Survivor: Ghost Island

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Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 14
Release
Original network CBS
Original release February 28, 2018 (2018-02-28) – May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23)
Additional information
Filming dates June 5, 2017 (2017-06-05) – July 13, 2017 (2017-07-13)
Season chronology
List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes

Survivor: Ghost Island is the 36th season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. Ghost Island was filmed in the summer of 2017 and premiered on February 28, 2018, on CBS with a two-hour episode.[1] The season concluded on May 23, 2018.[2] This season was the fifth to be filmed in Fiji, surpassing Nicaragua, the Philippines and Samoa for the highest number of Survivor seasons filmed in a single country.

This season marks the first time in Survivor history in which two players were tied for having the most jury votes at the Final Tribal Council. Domenick Abbate and Wendell Holland each received five votes from the jury, while Laurel Johnson received none. In order to break the tie, Johnson joined the jury and used her deciding vote to reward the title of Sole Survivor to Holland.

A DVD release of the season was released by Amazon.com on June 12, 2019.

Ghost Island

This season introduced Ghost Island, a secluded location similar to Exile Island, where castaways were banished for short periods.[3] The island was decorated with mementos and props from previous seasons of Survivor, including torch snuffers and immunity idols.

With few exceptions, castaways were exiled to Ghost Island after being chosen by the winners of the reward challenge. The challenge winners were required to unanimously choose a losing castaway; if they were unable to do so, the losing castaways would draw colored rocks to determine who would be exiled. On Ghost Island, exiled castaways were instructed to smash the next in a series of urns, some of which would allow the castaway to compete in a game of chance for an advantage in the game. The advantages were taken from previous seasons of Survivor, all of which were misplayed in their original seasons. Exiled castaways were given the opportunity to acquire these advantages under the premise of learning from past castaways' mistakes.

The game of chance would require the castaway to wager their vote at their next Tribal Council in order to play. In initial games, castaways were presented with two bamboo shoots, of which one contained an advantage while the other would cost them their vote; for each lost or unplayed game, subsequent games would add another shoot with an advantage, increasing subsequent castaways' odds at winning.

Extending the theme of using misplayed advantages from previous seasons, the hidden immunity idols this season were misplayed items from previous seasons.

Contestants

List of Survivor: Ghost Island contestants
Contestant Original tribe Switched tribe Expanded tribe Merged tribe Finish
Stephanie Gonzalez
26, Ocala, Florida		 1st voted out
Day 3
Jacob Derwin
22, Brooklyn, New York		 2nd voted out
Day 6
Morgan Ricke
29, Orlando, Florida		 3rd voted out
Day 9
Brendan Shapiro
40, Herndon, Virginia		 4th voted out
Day 12
Stephanie Johnson
34, Chicago, Illinois		 5th voted out
Day 14
James Lim
24, New York City, New York		 6th voted out
Day 17
Bradley Kleihege
26, Los Angeles, California		 7th voted out
Day 19
Chris Noble
27, Brooklyn, New York		 8th voted out
1st jury member
Day 22
Libby Vincek
24, Houston, Texas		 9th voted out
2nd jury member
Day 25
Desiree Afuye
21, Brooklyn, New York		 10th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 27
Jenna Bowman
23, Venice Beach, California		 11th voted out
4th jury member
Day 29
Michael Yerger
18, Los Angeles, California		 12th voted out
5th jury member
Day 29
Chelsea Townsend
25, Los Angeles, California		 13th voted out
6th jury member
Day 32
Kellyn Bechtold
30, Denver, Colorado		 14th voted out
7th jury member
Day 35
Sebastian Noel
22, Satellite Beach, Florida		 15th voted out
8th jury member
Day 36
Donathan Hurley
25, Kimper, Kentucky		 16th voted out
9th jury member
Day 37
Angela Perkins
42, Cincinnati, Ohio		 17th voted out
10th jury member
Day 38
Laurel Johnson
29, Minneapolis, Minnesota		 2nd runner-up
11th jury member[lower-alpha 1]
Day 39
Domenick Abbate
38, Nesconset, New York		 Runner-up
Wendell Holland
33, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		 Sole Survivor
Notes
  1. ↑ The Final Tribal Council vote resulted in a tie. As the finalist that finished in third place, Laurel became the 11th and final member of the jury to cast the deciding vote.

Future appearances

Wendell Holland returned to compete on Survivor: Winners at War.

Season summary

The 20 castaways were divided into two tribes: Malolo and Naviti. Naviti fared better in challenges but was divided by a conflict between Domenick and Chris. Through two tribe shuffles, Naviti held the majority on every tribe; some, such as Kellyn, held strong to eliminate original Malolos, while others, like Domenick and his closest ally Wendell, worked to consolidate power at the merge, forming an alliance with original Malolos Donathan and Laurel.

At the merge, Domenick led the tribe in eliminating Chris before the majority began picking off the remaining original Malolos. However, they began to turn on the female Naviti alliance members, sending Chelsea and Kellyn home when the two led a charge to turn on Domenick and Wendell. Both Domenick and Wendell had hidden immunity idols; Donathan later turned against them to try and flush their idols, but he was unable to rally enough votes against them and was eliminated.

The final four were Domenick, Laurel, Wendell and outsider Angela. Domenick won the final immunity challenge and turned on Wendell as the biggest remaining threat. He decided to bring Laurel to the end of the game, leaving Angela to face Wendell in the fire-making challenge to determine the third finalist, which Wendell won. At the final Tribal Council, the jury debated between Domenick’s more aggressive strategic game and Wendell’s more relaxed social game, and the ten jurors tied the vote, with five votes each on Domenick and Wendell. Laurel, as the third-place finalist with zero votes, cast the tie-breaking vote for Wendell, crowning him the Sole Survivor.

Challenge winners and eliminations by episodes
Episode Challenge winner(s) Ghost Island game Eliminated Finish
No. Title Original air date Reward Immunity Exiled Result
1 "Can You Reverse the Curse?" February 28, 2018 Jacob[lower-alpha 1] Won Gonzalez 1st voted out
Day 3
Donathan[lower-alpha 1] None Jacob 2nd voted out
Day 6
2 "Only Time Will Tell" March 7, 2018 Chris[lower-alpha 1] None Morgan 3rd voted out
Day 9
3 "Trust Your Gut" March 14, 2018 Kellyn Declined Brendan 4th voted out
Day 12
4 "A Diamond in the Rough" March 21, 2018 Stephanie None Stephanie 5th voted out
Day 14
5 "Fate is the Homie" March 28, 2018 None[lower-alpha 2] None[lower-alpha 2] James 6th voted out
Day 17
6 "Gotta Risk it For the Biscuit" April 4, 2018 Kellyn Won Bradley 7th voted out
Day 19
7 "Fear Keeps You Sharp" April 11, 2018 None[lower-alpha 3] Kellyn Chris[lower-alpha 4] Mixed[lower-alpha 5] Chris 8th voted out
1st jury member
Day 22
8 "The Sea Slug Slugger" April 18, 2018 Angela,
Chelsea,
Donathan,
Laurel,
Libby,
Wendell		 Angela Jenna None Libby 9th voted out
2nd jury member
Day 25
9 "It's Like the Perfect Crime" April 25, 2018 Chelsea,
Jenna,
Kellyn,
Michael,
Sebastian		 Chelsea Angela Lost Desiree 10th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 27
10 "The Finish Line Is in Sight" May 2, 2018 None[lower-alpha 6] Chelsea None[lower-alpha 6] Jenna 11th voted out
4th jury member
Day 29
Domenick Michael 12th voted out
5th jury member
Day 29
11 "A Giant Game of Bumper Cars" May 9, 2018 Sebastian
[Domenick,
Donathan,
Wendell][lower-alpha 7]		 Domenick Wendell[lower-alpha 7] Won[lower-alpha 7] Chelsea 13th voted out
6th jury member
Day 32
12 "Always Be Moving" May 16, 2018 Domenick,
Wendell
[Laurel]		 Laurel Sebastian Won Kellyn 14th voted out
7th jury member
Day 35
13 "It is Game Time Kids" May 23, 2018 Wendell
[Sebastian,
Angela][lower-alpha 8]		 None Sebastian 15th voted out
8th jury member
Day 36
None Wendell Donathan 16th voted out
9th jury member
Day 37
Domenick
[Laurel][lower-alpha 9]		 Angela,
Domenick,
Laurel,
Wendell[lower-alpha 10]		 None Angela Eliminated[lower-alpha 9]
10th jury member
Day 38
None Laurel Lost jury vote
11th jury member
Day 39[lower-alpha 11]
Jury vote
14 "Reunion Special" Domenick Runner-up
Wendell Sole Survivor
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 This castaway was exiled until after the next Tribal Council, which meant they could not be voted out or participate in the vote.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 There was no reward challenge and Ghost Island due to the second tribal switch, therefore no one was exiled.
  3. ↑ There was no reward challenge due to the merge.
  4. ↑ Chris went to Ghost Island after finding an advantage in his new buff.
  5. ↑ Chris received a hidden immunity idol on Ghost Island which was only functional at the following Tribal Council, however a game of chance allowed him the possibility to extend the idol's power for up to five more Tribal Councils. Chris managed to extend the idol's power for one more Tribal Council, however he lost the game of chance afterwards and therefore lost his vote at the next Tribal Council.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 There was no reward challenge and Ghost Island due to the double Tribal Council, therefore no one was exiled.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Wendell chose to sacrifice his reward to be sent to Ghost Island where he was guaranteed to win an advantage.
  8. ↑ The winner of the challenge also received reward.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 For winning the final Immunity Challenge, Domenick had to assign additional immunity to another castaway, with the remaining two competing in a fire-making challenge to determine the third finalist; he gave additional immunity to Laurel, and Wendell defeated Angela in the fire-making challenge.
  10. ↑ After the final Immunity Challenge, all remaining castaways went to Ghost Island. Domenick was given the symbolic decision of choosing the “cursed” urn that would hold the Final Tribal Council votes. This had no effect on the Game Mechanics.
  11. ↑ The Final Tribal Council vote resulted in a tie. As the finalist that finished in third place, Laurel became the 11th and final member of the jury to cast the deciding vote.

Episodes

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title CBS recap Rating/share
(18-49		 Original air date US viewers
(millions)		 Weekly
rank
527 1 "Can You Reverse the Curse?" Recap, part 1
Recap, part 2		 1.7/7[4] February 28, 2018 (2018-02-28) 8.19[4] 14[5]
528 2 "Only Time Will Tell" Recap 1.7/7[6] March 7, 2018 (2018-03-07) 8.23[6] 14[7]
529 3 "Trust Your Gut" N/A 1.7/7[8] March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14) 8.39[8] 11[9]
530 4 "A Diamond in the Rough" N/A 1.8/7[10] March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21) 8.61[10] 6[11]
531 5 "Fate is the Homie" N/A 1.7/7[12] March 28, 2018 (2018-03-28) 8.15[12] 15[13]
532 6 "Gotta Risk it For the Biscuit" N/A 1.7/7[14] April 4, 2018 (2018-04-04) 8.42[14] 11[15]
533 7 "Fear Keeps You Sharp" N/A 1.6/7[16] April 11, 2018 (2018-04-11) 7.97[16] 10[17]
534 8 "The Sea Slug Slugger" N/A 1.6/7[18] April 18, 2018 (2018-04-18) 7.73[18] 12[19]
535 9 "It's Like the Perfect Crime" N/A 1.6/7[20] April 25, 2018 (2018-04-25) 7.81[20] 9[21]
536 10 "The Finish Line Is in Sight" N/A 1.5/7[22] May 2, 2018 (2018-05-02) 7.84[22] 14[23]
537 11 "A Giant Game of Bumper Cars" N/A 1.5/7[24] May 9, 2018 (2018-05-09) 7.74[24] 13[25]
538 12 "Always Be Moving" N/A 1.5/6[26] May 16, 2018 (2018-05-16) 7.54[26] 11[27]
539 13 "It is Game Time Kids" N/A 1.4/6[28] May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23) 7.31[28] 7[29]
540 14 "Reunion Special" N/A 0.8/3[28] May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23) 4.62[28] 23[29]

Voting history

Original tribes First swap Second swap Merged tribe
Episode # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Day # 3 6 9 12 14 17 19 22 25 27 29[lower-alpha 1] 32 35 36 37 38
Eliminated Gonzalez Jacob Morgan Brendan Stephanie James Bradley Chris Libby Desiree Jenna Tie[lower-alpha 2] Michael Chelsea Tie[lower-alpha 2] Kellyn Sebastian Donathan Angela
Votes 8–1 5–2–1 4–3–1 5–4 7–1 4–1 4–1 10–2 4–1–0[lower-alpha 3] 8–2 3–1–0[lower-alpha 4] 2–2–1–1[lower-alpha 5] 3–0 5–3 3–3–1 4–1 4–1–1 4–0[lower-alpha 6] Challenge[lower-alpha 7]
Voter Vote
Wendell Angela Chris Michael Desiree Michael Michael Chelsea Kellyn Kellyn Sebastian Donathan Win[lower-alpha 7]
Domenick Angela Bradley Chris Michael Desiree Michael Michael Chelsea Kellyn Kellyn Sebastian Donathan Immune[lower-alpha 7]
Laurel Gonzalez Jacob Morgan Chris Libby Desiree Kellyn None[lower-alpha 8] Chelsea Kellyn Kellyn Sebastian Donathan Saved[lower-alpha 7]
Angela Libby James Libby Michael None[lower-alpha 9] Jenna Wendell Donathan Kellyn Sebastian Donathan Lose[lower-alpha 7]
Donathan Gonzalez Exiled[lower-alpha 10] Morgan Bradley Chris Michael Desiree Sebastian Chelsea Domenick None[lower-alpha 11] Domenick Laurel
Sebastian Brendan Stephanie Chris Michael Desiree Jenna Chelsea Donathan Donathan Donathan
Kellyn Brendan Stephanie James Chris Libby Desiree Laurel Laurel Michael Wendell Donathan None[lower-alpha 11]
Chelsea Brendan Stephanie Bradley Chris Libby Michael Jenna Wendell
Michael Gonzalez James Bradley Stephanie James Chris Wendell Desiree Wendell None[lower-alpha 8]
Jenna Gonzalez Jacob Bradley Stephanie Chris Michael Desiree Donathan
Desiree Brendan Stephanie James Libby Libby Michael
Libby Gonzalez James Morgan Bradley Chris Michael
Chris Exiled[lower-alpha 10] None[lower-alpha 9]
Bradley Brendan Stephanie Libby
James Gonzalez Jacob Morgan Desiree
Stephanie Gonzalez Jacob Bradley Desiree
Brendan Gonzalez Jacob Bradley
Morgan Angela
Jacob Exiled[lower-alpha 10] Michael
Gonzalez Donathan
Jury vote
Episode # 14
Day # 39
Finalist Laurel Domenick Wendell
Votes 6–5–0[lower-alpha 12]
Juror Vote
Laurel[lower-alpha 12] Wendell
Angela Wendell
Donathan Wendell
Sebastian Wendell
Kellyn Wendell
Chelsea Wendell
Michael Domenick
Jenna Domenick
Desiree Domenick
Libby Domenick
Chris Domenick
  1. ↑ On Day 29, a double Tribal Council was held where the tribe was divided into two groups of five each; each group went to Tribal Council separately to eliminate one castaway from each.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those who tied.
  3. ↑ Michael played a hidden immunity idol on himself, therefore seven votes against him were not counted.
  4. ↑ Donathan played a hidden immunity idol on himself, therefore one vote against him was not counted.
  5. ↑ Kellyn used an extra vote, therefore six votes were cast in total.
  6. ↑ Wendell played a hidden immunity idol on Laurel, therefore one vote against her was not counted.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 For winning the final Immunity Challenge, Domenick had to assign additional immunity to another castaway, with the remaining two competing in a fire-making challenge to determine the third finalist; he gave additional immunity to Laurel, and Wendell defeated Angela in the fire-making challenge.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Laurel and Michael were not eligible to vote in the second round of voting.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Due to losing the game on Ghost Island, this castaway lost their vote at the next Tribal Council.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 The player was sent to Ghost Island after their tribe lost the immunity challenge and was not allowed to participate in Tribal Council.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Donathan and Kellyn were not eligible to vote in the second round of voting.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 The Final Tribal Council vote resulted in a tie. As the finalist that finished in third place, Laurel became the 11th and final member of the jury to cast the deciding vote.

Reception

Survivor: Ghost Island was met with generally mixed reception by fans and critics. Though the gameplay of Wendell and Domenick, as well as the solid pre-merge portion of the season, were praised, the incoherence and predictability of the edit after the merge was its most criticized aspect. Many castaways who made it far in the game were poorly portrayed, with the viewers being left in the dark about several of their strategies due to the edit's constant focus on a specific group of players, who also happened to be the Final Three.[30] Austin Smith of fan site "Inside Survivor" gave the season a mixed review, saying the season "delivered a stellar pre-merge full of exciting moves and memorable characters. It gave us one of the best merge episodes of all time. It sagged under the weight of predictable boots and frustrating intransigence through the later votes, but it was still punctuated by exciting new twists like the split Tribal at Final Ten. And it gave us one of the most unexpected finales of all time."[31] Andy Dehnart of Reality Blurred criticized the season's post-merge episodes and finale, saying "The finale ended up like the majority of the post-merge: grand promises, no action, rinse, repeat, zzzz."[32] People Magazine blogger Stephen Fishbach, who played in Survivor: Tocantins and Survivor: Cambodia, praised the dominant game play of Domenick Abbate and winner Wendell Holland, but also stated that their game play made for "boring television."[33]

References

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