Survivor: Gabon -
Earth's Last Eden
Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden is the seventeenth season of Survivor, held in, Wonga-Wongue Presidential Reserve, Estuaire, Gabon. The game started with two Tribes of nine people each. The Tribes compete in Reward Challenges, to gain food and supplies. After Reward Challenges, the winners choose somebody from both Tribes to go to Exile Island, where they must fend for themself for a day. Each person who goes to Exile Island will get a choice between clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol hidden on Exile Island, or comfort. The person who finds it can use the Idol before the votes are read in case they think they're in danger up to and threw the Final Six. 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.
KotaAce Gordon (27; Naples, Florida)
"Bob" Robert Crowley (57; Augusta, Maine) Charlie Herschel (29; New York, New York) Corinne Kaplan (29; Los Angeles, California) Jacquie Berg (25; Santa Barbara, California) Kelly Czarnecki (22; Spring Grove, Illinois) Marcus Lehman (28; Atlanta, Georgia) Paloma Soto-Castillo (23; Downey, California) "Sugar" Jessica Kiper (29; Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
FangCrystal Cox (29; Durham, North Carolina)
Dan Kay (32; Boston, Massachusetts) "G.C." Danny Brown (25; Portland, Oregon) Gillian Larson (61; Temecula, California) Ken Hoang (22; Westminster, California) Matty Whitmore (29; San Francisco, California) Michelle Chase (24; Los Angeles, California) Randy Bailey (49; Eagle Rock, Missouri) Susie Smith (47; Charles City, Iowa) |
G.C. (Fang) and Marcus (Fang) win Immunity from the first Tribal Council their respective Tribe goes to
Reward: Kota
Reward and 1st Immunity: Kota
Fang Tribal Council: Michelle eliminated (8-1, Gillian)
Paloma sits out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Kota
Reward and 2nd Immunity: Kota
Kota chooses to send Dan to Exile Island
Fang Tribal Council: Gillian eliminated (7-1, Ken)
Ken sits out of the Reward Challenge for Fang
Corinne, Jacquie and Kelly sit out of the Reward Challenge for Kota
Reward: Fang
Fang sends Sugar to Exile Island
Sugar and Paloma sit out of the Immunity Challenge for Kota
3rd Immunity: Fang
Kota Tribal Council: Paloma eliminated (6-2, Ace)
Tribal Switch:
Reward: Kota
Reward and 1st Immunity: Kota
Fang Tribal Council: Michelle eliminated (8-1, Gillian)
Paloma sits out of the Reward/Immunity Challenge for Kota
Reward and 2nd Immunity: Kota
Kota chooses to send Dan to Exile Island
Fang Tribal Council: Gillian eliminated (7-1, Ken)
Ken sits out of the Reward Challenge for Fang
Corinne, Jacquie and Kelly sit out of the Reward Challenge for Kota
Reward: Fang
Fang sends Sugar to Exile Island
Sugar and Paloma sit out of the Immunity Challenge for Kota
3rd Immunity: Fang
Kota Tribal Council: Paloma eliminated (6-2, Ace)
Tribal Switch:
KotaMarcus
Charlie Corinne Bob Dan Randy Susie |
FangMatty
Ken Crystal G.C. Ace Jacquie Kelly |
Sugar is not chosen for a Tribe, so she was sent to Exile Island
4th Immunity: Kota
Fang Tribal Council: Jacquie eliminated (5-2, Kelly)
Sugar joins Fang
Reward: Kota
5th Immunity: Kota
Fang Tribal Council: G.C. eliminated (6-1, Kelly)
Corinne sits out of the Reward Challenge for Kota
Reward: Kota
Kota chooses to send Sugar to Exile Island
Susie sits out of the Immunity Challenge for Kota
6th Immunity: Kota
Fang Tribal Council: Kelly eliminated (5-1, Crystal)
Corinne and Charlie sit out of the Reward Challenge for Kota
Reward: Kota
Kota sends Sugar to Exile Island
The Tribes are told that both Tribes will go to Tribal Council and that they will all compete for individual Immunity
7th Immunity: Round 1: Ace, Charlie, Marcus, Randy, Sugar, Bob
Round 2: Ace, Marcus, Sugar
WINNER: Marcus (Kota)
Marcus is then told to give Immunity to one person from Fang and he chooses Sugar
Fang Tribal Council: Ace eliminated (3-2, Crystal)
Kota Tribal Council: Dan eliminated (4-3, Susie)
Tribal Switch:
4th Immunity: Kota
Fang Tribal Council: Jacquie eliminated (5-2, Kelly)
Sugar joins Fang
Reward: Kota
5th Immunity: Kota
Fang Tribal Council: G.C. eliminated (6-1, Kelly)
Corinne sits out of the Reward Challenge for Kota
Reward: Kota
Kota chooses to send Sugar to Exile Island
Susie sits out of the Immunity Challenge for Kota
6th Immunity: Kota
Fang Tribal Council: Kelly eliminated (5-1, Crystal)
Corinne and Charlie sit out of the Reward Challenge for Kota
Reward: Kota
Kota sends Sugar to Exile Island
The Tribes are told that both Tribes will go to Tribal Council and that they will all compete for individual Immunity
7th Immunity: Round 1: Ace, Charlie, Marcus, Randy, Sugar, Bob
Round 2: Ace, Marcus, Sugar
WINNER: Marcus (Kota)
Marcus is then told to give Immunity to one person from Fang and he chooses Sugar
Fang Tribal Council: Ace eliminated (3-2, Crystal)
Kota Tribal Council: Dan eliminated (4-3, Susie)
Tribal Switch:
Kota
Marcus
Bob Susie Ken Crystal |
FangMatty
Sugar Corinne Charlie Randy |
8th Immunity: Fang
Kota Tribal Council: Marcus eliminated (3-2, Ken) First Member of Jury
Corinne sits out of the Reward Challenge for Fang
Reward: Fang
MERGE: Nobag
Kota Tribal Council: Marcus eliminated (3-2, Ken) First Member of Jury
Corinne sits out of the Reward Challenge for Fang
Reward: Fang
MERGE: Nobag
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9th Immunity: Susie
Tribal Council: Charlie eliminated (5-4, Crystal) Second Member of Jury
Survivor Auction
Ken sent Bob to Exile Island
10th Immunity: Round 1: Corinne, Matty, Ken
WINNER: Ken
Tribal Council: Randy eliminated (5-3, Susie) Third Member of Jury
Reward: Round 1: Crystal, Sugar, Bob
WINNER: Bob
11th Immunity: Bob
Tribal Council: Corinne eliminated (4-3, Matty) Fourth Member of Jury
Reward: Bob (Takes Crystal and Ken)
Bob sends Susie to Exile Island
12th Immunity: Bob
Matty plays the Hidden Immunity Idol
Tribal Council: Crystal eliminated (4-2, Matty) Fifth Member of Jury
13th Immunity: Bob
Tribal Council: Ken eliminated (4-1, Susie) Sixth Member of Jury
14th Immunity: Susie
Tribal Council: Matty eliminated (2-2, Bob; Tiebreaker: Bob wins) Seventh Member of Jury
Final Tribal Council: Bob Crowley wins Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden (4-3-0, Susie Smith, Sugar Kiper)
Tribal Council: Charlie eliminated (5-4, Crystal) Second Member of Jury
Survivor Auction
Ken sent Bob to Exile Island
10th Immunity: Round 1: Corinne, Matty, Ken
WINNER: Ken
Tribal Council: Randy eliminated (5-3, Susie) Third Member of Jury
Reward: Round 1: Crystal, Sugar, Bob
WINNER: Bob
11th Immunity: Bob
Tribal Council: Corinne eliminated (4-3, Matty) Fourth Member of Jury
Reward: Bob (Takes Crystal and Ken)
Bob sends Susie to Exile Island
12th Immunity: Bob
Matty plays the Hidden Immunity Idol
Tribal Council: Crystal eliminated (4-2, Matty) Fifth Member of Jury
13th Immunity: Bob
Tribal Council: Ken eliminated (4-1, Susie) Sixth Member of Jury
14th Immunity: Susie
Tribal Council: Matty eliminated (2-2, Bob; Tiebreaker: Bob wins) Seventh Member of Jury
Final Tribal Council: Bob Crowley wins Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden (4-3-0, Susie Smith, Sugar Kiper)
Trivia
- This is the only season to have only two pre-merge tribes, yet have two Tribe Switches.
- This is the first season since Survivor: China to feature a seven-member jury with a final three. After this season, every season that had a final three would feature a jury of at least eight members, though the Juror Removal twist in Survivor: Kaôh Rōng would reduce that season to an eventual seven-member jury.
- This is the first season with an 18-player cast where the jury began before the merge.