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Survivor: South Pacific is the twenty-third season of Survivor. It was first announced by Jeff Probst on the Reunion Show of Survivor: Redemption Island. It premiered on September 14, 2011 with a 90-minute premiere.[2] New player Sophie Clarke beat out veteran player Coach Wade and fellow new player Albert Destrade in a 6-3-0 vote to win the title of Sole Survivor. To date, it has produced five returning players (Brandon Hantz, Dawn Meehan, John Cochran, Ozzy Lusth, and Sophie Clarke) for subsequent seasons.

Production[]

The season was filmed in the vicinity of Upolu, Samoa, and premiered on September 14, 2011 with a 90-minute debut. It is in the same filming location as Survivor: Samoa and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. Fiji and Tonga were said to be alternate locations.

Aggie Grey's, the hotel that was used in the two aforementioned seasons was used once again to accommodate the staff and crew. The duration of their stay was reported to be identical to their last visit to Samoa. The said hotel had no availability from May 16 to September 16, 2011. Locals have been very appreciative hosting the show for a third time, stating that it helped boost their tourism industry (with revenues reported to be approximately $6,000,000 for filming seasons 19 and 20). The show also helped the devastated country recover from the 2009 Samoan tsunami.

Twists/Changes[]

  • Redemption Island: Redemption Island returned this season, but with new tweaks. During "group duels," or duels that have more than two competitors, only one winner stays, sending all the other contestants home.
  • One Returning Player Per Tribe: Two former contestants returned to compete in this season. Former castaways Coach Wade and Ozzy Lusth joined this season's batch of contestants. Host Jeff Probst stated that their poor social skills had put them to jeopardy in their earlier seasons, and that this would be their chance to improve in that aspect.
  • Challenges: Similar to the previous season, with the advent of the Redemption Island duels, this season featured several challenges for both reward and immunity. Only a single standalone Reward Challenge occurred during the season.
  • Hidden Immunity Idol: The clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol was hidden at camp. Once the clue is unearthed, the player will have a better chance of finding the idol.
  • Merge: This season merged with twelve castaways in the game.
  • Double Elimination: On Day 27, Te Tuna was subjected to a double elimination, where two castaways would be eliminated after two rounds of voting.
  • Expanded Jury and Final Three: Instead of the conventional Final Two facing the jury of seven, the Day 39 Tribal Council was held with a Final Three facing a nine-person jury.

Castaways[]

Contestant Tribe Affiliation Finish Redemption
Island Status
Votes
Against
Original Tribe Merged Tribe
S23 semhar t Semhar Tadesse
24, Los Angeles, CA
Spoken Word Artist
Savaii 1st Voted Out
Day 3
1st Eliminated
Day 6
8
S23 mark t Mark Caruso
47, Forest Hills, NY
Retired NYPD Detective
Savaii 3rd Voted Out
Day 8
2nd Eliminated
Day 9
6
S23 stacey t Stacey Powell
43, Grand Prairie, TX
Mortician
Upolu 4th Voted Out
Day 11
3rd Eliminated
Day 12
10
S23 elyse t Elyse Umemoto
27, Las Vegas, NV
Dance Team Manager
Savaii 5th Voted Out
Day 14
4th Eliminated
Day 15
3
S23 mikayla t Mikayla Wingle
21, Tampa, FL
Lingerie Football Player
Upolu 6th Voted Out
Day 16
5th Eliminated
Day 17
4
S23 christine t Christine Shields Markoski
39, Merrick, NY
Teacher
Upolu 2nd Voted Out
Day 5
6th Eliminated
Day 19
4
S23 jim t Jim Rice
35, Denver, CO
Medical Marijuana Dispenser
Savaii Te Tuna 10th Voted Out
Day 24
7th Eliminated
1st Jury Member
Day 25
8
S23 keith t Keith Tollefson
26, Edina, MN
Water Treatment Technician
Savaii 8th Voted Out
Day 21
8th Eliminated
2nd Jury Member
Day 25
12
S23 dawn t Dawn Meehan
40, South Jordan, UT
English Professor
Savaii 11th Voted Out
Day 27
9th Eliminated
3rd Jury Member
Day 28
9
S23 whitney t Whitney Duncan
26, Nashville, TN
Country Music Singer
Savaii 12th Voted Out
Day 27
10th Eliminated
4th Jury Member
Day 28
7
S23 cochran t John Cochran
24, Washington, DC
Harvard Law Student
Savaii 13th Voted Out
Day 30
11th Eliminated
5th Jury Member
Day 31
13
S23 edna t Edna Ma
35, Los Angeles, CA
Anesthesiologist
Upolu 14th Voted Out
Day 32
12th Eliminated
6th Jury Member
Day 33
15
S23 brandon t Brandon Hantz
19, Katy, TX
Oil Tanker Crewman
Upolu 15th Voted Out
Day 35
13th Eliminated
7th Jury Member
Day 36
4
S23 rick t Rick Nelson
51, Aurora, UT
Rancher
Upolu 16th Voted Out
8th Jury Member
Day 37
15
S23 ozzy t Ozzy Lusth
29, Venice, CA
Cook Islands & Micronesia
Savaii 7th Voted Out
Day 18
9th Voted Out
Day 22
17th Voted Out
9th Jury Member
Day 38
1st Returnee
Day 19
2nd Returnee
Day 36
17
S23 albert t Albert Destrade
26, Plantation, FL
Baseball/Dating Coach
Upolu Second
Runner-Up
1
S23 coach t Coach Wade
39, Susanville, CA
Tocantins & Heroes vs. Villains
Upolu Runner-Up 0
S23 sophie t Sophie Clarke
21, Willsboro, NY
Medical Student
Upolu Sole Survivor 5

Season Summary[]

The sixteen new castaways, previously divided into two tribes, Savaii and Upolu, were joined by returning contestants, Coach and Ozzy, with Coach joining Upolu and Ozzy joining Savaii by random draw. Redemption Island was again in play: voted out players would be sent to Redemption Island and participate in duels, with the winner remaining there until either the next duel or until two specific points where players were brought back into the game.

Both tribes rallied under the leadership of Coach and Ozzy. Ozzy's style was somewhat more aggressive, establishing a rift between the majority of his alliance and the outsiders, specifically the weaker Cochran. Coach, having reflected on his past performances on Survivor, had a more open style, which most of the group readily followed, including Brandon, who later revealed himself to be the nephew of former Survivor castaway Russell Hantz, and had feared revealing this to draw his tribe's ire. Both Coach and Ozzy also found their tribes' respective Hidden Immunity Idols.

The two tribes fared equally at challenges and retained similar numbers, and as they approached the perceived merge, Ozzy offered a plan to volunteer to be voted to go to Redemption Island, where he would likely win the challenge over Christine, a former Upolu member, assuring that the tribes would be equal at six members each when merged. This plan went as expected, and the newly merged tribe named themselves Te Tuna. However, Ozzy's previous rash behavior to Cochran was seen as an opportunity by the former Upolu members, and they were able to turn Cochran to their side on the first vote after the merge, voting out former Savaii member Keith. The Upolu members and Cochran would continue to dominate at Tribal Council, sending the remaining Savaii members to Redemption Island.

With no other Savaii members remaining, Cochran was voted out. Brandon won immunity at the final six, but offered it to his closest ally Albert, who was the intended target of the vote. Brandon was voted out and defeated by Ozzy the next day at the final Redemption duel. Ozzy returned to the game and won the subsequent challenge; at Tribal Council, Sophie broke down into tears but affirmed her commitment to the game, and was spared over Rick. In the Final Immunity Challenge, Sophie was narrowly able to defeat Ozzy; and she and her former Upolu members voted out Ozzy for the third and final time.

Albert, Coach, and Sophie faced the Final Tribal Council, where Coach was criticized for manipulating his tribe while simultaneously preaching the importance of honor, Albert was considered to have given his former tribe members false hope, and Sophie was criticized for being condescending. The jury awarded Sophie the title of Sole Survivor over Coach and Albert in a 6-3-0 vote, respectively.

Episode Air Date Redemption Island Challenges Voted Out
(Vote)
Status Viewership
(in millions)
[3]
Rating/Share
(18-49)
[3]
Inhabitant Challenger Eliminated Finish Reward Immunity
1 "I Need Redemption" September 14, 2011 Savaii Upolu Semhar
(8-1)
1st Voted Out
Day 3
10.74 3.4/10
2 "He Has Demons" September 21, 2011 Semhar Savaii1 Christine
(4-3-1-1)
2nd Voted Out
Day 5
10.46 3.2/9
3 "Reap What You Sow" September 28, 2011 Semhar Christine Semhar 1st Eliminated
Day 6
Upolu1 Mark
(6-1-1)
3rd Voted Out
Day 8
10.71 3.2/9
4 "Survivalism" October 5, 2011 Christine Mark Mark 2nd Eliminated
Day 9
Savaii1 Stacey
(7-1)
4th Voted Out
Day 11
10.72 3.1/9
5 "Taste the Victory" October 12, 2011 Christine Stacey Stacey 3rd Eliminated
Day 12
Upolu1 Elyse
(3-2-2)
5th Voted Out
Day 14
10.69 3.2/9
6 "Free Agent" October 19, 2011 Christine Elyse Elyse 4th Eliminated
Day 15
Savaii1 Mikayla
(4-3)
6th Voted Out
Day 16
11.24 3.3/9
7 "Trojan Horse" October 26, 2011 Christine Mikayla Mikayla 5th Eliminated
Day 17
Upolu1 Ozzy
(5-1)
7th Voted Out
Day 18
11.79 3.5/10
8 "Double Agent" November 2, 2011 Christine Ozzy Christine 6th Eliminated
Day 19
None Dawn Keith
(6-6;
6-4)2,3
8th Voted Out
Day 21
11.95 3.6/10
Ozzy 1st Returnee
Day 19
Ozzy
9 "Cut Throat" November 9, 2011 Keith None Jim Ozzy
(9-2)
9th Voted Out
Day 22
10.80 3.2/9
Whitney Jim
(7-3)
10th Voted Out
Day 24
10 "Running the Show" November 16, 2011 Keith Ozzy Jim 7th Eliminated
1st Jury Member
Day 25
None Sophie Dawn
(7-2)
11th Voted Out
Day 27
11.66 3.3/9
Jim Keith 8th Eliminated
2nd Jury Member
Day 25
Sophie Whitney
(7-1)
12th Voted Out
Day 27
11 "A Closer Look" November 23, 2011 Recap Episode N/A N/A
12 "Cult Like" November 30, 2011 Ozzy Dawn Dawn 9th Eliminated
3rd Jury Member
Day 28
Albert1,4 Cochran
(5-2)
13th Voted Out
Day 30
11.05 3.1/9
Whitney Whitney 10th Eliminated
4th Jury Member
Day 28
[Coach]
(Cochran)
13 "Ticking Time Bomb" December 7, 2011 Ozzy Cochran Cochran 11th Eliminated
5th Jury Member
Day 31
[Albert,
Brandon,
Coach]5
Coach Edna
(5-1)
14th Voted Out
Day 32
11.59 3.3/9
14 "Then There Were Five" December 14, 2011 Ozzy Edna Edna 12th Eliminated
6th Jury Member
Day 33
Brandon1,6 Brandon
(3-2)
15th Voted Out
Day 35
10.87 3.1/9
[Rick] (Albert)
15 "Loyalties Will Be Broken" December 18, 2011 Ozzy Brandon Brandon 13th Eliminated
7th Jury Member
Day 36
None Ozzy Rick
(3-2)
16th Voted Out
8th Jury Member
Day 37
13.07 4.0/10
Ozzy 2nd Returnee
Day 36
Sophie Ozzy
(3-1)
17th Voted Out
9th Jury Member
Day 38
Jury Vote Albert
(6-3-0)
Second
Runner-Up
Coach
(6-3-0)
Runner-Up
Sophie
(6-3-0)
Sole Survivor
16 "Reunion" 9.92 3.1/9
Notes:
^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, however, no votes were cast against its user.
^3 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence.
^4 Albert shared reward with Coach and then gave up his own reward to Cochran, while keeping immunity.
^5 After winning the duel, Ozzy had to choose three people to temporarily join him at Redemption Island with their loved ones..
^6 Brandon shared reward with Rick, and later gave up immunity to Albert at Tribal Council.

Voting History[]

Original Tribes Merged Tribe
Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15
Voted Out S23 semhar t
Semhar
S23 christine t
Christine
S23 mark t
Mark
S23 stacey t
Stacey
S23 elyse t
Elyse
S23 mikayla t
Mikayla
S23 ozzy t
Ozzy
Tie S23 keith t
Keith
S23 ozzy t
Ozzy
S23 jim t
Jim
S23 dawn t
Dawn
S23 whitney t
Whitney
S23 cochran t
Cochran
S23 edna t
Edna
S23 brandon t
Brandon
S23 rick t
Rick
S23 ozzy t
Ozzy
S23 albert t
Albert
S23 coach t
Coach
S23 sophie t
Sophie
Vote 8-1 4-3-1-1 6-1-1 7-1 3-2-2 4-3 5-1 6-61,2 6-4 9-2 7-3 7-2 7-1 5-2 5-1 3-2 3-2 3-1 6-3-0
Sophie Stacey Stacey Edna Keith Keith Ozzy Jim Dawn Whitney Cochran Edna Brandon Rick Ozzy Jury Vote
Coach Christine Stacey Mikayla Keith Keith Ozzy Jim Dawn Whitney Cochran Edna Brandon Rick Ozzy
Albert Christine Stacey Edna Keith Keith Ozzy Jim Dawn Whitney Cochran Edna Sophie Rick Ozzy
Ozzy Semhar Mark Cochran Cochran Rick Rick Cochran Sophie Albert Sophie
Rick Stacey Stacey Mikayla Keith None Ozzy Jim Dawn Whitney Cochran Edna Brandon Sophie Coach
Brandon Christine Stacey Mikayla Keith Keith Ozzy Jim Dawn Whitney Cochran Edna Sophie Eliminated Sophie
Edna Stacey Stacey Mikayla Keith Keith Ozzy Jim Dawn Whitney Rick Brandon Eliminated Coach
Cochran Semhar Mark Elyse Ozzy Rick Keith Ozzy Jim Dawn Whitney Rick Eliminated Coach
Whitney Semhar Mark Dawn Ozzy Rick Rick Ozzy Edna Edna Cochran Eliminated Sophie
Dawn Semhar Mark Elyse Ozzy Rick Rick Ozzy Edna Edna Eliminated Sophie
Jim Semhar Cochran Elyse Ozzy Rick Rick Cochran Edna Eliminated Sophie
Keith Semhar Mark Dawn Ozzy Rick None Eliminated Sophie
Mikayla Christine Stacey Edna Eliminated
Elyse Semhar Mark Cochran Eliminated
Stacey Sophie Edna Eliminated
Mark Semhar Jim Eliminated
Christine Edna Eliminated
Semhar Cochran Eliminated
Notes:
^1 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, however, no votes were cast against its user.
^2 Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.

Trivia[]

References[]

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