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Template:Infobox Television Survivor Survivor: Cagayan is the twenty-eighth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season filmed from July 11–August 18, 2013,[1] and premiered on February 26, 2014 with a two-hour episode,[2] featuring 18 new players divided into three tribes of six based on dominant attribute: "Brawn" (athleticism), "Brains" (intelligence), and "Beauty" (attractiveness and charisma).[3][4] For the first time since Survivor: Thailand in 2002, the finale and live reunion show did not take place on a Sunday but instead aired in the show's regular time slot on May 21, 2014. That night, Tony Vlachos was named the Sole Survivor over Yung "Woo" Hwang by a vote of 8–1.

The fourth consecutive season to be filmed in the Philippines, this season features the return of a hidden immunity idol that can be used at Tribal Council after the votes have been read (similar to Survivor: Panama and Survivor: Cook Islands), which was hidden once the tribes merged, except this idol came without a clue.[5] This is in addition to hidden immunity idols that must be played after the votes are cast but before they are read, as seen in Survivor: Fiji onward. This is also the first time in 10 seasons, since Survivor: Tocantins, to feature a final two instead of a final three.

A DVD release of the season is planned and currently available for pre-order on Amazon.com, however, no release date has been announced.

Contestants

The cast is composed of 18 new players, initially split into three tribes containing six members each: Aparri ("Brawn"), Luzon ("Brains"), and Solana ("Beauty").[6] The cast includes former professional basketball player Cliff Robinson and David Samson, president of Major League Baseball's Miami Marlins.[7]

List of Survivor: Cagayan contestants
Contestant Original tribe Switched tribe Merged tribe Finish
David Samson
45, Plantation, Florida 		Luzon 1st voted out
Day 3
Garrett Adelstein
27, Santa Monica, California 		Luzon 2nd voted out
Day 6
Brice Johnston
27, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 		Solana 3rd voted out
Day 8
J'Tia Taylor
31, Chicago, Illinois 		Luzon 4th voted out
Day 11
Cliff Robinson
46, Newark, New Jersey 		Aparri Solana 5th voted out
Day 14
Lindsey Ogle
29, Kokomo, Indiana 		Aparri Solana Quit
Day 14
Alexis Maxwell
21, Addison, Illinois 		Solana Aparri 6th voted out
Day 16
Sarah Lacina
29, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 		Aparri Aparri Solarrion 7th voted out
1st jury member
Day 19
Morgan McLeod
21, San Jose, California 		Solana Aparri 8th voted out
2nd jury member
Day 22
LJ McKanas
34, Boston, Massachusetts 		Solana Solana 9th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 25
Jeremiah Wood
34, Dobson, North Carolina 		Solana Aparri 10th voted out
4th jury member
Day 28
Jefra Bland
22, Campbellsville, Kentucky 		Solana Solana 11th voted out
5th jury member
Day 30
Latasha "Tasha" Fox
37, St. Louis, Missouri 		Luzon Aparri 12th voted out
6th jury member
Day 33
Trish Hegarty
48, Needham, Massachusetts 		Aparri Solana 13th voted out
7th jury member
Day 36
Spencer Bledsoe
21, Chicago, Illinois 		Luzon Aparri 14th voted out
8th jury member
Day 37
Kassandra "Kass" McQuillen
41, Tehachapi, California 		Luzon Aparri 15th voted out
9th jury member
Day 38
Yung "Woo" Hwang
29, Newport Beach, California 		Aparri Solana Runner-up
Tony Vlachos
39, Jersey City, New Jersey 		Aparri Solana Sole Survivor

Future appearances

Yung "Woo" Hwang, Kassandra "Kass" McQuillen, Spencer Bledsoe, and Latasha "Tasha" Fox returned for Survivor: Cambodia; Hwang placed 14th, McQuillen placed 13th, and Bledsoe and Fox tied for runner-up.

Season summary

The cast of the twenty-eighth season of Survivor.
Top: (from left to right) Sarah, Garrett, Jeremiah, Morgan, Cliff, Lindsey, Spencer, Woo, J'Tia, Tony
Bottom: (from left to right) David, Trish, Brice, Jefra, Kass, Tasha, LJ, Alexis

The 18 new castaways were divided into three tribes based on primary attribute: Aparri (Brawn), Luzon (Brains), and Solana (Beauty). The Brains tribe stumbled out of the gate, losing three of the first four immunity challenges and being reduced to only Tasha, Kass, and Spencer. The Beauty tribe, led by LJ, only lost one member, while the Brawn tribe went undefeated in challenges. With 14 players remaining, the castaways were shuffled into two tribes of seven: Aparri, featuring the three Brains, three of the Beauties, and Sarah from the Brawn tribe; and Solana, consisting of Beauties LJ and Jefra, and the other five Brawns. On Solana, the Brawns initially planned to hold strong and get rid of LJ, but he and Jefra convinced Tony and Trish to turn on the Brawn alliance to vote out physical threat Cliff instead.

The tribes merged with 11 players remaining: five from Solana and six from Aparri. While the swapped tribes looked like they were going to stick together, Tony attempted to sway his old ally Sarah back to the Brawn-heavy Solana alliance, but Sarah was indecisive. Instead, Trish persuaded Kass to swap alliances, which she did, eliminating Sarah and putting Solana in power. Despite being in the majority, Tony's paranoia continually got the better of him as he and Woo navigated between alliances to blindside potential threats. He also found multiple hidden immunity idols, including a special one that could be used after the votes were read. Tony lied about the idol's "different powers"—falsely insinuating it could be used at the final four—and successfully managed to avoid being targeted out of fear, ending up in the final three with Kass and Woo.

Woo won the final immunity challenge; while Kass seemed like an easy choice to take to the end after betraying her initial alliance, Tony convinced Woo to honor their bond as tribe mates throughout the entire game and to uphold his virtues, and Woo took Tony to the Final Tribal Council. At the Final Tribal Council, a majority of the jury grilled Tony for his aggressive game play, while Woo was criticized for riding Tony's coattails. Ultimately Tony was awarded the title of Sole Survivor with eight of the nine jury votes.

Challenge winners and eliminations by episodes
Episode title Original air date Challenge winner(s) Eliminated Finish
Reward Immunity
"Hot Girl With a Grudge" February 26, 2014 Solana David 1st voted out
Day 3
Aparri
Aparri Garrett 2nd voted out
Day 6
Solana
"Cops-R-Us" March 5, 2014 Aparri Brice 3rd voted out
Day 8
Luzon
"Our Time to Shine" March 12, 2014 Solana Solana J'Tia 4th voted out
Day 11
Aparri Aparri
"Odd One Out" March 19, 2014 Solana Aparri Cliff 5th voted out
Day 14
"We Found Our Zombies" March 26, 2014 Solana Solana Lindsey Quit
Day 14
Alexis 6th voted out
Day 16
"Head of the Snake" April 2, 2014 None[a] Woo Sarah 7th voted out
1st jury member
Day 19
"Mad Treasure Hunt" April 9, 2014 Jefra,
Jeremiah,
LJ,
Morgan,
Spencer 		Spencer Morgan 8th voted out
2nd jury member
Day 22
"Bag of Tricks" April 16, 2014 Jeremiah,
Spencer,
Tony 		Tasha LJ 9th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 25
"Sitting In My Spy Shack" April 23, 2014 Jefra,
Jeremiah,
Spencer,
Tasha 		Tasha Jeremiah 10th voted out
4th jury member
Day 28
"Chaos Is My Friend" April 30, 2014 Survivor
Auction 		Tasha Jefra 11th voted out
5th jury member
Day 30
"Havoc to Wreak" May 7, 2014 Kass,
Spencer,
Woo 		Spencer Tasha 12th voted out
6th jury member
Day 33
"Straw That Broke The Camel's Back" May 14, 2014 Tony
[Trish] 		Spencer Trish 13th voted out
7th jury member
Day 36
"It's Do or Die" May 21, 2014 None Kass Spencer 14th voted out
8th jury member
Day 37
Woo Kass 15th voted out
9th jury member
Day 38
"Reunion" Jury vote
Woo Runner-up
Tony Sole Survivor
  1. ^ There was no reward challenge due to the tribal merge.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleCBS recapRating/share (18-49)Original air dateUS viewers
(millions)		Weekly rank
4121"Hot Girl With a Grudge"Recap2.4/7[8]February 26, 20149.40[8]20[9]
4132"Cops-R-Us"Recap2.4/8[10]March 5, 20149.58[10]18[11]
4143"Our Time to Shine"Recap2.5/8[12]March 12, 20149.66[12]16[13]
4154"Odd One Out"Recap2.5/8[14]March 19, 20149.46[14]14[15]
4165"We Found Our Zombies"Recap2.3/7[16]March 26, 20149.85[16]12[17]
4176"Head of the Snake"Recap2.3/7[18]April 2, 20149.48[18]17[19]
4187"Mad Treasure Hunt"Recap2.4/7[20]April 9, 20149.62[20]14[21]
4198"Bag of Tricks"Recap2.3/8[22]April 16, 20149.35[22]10[23]
4209"Sitting In My Spy Shack"Recap2.3/7[24]April 23, 20149.43[24]13[25]
42110"Chaos Is My Friend"Recap2.3/7[26]April 30, 20149.70[26]14[27]
42211"Havoc to Wreak"Recap2.4/8[28]May 7, 20149.91[28]12[29]
42312"Straw That Broke The Camel's Back"Recap2.6/9[30]May 14, 20149.93[30]12[31]
42413"It's Do or Die"Recap2.6/8[32]May 21, 20149.58[32]8[33]
42514"Reunion"TBA1.9/6[32]May 21, 20147.14[32]14[33]

Voting history

  1. ^ The first Tribal Council vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those who tied.
  2. ^ No vote: Lindsey chose to quit the game.
  3. ^ a b Kass and Tony were not eligible to vote as the only eligible players they could vote for were each other.
  4. ^ a b c Alexis, Brice, and Morgan were not eligible to vote in the second round of voting.

Reception

Ratings

Survivor: Cagayan's premiere episode on February 26, 2014, drew in 9.4 million viewers and a 2.4 rating. Viewership was up substantially from the 8.9 million viewers of the premiere for Survivor: Caramoan, the previous winter premiere, which was the series' weakest.[34] However, the 18-49 rating was on par with Caramoan's 2.4 rating.[8]

In its third episode, Survivor: Cagayan gained higher ratings and brought in more viewers in the 18–49 adult demographic than time-slot rival American Idol for the first time in the series' history; the episode put up 2.5/8 ratings share with 9.86 million viewers, while Idol received a ratings share of 2.4/8 and had 9.57 million viewers.[35] This trend continued the following episode as well, this time with a rating three-tenths of a point higher than Idol.[14]

Critical reception

The season received universal acclaim from both critics and fans, some calling it the best season since the show's early days. Consistent praise has gone to the theme of Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty, the exciting challenges, the gameplay of winner Tony Vlachos, and the strong cast overall, particularly Spencer Bledsoe, Kass McQuillen, Tasha Fox, and Vlachos. Survivor: Caramoan winner John Cochran called it one of the show's best seasons, and had particular praise for the season's final six contestants, calling it the best final six in the show's history.[36] Even host Jeff Probst, during the live reunion show, called it not only one of the best seasons, but also one of the best casts in the show's history.[37] Entertainment Weekly ranked it as the fourth best season of all time, behind Borneo and Micronesia (tied for first) and Heroes vs. Villains, calling it the best season with entirely new players since the very first one, and even then admitting that Borneo was only better simply by being the first.[38] Cagayan was similarly ranked third, behind Heroes vs. Villains and Borneo, by Examiner.com, which similarly called it the best season with an entirely new cast since the original. Cagayan was ranked #1 by Survivor fan site "Survivor Oz" in its 2014 rankings of all seasons of the series,[39] and was ranked #2 by the same list a year later.[40] It was also ranked as the 4th-best season by another fan site, "The Purple Rock Podcast."[41] However, one criticism against the season was the inclusion of the Special Immunity Idol, which was panned by many fans, including former castaway Rob Cesternino from Survivor: Amazon and Survivor: All-Stars.[42] Nevertheless, a poll on Cesternino's website a year later saw Cagayan ranked as the 3rd-greatest season of the series, only behind Heroes vs. Villains and Survivor: Pearl Islands, while Cesternino himself personally ranked it as the fourth-greatest.[43]

In the official CBS Watch issue commemorating the 15th anniversary of Survivor, Cagayan was voted by viewers as the #5 greatest season of the series, and was the only post-Heroes vs. Villains season to appear in the top 10.[44] In a different poll for the same magazine, Tony was voted as the 8th greatest player in Survivor history for his performance in Cagayan.[45] Lastly, LJ and Woo were respectively ranked 4th and 5th in the same magazine's poll for the "Hottest Male Castaway," while Morgan ranked 3rd in the corresponding poll for "Hottest Female Castaway". In all three cases, they were the highest-ranking contestants in both polls to have competed in only one season each.[46][47] In a 2015 interview, Jeff Probst admitted that, if Borneo is not taken into consideration, then Cagayan ties with Heroes vs. Villains as his personal favorite season of Survivor ever, and that Spencer ties with Rob Cesternino for his favorite non-winning contestant ever.[48]

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