This is the premiere cycle of Survivor México (2023), covering episodes 1 to 5.
Story[]
Challenges[]
Episode 1[]
Challenge: The castaways will race into the jungle following a route, while finding supplies and tools along the way. The first tribe to reach the meeting point wins.
Reward: The right to keep everything that was collected on the challenge.
Additional Stipulation: The losing tribe would only be allowed to select three items to keep.
Winner: Dominantes
Challenge: Fire Starter
Six members for each tribe will push a heavy sled to three stations to collect straw blocks and coconuts. At the end of the course, they will build a corral with the straw blocks. The other four tribe members will throw coconuts over a rope so that they fall into the corral. Once there are two coconuts inside the corral, one tribe member will run out to the start of the course to grab a torch and then run back to the end to light it. The first tribe whose torch burns a rope and raises a flag wins reward.
Reward: Shelter-building tools and a fire-making kit.
Winner: Dominantes
Challenge: Kicking and Screaming
One member of each tribe would hang on to a post. Two members of the opposing tribe would attempt to remove the tribe member from the post and drag them across the sand to the finish line. The first tribe to get the member of the other tribe locked up in the opposite pole would receive one point. The first tribe to score four points wins reward.
Reward: Food supplies (oil and 1 kg of rice).
Winner: Dominantes
Episode 2[]
Challenge: In teams of five, four members will go through an obstacle course carrying a long and heavy snake. At the end of the course, they will retrieve ropes from inside the snake, which they will then attach to some coconuts. The fifth team member will throw the coconuts by grabbing them from the ropes into pots, the first one to knock over or break four pots will score a point for their tribe. The first tribe to score two points wins reward.
Reward: Fishing gear.
Winner: Elegidos
Challenge: Divided in pairs, one member will dive into the water and swim to a net, which they will climb up to collect all of the flags of their tribe. This member will then climb down or jump out of the net and swim out of the water to meet their partner, who will have to throw and land two sandbags onto a circular platform located atop of a wood stud to score a point. The first tribe to score five points wins reward.
Reward: One potato for each member of the tribe.
Winner: Elegidos
Episode 3[]
Reward Challenge #6: Strung Out
In teams of two, one member will dive into the water and swim to a platform where they will find a buoy attached to a rope. They will maneuver that buoy through a series of obstacles and swim to the end of the course, where the second member will be waiting. Once the first member hands the buoy to their teammate, this one will have to untangle a second buoy, then maneuver the two buoys through the rope from the top of a structure into a basket to score a point. The first tribe to score eight points wins reward.
Reward: A flashlight and two fish.
Winner: Elegidos
Episode 4[]
Challenge: Vampire Bats
The castaways will hang from a bar for as long as they can. After a certain time, they will be allowed to use only their legs to hold themselves up. Some time later, they must return their arms and let go of their legs, now only being able to use their arms to hold themselves up. Once they drop from the bar, they are out of the challenge. Last person left hanging from each tribe wins immunity.
Winners: Jessica Farjat and Ximena Duggan
Challenge: Rollerball
In teams of three, one member will be strapped into a giant wooden wheel, while the other two teammates will roll the wheel through an obstacle course. At the end of the course, they will place the wheel at a station, where they will throw balls of mud and straw into a container behind the wheel. The first ones to get the container heavy enough to generate a counterweight and raise a flag will score a point for their tribe. The first tribe to score six points wins reward.
Reward: Vegetables and shelter-building materials.
Winner: Dominantes
Episode 5[]
Challenge: Get Hooked
In teams of three, one member from each tribe would be hoisted aloft in a cradle held up by two ropes controlled by the other two team members. The castaway in the cradle would have to be maneuvered from one end to the other to collect eight totems and place them in a slot. The first team to place all the totems would score a point. The first tribe to score five points wins immunity.
Winner: Dominantes
Challenge: Domino Effect
Each nominee will stand within a circular table suspended by three cables. They must place their tiles between two stakes forming a window, rotating the table so as to place more tiles around the table. The first two players to knock down all their tiles with a chain reaction will be saved from elimination.
Winners (in order of finish): Marina Flores and Keving Palacios
Tribal Council[]
Episode 3[]
| Impromptu Tribal Council |
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| No vote |
EVACUATED: Jero Palazuelos |
Episode 5[]
Keving, as the exiled castaway of the Elegidos tribe, would automatically be nominated to the Extinction Duel.
| Tribal Council 1: Elegidos | |
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| No vote | |
NOMINATED: Keving Palacios | |
| Immune Vote | |
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| Voted Against |
Voter |
 Bibiana (1 vote) |
 Jessica |
| NOMINATED: Bibiana Caloca | |
| Tribal Vote | |
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| Voted Against |
Voter |
 Marina (6 votes) |
     Bibiana, Eduardo, Magdalena, Natalia, Oscar, Sergio |
Magdalena (2 votes) |
Keving, Marina |
Natalia (1 vote) |
 Aarón |
Oscar (1 vote) |
Jessica |
| NOMINATED: Marina Flores | |
Voting Confessionals[]
Marina |
“ | (votando en contra de Magdalena) Porque creo que las cosas se las toma personales cuando no son problemas de ella, y la comunicación está siendo bastante complicada. |
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Magdalena |
“ | (votando en contra de Marina) Voto por esta persona porque siento que aún no se ha adaptado bien a la tribu. |
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Aaron |
“ | (votando en contra de Natalia) Voto por esta persona porque sé que tiene más por dar, pero tiene que creer en sí misma. |
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Extinction Duel[]
| Extinction Duel 1 | ||
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| Competitors | Result | |
Marina |
1st | |
Keving |
2nd | |
Bibiana |
3rd | |
ELIMINATED: Bibiana Caloca | ||
Still in the Running[]
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Trivia[]
Secret Scenes[]
- Tribu Toro disfruta de un cangrejo: The Toro tribe enjoyed eating crab although Bibiana expressed disgust.[1]
- Javi y Keving crean fuego en su campamento: Javier and Keving create fire in their camp and fear for the rain.[2]
- Javi le aconseja a Keving ser hipócrita: Javier advises Keving to be hypocritical with his tribe as a strategy in Survivor Mexico.[3]
- Javi quiere hacer estrategia con Keving: Keving is very upset with Sergio for sending him to exile. Javier wants to strategize further with his rival.[4]
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