Survivor (Israeli TV series)
Survivor (Hebrew: הישרדות, Hisardut), formerly known as Survivor 10, is an Israeli reality competition game show based on the popular international Survivor television franchise. The series began in December 2007 and aired on Israeli's Channel 10 for 6 seasons. After legal issues between Channel 10 and Castaway Television, the series went on a three-year hiatus before returning in 2015 on Reshet. The show is hosted by actor and singer Guy Zu-Aretz.
| Survivor | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality competition |
| Created by | Charlie Parsons |
| Presented by | Guy Zu-Aretz |
| Country of origin | Israel |
| Original language(s) | Hebrew |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 313 (As for 9 seasons) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 10 (2007–2012) Channel 2 (Reshet) (2015–2017) Reshet 13 (2018–) |
| Original release | December 15, 2007 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Following the basic premise of other international versions of the franchise, it features a group of contestants who are marooned in an isolated location, where they must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted out by their fellow contestants, until only one remains and is given the title of "Sole Survivor" and is awarded the grand prize of 1 million NIS.
Format
The show follows the format as the other editions of the show. The players are split between two "tribes", are taken to a remote isolated location and are forced to live off the land with meager supplies for an extended period of time. Frequent physical and mental challenges are used to pit the teams against each other for rewards, such as food or luxuries, or for "immunity", forcing the other tribe to attend "Tribal Council", where they must vote off one of their players.
Once about half the players are remaining, the tribes are merged into a single tribe, and competitions are on an individual basis; winning immunity prevents that player from being voted out. All of the players that are voted out at this stage form the "jury". Once two to four finalists remain, a final Tribal Council is held where the remaining players plead their case to the Jury as to why they should win the game. The jury then votes for which player should be considered the "Sole Survivor" and be awarded the grand prize of 1 million NIS.
Format changes
The series features several modifications to the Survivor format unique to the Israeli production.
Challenges
Whereas most franchises feature two regular challenges, "Reward" and "Immunity", this series has included two more regular challenges — an additional individual challenge following the immunity challenge, and a duel between two players — the specific natures of which have changed over the series' history.
In the first season, the members of the tribe that lost the immunity challenge competed in the Double-Power challenge, which either granted the winner an extra vote at that night's Tribal Council or individual immunity; after the merge, all contestants competed in the Double-Power challenge, and the winner received either the power to block two contestants from voting at that night's Tribal Council or the ability to cast a second vote at Tribal Council. From the second season onward, the members of the tribe that lost the immunity challenge compete in an individual immunity challenge; after the merge, this is changed to a veto challenge between all remaining contestants, where the winner earns the power to block a tribemate from voting in that night's Tribal Council, in the form of a veto bracelet that they would give to the player whose vote they are blocking.
There have been three different types of duel challenges used, two of which involve voted out contestants competing for a chance to return to the game. In seasons featuring the Island of the Dead, voted out contestants competed against each other in duels; the duel loser was eliminated from the game for good, while the duel winner remained on the island and awaited their next challenger, with the duel winner returning to the game at predetermined points. This was seen in seasons 1, 4 (pre-merge only), 6 (as Hope Island, with voted out players pre-merge choosing former tribemates to compete for them) and 8. In seasons 7 and 10, voted out players competed against former tribemates to steal their vote at the next Tribal Council and remain in the game. Seasons without duels involving eliminated contestants have instead featured duels between two remaining players competing for a reward or advantage, as seen in seasons 2, 3, 4 (post-merge only), 5 and 9. These duels took place immediately following the immunity challenge, and in seasons 2, 4 and 5, involved the duelists being banished to Exile Island for 24 hours, away from their tribemates.
In seasons without duels involving eliminated contestants, eliminated players have still been given the opportunity to return to the game: in season 2, castaways eliminated before the merge were given the opportunity to wait on a secluded island; those remaining at the merge competed in a single competition, with the winner returning to the game. In season 3, eliminated contestants lived on the Hidden Island, competing in a modified game for up to two weeks. In season 5, the last two contestants eliminated before the merge competed against each other, with the winner returning. In season 9, several contestants returned to the game through various methods shortly after being voted out.
Tiebreaker
Tribal Council votes ending in a tie are always resolved by a firemaking challenge between the contestants with the most votes, eschewing the runoff ballot seen in international editions. This is true even of the jury's vote for the winner, which is revealed — and, for the first six seasons, cast — during the live finale.
Endgame
The end of the game has also differed from international seasons, and changed over the course of the series' run.
- In the first season, the final four contestants competed in two immunity challenges to determine the first two of three finalists; those two finalists plus the eight jurors voted between the two remaining contestants to determine the final eliminated contestant. Then the jurors cast their votes for the winner at the live finale, at the conclusion of the season's broadcast, and the results were immediately revealed.
- In seasons two through six, the final contestants were subject to a public vote, where viewers were invited to vote via SMS to determine the final elimination, with the results being revealed months later at the live finale; the eliminated contestant then joined the jury. Like before, the jurors cast their votes for the winner at the live finale.
- From the seventh season onward, this process was changed to resemble international seasons: the final elimination was conducted as a regular vote, and the jury's interrogation of the finalists and casting of the final vote took place during the game; the results were revealed months later during the live finale.
Airing format
Unlike the American edition, the Israeli edition airs two episodes a week, with the elimination at the end of the second episode, which results in approximately 30–40 episodes per season. The first episode will typically feature the reward and immunity challenges while the second will typically feature the duel, individual immunity or veto challenge and the Tribal Council.
Seasons
| No. | Season | Location | Episodes | Days | Castaways | Winner | Runner(s)-up | Final vote | Fan Favourite player | Season premiere | Season finale | Network | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Survivor: The Caribbean Islands | Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic | 36 | 52 | 20 | Naama Kasry | Noam Tor | Dan Mano | 5–4–0 | Noam Tor | December 15, 2007 | May 17, 2008 | Channel 10 | ||
| 2 | Survivor: Pearl Islands | Pearl Islands, Panama | 38 | Arik Alper | Mirit Vaknin | 6–3 | Mirit Vaknin | December 24, 2008 | May 23, 2009 | ||||||
| 3 | Survivor: The Philippines | Caramoan, Camarines Sur, Philippines | 35 | 25 | Shay Arel | Tom Altagar | Leora Goldberg | 6–3–0 | Tal Englander | August 29, 2009 | December 30, 2009 | ||||
| 4 | Survivor: Fans vs. Survivors | 24 | 32 | 16 | Natan Bashevkin | Idan Kapon | Sharon Rafaeli | 5–3–2 | Dan Mano | June 6, 2010 | August 29, 2010 | ||||
| 5 | Survivor: Camarines | 30 | 40 | 20 | Irit Rahamim Basis | Gev Pesti | Natalie Cabessa | 6–3–0 | Yaniv Ruhan | February 14, 2011 | June 19, 2011 | ||||
| 6 | Survivor: VIP (2012) | Ko Jum, Krabi Province, Thailand | 31 | 16 | Itai Segev | Anat Harel | 5–3 | Yulia Plotkin | May 2, 2012 | August 29, 2012 | |||||
| 7 | Survivor: Honduras | Bay Islands Department, Honduras | 33 | 46 | 18 | Liron "Tiltil" Orfali | Yityish "Titi" Aynaw | Omri Kohavi | Ruslana Rodina | 4–2–1–1 | Liron "Tiltil" Orfali | November 1, 2015 | March 1, 2016 | Channel 2 (Reshet) | |
| 8 | Survivor: Palawan | Palawan, Philippines | 34 | 17 | Inbar Pinievsky Basson | Maayan Adam | Masgano Mangisto | 5–2–0 | Maayan Adam | May 20, 2017 | September 16, 2017 | ||||
| 9 | Survivor: VIP (2019) | Caramoan, Camarines Sur, Philippines | 37 | 18 | Đovani Roso | Naama Kasry | Simcha Gueta | 7–0–0 | Naama Kasry | March 9, 2019 | July 13, 2019 | Reshet 13 | |||
| 10 | Survivor: VIP (2020) | TBD | 37 | TBD | May 2, 2020 | TBD | |||||||||
Locations
| Continent/Region | Locations (season number) |
|---|---|
| Asia (5) | Thailand (6), Philippines (3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10) |
| Central America (3) | Hispaniola (1), Panama (2), Honduras (7) |
Contestants
| Name | Age | Hometown | Season | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maya Elharar | 29 | Tirat Carmel | The Caribbean Islands | 20th |
| Yoav Behr | 33 | Ramat HaSharon | The Caribbean Islands | 19th |
| Omer Giladi | 25 | Caesarea | The Caribbean Islands | 18th |
| Elisheva "Tina" Berkovich | 57 | Ein Hod | The Caribbean Islands | 17th |
| Vika Finkelstein | 32 | Tel Aviv | The Caribbean Islands | 16th |
| Sivan Shitrit | 25 | Sderot | The Caribbean Islands | 15th |
| Muli Karacho | 25 | Alfei Menashe | The Caribbean Islands | 14th |
| Alex Metz | 47 | Karnei Shomron | The Caribbean Islands | 13th |
| Moshe "Moshik" Lipetz | 47 | Savyon | The Caribbean Islands | 12th |
| Vera Lichtes | 27 | Tel Aviv | The Caribbean Islands | 11th |
| Guy Zilberman | 29 | Ramat Gan | The Caribbean Islands | 10th |
| Lia Gil | 32 | Ashkelon | The Caribbean Islands | 9th |
| Idan Kapon | 30 | Haifa | The Caribbean Islands | 8th |
| Shahar Raz | 28 | Shitim | The Caribbean Islands | 7th |
| Yael Tzafrir | 32 | Tel Aviv | The Caribbean Islands | 6th |
| Moshe Dan | 23 | Holon | The Caribbean Islands | 5th |
| Marina Kabisher | 24 | Tel Aviv | The Caribbean Islands | 4th |
| Dan Mano | 29 | Haifa | The Caribbean Islands | 2nd runner-up |
| Noam Tor | 24 | Hofit | The Caribbean Islands | Runner-up |
| Naama Kasry | 29 | Carmiel | The Caribbean Islands | Sole Survivor |
| Irit Virag | 35 | Tel Aviv | Pearl Islands | 20th |
| Nasrin Ghandour | 27 | Haifa | Pearl Islands | 19th |
| Gal Erez | 43 | Arsuf | Pearl Islands | 18th |
| Sivan Rauch-Kahlon | 23 | Neve Yamin | Pearl Islands | 17th |
| Meir Tzarfati | 28 | Tel Aviv | Pearl Islands | 16th |
| Natan Bashevkin | 28 | Nili | Pearl Islands | 15th |
| Maayan Porter | 26 | Eilat | Pearl Islands | 14th |
| Diva Hatami-Goldwasser | 40 | Kefar Vitkin | Pearl Islands | 13th |
| Michal Siani | 30 | Tel Aviv | Pearl Islands | 12th |
| Efrat Yekutiel | 27 | Manhattan, NY | Pearl Islands | 11th |
| Guy Geyor | 28 | Tel Aviv | Pearl Islands | 10th |
| Idan Haviv | 28 | Maccabim-Re'ut | Pearl Islands | 9th |
| Anastasia Mirkin | 24 | Tirat Carmel | Pearl Islands | 8th |
| Igor Tigner | 28 | Herzliya | Pearl Islands | 7th |
| Ofir Dallal | 33 | Tel Aviv | Pearl Islands | 6th |
| Itay Haephrati | 23 | Tel Mond | Pearl Islands | 5th |
| Yoav Caspi | 26 | London | Pearl Islands | 4th |
| Neta-Li Zelcerman | 27 | Tel Aviv | Pearl Islands | 3rd |
| Mirit Vaknin | 26 | Lod | Pearl Islands | Runner-up |
| Arik Alper | 34 | Tel Aviv | Pearl Islands | Sole Survivor |
| Ori Lapid | 32 | Tel Aviv | The Philippines | 25th |
| Eitan Bernat | 23 | Herzliya | The Philippines | 24th |
| Liran Giladi | 23 | Caesarea | The Philippines | 23rd |
| Noa Waintraub | 26 | Ra'anana | The Philippines | 22nd |
| Meital Ben David | 31 | Kiryat Ono | The Philippines | 21st |
| Yael Tzuker | 23 | Tel Aviv | The Philippines | 20th |
| Merav Fishelson | 44 | Tel Aviv | The Philippines | 19th |
| Yakov Crispel | 40 | Haifa | The Philippines | 18th |
| Inna Bakelmann | 19 | Gan Yavne | The Philippines | 17th |
| Avital Eisman | 23 | Hadera | The Philippines | 16th |
| Natalie Niv | 28 | Naharia | The Philippines | 15th |
| Tal Ben David | 29 | Sdot Yam | The Philippines | 14th |
| Avi Raz | 27 | Mevaseret Zion | The Philippines | 13th |
| Tal Englander | 30 | Tel Aviv | The Philippines | 12th |
| Hanoch Budin | 46 | Nes Ziona | The Philippines | 11th |
| Ziv Gelbart | 39 | Megadim | The Philippines | 10th |
| Riki Shemesh | 33 | Gan Sorek | The Philippines | 9th |
| Avigail Perl | 25 | Tel Aviv | The Philippines | 8th |
| Ohad Taib | 23 | Rishon LeZion | The Philippines | 7th |
| Liad Farkash | 22 | Ramat Yishai | The Philippines | 6th |
| Hadas Hornblass | 27 | Elkana | The Philippines | 5th |
| Tal "Talco" Cohen | 29 | Haifa | The Philippines | 4th |
| Leora Goldberg | 50 | Raanana | The Philippines | 2nd runner-up |
| Tom Altagar | 23 | Ganei Tikva | The Philippines | Runner-up |
| Shay Arel | 31 | Kiryat Ata | The Philippines | Sole Survivor |
| Ariela Kayam | 51 | Netanya | Fans vs. Survivors | 16th |
| Osher Hadari | 25 | Herzliya | Fans vs. Survivors | 15th |
| Dar Fishelson | 21 | Savyon | Fans vs. Survivors | 14th |
| Tal Englander | 31 | Tel Aviv | Fans vs. Survivors | 13th |
| Marina Kabisher | 26 | Tel Aviv | Fans vs. Survivors | 12th |
| Guy Gold | 27 | Jerusalem | Fans vs. Survivors | 11th |
| Itay Strauss | 29 | Tel Aviv | Fans vs. Survivors | 10th |
| Maayan Porter | 28 | Eilat | Fans vs. Survivors | 9th |
| Dan Mano | 32 | London | Fans vs. Survivors | 8th |
| Mirit Vaknin | 28 | Lod | Fans vs. Survivors | 7th |
| Lidar Shanny | 30 | Eilat | Fans vs. Survivors | 6th |
| Avigail Perl | 26 | Tel Aviv | Fans vs. Survivors | 5th |
| Max "Shpex" Levkovski | 41 | Ramat Aviv | Fans vs. Survivors | 4th |
| Sharon Rafaeli | 27 | Ra'anana | Fans vs. Survivors | 2nd runner-up |
| Idan Kapon | 32 | Haifa | Fans vs. Survivors | Runner-up |
| Natan Bashevkin | 30 | Nili | Fans vs. Survivors | Sole Survivor |
| Natalie Ben Ari | 22 | Ramat HaSharon | Camarines | 20th |
| Morel Ben-Hamo | 21 | Kiryat Ata | Camarines | 19th |
| Pninit Rozenberg | 25 | Haifa | Camarines | 18th |
| Ofri Yariv | 22 | Hatzor | Camarines | 17th |
| Aviv Basis | 33 | Bat Hen | Camarines | 16th |
| Yigal Ben Binyamin | 39 | Rehovot | Camarines | 15th |
| Ben Malka | 28 | Tveria | Camarines | 14th |
| Yula Kravits | 23 | Rishon LeZion | Camarines | 13th |
| Liron Strauss | 28 | Kfar Shmaryahu | Camarines | 12th |
| Yonatan Chemla | 26 | Ein Kerem | Camarines | 11th |
| Roei Lulu | 35 | Haifa | Camarines | 10th |
| Yana Kalman | 36 | Tel Aviv | Camarines | 9th |
| Ohad Alon | 28 | Menahemia | Camarines | 8th |
| Giora Rothman | 53 | Herzelia | Camarines | 7th |
| Shunit Faragi | 23 | Kiryat Tiv'on | Camarines | 6th |
| Etti Halewa | 28 | Kiryat Shmona | Camarines | 5th |
| Yaniv Ruhan | 29 | Petah Tikva | Camarines | 4th |
| Natalie Cabessa | 29 | Bet Yanai | Camarines | 2nd runner-up |
| Gev Pesti | 27 | Tel Aviv | Camarines | Runner-up |
| Irit Rahamim Basis | 36 | Tel Aviv | Camarines | Sole Survivor |
| Michael Lewis | 24 | Tel Aviv | VIP (2012) | 16th |
| Doron Jamchi | 50 | Tel Aviv | VIP (2012) | 15th |
| Iris Bar-On | 56 | Kfar Saba | VIP (2012) | 14th |
| Inbal Gavrieli | 36 | Kfar Sirkin | VIP (2012) | 13th |
| Michal Zoharetz | 43 | Tel Aviv | VIP (2012) | 12th |
| Harel Moyal | 30 | Gedera | VIP (2012) | 11th |
| Azzam Azzam | 48 | Maghar | VIP (2012) | 10th |
| Oshri Cohen | 28 | Tel Aviv | VIP (2012) | 9th |
| Yulia Plotkin | 23 | Tel Aviv | VIP (2012) | 8th |
| Nataly Dadon | 28 | Kiryat Bialik | VIP (2012) | 7th |
| Moshe Ferster | 48 | Giv'atayim | VIP (2012) | 6th |
| Itay Turgeman | 28 | Tel Aviv | VIP (2012) | 5th |
| Buki Nae | 54 | Ramat Gan | VIP (2012) | 4th |
| Anna Aronov | 29 | Tel Aviv | VIP (2012) | 3rd |
| Anat Harel | 41 | Tel Aviv | VIP (2012) | Runner-up |
| Itai Segev | 39 | Rehovot | VIP (2012) | Sole Survivor |
| Jeanette Zohar Sabag | 55 | Jaffa | Honduras | 18th |
| Meital Dohan | 36 | Los Angeles, CA | Honduras | 17th |
| Ben-Yahav Navat | 36 | Petah Tikva | Honduras | 16th |
| Lisa Shurkin | 36 | Tel Aviv | Honduras | 15th |
| Yehuda Shushan | 42 | Neve Ilan | Honduras | 14th |
| Shimon Amsalem | 49 | Tel Aviv | Honduras | 13th |
| Ron Aluf | 23 | Rishon LeZion | Honduras | 12th |
| Omer Rozen | 33 | Tel Aviv | Honduras | 11th |
| Ron Shoval | 42 | Ramat Gan | Honduras | 10th |
| Moshik Galamin | 36 | Tel Aviv | Honduras | 9th |
| Huda Naccache | 26 | Haifa | Honduras | 8th |
| Jenny Chervoney | 33 | Tel Aviv | Honduras | 7th |
| Liron Revivo | 21 | Beit Uziel | Honduras | 6th |
| Dana Berger | 44 | Jerusalem | Honduras | 5th |
| Ruslana Rodina | 27 | Rehovot | Honduras | 2nd runner-up |
| Omri Kohavi | 28 | Tel Aviv | Honduras | 2nd runner-up |
| Yityish "Titi" Aynaw | 24 | Tel Aviv | Honduras | Runner-up |
| Liron "Tiltil" Orfali | 40 | Ramat Gan | Honduras | Sole Survivor |
| Raz Nisim Cohen | 26 | Tel Aviv | Palawan | 17th |
| Adi Berger | 25 | Jerusalem | Palawan | 16th |
| Daniel Avisris | 24 | Kiryat Haim | Palawan | 15th |
| Nicola Ward | 20 | Amir | Palawan | 14th |
| Alon Sasson | 30 | Jerusalem | Palawan | 13th |
| Tanita Faber | 39 | Ashkelon | Palawan | 12th |
| Bar Zomer | 23 | Haifa | Palawan | 11th |
| Amir Fachar | 27 | Jaffa | Palawan | 10th |
| Sagi Braitner | 23 | Caesarea | Palawan | 9th |
| Yossi Bublil | 36 | Netanya | Palawan | 8th |
| Vered Spivak | 46 | Tel Aviv | Palawan | 7th |
| Raz Zehavi | 45 | Hadera | Palawan | 6th |
| Michal Fucs | 35 | Ness Ziona | Palawan | 5th |
| Netanel "Nati" Sade | 40 | Nehora | Palawan | 4th |
| Masgano Mangisto | 31 | Ma'ale Adumim | Palawan | 2nd runner-up |
| Maayan Adam | 29 | Petah Tikva | Palawan | Runner-up |
| Inbar Pinievsky Basson | 29 | Givatayim | Palawan | Sole Survivor |
| Rotem Rabi | 23 | Jerusalem | VIP (2019) | 18th |
| Moshe Primo | 58 | Netanya | VIP (2019) | 17th |
| Dror Refael | 44 | Tzoran-Kadima | VIP (2019) | 16th |
| Einat Erlich | 50 | Netanya | VIP (2019) | 15th |
| Orin Julie | 24 | Kiryat Ono | VIP (2019) | 14th |
| Alexandra "Alexa" Dol | 25 | Tel Aviv | VIP (2019) | 13th |
| Mishel Taroni | 34 | Ramat Gan | VIP (2019) | 12th |
| Jonathan "Joezi" Zirah | 30 | Tel Aviv | VIP (2019) | 11th |
| Eyal Berkover | 28 | Lima | VIP (2019) | 10th |
| Assaf Ashtar | 54 | Hadera | VIP (2019) | 9th |
| Luna Mansour | 26 | Acre | VIP (2019) | 8th |
| Lihi Griner | 34 | Petah Tikva | VIP (2019) | 7th |
| Ira Dolfin | 37 | Tel Aviv | VIP (2019) | 6th |
| Shaked Komemy | 27 | Rosh HaAyin | VIP (2019) | 5th |
| Menahem "Meni" Naftali | 40 | Afula | VIP (2019) | 4th |
| Simcha Gueta | 30 | Bat Yam | VIP (2019) | Co-runner-up |
| Naama Kasry | 40 | Herzliya | VIP (2019) | Co-runner-up |
| Đovani Roso | 46 | Kiryat Ata | VIP (2019) | Sole Survivor |
| Dana Ron | 48 | Tel Aviv | VIP (2020) | 18th |
| Nava Boker | 49 | Hedera | VIP (2020) | 17th |
| Nikol Reznikov | 20 | Afula | VIP (2020) | 16th |
| Zohar Strauss | 48 | Ramat Gan | VIP (2020) | 15th |
| Adi Bity | 18 | Hod HaSharon | VIP (2020) | 14th |
| Semion Grafman | 45 | Bat Yam | VIP (2020) | 13th |
| David Dvir | 70 | Ramat Gan | VIP (2020) | 12th |
| Lital Smadja | 32 | Petah Tikva | VIP (2020) | 11th |
| Ilana Avital | 60 | Ramat HaSharon | VIP (2020) | 10th |
| Ido Kozikaro | 42 | Haifa | VIP (2020) | 9th |
| Regev Hod | 39 | Rehovot | VIP (2020) | 8th |
| Ella Ayalon | 22 | Tel Aviv | VIP (2020) | TBA |
| Benny Bruchim | 47 | Kefar Saba | VIP (2020) | TBA |
| Asi Buzaglo | 32 | Petah Tikva | VIP (2020) | TBA |
| Yarden Gerbi | 30 | Netanya | VIP (2020) | TBA |
| Idan Haviv | 40 | Tel Aviv | VIP (2020) | TBA |
| Alina Levy | 29 | Ra'anana | VIP (2020) | TBA |
| Israel Ogalbo | 29 | Tel Aviv | VIP (2020) | TBA |