Survivor 47

Survivor 47
Season Information
Version	United States
Season No.	47
Filming Location	Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
Filming Dates	May 13, 2024 - June 7, 2024
Season Run	September 18, 2024 - December 18, 2024
No. of Episodes	15
No. of Days	26
No. of Castaways	18
Winner	Rachel LaMont
Runner(s)-Up	Sam Phalen Sue Smey
Tribes	Gata Lavo Tuku Beka
Viewership (in Millions)	4.485
Cast
Opening Sequence
Season Chronology
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Next	Survivor 48

Survivor 47 is the forty-seventh season of the CBS competitive reality television series Survivor.

In the end, Rachel LaMont defeated Sam Phalen and Sue Smey in a 7-1-0 jury vote to become the 47th Sole Survivor.

Production

Continuing from the previous seasons, Survivor 47 had a 90-minute runtime, though in a change from past seasons, the finale episode would only run for two hours instead of the usual three. This was a response to CBS's request for a 14-episode season, an additional episode from the previous few seasons, and resulted in the 13th episode being split into two halves airing over the course of two weeks. Prior to the season, Jeff Probst affirmed his preference for the 26-day season structure, emphasizing its increased intensity over the former 39-day structure.

Twists/Changes

• 26-Day Game
• Tribe Division: The 18 castaways were divided into 3 tribes of 6. No unifying theme was used in dividing the tribes.
• Penalties for Losing Immunity Challenges
• Clarified Tiebreaker Mechanics: In the event of a tied vote between players, if at least one of them had been rendered ineligible to vote at that Tribal Council, the other tied player/s will participate in the revote and vote against any other involved player.
• Shot in the Dark
• Beware Advantage
  • Hidden Immunity Idol: The person who found the Beware Advantage was given the clues to find an idol located on their camp. After finding this idol, they were allowed to keep the idol, which may only be used at their next Tribal Council, or relinquish it to find a second idol good for their next three Tribal Councils. Thereafter, they were given the opportunity to relinquish their second idol to find a third idol that could be used until the final five.
• Journeys
  • Vote Steal: Castaways from different tribes were taken to another island. Separately and in private, each castaway would draw from a bag containing three packages: two will cause them to lose their vote at their next Tribal Council, while one contains an advantage. If the castaway draws the advantage, their task is complete. If they find that they have lost their vote, they may choose to draw one of the two remaining packages. They may either receive an advantage, or find that they have lost their vote for the next two Tribal Councils that they attend.
  • Amulet Idol: Castaways had limited time to nominate one of them to lose their vote at their next Tribal Council; in return all three castaways would each receive an Amulet Idol that, when played together, would have the power of a Hidden Immunity Idol. If none of the castaways agreed to lose their vote before time ran out, then all three players would lose their vote at their next Tribal Council.
  • Regain Vote: At the final ten, the first four castaways eliminated from the Immunity Challenge were given the chance to regain their lost votes by competing in an individual challenge.
  • Vote Blocker: At the final eight, the Beka tribe was told to nominate one member to go on a journey, where they would race against time in an individual challenge to win a Vote Blocker.
• Pre-merge Team Reward Challenge: On Day 9, the tribes were temporarily disbanded, with the fourteen remaining castaways being randomly divided into two teams of seven. Both teams competed against each other for a trip to the Survivor Sanctuary.
• Earn the Merge: On Day 12, while the final thirteen players still had to compete in a challenge to earn their spot in the merged tribe, the Immunity Challenge was no longer played in teams. Instead, an individual Immunity Challenge was held to determine the sole person who would be safe at the final thirteen Tribal Council, with all other castaways remaining vulnerable.
  • Challenge Advantage: One person who found the Challenge Advantage before the Earn the Merge challenge won the right to sit out of the team challenge and automatically advance to the individual Immunity Challenge.
• Group Tribal Council: In the first round as a merged tribe, the castaways were divided into two groups. The winning group would be immune from Tribal Council under the rules of tribal immunity, but would observe the losing group's Tribal Council from the jury bench. In addition, the losing group would be sequestered on the old Lavo camp for the afternoon.
  • Take Your Pick Advantage: The winning team was given the chance to search for an advantage, which they could pass to one member of the losing team. That recipient could then select one of two advantages to be played before the vote at Tribal Council:
    • Vote Blocker
    • Safety Without Power
• Simplified Final Four Tribal Council
• Reformatted Final Tribal Council: Instead of having each jury member speak individually, an open forum was held to ensure a more insightful rapport between the jury and finalists. Instead of being divided into portions based on "social", "physical", and "strategic" as with previous seasons, this Final Tribal Council saw each juror called up to start their own open line of questioning, to which their fellow jurors were invited to contribute.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation		Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Merged Tribe
	Jon Lovett 41, Los Angeles, CA Podcast Host	Gata		1st Voted Out Day 3	5
	TK Foster 31, Upper Marlboro, MD Athlete Marketing Manager	Tuku		2nd Voted Out Day 5	4
	Aysha Welch 32, Houston, TX IT Consultant	Lavo		3rd Voted Out Day 7	3
	Kishan Patel 27, San Francisco, CA ER Doctor	Lavo		4th Voted Out Day 8	4
	Anika Dhar 26, Los Angeles, CA Marketing Manager	Gata		5th Voted Out Day 10	4
	Rome Cooney 30, Phoenix, AZ E-Sports Commentator	Lavo		6th Voted Out Day 12	10
	Tiyana Hallums 27, Aiea, HI Flight Attendant	Tuku	Beka	7th Voted Out Day 13	4
	Sierra Wright 26, Phoenixville, PA Nurse	Gata		8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 15	12
	Sol Yi 42, Norwalk, CT Medical Device Salesman	Lavo		9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 16	9
	Gabe Ortis 26, Baltimore, MD Radio Show Host	Tuku		10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 18	9
	Kyle Ostwald 31, Cheboygan, MI Construction Worker	Tuku		11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 20	6
	Caroline Vidmar 27, Chicago, IL Strategy Consultant	Tuku		12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 22	3
	Andy Rueda 31, Brooklyn, NY AI Research Assistant	Gata		13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 23	5
	Genevieve Mushaluk 32, Winnipeg, MB Corporate Lawyer	Lavo		14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 24	9
	Teeny Chirichillo 23, Manahawkin, NJ Freelance Writer	Lavo		Eliminated 8th Jury Member Day 25	1
	Sue Smey 58, Putnam Valley, NY Flight School Owner	Tuku		Second Runner-Up	3
	Sam Phalen 24, Nashville, TN Sports Reporter	Gata		Runner-Up	10
	Rachel LaMont 34, Southfield, MI Graphic Designer	Gata		Sole Survivor	3

Season Summary

Once again, the eighteen new castaways began the season divided into three tribes of six: Gata, Lavo, and Tuku. Tuku quickly proved to be the most dominant of the three tribes, anchored by an early alliance of Gabe, Sue, and Caroline. On Gata, Sierra found herself the swing-vote between two alliances; one with the women, and the other with Sam, eventually choosing the latter. Meanwhile, Lavo was enveloped by a feud between Rome and Sol, who targeted one another. The two would make temporary peace however, after Genevieve rallied them together to help her blindside Kishan.

After the tribe dissolve on Day 11, Gabe's Tuku Alliance took early control of the merged tribe Beka, using their numerical advantage to remove those whom they viewed as threats. By Day 18 though, the rest of the tribe came to recognize the threat the original Tuku posed, and voted out Gabe. Following his departure, the tribe divided into two new factions: an alliance made up of the perceived "Underdogs", and the outsiders Genevieve, Sam, and Kyle, who were identified as "more threatening" players.

At the final seven, the Underdogs held a 5-2 advantage over Genevieve and Sam, and planned to vote them off at the following two Tribal Councils. However, while on reward with Genevieve and Sam, Underdog member Andy devised a plan to save them and vote out one of the Underdogs' leaders. Dubbed "Operation: Italy", Andy convinced the Underdogs to split their votes between Genevieve and Sam under the pretense that Genevieve had found a Hidden Immunity Idol. The conspiracy materialized at Tribal Council, where Andy voted with the outsiders to blindside Caroline in a 3-2-2 vote.

In the aftermath of Caroline's elimination, Teeny also defected from the Underdogs, leaving only Rachel and Sue remaining. Though the new majority set their sights on Rachel, she managed to stay safe through a Hidden Immunity Idol play which eliminated Andy, and an Immunity Challenge win which saw the end of Genevieve. Rachel would go on to win the Final Immunity Challenge, whereupon she chose to take her loyal ally Sue with her to the Final Tribal Council, forcing Sam and Teeny to compete in the fire-making challenge, which Sam narrowly won.

At the Final Tribal Council, Sue received praise for her loyalty and devotion to her allies, but was otherwise ignored by the jury. Meanwhile, Sam argued that Rachel had coasted to the end on immunity wins, while he had to continually fight to survive where Rachel did not. On her end, Rachel highlighted how she earned her spot through a combination of challenge wins and forming genuine bonds with the majority of the jurors. In the end, the jury respected Rachel's more visibly dominant game, awarding her the title of Sole Survivor in a 7-1-0 vote over Sam and Sue.

Episode		Air Date	Challenges		Journey	Eliminated (vote)	Finish	Viewers (in millions)	Ratings/Share (18-49)
			Reward	Immunity
1	"One Glorious and Perfect Episode"	September 18, 2024	Gata		None	Jon (5-1)	1st Voted Out Day 3
			Tuku
			Lavo1
			Tuku1
2	"Epic Boss Girl Move"	September 25, 2024	Gata1		None	TK (4-2)2	2nd Voted Out Day 5
			Lavo1
3	"Belly of the Beast"	October 2, 2024	Gata1		Anika3	Aysha (3-1-1-0)4	3rd Voted Out Day 7
					Kyle3
			Tuku1
					Rome3
4	"Is That Blood in Your Hair"	October 9, 2024	Gata1		Andy5	Kishan (4-0)	4th Voted Out Day 8
					Caroline5
			Tuku1
					Teeny5
5	"The Scales Be Tippin"	October 16, 2024	Caroline, Kyle, Rachel, Sam, Sue, Teeny, Tiyana6	Tuku	None	Anika (3-1)	5th Voted Out Day 10
				Lavo
6	"Feel the FOMO"	October 23, 2024	Kyle, Rachel, Sam, Sierra, Sue, Teeny [Genevieve]7	Kyle	None	Rome (9-2-1)2	6th Voted Out Day 12
7	"Our Pickle on Blast"	October 30, 2024	Andy, Genevieve, Sam, Sierra, Sol, Teeny8		None	Tiyana (4-1)	7th Voted Out Day 13
				Kyle
8	"He's All That"	November 6, 2024	Survivor Auction	Sue	None	Sierra (4-4-1; 8-1)9	8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 15
				Kyle
9	"Nightmare Fuel"	November 13, 2024	Gabe, Kyle	Gabe	Andy, Caroline, Rachel, Sam10	Sol (8-1)	9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 16
			Sol, Teeny
10	"Loyal to the Soil"	November 20, 2024	Kyle, Rachel, Sam	Kyle	None	Gabe (7-2)	10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 18
11	"Flipping the Win Switch"	November 27, 2024	None	Rachel	Rachel11	Kyle (6-1-1)	11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 20
12	"Operation: Italy"	December 4, 2024	Sam [Andy, Genevieve]	Rachel	None	Caroline (3-2-2)	12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 22
13	"Bob and Weave"	December 11, 2024	Genevieve1		None	Andy (2-0)4	13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 23
			[Sue, Teeny]
			None	Rachel	None	Genevieve (3-2)2	14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 24
14	"The Last Stand"	December 18, 2024	None	Rachel	None	Teeny (no vote)12	Eliminated 8th Jury Member Day 25
			Jury Vote			Sue (7-1-0)	Second Runner-Up
						Sam (7-1-0)	Runner-Up
						Rachel (7-1-0)	Sole Survivor
15	"Aftershow"
Notes: ^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge. ^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^3 During the journey on Day 7, Rome won the Vote Steal advantage, while Anika and Kyle each lost their vote at their next Tribal Council. ^4 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^5 During the journey on Day 8, Teeny lost their vote at their next Tribal Council; and Andy, Caroline and Teeny each won an Amulet Idol. ^6 The Reward Challenge had the castaways temporarily spread across two mixed-tribe teams of seven. After the reward, the members of the winning team returned to their respective tribes. ^7 Genevieve found the Challenge Advantage and as a result, automatically joined the winning team on reward without competing. ^8 At the Immunity Challenge, the twelve remaining players were divided into two teams of six. The team that outlasted every member of the other team won reward and immunity, while the last player standing from the losing team (Kyle) won individual immunity. ^9 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence. ^10 During the journey on Day 16, Andy, Sam, and Rachel successfully regained their votes at the next Tribal Council, while Caroline was unsuccessful in regaining her vote. ^11 During the journey on Day 19, Rachel won the Vote Blocker advantage. ^12 Instead of a traditional vote, the winner of the Immunity Challenge, Rachel, would choose someone to take with them to the Final Three. She chose Sue. The remaining two castaways, Sam and Teeny, would compete in a fire-making challenge to determine the last finalist.

Voting History

		Original Tribes					Merged Tribe
Episode		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		9	10	11	12	13		14
Voted Out		Jon	TK	Aysha	Kishan	Anika	Rome	Tiyana	Tie	Sierra	Sol	Gabe	Kyle	Caroline	Andy	Genevieve	Teeny	Sue	Sam	Rachel
Vote		5-1	4-21	3-1-1-02	4-0	3-1	9-2-11	4-1	4-4-19	8-1	8-1	7-2	6-1-1	3-2-2	2-02	3-21	No vote11	7-1-0
►	Rachel	Jon	—	—	—	Andy	Rome	None6	None8		Sol	Gabe	Kyle	Genevieve	Andy	Genevieve	—	Jury Vote
►	Sam	Jon	—	—	—	Anika	Rome	—	None7		Sol	Gabe	Kyle	Caroline	None10	Genevieve	—
►	Sue	—	TK	—	—	—	Andy	Tiyana	Sierra	Sierra	Sol	Genevieve	Kyle	Sam	Andy	Genevieve	—
►	Teeny	—	—	Sol	None5	—	Rome	—	Sam	Sierra	Sol	Gabe	Kyle	Sam	Rachel	Sam	Eliminated			Rachel
►	Genevieve	—	—	Aysha	Kishan	—	Rome	—	Sam	Sierra	Sol	Gabe	Kyle	Caroline	Rachel	Sam				Rachel
►	Andy	Jon	—	—	—	Anika	Rome	—	Sam	Sierra	Sol	Gabe	Genevieve	Caroline	Rachel					Rachel
►	Caroline	—	TK	—	—	—	Rome	Tiyana	Sierra	Sierra	None5	Gabe	Kyle	Genevieve						Rachel
►	Kyle	—	Sue	—	—	—	None5	Tiyana	Sierra	Sierra	Sol	Gabe	Teeny						Sam
►	Gabe	—	TK	—	—	—	Rome	Tiyana	Sierra	Sierra	Sol	Genevieve								Rachel
►	Sol	—	—	Rome	Kishan	—	Andy	—	Sam	Sierra	Sue									Rachel
►	Sierra	Jon	—	—	—	Anika	Rome	—	Gabe	Sam										Rachel
►	Tiyana	—	TK	—	—	—	Rome	Gabe
►	Rome	—	—	Aysha	Kishan	—	Sam
					Kishan3
	Anika	Jon	—	—	—	None5
	Kishan	—	—	Aysha	None4
	Aysha	—	—	Genevieve
	TK	—	Sue
	Jon	Anika
Notes: ^1 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^3 This castaway played the Vote Steal advantage, allowing them to steal another castaway's vote to vote twice at Tribal Council. ^4 This castaway's vote was stolen by the Vote Steal. ^5 This castaway lost their vote at the summit, thus they were unable to cast a vote. ^6 This castaway used the Safety Without Power advantage, allowing them to leave Tribal Council without voting. ^7 Sam lost his vote as a result of having the most money left over at the end of the Survivor Auction. ^8 This castaway played their Shot in the Dark, making them ineligible to vote at Tribal Council. The scroll they selected, however, read "Not Safe", thus all votes against them remained valid. ^9 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote was held where the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie. ^10 This castaway's vote was blocked by a Vote Blocker. ^11 Instead of a traditional vote, the winner of the Immunity Challenge, Rachel, would choose someone to take with them to the Final Three. She chose Sue. The remaining two castaways would compete in a fire-making challenge to determine the last finalist.

Trivia

• Survivor 47 is the first season since Winners at War to have 14 competitive episodes.
  • It is the first season with all new players since Kaôh Rōng with this distinction.
  • Coincidentally, these are the three most recent seasons where the women outnumbered the men at the final four.
• Survivor 47 is the third season, after Survivor 42 and Survivor 44, where three different tribes attended the first three Tribal Councils.
  • Survivor 47 is the first season where the three lowest-placing contestants were all from different tribes.
• Survivor 47 is the first season since Cagayan where the first two players voted out were both men.
• Survivor 47 holds the record for the earliest merge, which occurred on Night 12.
• Survivor 47 is the fourth season, after Marquesas, Vanuatu, and Micronesia, where the men never outnumbered the women at any point in the game.
  • It is the only season with a Final Three to hold this distinction.
• Survivor 47 is the first season whose finale did not contain any elimination votes.
• Survivor 47 is the first season since Kaôh Rōng where a woman defeated a male and a female co-finalist at Final Tribal Council.
• Survivor 47 marks the third time in Survivor history where three back-to-back seasons produced consecutive female winners.