Survivor: Panama
Template:Infobox Television Survivor Survivor: Panama — Exile Island, also known as Survivor: Exile Island and Survivor: Panama, is the twelfth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season was filmed in the Pearl Islands, off the coast of Panama from October 31, 2005 through December 8, 2005 and premiered on February 2, 2006. Hosted by Jeff Probst, it consisted of the usual 39 days of gameplay with 16 competitors, the first season with 16 competitors since Survivor: Pearl Islands five seasons prior.
The 16 players were initially split into four tribes by sex and age: young men (Viveros), older men (La Mina), young women (Bayoneta) and older women (Casaya).[1] These four tribes were named after four islands located in the Pearl Islands. Shortly after the first Tribal Council, the Viveros and Bayoneta tribes were dissolved and a "schoolyard pick" formed two new integrated tribes using the Casaya and La Mina tribe names and camps. When there were ten contestants left, they merged into one tribe named Gitanos, the Spanish word for "gypsy." Coincidentally, a member from each of the original four tribes was represented in the final four. During the season finale on May 14, 2006, it was revealed that Aras Baskauskas was named the Sole Survivor over Danielle DiLorenzo in a 5-2 vote.
The season included a twist that originally came from Survivor: Palau called Exile Island. Each week at least one castaway is banished to an island away from all other contestants for the time period between the reward and immunity challenges. The castaway is given a single machete, a flint, a pot and a bucket of non-sanitized water. The island also contained a hidden immunity idol that could be used at tribal council after the votes have been cast.
The complete season, including the mid-season recap episode and live reunion show, was released on DVD on May 22, 2012.
Contestants
Tina Scheer was originally slated for Survivor: Guatemala, but she backed out due to her son's death prior to that season.[2]
| Contestant | Original tribe | Switched tribe | Merged tribe | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tina Scheer 44, Hayward, Wisconsin |
Casaya | 1st voted out Day 3 | ||
| Melinda Hyder 32, Nashville, Tennessee |
Casaya | Casaya | 2nd voted out Day 6 | |
| Misty Giles 24, Dallas, Texas |
Bayoneta | La Mina | 3rd voted out Day 8 | |
| Ruth-Marie Milliman 48, Greenville, South Carolina |
Casaya | La Mina | 4th voted out Day 11 | |
| Bobby Mason 32, Los Angeles, California |
Viveros | Casaya | 5th voted out Day 14 | |
| Dan Barry 51, South Hadley, Massachusetts |
La Mina | La Mina | 6th voted out Day 15 | |
| Nick Stanbury 25, Tucson, Arizona |
Viveros | La Mina | Gitanos | 7th voted out Day 18 |
| Austin Carty 24, High Point, North Carolina |
Viveros | La Mina | 8th voted out 1st jury member Day 21 | |
| Sally Schumann 27, Chicago, Illinois |
Bayoneta | La Mina | 9th voted out 2nd jury member Day 24 | |
| Bruce Kanegai 57, Sacramento, California |
La Mina | Casaya[a] | Medically evacuated 3rd jury member Day 25 | |
| Courtney Marit 31, Los Angeles, California |
Bayoneta | Casaya | 10th voted out 4th jury member Day 30 | |
| Shane Powers 35, Los Angeles, California |
La Mina | Casaya | 11th voted out 5th jury member Day 33 | |
| Cirie Fields 35, Walterboro, South Carolina |
Casaya | Casaya | 12th voted out 6th jury member Day 36 | |
| Terry Deitz 46, Farmington, Connecticut |
La Mina | La Mina | 13th voted out 7th jury member Day 38 | |
| Danielle DiLorenzo 24, Pompano Beach, Florida |
Bayoneta | Casaya | Runner-up | |
| Aras Baskauskas 24, Santa Monica, California |
Viveros | Casaya | Sole Survivor |
- ^ Bruce sent to Exile Island after not being chosen in the tribal switch. He joined the tribe that lost the subsequent Immunity Challenge, Casaya.
Future appearances
Cirie Fields was selected from this season to compete in Survivor: Micronesia and placed third.[3] She competed again in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains as part of the Heroes tribe, where she placed 17th.[4] Danielle DiLorenzo also competed on Heroes vs. Villains as part of the Villains tribe, placing 7th.[5] Aras Baskauskas returned for Survivor: Blood vs. Water, alongside his brother, Vytas, placing 11th.[6] Terry Deitz and Shane Powers were included on the public poll to choose the cast of Survivor: Cambodia; Deitz was chosen to compete, but was pulled from the game due to a family emergency, placing 15th overall.
Season summary
The game began with the 16 competitors split into four tribes by both relative age and gender. They were introduced to the concept of "Exile Island" with the promise of a hidden immunity idol located somewhere on it, while one person from the losing tribe at challenges would be sent to the island and given clues to look for it. After the first four days, the four tribes were merged by schoolyard pick with mixed genders into two tribes, Casaya and La Mina. Casaya generally proved the stronger tribe, and opted to send Terry from La Mina over to Exile Island multiple times, which gave him the opportunity to discover the hidden immunity idol.
Going into the merge, Casaya was up 6 members to 4. While Terry won several individual immunities, he did not use it or the hidden immunity idol to save his former La Mina tribe members, leaving him as the sole remaining La Mina member and a perceived immunity challenge threat by the other Casaya tribe. Bruce was evacuated due a medical emergency, leaving six players at the game. At this juncture, Cirie, who saw both Terry and Shane looking separately to take Courtney, a weaker player, into the final Tribal Council as an assurance to win the jury's favor, convinced Aras and Danielle to blindside the other three, and succeeded in achieving Courtney's elimination, followed by Shane's. The final four vote came down a fire-making tiebreaker between Cirie and Danielle; Danielle ultimately won. Danielle won the final immunity challenge and opted to take Aras to the final Tribal Council, eliminating Terry. The final jury saw both Aras and Danielle as capable players but ultimately voted Aras as sole survivor, five votes to two.
| Episode title | Original air date | Challenge winner(s) | Exiled | Eliminated | Finish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reward | Immunity | |||||
| "The First Exile" | February 2, 2006 | La Mina | Bayoneta | Misty | Tina | 1st voted out Day 3 |
| Viveros | La Mina | |||||
| Casaya | Viveros | |||||
| "Breakdown" | February 9, 2006 | La Mina | La Mina | Bruce[a] | Melinda | 2nd voted out Day 6 |
| "Crazy Fights, Snake Dinners" | February 16, 2006 | La Mina | Casaya | Bruce | Misty | 3rd voted out Day 8 |
| "Starvation and Lunacy" | February 23, 2006 | Casaya | Casaya | Terry | Ruth-Marie | 4th voted out Day 11 |
| "For Cod's Sake" | March 2, 2006 | Casaya | La Mina | Terry | Bobby | 5th voted out Day 14 |
| "Salvation and Desertion" | March 9, 2006 | Casaya[b] | Sally[c] | Dan | 6th voted out Day 15 | |
| "An Emerging Plan" | March 30, 2006 | None[d] | Terry | None[d] | Nick | 7th voted out Day 18 |
| "The Power of the Idol" | April 6, 2006 | Aras, Bruce, Sally |
Terry | Austin | Austin | 8th voted out 1st jury member Day 21 |
| Danielle | ||||||
| "Fight for Your Life or Eat" | April 13, 2006 | Bruce, Courtney, Sally, Terry | Terry | Aras | Sally | 9th voted out 2nd jury member Day 24 |
| "Medical Emergency" | April 20, 2006 | Cirie, [Aras, Danielle] |
None[e] | Terry | Bruce | Medically evacuated 3rd jury member Day 25 |
| "Perilous Scramble" | April 27, 2006 | Courtney, Danielle, Terry[f] |
Terry | Aras | Courtney | 10th voted out 4th jury member Day 30 |
| "Bamboozled" | May 4, 2006 | Terry, [Shane] |
Terry | Danielle | Shane | 11th voted out 5th jury member Day 33 |
| "Call the Whambulence!" | May 11, 2006 | Aras, [Cirie] | Aras | Danielle | None[g] | N/A[g] |
| Terry | ||||||
| "The Final Showdown" | May 14, 2006 | None[g] | Cirie[g] | 12th voted out 6th jury member Day 36 | ||
| Terry | Danielle | None | Terry | 13th voted out 7th jury member Day 38 | ||
| "Reunion" | May 14, 2006 | Jury vote | ||||
| Danielle | Runner-up | |||||
| Aras | 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.
- ^ Bruce was sent to Exile Island after not being chosen in the tribal switch. He joined the tribe that lost the subsequent Immunity Challenge, Casaya.
- ^ Combined reward and immunity challenge.
- ^ Sally was exiled until after the next Tribal Council, which meant she could not be voted out or participate in the vote.
- ^ a b There was no reward challenge or exiling due to the merge.
- ^ Due to Bruce's medical evacuation from the game, cancelling the upcoming immunity challenge and Tribal Council.
- ^ In addition to the team reward, Terry won a GMC Yukon for winning the second part of the challenge.
- ^ a b c d Cirie and Danielle were tied at Tribal Council, but before the tiebreaker challenge was shown, the episode ended. At the start of the next episode, the fire making tiebreaker was aired, in which Cirie lost.
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | US viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18-49) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168 | 1 | "The First Exile" | February 2, 2006 | 19.20 | 7.0/18 |
| 169 | 2 | "Breakdown" | February 9, 2006 | 18.75 | 6.6/17 |
| 170 | 3 | "Crazy Fights, Snake Dinners" | February 16, 2006 | 16.98 | 6.3/16 |
| 171 | 4 | "Starvation and Lunacy" | February 23, 2006 | 14.85 | 5.5/14 |
| 172 | 5 | "For Cod's Sake!!!" | March 2, 2006 | 16.08 | 5.5/14 |
| 173 | 6 | "Salvation and Desertion" | March 9, 2006 | 15.33 | 5.4/14 |
| 174 | 7 | "A Closer Look" | March 15, 2006 | N/A | TBA |
| 175 | 8 | "An Emerging Plan" | March 30, 2006 | 16.25 | 5.8/17 |
| 176 | 9 | "The Power of the Idol" | April 6, 2006 | 16.36 | 5.6/17 |
| 177 | 10 | "Fight for Your Life or Eat" | April 13, 2006 | 15.07 | 5.2/17 |
| 178 | 11 | "Medical Emergency" | April 20, 2006 | 16.26 | 5.5/18 |
| 179 | 12 | "Perilous Scramble" | April 27, 2006 | 17.09 | 5.9/18 |
| 180 | 13 | "Bamboozled" | May 4, 2006 | 17.04 | 5.9/18 |
| 181 | 14 | "Call the Whambulence!" | May 11, 2006 | 17.20 | 5.8/18 |
| 182 | 15 | "The Final Showdown" | May 14, 2006 | 17.07 | 6.2/15 |
| 183 | 16 | "Reunion" | May 14, 2006 | N/A | TBA |
Voting history
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- ^ The first Tribal Council vote resulted in a tie. As there were only four castaways remaining, the two tied castaways would compete in a fire making challenge to resolve the tie.
- ^ No vote: Bruce was removed due to a medical emergency, no Tribal Council was held.
- ^ a b c Cirie lost to Danielle in a fire making challenge.
- ^ a b Aras and Terry were not eligible to vote as the only eligible players they could vote for were each other.
- ^ Bruce was sent to Exile Island after not being chosen in the tribal switch. He joined the tribe that lost the subsequent Immunity Challenge, Casaya.
- ^ Sally was exiled until after the next Tribal Council, which meant she could not be voted out or participate in the vote.
References
- ^ Dakss, Brian (January 9, 2006). "'Survivor: Panama' Cast Unveiled". CBS News. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Mitchell, Paul (January 11, 2006). "Timber Tina Scheer proves she's a 'survivor'". Wisconsinosity. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Rocchio, Christopher (May 12, 2008). "Cirie Fields, Survivor: Micronesia". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Ross, Dalton (March 5, 2010). "'Survivor: Heroes vs Villains': Latest evictee responds to Tribal Council blindside". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Exclusive: Danielle DiLorenzo talks 'Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains'". May 7, 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Helling, Steve (November 21, 2013). "Aras Baskauskas Is Going to Be a Dad! : People.com". People. Retrieved 1 January 2014.