Survivor: Panama

Template:In-progress tvshow Template:Infobox Television Survivor Survivor: Panama - Exile Island ("Survivor: Exile Island" for short) is the twelfth season of Survivor, and takes place in the Pearl Islands, off the coast of Panama. This location was previously used for Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: All-Stars. Filming began on 31 October 2005 and the season premiered on 2 February 2006 on CBS.

Each week at least one castaway is banished for days at a time on Exile Island. The exile is given a single machete, a flint and a bucket of non-sanitized water. The island also contains a hidden immunity idol that can be used at tribal council after the votes have been cast. This gives the person who finds the idol a strategic advantage because that person can keep the idol secret until he or she is voted off, which would cause the person with the second largest number of votes will be eliminated.

The game began by splitting the 16 players into four tribes: young vs. old and men vs. women. During the 2nd episode the Viveros and Bayoneta tribes were dissolved and in a schoolyard pick'em new tribes were drawn.

Contestants

Contestant	Original Tribe	Episode 2 Tribe	Finish	Total Votes
Tina Scheer	Casaya		Voted out 1st - Day 3	3
Melinda Hyder	Casaya	Casaya	Voted out 2nd - Day 6	5
Misty Giles	Bayoneta	La Mina	Voted out 3rd - Day 8	5
Ruth-Marie Milliman	Casaya	La Mina	Voted out 4th - Day 11	6
Bobby Mason	Viveros	Casaya	Voted out 5th - Day 14	3
Dan Barry	La Mina	La Mina
Aras Baskauskas	Viveros	Casaya		1
Austin Carty	Viveros	La Mina
Terry Deitz	La Mina	La Mina
Danielle DiLorenzo	Bayoneta	Casaya
Cirie Fields	Casaya	Casaya		1
Bruce Kanegai	La Mina	Casaya*		2
Courtney Marit	Bayoneta	Casaya		1
Shane Powers	La Mina	Casaya		2
Sally Schumann	Bayoneta	La Mina		2
Nick Stanbury	Viveros	La Mina

* Bruce joined Casaya after Melinda was voted off on day 6.

The game

		Challenges				Tribes
Title	Air Date	Reward	Immunity	Exiled	Eliminated	Original	Ep 2	Vote	Finish
The First Exile	2006-02-02	La Mina, Viveros, Casaya	Bayoneta, La Mina, Viveros	Misty	Tina	Casaya		3-1	First Voted off — Day 3
Breakdown	2006-02-09	La Mina	La Mina	Bruce	Melinda	Casaya	Casaya	5-2	Second Voted off — Day 6
Crazy Fights, Snake Dinners	2006-02-16	La Mina	Casaya	Bruce	Misty	Bayoneta	La Mina	5-2	Third Voted off — Day 8
Starvation and Lunacy	2006-02-23	Casaya	Casaya	Terry	Ruth-Marie	Casaya	La Mina	4-2	Fourth Voted off — Day 11
For Cod's Sake	2006-03-02	Casaya	La Mina	Terry	Bobby	Viveros	Casaya	3-2-1-1	Fifth Voted off — Day 14
Salvation and Desertion	2006-03-09
Episode 7	2006-03-15

in the case of multiple tribes who win reward or immunity, tribes are listed in order of finish

Elimination notes

• Tina - Her tribe said she was the best provider, but she didn't appear to make any efforts to bond with them and spent a lot of time alone. In addition, she accused them of poor work ethics.
• Melinda - Did not align herself with anyone when the tribes were switched, and thus was voted out by everyone except Cirie, who was on her original tribe.
• Misty - Austin and Nick decided to ally with Terry and Dan rather than Misty and Sally. Misty was seen as the person outside of this alliance who had done the least at the challenges.
• Ruth Marie - Although Dan had promised Ruth Marie a position in his alliance of five along with Terry, Austin, and Nick, Sally's superb challenge performance made her a more valuable tribemate, despite Ruth Marie's loyalty.
• Bobby - Caused much tension in the Casaya camp by being argumentative and selfish, using the bathroom before anyone said he could, and for hiding while drinking wine with Bruce. Even though he tried to make alliances, the 3 women came together to vote him out.

Exile Notes

• Episode 1 - Misty - Exiled after Bayoneta came in last at reward challenge. Was exiled after losing at Rock, Paper, Scissors.
• Episode 2 - Bruce - Exiled when not selected for new tribes. With his exile came a one episode immunity.
• Episode 3 - Bruce - Chosen by La Mina to go to Exile Island as he was seen by them as a leader of Casaya who was helping them boost their morale and physical health.
• Episode 4 - Terry - Chosen by Casaya to go to Exile Island after his tribe lost Reward Challange, was seen as the leader of La Mina and was (in some measure) payback for Terry choosing to send Bruce to Exile Island the prior week. While at Exile Island, Terry found the hidden immunity idol.
• Episode 5 - Terry - Terry makes a second visit to Exile Island after his Tribe loses the reward challenge.

Voting history

Starting Tribes		First Merge
Episode:	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5
Voted Out:	Tina 3/4 votes
		Melinda 5/7 votes	Misty 5/7 votes	Ruth-Marie 4/6 votes	Bobby 3/7 votes
Voter	Vote
Aras		Melinda			Bruce
Austin			Misty	Ruth-Marie
Bruce					Courtney
Cirie	Tina	Shane			Bobby
Courtney		Melinda			Bobby
Dan			Misty	Sally
Danielle		Melinda			Bobby
Nick			Misty	Ruth-Marie
Sally			Ruth-Marie	Ruth-Marie
Shane		Melinda			Aras
Terry			Misty	Ruth-Marie
Bobby		Melinda			Bruce
Ruth-Marie	Tina		Misty	Sally
Misty			Ruth-Marie
Melinda	Tina	Shane
Tina	Cirie

Episode Notes

• Episode 1 - Introduced the splitting of the castaways into four tribes for the first time in series history. Also divided the tribes into older/younger for the first time in series history. Misty was exiled after Bayoneta lost the first challenge, but it did not seem to affect her status in her tribe. Casaya lost the immunity challenge, and Tina was voted off after criticizing her tribemates for their lack of similar work ethic to her own.
• Episode 2 - At the reward challenge, the tribes were rearranged. Terry and Danielle were chosen randomly to start picking two new tribes of seven members each. Each chose a member of the opposite sex, followed by those they had chosen (identical to the Palau format), and so on, until Bruce was the only one left. He was granted immunity and sent to Exile Island for three days until tribal council, where he joined Casaya after they voted out Melinda, leaving each tribe with seven members.
• Episode 3 - Bruce arrived at the Casaya camp and proved to be a popular tribe member. La Mina won the reward challenge (camping equipment) and the right to choose which member of Casaya would be exiled; they chose Bruce, feeling his absence would most demoralize the tribe. Shane's mood swings continued and created friction with his alliance partners. Casaya won the immunity challenge. In the La Mina tribe, Austin and Nick became the swing voters with Sally and Misty (who wanted to vote out Ruth Marie) and Dan and Terry (who wanted to vote out Misty) seeking them as allies. Austin and Nick decided to vote with Dan and Terry. Misty, who had been exiled, had not found the hidden immunity idol and was voted out.
• Episode 4 - Aras, Bruce, and Shane came back to the Casaya camp with food and found their teammates had let the fire go out. Aras and Shane tried to reason with the team about responsibility, with some reward. Casaya won the reward challenge of bathroom and supplies and sent Terry to exile island, because they believed him to be his team's leader. Bobby created some friction with his teammates by disagreeing with how the reward should be used. La Mina tried to organize their camp, but were lost without Terry. Terry discovered the immunity talisman, which he concealed from his teammates after his return. An argument ensued when Shane accused Danielle of not working enough at camp. The alliance of Austin, Dan, Nick, and Terry sought to bring in one of the women as a fifth ally. Dan made an agreement with Ruth Marie which the other men went along with. LaMina lost the immunity challenge. Sally convinced Austin she was a more valuable player than Ruth Marie and they should keep her instead. Terry was also persuaded and argued Dan's promise to Ruth Marie didn't bind the rest of the alliance. Nick was at first reluctant to break the agreement with Ruth Marie but voted against her.
• Episode 5 Casaya and La Mina compete in a food reward challenge. The winning tribe received all the items that were used in the challenge: fish, rice, spices, and wine. The losing tribe received either the rice or beans. The challenge consisted of having one member retrieve one of 8 items and pass it back to the bins through each tribe member. After La Mina lost, Casaya chose Terry to go to Exile Island again. As Casaya returned to camp, they found out that their shelter had been ruined due to a storm. They enjoyed the fish, though. Meanwhile, as La Mina ate the beans from the reward challenge, two men got sick. On Exile Island, Terry managed to start a campfire. At the immunity challenge which consisted of building a skull pyramid, La Mina broke their losing streak by solving the puzzle first. Bobby of Casaya was voted off in Tribal Council by getting 3 out of 7 votes. Bruce got 2 votes. Courtney & Aras each received one vote.
• Episode 6 - "Next time on 'Survivor'" Jeff Probst: "The women want Shane out... La Mina hits rock bottom... a big twist could mean salvation for one... and a Tribal Council like never before."

Trivia

• Tina was originally selected to participate in Survivor: Guatemala, but due to the death of her son just before she was about to leave, she stayed home and was allowed on Survivor: Exile Island instead. [1]
• Dan is a former NASA astronaut.
• This is the first Survivor season since Pearl Islands to feature 16 people.
• This is the first season to split the tribes up by age, the third to split them by gender (following Survivor: The Amazon and Survivor: Vanuatu), and the fourth time a schoolyard pick 'em was used (following Thailand, All-Stars and Palau).
• This is the third time that Pearl Islands, Panama has been used as a location (following Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: All-Stars).
• Some episodes feature a shorter opening sequence that does not scroll through every player in the game.
• This is the first season that the first four people voted out were the same gender (female).
• Bobby's being voted out in Episode 5 by a count of 3-2-1-1 is only the second time in series history that a player was voted out by less than half the people in the tribe. The other time was in Borneo when Gretchen left after a 4-1-1-1-1-1-1 vote.

External links

• Official site
• Survivor Fever