Survivor NZ: Nicaragua
Survivor NZ: Nicaragua is the first season of Survivor NZ, a television series based on the popular reality game show Survivor. The series was announced in February 2016, and premiered on TVNZ 2 on 7 May 2017.[1] The season was filmed in Nicaragua,[2] the same location as four seasons of the American edition of Survivor: Nicaragua, Redemption Island, San Juan del Sur and Worlds Apart.
Survivor NZ: Nicaragua | |
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Presented by | Matt Chisholm |
No. of days | 39 |
No. of castaways | 16 |
Winner | Avi Duckor-Jones |
Location | Nicaragua |
Release | |
Original release | May 7 – July 5, 2017 |
Season chronology |
The sixteen contestants were initially separated into two tribes, named Hermosa and Mogotón. When ten players remained, they merged into one tribe, named Casar. Avi Duckor-Jones won the season and was named the Sole Survivor. Matai'a Salatielu "Sala" Tiatia was voted the Gem People's Choice Award.[3]
Contestants
Contestant | Original tribe | Switched tribe | Merged tribe | Main game | Redemption Island |
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Deanna "Dee" Cambioso 29, Auckland |
Hermosa | 2nd voted out Day 1 |
Lost duel 1 Day 2 | ||
Hannah Gough 27, Whangarei |
Mogotón | 1st voted out Day 1 |
Lost duel 2 Day 6 | ||
Anthony "Tony" Deane 55, Gisborne |
Mogotón | 3rd voted out Day 4 |
Lost duel 3 Day 10 | ||
Louisa "Lou" McClintock 19, Cheviot |
Mogotón | Medically evacuated Day 10 |
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Isabel "Izzy" Pearson 30, Auckland |
Mogotón | 4th voted out Day 8 |
Lost duel 4 Day 14 | ||
Georgia Bergerson 26, Palmerston North |
Hermosa | Hermosa | 5th voted out Day 12 |
Lost duel 5 Day 17 | |
Shayna "Shay" Swain-Tapusoa Returned to game |
Mogotón | Mogotón | 6th voted out Day 16 |
1st returnee Day 17 | |
Leandro "Lee" Den Haan 29, Motueka |
Hermosa | Mogotón | Casar | 7th voted out Day 20 |
Lost duel 6 1st jury member Day 22 |
Matai'a Salatielu "Sala" Tiatia 40, Christchurch |
Mogotón | Hermosa | 9th voted out Day 24 |
Lost duel 7 2nd jury member Day 25 | |
Shannon Quinn 24, Christchurch |
Hermosa | Hermosa[lower-alpha 1] | 11th voted out Day 28 |
Lost duel 8 3rd jury member Day 30 | |
Shayna "Shay" Swain-Tapusoa 27, Hamilton |
Mogotón | Mogotón | 12th voted out Day 32 |
Lost duel 9 4th jury member Day 34 | |
Jakob "Jak" Thomas 22, Lower Hutt |
Hermosa | Mogotón | 10th voted out Day 26 |
Lost duel 10 5th jury member Day 36 | |
Michael "Mike" Sparrow Returned to game |
Hermosa | Mogotón | 8th voted out Day 20 |
2nd returnee Day 36 | |
Nathan "Nate" Davis Returned to game |
Hermosa | Hermosa | 13th voted out Day 35 |
3rd returnee Day 36 | |
Michael "Mike" Sparrow 27, Tauranga |
Hermosa | Mogotón | 14th voted out 6th jury member Day 37 |
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Nathan "Nate" Davis 45, Dannevirke |
Hermosa | Hermosa | 15th voted out 7th jury member Day 38 |
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Barbara "Barb" Raos 53, Auckland |
Hermosa | Hermosa | 2nd runner-up | ||
Thomas "Tom" Paterson 26, Tauranga |
Mogotón | Mogotón | Runner-up | ||
Avi Duckor-Jones 32, Wellington |
Mogotón | Hermosa | Sole Survivor |
- Shannon was exiled to Redemption Island for 24 hours after drawing the black buff during the tribe switch. She joined the tribe that lost the next Immunity Challenge, Hermosa, after their Tribal Council.
Season summary
Sixteen castaways arrived in Nicaragua and were divided into two tribes of eight: Mogotón and Hermosa. Immediately, both tribes were informed that they would each vote out a player that same day with no opportunity to earn immunity. Following the double elimination, Redemption Island was introduced, giving previously eliminated players another chance to return to the game. Hermosa fared better in challenges, and Mogotón's woes continued with a surprise medical evacuation. Afterwards, tribes were shuffled with the former Hermosa members in the majority on both tribes. Nate and Barb blindsided Georgia on Hermosa, and Tom betrayed his former Mogotón members to side with the Hermosa men and eliminate his rival Shay on Mogotón.
Shay returned to the game after defeating Georgia in the final pre-merge duel, and the tribes merged. The former Hermosa members maintained a majority over Mogotón, but loyalties were in question due to the tribal shuffle. Nate, Barb, Avi and Sala brought in Shannon and counted on Tom to rejoin his old Mogotón players, due to their being down in numbers. The alliance of five quickly took out Lee and Mike, but briefly fell apart after Barb organized a blindside of Sala, the most liked player in the game.
After Sala's blindside, Tom realized he needed to realign with Avi, and they proved to be the most powerful duo in the game (rivaling Nate and Barb). Nate was eliminated at the final four after Barb won a crucial immunity. In spite of both Mike and Nate winning their way back from Redemption Island at the end of the competition, Avi, Tom and Barb remained strong to the end, with Barb saying all along that her mission in the game was to get one of them to win. When the three finalists faced the jury, Barb was grilled for being lazy and accused of not playing for almost half of the game. Tom had many allies on the jury but Avi's stronger argument (highlighting Tom staying in the game due to Avi saving him) earned him the title of Sole Survivor by a vote of 6-1-0.
Episode(s) | Original air date(s) | Redemption Island duel | Challenge winner(s) | Voted out | Finish | Source | ||
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Winner(s) | Eliminated | Reward | Immunity | |||||
1 & 2 | May 7 & 8, 2017 | None[lower-alpha 1] | None[lower-alpha 2] | Hannah | 1st voted out Day 1 |
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Dee | 2nd voted out Day 1 | |||||||
Hannah | Dee | None | Hermosa | Tony | 3rd voted out Day 4 | |||
3 & 4 | May 14 & 15, 2017 | Tony | Hannah | Hermosa | Hermosa | Izzy | 4th voted out Day 8 |
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5 & 6 | May 21 & 22, 2017 | Izzy | Tony | Mogotón | Shannon[lower-alpha 3] | Lou | Medically evacuated Day 10 |
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Mogotón | Georgia | 5th voted out Day 12 | ||||||
7 & 8 | May 28 & 29, 2017 | Georgia | Izzy | Hermosa | Hermosa | Shay | 6th voted out Day 16 |
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9 & 10 | June 4 & 5, 2017 | Shay[lower-alpha 4] | Georgia | Mike [Shannon, Shay] |
Mike | Lee | 7th voted out Day 20 |
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11 & 12 | June 11 & 12, 2017 | None[lower-alpha 1] | None[lower-alpha 5] | Jak | Mike | 8th voted out Day 20 |
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Mike | Lee | Barb [Jak, Nate, Sala] |
Tom | Sala | 9th voted out Day 24 | |||
13 & 14 | June 18 & 19, 2017 | Mike | Sala | None | Tom | Jak | 10th voted out Day 26 |
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Tom | Shannon | 11th voted out Day 28 | ||||||
15 & 16 | June 25 & 26, 2017 | Jak | Shannon | Avi [Tom, Barb] |
Tom | Shay | 12th voted out Day 32 |
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Mike | ||||||||
17, 18 & 19 | July 2, 3 & 4, 2017 | Jak | Shay | Avi, Nate |
Barb | Nate | 13th voted out Day 35 |
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Mike | ||||||||
Mike[lower-alpha 4] | Jak | None | Tom | Mike | 14th voted out 6th jury member Day 37 | |||
Nate[lower-alpha 4] | ||||||||
None | Avi | Nate | 15th voted out 7th jury member Day 38 | |||||
20 | July 5, 2017 | Final vote | ||||||
Barb | 2nd runner-up | |||||||
Tom | Runner-up | |||||||
Avi | Sole Survivor |
- There was no Redemption Island duel as there were fewer than two inhabitants.
- There were no challenges due to the double Tribal Council.
- Shannon was exiled to Redemption Island for 24 hours after drawing the black buff during the tribe switch. She joined the tribe that lost the next Immunity Challenge, Hermosa, after their Tribal Council.
- Returned to game upon winning Redemption Island duel.
- Immediately after the Tribal Council vote on Day 20, a second immunity challenge and Tribal Council vote were held; there was no reward challenge.
Voting history
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- Immediately after the Tribal Council vote on Day 20, a second immunity challenge and Tribal Council vote were held.
- Lou was medically evacuated from the game.
- Shannon was exiled to Redemption Island for 24 hours after drawing the black buff during the tribe switch. She joined the tribe that lost the next Immunity Challenge, Hermosa, after their Tribal Council.
References
- "SURVIVOR NEW ZEALAND IS COMING TO TV2". tvnz. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- "TVNZ's Survivor is filming in Nicaragua". Stuff. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- Chisholm, Matt (host) (5 July 2017). "Finale - Reunion". Survivor New Zealand. Season 1. TVNZ.
- "Survivor NZ: Elimination and redemption on first episode". The New Zealand Herald. 7 May 2017.
- Yates, Siena (8 May 2017). "Survivor NZ: Episode 2 sees the show's first broken alliance". The New Zealand Herald.
- Fenwick, George (14 May 2017). "Survivor NZ: Episode 3 alive with hypnosis, romance and backstabbing". The New Zealand Herald.
- "Survivor NZ: Always watch the credits". Stuff New Zealand. 15 May 2017.
- "Two more down and this Survivor NZ tribe is falling apart". The New Zealand Herald. 22 May 2017.