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Template:Infobox Television Survivor Survivor: Philippines is the twenty-fifth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season was filmed March 18–April 25, 2012 and premiered on September 19, 2012 with a special 90-minute episode.[1][2] It is the first season since Survivor: All-Stars to begin with three tribes and the seventh season overall to feature returning castaways.[3]

Participants' applications were due on October 4, 2011, with approximately 800 chosen for interviews in various states. From there, 15 new contestants were selected. With filming beginning in March, it marked the earliest Survivor season filming to date since Survivor: Borneo.[4] The season featured the 15 new castaways competing with three returning castaways who were removed from their previous seasons due to illness or injury: Michael Skupin (passed out into a fire and suffered severe burns to his face and hands) of The Australian Outback, Jonathan Penner (removed due to a serious infection to his knee) originally from Cook Islands and later evacuated in Micronesia, and Russell Swan (removed after blacking out twice due to low blood pressure) of Samoa.[5]

Denise Stapley was named the winner in the final episode on December 16, 2012, defeating Lisa Whelchel and Michael Skupin in a 6–1–1 vote, marking the second time in Survivor history (after China exactly 10 seasons earlier) where all three finalists received at least one vote. Stapley is the oldest female winner in the show's history, and also holds the distinction of being the only person to have attended and survived every Tribal Council in a single season. Whelchel won $100,000 as the "Sprint Player of the Season", narrowly beating out Malcolm Freberg by 0.7% of a voting margin; the closest margin in the history of the award.

Casting

While the three returning players were selected due to being removed from previous seasons for medical reasons, Survivor: Palau contestant Cody Archa alleged that Stephenie LaGrossa from Palau, Guatemala and Heroes vs. Villains was originally considered to compete in the season when it was planned to be a Redemption Island-styled season with female returnees, but she could not compete due to her pregnancy at the time.[6] Colton Cumbie, who was medically evacuated from One World, heavily implied that he was slated to compete in Philippines but was cut at the last minute due to a negative reception during the airing of his original season, which aired right before the castaways were flown out to the Philippines, and replaced with Jonathan Penner. However, Cumbie returned to the game for Survivor: Blood vs. Water.[7]

Contestants

The contestants include 15 new players to the game and three returning players, who were previously removed from their earlier seasons due to injuries.[8][9] Notable new contestants this season include the The Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel, former Major League Baseball player Jeff Kent, and Miss Utah Teen USA Angelia "Angie" Layton.[10]

List of Survivor: Philippines contestants
Contestant Original tribe Absorbed tribe Merged tribe Finish
Zane Knight
28, Danville, Virginia
Matsing 1st voted out
Day 3
Roxanne “Roxy” Morris
28, Brooklyn, New York
Matsing 2nd voted out
Day 6
Angie Layton
20, Provo, Utah
Matsing 3rd voted out
Day 8
Russell Swan
45, Glenside, Pennsylvania
Samoa
Matsing 4th voted out
Day 10
Dana Lambert
32, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Kalabaw Kalabaw Quit
Day 12
Sarah Dawson
28, Silver Spring, Maryland
Kalabaw Kalabaw 5th voted out
Day 13
Katie Hanson
22, Newark, Delaware
Kalabaw Kalabaw 6th voted out
Day 16
Roberta "RC" Saint-Amour
27, New York City, New York
Tandang Tandang Dangrayne 7th voted out
1st jury member
Day 19
Jeff Kent
44, Austin, Texas
Kalabaw Kalabaw 8th voted out
2nd jury member
Day 22
Artis Silvester
53, Terrytown, Louisiana
Tandang Tandang 9th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 25
Peter "Pete" Yurkowski
24, Holmdel, New Jersey
Tandang Tandang 10th voted out
4th jury member
Day 27
Jonathan Penner
50, Los Angeles, California
Cook Islands & Micronesia
Kalabaw Kalabaw 11th voted out
5th jury member
Day 30
Carter Williams
23, Shawnee, Kansas
Kalabaw Kalabaw 12th voted out
6th jury member
Day 33
Abi-Maria Gomes
32, Los Angeles, California
Tandang Tandang 13th voted out
7th jury member
Day 36
Malcolm Freberg
25, Hermosa Beach, California
Matsing Tandang 14th voted out
8th jury member
Day 38
Lisa Whelchel
49, Dallas, Texas
Tandang Tandang Runners-up[a]
Michael Skupin
50, White Lake, Michigan
The Australian Outback
Tandang Tandang
Denise Stapley
41, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Matsing Kalabaw Sole Survivor
  1. ^ Lisa and Michael were considered co-runners up due to being tied at one vote each in the final Tribal Council vote.

Future appearances

Malcolm Freberg returned to compete in the following season, Survivor: Caramoan, where he placed 9th. He was asked back for Survivor: Blood vs. Water with his brother, Miles, but declined.[11] Roberta "R.C." Saint-Amour was originally supposed to return alongside her father, Craig, for Blood vs. Water, but they were pulled from the game the day before filming began due to Craig having high blood pressure.[12]

Season summary

The fifteen new castaways were split into three tribes and then introduced to their final tribe members, three returning castaways that had been medically evacuated from their previous seasons: Michael Skupin was assigned to Tandang, Jonathan Penner to Kalabaw, and Russell Swan to Matsing. Matsing lost the first four immunity challenges, leaving only Malcolm, who had the tribe's Hidden Immunity Idol, and Denise, his closest ally since the start of the game. After Matsing's dissolution, Malcolm was sent to Tandang and Denise to Kalabaw. Malcolm quickly integrated himself with Tandang's dominant alliance, led by Pete, while Denise joined Kalabaw's majority alliance, led by Jeff. Though Jeff strongly desired to eliminate the returning players, Jonathan had found Kalabaw's immunity idol, using it as leverage to align with Jeff.

The tribes merged with Tandang holding the majority. Lisa accidentally discovered Malcolm's hidden immunity idol, and promised to keep it a secret if he agreed to take her and Denise to the end of the game. After Jeff and Carter allied with Pete's alliance to vote out the returning players, Jonathan used his idol to save himself. Lisa revealed the existence of Malcolm's idol to the others in an attempt to blindside him. However, after Malcolm convinced the Tandang alliance that he was planning on playing his idol, they voted out Jeff instead. Lisa and Michael, on the bottom of the Tandang alliance, eventually flipped sides, working with the remnants of Kalabaw and Matsing to eliminate the other former Tandang members. Soon after, a core alliance of Michael, Lisa, Malcolm, and Denise was formed, systematically eliminating the others.

Despite winning an advantage in the final Immunity Challenge, Malcolm failed to win immunity and he was subsequently voted out for being the largest threat against the jury. All three finalists were berated by the jury at the Final Tribal Council; Lisa for claiming that she could not handle the pressures of the game, Michael for being strategically and socially inept, and Denise for being condescending at times. However, Denise's argument, coupled with the fact that she was the first player in Survivor history to attend and survive every Tribal Council in the game proved to be the most effective when she earned the title of Sole Survivor by a 6-1-1 vote.

Challenge winners and eliminations by episode
Episode title Original air date Challenge winner(s) Eliminated Finish
Reward Immunity
"Survivor Smacked Me in the Chops" September 19, 2012 Kalabaw[a] Zane 1st voted out
Day 3
Tandang[a]
"Don't be Blinded by the Headlights" September 26, 2012 Tandang[a] Roxy 2nd voted out
Day 6
Kalabaw[a]
"This Isn't a 'We' Game" October 3, 2012 Kalabaw[a] Angie 3rd voted out
Day 8
Tandang[a]
"Create a Little Chaos" October 10, 2012 Tandang[a] Russell 4th voted out
Day 10
Kalabaw[a]
"Got My Swag Back" October 17, 2012 Tandang Tandang Dana Quit
Day 12
Dawson 5th voted out
Day 13
"Down and Dirty" October 24, 2012 Kalabaw[b] Tandang Katie 6th voted out
Day 16
"Not the Only Actor on This Island" October 31, 2012 None[c] Denise RC 7th voted out
1st jury member
Day 19
Carter
"Dead Man Walking" November 7, 2012 Denise, Jeff, Jonathan, Lisa, Malcolm Jonathan Jeff 8th voted out
2nd jury member
Day 22
"Little Miss Perfect" November 14, 2012 Carter, Denise, Jonathan, Malcolm Michael Artis 9th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 25
"Whiners are Wieners" November 21, 2012 Abi-Maria, Carter, Malcolm, Pete Carter Pete 10th voted out
4th jury member
Day 27
"Hell Hath Frozen Over" November 28, 2012 Survivor Auction Abi-Maria Jonathan 11th voted out
5th jury member
Day 30
"Shot Into Smithereens" December 5, 2012 Malcolm [Lisa, Michael] Malcolm Carter 12th voted out
6th jury member
Day 33
"Gouge My Eyes Out" December 12, 2012 Michael [Lisa, Malcolm] Malcolm Abi-Maria 13th voted out
7th jury member
Day 36
"Million Dollar Question" December 16, 2012 Malcolm Michael Malcolm 14th voted out
8th jury member
Day 38
"Reunion" December 16, 2012 Jury vote
Lisa Runner-up
Michael Runner-up
Denise 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.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Combined immunity and reward challenge.
  2. ^ Tandang forfeited the challenge in exchange for all of Kalabaw's rice.
  3. ^ There was no reward challenge due to the merge.

Episodes

No. in
series
Episode
#
Title Rating/Share
(Household)
Rating/Share
18-49
Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
Weekly
Rank
3651"Survivor Smacked Me in the Chops"6.6/11[13]3.2/10[14]September 19, 201211.37[14]#8[15]
3662"Don't be Blinded by the Headlights"6.3/10[16]3.1/9[17]September 26, 201210.31[17]#24[18]
3673"This Isn't a 'We' Game"6.4/10[19]3.0/9[20]October 3, 201210.38[20]#16[21]
3684"Create a Little Chaos"6.4/10[22]2.8/8[23]October 10, 20129.82[23]#22[24]
3695"Got My Swag Back"6.3/10[25]2.8/8[26]October 17, 201210.43[26]#17[27]
3706"Down and Dirty"6.3/10[28]2.8/8[29]October 24, 201210.23[29]#22[30]
3717"Not the Only Actor on This Island"6.1/10[31]2.5/8[32]October 31, 20129.83[32]#24[33]
3728"Dead Man Walking"6.4/10[34]2.8/8[35]November 7, 201210.31[35]#16[36]
3739"Little Miss Perfect"6.1/10[37]2.6/8[38]November 14, 201210.06[38]#18[39]
37410"Whiners are Wieners"4.2/7[40]2.3/8[41]November 21, 20129.37[41]#21[42]
37511"Hell Hath Frozen Over"6.4/10[43]2.7/8[44]November 28, 201210.37[44]#20[45]
37612"Shot Into Smithereens"6.4/10[46]2.9/8[47]December 5, 201210.64[47]#13[48]
37713"Gouge My Eyes Out"6.3/10[49]2.8/8[49]December 12, 201210.37[49]#17[50]
37814"Million Dollar Question"6.8/10[49]3.2/8[49]December 16, 201211.46[49]#12[50]
37915"Reunion"N/A2.3/–[51]December 16, 20128.77[51]N/A

Voting history

Pre-merge
Original tribes Absorbed tribes
Episode # 1 2 3 4 5 6
Day # 3 6 8 10 12 13 16
Eliminated Zane Roxy Angie Russell Dana Dawson Katie
Votes 5–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 None[a] 5–1 4–1
Voter Vote
Denise Zane Roxy Angie Russell Dawson Katie
Michael
Lisa
Malcolm Zane Roxy Angie Russell
Abi-Maria
Carter Dawson Katie
Jonathan Dawson Katie
Pete
Artis
Jeff Dawson Katie
RC
Katie Dawson Jonathan
Dawson Denise
Dana
Russell Zane Roxy Angie Malcolm
Angie Zane Roxy Russell
Roxy Zane Angie
Zane Russell
  1. ^ No vote: Dana chose to quit.
  2. ^ Jonathan played a hidden immunity idol, therefore the five votes cast against him did not count.
  3. ^ Abi-Maria played a hidden immunity idol, therefore the three votes cast against her did not count.

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