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U.S. Survivor seasons

1. Survivor: Borneo
   Survivor: Borneo
   
   Survivor: Borneo was the first season of the United States reality show Survivor . It was originally broadcast under the name Survivor but its official title has been changed to Survivor: Borneo to distinguish it from subsequent installments of the series....
    was set in the South China Sea
   South China Sea
   
   The South China Sea is a marginal sea*south of China,*west of the Philippines,*north west of Sabah , Sarawak and Brunei,*north of Indonesia,...
    on the remote Malaysia
   Malaysia
   
   Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
   n island of Pulau Tiga
   Pulau Tiga
   
   Pulau Tiga is a group of small uninhabited Malaysian islands in Kimanis Bay off the western coast of Sabah. The islands were formed on September 21, 1897, when an earthquake on Mindanao caused a volcanic eruption near Borneo....
   . Corporate trainer Richard Hatch
   Richard Hatch (reality TV)
   
   Richard Hatch is the winner of the first American Survivor series, which aired in 2000 and was set in Borneo. He is currently incarcerated for tax evasion....
    was its winner in a 4-3 vote over river raft guide Kelly Wiglesworth
   Kelly Wiglesworth
   
   Kelly Wiglesworth was the runner-up on the original American version of the CBS reality series Survivor ....
   . This is the only season to have aired on Wednesdays; subsequent seasons would lead off CBS's primetime schedule on Thursdays with the finale on a Sunday. This season was also the only season to reveal the winner on location rather than live.
2. Survivor: The Australian Outback
   Survivor: The Australian Outback
   
   Survivor: The Australian Outback was the second season of the United States reality show Survivor . Filming took place at Goshen Cattle station in northern Queensland during 2000 and aired from January 28, 2001 to May 3, 2001 on CBS....
    was set in the Australian Outback (though the location was by Australian standards not particularly remote, nor was it arid). Registered nurse Tina Wesson
   Tina Wesson
   
   Tina Wesson won United States dollar1,000,000 as the winner of Survivor: The Australian Outback. A married personal nurse from Knoxville, Tennessee, Tina outlasted 15 other players to become the first woman to win the $1 million prize in 2001....
    won 4-3 over custom car designer and actor Colby Donaldson
   Colby Donaldson
   
   Colby Donaldson is an United States television actor, best known as the runner-up on Survivor: The Australian Outback....
   . During this series, Michael Skupin suffered burns and became the first contestant evacuated due to injuries. This is the only season to last more than 39 days (to date), running 42 days total. Also this is the most watched season to date.
3. Survivor: Africa
   Survivor: Africa
   
   Survivor: Africa was the third season of the United States reality show Survivor . It was filmed during 2001 and aired fromOctober 11, 2001 - January 10, 2002 on CBS....
    was set in Kenya's
   Kenya
   
   The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
    Shaba National Reserve, (previously home to the film Born Free
   Born Free
   
   Born Free is an Open Road Films Ltd./Columbia Pictures feature film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy Adamson and George Adamson, a real-life couple who raised an orphaned lion cub to adulthood, and released her into the wilds of Kenya....
   ). This was the first season to feature a tribal swap. Former USL
   United Soccer Leagues
   
   The United Soccer Leagues is the parent organization for the men's lower division leagues of US and Canadian soccer: USL First Division , USL Second Division , and USL Premier Development League ....
    player Ethan Zohn
   Ethan Zohn
   
   Ethan Zohn won $1,000,000 on Survivor: Africa, the third season of Survivor . Zohn also appeared on the Survivor: All-Stars edition of the show....
    won, defeating retired teacher Kim Johnson by a vote of 5-2.
4. Survivor: Marquesas
   Survivor: Marquesas
   
   Survivor: Marquesas was the fourth season of the United States reality show Survivor . Hosted by Jeff Probst, it aired from February 28 - May 19, 2002 on CBS....
    was set on Nuku Hiva
   Nuku Hiva
   
   Nuku Hiva is the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It was formerly also known as ?le Marchand and Madison Island....
   , the largest of the Marquesas Islands
   Marquesas Islands
   
   The Marquesas Islands are a group of volcano islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. The Marquesas are located at 9? 00S, 139? 30W....
    in French Polynesia
   French Polynesia
   
   French Polynesia is a France overseas collectivity in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory ....
    marking the series' first return to a beach location since Season 1. For the first time the finalists were all women. Office Manager Vecepia Towery
   Vecepia Towery
   
   Vecepia Towery Robinson won $1,000,000 on the Survivor: Marquesas edition of Survivor , the first African American contestant to win a series of the game....
    won by a vote of 4-3 over student Neleh Dennis
   Neleh Dennis
   
   Neleh Dennis was the runner-up in Survivor: Marquesas, the fourth season of the popular reality show. The season aired in Spring 2002. In the first part of the season, she was often nicknamed "Sweet Pea" because of her apparently innocent and ingratiating demeanor, but that nickname faded when it became apparent that she was playing the ga...
   . This season was the only time the infamous Purple Rock tie breaker was ever used.
5. Survivor: Thailand
   Survivor: Thailand
   
   Survivor: Thailand was the fifth season of the United States reality show Survivor . It was filmed in the summer of 2002 and aired from September 19 – December 19, 2002 on CBS....
    was set on the island of Ko Tarutao off the coast of Thailand
   Thailand
   
   The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
   . For the first time the tribes were not predetermined by producers, but were rather picked by the two oldest players, Jake and Jan. Also, this season was the first to feature a fake merge and a delayed merge. Also, two opposing tribes lived together on the same beach. For the first (and so far only) time the finalists were both men. Used car salesman and former soft-core porn actor Brian Heidik
   Brian Heidik
   
   Brian Heidik won $1,000,000 on the fifth season of Survivor , Survivor: Thailand....
    beat restaurant owner Clay Jordan by a vote of 4-3.
6. Survivor: The Amazon
   Survivor: The Amazon
   
   Survivor: The Amazon was the sixth season of the United States reality show Survivor . It was filmed in 2002 and 13 episodes aired weekly in the United States on CBS from February 13 - May 11, 2003....
    was set in the jungles of the Amazon River
   Amazon River
   
   The Amazon River of South America is the list of rivers by length in the world by volume, with a total river flow greater than the next top eight largest rivers combined....
    region of Brazil
   Brazil
   
   Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
   . This was the first time the two tribes were divided up by males and females. It was also the first time a reality show contestant competed with a disability, the hearing impaired Christy Smith
   Christy Smith
   
   Christy Smith was born to Bob and Glenda Smith. Christy has two brothers including snowboarder Jason Smith . Christy was born premature baby weighing less than two pounds at birth....
   . Student and swimsuit model Jenna Morasca
   Jenna Morasca
   
   Jenna Morasca is a reality TV contestant who was the million-dollar grand prize winner of Survivor: The Amazon. Jenna attended South Fayette Township High School in McDonald, PA....
    won by a vote of 6-1 over restaurant designer Matthew Von Ertfelda.
7. Survivor: Pearl Islands
   Survivor: Pearl Islands
   
   Survivor: Pearl Islands was the seventh season of the United States reality show Survivor . It was filmed in 2003 and debuted in the United States on CBS on September 18, 2003....
    was set in the Pearl Islands
   Pearl Islands
   
   The Pearl Islands are a group of 100 or more islands lying about 30 miles off the Pacific Ocean coast of Panama in the Gulf of Panama....
    off the coast of Panama
   Panama
   
   Panama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on an isthmus connecting North and South America, some categorize it as a transcontinental nation....
   . This season was the first and only time players who had been voted out were allowed to return to the game as part of the Outcast Tribe. The winning tribe in the Reward Challenge was able to loot one item from the losing tribe. Also this was the first season in which a player, Osten Taylor, quit the game. Office assistant Sandra Diaz-Twine
   Sandra Diaz-Twine
   
   Sandra Diaz-Twine was the winner of the 7th season of Survivor , Survivor: Pearl Islands. She currently lives with her husband and two children while working as a bank teller in Fayetteville, North Carolina....
    defeated Boy Scout leader Lillian Morris by a vote of 6-1.
8. Survivor: All-Stars
   Survivor: All-Stars
   
   Survivor: All-Stars was the eighth season of the United States reality show Survivor . It was taped in 2003 and debuted in the United States on CBS on February 1, 2004 after Super Bowl XXXVIII....
    was again set in the Pearl Islands
   Pearl Islands
   
   The Pearl Islands are a group of 100 or more islands lying about 30 miles off the Pacific Ocean coast of Panama in the Gulf of Panama....
   , Panama
   Panama
   
   Panama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on an isthmus connecting North and South America, some categorize it as a transcontinental nation....
   . The game featured eighteen past Survivor contestants divided into three tribes (the first season to use more than 16 contestants). This is the first season that featured an early merge of the 3 tribes down to 2. Administrative assistant Amber Brkich won by a vote of 4-3 over construction worker and bartender Rob Mariano
   Rob Mariano
   
   Rob Mariano is an United States television personality, best known for appearing in several reality shows, including The Amazing Race and Survivor: All Stars, alongside wife Amber Brkich....
   . Just before the live vote was revealed, Rob proposed to Amber. Survivor: America's Tribal Council
   Survivor: America's Tribal Council
   
   Survivor: America's Tribal Council was a special edition of the TV show Survivor: All-Stars, which followed the Survivor: All-Stars finale in which Amber Brkich won the million dollar prize....
    was held four days later, and a second million-dollar prize was awarded to Rupert Boneham
   Rupert Boneham
   
   Rupert Boneham is an United States mentor for troubled teens. In 2004, he was a contestant on Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: All-Stars, and subsequently became one of the most well-known stars of American reality television....
    for being voted by the viewers as their favorite contestant (making him the only player in the show's history to win a million dollars on the show without actually being the sole survivor).
9. Survivor: Vanuatu
   Survivor: Vanuatu
   
   Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire was the ninth season of the United States reality show Survivor . Filmed in Summer 2004, the game took place on Vanuatu, a chain of volcanic islands in the Oceania....
    - Islands of Fire was set on islands in the archipelago
   Archipelago
   
   An archipelago is a chain or cluster of islands that are formed tectonically. The word archipelago literally means "chief sea", from Italian language arcipelago , derived ultimately from Greek language arkhon and pelagos ....
    nation of Vanuatu
   Vanuatu
   
   Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, north-east of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and south of the Solomon Islands, near New Zealand....
   , located in the South Pacific Ocean
   Pacific Ocean
   
   The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
   . The tribes were also divided by gender. Highway construction worker Chris Daugherty
   Chris Daugherty
   
   Chris Daugherty is the winner of Survivor: Vanuatu and won $1,000,000 on December 12, 2004. He also earned the title of "Sole Survivor" and was the first male contestant in two years, since the Thai Survivor: Thailand in 2002, to win Survivor....
   , the last male in the final seven, defeated highway repair worker Twila Tanner by a vote of 5-2.
10. Survivor: Palau
    Survivor: Palau
    
    Survivor: Palau was the tenth season of the United States reality show Survivor . A preview of it was shown on the reunion of Survivor: Vanuatu....
     was set in the island nation of Palau
    Palau
    
    Palau , officially the Republic of Palau , is an borderless country in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles east of the Philippines and 2,000 miles south of Tokyo....
    , located in the Philippine Sea
    Philippine Sea
    
    The Philippine Sea is a marginal sea east and north of the Philippines occupying an estimated surface area of 90, 000 mi? on the western part of the North Pacific Ocean....
    . The season started with 20 contestants, but on day two the number was reduced to 18 in a tribal selection process. The season concluded with firefighter Tom Westman
    Tom Westman
    
    Tom Westman is the U.S. dollar1,000,000 winner of the reality show Survivor: Palau. Westman is a husband, father of three, and former firefighter....
     prevailing over advertising executive Katie Gallagher
    Katie Gallagher
    
    Katie Gallagher is an advertising executive in radio sales from Merced, California, California, who was the runner-up on the CBS reality television series Survivor: Palau....
     by a vote of 6-1. This season was the only one in which one of the tribes, Koror, won all the immunity challenges. Due to this streak and the lack of any tribal swap, there was no usual tribal merge, instead the last member of the defeated tribe, Ulong, simply became a member of Koror. This season was first to feature Exile Island, though was only used once during the show.
11. Survivor: Guatemala
    Survivor: Guatemala
    
    Survivor: Guatemala - The Mayan Empire was the eleventh season of the United States reality show Survivor , and was set inside of the ruins of the Maya civilization....
     - The Maya Empire was set in the Yaxha National Park. 18 Survivors (16 new contestants plus Stephenie LaGrossa
    Stephenie LaGrossa
    
    Stephenie LaGrossa-Ward was a contestant in Survivor: Palau and Survivor: Guatemala. In Survivor: Palau, she was the last Ulong member standing before she was subsumed into Koror....
     and Bobby Jon Drinkard
    Bobby Jon Drinkard
    
    Bobby Jon Drinkard was a contestant on Survivor: Palau and Survivor: Guatemala. Bobby Jon graduated from Troy University in Troy, Alabama, in 2003 with a degree in journalism....
     from Survivor: Palau
    Survivor: Palau
    
    Survivor: Palau was the tenth season of the United States reality show Survivor . A preview of it was shown on the reunion of Survivor: Vanuatu....
    ) were stranded amongst the ruins of the Maya civilization. This season was first to include a hidden immunity idol, hidden near camp, though was only available post-merge, and was not rehidden after its use. This idol was found by Gary Hogeboom
    Gary Hogeboom
    
    Gary Keith Hogeboom is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League and a former contestant on the CBS reality TV show Survivor: Guatemala....
    , a retired NFL quarterback who sought to conceal his past profession from fellow contestants, believing it would increase his chances of being voted off. The season concluded with sports radio host Danni Boatwright
    Danni Boatwright
    
    Danielle Boatwright , a beauty queen and model from Kansas, won $1,000,000 on Survivor: Guatemala, the eleventh season of the reality television show Survivor ....
     defeating pharmaceutical sales representative Stephenie LaGrossa
    Stephenie LaGrossa
    
    Stephenie LaGrossa-Ward was a contestant in Survivor: Palau and Survivor: Guatemala. In Survivor: Palau, she was the last Ulong member standing before she was subsumed into Koror....
     by a 6-1 vote.
12. Survivor: Panama
    Survivor: Panama
    
    Survivor: Panama - Exile Island was the twelfth season of the United States reality show Survivor , and took place in the Pearl Islands, off the coast of Panama....
     - Exile Island was set again in the Pearl Islands
    Pearl Islands
    
    The Pearl Islands are a group of 100 or more islands lying about 30 miles off the Pacific Ocean coast of Panama in the Gulf of Panama....
     of Panama
    Panama
    
    Panama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on an isthmus connecting North and South America, some categorize it as a transcontinental nation....
    , marking the third time this location has been used for Survivor. This is the first time the contestants were divided into four tribes: Younger Men, Younger Women, Older Men, and Older Women. This was also the first season to include Exile Island throughout the show, and to offer the hidden Individual Immunity Idol throughout. The idol could only be found by being exiled to Exile Island. Bruce Kanegai became the second person in the history of the show to leave due to a medical emergency. The season concluded with yoga instructor Aras Baskauskas
    Aras Baskauskas
    
    Aras Baskauskas is the winner of Survivor: Exile Island and is the second youngest male winner of Survivor at the time of taping. He is of Lithuanian descent, holding Lithuanian and American citizenship....
     defeating medical sales representative Danielle DiLorenzo by a vote of 5-2.
13. Survivor: Cook Islands
    Survivor: Cook Islands
    
    Survivor: Cook Islands was the thirteenth season of the United States reality show Survivor .It was officially announced by Jeff Probst during the Survivor: Exile Island finale....
     took place on the Cook Islands
    Cook Islands
    
    The Cook Islands are a self-governing parliamentary democracy in Associated state with New Zealand. The fifteen small islands in this Pacific Ocean country have a total land area of 240 square kilometres , but the Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone covers 1.8 million square kilometres of ocean....
     in the South Pacific Ocean. Tribes were initially grouped into four tribes by ethnicity: African American
    African American
    
    African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
    s, Caucasians
    Caucasian race
    
    The term Caucasian race has been used to denote the general physical type of some or all of the indigenous populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, West Asia, Central Asia and South Asia....
    , Hispanic
    Hispanic
    
    Hispanic is a term that historically denoted relation to the ancient Hispania . During the Modern Era, it took on a more limited meaning relating to the contemporary nation of Spain....
    s, and Asians
    Asian people
    
    Asian or Asiatic people is a demonym for people from Asia. However, the use of the term varies by country and person, often referring to people from a particular region or subregion of Asia....
    . Both Exile Island and the Hidden Immunity Idol were used throughout the season. This is the first time three castaways were involved in the final vote, with a jury composed of nine members (with some entering the jury before the merge). The season was won by management consultant Yul Kwon, who edged out waiter Ozzy Lusth
    Ozzy Lusth
    
    Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth was a contestant on Survivor: Cook Islands. He finished as the 1st runner-up in a 5-4-0 vote to Yul Kwon . Lusth also competed in Survivor: Micronesia as one of the returning favorites....
     and attorney Becky Lee by a vote of 5-4, with Becky receiving no votes.
14. Survivor: Fiji, the fourteenth season, took place on the island of Fiji
    Fiji
    
    Fiji , officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands , is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu....
     in the South Pacific Ocean. For the first time, the total number of castaways starts with an odd number (19 total) due to the last minute withdrawal of one contestant. As part of the twist to this season, one tribe enjoyed much better living conditions (such as ready-to-assembly structures, furniture, dishware, and a working shower) than the other tribe prior to the merge. Both Exile Island and the Hidden Immunity Idol returned, with 2 Idols in play, initially one on each beach. The same final three with a jury of nine format from Cook Islands was also used in Fiji. The season concluded with advertising executive Earl Cole
    Earl Cole
    
    Earl Cole is the winner of the reality television series Survivor: Fiji. He is a California advertising executive. ...
     defeating civil engineer manager Cassandra Franklin and cheerleading coach Dre "Dreamz" Herd by a 9-0-0 vote, the first unanimous vote in the show's history.
15. Survivor: China
    Survivor: China
    
    Survivor: China was the fifteenth season of the United States reality show Survivor . The premiere aired September 20, 2007. Host Jeff Probst claimed the show was the first full American TV series to be filmed entirely within the People's Republic of China....
     was the fifteenth season of the show, taking place in remote China
    China
    
    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
    . A twist involving kidnapping players from the opposing tribe was introduced, replacing Exile Island from the prior three seasons. There were two Hidden Immunity Idols, which were hidden in plain sight at each tribe's camp. Flight attendant Todd Herzog
    Todd Herzog
    
    Todd Herzog is the winner of the Survivor: China of Survivor , Survivor: China. He is also the youngest male contestant to win the game, at age 22 at time of air....
     defeated waitress Courtney Yates and hiking guide Amanda Kimmel
    Amanda Kimmel
    
    Amanda Lee Kimmel is a beauty queen from Billings, Montana who has competed in the Miss USA and Miss Earth pageants. Kimmel was a runner-up contestant on both Survivor: China and Survivor: Micronesia, breaking several Survivor records in the process....
     with a vote of 4-2-1.
16. Survivor: Micronesia
    Survivor: Micronesia
    
    Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs. Favorites was the sixteenth season of the United States reality show Survivor . Pitting die-hard Survivor fans against some of the series' past contestants, this season was the show's third to include contestants from past seasons, after the all-returning contestant pool from Survivor: All-Stars...
     - Fans vs Favorites was the show's sixteenth season, taking place in the Micronesia
    Micronesia
    
    Micronesia , from the Greek language mikros and nesos , is a subregion of Oceania, comprising hundreds of small islands in the Pacific Ocean....
    n archipelago. This season's twist was that ten self-proclaimed Survivor superfans competed against ten popular past contestants. Exile Island made a return after being absent for the China season, now with two contestants, one from each tribe, being sent to exile on occasion. This was the first season to have three castaways leave due to reasons other than being voted out. Charity organizer Parvati Shallow
    Parvati Shallow
    
    Parvati Shallow is the winner of the reality television series Survivor: Micronesia after receiving votes from Eliza Orlins, Jason Siska, Alexis Jones, Natalie Bolton, and Cirie Fields....
     defeated aspiring designer Amanda Kimmel
    Amanda Kimmel
    
    Amanda Lee Kimmel is a beauty queen from Billings, Montana who has competed in the Miss USA and Miss Earth pageants. Kimmel was a runner-up contestant on both Survivor: China and Survivor: Micronesia, breaking several Survivor records in the process....
     with a vote of 5-3.
17. Survivor: Gabon
    Survivor: Gabon
    
    Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden was the seventeenth season of the United States reality show Survivor . The premiere aired September 25, 2008, with the first two episodes screened back-to-back....
     - Earth's Last Eden was filmed in Gabon
    Gabon
    
    Gabon is a country in west central Africa sharing borders with the Gulf of Guinea to the west, Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, and Cameroon to the north, with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south....
    , Africa
    Africa
    
    Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
     during late June using high definition
    High-definition video
    
    High-definition video or HD video generally refers to any video system of higher than Standard-definition_television, most commonly at display resolutions of 1280?720 or 1920?1080 ....
     (HD) cameras, making this the first season shot and aired in HD. The show premiered on September 25 as a two-hour event. A small twist was introduced with Exile Island; the player selected may opt for the clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol, or they take comfort provided by a small shack with a hammock, pillows and fresh fruit. High school physics teacher Robert Crowley
    Robert Crowley (Survivor contestant)
    
    Robert "Bob" Crowley is the winner of the American television show Survivor: Gabon. On December 14, 2008, it was revealed that he had been voted the winner, receiving four out of the seven votes and thus beating out hairdresser Susie Smith and pin-up model Jessica Kiper....
     defeated hairdresser Susie Smith and pin-up model Jessica "Sugar" Kiper
    Jessica Kiper
    
    Jessica Michele Kiper is an United States actor and singer. Kiper was also a runner-up contestant on Survivor: Gabon where she placed third....
     with a vote of 4-3 against Susie, with Sugar receiving no votes.
18. Survivor: Tocantins - The Brazilian Highlands was produced in 2008 and premiered on February 12, 2009. For this season, the minimum age requirement has been lowered to 18 in most states. This season returned to the nation of Brazil, but to a different part than that used for Survivor: The Amazon
    Survivor: The Amazon
    
    Survivor: The Amazon was the sixth season of the United States reality show Survivor . It was filmed in 2002 and 13 episodes aired weekly in the United States on CBS from February 13 - May 11, 2003....
    .
19. Season 19
    Survivor 19
    
    Survivor 19 is the upcoming nineteenth season of the CBS competitive reality television series Survivor . Applications were due by January 14, 2009....
     will be produced in 2009 and air in Fall 2009. For this season, the minimum age requirement has been lowered to 18 in most states. Applications were due on January 14, 2009.
20. Season 20 has been ordered and will begin casting once production for Survivor 19 is underway.

• Survivor: Marquesas was not shown in Australia as the network was showing a series of Australian Survivor
  Australian Survivor
  
  Australian Survivor was a television series based on the popular reality show Survivor . The series was filmed in November and December 2001 and aired weekly from February 13 - May 15, 2002 on Australia's Nine Network....
   instead. The latter was not a ratings success, and afterwards the American edition of Survivor resumed airing.
• Beginning with Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire through Survivor: Fiji, an internet talk show called Survivor Live
  Survivor Live
  
  Survivor Live was an internet talk-show about the television series Survivor .The show premiered at the beginning of Survivor: Vanuatu as a result of the popularity of House Calls: The Big Brother Talk Show, which began airing the previous summer during Big Brother 5 ....
   has aired the day after a show on CBS.com.
• Since late 2000/early 2001 the Irish
  Republic of Ireland
  
  Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
   TV station TG4
  TG4
  
  TG4 is a television channel in Ireland, aimed at Irish language speakers and established as a wholly owned subsidiary by Radio Telef?s ?ireann on October 31, 1996....
   has broadcast Survivor. The show is narrated in the Irish Language
  Irish language
  
  Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic languages of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people....
  , but all of the contestants' voices, including Jeff and any other person shown, are broadcast in English
  English language
  
  English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
  .

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• In February 2001, Borneo player Stacey Stillman
  Stacey Stillman
  
  Stacey Stillman was a contestant of the first season of the CBS reality television series, Survivor , which aired in 2000 and was set in Pulau Tiga....
    producers interfered in the process of the game by persuading two members of her tribe (Sean Kenniff
  Sean Kenniff
  
  Dr. Sean Kenniff is an United States physician who appeared on the first series of the television show Survivor , filmed and broadcast in 2000....
   and Dirk Been) to vote her off instead of Rudy Boesch
  Rudy Boesch
  
  Rudy Boesch is a retired Navy SEAL. After his retirement, he was the oldest competitor on Survivor: Borneo at 72 years of age, where he finished in third place....
  .
• During a reward trip, Colby Donaldson
  Colby Donaldson
  
  Colby Donaldson is an United States television actor, best known as the runner-up on Survivor: The Australian Outback....
   removed corals from the Great Barrier Reef
  Great Barrier Reef
  
  The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for 2,600 kilometres over an area of approximately ....
  . In the same trip, a helicopter involved in the production flew around protected sea bird rookeries.
• Graphic violence against living animals has occasionally been shown on the program. In an episode from Survivor: Vanuatu, the women's tribe, the Yasur, was filmed killing a live chicken with a spearheaded object; they also cooked the chicken's eggs. During an episode of Survivor: Australia, members of the Kucha tribe were shown hunting and killing a wild pig.
• At the trivia immunity challenge for Africa's final four players, host Jeff Probst
  Jeff Probst
  
  Jeffrey Lee "Jeff" Probst is an United States game show host, executive producer and a reporter. He is best known for his role as the host of the U.S....
   asked which female player in their season had no piercings. Kim Johnson answered Kelly Goldsmith, got the point, and went on to win the challenge, which pushed her to third and ultimately (after another immunity win) second place. Tom Buchanan
  Tom Buchanan
  
  Tom R. Buchanan was a player on the CBS reality shows Survivor: Africa and Survivor: All Stars.Buchanan was born in Rich Valley, Virginia and still resides there....
   was eliminated. Months later, the cast and producers (who were preparing for the live finale and reunion) watched the episode backstage. During the rebroadcast of the challenge, Lindsey Richter shouted to the TV that she had no piercings. Lex van den Berghe
  Lex van den Berghe
  
  Lex van den Berghe was the third-place finisher on Survivor: Africa and the ninth-place finisher on Survivor: All-Stars. Lex is of Dutch people descent....
  's answer had been Lindsey, yet the show had not awarded him a point, thus significantly changing the outcome of the game (van den Berghe was eliminated in third place). CBS later paid van den Berghe and Buchanan a settlement.
• In the fifth episode of the All-Star season, a naked Richard Hatch
  Richard Hatch (reality TV)
  
  Richard Hatch is the winner of the first American Survivor series, which aired in 2000 and was set in Borneo. He is currently incarcerated for tax evasion....
   may or may not have come into contact with Sue Hawk after she blocked his path during an immunity challenge. Hatch was voted out that day for other reasons; Hawk quit the game a few days later (episode six). Hawk considered filing a lawsuit against the parties involved, but appeared with Hatch on The Early Show
  The Early Show
  
  The Early Show is an United States television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a.m. Monday through Saturday....
   the morning after the sixth episode aired, stating she opted out of legal action because CBS had helped her "deal with the situation."
• In order to be sure to win a Reward Challenge in which the castaways competed to win a visit from their friends or loved ones, Pearl Islands Survivor Jonny "Fairplay" Dalton conspired beforehand with friend Dan Fields in what has been described by Probst as the greatest lie on Survivor to date. Fields told Dalton that his grandmother, Jean Cooke, had died, in order to win sympathy from his tribemates and subsequently the reward. In reality, Cooke had not died, a fact that only emerged to his tribemates once the episode had aired. When the show staff heard about Cooke's "death," they called Dalton's family to offer condolences, only to have Cooke herself answer the phone. Dalton admitted in confessional after the challenge that his grandmother was alive and "probably watching Jerry Springer
  The Jerry Springer Show
  
  The Jerry Springer Show is a syndicated television tabloid talk show hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician, broadcast in the United States and other countries....
   right now." On that season's reunion show, Jeff Probst had a short interview with Cooke, who was indeed alive and well.
• Rupert Boneham
  Rupert Boneham
  
  Rupert Boneham is an United States mentor for troubled teens. In 2004, he was a contestant on Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: All-Stars, and subsequently became one of the most well-known stars of American reality television....
  , originally on Survivor: Pearl Islands
  Survivor: Pearl Islands
  
  Survivor: Pearl Islands was the seventh season of the United States reality show Survivor . It was filmed in 2003 and debuted in the United States on CBS on September 18, 2003....
   and then part of Survivor: All-Stars
  Survivor: All-Stars
  
  Survivor: All-Stars was the eighth season of the United States reality show Survivor . It was taped in 2003 and debuted in the United States on CBS on February 1, 2004 after Super Bowl XXXVIII....
   was an extremely popular player with television audiences, but finished eighth and fourth, respectively, in his appearances on the show. As part of Survivor: All-Stars, a special Survivor: America's Tribal Council
  Survivor: America's Tribal Council
  
  Survivor: America's Tribal Council was a special edition of the TV show Survivor: All-Stars, which followed the Survivor: All-Stars finale in which Amber Brkich won the million dollar prize....
   contest for the 18 players was created, where the winner would be selected by the viewing audience and would receive $1 million US prize; Rupert won this prize, unsurprisingly, with more than 80% of the votes cast. Many long-time Survivor fans saw this as a way of diluting the overall concept of the show, that instead of outwitting, outplaying and outlasting your fellow tribe members to win the game, a player could now play specifically to gain popularity with the show's audience, regardless of how well he played the game, and still would be rewarded with a large prize.
• Richard Hatch
  Richard Hatch (reality TV)
  
  Richard Hatch is the winner of the first American Survivor series, which aired in 2000 and was set in Borneo. He is currently incarcerated for tax evasion....
  , the winner of the first season of Survivor, was charged and found guilty in January 2006 of failing to report his winnings to the IRS
  Internal Revenue Service
  
  The Internal Revenue Service is the Federal government of the United States agency that collects taxes and enforces the tax law. It is an agency within the U.S....
   to avoid taxes. He has been sentenced to four years, three months in prison.
• The 13th season of Survivor, known as Survivor: Cook Islands, began with tribes grouped according to race. Host Jeff Probst claims the choice "came from the criticism that Survivor was not ethnically diverse enough." Several long-term sponsors, including Campbell's Soup, Procter & Gamble
  Procter & Gamble
  
  Procter & Gamble Co. is a Fortune 500, United States multinational corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, that manufactures a wide range of Fast moving consumer goods....
  , Home Depot, Coca Cola, and General Motors
  General Motors
  
  General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
   dropped their support of the show shortly after this announcement, leading to speculation that the decisions were in response to the controversy. Each of the companies has either denied the link or declined to comment.
• Mark Burnett
  Mark Burnett
  
  Mark Burnett is a United Kingdom television producer. He is known for introducing reality television as a genre to the United States....
   has also received criticism for "reenacting" scenes with actor "stand ins" which he claims were used to increase production value and did not affect the outcome.
• The program angered its fan base when Jeff Probst
  Jeff Probst
  
  Jeffrey Lee "Jeff" Probst is an United States game show host, executive producer and a reporter. He is best known for his role as the host of the U.S....
   revealed that Survivor: Fiji ignored the thousands of viewer applicants and instead used their own recruited players. It was revealed that Gary Stritesky was the only actual applicant chosen, while the rest used on the show were recruits. While Probst defended the process by claiming they wanted to find more “diverse” players, 10 of the recruits were from California (13 the previous season) and many were young unemployed actors and found in places like bars and MySpace.com. Many fans felt that going away from the original selection process of using people of all ages from around the country produced inferior and uninteresting players. One example was Melissa McNulty, a Fiji recruit, who was unable to even make it to the island, quitting because of a panic attack merely five hours before departing.
• At the Survivor: China reunion show, Denise Martin told producers and the audience her unfortunate story of being demoted to a janitor
  Janitor
  
  A janitor is a person who takes care of a building, such as a school, office building, or apartment block. Janitors are responsible primarily for cleaning, and often some Maintenance, repair and operations and security....
   from a lunch lady because of the distraction she was to students. Because of her claimed misfortune, Mark Burnett
  Mark Burnett
  
  Mark Burnett is a United Kingdom television producer. He is known for introducing reality television as a genre to the United States....
   awarded Martin $50,000. Martin ultimately recanted the story after the school district publicly stated that she had taken the custodial position before appearing on the show. She also decided to donate the $50,000 to charity.
• A brief uncensored shot of Marcus Lehman's genitals during the premiere episode of Survivor: Gabon
  Survivor: Gabon
  
  Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden was the seventeenth season of the United States reality show Survivor . The premiere aired September 25, 2008, with the first two episodes screened back-to-back....
   has led to the show and network being asked to apologize for the incident.

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• Expedition Robinson
  Expedition Robinson
  
  Expedition: Robinson was a popular Sweden reality television program, that debuted in 1997. It was the first production worldwide of a format that was developed in the UK, a format that has since then also been produced in many other countries, most notable under the title Survivor ....
  
• Survivor (UK TV series)
  Survivor (UK TV series)
  
  Survivor is the United Kingdom version of the reality show Survivor . The show was broadcast by the ITV network. It hit screens in the United Kingdom in 2001, with huge promotion and hype from tabloid newspapers....
  
• Survivor BG
  Survivor BG
  
  Survivor BG is the Bulgarian version of the reality show Survivor , broadcast and produced by BTV ....
  
• Survivor Philippines
  Survivor Philippines
  
  The first season of Survivor Philippines premiered on September 15, 2008 and ended its run on December 12 of the same year. Auditions for this season were held in six Philippine cities in May 2008....
  
• Australian Survivor
  Australian Survivor
  
  Australian Survivor was a television series based on the popular reality show Survivor . The series was filmed in November and December 2001 and aired weekly from February 13 - May 15, 2002 on Australia's Nine Network....
  
• Celebrity Survivor
  Celebrity Survivor
  
  Celebrity Survivor, also known promotionally as Celebrity Survivor: Vanuatu and Australia's Celebrity Survivor, was an Australian television series that screened on the Seven Network in 2006, based on the popular reality television show Survivor ....
  
• Obstacle course
  Obstacle course
  
  An obstacle course is a series of challenging physical obstacles an individual or team must navigate usually while being timed. Obstacle courses can include running, climbing, jumping, crawling and Balance elements with the aim of testing endurance; sometimes a course involves mind tests....
  
• Survivor South Africa
  Survivor South Africa
  
  Survivor South Africa is a spin-off from the popular United States reality television series Survivor , which itself was a spin-off from the Sweden Expedition Robinson....
  
• Pirate Master
  Pirate Master
  
  Pirate Master is an Emmy Award-winning CBS reality television show created by Mark Burnett which replaced the previous Mark Burnett show on CBS Rock Star following 16 modern-day pirates on their quest for gold, which totaled United States dollar1,000,000....
  
• Total Drama Island
  Total Drama Island
  
  Total Drama Island is a Canadian animated television series which lampoons the conventions commonly found in reality shows. It premiered on the Canadian cable television specialty channel Teletoon on July 8, 2007....
  

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