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This article is about the seventh U.S. Survivor season. For the second Israeli season, see Survivor 10: Pearl Islands.

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Survivor: Pearl Islands (also broadcast as Survivor: Pearl Islands — Panama) is the seventh season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. It was filmed from June 23, 2003 through July 31, 2003 and premiered on September 18, 2003. The season was filmed on the Pearl Islands, off the coast of Panama, and had a pirate culture theme. Hosted by Jeff Probst, it consisted of the usual 39 days of gameplay with 16 competitors.

The two original tribes were Drake and Morgan, named for Sir Francis Drake and Henry Morgan, respectively. With ten contestants remaining, the two were merged into the Balboa tribe, named after an injured snake found by contestant Rupert Boneham. Office clerk Sandra Diaz-Twine defeated scoutmaster Lillian Morris in a 6–1 jury vote.

The complete season was released on DVD on February 7, 2006.[1]

Contestants

Rupert Boneham came in eighth place and was the second jury member
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Christa Hastie came in sixth place and was the fourth jury member
Jon "Jonny Fairplay" Dalton came in third place and was the seventh jury member
List of Survivor: Pearl Islands contestants
Contestant Original tribe Outcast twist Merged tribe Finish
Nicole Delma
24, Hermosa Beach, California 		Morgan The Outcasts 1st voted out
Day 3
Ryan Shoulders
23, Clarksville, Tennessee 		Morgan 2nd voted out
Day 6
Lillian Morris
Returned to game 		Morgan 3rd voted out
Day 9[a]
Burton Roberts
Returned to game 		Drake 4th voted out
Day 12[a]
Michelle Tesauro
22, Pittstown, New Jersey 		Drake 5th voted out
Day 15
Trish Dunn
42, Annapolis, Maryland 		Drake 6th voted out
Day 18
Shawn Cohen
28, New York City, New York 		Drake Drake 7th voted out
Day 19
Osten Taylor
27, Boston, Massachusetts 		Morgan Morgan Quit
Day 19
Andrew Savage
39, Chicago, Illinois 		Morgan Morgan Balboa 8th voted out
Day 21
Ryan Opray
30, Los Gatos, California 		Morgan Morgan 9th voted out
1st jury member
Day 24
Rupert Boneham
39, Indianapolis, Indiana 		Drake Drake 10th voted out
2nd jury member
Day 27
Tijuana Bradley
26, St. Louis, Missouri 		Morgan Morgan 11th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 30
Christa Hastie
24, Los Angeles, California 		Drake Drake 12th voted out
4th jury member
Day 33
Burton Roberts
31, San Francisco, California 		Drake The Outcasts 13th voted out
5th jury member
Day 36[a]
Darrah Johnson
22, Liberty, Mississippi 		Morgan Morgan 14th voted out
6th jury member
Day 37
Jon "Jonny Fairplay" Dalton
29, Danville, Virginia 		Drake Drake 15th voted out
7th jury member
Day 38
Lillian Morris
51, Cincinnati, Ohio 		Morgan The Outcasts Runner-up[a]
Sandra Diaz-Twine
29, Fort Lewis, Washington 		Drake Drake Sole Survivor
  1. ^ a b c d Burton and Lillian were brought back into the game on Day 20, so they are both listed as having placed in two different points in the game. They briefly returned to their original tribes before merging later that day.

Future appearances

Rupert Boneham returned to the Pearl Islands for the subsequent season, Survivor: All-Stars, placing 4th. Jonny Fairplay returned for Survivor: Micronesia; he was the first person voted out, placing 20th. In 2009, Boneham appeared as a special guest and a reward for a reward challenge on Survivor 10: Philippine Islands, the third season of the Israeli edition of Survivor.

Boneham later returned to the game with Sandra Diaz-Twine on Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, with Boneham placing 6th and Diaz-Twine again winning the season, becoming the first two-time winner of Survivor. Boneham would later return for his fourth appearance on the show, competing in Survivor: Blood vs. Water, this time along with his wife, Laura, where he placed 20th.

Andrew Savage returned in 2015 for Survivor: Cambodia, where he placed 12th.

Season summary

The start of the game was announced as a surprise to the contestants, most of whom believed that they were on their way to a photo shoot. After being told they would begin the game with only the clothes on their back, they were divided into two tribes of eight, Morgan and Drake, and were given some money and sent to a small village to barter and buy supplies for their camps in lieu of being given them as in seasons past. Drake, thanks to Sandra's ability to speak Spanish and Rupert stealing the other tribe's abandoned shoes to barter, was able to acquire better supplies than Morgan, and thus went on an early winning streak, dwindling Morgan to five members.

Despite Drake's winning streak, member Burton conspired to throw an immunity challenge to eliminate a weaker player. The reluctant Drake tribe threw the challenge, but Burton was voted off for his cunning. This resulted in a major shift: Morgan, led by Andrew, experienced a renewal, and Drake began to splinter due to fighting between de facto leader Rupert and the conniving Jon. Morgan's newfound momentum led them to win the next two immunity challenges, leaving both tribes with five players each.

Upon arrival at their next challenge, the tribes were faced with the "Outcast" twist, with the six eliminated players competing against the remaining players for a chance to return to the game. The Outcasts beat both Morgan and Drake in the challenge, forcing them both to go to Tribal Council and resulting in two of the Outcasts returning to the game. Former Drake member Burton and former Morgan castaway Lillian returned to the game, and joined the eight other castaways in forming the merged Balboa tribe. While Burton made up with his former tribe, Lillian's return was resented by the Morgan members. Lillian enacted revenge against her former tribemates, siding with the Drake alliance to eliminate Andrew.

While the Drake alliance had the upper hand, Jon, Burton, and Lillian decided that Rupert, as the strongest member of the Drake alliance, was an immunity threat, and worked with the remaining Morgan members to blindside him from the game. The three navigated between the Drake and Morgan factions to take out members of both sides, until they were the dominant alliance with only five players remaining. Lillian was swayed by Darrah and Sandra to break up the duo of Jon and Burton, and Burton was voted out for a second time. In another twist, the first five jurors were able to compete for immunity with four players remaining. They subsequently won the competition, thus leaving no one immune; challenge threat Darrah was then eliminated.

In the final immunity challenge, Lillian beat Jon and Sandra to secure a space in the Final Tribal Council. Knowing that she would likely lose for having already been voted out of the game, she chose to take Sandra to the end for she felt Sandra deserved the victory more than Jon. The jury awarded Sandra the title of Sole Survivor by a vote of 6-1.

Challenge winners and eliminations by episode
Episode title Original air date Challenge winner(s) Eliminated Result
Reward Immunity
"Beg, Barter, Steal" September 18, 2003 None Drake Nicole 1st voted out
Day 3
"To Quit or Not to Quit" September 25, 2003 Drake Drake Ryan S. 2nd voted out
Day 6
"United We Stand, Divided We...?" October 2, 2003 Drake Drake Lillian 3rd voted out
Day 9
"Pick a Castaway...Any Castaway" October 9, 2003 Drake Morgan Burton 4th voted out
Day 12
"Everyone's Hero" October 16, 2003 Morgan Morgan Michelle 5th voted out
Day 15
"Me and My Snake" October 23, 2003 Drake Morgan Trish 6th voted out
Day 18
"What the...?, Part 1" October 30, 2003 None The Outcasts[a] Shawn 7th voted out
Day 19
Osten Quit
Day 19

"What the...?, Part 2"

November 6, 2003 None[b]
Burton
(Rupert)[c] 		Andrew 8th voted out
Day 21
Burton[c]
Lillian[c]
""Shocking! Simply Shocking!" November 13, 2003 Rupert, (Burton), [Lillian][d] Rupert Ryan O. 9th voted out
1st jury member
Day 24
""Swimming With Sharks" November 20, 2003 Burton
(Jon),
Lillian[e] 		Burton Rupert 10th voted out
2nd jury member
Day 27
""The Great Lie" November 26, 2003 Jon Darrah[f] Tijuana 11th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 30
""Would You Be My Brutus Today?" December 4, 2003 Darrah,
Jon,
Lillian 		Darrah Christa 12th voted out
4th jury member
Day 33
""Mutiny" December 11, 2003 Burton,
[Jon] 		Darrah Burton 13th voted out
5th jury member
Day 36
""Flames and Endurance" December 14, 2003 None The Jury[g] Darrah 14th voted out
6th jury member
Day 37
Lillian Jon 15th voted out
7th jury member
Day 38
""Reunion" December 14, 2003 Jury vote
Lillian Runner-up
Sandra 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. ^ Both tribes lost a challenge to the Outcasts, composed of the first six departed players; as a result, both tribes had to vote out a player, while the Outcasts voted two of their own back into the game.
  2. ^ There was no reward challenge due to the tribal merge.
  3. ^ a b c As part of their return to the game, Burton and Lillian were given immunity at their next Tribal Council. Burton won the subsequent immunity challenge, and chose to give that immunity to Rupert.
  4. ^ Rupert chose to give his reward to Burton.
  5. ^ Burton chose to give his reward to Jon.
  6. ^ Burton was initially awarded immunity, but it was recanted after host Jeff Probst realized that Burton had broken a rule. A runoff between the non-eliminated castaways was conducted, with Darrah winning.
  7. ^ The Jury was allowed to collectively compete against the four remaining castaways competing individually; the Jury won the challenge, leaving all four remaining players without immunity.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleCBS recapOriginal air dateUS viewers
(millions)		Rating/share (18-49)
911"Beg, Barter, Steal"RecapSeptember 18, 200321.508.4/23
922"To Quit or Not to Quit"RecapSeptember 25, 200319.867.5/21
933"United We Stand, Divided We...?"RecapOctober 2, 200319.687.5/21
944"Pick a Castaway...Any Castaway"RecapOctober 9, 200319.407.4/20
955"Everyone's Hero"RecapOctober 16, 200319.357.4/20
966"Me and My Snake"RecapOctober 23, 200320.197.5/20
977"What the...?, Part 1"RecapOctober 30, 200320.707.7/21
988"What the...?, Part 2"RecapNovember 6, 200321.307.7/21
999"Shocking! Simply Shocking!"RecapNovember 13, 200322.108.3/22
10010"Swimming With Sharks"RecapNovember 20, 200319.907.0/20
10111"The Great Lie"RecapNovember 26, 200320.067.2/22
10212"Would You Be My Brutus Today?"RecapDecember 4, 200322.008.0/23
10313"Mutiny"RecapDecember 11, 200322.418.3/22
10414"Flames and Endurance"RecapDecember 14, 200325.239.7/22
10515"Reunion"N/ADecember 14, 200326.1910.3/25

Voting history

Tribal phase (Day 1–20)
Individual phase (Day 20–39)
Notes
  1. ^ a b Both tribes lost a challenge to the Outcasts, composed of the first six departed players; as a result, both tribes had to vote out a player, while the Outcasts voted two of their own back into the game.
  2. ^ No vote: Osten chose to quit the game.
  3. ^ For winning the immunity challenge, Morgan earned the right to "kidnap" a member of Drake; they selected Rupert, who was granted exemption from Tribal Council.
  4. ^ a b Sandra and Jon were not eligible to vote as the only eligible players they could vote for were each other.

Reception

Survivor: Pearl Islands was met with extremely positive reception and is generally considered to be one of the show's best seasons. It was ranked by host Jeff Probst as his 5th favorite season.[2] Dalton Ross of Entertainment Weekly ranked it 6th, citing Rupert and Jonny Fairplay as memorable players.[3] Both Andrea Deiher of Zap2it and Joe Reid of The Wire ranked it as the 9th-greatest season; Deiher called Dalton's lie about his grandmother "some next-level shenanigans never before seen on reality TV," and Reid described Rupert and Fairplay as "two of the series' signature players" who "pretty much made the season."[4][5] Since 2012, Survivor fan site "Survivor Oz" has consistently ranked Pearl Islands in the top 5 greatest seasons, in its annual polls ranking every season of the series; it was 4th in 2012, 3rd in 2013 and 2015, and 5th in 2014.[6][7][8][9] Another prominent fan site, "The Purple Rock Podcast," ranked it as the 3rd best season, behind Cook Islands and Heroes vs. Villains.[10] In the official issue of CBS Watch commemorating Survivor's 15th anniversary, Pearl Islands was voted by viewers as the #2 greatest season of the series, only behind Heroes vs. Villains, and thus was the highest-ranking season with an entirely new cast.[11] Also, Sandra was ranked in another poll, in the same magazine, as the 6th greatest contestant in the series, and was the highest-ranking contestant on the list to win her first time playing.[12] Additionally, Fairplay's infamous lie about his grandmother's death was voted as the #10 most memorable moment in the series.[13][14] The season was also voted as the second-greatest season in 2015 on the website of former Survivor contestant and reality TV podcast host Rob Cesternino, where it ranked only behind Heroes vs. Villains.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Survivor Season 7: Pearl Islands DVD". CBS. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  2. ^ "Jeff Probst: "Survivor" seasons I loved – and hated". Entertainment Weekly.
  3. ^ http://www.ew.com/recap/survivor-san-juan-del-sur-episode-13-natalie-jon/3
  4. ^ Reiher, Andrea (December 10, 2013). "Survior's 10 best and 5 worst seasons". Zap2it. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  5. ^ http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2014/02/definitive-ranking-every-season-survivor/358537/
  6. ^ https://survivoroz.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/top-24-survivor-seasons-of-all-time-rankings-from-24-to-1/
  7. ^ https://survivoroz.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/ozcars-2013-best-seasons-rankings-from-26-to-1/
  8. ^ http://survivoroz.wordpress.com/2014/06/22/ozcars-2014-best-seasonsrankings-from-28-to-1/
  9. ^ https://survivoroz.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/ozcars-2015the-winners/
  10. ^ https://purplerockpodcast.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/survivor-season-rankings-with-spoiler-free-summaries/
  11. ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/30/survivor-seasons_n_6581422.html
  12. ^ http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/news/1003750/
  13. ^ Dehnart, Andy (February 2, 2015). "Highlights from the Survivor 30 Seasons CBS magazine". Reality Blurred. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  14. ^ http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/topic/118517/Survivor-30-Seasons-CBS-Watch-Magazine#.VQX87Y7BHFI
  15. ^ http://robhasawebsite.com/survivor-seasons-rankings-results-live-sept-22-2015-s31/
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