Survivor: Fiji

Template:In-progress tvshow Template:Infobox Television Survivor Survivor: Fiji is the fourteenth season of CBS reality television series Survivor.

Applications were due June 16, 2006. In late July and early August, about 800 applicants were selected for an interview by CBS. Out of those 800, about 48 semi-finalists were selected to go to Los Angeles in September. Twenty contestants were then picked out of the 48.

The premiere of this season of Survivor aired on February 8, 2007. The two-hour season finale will be aired on May 13, 2007, followed by the Reunion show live from CBS Television City in Los Angeles.

Template:Spoilers In a twist from previous seasons of Survivor, after the initial tribe selection, the two tribes were to live at different camps. One camp was given several luxuries, including furniture, shelters built from pre-cut wood and hardware, a kitchen area with dishware, a shower and a toilet, and the means to maintain fire; the other camp was only given a water well and a machete. The tribes would not switch camps except after a possible twist for winning a challenge and after a tribal swap.

Exile Island is also in play for Survivor: Fiji. However, unlike previous seasons, the hidden idol is not present on the island, though clues to its location are given to those that are exiled. The way the idols will be used has been changed so that are good through the final five and they must be used before the votes are read, but after the castaways have voted. In an interview, Jeff Probst stated that both will be used. The promo also mentioned a major twist that will "drastically complicate the game" and a very controversial decision by one of the contestants "that will have America talking."

Melissa McNulty, a 27-year-old talent manager from Los Angeles, would have been the twentieth castaway but dropped out and returned home the night before the show began because of panic attacks. Because of the timing and lack of alternates, her spot could not be replaced.

Contestants

Contestant	Original Tribe	Episode 6 Tribe	Merged Tribe	Finish	Total votes
Jessica deBen 27, Los Angeles, CA	Ravu			1st Voted Out Day 3	6
Erica Durosseau 27, Lake Charles, LA	Ravu			2nd Voted Out Day 6	6
Sylvia Kwan 52, Ross, CA	Ravu 1			3rd Voted Out Day 8	6
Gary Stritesky 55, Ramsey, MN	Moto			Left Due To Illness Day 10	0
Liliana Gomez 25, Oxnard, CA	Moto			4th Voted Out Day 11	6
Rita Verreos 38, San Antonio, TX	Ravu			5th Voted Out Day 14	6
Anthony Robinson 32, Compton, CA	Ravu	Ravu		6th Voted Out Day 16	10
James "Rocky" Reid 28, Los Angeles, CA	Ravu	Ravu		7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 19	5
Lisette "Lisi" Linares 36, Los Angeles, CA	Moto	Ravu 2		8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 21	7
Michelle Yi 23, Cincinnati, OH	Ravu	Moto	Bula Bula	9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 24	3
Alex Angarita 28, Los Angeles, CA	Moto	Ravu
Kenward "Boo" Bernis 34, Lafayette, LA	Moto	Moto
Cassandra Franklin 42, Los Angeles, CA	Moto	Moto			1
Andria (Dre) "Dreamz" Herd 25, Wilmington, NC	Moto	Ravu			1
Earl Cole 35, Santa Monica, CA	Ravu	Moto			1
Edgardo Rivera 28, Miami Beach, FL	Moto	Ravu
Mookie Lee 25, Wheeling, IL	Ravu	Ravu			1
Stacy Kimball 27, Boulder, CO	Moto	Moto			2
Yau-Man Chan 54, Martinez, CA	Ravu	Moto			1

Template:FnbSylvia was given the task of dividing the tribes. She was sent to Exile Island and told she would join whichever tribe lost the Immunity Challenge after that tribe voted off a member. Because Ravu lost the Immunity Challenge, Sylvia became a member of Ravu.

Template:FnbLisi was not picked in the tribal switch in episode six. She was sent to Exile Island and will join the tribe that lost the Immunity Challenge. Because Ravu lost the challenge, Lisi became a member of Ravu.

The game

		Challenges
Episode Title	Air Date	Reward	Immunity	Exiled	Eliminated	Vote	Finish
Something Cruel Is About To Happen ... Real Soon	2007-02-08	Moto 3		Sylvia1	Jessica	6-1-1-1	1st Voted Out - Day 3
Snakes Are Misunderstood ... We Have an Understanding Now	2007-02-15	Moto 3		Earl	Erica	6-2	2nd Voted Out - Day 6
This Is not Survival ... It's a Thrival	2007-02-22	Moto	Moto	Sylvia	Sylvia	4-3-1	3rd Voted Out - Day 8
Let's Just Call Jeff on the Jeff Phone	2007-03-01	Moto	Moto 4	Yau-Man	Gary	No Vote	Removed from game due to medical emergency - Day 10
					Liliana	6-1-1	4th Voted Out - Day 11
Love Many, Trust Few, Do Wrong To None	2007-03-08	Moto	Moto	Earl	Rita	5-2	5th Voted Out - Day 14
I've Got Strength Now to Carry the Flag	2007-03-21	None5	Moto	Lisi 2	Anthony	5-1	6th Voted Out - Day 16
An Evil Thought	2007-03-29	Ravu	Moto	Earl	James	4-2	7th Voted Out - Day 19
So You Think You Can Meke?	2007-04-05	Moto	Moto	Lisi	Lisi	4-1	8th Voted Out - Day 21
Are We Gonna Live on Exile Island?!	2007-04-12	Orange6		None7	Michelle	3-2	9th Voted Out - Day 24
It's A Turtle?!	2007-04-19

In the case of multiple tribes or people who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one player won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.

Template:FnbThe first two challenges were combined Reward and Immunity Challenges.
Template:FnbMoto originally won immunity, but gave it up to Ravu when they were given the choice between giving up immunity or their camp.
Template:FnbThere was no Reward Challenge in episode six due to a tribe mix-up.
Template:FnbFor the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge, the Bula Bula tribe was randomly split into two teams composed of Boo, Cassandra, Earl, Edgardo, and Yau-Man (orange) and Alex, Dre, Michelle, Mookie, and Stacey (green).
Template:FnbNobody was sent to Exile Island due to the merge.

Elimination notes

1. Jessica - After Ravu's loss at the Reward/Immunity Challenge, they were sent to a new camp to start from scratch. James, Erica, and Jessica formed a strong alliance, while the other 6 formed a looser alliance. Jessica was voted off, being thought of as "flying under the radar" and causing the tribe to lose the challenge. James' vote for Mookie and Erica's vote for Yau-Man were throwaway votes (6-1-1-1).
2. Erica - During the combined Reward/Immunity Challenge, Erica started yelling at the other Ravu members to rethink a section of the puzzle. After much yelling and screaming, the piece she wanted to look over ended up being the wrong one after all, causing some of her tribemates to question her ability to remain cool under pressure. Although Sylvia was considered an outsider due to her exile in the first episode, Erica was voted off (6-2).
3. Sylvia - When Ravu again lost Immunity, discussion centered around sending either Sylvia or Anthony home. Wanting to determine whether or not Sylvia had the idol, the group split the vote between Anthony and Sylvia, except for Rita who voted for Earl (4-3-1).
4. Gary - Following a Reward Challenge, Gary began to complain of his inability to draw a deep breath and of his perpetual dizziness. After several days of attempting to shake it off and two separate medical examinations, Gary was forced to leave the game. In recent interviews, Gary claimed the illness was the result of an allergic reaction to some of the bug bites he encountered in Fiji.
5. Liliana - Ravu lost Immunity again, but, in a twist, Moto had to choose between moving to Ravu's camp or getting to keep their camp but voting out a tribe member. Moto chose to vote out a member and keep their camp. Liliana was voted out by the 5 person alliance of Alex, Lisi, Boo, Stacy, and Edgardo because she was their biggest threat (6-1-1).
6. Rita - Rita and Michelle's conversations about "girl stuff" (e.g., lip gloss) annoyed James. When Ravu lost their 5th consecutive Immunity Challenge, the majority of the tribe planned on getting rid of Anthony. However, James lobbied Mookie to change to Rita and the majority switched to vote her out (5-2).
7. Anthony - After a tribal swap, the now all-male Ravu lost their 6th straight Immunity Challenge. Anthony was perceived as the weakest link. Despite Anthony's mention of James' "short fuse," the group opted to vote out Anthony (5-1).
8. James - Following the Reward Challenge, James' tribemates commented that his personality had become abrasive, as his constant criticism irritated them. When Ravu lost the Immunity challenge, Alex and Edgardo decided the game had reached the point at which loyalty, not physical strength, was the main factor in deciding which person to vote out. Believing Lisi to be more loyal than James, the original Moto members banded together to eliminate him (4-2).
9. Lisi - After Ravu lost the Immunity Challenge, Lisi admitted to her tribe that she was done with the game and ready to go home. However, she had second thoughts and tried to convince Alex and Edgardo to vote out Dre, but the tribe stuck with the original plan and voted her off (4-1).
10. Michelle - Before the first immunity challenge after the merge, the Survivors were split up into two competing teams. Alex, Dre, Michelle, Mookie, and Stacy, all part of the losing team, were sent to tribal council without any discussion or strategizing. Before the vote, Jeff Probst indirectly asked Alex who he was voting for, and he implied Michelle. Dre decided to stay loyal to his ally in the new Ravu and Michelle was voted out 3-2.

Exile notes

1. Sylvia - Being an architect, Sylvia took control of building the shelter with the materials given to the castaways. When Jeff Probst asked the castaways who was the leader in building the shelter, they unanimously said that Sylvia was the leader. Jeff then asked her to divide the other 18 people into two tribes. After finishing this, she was sent to Exile Island and be immune from Tribal Council. She would then join the tribe that lost the Reward and Immunity Challenge which was Ravu.
2. Earl - At the combined Reward/Immunity Challenge, part of the reward was that the winning tribe would choose one person from the losing tribe to go to Exile Island. After Moto won, they chose Earl to be sent to Exile Island. He would rejoin his tribe after Tribal Council, thus making him both immune and unable to vote.
3. Sylvia - The winning tribe at the Reward Challenge was again given the choice of who to send to Exile Island from the losing tribe. When Moto won, they elected to send Sylvia back for a second time.
4. Yau-Man - Moto won their fifth straight challenge and chose to send Yau-Man to Exile Island. In a post-game interview Liliana revealed Yau-Man was chosen because he was perceived to be Ravu's food provider. Alienating him from his tribe was a strategic ploy to further weaken the other Ravu tribemates.
5. Earl - Moto won their seventh straight challenge and chose Earl to once again be sent to Exile Island.
6. Lisi - When Earl and Edgardo chose the new Ravu and Moto tribes, Lisi was not picked and was sent to Exile Island.
7. Earl - When Ravu won their first challenge, they decided to send Earl to Exile Island as they did not want anyone else to receive clues about the wherabouts of the hidden Immunity Idols.
8. Lisi - When Moto won the challenge, Lisi was sent back to Exile Island because Moto did not want anyone else to receive clues about the hidden Immunity Idols.
9. None - The treemail told each of the tribes to paddle to Exile Island, where they merged, but returned to Moto's camp shortly thereafter.

Voting history

	Starting Tribes						Switched Tribes			Merged Tribe
Episode:	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4		Episode 5	Episode 6	Episode 7	Episode 8	Episode 9	Episode 10
Eliminated:	Jessica 6/9 Votes	Erica 6/8 Votes	Sylvia 4/8 Votes	Gary No vote	Liliana 6/8 Votes	Rita 5/7 Votes	Anthony 5/6 Votes	James 4/6 Votes	Lisi 4/5 Votes	Michelle 3/5 Votes9
Voter	Vote
Alex					Liliana		Anthony	James	Lisi	Michelle
Boo					Liliana
Cassandra					Lisi
Dre					Liliana		Anthony	James	Lisi	Michelle
Earl	Jessica	Exiled 8	Sylvia			Rita
Edgardo					Liliana		Anthony	James	Lisi
Mookie	Jessica	Erica	Anthony			Rita	Anthony	Lisi	Lisi	Stacy
Stacy					Liliana					Michelle
Yau-Man	Jessica	Erica	Sylvia			Rita
Michelle	Jessica	Erica	Sylvia			Anthony				Stacy
Lisi					Liliana		Exiled 2	James	Dre
James	Mookie	Erica	Anthony			Rita	Anthony	Lisi
Anthony	Jessica	Sylvia	Sylvia			Rita	James
Rita	Jessica	Erica	Earl			Anthony
Liliana					Cassandra
Gary
Sylvia	Exiled 1	Erica	Anthony
Erica	Yau-Man	Sylvia
Jessica	Rita

Template:FnbEarl was exiled in episode two and did not return to his tribe until after Tribal Council, meaning he could not be voted out or participate in the vote.
Template:FnbHalf of Bula Bula was immune due to winning the Reward/Immunity Challenge, therefore was not present at Tribal Council and did not participate in the vote.

Episode summaries

Episode 1: The castaways arrived on an island with no instructions and were not split into tribes. After some time, a box was parachuted, which contained plans for a luxurious shelter using the provided building supplies. The castaways spent the next two days constructing the shelter from the plans under the primary direction of Sylvia. At the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge, the castaways were asked who the leader was during construction and unanimously said it was Sylvia. Sylvia was told to split the castaways into two tribes but was then exiled. She would be immune from Tribal Council and would join whichever tribe lost the Immunity Challenge. Ravu lost the challenge and was sent to a new island with only one pot and a machete. Moto returned to the original tribe to live in the shelter built on day one and two with additional amenities. James, Erica, and Jessica formed a strong alliance, while the other six formed a looser alliance. Jessica was blamed for losing the challenge and being under the radar. She was voted out 6-1-1-1.

Episode 2: Ravu continued to suffer from dehydration and were reduced to licking water off of leaves, though they found a supply of pineapples in addition to their coconut supply. At Moto, the castaways continued to live a cushy life at their camp. Boo injured himself in the eye and then shortly thereafter cut himself with an ax while chopping wood. On day 5, Sylvia returned from Exile Island and immediately declared that she felt like an outcast. Her tribemates were struck the wrong way by her with her bossiness. The challenge was another combined Reward/Immunity Challenge and the winners would receive fishing gear and the choice of sending somebody from the losing tribe to Exile Island. In a close race, Moto pulled out another win and chose Earl to go to Exile Island. Anthony lobbied to vote out Sylvia for being the outsider and disrupting the tribe's chemistry. However, during the challenge, Erica panicked, which caused her tribe to vote her out 6-2.

Episode 3: Michelle finally started a fire at Ravu using Sylvia's glasses. Michelle used Sylvia's glasses because the thicker bi-focals concentrated the light better that her own glasses. This energized the tribe, but the momentum failed to carry over to the Reward Challenge where Ravu lost (though they did gain flint for successfully earning fire on their own). Moto opted to have a second set of fishing gear as reward instead of their luxury items or fresh fruit. Moto also won the right to send somebody to Exile Island and they selected Sylvia to go for a second time. After the Reward Challenge when Moto returned to camp, Gary felt dizzy and complained of chest pain, thinking that it may have been a cracked rib suffered during the Reward Challenge. The medics were called in and he was cleared to continue, though his tribe encouraged him to not be afraid to call for medical help should he not be able to breathe. This deflated some of Moto's elation of the Reward win. At a food eating Immunity Challenge, tempers flared after some taunting by Mookie, but Moto was able to continue their win streak. Sylvia, knowing she was vulnerable from the previous vote and her performance at the Reward Challenge, attempted to find the idol at camp using the 3 clues she had, though was unsuccessful. Her tribemates voted her out 4-3-1.

Episode 4: Gary continued to suffer from vertigo due to a allergic reaction due to bug bites but was thought to be from a broken rib, but that was not to be. Moto came up with a great strategy to win the Reward Challenge after initially falling behind. The challenge was almost exactly the same as the one in Vanuatu. Moto chose to send Yau-Man to Exile Island and received a reward of fish, rice, spices, pillows, and a king size bed. A frustrated James threw a temper tantrum after the Reward Challenge. On Day 10, Gary decided that his condition was not getting any better and he pulled himself from the game. James decided to motivate his tribe by wearing one of the women's pink top to the Immunity Challenge, but this did not help as Moto's winning streak continued. In a twist, the winning tribe opened a sealed bottle that contained a note that stated:

You have just won Immunity. You must now decide which is more important to you: Immunity or comfort. To keep your Immunity, you must live at the Ravu tribe camp. To enjoy the food and comfort of the Moto camp, you must give up Immunity and vote someone out tonight.

Moto decided to keep their comfort and go to Tribal Council. The alliance of Alex, Lisi, Boo, Stacy, and Edgardo voted out Liliana, after deciding that she was the biggest threat, 6-1-1.

Episode 5: Earl and Yau-Man discussed their clues about the Hidden Immunity Idol. Earl took the tribe on a hunting expedition, leaving Yau-Man to dig for the Idol, but his search turned up nothing. At the Reward Challenge, Moto crushed Ravu and opted to send Earl back to Exile Island. Stacy and Lisi upset Alex and Edgardo by going on a power trip, treating Dreamz and Cassandra rudely. Dreamz decided that he and Cassandra would flip to the other side after the unspoken alliance's effort to smooth things over rang hollow. Moto won a close Immunity Challenge to remain undefeated. Rita annoyed James with her chitchatting with Michelle and she was voted out 5-2.

Episode 6: After receiving tree mail, Moto and Ravu head to what they think is a Reward Challenge. Jeff tells the tribes to volunteer one member from each tribe. Earl from Ravu and Edgardo from Moto step forward. Jeff then announced that volunteers would start the selection of new tribes by schoolyard pick. The new Moto tribe becomes Earl, Yau-Man, Cassandra, Boo, Michelle, and Stacy. The new Ravu tribe becomes James, Dreamz, Mookie, Edgardo, Anthony, and Alex. An upset Lisi was not picked and was sent to Exile Island. Edguardo and Earl then played Rock, Paper, Scissors for the right to draw from a bag that contained Moto and Ravu buffs to see which tribe went to which camp and Eduardo drew the less luxurious Ravu camp. Cassandra, who had been weak without any alliance in the old Moto tribe quickly warmed up to the new members. Over at Ravu, the new members were not in such bad spirits as the old members at Ravu, and in turn, the new Ravu members strengthened the team with their positive attitude and well health. Despite this, Ravu was not able to win the closely contested Immunity Challenge, where each team was linked together with several different poles and had to work their way through a maze to the finish line. At the Ravu camp, two heads were on the chopping block: Anthony for being seen as weak and James for his obnoxious behavior. Things became tense at Tribal Council, when James attacked Anthony for his weaknesses, and Anthony in turn unleashed some pent up anger at James. When it came to the vote, Anthony was voted out 5-1.

Episode 7: Lisi joined the Ravu tribe after spending two days on Exile Island. Earl took his tribemates to try to retrieve Moto's stranded boat, leaving Yau-Man to search for the hidden Immunity Idol. Using Moto's digging tools, Yau-Man found the Immunity Idol and vowed to share the idol with Earl. At the Reward Challenge, Ravu finally broke their losing streak and won a trip to a video arcade. Ravu chose Earl to go to Exile Island to keep anyone else from learning clues about the location of the hidden Immunity Idols. James made fun of his tribemate's overeating at the reward, which irritated Edgardo and Alex. Yau-Man made a fake Immunity Idol and planted it where he found the real Immunity Idol, though not as deep. At the Immunity Challenge, Moto continued their winning streak for immunity. Alex and Edgardo decided they preferred Lisi's loyalty over James' strength and attitude and voted James out 4-2.

Episode 8: While Dre and Lisi slept, Alex, Edgardo, and Mookie found the hidden Immunity Idol using the clues that Lisi told Alex. The three men decided to not tell Dre or Lisi that they found the idol, though Lisi figured out that Alex told Mookie about the clues. At the Reward Challenge, where the tribes were to perform a traditional Fijian meke, Moto was judged the best and opted to send Lisi back to Exile Island for a second time. The Immunity Challenge tested the tribes' accuracy in hitting a target for 3 rounds. Each round involved a different task: blowing darts, throwing spears, and archery. Moto continued their winning streak by winning all rounds, with Yau-Man showing off some "unorthodox" but successful techniques in spear throwing and archery. A frustrated Lisi told her tribe that she wanted to be voted out, but then changed her mind and hoped that Alex and Edgardo would vote out Dre. However, the men decided to vote out Lisi 4-1.

Episode 9: On day 22, the tribes received tree mail that told them to paddle immediately to Exile Island and to not take any of their rewards with them. When they arrived, they discovered a box in the tower on the island with purple buffs and a note telling them that they were now a merged tribe and they were to return to the Moto camp. When they arrived, everything had been removed and the castaways would have to rebuild from scratch. All the castaways started scrambling for new alliances or tried to bring back together old ones. Mookie revealed to Dre that he had one of the Immunity Idols, which angered Alex and Edgardo. At the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge, the castaways were randomly split into two competing teams consisting of a green team (Boo, Cassandra, Earl, Edgardo, and Yau-Man) and an orange team (Boo, Cassandra, Earl, Edgardo, and Yau-Man). The winning team would be immune, not attend Tribal Council, and receive a reward of vegetables, meat, and wine. The other tribe would go to Tribal Council, and do what a note held by Jeff Probst said. Leading from the start, the orange team won the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge, leaving Alex, Dre, Michelle, Mookie, and Stacy to go to Tribal Council. The note revealed that they were to go to Tribal Council immediately and were not allowed to discuss anything or strategize. When they got to Tribal Council, Jeff asked each Survivor to tell him a good reason to vote out another castaway. Through this, Alex implied that he was voting for Michelle. Dre decided to also vote for Michelle, and she was voted off 3-2.

Survivor records and firsts

• In previous seasons, if a castaway left the game for any reason (for instance, in a medical emergency), there would be no Immunity Challenge or Tribal Council. Episode 4 of Survivor: Fiji is the first time that an Immunity Challenge and Tribal Council have happened after someone leaving the game.
• Gary is the third person to be evacuated in the series. Michael Skupin was the first in Australian Outback and Bruce Kanegai was the second in Panama. He is also one of only three people in the history of the series to never go to a Tribal Council. The first two were Wanda Shirk and Jonathan Libby from Palau.
• Moto is the only tribe to win eight immunity challenges in this season, one more than Koror's immunity challenge wins in Palau.
• Survivor: Fiji is the first season to begin with an odd number of castaways (19).
• Survivor: Fiji is the first season where the first five people voted out of the game were of the same gender (Jessica, Erica, Sylvia, Liliana and Rita).
• Survivor: Fiji is the first season where the first post-merge Immunity Challenge had the castaways divided into teams; typically this has been an individual endurance competition. Furthermore, the winning sub-tribe did not attend Tribal Council after this challenge, another first for this season.

Political turmoil in Fiji

On December 5, 2006 (about two days before the final Tribal Council), a coup d'état was started by Fiji's military leader, Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama. While there was some speculation that a full evacuation of the Survivor crew members from Fiji would take place, only a few crew members on the mainland were relocated to the second smallest island.

External links

See also: Additional Survivor Links

• Official CBS Survivor Fiji Website
• Survivor Maps
• Global TV Survivor Fiji Website (Canadian broadcaster includes video clips of episodes)