named Columbus. Before the merge, the two tribes had vowed to remain loyal to one another through to the very end. At the new tribe's first Tribal Council, expectedly, there was a tied 4-4 tie between Helen Carney and Bridget Griffiths. According to Survivor rules, the castaway with the highest number of previous votes would be eliminated, but both Helen and Bridget had previously received 1 vote, so a revote took place, which was deadlocked. The two tied contestants then took part in a sudden death trivia quiz about Panama; Helen was eliminated after the second question, meaning that South Island was now in the majority. At the next three Tribal Councils, South Island voted out the last remaining members of North Island consecutively (Alastair Brogan, Drew Agger and Dave Porter).

At this point, only original members of South Island remained; they now had no choice but to vote out one of their own. By a unanimous vote, Bridget, the original tribe outsider, was voted out at the next Tribal Council. The three remaining members of Columbus then competed in their Final Immunity Challenge; Susannah Moffat was victorious, and was given the power to decide who would sit next to her in the Final Two. Despite believing that Jonny Gibb was less popular than John Dalzell, she voted out the latter thinking that she was remaining true to a deal that she had with Jonny.

At the Final Tribal Council, Susannah garnered no votes as people believed that she did not need the money and was "undeserving", and Jonny received all six of the jury votes from the contestants and an additional vote from the British public due to his likeability in an overwhelming majority of 89% to Susannah's 11%. Jonny became the second Ultimate Survivor of Survivor (U.K.) and the first ever contestant on an English-language season of Survivor to have played a Perfect Game.

Episode	Challenges		Eliminated (vote)	Finish
Episode	Reward	Immunity	Eliminated (vote)	Finish
1	North Island¹		Sarah (5-1)	1st Voted Out Day 4
2	North Island	North Island	Lee (4-1)	2nd Voted Out Day 7
3	South Island	South Island	Tayfun (5-1)	3rd Voted Out Day 10
4	South Island	South Island	Meeta (4-1)	4th Voted Out Day 13
5	Drew³	None	No Elimination
5	Susannah³	None	No Elimination
6	Drew	Jonny	Helen (4-4; 3-3; Tiebreaker)²	5th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 20
7	John, [Bridget]	John	Alastair (4-3)	6th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 23
8	Drew, Jonny	Dave	Drew (4-2)	7th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 26
9	John		Dave (4-1)	8th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 29
9	Jonny¹		Dave (4-1)	8th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 29
10	John³	John	Bridget (3-1)	9th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 32
	Jonny³
	Susannah³
11	Susannah	Susannah	John (1-0)	10th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 35
12	Jury Vote		Susannah (7-0)	Runner-Up
12	Jury Vote		Jonny (7-0)⁴	Ultimate Survivor
Notes: ^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge. ^2 A tie occurred. Per Survivor rules, a second vote was held where the Bridget and Helen would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie. The vote ended in a deadlock. With this, a quiz challenge was held between Bridget and Helen to determine the elimination. Bridget won the tiebreaker challenge, eliminating Helen. ^3 The Reward Challenge ended in a tie. Thus, all winning castaways were given the reward. ^4 The 7th jury vote was decided by the British public. Jonny won this vote by 89% to Susannah's 11%.

Voting History[]

		Original Tribes				Merged Tribe
Episode		1	2	3	4	6			7	8	9	10	11	12
Eliminated		Sarah	Lee	Tayfun	Meeta	Tie	Deadlock	Helen	Alastair	Drew	Dave	Bridget	John	Susannah	Jonny
Vote		5-1	4-1	5-1	4-1	4-4¹	3-3²	Tiebreaker	4-3	4-2	4-1	3-1	1-0³	7-0⁴
►	Jonny	Sarah	Lee	—	—	Helen	Helen	—	Alastair	Drew	Dave	Bridget	None	Jury Vote
►	Susannah	Sarah	Lee	—	—	Helen	Helen	—	Alastair	Drew	Dave	Bridget	John	Jury Vote
►	John	Sarah	Lee	—	—	Helen	Helen	—	Alastair	Drew	Dave	Bridget	None		Jonny
►	Bridget	Sarah	Lee	—	—	Helen	None	—	Alastair	Drew	Dave	Susannah			Jonny
►	Dave	—	—	Tayfun	Meeta	Bridget	Bridget	—	Susannah	Susannah	Bridget				Jonny
►	Drew	—	—	Tayfun	Meeta	Bridget	Bridget	—	Susannah	Susannah					Jonny
►	Alastair	—	—	Tayfun	Meeta	Bridget	Bridget	—	Susannah						Jonny
►	Helen	—	—	Tayfun	Meeta	Bridget	None	Voted Out							Jonny
	Meeta	—	—	Tayfun	Helen
	Tayfun	—	—	Meeta
	Lee	Sarah	Bridget
	Sarah	John
Public vote															Jonny
Notes: ^1 Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor (U.K.) rules, a revote was then held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie. ^2 A deadlock tie occurred, per the rules, a Survivor quiz was held between the tied players to determine the elimination. ^3 John and Jonny did not vote as they could only vote for were each other. By virtue of winning the final Immunity Challenge, only Susannah voted. ^4 The 7th jury vote was decided by the British public. Jonny won this vote by 89% to Susannah's 11%.

Trivia[]

Some of the music composed for this season by Russ Landau was used during Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: All-Stars.
- All three of the seasons that this music was used in were set in Panama.