Survivor România (2020) is the first season of Survivor România. This season featured with twenty-nine contestants divided into two tribes based on their occupations and degree of success in life. Elena Ionescu was named the winner in the final episode on May 30, 2020, defeating Emanuel Neagu, Iancu Sterp and Lola Crudu.
Production[]
This season was announced by Kanal D on November 2019 and was filmed in La Romana, Dominican Republic from January to May 2020. It aired from 18 January to 30 May 2020 on Kanal D.[1][2]
Ioana Filimon, Miss Romania 2016 was originally cast but she dropped out before the game began due to a medical emergency. Filimon was replaced by former Mandinga member, Elena Ionescu.[3]
Twists/Changes[]
- Faimoșii vs Războinicii: The contestants are divided into two tribes based on their occupations and degree of success in life:
- The Faimoșii (meaning 'famous') tribe is made up of public figures from fields such as (but not limited to) sports and entertainment.
- The Războinicii (meaning 'warriors') tribe is made up of everyday Romanian contestants.
- Public vote: The public votes for which player should be considered the "Sole Survivor" and be awarded the grand prize.
- Final Four: Four finalists faced the public vote.
- Big Number of Reward Challenges: Unlike the American version with a maximum of one Reward Challenge before elimination, the Romanian version performs up to four or five Reward Challenges before the Immunity Challenge.
- Two Immunity Challenges: In the second phase of the game two Immunity Challenges are performed, if a tribe wins both challenges, the losing tribe must attend the Tribal Council and two of its members will be nominated, but if each tribe wins a challenge, then both tribes will have one nominees. Also, Individual Immunity Challenge are no more.
- Individual Immunity Challenges: After the Tribal Immunity Challenges, members of the losing tribe fight each other for an Immunity Necklace, the two winners (one male and one female) gains individual immunity and the power to nominate a member of their tribe at Tribal Council.
- Elimination: Instead of the most voted person on the Tribal Council having to leave the competition, the losing tribe(s) votes to nominate one its members. Then the winner(s) of the Individual Immunity selects the last nominee from the tribe. Finally, the nominees face the public vote in which the loser will be out of the game.
- No Tiebreaker: In the event of a tie in the Tribal Council vote, there will be no Tiebreaker vote and both tied contestants will be nominated.
- Tribe Merged: With only 13 players left in the game, the tribes merged, but despite living on the same beach, tribes would remain split, living in separate shelters and fending for their own tribe. The individual phase of the game occurred with 8 players left.
- Additional Castaways: On Day 9, Raul and Cornel are added into game. On Day 17 Ana and Alexandra are added into game.
- Replacements: On Day 9, Ghiță was added into the game to replace Augustin. On Day 57, Sonny, Iancu, Alice and Emy are added into game to replace Raul, Cornel, Alexandra and Ana.
Castaways[]
Contestant | Tribe Affiliation | Finish | Votes Against | |||||
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Original Tribe | Merged Tribe | |||||||
Cycle 1 | Cycle 2 | Cycle 3 | Cycle 10 | |||||
Augustin Viziru 39, Bucharest Actor |
Faimoșii | Evacuated Day 4 |
0 | |||||
Cristina Șișcanu 35, Ungheni, Moldova Journalist |
Faimoșii | 1st Voted Out Day 8 |
6 | |||||
Ruby Grigore 31, Medgidia, Constanța Dance-pop singer |
Faimoșii | 2nd Voted Out Day 15 |
2 | |||||
Cornel Chirică 27, Bucharest Fitness instructor |
Războinicii | Quit Day 18 |
0 | |||||
Lino Golden 22, Brașov, Brașov Hip hop / rap singer |
Faimoșii | 3rd Voted Out Day 22 |
2 | |||||
Bogdan Vlădău 40, Bucharest Model |
Faimoșii | 4th Voted Out Day 25 |
7 | |||||
Alexandra Soare 24, Bucharest Tennis player |
Războinicii | Evacuated Day 29 |
0 | |||||
Ana Pal 26, Bacău, Bacău MMA fighter |
Faimoșii | Ejected Day 32 |
0 | |||||
Claudia Rostaș 28, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj Janitor |
Războinicii | 5th Voted Out Day 32 |
9 | |||||
Raul Cormoș 24, Baia Mare, Maramureș Indoor cycling instructor |
Faimoșii | Evacuated Day 39 |
4 | |||||
Remus Mihai 41, Bucharest Pilot |
Războinicii | 6th Voted Out Day 39 |
17 | |||||
Adriana Popescu 30, Bucharest Rugby player |
Războinicii | 7th Voted Out Day 46 |
4 | |||||
Andi Constantin 28, Băicoi, Prahova Fitness model |
Războinicii | 8th Voted Out Day 53 |
8 | |||||
Grațiela Teohari Duban 33, Bucharest Actress |
Faimoșii | 9th Voted Out Day 67 |
11 | |||||
Cristian Ioniță 27, Bucharest Restaurant manager |
Războinicii | 10th Voted Out Day 74 |
7 | |||||
Sonny Flame 33, Ploiești, Prahova Singer |
Faimoșii | 11th Voted Out Day 81 |
7 | |||||
Mihai Onicaș 30, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj Footballer |
Faimoșii | 12th Voted Out Day 88 |
12 | |||||
Alice Andrucă 23, Bucharest Fitness instructor |
Războinicii | 13th Voted Out Day 95 |
12 | |||||
Asiana Peng 20, Deva, Hunedoara Former elite gymnast |
Faimoșii | 14th Voted Out Day 100 |
17 | |||||
Karina Fetica 24, Craiova, Dolj Student |
Războinicii | 15th Voted Out Day 102 |
7 | |||||
Andrei Ciobanu 29, Bacău, Bacău Singing teacher |
Războinicii | 16th Voted Out Day 107 |
9 | |||||
Ema Huruială 30, Reșița, Caraș-Severin Accountant |
Războinicii | Merged Tribe | 17th Voted Out Day 114 |
12 | ||||
Ghiță Balmuș 27, Arad, Arad Basketballer |
Faimoșii | 18th Voted Out Day 116 |
16 | |||||
Emy Alupei 21, Bucharest Trapper |
Faimoșii | 19th Voted Out Day 127 |
3 | |||||
Cezar Juratoni 31, Deva, Hunedoara Professional boxer |
Faimoșii | 20th Voted Out Day 129 |
9 | |||||
Lola Crudu 33, Chișinău, Moldova Fitness instructor |
Războinicii | 3rd Runner-Up | 21 | |||||
Iancu Sterp 21, Hațeg, Hunedoara Student |
Războinicii | 2nd Runner-Up | 7 | |||||
Emanuel Neagu 23, Cocorăștii Colț, Prahova Dancer |
Războinicii | Runner-Up | 1 | |||||
Elena Ionescu 32, Caracal, Olt Pop singer |
Faimoșii | Sole Survivor | 28 |
Season summary[]
The season started with twenty contestants. They were divided into two tribes based on celebrity status: The "Faimoșii" (meaning 'celebrities') tribe was composed of 10 people who have received accolades and fame for their exceptional work in their given fields, and the "Războinicii" (meaning 'warriors') tribe was composed of 10 non-celebrities. Later in the game, nine new castaways entered the game: five of them joined Faimoșii tribe, and four of them joined Războinicii tribe.
In the first phase of the game, only one Immunity Challenge is performed. After the Tribal Immunity Challenges, members of the losing tribe face against each other for an Immunity Necklace: the two winners (one male and one female) gain Individual Immunity and the power to nominate a member of their tribe at Tribal Council. Instead of having the most voted person at the Tribal Council leave the competition, the losing tribe(s) votes to nominate one of its members. Then the winner(s) of the Individual Immunity select(s) the last nominee from the tribe. Finally, the nominees face the public vote, in which the loser will be out of the game.
In the second phase of the game two Immunity Challenges are performed, if a tribe wins both challenges, the losing tribe must attend the Tribal Council and two of its members will be nominated, but if each tribe wins a challenge, then both tribes will have one nominee. Also, Individual Immunity Challenge are no more. With only 13 players left in the game, the tribes merged, but despite living on the same beach, tribes would remain split, living in separate shelters and fending for their own tribe. The individual phase of the game occurred with 8 players left. In the first two weeks of individual phase, individual immunity is it composed of three challenges. The players who win one of the first two challenges qualified in the last challenge, and whoever wins it earns immunity and a second vote to cast at Council. If one player wins the first two challenges, he/she would already be immune and compete in the last one to earn a second vote.
The celebrities' tribe, Faimoșii had a bad start losing most of the challenges, and the tribe was divided by a major conflict between outsiders Elena and Grațiela/Ghiță, which led to Elena getting nominated seven times despite her good performance in challenges. Mihai and Cezar were named leaders by their tribemates and tried unsuccessfully to settle the conflicts. The non-celebrities' tribe, Războinicii, dominated in challenges in the first part of the game and called themselves "Family". Despite a strong start, the tribe struggled with Claudia, who refused to integrate herself into the tribe, and later with the outspoken Andi.
At the merge, two factions emerged: the Războinicii Alliance, led by Andrei and his closest ally and romantic interest Karina; and the Faimoșii Guys' Alliance, led by Cezar and Mihai. However, after Andrei failed to convince the girls of the Faimoșii tribe to ally against the big guys (Cezar and Mihai), Ghiță, on the bottom of the Faimoșii alliance, eventually flipped sides, working with Elena and Emy to eliminate Mihai and Asiana. Soon after, a core alliance of Emanuel, Ema, and Lola was formed, systematically eliminating Andrei and his alliance.
With 4 ex-Războinicii and 4 ex-Faimoșii, the vote at the first Tribal Council at the individual phase ended in a tie along tribal lines, and former Războinicii member, Ema, was eliminated by public, putting the remnants of Faimoșii in power. To save himself and his former tribemates, Iancu was able to convince Emy to vote one of their own, Elena, forcing a tie between him, Cezar, and Ghiță at second Tribal, resulting in Ghiță's elimination.
The final five were Emanuel, Lola, Iancu, Cezar, and Elena. Emanuel and Lola won the Cycle 18 challenge; Iancu won the final Immunity Challenge, leaving Elena to face Cezar in the public votes to determine the fourth finalist, which Elena won. At the final Tribal Council, the public ultimately rewarded Elena by voting her the Sole Survivor.
Episode(s) | Challenge winner(s) | Nominated (vote) |
Result | Eliminated (public vote) |
Finish | ||||
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No. | Original air date | Reward | Immunity | ||||||
Cycle 1 (1 - 5) |
January 18 - 21, 2020 January 25, 2020 |
Războinicii | Războinicii | Cristina (7-2) |
Tribe's nominee Day 4 |
Augustin | Evacuated Day 4 | ||
Războinicii | |||||||||
Războinicii | Lino, Ruby |
Asiana (1-0) |
Lino's nominee Day 4 |
Cristina | 1st voted out Day 8 | ||||
Războinicii | Elena (1-0) |
Ruby's nominee Day 4 | |||||||
Cycle 2 (6 - 9) |
January 26 - 29, 2020 February 1, 2020 |
Faimoșii | Războinicii | Elena (7-2-1) |
Tribe's nominee Day 11 |
Ruby | 2nd voted out Day 15 | ||
Faimoșii | Lino (1-0) |
Asiana's nominee Day 11 | |||||||
Războinicii | Asiana, Cezar [Ghiță, Raul]1 |
Ruby (1-0) |
Cezar's nominee Day 11 | ||||||
Cycle 3 (10 - 13) |
February 2 - 4, 2020 February 8, 2020 |
Faimoșii | Războinicii | Asiana, Raul (4-4-2) |
Tribe's nominee Day 18 |
Cornel | Quit Day 18 | ||
Războinicii | Bogdan (1-0) |
Elena's nominee Day 18 |
Lino | 3rd voted out Day 22 | |||||
Războinicii | Cezar, Elena [Ana]2 |
Lino (1-0) |
Cezar's nominee Day 18 | ||||||
Cycle 4 (14 - 16) |
February 9 - 11, 2020 | Războinicii | Războinicii | Bogdan (4-2-1-1) |
Tribe's nominee Day 23 |
Bogdan | 4th voted out Day 25 | ||
Faimoșii | Elena (1-0) |
Ana's nominee Day 23 | |||||||
Războinicii | Ana, Cezar |
Asiana (1-0) |
Cezar's nominee Day 23 | ||||||
Cycle 5 (17 - 20) |
February 15 - 18, 2020 | Războinicii | Faimoșii | Claudia (9-1) |
1st tribe's nominee Day 29 |
Alexandra | Evacuated Day 29 | ||
Faimoșii | Faimoșii | Remus (9-1) |
2nd tribe's nominee Day 30 |
Ana | Ejected Day 32 | ||||
Războinicii | Claudia | 5th voted out Day 32 | |||||||
Cycle 6 (21 - 24) |
February 22 - 25, 2020 | Faimoșii3 | Remus (8-1) |
1st tribe's nominee Day 36 |
Raul | Evacuated Day 39 | |||
Faimoșii3 | |||||||||
Faimoșii | Lola (7-1) |
2nd tribe's nominee Day 37 |
Remus | 6th voted out Day 39 | |||||
Războinicii | |||||||||
Cycle 7 (25 - 28) |
February 29 - March 3, 2020 | Faimoșii3 | Lola (6-2) |
1st tribe's nominee Day 43 |
Adriana | 7th voted out Day 46 | |||
Faimoșii3 | |||||||||
Faimoșii | Adriana (4-2-1-1) |
2nd tribe's nominee Day 44 | |||||||
Războinicii | |||||||||
Cycle 8 (29 - 32) |
March 7 - 10, 2020 | Faimoșii3 | Andi (5-1-1) |
Tribes nominee Day 50 |
Andi | 8th voted out Day 53 | |||
Războinicii3 | |||||||||
Războinicii | Grațiela (5-1) |
Tribe's nominee Day 51 | |||||||
Faimoșii | |||||||||
Cycle 9 (23 - 36) |
March 14 - 17, 2020 | Faimoșii | None | No elimination | |||||
Războinicii | |||||||||
Faimoșii | |||||||||
Războinicii | |||||||||
Cycle 10 (37 - 40) |
March 21 - 24, 2020 | Războinicii3 | Grațiela (4-3-1) |
1st tribes's nominee Day 64 |
Grațiela | 9th voted out Day 67 | |||
Războinicii3 | |||||||||
Războinicii | Ghiță (5-3) |
2nd tribes's nominee Day 65 | |||||||
Faimoșii | |||||||||
Cycle 11 (41 - 44) |
March 28 - 31, 2020 | Faimoșii3 | Andrei (5-2-1) |
1st tribes's nominee Day 71 |
Cristian | 10th voted out Day 74 | |||
Faimoșii3 | |||||||||
Faimoșii | Cristian (4-3-1) |
2nd tribes's nominee Day 72 | |||||||
Războinicii | |||||||||
Cycle 12 (45 - 48) |
April 4 - 7, 2020 | Războinicii3 | Sonny (4-3-1) |
1st tribes's nominee Day 78 |
Sonny | 11th voted out Day 81 | |||
Războinicii3 | |||||||||
Războinicii | Elena (5-3) |
2nd tribes's nominee Day 79 | |||||||
Faimoșii | |||||||||
Cycle 13 (49 - 52) |
April 11 - 14, 2020 | Războinicii | Elena (4-2) |
1st tribes's nominee Day 87 |
Mihai | 12th voted out Day 88 | |||
Războinicii | |||||||||
Războinicii3 | Mihai (5-1) |
2nd tribes's nominee Day 88 | |||||||
Războinicii3 | |||||||||
Cycle 14 (53 - 56) |
April 18 - 21, 2020 | Faimoșii | Lola (4-3) |
1st tribes's nominee Day 94 |
Alice | 13th voted out Day 95 | |||
Războinicii | |||||||||
Faimoșii | Alice (6-1) |
2nd tribes's nominee Day 95 | |||||||
Faimoșii3 | |||||||||
Cycle 15 (57 - 60) |
April 25 - 28, 2020 | Războinicii | Elena (4-1) |
1st tribes's nominee Day 99 |
Asiana | 14th voted out Day 100 | |||
Războinicii | Asiana (3-2) |
2nd tribes's nominee Day 100 | |||||||
Războinicii3 | Elena (3-1) |
Tribe's nominee Day 101 |
Karina | 15th voted out Day 102 | |||||
Faimoșii | Karina, Lola (3-3) |
Tribe's nominees Day 102 | |||||||
Cycle 16 (61 - 64) |
May 2 - 4, 2020 | Faimoșii3 | Andrei (3-1-1) |
1st tribes's nominee Day 107 |
Andrei | 16th voted out Day 108 | |||
Faimoșii3 | Iancu (3-2) |
2nd tribes's nominee Day 108 | |||||||
Cezar, Lola |
None | No elimination | |||||||
Ema & Iancu [Lola, Emanuel] | |||||||||
Cycle 17 (65 - 68) |
May 9 - 12, 2020 | Iancu4 | Ema, Ghiță (4-4) |
1st/2nd tribe's nominees Day 114 |
Ema | 17th voted out Day 114 | |||
Emy | Cezar (1-0) |
Iancu's nominee Day 114 | |||||||
Emanuel5 | Cezar, Iancu (3-3-1) |
1st/2nd tribe's nominees Day 116 |
Ghiță | 18th voted out Day 116 | |||||
Lola | Ghiță (1-0) |
Emanuel's nominee Day 116 | |||||||
Cycle 18 (69 - 72) |
May 23 - 26, 2020 | Emanuel, Lola6 |
No elimination | ||||||
Cezar, Emanuel, Iancu |
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Elena, Emy, Lola | |||||||||
Cycle 19 (73 - 74) |
May 23 - 26, 2020 | Iancu4 | Cezar, Emy (3-3) |
1st/2nd tribe's nominees Day 127 |
Emy | 19th voted out Day 127 | |||
Elena (1-0) |
Iancu's nominee Day 127 | ||||||||
Iancu | Cezar, Elena (No vote)7 |
No nominations | Cezar | 20th voted out Day 129 | |||||
Final (75) |
May 30, 2020 | Public vote | Public vote | ||||||
Lola | 3rd runner-up | ||||||||
Iancu | 2nd runner-up | ||||||||
Emanuel | Runner-up | ||||||||
Elena | Sole Survivor | ||||||||
Notes:
^1As new contestants, Ghiță and Raul were immune for the week. They could not compete in the Individual Immunity Challenge but could vote at Tribal Council. |
Voting History[]
Trivia[]
References[]
- ↑ "Show-ul Survivor se întoarce, dar la un alt post. În ce țară va fi filmat". 13 November 2019. https://www.paginademedia.ro/…/formatul-survivor-se-intoarc…. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ "Mai curând decât credeați. Când începe show-ul Survivor la Kanal D, cu Ruby, Lino Golden sau Augustin Viziru?". 14 January 2020. https://www.paginademedia.ro/…/01/survivor-cand-incepe-kana…. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ↑ "FOTO. Cine sunt cei 10 concurenți în show-ul Survivor România. Ioana Filimon, înlocuită de o nouă concurentă". 7 January 2020. https://www.paginademedia.ro/…/foto-concurenti-survivor-rom…. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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