Survivor 21: NicaraguaJud Birza won Survivor 21.
Survivor 21: Nicaragua put 20 new castaways in San Juan del Sur, Rivas, Nicaragua for 39 days, split into two : Espada and La Flor. The tribes were reshuffled in a in Episode 5. On Day 22 the 12 players left into one tribe, Libertad, and from then on voted-out players began joining the .
Purple Kelly quit on Day 28. NaOnka quit on Day 28. At the the 9 jurors gave Fabio 5, Chase 4, Sash 0.
Where it was filmed
What this shows: The island where the season was shot, the season's theme, and what each name means, where we know it.
San Juan del Sur, NicaraguaRivas
Old vs. young: tribes split into players over 40 and players 30 and under, with a Medallion of Power and less physical challenges to even the odds.
- Espadastarting tribeInformally the "Older Tribe" in its original form.
- La Florstarting tribeInformally the "Younger Tribe" in its original form.
- Libertadmerged tribe
- Tribal Council was designed as a ruined church, with a mock graveyard path for eliminated players to walk out on.
- Idol clues switched to picture rebuses because players had been finding idols too easily in the two prior seasons.
- Redemption Island was shot at this same San Juan del Sur location.
Sources: Survivor: Nicaragua · Espada · La Flor · Wikidata Q240247
The whole season on one line
What this shows: Every episode's challenges and who won them, who went home at and by how many votes, swaps, the , the jury and plays. Tap a challenge for its history.
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RewardMedallion Of PowerLa Flor
ImmunityGetting TankedLa Flor
- Wendy voted out9–1
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- Jimmy J. voted out8–1
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- 2 tribal councils
Reward + immunityKitty LitterEspadaLa Flor
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RewardJump ShotEspada
ImmunityCannon Ski-BallEspada
- Jill voted out3–2–2
- ◆Sash was given the hidden immunity idol.
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RewardTlp O-Course
+25 winners
ImmunityFlashbackBrenda
- Marty voted out7–4
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RewardBarrel Bridge
+25 winners
ImmunitySplash BackJane
- Brenda voted out8–1–1
- ◆Chase was given the hidden immunity idol.
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Nothing recorded for this episode.
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RewardGulliver's Travels+25 winners
- Purple Kelly quit
- NaOnka quit
- ◆Chase was given the hidden immunity idol.
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RewardSecond ChanceChase
ImmunityMoney BoxSash
- Benry voted out4–2–1
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RewardPoolin' AroundChase
ImmunityCoat Of ArmsFabio
- Jane voted out5–0 · 1 vote cancelled by an idol
- ◆Sash played the hidden immunity idol. It turned out not to be needed.
- ◆Chase played the hidden immunity idol. It turned out not to be needed.
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- 2 tribal councils
- Finale
Episode 15, Day 38: Dan voted out 4–1; Holly voted out 3–1. 3 players left.
Where the game stands
What this shows: The state of the game at the end of the episode picked above.
Game over. Fabio won the jury vote 5–4–0.
Episode 15“What About Me?”
What this shows: The key events of this one episode, pulled from the vote, challenge and advantage records.
- Fabio won individual .
- Dan voted out 4–1. Joins the .
- Holly voted out 3–1. Joins the .
- Fabio won the 5–4–0 and is the .
Who's still playing
What this shows: All 20 castaways, split into who is still in the game, who is on the , and who left before the jury began. The ring is the player's at that point. Tap a player to follow them across every panel (their profile is one tap away in the Following chip).
Who got written down
What this shows: How many times each player's name was written on a ballot at , up to this episode. Switch to the table for votes cast, how often they voted with the majority, wins and days lasted. Tap a player to follow them.
- Still in the game
- Already out
| 15 | 7 | 57% | 0 | 24 | |
| 13 | 7 | 83% | 1 | 27 | |
| 11 | 11 | 50% | 2 | 36 | |
| 10 | 4 | 50% | 0 | 22 | |
| 9 | 11 | 73% | 0 | 37 | |
| 9 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 | 2 | 50% | 0 | 15 | |
| 8 | 2 | 50% | 0 | 8 | |
| 7 | 5 | 60% | 0 | 15 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 6 | |
| 6 | 4 | 75% | 0 | 14 | |
| 5 | 7 | 71% | 0 | 32 | |
| 5 | 3 | 67% | 0 | 11 | |
| 4 | 12 | 83% | 0 | 38 | |
| 3 | 6 | 100% | 0 | 28 | |
| 3 | 6 | 80% | 0 | 18 | |
| 2 | 11 | 60% | 3 | 38 | |
| 2 | 11 | 100% | 1 | 38 | |
| 1 | 10 | 100% | 0 | 38 | |
| 0 | 7 | 83% | 0 | 28 |
Who controlled the votes
What this shows: One square per up to this episode: filled when the player's final vote named the person sent home. Lots of filled squares means they were usually in the majority.
Showing Chase, most often in the majority so far (10 of 10). Tap any player on the page to follow someone else.
Numbers are episodes. Tap a square for that vote.
Every vote, newest first
What this shows: Each up to this episode, in a sentence, then each name that got votes with the people who wrote it. The person sent home is in orange; struck-through names were cancelled by an .
- Day39
Fabio wins 5–4–0
· Episode 15 · the jury votes for a winner
540no votes - Day38
Holly voted out 3–1
Episode 15 · Merged tribe (Libertad) · 4th place
Holly was voted out with 3 of 4 votes. The rest went to Sash (1).
31- Safe with : Fabio.
- Day37
Dan voted out 4–1
Episode 15 · Merged tribe (Libertad) · 5th place
Dan was voted out with 4 of 5 votes. The rest went to Chase (1).
41- Safe with : Fabio.
- Day36
Jane voted out 5–0
Episode 14 · Merged tribe (Libertad) · 6th place
Jane was voted out with 5 of 5 votes, a unanimous vote.
50- Safe with : Fabio.
- 1 vote against Sash didn't count because Sash played an .
- Day32
Benry voted out 4–2–1
Episode 13 · Merged tribe (Libertad) · 7th place
Benry was voted out with 4 of 7 votes. The rest went to Fabio (2) and Holly (1).
421- Safe with : Sash.
- Day27
Brenda voted out 8–1–1
Episode 10 · Merged tribe (Libertad) · 10th place
Brenda was voted out with 8 of 10 votes. The rest went to NaOnka (1) and Benry (1).
811- Safe with : Jane.
Who voted with whom
What this shows: Each circle is a castaway, coloured by starting . A line joins two players who wrote down the same name at , thicker the more often, up to this episode. Tap a player to follow them, or a named to see its members.
- La Flor
- Espada
- Out of the game by now
- Winner
Named alliances
Tap a player to see who they voted with most. Tap empty space to clear.
From the Survivor WikiAlliance details · 3
When each named alliance formed and ended, and how often its members actually voted the same way. Faded = not formed yet or already over at this episode; grey names are out of the game.
Espada Alliance
ActiveFormed Episode 2 (Day 6) · ended Episode 15 (Day 37): ended with a blindside
Formed on Day 6 when Marty found Espada's idol while searching with Jill and Dan; Marty then led it, first targeting Jimmy Johnson. It later recruited Benry and Fabio but lost the numbers battle to La Flor.
La Flor blindsided Marty in a 7-4 vote. Jud (Fabio), a late recruit, went on to win the season.
Voted together at 8/10 tribal councils they attendedSource: survivor.fandom.com ↗
La Flor Alliance
Over · Ep 12Formed Episode 2 (Day 4) · ended Episode 12 (Day 28): ended with a blindside
Started with Sash and NaOnka on Day 4 and quickly took in Brenda, who brought Kelly and Chase. Led mainly by Sash and Brenda, it controlled the votes into the early merge.
Turned on Brenda when she was seen as a threat; the group dissolved soon after, and NaOnka and Purple Kelly quit.
Voted together at 6/8 tribal councils they attendedSource: survivor.fandom.com ↗
Final Four Alliance
ActiveFormed Episode 10 (Day 25) · ended Episode 15 (Day 39): split in the endgame
Holly and Jane's older-women pact from Espada, joined by Chase and then Sash, organised Brenda's blindside at the final ten. It then held a slim majority to the end.
Fabio's immunity run forced the last three members to turn on each other; Holly was voted out at the final four, and Chase and Sash lost to Fabio.
Voted together at 3/5 tribal councils they attendedSource: survivor.fandom.com ↗
Who was in danger
What this shows: before each , the 5 players a simple score ranked most at risk, and whether the person voted out was one of them. Tap a name to follow them.
Going into the vote in Episode 15: 4 players at risk, Fabio safe with immunity.
Dan was voted out (1st on our list). Not counted in the hit rate: only 4 people were at risk, so any top 5 would include them.
How this is scored
| Input | Points |
|---|---|
| Votes received so farper vote that counted, all season (a revote counts once) | +1 |
| Votes at their last tribalper vote against them at the last tribal council they went to | +2 |
| Individual immunity winsper win so far: winners are seen as threats | +2 |
| Holding an idol or advantageif they hold one going in: they can protect themselves | −2 |
| Voted on the losing sideif their vote at their last tribal didn't go to the person sent home | +3 |
Scored after the challenge and before the vote: whoever won immunity is safe and left out. Only things that already happened count. Ties are listed A to Z. A vote counts toward the hit rate when more than 5 people were at risk and at least one of them had a score.
This is a simple model, not a prediction engine: it can't see alliances forming, camp life, idols nobody knows about or who is seen as a jury threat. The “by chance” number is what picking 5 names at random would score on the same votes.
Biggest blindside of the season
What this shows: the vote-out that scores highest on our index so far: idols in their pocket, allies who turned on them, their own vote and how one-sided it was.
- 8 allies voted them out: Dan, Holly, Jimmy T., Jane, Jill, Marty, Tyrone, Yve+8
- They voted for Dan+2
- A one-sided 8–1 vote+2.4
Next biggest: Alina (Ep 8, 10.1) · Brenda (Ep 10, 9.1)
How this is scored
| Input | Points |
|---|---|
| Idols or advantages in their pocketper idol or advantage they went home holding | ×4 |
| Allies who voted them outper voter in an alliance with them, or on their side of a split vote at their last shared tribal | ×1 |
| They voted for someone elseif their own vote went to another player | ×2 |
| How one-sided the vote wasx (their votes - next highest) / all votes, so 0 to 3 | ×3 |
| An idol flipped the voteif cancelled votes would have sent someone else home | ×3 |
A simple, documented score from the vote records. It can't know what players were told at camp or in the house; it only reads the votes.
Who the edit focused on
What this shows: Each square is one player in one episode, darker when they got more (talking to camera). Sorted by confessionals up to this episode. Fans read a big edit as a sign of whose story it is. Counts from survivoR.
Through Episode 15: NaOnka had the most (50, 12%). The winner, Fabio, had 40 (10%), 3rd most.
Hover or tap a square for the count. Tap a name to follow that player.
What the experts said
What this shows: Podcasts and videos from Rob Has a Podcast (including Taran Armstrong's analysis), plus official CBS clips, about the episode you picked and the season as a whole. Links open on their site; a video only loads from youtube-nocookie.com when you press Watch.
No coverage linked to this episode yet.
- RHAPrhap-upsFeb 21, 2021Survivor: Nicaragua | Why Fabio Won | David Bloomberg & Jessica Lewis
- RHAPAll-Time Top 40 RankingsFeb 18, 2021Survivor All-Time Top 40 Rankings | #34: Nicaragua
- RHAPTEOS FeedbackJul 30, 2015Evolution of Strategy: Chapter 21 Feedback | Survivor: Nicaragua
- RHAPDec 21, 2010Talking with the Final 5 Survivors
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How the jury voted
What this shows: Each , in the order they joined the jury: how they left, who voted them out, and which they voted for to win. ● is their vote; ✕ marks a finalist who helped send them home.
| Juror | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fabio helped get them out | voted for Chase; Chase helped get them out | Sash helped get them out | |
| voted for Fabio | Chase helped get them out | Sash helped get them out | |
| Fabio helped get them out | voted for Chase; Chase helped get them out | Sash helped get them out | |
| voted for Fabio | |||
| voted for Fabio | |||
| voted for Fabio | Chase helped get them out | Sash helped get them out | |
| Fabio helped get them out | voted for Chase; Chase helped get them out | Sash helped get them out | |
| voted for Fabio; Fabio helped get them out | Chase helped get them out | Sash helped get them out | |
| Fabio helped get them out | voted for Chase; Chase helped get them out | Sash helped get them out |
“Helped” means wrote their name down at the Tribal Council where they left.
Survivor words, explained
What this shows: The show's terms in plain English. Any underlined word on this page opens the same explanation when you tap it.
Jury
Players knocked out late in the game. They stay on to watch the rest of it, and at the finale they vote for who wins.
Finalist
One of the last two or three players, who face the jury's vote for the win.
Returning player
Someone who had already played the show (or the other show) before this season.
Boot
Fan slang for a player being voted out or evicted. "First boot" means the first person out.
Blindside
A player is voted out without seeing it coming, usually because their allies voted against them.
Confessional (the edit)
A short interview to camera, away from the other players, cut into the episode. Fans count them to see whose story the editors are telling.
Tribe
The team a castaway lives and competes with before the merge. Each tribe has its own camp and colour.
Tribal council
The meeting where players vote someone out. Each player secretly writes down a name; whoever gets the most votes leaves the game.
Immunity
Protection from being voted out at the next tribal council. Tribes win it as a group early on; after the merge, one player wins it in a challenge.
Hidden immunity idol (idol)
A hidden object a player can find and play at tribal council after the votes are cast. Votes against the protected player don't count.
Advantage
A secret power found around camp or on a trip, such as an extra vote or the chance to block someone's vote.
Tribe swap
The players are reshuffled into new tribes, which splits up old loyalties.
Merge
The point where the tribes join into one. From then on everyone competes for themselves and immunity is individual.
Mergatory
Fan nickname for the stretch just before or around the merge, when the game is in limbo between tribes and individual play.
Final tribal council (FTC)
The last vote of the season. The finalists make their case and the jury votes for who should win.
Shot in the Dark
A one-time gamble at tribal council: a player gives up their vote for a small chance (about 1 in 6) of being safe.
Fire-making challenge
At the final four, the player with immunity is safe and picks one other to be safe. The last two race to build a fire, and the loser goes home.
Split vote
The majority spreads its votes across two names on purpose, so an idol can't save everyone. If an idol saves one name, the other still goes home.
Tie and revote
If two players get the same number of votes, everyone except them votes again between the tied players.
Medical evacuation (medevac)
A player is removed from the game by the medical team. No vote happens.
Alliance
A group of players who agree to vote together and protect each other. Alliances are secret, often shift, and are named by the players or by fans.
Voting bloc
Players who keep writing down the same name. We work blocs out from the vote records alone, so a bloc hints at an alliance without proving one.
Redemption Island
A twist where voted-out players go to a separate island instead of home. They fight in duels, the loser of each duel is out for good, and the last one standing returns to the game.
Edge of Extinction
A twist where voted-out players can stay on a bare island instead of going home. They can later win a challenge to get back into the game, and those who stay still vote on the jury.
Exile Island
A separate camp where a player is sent alone for a while, often with a clue to a hidden idol. They are still in the game and come back for the next challenge.
Rock draw
If a revote is still tied and the players can't agree, everyone not tied or immune draws a rock. Whoever draws the odd-coloured rock goes home.