Survivor: Vanuatu
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| Survivor:Vanuatu | |
| Filming location | Efate, Shefa Province, Vanuatu |
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| Winner | Chris Daugherty (5-2) |
| Original run | September 16, 2004 – December 12, 2004 |
| Filming dates | June 28, 2004 – August 5, 2004 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| No. of days | 39 |
| No. of survivors | 18 |
| Tribes | Lopevi Yasur Alinta |
| Fans vs. Favorites | Ami Cusack Eliza Orlins |
| Season chronology | |
| Previous | Survivor: All-Stars |
| Next | Survivor: Palau |
Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire (also known as Survivor: Vanuatu for short) is 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 South Pacific.
Survivor: Vanuatu debuted on September 16, 2004. Also debuting that day was Survivor Live, an hour-long Internet talk show hosted by the original Sole Survivor Richard Hatch and Entertainment Tonight correspondent Chris Booker. The talk show, airing every Thursday and Friday on the CBS website, interviews former contestants and reviews the players' gameplay.
On December 12, 2004, Chris Daugherty defeated Twila Tanner by a vote of 5-2 to become the sole survivor. The DVD for this season was released on December 5, 2006.
For the first time outside of the All Star edition that preceded it, there were eighteen contestants. In the first seven seasons, there were only sixteen contestants. This was the second season to initially divide the tribes by gender. It was also the first season to feature an amputee (Chad Crittenden, who had lost a foot to cancer) and not one, but two open lesbians (motivational speaker Scout Cloud Lee and former Playboy model Ami Cusack).
The season began like Survivor: The Amazon in that the tribes were divided by gender. The male tribe was Lopevi, after one of Vanuatu's volcanic islands; the female tribe was Yasur, after Mount Yasur. On Day 11, there was a "tribal shuffle" like in other seasons, which ended up moving two people from each tribe over to the other tribe.
On Day 20, the tribes were merged; the tribe was christened Alinta, a name proposed by Scout meaning "people of fire."
Eliza Orlins and Ami Cusack were selected from this season to return for Survivor: Micronesia as members of the Favorites tribe, where they placed 10th and 11th respectively.
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[edit] Gameplay
The players were brought into the game at a native gathering, with the natives dividing the group into men and women. The men were clearly revered at the ceremony, suggesting they would have the advantage in the game. After the ceremony, the men were named the Lopevi tribe, and the women the Yasur tribe, and sent to find their camps in the dark. Lopevi lost the first challenge mainly due to Chris, however, the older men of the tribe conspired into an alliance and worked to vote off one of the younger men, Brook. This would continue through the next two tribal councils that Lopevi took part in. In Yasur, a strong clique formed around Ami, and those women that did not fit in were voted out.
A tribal switch occurred on day 11, mixing the two tribes; subsequent voting only strengthened Ami's alliances. On Day 19, the two tribes, now with 6 women and 4 men, merged into Alinta. The men were quickly targeted over the next three tribal councils, leaving Chris as the sole male. By this time, Ami's core alliance consisted of her, Julie, and Leann, while Twila and Scout had formed a closer pairing, with Eliza as an outsider amongst the women. When Chris was unable to secure the next immunity necklace, Twila brought Chris into a plan to vote out one of Ami's group if they could bring Eliza into their foursome. Chris was successful at this, and Leann was voted out at the next tribal council. Ami and Julie soon followed despite their last minute attempts to swing Chris. The final four was Chris, Eliza, Twila, and Scout. Chris won the last two immunity challenges, and ultimately took Twila with him into the final two. The jury saw Chris' ability to effectively stay in the game with the odds against him, both from the first challenge and as the last man standing, and voted him the Sole Survivor 5-2.
[edit] Contestants
| Contestant | Original Tribe | Switched Tribe | Merged Tribe | Finish | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brook Geraghty 27, Winthrop, MA |
Lopevi | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
5 | ||
| Dolly Neely 25, Mercer, PA |
Yasur | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
5 | ||
| John "J.P." Palyok 31, Los Angeles, CA |
Lopevi | 3rd Voted Out Day 7 |
5 | ||
| Mia Galeotalanza 29, Toms River, NJ |
Yasur | 4th Voted Out Day 7 |
5 | ||
| Brady Finta 33, Huntington Beach, CA |
Lopevi | 5th Voted Out Day 10 |
6 | ||
| Travis "Bubba" Sampson 33, Blountville, TN |
Lopevi | Yasur | 6th Voted Out Day 12 |
6 | |
| Lisa Keiffer 44, New Orleans, LA |
Yasur | Yasur | 7th Voted Out Day 15 |
4 | |
| John Kenney 22, Los Angeles, CA |
Lopevi | Lopevi | 8th Voted Out Day 18 |
5 | |
| Rory Freeman 35, Des Moines, Iowa |
Lopevi | Yasur | Alinta | 9th Voted Out Day 21 |
14 |
| Lea "Sarge" Masters 40, Columbia, SC |
Lopevi | Lopevi | 10th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24 |
7 | |
| James "Chad" Crittenden 34, Oakland, CA |
Lopevi | Lopevi | 11th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27 |
7 | |
| Leann Slaby 35, Kansasville, WI |
Yasur | Yasur | 12th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30 |
8 | |
| Ami Cusack 31, Lakewood, CO |
Yasur | Yasur | 13th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33 |
8 | |
| Julie Berry 23, Gorham, ME |
Yasur | Lopevi | 14th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36 |
4 | |
| Eliza Orlins 21, Syracuse, NY |
Yasur | Yasur | 15th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37 |
9 | |
| Scout Cloud Lee 59, Stillwater, OK |
Yasur | Yasur | 16th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38 |
3 | |
| Twila Tanner 41, Marshall, MO |
Yasur | Lopevi | Runner-Up | 6 | |
| Chris Daugherty 33, South Vienna, OH |
Lopevi | Lopevi | Sole Survivor | 3 |
- The Total Votes is the number of votes a castaway has received during Tribal Councils where the castaway is eligible to be voted out of the game. It does not include the votes received during the final Tribal Council.
[edit] The game
| Episode title | Air date | Challenges | Eliminated | Vote | Finish | |
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| Reward | Immunity | |||||
| "They Came at Us with Spears!" | September 16, 2004 | Yasur | Brook | 5-3-1 | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
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| "Burly Girls, Bowheads, Young Studs and the Old Bunch" | September 23, 2004 | Yasur | Lopevi | Dolly | 5-4 | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
| "Double Tribal, Double Trouble" | September 30, 2004 | Lopevi | John K. | John P. | 5-3 | 3rd Voted Out Day 7 |
| [Ami]1 | Mia | 5-3 | 4th Voted Out Day 7 |
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| "Now, That's a Reward!" | October 7, 2004 | Yasur | Yasur | Brady | 6-1 | 5th Voted Out Day 10 |
| "Earthquakes and Shake-Ups!" | October 14, 2004 | Lopevi | Lopevi | Travis | 6-1 | 6th Voted Out Day 12 |
| "Hog Tied" | October 21, 2004 | Lopevi | Lopevi | Lisa | 4-2 | 7th Voted Out Day 15 |
| "Anger, Threats, Tears... and Coffee" | October 28, 2004 | Yasur | Yasur | John K. | 5-1 | 8th Voted Out Day 18 |
| "Now the Battle Really Begins" | November 4, 2004 | Lopevi | Lea | Rory | 6-4 | 9th Voted Out Day 21 |
| "Gender Wars... And It's Getting Ugly" | November 11, 2004 | Leann [Julie] |
Ami | Lea | 7-1-1 | 10th Voted Out Day 24 |
| "Culture Shock and Violent Storms" | November 18, 2004 | Ami, Chad, Chris, Eliza |
Twila | Chad | 6-2 | 11th Voted Out Day 27 |
| "Surprise and... Surprise Again!" | November 25, 2004 | Eliza | Ami | Leann | 4-3 | 12th Voted Out Day 30 |
| "Now Who's in Charge Here?!" | December 2, 2004 | Eliza2 [Ami, Chris] |
Chris | Ami | 4-2 | 13th Voted Out Day 33 |
| "Eruptions of Volcanic Magnitude!" | December 9, 2004 | Julie [Chris] |
Eliza | Julie | 3-2 | 14th Voted Out Day 36 |
| "Spirits and the Final Four" | December 12, 2004 | None | Chris | Eliza | 3-1 | 15th Voted Out Day 37 |
| Chris | Scout | 1-0 | 16th Voted Out Day 38 |
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| "Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire - The Reunion" | December 12, 2004 | Jury Vote | Twila | 5-2 | Runner-Up | |
| Chris | Sole Survivor | |||||
- In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
Note 1: John K. had to spend a day with the other tribe for the point of giving immunity to one of them at tribal council that night. He chose Ami because he thought she was safe even without immunity.
Note 2: When Eliza won the reward challenge, she received her own car and the castaways who finished second and third in the challenge were able to join her at a spa retreat.
[edit] Voting history
| Original Tribes | Switched Tribes | Merged Tribe | ||||||||||||||||
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| Episode #: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Reunion | |||
| Eliminated: | Brook 5/9 votes |
Dolly 5/9 votes |
John P. 5/8 votes |
Mia 5/8 votes |
Brady 6/7 votes |
Travis 6/7 votes |
Lisa 4/6 votes |
John K. 5/6 votes |
Rory 6/10 votes |
Lea 7/9 votes |
Chad 6/8 votes |
Leann 4/7 votes |
Ami 4/6 votes |
Julie 3/5 votes |
Eliza 3/4 votes |
Scout 1 vote |
Twila 2/7 votes |
Chris 5/7 votes |
| Voter | Vote | |||||||||||||||||
| Chris | Brook | John P. | Brady | John K. | Ami | Lea | Eliza | Leann | Ami | Julie | Eliza | Scout | Jury Vote | |||||
| Twila | Dolly | Mia | John K. | Rory | Lea | Chad | Leann | Ami | Julie | Eliza | ||||||||
| Scout | Dolly | Mia | Travis | Rory | Rory | Lea | Chad | Leann | Ami | Julie | Eliza | Twila | ||||||
| Eliza | Dolly | Twila | Travis | Lisa | Rory | Lea | Chad | Leann | Ami | Twila | Twila | Chris | ||||||
| Julie | Leann | Twila | John K. | Rory | Lea | Chad | Eliza | Scout | Twila | Chris | ||||||||
| Ami | Dolly | Mia | Travis | Lisa | Rory | Lea | Chad | Eliza | Scout | Twila | ||||||||
| Leann | Dolly | Mia | Travis | Lisa | Rory | Lea | Chad | Eliza | Chris | |||||||||
| Chad | Brook | John P. | Brady | John K. | Ami | Julie | Eliza | Chris | ||||||||||
| Lea | Brook | John P. | Brady | John K. | Ami | Eliza | Chris | |||||||||||
| Rory | Brook | John P. | Brady | Travis | Lisa | Ami | ||||||||||||
| John K. | Chris | Rory | Brady | Chad | ||||||||||||||
| Lisa | Leann | Mia | Travis | Rory | ||||||||||||||
| Travis | Brook | John P. | Brady | Rory | ||||||||||||||
| Brady | Rory | Rory | Rory | |||||||||||||||
| Mia | Leann | Twila | ||||||||||||||||
| John P. | Chris | Rory | ||||||||||||||||
| Dolly | Leann | |||||||||||||||||
| Brook | Chris | |||||||||||||||||
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