Survivor Pentathlon
Also played as: Chinese Leftovers · Learn From Past Mistakes · Let's Give It Another Go, Mate · Meso Soup · Pool Party · Redemption · Return From The Dead · Second Chance · Try Again
How it works
What this shows: Our own summary of the wiki page linked below.
A late-game rematch: players replay pieces of earlier challenges from their season, either as one long course or as separate legs, and the first to clear the last leg wins. Often the challenge that gave away a car.
Worth knowing
- Brian Heidik is the only player to win it and go on to win his season. Source
Sources: Survivor Pentathlon · survivoR dataset
All 17 playings
What this shows: Every season and episode it was played, under the name used that time, and who won. Tap a season to see that episode on the season timeline.
Winner hidden (spoiler-safe)
Colby
Most wins
What this shows: Players with the most individual wins of this competition. Tribe and team wins aren't counted.
Who wins it
What this shows: The typical winner's game, as the average of their game-style percentiles for that season (50 = a typical player), and the upsets: wins by someone with at most one earlier challenge win that season while a comp leader was still in the game.
The average winner
Dashed line: 50, a typical player. From 17 winner profiles. Percentiles cover the whole season, so “Challenges” includes this win.
Biggest upsets
- Amanda Kimmel won with 0 earlier wins; Peih-Gee Law had 3.Survivor 15 · Ep 13 · played as “Chinese Leftovers”
- Sean Rector won with 0 earlier wins; Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien had 3.Survivor 4 · Ep 13 · played as “Second Chance”
- Cindy Hall won with 1 earlier win; Rafe Judkins had 3.Survivor 11 · Ep 13 · played as “Second Chance”
- Albert Destrade won with 0 earlier wins; Sophie Clarke had 2.Survivor 23 · Ep 12 · played as “Second Chance”
- Chase Rice won with 0 earlier wins; Jane Bright had 2.Survivor 21 · Ep 13 · played as “Second Chance”
- Julie Berry won with 0 earlier wins; Eliza Orlins had 2.Survivor 9 · Ep 13 · played as “Redemption”
Video and analysis
What this shows: Rob Has a Podcast coverage that names this competition, when we have it.
- The Survivor Redemption Island Preview Podcast · 2011-02-12
- Sandra on Rob, Russell and Redemption Island · 2011-02-19
- Francesca Hogi Talks Survivor Redemption Island · 2011-03-04
- Hantz is Hopeless on Survivor Redemption Island · 2011-03-04
- Stealth Esteem: Sash on Phillip, Redemption Island · 2011-03-25
- Murphy’s Law: No Redemption for Survivor David · 2011-04-22
- Evolution of Strategy: Chapter 22 Feedback | Survivor: Redemption Island · 2015-08-04
- Survivor Redemption Island: Andrea & Ashley · 2011-05-17
- Ranking the Top 20 Survivors through Redemption Island · 2011-07-27
- From Long Island to Redemption Island: Our Interview with Christine Markoski · 2011-11-04
- Survivor All-Time Top 40 Rankings | #39: Redemption Island · 2021-01-14
- Survivor 50 Wish List | Ep 22: Redemption Island with Christian Hubicki · 2024-07-03