Survivor 45
Survivor 45 | |
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Season 45 | |
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Presented by | Jeff Probst |
No. of days | 26 |
No. of castaways | 18 |
Winner | Dee Valladares |
Runner-up | Austin Li Coon |
Location | Mamanuca Islands, Fiji |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | September 27 (2023-09-27) – December 20, 2023 (2023-12-20) |
Additional information | |
Filming dates | April 17 (2023-04-17) – May 12, 2023 (2023-05-12)[1] |
Season chronology | |
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List of episodes |
Survivor 45 is the forty-fifth season of the American competitive reality television series Survivor. It was the thirteenth consecutive season to be filmed in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji, and premiered on September 27, 2023, on CBS in the United States.[2] The season ended on December 20, 2023, when Dee Valladares was voted the Sole Survivor, defeating Austin Li Coon and Jake O'Kane in a 5–3–0 vote.
Production
On February 21, 2023, CBS renewed Survivor for its forty-fifth and forty-sixth seasons.[3][4] Season 45, which was the fifth aired since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, continued to observe the strict safety protocols introduced in season 41,[5] thus it continued to feature the reduced 26 days of gameplay, with 18 contestants starting in three tribes, as with every season since then. A sneak peek for the season was aired at the finale of the previous season, where it was revealed that Bruce Perreault, a contestant who was medically evacuated in the previous season, would return for the forty-fifth season.[6] Previously, host Jeff Probst had offered an open invitation to Perreault to return for a future installment of the show, citing that he "didn't think that Bruce got his fair share of Survivor".[7]
As a result of the ongoing 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, this season, along with The Amazing Race 35, aired 90-minute long episodes to fill the timeslots left vacant by scripted shows.[6] This marks the first time in which the show had regular episodes that exceed the regular 60 minutes allotted for the show.[8]
Contestants
The cast of 18 contestants was announced on September 6, 2023. Notable cast members include singer-songwriter J. Maya (a.k.a. Janani Krishnan-Jha)[9] and Bruce Perreault; the latter had briefly competed on the previous season but was medically evacuated after sustaining an injury in the first episode.[10]
Contestant | Age | From | Tribe | Finish | ||||
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Original | Switched | None | Merged | Placement | Day | |||
Hannah Rose | 33 | Baltimore, Maryland | Lulu | 1st voted out | Day 3 | |||
Brandon Donlon | 26 | Sicklerville, New Jersey | 2nd voted out | Day 5 | ||||
Sabiyah Broderick | 28 | Jacksonville, North Carolina | 3rd voted out | Day 7 | ||||
Sean Edwards | 35 | Provo, Utah | Reba | 4th voted out | Day 9 | |||
Brandon "Brando" Meyer | 23 | Seattle, Washington | Belo | Belo | 5th voted out | Day 11 | ||
Janani "J. Maya" Krishnan-Jha | 24 | Los Angeles, California | Reba | Reba | None[a] | 6th voted out | Day 13 | |
Nicholas "Sifu" Alsup | 30 | O'Fallon, Illinois | Dakuwaqa | 7th voted out | Day 14 | |||
Kaleb Gebrewold | 29 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Lulu | Lulu | 8th voted out 1st jury member | |||
Kellie Nalbandian | 29 | New York City, New York | Belo | 9th voted out 2nd jury member | Day 16 | |||
Kendra McQuarrie | 30 | Steamboat Springs, Colorado | Belo | 10th voted out 3rd jury member | Day 17 | |||
Bruce Perreault Survivor 44 | 47 | Warwick, Rhode Island | Lulu | 11th voted out 4th jury member | Day 19 | |||
Emily Flippen | 28 | Laurel, Maryland | Lulu | Belo | 12th voted out 5th jury member | Day 21 | ||
Andrew "Drew" Basile | 23 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Reba | 13th voted out 6th jury member | Day 23 | |||
Julie Alley | 49 | Brentwood, Tennessee | Reba | 14th voted out 7th jury member | Day 24 | |||
Katurah Topps | 35 | Brooklyn, New York | Belo | Lulu | Eliminated 8th jury member | Day 25 | ||
Jacob "Jake" O'Kane | 26 | Boston, Massachusetts | 2nd runner-up | Day 26 | ||||
Austin Li Coon | 26 | Chicago, Illinois | Reba | Belo | Runner-up | |||
Dianelys "Dee" Valladares | 26 | Miami, Florida | Reba | Sole Survivor |
- ^ At the start of the individual phase of the game on Day 12, players had to earn their way into the merged tribe by either winning immunity or surviving the Day 13 Tribal Council.
Future appearances
Outside of Survivor, Drew Basile competed on Jeopardy! in 2024 and qualified for the season 41 Tournament of Champions.[11]
Season summary
Eighteen new castaways were divided into three tribes of six: Belo, Lulu, and Reba. Lulu got off to a disastrous start, and the tribe was marred further by two of its starting members quitting. The first tribe swap of the new era resulted in Lulu outsider Emily finding new life with Reba majority members Austin and Drew.
At the merge, the Reba majority (also including Dee and Julie) took strategic control of the game. They stayed intact until the final 6, at which point Dee and Julie joined surviving Belo members Jake and Katurah in blindsiding Drew. Jake defeated Katurah in the firemaking challenge to join Austin and Dee in the end, but his lack of strategic control led to him receiving no votes to win. Austin and Dee each pled their case with the moves they made, and Dee's argument that she made moves not revealed to Austin beforehand won over the jury's favor, and she was named the Sole Survivor in a 5-3-0 vote over Austin and Jake.
Episode | Challenge winner(s) | Eliminated | ||||
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No. | Title | Air date | Reward | Immunity | Tribe | Player |
1 | "We Can Do Hard Things" | September 27, 2023 | Reba | Belo | Lulu | Hannah |
Reba | ||||||
2 | "Brought a Bazooka to a Tea Party" | October 4, 2023 | Reba | Lulu | Brandon | |
Belo | ||||||
3 | "No Man Left Behind" | October 11, 2023 | Lulu | Reba | Lulu | Sabiyah |
Reba | Belo | |||||
4 | "Music to My Ears" | October 18, 2023 | None | Lulu | Reba | Sean |
Belo | ||||||
5 | "I Don't Want to Be the Worm" | October 25, 2023 | Reba | Belo | Brando | |
Lulu | ||||||
6 | "I'm Not Batman, I'm the Canadian" | November 1, 2023 | Austin, Bruce, Drew, Julie, Kendra, Sifu [Katurah][a] | None | J. Maya | |
7 | "The Thorn in My Thumb" | November 8, 2023 | Dee [Austin, Jake, Julie, Kaleb, Katurah][b] | Kellie | Dakuwaqa | Sifu |
Dee | Kaleb | |||||
8 | "Following a Dead Horse to Water" | November 15, 2023 | Survivor Auction | Bruce | Kellie | |
9 | "Sword of Damocles" | November 22, 2023 | Bruce, Julie, Kendra | Bruce | Kendra | |
10 | "How Am I the Mobster?" | November 29, 2023 | Emily [Dee, Julie, Katurah] | Austin | Bruce | |
11 | "This Game Rips Your Heart Out" | December 6, 2023 | Drew [Austin, Jake][c] | Drew | Emily | |
12 | "The Ex-Girlfriend at the Wedding" | December 13, 2023 | Austin [Dee, Katurah] | Dee | Drew | |
13 | "Living the Survivor Dream" | December 20, 2023 | Austin [Jake][d] | Austin | Julie | |
None | Dee[e] [Austin] | Katurah |
- ^ Katurah did not participate in the challenge after picking the odd rock, but she correctly guessed the winning team and, as a result, was also safe and joined them on the reward.
- ^ In addition to immunity, Dee won reward for her entire team for lasting the longest in the challenge.
- ^ In addition to immunity, Drew won reward for himself and two other castaways of his choice; he chose Jake and Austin.
- ^ In addition to immunity, Austin won reward for himself and one other castaway of his choice; he chose Jake.
- ^ For winning the final Immunity Challenge, Dee had to assign additional immunity to another player, with the remaining two competing in a fire-making challenge to determine the third finalist; she gave additional immunity to Austin.
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title [12][13] | Rating/share (18–49)[14] | Original air date [12][13] | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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649 | 1 | "We Can Do Hard Things" | 0.84/9[15] | September 27, 2023 (2023-09-27) | 5.24[15] | |
The 18 new castaways began their adventure.
Reba won the challenge, with Brandon being tended to by medical afterwards. Brando & Jake for Belo and Kaleb & Sabiyah for Lulu volunteered for Savvy and Sweat challenge, where both pairs were tasked to do two challenges within a time limit: transport logs down the beach, and then free a flint from a puzzle structure. The first pair to do both tasks won their supplies for the tribe while the losing pair got nothing. While both pairs were able to complete the Sweat portion of the challenge, both failed to complete the Savvy puzzle. At Lulu, Emily believed Kaleb and Sabiyah were hiding an advantage after the pair told their tribemates that they didn't win the camp supplies. When Brandon rejoined his tribe, Hannah told him that she wanted to quit. At Belo, Katurah, Kellie, and Kendra aligned together while Bruce struggled to rein in his leadership tendencies, despite saying that he didn't want to be seen as a leader. At Reba, Sifu was caught looking for an advantage and eavesdropping on his tribemates' conversations. Austin found a Beware Advantage and was tasked with deciphering a secret phrase on his tribe's flag in the middle of camp; until he completes all of the tasks, he would be unable to vote at Tribal Council.
Belo and Reba easily won immunity. At Lulu, Emily campaigned against Kaleb due to his tight alliance with Sabiyah, but the rest of the tribe wanted Emily out first due to her abrasiveness. However, at Tribal Council, Hannah decided to quit regardless of the outcome; with her tribemates' blessings and a verbal vote from the rest of the tribe, she became the first person to leave the game. | ||||||
650 | 2 | "Brought a Bazooka to a Tea Party" | 0.78/9[16] | October 4, 2023 (2023-10-04) | 4.88[16] | |
Emily was on the outs and began searching for an idol the morning after Hannah's quit; the others stayed close by while searching themselves. Brandon found Lulu's Beware Advantage but gave it to Sabiyah, not wanting to lose his vote. Emily tried to make amends and bond with her tribemates, succeeding with Kaleb, while Sabiyah and Brandon deciphered their clue to a tree but could not retrieve the idol. At Belo, Bruce's "fun uncle" persona endeared himself to Jake but earned Katurah's ire, while Brando and Kellie found themselves in the middle after they saw the value to both remaining pairs. At Reba, a majority alliance formed between Drew, Julie, Austin, and Dee. Austin deciphered the phrase on his Beware Advantage but did not yet find the idol. The tribes were tasked with sending one player each on a journey. Bruce for Belo, Brandon for Lulu, and Drew for Reba went; Brandon divulged Lulu's tribe dynamics while Bruce remained silent. The three were then given a challenge that would give them an advantage if they won, but took their vote if they lost. Bruce elected to protect his vote and not play; Brandon lost, while Drew won a Safety Without Power advantage (good until the Final 10 Tribal Council) that he immediately told his tribemates about, proposing it to be used to benefit all of Reba. This led Austin to disclose his advantage to Drew, solidifying their alliance.
Reba and Belo placed first and second respectively in a close finish after Brandon faltered in the puzzle. The majority alliance of Sabiyah, Kaleb, and Sean got the idol out of the tree, but had to burn wax surrounding it; without flint to start a fire, Sabiyah was without a vote that night, as was Brandon due to losing the journey challenge. Sabiyah hoped for Emily to go, but Kaleb and Sean lobbied for tribe strength by ousting Brandon. Emily gave Sabiyah her Shot in the Dark to build trust. At Tribal Council, Brandon was sent home unanimously. | ||||||
651 | 3 | "No Man Left Behind" | 0.84/9[17] | October 11, 2023 (2023-10-11) | 5.09[17] | |
Emily deduced that Sabiyah did not vote, leading to more distrust between the two. At Belo, Jake had a brief medical episode but felt fine afterward. Kendra then tried to align with Jake. At Reba, Austin and Drew's search for the idol raised red flags with Dee.
Lulu and Reba won the challenge. Lulu chose to have Kaleb raid Reba, where he took some of their fishing gear and obtained information on Reba's dynamics. Kaleb was to give a Goodwill advantage to a member of Reba that would restore one lost vote; he chose Drew, who gave it to Austin and disclosed it to Dee and Julie. Meanwhile at Lulu, Sabiyah tried to convince Sean and Emily to blindside Kaleb due to his social prowess. At Belo, Brando and Kellie grew wary of Katurah's vendetta against Bruce. At Reba, Dee and Julie found the idol which they gave to Austin since he had the note. Austin discovered it was only good for one Tribal Council, though he could sacrifice a vote to extend it to the individual stage of the game, or sacrifice two votes to extend the idol to the final five.
Lulu lost yet another challenge. Sabiyah came clean to Emily about her lack of a vote, causing Emily to tell Kaleb to vote Sabiyah to save himself. At Tribal Council, Sabiyah burned the wax surrounding her idol in the arena's fire, but when she went up to the voting booth, she discovered that her idol had the same restrictions and powers as Austin's. She chose to sacrifice her vote to extend the life of the idol, but she did not play the idol. This backfired against Sabiyah as Emily and Kaleb joined forces to blindside her out of the game. | ||||||
652 | 4 | "Music to My Ears" | 0.77/8[18] | October 18, 2023 (2023-10-18) | 4.92[18] | |
Sean tried to do damage control after being in the minority of the last vote, but Emily did not buy it. The next morning, the first tribe swap of the new era took place: Belo consisted of Austin, Brando, Drew, Emily, and Kendra; Lulu consisted of Bruce, Jake, Kaleb, Katurah, and Kellie; Reba consisted of Dee, J. Maya, Julie, Sean, and Sifu. At Lulu, Bruce recognized the campsite as being Tika's from last season, making him emotional. Jake and Kaleb discussed aligning, while Katurah tried to sway Kaleb into voting out Bruce. At Belo, Austin and Drew tried to bring Emily into their alliance. At Reba, the four in the majority searched Sean's bag for an advantage and discovered he didn't have one. J. Maya bonded with Sean and targeted Sifu.
Lulu and Belo won the challenge. J. Maya tried to convince Dee and Julie to blindside Sifu, who hoped to stay Reba strong and vote out Sean. Dee and Julie were torn on who to vote out. At Tribal Council, Sean changed course and stated he wanted to quit; despite Dee making a last-ditch effort to turn against Sifu, Sean was sent home after his throwaway vote on Dee, though Sifu wondered who had voted for him. | ||||||
653 | 5 | "I Don't Want to Be the Worm" | 0.73/7[19] | October 25, 2023 (2023-10-25) | 5.03[19] | |
Sifu asked where the vote for him came from, and Dee stated she didn't vote for him, even though she did. Eventually, J. Maya confessed to it just to put it behind the tribe. Dee and Julie debated siding with Sifu or J. Maya for the future. At Lulu, Bruce's bossiness wore on tribemates' nerves. At Belo, Drew was unreceptive to an attempt to align by Brando.
Reba and Lulu won the challenge. J. Maya, Kellie, and Austin were selected for the journey, where they had to come to a majority decision on sandwiches or an amulet advantage that would increase in power the fewer of them holding it remained in the game. Austin unsuccessfully tried to sway the women into the sandwiches, and the advantage gave the group one extra vote. Brando offered his Shot in the Dark to Drew so that they could vote out Kendra, but Drew refused. The resulting he said-he said made Emily unsure of which side to trust. At Tribal Council, Austin sacrificed one vote to extend his idol's power then used the Goodwill advantage to gain his vote back; Emily ultimately stuck with Austin and Drew to send Brando home, much to Kendra's surprise. | ||||||
654 | 6 | "I'm Not Batman, I'm the Canadian" | 0.72/7[20] | November 1, 2023 (2023-11-01) | 4.86[20] | |
Kendra sought revenge on Emily after her ally Brando's blindside. The following morning, Bruce found an idol under Lulu's shelter. Treemail instructed the three tribes to convene on Reba's beach to start the individual phase of the game. The former members of Reba affirmed their intent to target J. Maya, since voting her out would burn the fewest bridges among the tribe, but Bruce's paranoia over not being approached for strategy unnerved several tribemates.
Katurah chose to back the blue team of Austin, Bruce, Drew, Julie, Kendra, and Sifu; they won the challenge, giving Katurah immunity. J. Maya became the consensus target of that group, but Kendra and Bruce tried to shift the target onto Kaleb due to his social prowess. Emily warned Kaleb that his name came up, and at Tribal Council, he openly called J. Maya the biggest threat. This led the entire tribe (sans Austin, who sacrificed his vote to extend his idol for the final five) to vote Kaleb, but his successful Shot in the Dark negated all votes against him. The ensuing scramble saw J. Maya targeting Emily, but the rest of the tribe voted J. Maya out. The remaining castaways merged, with Austin and Kellie's amulets upgraded to one steal-a-vote. | ||||||
655 | 7 | "The Thorn in My Thumb" | 0.71/7[21] | November 8, 2023 (2023-11-08) | 4.53[21] | |
Back at camp, Kaleb celebrated his luck at the last Tribal Council, while Bruce publicly called Katurah out for her hesitation in voting Kaleb out. Kendra and Katurah expressed their interest in targeting Bruce next, while Kellie disagreed, viewing him as a shield that could protect her and her allies in the future.
The first group was made up of Bruce, Drew, Emily, Kellie, Kendra, and Sifu, with the second group consisting of Austin, Dee, Jake, Julie, Kaleb, and Katurah. Dee won immunity as well as the reward for her group, while Kellie won immunity for her group. Kellie's group settled on the prime targets of Bruce and Sifu due to Bruce's bossiness and Sifu's wildcard reputation; however, with the threat of Bruce's idol and his potential as a shield, they chose Sifu, voting him out unanimously. With the other group, Dee used her newfound immunity power to establish Kaleb as the clear next target. On the other hand, Kaleb and Jake planned on roping Katurah into voting Julie, forcing a split vote and relying on Austin to flip on the revote. However, Katurah sided with Dee after learning that Bruce's idol was kept from her, and Kaleb was sent home, becoming the first jury member. | ||||||
656 | 8 | "Following a Dead Horse to Water" | 0.77/8[22] | November 15, 2023 (2023-11-15) | 5.14[22] | |
Jake confessed to being the other vote against Julie, causing Julie to lose trust in Jake. The remaining women discussed aligning against the men. Treemail the next morning alluded to the return of the Survivor Auction, but castaways had to find bamboo tubes containing money. Bruce ended up with the fewest tubes.
Emily hinted to Drew that a women's alliance was in the works, and Bruce became the primary target.
Bruce won immunity, foiling the tribe's plan to oust him. They settled on targeting Jake instead, but Drew got an idea to gather his Reba 4 alliance and Emily to target a strong player in Kellie so that they could safely split the next vote between Bruce and Jake in case of any advantages. At Tribal Council, Jake played his Shot in the Dark which failed, but Drew's plan came to fruition, sending a shell-shocked and devastated Kellie to the jury. With that vote, Austin's amulet matured into a full idol, giving him two idols, and Drew's Safety Without Power expired. | ||||||
657 | 9 | "Sword of Damocles" | 0.85/9[23] | November 22, 2023 (2023-11-22) | 4.90[23] | |
Kendra wanted Dee out for going against their girls' alliance, while Bruce was hurt upon discovering that Kellie had been targeting him. Treemail the next morning instructed the castaways to divide into three groups and hinted at "panic and anxiety"; this prompted Austin to lend one of his idols to Julie.
Austin, Emily, and Katurah were the first team eliminated, while Bruce, Julie, and Kendra won reward. Bruce won his second straight immunity challenge. At the journey, Austin earned his vote back by solving a math problem while Katurah and Emily were unable to do so; however, Austin told the tribemates outside of his alliance that he had also failed. At camp, Dee wanted to vote out Kendra upon realizing the latter had targeted her, but most of the tribe wanted to stick with the safe vote and send Jake home. At Tribal Council, the tribe instead followed Dee's lead to send Kendra to the jury. | ||||||
658 | 10 | "How Am I the Mobster?" | 0.80/9[24] | November 29, 2023 (2023-11-29) | 5.02[24] | |
Bruce told Katurah and Jake that he had given Kellie his idol to avoid a potential Knowledge is Power being played, but told Katurah that it was a ruse to get people off his scent.
Emily won the challenge and selected Julie, Katurah, and Dee to join her. Meanwhile, Jake grew frustrated with people giving him the run-around in the game, so he proposed Drew as a target, which led to conflict between the two.
Austin outlasted Bruce for immunity. The majority agreed to target Bruce over Jake, while Emily tried to convince Bruce that she was targeting Julie as she was well-liked among the tribe, in an effort to get Bruce to not play his idol. At Tribal Council, Bruce did not play his idol, and he was sent to the jury with it in his pocket. | ||||||
659 | 11 | "This Game Rips Your Heart Out" | 0.81/9[25] | December 6, 2023 (2023-12-06) | 4.84[25] | |
The tribe celebrated voting out Bruce, while Austin and Dee's relationship grew. Emily admitted to making Bruce feel comfortable enough to not play his idol, which increased her threat level in her tribemates' eyes. The next morning, the tribe was tasked with sending one member on a journey; the tribe drew rocks, and Emily drew the odd rock. She was given a chance for an immunity advantage if she could solve the "Savvy" puzzle from day 1, but she chose to protect her vote and not participate. At camp, Julie was revealed to still be holding onto Austin's idol that expired at final 5 (whereas the amulet in Austin's possession expired at final 6), and Drew suggested she make a big move with it, which put Julie on alert. She tried to gather support to vote out Emily.
Drew won the challenge and chose to share the reward with Jake and Austin. They determined that Julie was the biggest threat, while everyone else besides Dee agreed. Austin didn't want to burn the bridge with Dee, so he told her that Julie was the target. Dee then told Julie, who was angry and targeted Austin out of revenge. Dee instructed her to vote for Emily instead, as she didn't want to lose Austin, while she would join the others in voting Julie to not tip off her allies that she told her about the plan. At Tribal Council, Julie played the idol to negate all 6 of her tribemates' votes. Austin chose to keep his idol, and Julie's vote sent Emily to the jury. | ||||||
660 | 12 | "The Ex-Girlfriend at the Wedding" | 0.84/9[26] | December 13, 2023 (2023-12-13) | 5.33[26] | |
Katurah searched for a new idol; Austin and Dee followed suit.
Austin won reward and chose to share it with Dee and Katurah in hopes that Drew and Jake would keep Julie from strategizing against him. Instead, Jake found the idol and vowed to make a big move with it.
Dee won immunity. Jake tried to convince Julie to blindside Drew, but unbeknownst to him, Dee and Katurah were plotting the same thing. Austin and Drew targeted Julie. At Tribal Council, Austin played his amulet idol on himself since it would expire after that vote. However, no votes were cast against him, and his closest ally Drew was sent to the jury. Following Tribal Council, the final five were sent to a new camp with minimal supplies. | ||||||
661 | 13 | "Living the Survivor Dream" | 0.84/9[27] | December 20, 2023 (2023-12-20) | 4.73[27] | |
At their new camp the morning after, the final five found a combination box on the beach with instructions for an advantage reward. They competed for the advantage by racing out to stations and counting the number of objects at each station and used those numbers to solve the combination on the box. Jake was the first tribe member to enter the correct sequence of numbers thus winning the advantage.
Jake's advantage was that he only had to land one sandbag rather than three, but he squandered this lead after forgetting to bring his keys to the puzzle station, then overlooking a puzzle piece. Austin won the challenge and chose Jake to join him for the reward of a steak dinner at the Survivor Sanctuary. Katurah tried to sway people into voting out Dee, while Jake wanted to make a huge impact on the game with his idol. At Tribal Council, everyone that could receive votes received at least one; Jake played his idol for Katurah, but despite her wanting to get Dee out, she switched her vote to send Julie to the jury. Upon returning to camp, Jake was upset that Katurah had made him swear on his family to vote against Dee, leading to an argument.
Dee and Jake were neck-and-neck until Jake dropped everything late in the challenge. In his frustration and rush to get back, he accidentally broke the challenge, resulting in a disqualification. Dee held strong to win her third individual immunity necklace. Back at camp, Katurah, Jake and Austin each had a chance to plead their case with Dee. Dee made it clear she would take Austin, but reconsidered after Austin told her of Jake's lackluster fire making ability. However, she took Austin, and Jake defeated Katurah to send her to the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, Dee and Austin each pled their cases with the moves they made, while Jake's game wasn't as highlighted due to his lack of control. Dee revealed that she did not tell Austin about her telling Julie to play her idol, which swung the jury in her favor. They awarded Dee the million dollars and the title of Sole Survivor in a 5–3–0 vote over Austin and Jake. |
Voting history
Original tribes | Switched tribes | No tribes | Merged tribe | ||||||||||||||
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Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
Day | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14[a] | 16 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |||
Tribe | Lulu | Lulu | Lulu | Reba | Belo | None | Dakuwaqa | Dakuwaqa | Dakuwaqa | Dakuwaqa | Dakuwaqa | Dakuwaqa | Dakuwaqa | Dakuwaqa | Dakuwaqa | ||
Eliminated | Hannah | Brandon | Sabiyah | Sean | Brando | None | J. Maya | Sifu | Kaleb | Kellie | Kendra | Bruce | Emily | Drew | Julie | Katurah | |
Votes | 5–0[b] | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0[c] | 10–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–3 | 6–1 | 4–3–1 | 1–0[d] | 4–2 | 2–1–1–0[e] | None[f] | |
Voter | Vote | Challenge | |||||||||||||||
Dee | Sifu | J. Maya | Kaleb | Kellie | Kendra | Jake | Drew | Immune[f] | |||||||||
Austin | Brando[g] | None[h] | Kaleb | Kellie | Kendra[i] | Jake | Julie | Julie | Saved[f] | ||||||||
Jake | J. Maya | Julie | None[j] | Kendra | Bruce | Drew | Dee | Won[f] | |||||||||
Katurah | J. Maya | Kaleb | Jake | None[i] | Bruce | Drew | Julie | Lost[f] | |||||||||
Julie | Sean | J. Maya | Kaleb | Kellie | Kendra | Bruce | Emily | Drew | Jake | ||||||||
Drew | Brando | J. Maya | Sifu | Kellie | Kendra | Jake | Julie | ||||||||||
Emily | Hannah | Brandon | Sabiyah | Brando | J. Maya | Sifu | Kellie | None[i] | Bruce | ||||||||
Bruce | J. Maya | Sifu | None[k] | Kendra | Julie | ||||||||||||
Kendra | Drew | J. Maya | Sifu | Jake | Jake | ||||||||||||
Kellie | J. Maya | Sifu | Jake | ||||||||||||||
Kaleb | Hannah | Brandon | Sabiyah | None[j] | Julie | ||||||||||||
Sifu | Sean | J. Maya | Bruce | ||||||||||||||
J. Maya | Sean | Emily | |||||||||||||||
Brando | Drew | ||||||||||||||||
Sean | Hannah | Brandon | Kaleb | Dee | |||||||||||||
Sabiyah | Hannah | None[l] | None[h] | ||||||||||||||
Brandon | Hannah | None[l] | |||||||||||||||
Hannah | None[b] |
Jury vote | |||
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Episode | 13 | ||
Day | 26 | ||
Finalist | Dee | Austin | Jake |
Votes | 5–3–0 | ||
Juror | |||
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Emily | ![]() | ||
Bruce | ![]() | ||
Kendra | ![]() | ||
Kellie | ![]() | ||
Kaleb | ![]() |
- Notes
- ^ On Day 14, a split Tribal Council was held. The castaways were divided into two groups of six; each group went to Tribal Council separately to eliminate one castaway from each.
- ^ a b Following an open poll of her tribemates, in which they confirmed they would all vote for her, Hannah was eliminated without a formal vote.
- ^ Kaleb successfully played the Shot in the Dark; therefore eleven votes against him were not counted. As all of the remaining players had voted for Kaleb, and as Kaleb had sacrificed his vote to play the Shot in the Dark, a re-vote was held.
- ^ Julie played a hidden immunity idol on herself, therefore six votes against her were not counted.
- ^ Jake played a hidden immunity idol on Katurah, therefore one vote against her was not counted.
- ^ a b c d e For winning the final Immunity Challenge, Dee had to assign additional immunity to another player, with the remaining two competing in a fire-making challenge to determine the third finalist; she gave additional immunity to Austin, and Jake defeated Katurah in the fire-making challenge.
- ^ Austin chose to sacrifice his vote in order to extend the lifespan of his Immunity Idol, but used the Goodwill Advantage to restore his vote.
- ^ a b This player sacrificed their vote for the round in an attempt to gain an advantage or expand an advantage's lifespan.
- ^ a b c For coming in last in the immunity challenge, Austin, Emily, and Katurah lost their votes at Tribal Council, but Austin regained his.
- ^ a b This player played the Shot in the Dark, and as a result, had to sacrifice that night's vote.
- ^ Bruce lost his vote at Tribal Council due to having the most money at the end of the Survivor Auction.
- ^ a b This player lost a vote attempting to gain an advantage.
Reception
Survivor 45 received mainly positive reviews; Praise was directed toward the cast and their personality, the gameplay of the winner, the 90-minute episode runtime and limiting the twists that were negatively received in past seasons after Winners at War. Entertainment Weekly's Dalton Ross ranked the season 20th out of 45, praising the season's unpredictability, cast, and editing.[28]
References
- ^ "Survior 45 calendar". True Dork Times.
- ^ Schwartz, Ryan (August 3, 2023). "CBS Unveils Fall Premiere Dates for Survivor and Amazing Race, UK Ghosts, Yellowstone Encores and More". TVLine. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ^ Bloom, Mike (February 21, 2023). "CBS Renews 'Survivor,' 'The Amazing Race,' and 'Tough as Nails'". Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ White, Peter (February 21, 2023). "'Survivor', 'The Amazing Race', 'Tough As Nails' & 'Lingo' Renewed At CBS". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ Dixon, Marcus James (May 31, 2023). "Everything to know about 'Survivor 45'". GoldDerby. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ a b Bloom, Mike (May 10, 2023). "CBS Announces 90-Minute Episodes of 'Survivor' and 'The Amazing Race' This Fall". Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ Ross, Dalton (March 1, 2023). "'Survivor' invites medically evacuated contestant back to play again". EW.com. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
- ^ Ross, Dalton (May 10, 2023). "Survivor and The Amazing Race moving to 90-minute episodes this fall". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 22, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ Ross, Dalton (September 6, 2023). "Meet the cast of Survivor 45". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- ^ Ross, Dalton (May 24, 2023). "Medevaced Survivor player Bruce Perreault returning for Survivor 45". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ Bucksbaum, Sydney (June 28, 2024). "Survivor 45's Drew Basile unpacks his Jeopardy winning streak and why he lost". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
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- ^ a b Douglas Pucci (September 28, 2023). "Wednesday Ratings: NBC and CBS Share Leadership on Busy Reality TV Night, Fox Also Decent in Demos". Programming Insider. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ^ a b Douglas Pucci (October 5, 2023). "Wednesday Ratings: CBS Keeps Broadcast Lead as NBC Returns 'Quantum Leap' and 'Magnum P.I.'". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ^ a b Douglas Pucci (October 12, 2023). "Wednesday Ratings: TBS Earns Key Demo Victory with MLB Division Series Coverage, FS1 Runner-Up". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- ^ a b Douglas Pucci (October 19, 2023). "Wednesday Ratings: FS1 Tops Prime Time with MLB's ALCS Game 3". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- ^ a b Douglas Pucci (October 26, 2023). "Wednesday Ratings: ESPN Wins All Key Demos in Prime Time with NBA Opening Week Doubleheader". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ^ a b Douglas Pucci (November 2, 2023). "Wednesday Ratings: Fox Wins as Texas Rangers Earn Their First-Ever MLB World Series Title". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
- ^ a b Douglas Pucci (November 9, 2023). "Wednesday Ratings: ABC Tops Competitive Night with CMA Awards". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ a b Douglas Pucci (November 16, 2023). "Wednesday Ratings: CBS Enjoys Broadcast Network Victory in All Key Figures". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ a b Douglas Pucci (November 23, 2023). "Wednesday Ratings: CBS Celebrates Thanksgiving Eve Victory with 'Survivor' and 'The Amazing Race'". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ^ a b Douglas Pucci (November 30, 2023). "Wednesday Ratings: NBC Leads Prime Time in Viewers and Most Key Demos with Christmas Celebrations from Rockefeller Center and Graceland". Programming Insider. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Douglas Pucci (December 7, 2023). "Wednesday Ratings: The CW Boosted by Simulcast of NewsNation's Republican Presidential Primary Debate". Programming Insider. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ a b Douglas Pucci (December 14, 2023). "Wednesday Ratings: 'The Amazing Race' on CBS Hits Season-Highs with Season Finale". Programming Insider. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
- ^ a b Douglas Pucci (December 21, 2023). "Wednesday Ratings: CBS Easily Tops the Night with 'Survivor' 45th Season Finale". Programming Insider. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
- ^ Ross, Dalton (December 20, 2023). "'Survivor 45' recap: Fascinating finale caps a solid season". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
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