Survivor 27: Blood vs. WaterTyson Apostol won Survivor 27.
Survivor 27: Blood vs. Water put 20 castaways, 10 of them returning players, in Palaui Island, Santa Ana, Cagayan, Philippines for 39 days, split into two : Galang and Tadhana. The tribes were reshuffled in a in Episode 1. Voted-out players went to to duel for a way back in. On Day 21 the 10 players left into one tribe, Kasama, and from then on voted-out players began joining the .
Colton quit on Day 7. At the the 8 jurors gave Tyson 7, Monica 1, Gervase 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.
Palaui Island, PhilippinesSanta Ana, Cagayan
Blood vs. Water: ten returning players against their own loved ones, with Redemption Island back and the option to swap places with a loved one before a duel.
- Galangstarting tribe
- Tadhanastarting tribe
- Kasamamerged tribeSuggested by Tyson, a former missionary in the Philippines who speaks Filipino, instead of an in-joke name.
- On "Day Zero" each of the ten pairs spent a night alone at its own spot before the tribes formed, making the season 39.5 days long.
- The first time the show filmed three seasons in a row in one country, moving from Caramoan to Palaui Island.
Sources: Survivor: Blood vs. Water · Kasama · Wikidata Q1410310
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.
- Spoiler-safe. The rest of the season is hidden until you've watched it.
- Tribe swap
- Candice, Rupert and Marissa to Redemption Island
- 3 tribal councils
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- Rachel to Redemption Island
DuelOperation Balance Build
Candice & Marissa
Reward + immunityIn The BarrelGalang
- Rachel voted out5–2–1
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- John to Redemption Island
DuelDomino EffectCandice & Marissa
Reward + immunitySumo At SeaGalang
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- Brad to Redemption Island
DuelOdd Shaped Bottoms
Candice & John
Reward + immunityBoats, Brains And BrawnGalang
- Brad voted out after a tie3–1
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- Laura M. to Redemption Island
DuelA Game Of Bridge
Brad & John
Reward + immunitySlide ShowTadhana
- Laura M. voted out7–1
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- Kat to Redemption Island
DuelA Numbers Game
John & Laura M.
Reward + immunityBuoy Oh BuoyTadhana
- Kat voted out5–1
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- Laura B. to Redemption Island
- DuelBuild A FireJohn & Laura M.
Reward + immunityChain ReactionTadhana
- Laura B. voted out4–1
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- Merge: Kasama
- Laura M. won a way back into the game from Redemption Island.
- Aras to Redemption Island
DuelGet A GripLaura M.
ImmunityFlashbackVytas
- Aras voted out7–2–2
- ◆Tyson found a hidden immunity idol.
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- Vytas and Tina to Redemption Island
- 2 tribal councils
ImmunityPesky PalateMonica
ImmunityBalancing PointKatie
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- Laura M. to Redemption Island
- Jury starts
DuelPuppet Master
Tina & Vytas
Reward + immunityBack SplashMonica
- Laura M. voted out7–1
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- Caleb to Redemption Island
DuelBlock It OutLaura M. & Tina
ImmunityWrist AssuredMonica
- Caleb voted out4–3
- ◆Tyson played the hidden immunity idol. It turned out not to be needed.
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- Katie to Redemption Island
DuelHouse Of CardsLaura M. & Tina
Reward + immunityRam-Ball OnGervase
- Katie eliminated
- ◆Tyson found a hidden immunity idol.
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- Hayden to Redemption Island
DuelJail BreakLaura M. & Tina
Reward + immunityPulled UpCiera
- Hayden voted out3–2
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- 2 tribal councils
- Finale
DuelA Leg UpTina
ImmunityA Bit TipsyTyson
ImmunityRise To ItTyson
- ◆Tyson played the hidden immunity idol for Gervase. It turned out not to be needed.
Episode 14, Day 38: Ciera voted out 3–0; Tina 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. Tyson won the jury vote 7–1–0.
Episode 14“It's My Night”
What this shows: The key events of this one episode, pulled from the vote, challenge and advantage records.
- Tyson won individual .
- Tyson played the for Gervase. It turned out not to be needed.
- Laura M. lost a duel on and joins the .
- Hayden lost a duel on and joins the .
- Ciera voted out 3–0. Joins the .
- Tina lost a duel on and joins the .
- Tyson won the 7–1–0 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
| 19 | 6 | 67% | 0 | 26 | |
| 14 | 14 | 67% | 1 | 37 | |
| 11 | 4 | 50% | 0 | 18 | |
| 10 | 9 | 56% | 0 | 38 | |
| 10 | 10 | 78% | 1 | 22 | |
| 10 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 | 13 | 73% | 0 | 35 | |
| 8 | 4 | 75% | 0 | 8 | |
| 7 | 3 | 33% | 0 | 21 | |
| 7 | 5 | 80% | 0 | 10 | |
| 6 | 13 | 100% | 3 | 38 | |
| 6 | 12 | 100% | 1 | 38 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | 3 | 67% | 0 | 16 | |
| 5 | 3 | 33% | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | 15 | 58% | 1 | 32 | |
| 4 | 11 | 90% | 0 | 29 | |
| 2 | 12 | 90% | 1 | 38 | |
| 0 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 7 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 |
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 Monica, most often in the majority so far (12 of 12). 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
Tyson wins 7–1–0
· Episode 14 · the jury votes for a winner
710no votes - Day38
Tina voted out 3–1
Episode 14 · Merged tribe (Kasama) · 4th place
Tina was voted out with 3 of 4 votes. The rest went to Gervase (1).
31- Safe with : Tyson.
- Day37
Ciera voted out 3–0
Episode 14 · Merged tribe (Kasama) · 5th place
Ciera was voted out with 3 of 3 votes, a unanimous vote.
30- Safe with : Tyson.
- 2 votes against Gervase didn't count because Tyson played an for them.
- Day35
Hayden voted out 3–2
Episode 13 · Merged tribe (Kasama) · 6th place
Hayden was voted out with 3 of 5 votes. The rest went to Gervase (2).
32- Safe with : Ciera.
- Hayden went to instead of going home.
- Day32
Katie out on a rock draw
Episode 12 · Merged tribe (Kasama) · 7th place
The first vote was a : Monica 3 and Hayden 3. The revote tied again, so the players drew rocks. Katie drew the losing rock and went home.
First vote (tie)33Vote 222Revote- Safe with : Gervase.
- Katie went to instead of going home.
- Day29
Caleb voted out 4–3
Episode 11 · Merged tribe (Kasama) · 8th place
Caleb was voted out with 4 of 7 votes. The rest went to Ciera (3).
43- Safe with : Monica.
- Caleb went to instead of going home.
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.
- Galang
- Tadhana
- 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.
Five Guys Alliance
Over · Ep 4Formed Episode 1 (Day 1) · ended Episode 4 (Day 10): fell apart from infighting
Brad's men's majority on Tadhana, with John, Vytas, Hayden and a reluctant Caleb. It never got going because the tribe kept losing.
A long losing streak and distrust of Brad's leadership broke it up by Day 10.
Voted together at 3/5 tribal councils they attendedSource: survivor.fandom.com ↗
Galang Alliance
Over · Ep 12Formed Episode 2 (Day 5) · ended Episode 12 (Day 32): ended in a betrayal
The Galang Five (Aras, Gervase, Monica, Tina and Tyson) controlled the original Galang tribe without much open strategy, and later brought in Katie and Vytas. Tyson and Gervase's pair inside the group turned it on Aras.
Tyson led a mutiny inside the group and voted out Aras 7-2-2.
Voted together at 3/6 tribal councils they attendedSource: survivor.fandom.com ↗
Singles Alliance
ActiveFormed Episode 6 (Day 16) · lasted to the end
Built at the merge around players without a loved one still in the game, plus Laura M. and Ciera for numbers. Its first goal was to remove Aras and his allies.
Its returning players Tyson, Gervase and Monica made up the Final Three; Tyson won.
Voted together at 6/9 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 14: 4 players at risk, Tyson safe with immunity.
Ciera was voted out (2nd 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.
- 6 allies voted them out: Caleb, Ciera, Gervase, Hayden, Monica, Tyson+6
- They voted for Katie+2
- A one-sided 7–1 vote+2.4
Next biggest: Tina (Ep 9, 10.1) · Laura M. (Ep 5, 8.4)
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 14: Tyson had the most (48, 11%). The winner, Tyson, had 48 (11%), the 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.
- RHAPKnow-It-AllsDec 15, 2013Know-It-Alls Recap the Survivor Blood vs Water Finale
- RHAPInterviewDec 16, 2013Post-Finale Interviews with the Survivor Blood vs Water Final 7
- RHAPDec 15, 2013Survivor: Great Finale Endings
- Official · CBSSurvivor: Blood vs. Water · Official clip (official)
- Official · CBSSurvivor: Blood vs. Water · Preview (official)
- RHAPKnow-It-AllsDec 11, 2013Know-It-Alls Recap the Final Survivor Blood vs Water Wednesday
- RHAPKnow-It-AllsNov 27, 2013Know-It-Alls Recap the Thanksgiving Eve Survivor Blood vs Water
- RHAPKnow-It-AllsNov 13, 2013Survivor Know-It-Alls Recap a Blood vs Water Double Tribal
- RHAPKnow-It-AllsOct 1, 2013Special Guest Malcolm Freberg Joins Stephen for Survivor Know-It-Alls
- RHAPKnow-It-AllsDec 4, 2013Kim Spradlin Rocks on a Special Survivor Know-It-Alls
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| voted for Tyson; Tyson helped get them out | Monica helped get them out | Gervase helped get them out | |
| Tyson helped get them out | voted for Monica; Monica helped get them out | Gervase helped get them out | |
| voted for Tyson; Tyson helped get them out | Monica helped get them out | Gervase helped get them out | |
| voted for Tyson; Tyson helped get them out | Monica helped get them out | Gervase helped get them out | |
| voted for Tyson | |||
| voted for Tyson; Tyson helped get them out | Monica helped get them out | Gervase helped get them out | |
| voted for Tyson; Tyson helped get them out | Monica helped get them out | Gervase helped get them out | |
| voted for Tyson; Tyson helped get them out | Monica helped get them out | Gervase 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.