Survivor 38: Edge of ExtinctionChris Underwood won Survivor 38.
Survivor 38: Edge of Extinction put 18 castaways, 4 of them returning players, in Mamanuca Islands, Fiji for 39 days, split into two : Kama and Manu. The tribes were reshuffled in a in Episode 4. Voted-out players could stay on the and fight their way back. On Day 19 the 12 players left into one tribe, Vata, and from then on voted-out players began joining the .
Wendy quit on Day 16. Keith quit on Day 6. At the the 13 jurors gave Chris 9, Gavin 4, Julie 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.
Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
Edge of Extinction: voted-out players could go to a desolate beach and wait for chances to re-enter the game; 14 new players and four returnees.
- Kamastarting tribe
- Manustarting tribe
- Lesutribe after the swap
- Vatamerged tribeSuggested by Lauren; it means "shelf" as a noun and "altogether" as an adverb.
- The Manu tribe lived on Monuriki.
- Players on the Edge got coded maps and letters leading to rice rations and advantages, and could quit at any time by raising a white sail.
Sources: Survivor: Edge of Extinction · Vata · Wikidata Q1754342
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.
- Spoiler-safe. The rest of the season is hidden until you've watched it.
- Spoiler-safe. The rest of the season is hidden until you've watched it.
- Spoiler-safe. The rest of the season is hidden until you've watched it.
- Spoiler-safe. The rest of the season is hidden until you've watched it.
- Aubry and Wendy to Edge of Extinction
- 2 tribal councils
RewardTrue GritKamaManu
ImmunityA Bit DinghyKamaLesu
RewardRod Screw ItKamaManu- ImmunityIn Through The Out DoorKama
- ✦Rick found an Extra Vote.
- ◆Aubry was voted out still holding the hidden immunity idol.
- ✦Aubry was given the Extra Vote.
- ✦Aubry was voted out still holding the Extra Vote.
- ◆Kelley found a hidden immunity idol.
- Spoiler-safe. The rest of the season is hidden until you've watched it.
- Merge: Vata
- Rick won a way back into the game from the Edge of Extinction.
- Joe to Edge of Extinction
- Joe voted out6–3–2–2
- ◆Rick found a hidden immunity idol.
- Spoiler-safe. The rest of the season is hidden until you've watched it.
- Eric to Edge of Extinction
RewardPlanks A Lot
+36 winners
ImmunityKeep On Your ToesAurora
- Eric voted out8–2–2
- ✦Aurora found an Extra Vote.
- Spoiler-safe. The rest of the season is hidden until you've watched it.
- Julia to Edge of Extinction
ImmunityBo DiddleyGavin
- Julia voted out9–1–0 · 1 vote cancelled by an idol
- ◆Rick played the hidden immunity idol for David. It turned out not to be needed.
- Spoiler-safe. The rest of the season is hidden until you've watched it.
- David and Kelley to Edge of Extinction
- 2 tribal councils
ImmunitySquatty ProbstAurora
Reward(No Title)
4 winners
ImmunityPaddle OutRick
- ◆Kelley was voted out still holding the hidden immunity idol.
- ✦Ron was given the Extra Vote.
- Spoiler-safe. The rest of the season is hidden until you've watched it.
- Wardog to Edge of Extinction
RewardDressed To Keel
4 winners
ImmunityStar ManRick
- Wardog voted out6–2
- ✦Aurora was given the Extra Vote.
- ✦Gavin was given the Extra Vote.
- Spoiler-safe. The rest of the season is hidden until you've watched it.
- Ron to Edge of Extinction
- Ron voted out3–1–0 · 4 votes cancelled by an idol
- ◆Rick found a hidden immunity idol.
- ◆Rick played the hidden immunity idol. It cancelled 4 votes.
- ✦Gavin played the Extra Vote for Ron. It turned out not to be needed.
- Spoiler-safe. The rest of the season is hidden until you've watched it.
- Spoiler-safe. The rest of the season is hidden until you've watched it.
- Chris won a way back into the game from the Edge of Extinction.
- 3 tribal councils
- Jury starts
- Finale
DuelDon't Call It A Comeback
3 winners- Reward + immunityOdyssey 6Julie
ImmunityGiant TickRick
ImmunityLet There Be RockChris
Fire-makingFinal four fire-makingChris
- Victoria voted out2–0–0 · 4 votes cancelled by an idol
- Lauren voted out2–0 · 3 votes cancelled by an idol
- Rick lost fire-making
- ◆Chris found a hidden immunity idol.
- ◆Lauren played the hidden immunity idol for Chris. It turned out not to be needed.
- ◆Rick played the hidden immunity idol. It cancelled 3 votes.
- ◆Rick found a hidden immunity idol.
- ◆Chris played the hidden immunity idol. It cancelled 3 votes.
- ◆Gavin was given the hidden immunity idol.
- ◆Gavin played the hidden immunity idol. It turned out not to be needed.
Episode 13, Day 38: Victoria voted out 2–0–0; Lauren voted out 2–0. 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. Chris won the jury vote 9–4–0.
Episode 13“I See The Million Dollars”
What this shows: The key events of this one episode, pulled from the vote, challenge and advantage records.
- Julie, Rick and Chris won individual .
- Chris found a .
- Lauren played the for Chris. It turned out not to be needed.
- Rick played the . It cancelled 3 votes.
- Rick found a .
- Chris played the . It cancelled 3 votes.
- Gavin was given the .
- Gavin played the . It turned out not to be needed.
- Reem left the and joins the .
- Aubry left the and joins the .
- Joe left the and joins the .
- Eric left the and joins the .
- Julia left the and joins the .
- David left the and joins the .
- Kelley left the and joins the .
- Wardog left the and joins the .
- Ron left the and joins the .
- Aurora left the and joins the .
- Victoria voted out 2–0. Joins the .
- Lauren voted out 2–0. Joins the .
- Rick lost the and went home. Joins the .
- Chris won a way back into the game from the .
- Chris won the 9–4–0 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
| 15 | 5 | 20% | 0 | 16 | |
| 14 | 11 | 70% | 0 | 27 | |
| 12 | 14 | 57% | 4 | 38 | |
| 12 | 8 | 50% | 2 | 34 | |
| 12 | 10 | 67% | 0 | 25 | |
| 11 | 15 | 67% | 0 | 37 | |
| 9 | 5 | 80% | 1 | 38 | |
| 9 | 3 | 67% | 0 | 23 | |
| 8 | 12 | 73% | 0 | 29 | |
| 8 | 5 | 75% | 0 | 22 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 19 | |
| 6 | 2 | 50% | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 13 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 7 | 71% | 0 | 31 | |
| 2 | 12 | 82% | 0 | 36 | |
| 1 | 10 | 50% | 2 | 38 | |
| 0 | 14 | 75% | 2 | 38 |
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 Victoria, 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
Chris wins 9–4–0
· Episode 13 · the jury votes for a winner
940no votes - Day38
Rick loses at fire
Episode 13 · Merged tribe (Vata) · 4th place
Julie had and was safe. Gavin was also kept safe. Chris beat Rick in the , so Rick went home.
- Day37
Lauren voted out 2–0
Episode 13 · Merged tribe (Vata) · 5th place
Lauren was voted out with 2 of 2 votes, a unanimous vote.
20- Safe with : Rick.
- 3 votes against Chris didn't count because Lauren played an for them.
- Day36
Victoria voted out 2–0
Episode 13 · Merged tribe (Vata) · 6th place
Victoria was voted out with 2 of 2 votes, a unanimous vote.
200- Safe with : Julie.
- 3 votes against Rick didn't count because Rick played an .
- 1 vote against Chris didn't count because Lauren played an for them.
- Day34
Aurora voted out 5–1
Episode 12 · Merged tribe (Vata) · 7th place
Aurora was voted out with 5 of 6 votes. The rest went to Julie (1).
51- Safe with : Rick.
- Aurora went to the instead of going home.
- Day31
Ron voted out 3–1
Episode 11 · Merged tribe (Vata) · 8th place
Ron was voted out with 3 of 4 votes. The rest went to Aurora (1).
310- Safe with : Gavin.
- 4 votes against Rick didn't count because Rick played an .
- The majority used a between Rick and Ron.
- Gavin used an extra vote and voted twice.
- Ron went to the 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.
- Manu
- Kama
- 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.
Manu Alliance
ActiveFormed Episode 1 (Day 3) · ended Episode 13 (Day 38): fell apart from infighting
Kelley's majority on the Manu tribe, which voted out its targets early. It survived the merge only because the Kama Six began fighting among themselves.
Plotting against Kelley caused mistrust; after the swap a trio of Kelley, Lauren and Wardog emerged, and the group never fully reformed.
Voted together at 5/15 tribal councils they attendedSource: survivor.fandom.com ↗
Kama Six
ActiveFormed Episode 2 (Day 4) · lasted to the end
Formed on Kama to remove returnees Aubry and Joe, which it did by the merge. Afterwards its members turned on each other before regrouping against Rick.
Chris's return from the Edge of Extinction and a run of idols undid the group; Gavin and Julie reached Final Tribal Council but lost to Chris.
Voted together at 6/12 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 13: 3 players at risk, Chris and Rick and Julie safe with immunity.
Victoria was voted out (3rd on our list). Not counted in the hit rate: only 3 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: Wardog, David, Gavin, Julie, Kelley, Lauren, Ron, Victoria+8
- They voted for Kelley+2
- A one-sided 9–1 vote+2.4
Next biggest: Aubry (Ep 5, 11.8) · Kelley (Ep 9, 11.3)
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 13: Rick had the most (63, 15%). The winner, Chris, had 23 (5%), 10th 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-AllsMay 15, 2019Survivor Know-It-Alls | Edge of Extinction FINALE Recap | Hannah Shapiro
- RHAPKnow-It-AllsMay 9, 2019Survivor Know-It-Alls | Edge of Extinction Episode 13 Recap
- RHAPRecapMay 10, 2019Christian Hubicki Recaps Episode 13 of Survivor: Edge of Extinction
- RHAPExit InterviewMay 16, 2019Survivor 38 | Edge of Extinction FINALE EXIT Interviews
- Official · CBSSurvivor: Edge of Extinction · Official clip (official)
- RHAPKnow-It-AllsApr 29, 2019Know It Alls Live – PhiladelKIA
- RHAPWish ListJul 29, 2024Survivor 50 Wish List | Ep 38: Edge of Extinction with Matt Liguori
- RHAPPreviewFeb 17, 2019SUR54 3-2-1 | Edge of Extinction Preseason
- RHAPPreviewFeb 16, 2019Survivor B&B Season 38 Preview RHAPup with Mike Bloom & Liana Boraas
- RHAPPreviewFeb 13, 2019Survivor: Edge of Extinction | RHAP Cast Preview with Rob & Nicole
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 Chris; Chris helped get them out | |||
| voted for Chris | Gavin helped get them out | ||
| voted for Chris | Gavin helped get them out | Julie helped get them out | |
| voted for Chris | Gavin helped get them out | ||
| voted for Chris | Gavin helped get them out | Julie helped get them out | |
| voted for Chris | Gavin helped get them out | Julie helped get them out | |
| voted for Gavin | |||
| voted for Chris | Gavin helped get them out | Julie helped get them out | |
| voted for Chris | Gavin helped get them out | ||
| voted for Gavin; Gavin helped get them out | Julie helped get them out | ||
| voted for Chris; Chris helped get them out | |||
| Chris helped get them out | voted for Gavin | ||
| voted for Gavin |
Reem, Aurora and Victoria still voted for a finalist who helped send them each home. “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.