Survivor: Cook Islands
Survivor: Cook Islands is the thirteenth season of Survivor, held in, Aitutaki, Cook Islands, New Zealand. The game started with four Tribes of five people each, separated by race, Caucasian, African American, Asian American and Hispanic. The Tribes compete in Reward Challenges, to gain food and supplies. After Reward Challenges, the winner(s) choose somebody to go to Exile Island, where they must fend for themselves for a day. Each person who goes to Exile Island will get a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol. The person who finds it can use the Idol after the votes are read to save themselves, meaning that the person with the next highest number of votes goes home. Then they compete in Immunity Challenges. The winning Tribe guarantees that all Tribe members are safe a few more days while the losing Tribe must go to Tribal Council and vote somebody off. During this process, each Tribe lives on separate beaches and must build a shelter, make fire and catch and cook food to survive. There are also Tribal Swaps, where the existing Tribes swap some members to form new Tribes and really change the Tribe dynamic. Once a certain amount of players have been voted off, the two Tribes merge to form one Tribe. They then compete for individual Rewards, where one (or more if the winner gets a chance to select somebody to accompany them), castaway enjoys food or some sort of cultural experience. They also compete for individual Immunity, where the person that wins cannot be voted out at Tribal Council and one of the others is voted out. However, the person that wins Immunity has a chance to give Immunity to someone else and become vulnerable themself. At a certain point, the voted out castaways become members of the Jury, who, once down to the final competitors, vote for who they think should win the million dollars. The finalist with the most votes is deemed the sole survivor.
Manihiki (African American)Nathan "Nate" Gonzalez (26; Los Angeles, California)
Rebecca Borman (34; Laurelton, New York) Sekou Bunch (45; Los Angeles, California) Stephannie Favor (35; Columbia, South Carolina) Sundra Oakley (31; Los Angeles, California) Rarotonga (Caucasian)Adam Gentry (28; San Diego, California)
Candice Woodcock (23; Fayetteville, North Carolina) Jessica Smith (27; Chico, California) Jonathan Penner (44; Los Angeles, California) Parvati Shallow (23; Vero Beach, Florida) |
Aitutaki (Hispanic)Billy Garcia (36; New York, New York)
Cecilia Mansilla (29; Thousand Oaks, California) Cristina Coria (35; Los Angeles, California) J.P. Calderon (30; Santa Monica, California) Ozzy Lusth (25; Fresno, California) Puka Puka (Asian American)Becky Lee (28; Washington, D.C.)
Brad Virata (29; Los Angeles, California) "Cao Boi" Anh-Tuan Bui (42; Christiansburg, Virginia) Jenny Guzon-Bae (36; Lake Forest, Illinois) Yul Kwon (31; Queens, New York) |
Reward and 1st Immunity: 1st: Puka Puka, 2nd: Aitutaki, 3rd: Rarotonga
Manihiki chooses to send Jonathan to Exile Island
Manihiki Tribal Council: Sekou eliminated (3-2, Sundra)
Jenny sits out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Puka Puka
J.P. sits out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Aitutaki
Adam sits out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Rarotonga
Reward and 2nd Immunity: 1st: Puka Puka, 2nd: Rarotonga, 3rd: Manihiki
Aitutaki chooses to send Yul to Exile Island
Aitutaki Tribal Council: Billy eliminated (4-1, Ozzy)
Tribal Switch:
Manihiki chooses to send Jonathan to Exile Island
Manihiki Tribal Council: Sekou eliminated (3-2, Sundra)
Jenny sits out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Puka Puka
J.P. sits out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Aitutaki
Adam sits out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Rarotonga
Reward and 2nd Immunity: 1st: Puka Puka, 2nd: Rarotonga, 3rd: Manihiki
Aitutaki chooses to send Yul to Exile Island
Aitutaki Tribal Council: Billy eliminated (4-1, Ozzy)
Tribal Switch:
AitutakiJonathan
Yul Ozzy Cao Boi Cecilia Jessica Sundra Becky Candice |
RarotongaBrad
J.P. Nate Adam Parvati Jenny Cristina Rebecca Stephannie |
3rd Immunity: Rarotonga
Rarotonga chooses to send Candice to Exile Island, immuning her from Tribal Council
Aitutaki Tribal Council: Cecilia eliminated (5-3, Becky)
Stephannie sits out of the Reward Challenge for Rarotonga
Reward: Aitutaki
Cristina sits out of the Immunity Challenge for Rarotonga
4th Immunity: Aitutaki
Rarotonga Tribal Council: J.P. eliminated (7-2, Stephannie)
Reward: Rarotonga
5th Immunity: Aitutaki
Rarotonga Tribal Council: Stephannie eliminated (7-1, Christina)
Both Tribes were told that they are both going to Tribal Council tonight
Cao Boi sits out of the Reward Challenge for Aitutaki
Reward: Aitutaki
Aitutaki Tribal Council: Cao Boi eliminated (6-1-1, Jonathan, Candice)
Aitutaki chooses to kidnap Nate, immuning him from Tribal Council
Rarotonga Tribal Council: Cristina eliminated (5-2, Jenny)
Nate, Jessica and Sundra sit out of the Reward Challenge for Aitutaki
Reward: Aitutaki
Nate rejoins Rarotonga
Jonathan sits out of the Immunity Challenge for Aitutaki
6th Immunity: Rarotonga
Aitutaki Tribal Council: Jessica eliminated (6-1, Jonathan)
Jeff offers anybody to Mutiny to the other Tribe
Mutiny:
Rarotonga chooses to send Candice to Exile Island, immuning her from Tribal Council
Aitutaki Tribal Council: Cecilia eliminated (5-3, Becky)
Stephannie sits out of the Reward Challenge for Rarotonga
Reward: Aitutaki
Cristina sits out of the Immunity Challenge for Rarotonga
4th Immunity: Aitutaki
Rarotonga Tribal Council: J.P. eliminated (7-2, Stephannie)
Reward: Rarotonga
5th Immunity: Aitutaki
Rarotonga Tribal Council: Stephannie eliminated (7-1, Christina)
Both Tribes were told that they are both going to Tribal Council tonight
Cao Boi sits out of the Reward Challenge for Aitutaki
Reward: Aitutaki
Aitutaki Tribal Council: Cao Boi eliminated (6-1-1, Jonathan, Candice)
Aitutaki chooses to kidnap Nate, immuning him from Tribal Council
Rarotonga Tribal Council: Cristina eliminated (5-2, Jenny)
Nate, Jessica and Sundra sit out of the Reward Challenge for Aitutaki
Reward: Aitutaki
Nate rejoins Rarotonga
Jonathan sits out of the Immunity Challenge for Aitutaki
6th Immunity: Rarotonga
Aitutaki Tribal Council: Jessica eliminated (6-1, Jonathan)
Jeff offers anybody to Mutiny to the other Tribe
Mutiny:
Aitutaki
Yul
Ozzy Sundra Becky |
Rarotonga
Nate
Adam Parvati Jenny Rebecca Brad Jonathan Candice |
Jonathan, Brad, Rebecca and Parvati sit out of the Reward Challenge for Rarotonga
Reward: Aitutaki
Nate, Adam, Candice and Jenny sit out of the Immunity Challenge for Rarotonga
7th Immunity: Aitutaki
Rarotonga Tribal Council: Brad eliminated (7-1, Jonathan) First Member of Jury
Rebecca, Nate and Parvati sit out of the Reward Challenge for Rarotonga
Reward: Aitutaki
Adam, Candice and Jenny sit out of the Immunity Challenge for Rarotonga
8th Immunity: Aitutaki
After the challenge, Rarotonga is given a bottle and told that it reveals a twist in the game and that they will read the note in the bottle after the vote.
Rarotonga Tribal Council: Rebecca eliminated (6-1, Jonathan) Second Member of Jury
The Twist is revealed to be that Rarotonga now must vote somebody else out.
Rarotonga Tribal Council: Jenny eliminated (4-2, Jonathan) Third Member of Jury
MERGE: Aitutonga
Reward: Aitutaki
Nate, Adam, Candice and Jenny sit out of the Immunity Challenge for Rarotonga
7th Immunity: Aitutaki
Rarotonga Tribal Council: Brad eliminated (7-1, Jonathan) First Member of Jury
Rebecca, Nate and Parvati sit out of the Reward Challenge for Rarotonga
Reward: Aitutaki
Adam, Candice and Jenny sit out of the Immunity Challenge for Rarotonga
8th Immunity: Aitutaki
After the challenge, Rarotonga is given a bottle and told that it reveals a twist in the game and that they will read the note in the bottle after the vote.
Rarotonga Tribal Council: Rebecca eliminated (6-1, Jonathan) Second Member of Jury
The Twist is revealed to be that Rarotonga now must vote somebody else out.
Rarotonga Tribal Council: Jenny eliminated (4-2, Jonathan) Third Member of Jury
MERGE: Aitutonga
Original Aitutaki
Ozzy
|
Original Rarotonga
Jonathan
Adam Parvati Candice |
Original Manihiki
Nate
Sundra |
Original Puka Puka
Yul
Becky |
Switch AitutakiOzzy
Yul Becky Sundra Candice Jonathan |
Switch RarotongaNate
Adam Parvati |
Mutiny AitutakiOzzy
Yul Becky Sundra |
Mutiny Rarotonga
Nate
Adam Parvati Jonathan Candice |
9th Immunity: Elimination Order: Adam, Jonathan, Nate, Sundra, Yul, Parvati, Becky, Candice
WINNER: Ozzy
Tribal Council: Nate eliminated (5-4, Yul) Fourth Member of Jury
Survivor Auction
Becky chooses to send Candice to Exile Island
10th Immunity: Round 1: Parvati, Jonathan, Adam
WINNER: Adam
Tribal Council: Candice eliminated (5-3, Jonathan) Fifth Member of Jury
Reward: Parvati (Takes Sundra and Adam)
11th Immunity: Ozzy
Tribal Council: Jonathan eliminated (6-1, Adam) Sixth Member of Jury
Reward: 1st: Ozzy, 2nd: Parvati, 3rd: Yul
Ozzy chooses to send Adam to Exile Island
12th Immunity: Ozzy
Tribal Council: Parvati eliminated (4-2, Sundra) Seventh Member of Jury
13th Immunity: Ozzy
Tribal Council: Adam eliminated (4-1, Yul) Eighth Member of Jury
14th Immunity: Ozzy
Tribal Council: Sundra eliminated (2-2, Becky; Tiebreaker: Becky wins) Ninth Member of Jury
Final Tribal Council: Yul Kwon wins Survivor: Cook Islands (5-4-0, Ozzy Lusth, Becky Lee)
WINNER: Ozzy
Tribal Council: Nate eliminated (5-4, Yul) Fourth Member of Jury
Survivor Auction
Becky chooses to send Candice to Exile Island
10th Immunity: Round 1: Parvati, Jonathan, Adam
WINNER: Adam
Tribal Council: Candice eliminated (5-3, Jonathan) Fifth Member of Jury
Reward: Parvati (Takes Sundra and Adam)
11th Immunity: Ozzy
Tribal Council: Jonathan eliminated (6-1, Adam) Sixth Member of Jury
Reward: 1st: Ozzy, 2nd: Parvati, 3rd: Yul
Ozzy chooses to send Adam to Exile Island
12th Immunity: Ozzy
Tribal Council: Parvati eliminated (4-2, Sundra) Seventh Member of Jury
13th Immunity: Ozzy
Tribal Council: Adam eliminated (4-1, Yul) Eighth Member of Jury
14th Immunity: Ozzy
Tribal Council: Sundra eliminated (2-2, Becky; Tiebreaker: Becky wins) Ninth Member of Jury
Final Tribal Council: Yul Kwon wins Survivor: Cook Islands (5-4-0, Ozzy Lusth, Becky Lee)
Trivia
- Thus far, this is the only season to have one tribe accidentally stumble upon the opposing tribe's camp (Aitutaki members Jessica Smith, Ozzy Lusth, and Cao Boi Bui had accidentally ended up on the rival Rarotonga's beach while exploring the bay).
- This season ties with Survivor: Panama for the most starting tribes with four.
- It is the first and only season to have the tribes divided by ethnicity. Survivor: Fiji featured the same ratio of ethnicities, but only featured two tribes of varying ethnicity.
- Due to this twist, this season ties with Fiji for the most African-American contestants, with five.
- Due to this twist, this season ties with Fiji for the most African-American contestants, with five.
- This was the first season to feature a Final Three at the Final Tribal Council rather than a Final Two as in previous seasons. Since Cook Islands, the only seasons to not have had a Final Three were Survivor: Micronesia, Survivor: Tocantins, and Survivor: Cagayan.
- Cook Islands is the only season where the mutiny offer was accepted.
- The jury (except for the last member) consists of all former post-mutiny Rarotonga members, while the Final Three and last member of the jury consists of all former post-mutiny Aitutaki members.
- This was the first season since Survivor: Thailand to have the jury phase start before the merge.
- It is the first season since Survivor: Palau to have only two different players (Adam Gentry and Ozzy Lusth) win individual immunity post-merge.
- This was the first season to have a nine-person merged tribe since Survivor: All-Stars. Survivor: Gabon would later feature a nine-person merge.
- Survivor: Palau had its individual stage start at the final nine, but it was not a merge as the eight-member Koror tribe conquered the one-member Ulong.
- Survivor: Palau had its individual stage start at the final nine, but it was not a merge as the eight-member Koror tribe conquered the one-member Ulong.
- This season had the most representatives in Survivor: Micronesia, with three.
- This is the first season in which a finalist (Becky) received no jury votes, which has since become very common in seasons with Final Threes.
- This was the first season where the first two people voted off were both men. It was followed by Survivor: Cagayan.
- This was also the first season where the first two people eliminated were men, unless one counts The Outcasts from Survivor: Pearl Islands as not being eliminated when they were voted out of their original tribes. It was followed by Survivor: Blood vs. Water and Survivor: Cagayan.
- This was also the first season where the first two people eliminated were men, unless one counts The Outcasts from Survivor: Pearl Islands as not being eliminated when they were voted out of their original tribes. It was followed by Survivor: Blood vs. Water and Survivor: Cagayan.
- 13 of the 20 contestants of this season were from the state of California. This is a Survivor record for the most castaways from one state in a single season.
- This season had the most pre-merge jury members, with three.
- Survivor: Fiji had three jury members who never took part in an individual challenge, but one of them was a member of the merged tribe.
- Survivor: Fiji had three jury members who never took part in an individual challenge, but one of them was a member of the merged tribe.
- This is the first season since Survivor: Borneo to not have the Second Chance challenge.
- 17 out of the 20 contestants were recruited for this season.
- This season is tied with Survivor: The Australian Outback and Survivor: Pearl Islands for being represented six times each in seasons which featured Returning Players.
- This season has the most people voted out in the pre-merge, with 11.