Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Showdown

Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Showdown is the third season of the Philippine version of the reality television series Survivor.

Richard Gutierrez took over hosting duties after the show's previous host, Paolo Bediones, moved to TV5 a few months after the second season ended airing. Unlike the first two seasons, this installment would feature 18 celebrities from different fields of film, TV, sports and pop culture. Teasers of the castaways' identities were partially revealed between July and August 2010 before they were revealed on August 14, 2010.

The show would be the second time that the Philippine franchise would take place in Thailand (after the first season). Also, the edition took place for only 36 days (although some printed teasers put the duration at 40) instead of the usual 39. This would also be the first one in which castaways would live in a single camp before eventually splitting into three tribes. The three tribes are named after Burmese mythical creatures: the sea creature Magan, the dragon Nagar, and the long-haired ox Sar Mayee (Sarmaree).

The show premiered on GMA Network on August 30, 2010. It is syndicated worldwide on GMA Pinoy TV except in North America, due to Castaway Television's contract with CBS that prevents other countries' versions of the series to be aired in that region.

Aside from the single initial tribe and "tribe leaders" concepts, this season also utilized the concept of Exile Island, known in this case as Isla Misteryo (lit. "Mystery Island"), where a chosen member of each tribe would stay until the following Immunity challenge. While immunity is indeed waiting at Isla Misteryo, obtaining it is a little different. Instead, castaways would search for gold coins to be used as currency to buy certain items at a store there. Those items include creature comforts, reminders of home, and immunity bracelets.

Contestants

Contestant	Original Tribe	Finish	Total Votes
Princess Snell StarStruck finalist	Template:SPTribe	Quit Day 2	0
Ahron Villena Actor	Template:SPTribe
Aira Bermudez SexBomb Girls member	Template:SPTribe
Akihiro Sato Model and TV actor	Template:SPTribe
Aubrey Miles Film and TV actress	Template:SPTribe
Buhawi Meneses Parokya ni Edgar bassist	Template:SPTribe
Elma Muros-Posadas Athlete	Template:SPTribe
Jon Ervic Manalo Vijandre Basketball player and model	Template:SPTribe
Ferdinand "Doc Ferdz" Recio Veterinarian and TV host	Template:SPTribe
Ian Batherson StarStruck finalist	Template:SPTribe
Jon Hall Model	Template:SPTribe
Glomirose "Karen" delos Reyes Actress and former commercial model	Template:SPTribe
Michelle Madrigal Actress	Template:SPTribe
Mico Aytona TV host	Template:SPTribe
Moi Marcampo Commercial model	Template:SPTribe
Myka Flores Comedienne	Template:SPTribe
Ronaldo "Pretty Trizsha" Celso Stand-up comic	Template:SPTribe
Solenn Heussaff Model and make-up artist	Template:SPTribe

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.

The game

Cycles in this article refer to the three-day periods in the game (unless indicated), composed of at least the Immunity Challenge and the subsequent Tribal Council. Except on the first three days, a cycle begins at the end of the previous Tribal Council. So any events that occurred after a Tribal Council will be chronicled in the next cycle.

Cycle no.	Air dates	Challenges		Exiled	Eliminated	Vote	Finish
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01	August 30, 2010 to September 3 and September 6, 2010	text-align:center" Template:SPTribeC1	text-align:center" Template:SPTribeC1	None	align="center" Template:SPTribe	No Vote	Quit Day 2
02	September 6 to 10, 2010	rowspan="3" align="center" Template:SPTribe	rowspan="2" align="center" Template:SPTribe	align="center" Template:SPTribe
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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

^C1 Gray is used to indicate that the challenge is individual and not tribal. Tribes were not yet established at this point.

Cycle 1: Days 1-3

• Reward Challenge: In a challenge based on the four classical elements, the castaways would start by scaling a wall and traverse a cargo net. They would then run to a mud pit, retrieve at least three rings of the same color (red or yellow), emerge from the pit, walk over a bed of hot coals and shoot the rings to a pole. When the reserve of rings ran out, they could go back to the mud pit and retrieve at least another ring to repeat the process. Once three rings had been shot to the pole, they would then run to a platform and raise a flag. First two to raise their flag would win.
  • Reward: A scroll each. One to be opened on the spot and the other be opened on the holder's first Tribal Council.
• Immunity Challenge: Using a piece of flint and several pieces of tinder, castaways would try to light a fire high enough to burn a rope. The two persons who did this would win immunity for the next time they each visit Tribal Council.

Day 1: At a hotel in Ranong, Thailand, the celebrities, as well as Philippine and Thai media were assembled for an upcoming press conference. During the event, the celebrities, still in their formal attire, were dragged out of the hotel by several locals and whisked away in several small songthaews. Upon arrival at a designated spot, they were met by Richard and were told that the game had started there. To bring home the point of being on their own, their luggages were burned in front of them. They were also told that they would start as one tribe. The host even handed a piece of flint to Buhawi. They were also given a map to their camp, and told to arrive before sundown. Along the way, they gathered tags with their names on it. Meanwhile, Ian lost his nametag and went searching for it, with some of his fellow castaways helping as well. Ian's tag was eventually found by Doc Ferdz. Upon arrival at camp, several castaways already started making shelter and fire. After eating a meager amount of oysters, the castaways attempted to sleep amid the pouring rain and the swarming mosquitoes.

Day 2: Moi, Elma, and Buhawi started gathering more food, which the rest of the castaways shared. Meanwhile, Trizsha and Aubrey talked about the latter's past relations with Jon. Similarly, Jon was thinking of ways to use his past relationship with Aubrey to further himself in the game. The first Reward Challenge was first finished by Buhawi, followed by Aira. Buhawi opened the contents of his scroll, which said of him being designated as "tribe leader". Aira would open hers at her first Tribal Council. Meanwhile, Princess, who never advanced through the cargo net after the challenge had finished, stayed behind at the challenge area. Later that night, to pass the time, Trizsha, Ian, Aubrey, and Myka did some role playing. Princess talked about her grievances and troubles with the show's resident psychologist. It was during this talk that she expressed her declaration to quit the game altogether due to hunger.

Day 3: Talk was on the still-absent Princess and her apparent weaknesses in the game. Later, Buhawi, together with Doc Ferdz, started to organize the castaways to do certain chores. Aira, Elma, Moi and Myka did the gathering of food, while Buhawi, Doc Ferdz, and Jon subsequently built the new shelter. Meanwhile, Myka suggested that she, Buhawi and Elma form an alliance with Doc Ferdz. Talk about tribal council led to a consensus in voting out Princess, if she would return, or Triszha, who had suggested to Aubrey in voting out the strong. After a meal of crabs and oysters, they received Treemail saying there was something good waiting at a neighboring island. They heaved themselves there to find several live chickens, which they retrieved for food. The castaways later headed to Tribal Council. It was there the others knew about Princess's departure from the game. After some talk about their initial days at camp, Buhawi received a green armband as a sign of him being tribe leader. Aira opened her scroll, which said of three tribal leaders, her being the second, and all voting for that night determining the third. It further said that no one would be voted out. Because of it, Aira received her tribal leader armband, a yellow one. The vote resulted in Jon being installed as the third leader (wearing red) with 9 votes, Doc Ferdz at 5, Elma 2, and Trizsha 1. The castaways were then presented a can containing P100,000, being told that the winners would win the money and immunity for their next respective Tribal Council, aside from pizza for everyone, in exchange for joining the challenge and having their hair shaved off (includes facial and body hair for the men). Four men, Moi and Myka accepted the challenge, which brought to the fire-making challenges, which Jon and Moi ultimately won. After all the events, the tribe leaders were reminded that they would be divided into three tribes the next day.

Cycle 2: Days 4-6

• Reward Challenge: Inside a bowl was a broth containing certain animal offals. The tribe leader would search for a called animal part in the bowl and would pass it to the next tribemate using their mouth. This process would go on until the animal part reached the fifth tribemate, who would then drop the part into another bowl. First tribe to do this would gain one point. First tribe to gain three points would win the larger reward.
  • Reward: A piece of flint, a large water container, a large cooking pot, a machete, and a cache of rice for the winning tribe; matches, smaller water containers, smaller pots, machetes, and less rice for the losing tribes. The winning tribe would also be visited by a "special guest."
• Immunity Challenge: Each tribe would paddle out to a floating platform. The tribe leader would not take part in the paddling, instead gathering ladder pieces tied to buoys along the way. Once at the floating platform, the tribe leader would retrieve the flag there and have the rest of the tribe row back to shore. Once at shore, the tribe leader would stand by at a tribal mat while the rest of the tribe would correctly assemble the ladder, which the tribe leader would use to scale up a standing platform and plant the flag upon it. The first two tribes to finish would win immunity.

Night of Day 3: Elma woke up to find Myka crying mainly due to the cold and to the reminders of home. Elma and Buhawi tried to comfort her.

Day 4: Knowing the eventual tribal split, Elma decided to butcher one of the group's four chickens for everyone to eat. To everyone's surprise, Akihiro hunted out on his own and came back with crabs as additional sustenance. Later, Trizsha and the women did a fashion show to fight boredom. Akihiro once again surprised his companions when he and Doc Ferdz returned with several coconuts. During a walk to a bathing spot, Ervic and Mico planned on protecting each other. Before the reward challenge, the three tribes were formed by schoolyard pick. Buhawi's tribe had Solenn, Doc Ferdz, Elma, Mico, and Myka and was named Magan. Aira's group, Sar Mayee, included Akihiro, Aubrey, Ervic, Karen, and Trizsha. Moi, Ahron, Michelle, and Ian would make up Jon's tribe Nagar. Nagar barely won the reward challenge 3-2-2. Solenn, Akihiro, and Michelle were then selected by their respective tribes to stay at Isla Misteryo. There, they found the store, but decided not to buy anything. Meanwhile, Nagar went to their new camp, where they met first season winner JC Tiuseco. JC helped the tribe in building their shelter and making fire. Sar Mayee and Magan also returned to their new camps and attempted to use their limited resources. Sar Mayee's situation was worsened when Aira accidentally broke their pot.

Day 5: In the Immunity Challenge, Nagar quickly gathered their ladder pieces, but arguments within them about the ladder assembly led Magan and Sar Mayee to catch up. Despite that, Nagar took first place while Sar Mayee overtook Magan to snatch second place.

Voting history

Tribal Council (TC) numbers are almost the same as Cycle numbers as a Tribal Council occurs at the end of each cycle; eliminations that happen outside a Tribal Council do not bear a Tribal Council number, but count towards a cycle. Episode numbers denote the episode(s) when the voting and subsequent revelation of votes and elimination during a Tribal Council took place. They can also denote the episode wherein a contestant officially left the game for any reason.

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^V1 Princess declared herself to have quit the game on Day 2. Therefore no vote occurred for her removal from the game. Furthermore, the Tribal Council that occurred after her departure involved no eliminations and instead concentrated on the appointment and election of tribal leaders.

External links

• Official website