Survivor: VIP (2012 Israeli season)

Survivor: VIP (Hebrew: הישרדות VIP‎, Hisardut VIP) is the sixth season of the Israeli reality program Survivor. The show features 16 celebrity contestants, competing against each other for the 1 million NIS prize and the title of "Sole Survivor". At the live reunion on August 29, 2012, Itai Segev was named the winner over Anat Harel, and Yulia Plotkin was named the audience's favorite player by winning a public vote.

Survivor: VIP
Season 2012
Presented by	Guy Zu-Aretz
No. of days	40
No. of castaways	16
Winner	Itai Segev
Location	Ko Jum, Krabi Province, Thailand
No. of episodes	31
Release
Original release	May 2 – August 29, 2012
Additional information
Filming dates	July 2011 –
Season chronology

Several new twists were introduced this season. This season introduced the Negotiation Cabin, where two contestants, one from each tribe, met to negotiate deals, such as allocating resources or picking castaways to switch tribes. This season also introduced Hope Island, in which voted out contestants were exiled to a secluded beach where they would compete against other voted out contestants for a chance to return to the game, similar to the Island of the Dead from the first and fourth season. Unlike the Island of the Dead, the voted out contestants had to choose a representative from their old tribe to compete in their stead, with the winning representative earning a clue to the hidden immunity idol; after the merge, the voted out contestants competed for themselves. Additionally, the contestant who placed last in the veto challenge received a penalty vote at the next Tribal Council.

Contestants

Contestant	Original tribe	Switched tribe	Merged tribe	Main game	Hope Island
Michael Lewis 24, Tel Aviv Model, actor	Dạng			Medically evacuated Day 2
Doron Jamchi 50, Tel Aviv Former basketball player	Dạng			1st voted out Day 3	Lost duel 1 Day 5
Iris Bar-On 56, Kfar Saba Sexologist, radio host	None[lower-alpha 1]			Eliminated[lower-alpha 1] Day 1	Lost duel 2 Day 8
Inbal Gavrieli 36, Kfar Sirkin Former Knesset member	Thī̀ Niym	Thī̀ Niym		3rd voted out Day 9	Lost duel 3 Day 11
Michal Zoharetz 43, Tel Aviv TV host, actress	Dạng	Thī̀ Niym		4th voted out Day 12	Lost duel 4 Day 14
Harel Moyal 30, Gedera Singer	Thī̀ Niym			2nd voted out Day 6	Lost duel 5 Day 17
Nataly Dadon Returned to game	Dạng	Dạng		6th voted out Day 18	1st returnee Day 21
Oshri Cohen Returned to game	Dạng	Dạng		5th voted out Day 15	2nd returnee Day 21
Azzam Azzam 48, Maghar Former prisoner	Thī̀ Niym	Thī̀ Niym	S̄eǹh̄̒	8th voted out Day 22	Lost duel 7 1st jury member Day 24
Oshri Cohen 28, Tel Aviv Actor	Dạng	Dạng	S̄eǹh̄̒	9th voted out Day 25	Lost duel 8 2nd jury member Day 27
Yulia Plotkin 23, Tel Aviv Model	Dạng	Dạng	S̄eǹh̄̒	10th voted out Day 28	Lost duel 9 3rd jury member Day 30
Nataly Dadon 28, Kiryat Bialik Model	Dạng	Dạng	S̄eǹh̄̒	11th voted out Day 31	Lost duel 10 4th jury member Day 33
Moshe Ferster 48, Givatayim Comedian, actor	Thī̀ Niym	Dạng		7th voted out Day 19	Lost duel 11 5th jury member Day 36
Itay Turgeman 28, Tel Aviv Actor	Thī̀ Niym	Thī̀ Niym	S̄eǹh̄̒	12th voted out Day 34	Lost duel 12 6th jury member Day 38
Anat Harel Returned to game	Thī̀ Niym	Thī̀ Niym	S̄eǹh̄̒	13th voted out Day 37	3rd returnee Day 38
Buki Nae 54, Ramat Gan Journalist	Dạng	Dạng	S̄eǹh̄̒	14th voted out 7th jury member Day 40
Anna Aronov 29, Tel Aviv Dancer	Thī̀ Niym	Thī̀ Niym	S̄eǹh̄̒	Eliminated[lower-alpha 2] 8th jury member Finale
Anat Harel 41, Tel Aviv Sports coach, TV host	Thī̀ Niym	Thī̀ Niym	S̄eǹh̄̒	Runner-up
Itai Segev 39, Rehovot Comedian, actor	Dạng	Dạng	S̄eǹh̄̒	Sole Survivor

1. For not finding a statue in the opening task, Iris was immediately sent to Hope Island.
2. Anna was eliminated by a public vote during the live finale.

Season summary

Pre-merge challenge winners and eliminations by cycle

Episode(s)	Original air date(s)	Hope Island		Challenge winner(s)			Voted out	Finish
		Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Reward	Tribal immunity	Individual immunity
1 & 2	May 2 & 5, 2012	None					Iris	Eliminated[lower-alpha 1] Day 1
		None		None[lower-alpha 2]	Thī̀ Niym	None	Michael	Evacuated Day 2
							Doron	1st voted out Day 3
3 & 4	May 12 & 16, 2012	Iris	Doron	Thī̀ Niym	Dạng	Inbal	Harel	2nd voted out Day 6
		Azzam	Oshri
5 & 6	May 19 & 23, 2012	Harel	Iris	Thī̀ Niym	Dạng	Itay T.	Inbal	3rd voted out Day 9
		Azzam	Inbal
7 & 8	May 30 & June 2, 2012	Harel	Inbal	Thī̀ Niym	Dạng	Itay T.	Michal	4th voted out Day 12
		Moshe	Michal		Azzam[lower-alpha 3]
9 & 10	June 6 & 9, 2012	Harel	Michal	Dạng	Thī̀ Niym	Yulia	Oshri	5th voted out Day 15
		Azzam	Itay T.
11 & 12	June 13 & 16, 2012	Oshri	Harel	Thī̀ Niym	Thī̀ Niym	Yulia	Nataly	6th voted out Day 18
		Yulia	Azzam
13	June 20, 2012	None[lower-alpha 4]		Thī̀ Niym[lower-alpha 5]		Itai S.[lower-alpha 5]	Moshe	7th voted out Day 19

Post-merge challenge winners and eliminations by cycle

Episode(s)	Original air date(s)	Hope Island		Challenge winner(s)			Voted out	Finish
		Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Reward	Immunity	Veto
15 & 16[lower-alpha 6]	June 27 & 30, 2012	Nataly[lower-alpha 7]	Moshe[lower-alpha 8]	Itay T. [Anat]	Anat	Anat	Azzam	8th voted out Day 22
		Oshri[lower-alpha 7]			Nataly[lower-alpha 9]
17 & 18	July 4 & 7, 2012	Moshe	Azzam	Survivor Auction	Nataly	Itay T.	Oshri	9th voted out Day 25
19 & 20	July 11 & 14, 2012	Moshe	Oshri	Itai S. [Nataly]	Nataly	Anat	Yulia	10th voted out Day 28
21 & 22	July 21 & 25, 2012	Moshe	Yulia	Anna [Anat]	Anat	Anat	Nataly	11th voted out Day 31
23 & 24	August 1 & 4, 2012	Moshe	Nataly	Itai S. [Itay T.]	Anat	Anna	Itay T.	12th voted out Day 34
25 & 26	August 8 & 11, 2012	Itay T.	Moshe	Anat [Anna, Buki, Itai S.]	Itai S.	Itai S.	Anat	13th voted out Day 37
27 & 28	August 15 & 18, 2012	Anat[lower-alpha 7]	Itay T.	Anna	Anat	None	Buki	14th voted out 7th jury member Day 40
31[lower-alpha 10]	August 29, 2012						Anna	Eliminated[lower-alpha 11] 8th jury member Finale
							Jury vote
							Anat	Runner-up
							Itai S.	Sole Survivor

1. For not finding a statue in the opening task, Iris was immediately sent to Hope Island.
2. Due to Michael's evacuation, the reward challenge was not completed.
3. Azzam and Moshe were temporarily sent to the other tribes as their "servants"; as a result, Azzam was not sent to Thī̀ Niym's Tribal Council, while an immune Moshe voted in his stead.
4. There was no Hope Island duel due to the impending merge.
5. In addition to winning immunity, the Thī̀ Niym tribe earned the right to sit in on Dạng's Tribal Council and vote to give immunity to one player from their tribe; they chose Itai S.
6. Episode 14, which aired on June 23, 2012, was a recap episode.
7. Returned to game after winning Hope Island duel.
8. Moshe was not eliminated for losing this duel.
9. For placing first in the previous Hope Island duel, Nataly won immunity at the next Tribal Council.
10. Episodes 29 and 30, which aired respectively on August 22 and 25, 2012, were recap episodes.
11. Anna was eliminated during the live finale by a public vote.

Episode Summaries

Episode 01-02 (Days 1-3)

Upon arriving to the island, the 16 celebrities had to scramble to find 14 immunity idols buried in mud. After a long struggle, several stars who had already claimed their immunity went back to help others. Azzam went back to help and when he pulled up an idol, no one claimed it until Anat ran and snatched it away. This upset everyone, who wanted the idol to be given out in a fair way. Each box contained a small totem and Harel ended up with two, meaning he could save either Nataly or Iris (who had nothing). He chose to save Nataly, eliminating Iris from the game. The 15 remaining celebrities then moved onto the beach and were nervous because the host had not shown up. Finally, at their first Immunity Challenge, Oshri and Itay T. (who are best friends in real life) were split up and made team captains. Oshri picked the Dạng (Thai for "famous") and Itay's tribe was Tinyum ("popular"). The first challenge commenced until model Michael fell to the ground screaming that his chest was hurting. Medical immediately rushed in and the challenge was stopped while Michael was carried away. Another celebrity revealed that Michael had a heart condition that prevented him from serving in the military. Upon his removal, both tribes were sent home. Later, Inbal and Buki entered the negotiation hut to fight for rice and flint. Inbal left with the better deal, putting Buki in trouble with his tribe. Tinyum won the first Immunity, sending Dạng to Tribal Council. While Buki's loud and aggressive personality rubbed people the wrong way, Doron was viewed as a bully and childish. His final tirade at Tribal Council, insulting the younger generation and calling Buki "disgusting," sealed his fate and Dạng voted out Doron, arguably their strongest player.

Episode 03-04 (Days 4-6)

Inbal went into the negotiation hut for the second time and, again, left with a great deal for her team. Despite this, Tinyum members continued to voice their distaste for Inbal's constant talking and apparent attempts to control camp life. A twist was revealed, called Hope Island, and the two eliminated players Iris and Doron returned to select a player from each tribe to compete on behalf of them for a chance to stay on Hope Island and eventually reenter the game. Iris chose Azam, while Doron picked Oshri. At the duel, Oshri was about to win but lost on purpose in order to send Doron home permanently, which is what his tribe wanted. At Dạng, Buki's sexual remarks began to bother model Nataly. At Tinyum, Harel accused Itay T. of creating alliances, which led to a very heated confrontation during which personal remarks were made. Itay T. later sat out of the Immunity Challenge, in hopes that his tribe would lose and they could send Harel home. His plan worked and they lost. Ana and Anat wanted to get rid of Inbal, while Itay T. wished to eliminate Harel. At the Individual Immunity challenge, Inbal won, shifting the focus to Harel. Inbal tried to get Azam and Moshe to join her and Harel in voting out Itay T., who she saw as the leader of the "Tel Aviv" alliance with Ana and Anat. At Tribal Council, Harel said that he was too emotional for the game and wasn't prepared for the social intrigues. Inbal was attacked by her entire tribe for being too controlling and not listening to others. Inbal admitted that she talks too much but still felt hurt. Apparently wanting to go, Inbal got up and took off her Immunity Necklace, giving it to Harel instead. He said he didn't want it and the tribe convinced Inbal to take it back and not to quit. After a long conversation, she took it back and the Tinyum tribe voted out Harel.

Episode 05-06 (Days 7-9)

Inbal cried on the beach after being attacked at Tribal Council the night before but admitted that her teammates were right about her aggressive personality. At the Negotiation Hut, Anat from Tinyum and Nataly from Dạng met and received raincoats with their tribe colors on them. However, each woman had an extra coat with the opposing team's color, meaning that they would have to give up one tribemate each. Anat gave up Moshe while Nataly gave up Michal. Nataly returned to Dạng very emotional and revealed the news that Michal would be sent away. Moshe was relieved to be joining the other team, since he felt disrespected by Tinyum. Upon arriving at Tinyum, Michal was informed by Itay T. of the three-person alliance between him, Ana and Anat. When Michal asked to join their group, he blatantly refused and told her to "wait a day." Tinyum won the Reward Challenge and got a BBQ. At Dạng, Nataly accused Yulia of warming up to her only because Michal (her friend) was gone. This led to a huge fight between them in front of the entire team, during which both girls accused the other of being two-faced. Buki took Yulia's side, calling Nataly a bully. Meanwhile, Moshe expressed his anger at Itai S.'s belittling of him, albeit in a playful way, and worried what his family would think. At the Immunity Challenge, Inbal dropped out early claiming her hands were too numb to carry a rope, infuriating Tinyum. Iris and Harel (the evictees on Hope Island) chose Inbal and Azzam to compete for them, with Azzam winning and Iris being eliminated for good. During Tinyum's Individual Immunity challenge, Inbal again opted out of the game, refusing to even try. Inbal's poor attitude caused further shouting matches back at camp. Inbal realized that Michal's presence at Tinyum could help her and Azzam force a tie at Tribal Council, due to Itay T.'s arrogance with Michal upon her arrival. At Tribal Council, the attacks on Inbal continued and she said that Itay, Ana and Anat were tyrants. The alliance continued to express their distaste for Inbal and resented being attacked for what they claimed was "friendship" and not an alliance. The votes were read and to everyone's surprise, it was 3-3 between Inbal and Ana. The two were forced to partake in a fire-building tiebreaker and Ana won, sealing Inbal's fate. Before leaving, Inbal defended Azzam's honor while fighting with Ana and Itay T. Inbal became the fourth person voted out of the game.

Episode 07-08 (Days 10-12)

Azzam attacked Turgi (Itay T.) after Tribal Council, accusing him of being a liar. Turgi was angry that Azzam shook his hand and flipped his vote at Tribal Council. At Team Dạng, Yulia wept after being told off by Nataly after Michal was swapped over to Tinyum. When it came time for the tribes to pick a Negotiator, a huge altercation took place between Azzam and Turgi, during which Azzam made a threat of physical violence. At the Negotiation Hut, Itai S. and Michal had to pick a teammate to send to the opposing camp to be their servant. Itai S. picked Moshe, which upset Moshe, who was afraid his children would be ashamed to see their father being a servant on television. Michal chose to send Azzam because he wanted nothing to do with his team. However, when he discovered the twist, he once again flew into a rage and refused to be the team's servant. (There are racial/political implications involved, since Azzam is a Druze and the others are not). On Hope Island, Inbal was eliminated. At the Immunity Challenge, Guy reveals that Moshe and Azzam will remain part of their teams until after the next vote and will be immune. Michal regrets sending Azzam to the opposing team because now she is the only target at Tinyum. Ana and Turgi have a romantic alliance forming, which makes their alliance mate Anat nervous. She started the alliance with Ana and now Turgi has taken over as the leader. Turgi wins Personal Immunity and at Tribal Council, Michal begs Anat to save her because they are both mothers with children back home. Moshe admits that the "Tel Aviv" alliance is hard to be around, but in the end, Michal is the only vote that will ruffle the least feathers and she is eliminated.

Voting history

			No tribes	Original tribes			Switched tribes					Merged tribe
Episode #:			1		3	4	6	8	10	12	13	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	31
Day #:			1	2	3	6	9	12	15	18	19	22	25	28	31	34	37	40	Finale
Eliminated:			Iris	Michael	Doron	Harel	Inbal	Michal	Oshri	Nataly	Moshe	Azzam	Oshri	Yulia	Nataly	Itay T.	Anat	Buki	Anna
Votes:			Eliminated[lower-alpha 1]	Evacuated[lower-alpha 2]	5–2	5–2	3–3[lower-alpha 3]	4–1	5–1	2–0[lower-alpha 4]	2–2[lower-alpha 5]	6–3	5–2–1	4–2–1	3–1–1–1	1–0[lower-alpha 6]	2–1	3–1	Public vote
Voter			Vote
		Itai S.			Doron				Oshri	Buki	Buki	Azzam	Oshri	Yulia	Anna	Itay T.	Anat	Buki
		Anat				Harel	Inbal	Michal				Azzam	Oshri	Yulia	Nataly	Buki	None[lower-alpha 7]	Buki
		Anna				Harel	Inbal	Michal				Azzam	Oshri	Yulia	Nataly	Buki	Buki	Buki
		Buki			Doron				Oshri	Nataly	Moshe	Azzam	Oshri	None[lower-alpha 7]	None[lower-alpha 7]	None[lower-alpha 7]	Anat	Itai S.
		Itay T.				Harel	Inbal	Michal				Itai S.	Yulia	Buki	Nataly	Buki
		Nataly			Doron				Oshri	Buki		None[lower-alpha 7]	None[lower-alpha 7]	Buki	Itay T.
		Yulia			Doron				Oshri	Nataly	Moshe	Azzam	Oshri	Itai S.
		Oshri			Doron				Buki			Azzam	Yulia
		Azzam				Harel	Anna	None[lower-alpha 8]				Itai S.
	Moshe					Harel		Michal[lower-alpha 8]	Oshri	Buki	Buki
	Michal				Buki		Anna	Anat
	Inbal					Itay T.	Anna
Harel						Itay T.
Doron					Buki
Michael
Iris
Penalty[lower-alpha 9]												Itai S.	Buki	Yulia	Itai S.	Buki

Jury vote
Episode #:	33
Finalist	Anat	Itai S.
Votes	5–3
Juror	Vote
Anna	Anat
Buki		Itai S.
Itay T.	Anat
Moshe		Itai S.
Nataly		Itai S.
Yulia		Itai S.
Oshri	Anat
Azzam		Itai S.

Notes

1. No vote; for not finding a statue in the opening task, Iris was immediately sent to Hope Island.
2. No vote; Michael was medically evacuated from the game.
3. The initial vote resulted in a tie between Anna and Inbal; as such, the tie was resolved by a firemaking competition, which Anna won.
4. Yulia used a hidden immunity idol on Buki, therefore the three votes cast against him were not counted.
5. The initial vote resulted in a tie between Buki and Moshe; as such, the tie was resolved by a firemaking competition, which Buki won.
6. Buki used a hidden immunity idol, therefore the four votes cast against him were not counted.
7. This castaway was given the veto bracelet, and was therefore not eligible to vote.
8. Azzam and Moshe were temporarily sent to the other tribes as their "servants"; as a result, Azzam was not sent to Thī̀ Niym's Tribal Council, while an immune Moshe voted in his stead.
9. The player who came in last place during the veto challenge automatically received a penalty vote at the next Tribal Council.

External links

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