Survivor 30: Worlds ApartMike Holloway won Survivor 30.
Survivor 30: Worlds Apart put 18 new castaways in San Juan del Sur, Rivas, Nicaragua for 39 days, split into three : Escameca, Masaya and Nagarote. The tribes were reshuffled in a in Episode 5. On Day 19 the 12 players left into one tribe, Merica, and from then on voted-out players began joining the .
At the the 8 jurors gave Mike 6, Carolyn 1, Will 1.
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
Worlds Apart: three tribes of six new players split by social class into White Collar, Blue Collar and No Collar.
- Escamecastarting tribeThe "Blue Collar" tribe, the ones who follow the rules.
- Masayastarting tribeThe "White Collar" tribe, described by Jeff Probst as the ones who make the rules.
- Nagarotestarting tribeThe "No Collar" tribe of free spirits, the ones who break the rules.
- Mericamerged tribe
- The fourth season at the same San Juan del Sur location, which tied Nicaragua with the Philippines and Samoa for most seasons in one country until Fiji passed them all.
- The season's motif drew on classic shipwreck novels.
- Pre-jury boots were sequestered in Costa Rica.
Sources: Survivor: Worlds Apart · Escameca · Masaya · Nagarote
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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- Vince voted out3–2–1
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Reward + immunityDear LizaEscamecaMasaya
- Nina voted out3–2
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RewardCollar BlindMasayaNagarote
ImmunityHouse Of The HoleyMasayaNagarote
- Lindsey voted out after a tie3
- ◆Jenn found a hidden immunity idol.
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RewardAir RaidNagarote
ImmunityShut Your TrapNagarote
- Joaquin voted out4–3
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- Merge: Merica
- Kelly voted out4–1–0 · 7 votes cancelled by an idol
- ◆Jenn played the hidden immunity idol. It cancelled 7 votes.
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RewardO-Black Water
+25 winners
ImmunityKeep On Your ToesTyler
- Joe voted out5–4–1
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RewardBarrel Bridge
4 winners
ImmunityWater WeightCarolyn & Mike
- Shirin voted out4–2–2
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RewardDulcimer Stomp
3 winners
ImmunityBack SplashCarolyn
- Tyler voted out3–0 · 4 votes cancelled by an idol
- ◆Mike played the hidden immunity idol. It cancelled 4 votes.
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RewardFor-Word Progress3 winners
ImmunityPuppet MasterMike
- Dan voted out2–0 · 5 votes cancelled by an idol
- ◆Carolyn played the hidden immunity idol. It cancelled 5 votes.
- ✦Dan played the Extra Vote for Carolyn. It didn't change the result.
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- 2 tribal councils
- Finale
Episode 14, Day 38: Sierra voted out 4–1; Rodney lost fire-making. 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. Mike won the jury vote 6–1–1.
Episode 14“It's A Fickle, Fickle Game”
What this shows: The key events of this one episode, pulled from the vote, challenge and advantage records.
- Mike won individual .
- Sierra voted out 4–1. Joins the .
- Rodney lost the and went home. Joins the .
- Mike won the 6–1–1 and is the .
Who's still playing
What this shows: All 18 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
| 18 | 7 | 57% | 0 | 27 | |
| 10 | 11 | 82% | 2 | 38 | |
| 9 | 11 | 56% | 0 | 35 | |
| 8 | 6 | 50% | 2 | 24 | |
| 8 | 5 | 60% | 0 | 22 | |
| 7 | 7 | 57% | 0 | 29 | |
| 6 | 10 | 50% | 0 | 37 | |
| 5 | 11 | 36% | 0 | 38 | |
| 5 | 8 | 38% | 1 | 32 | |
| 5 | 2 | 50% | 0 | 14 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 11 | |
| 4 | 12 | 82% | 4 | 38 | |
| 4 | 12 | 50% | 0 | 38 | |
| 4 | 4 | 67% | 0 | 19 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 16 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 8 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 6 |
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 Mike, most often in the majority so far (9 of 11). 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
Mike wins 6–1–1
· Episode 14 · the jury votes for a winner
611 - Day38
Rodney loses at fire
Episode 14 · Merged tribe (Merica) · 4th place
Carolyn beat Rodney in the , so Rodney went home.
Vote before the tiebreak22 - Day37
Sierra voted out 4–1
Episode 14 · Merged tribe (Merica) · 5th place
Sierra was voted out with 4 of 5 votes. The rest went to Rodney (1).
41- Safe with : Mike.
- Day35
Dan voted out 2–0
Episode 13 · Merged tribe (Merica) · 6th place
Dan was voted out with 2 of 2 votes, a unanimous vote.
20- Safe with : Mike.
- 5 votes against Carolyn didn't count because Carolyn played an .
- Dan used an extra vote and voted twice.
- Day32
Tyler voted out 3–0
Episode 12 · Merged tribe (Merica) · 7th place
Tyler was voted out with 3 of 3 votes, a unanimous vote.
30- Safe with : Carolyn.
- 4 votes against Mike didn't count because Mike played an .
- The majority used a between Mike and Tyler.
- Day29
Shirin voted out 4–2–2
Episode 11 · Merged tribe (Merica) · 8th place
Shirin was voted out with 4 of 8 votes. The rest went to Tyler (2) and Dan (2).
422- Safe with : Carolyn and Mike.
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.
- Escameca
- Masaya
- Nagarote
- 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 · 2
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.
Nagarote Alliance
Over · Ep 10Formed Episode 2 (Day 5) · ended Episode 10 (Day 27): members picked off
Joe formed it with Jenn and Hali on Nagarote and brought in Will, who broke from the plan at their first Tribal Council.
Its members were voted out by the Escameca-led majority; Jenn and then Shirin were the last to go.
Voted together at 3/7 tribal councils they attendedSource: survivor.fandom.com ↗
Escameca Alliance
ActiveFormed Episode 4 (Day 11) · ended Episode 14 (Day 39): members picked off
Formed on Escameca on Day 11 by Dan, Kelly, Mike and Rodney, it controlled the post-merge game by absorbing unhappy Nagarote and Masaya players.
Could not stop former member Mike, whose late immunity wins carried him to victory.
Voted together at 3/10 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, Mike safe with immunity.
Sierra was voted out (4th 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.
- 2 allies voted them out: Carolyn, Sierra+2
- They voted for Mike+2
- A one-sided 3–0 vote+3
- An idol play flipped the vote+3
Next biggest: Dan (Ep 13, 9) · Kelly (Ep 7, 8.8)
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: Mike had the most (73, 16%). The winner, Mike, had 73 (16%), 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.
- RHAPRecapMay 20, 2015Survivor 2015: Rob and Tyson Recap the Finale of Worlds Apart
- RHAPMay 22, 2015Survivor 2015: Worlds Apart Finale RHAP-up Podcast
- RHAPKnow-It-AllsApr 1, 2015Survivor 2015: Know-It-Alls Recap the Worlds Apart Merge
- RHAPKnow-It-AllsMar 19, 2015Survivor 2015: Know-It-Alls Recap the Double Elimination on Worlds Apart
- RHAPWish ListJul 17, 2024Survivor 50 Wish List | Ep 30: Worlds Apart with Jess Liese
- RHAPPreviewMar 18, 2015RHAP Bloggers Predictions Update – Judging Our Pre-Season Assessments
- RHAPPreviewFeb 11, 2015The Official RHAP ‘Survivor: Worlds Apart’ Cast Preview Show LIVE
Watch officially:CBS episodes Paramount+ episodes
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 Mike; Mike helped get them out | Carolyn helped get them out | Will helped get them out | |
| voted for Mike; Mike helped get them out | |||
| voted for Mike; Mike helped get them out | Carolyn helped get them out | Will helped get them out | |
| voted for Mike | Carolyn helped get them out | ||
| voted for Mike; Mike helped get them out | Carolyn helped get them out | ||
| voted for Mike; Mike helped get them out | Carolyn helped get them out | ||
| Mike helped get them out | voted for Carolyn; Carolyn helped get them out | Will helped get them out | |
| Mike helped get them out | Carolyn helped get them out | voted for Will |
“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.