Survivor 39: Island of the IdolsTommy Sheehan won Survivor 39.
Survivor 39: Island of the Idols put 20 new castaways in Mamanuca Islands, Fiji for 39 days, split into two : Lairo and Vokai. The tribes were reshuffled in a in Episode 5. On Day 22 the 13 players left into one tribe, Lumuwaku, and from then on voted-out players began joining the .
At the the 10 jurors gave Tommy 8, Dean 2, Noura 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
Island of the Idols: past winners Rob Mariano and Sandra Diaz-Twine lived on a separate island as non-playing mentors, teaching visiting castaways a skill and then offering a test for an advantage at the risk of their vote.
- Lairostarting tribe
- Vokaistarting tribe
- Lumuwakumerged tribeAn acronym Jack's late father told his family before deployments; Jack suggested it and Jamal and Janet brought it back at the merge.
- Rob and Sandra turned down a production-built shelter and built their own, and watched Tribal Council in secret from a hiding spot in one of the set's huts.
- After Dan Spilo's ejection, CBS apologised and promised stronger safety protocols, in place by season 41.
Sources: Survivor: Island of the Idols · Lumuwaku · 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.
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- Ronnie voted out7–2
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- Molly voted out7–2–1
- ◆Chelsea found a hidden immunity idol.
- ◆Kellee found a hidden immunity idol.
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- Vince voted out5–3–1
- ◆Vince found a hidden immunity idol.
- ◆Vince was voted out still holding the hidden immunity idol.
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- Chelsea voted out6–2
- ◆Jamal found a hidden immunity idol.
- ◆Chelsea was voted out still holding the hidden immunity idol.
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- Jason voted out4–3
- ✦Elaine found a Vote Blocker.
- ✦Elaine played the Vote Blocker on Jason. It worked.
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- Jury starts
Reward(No Title)Vokai
ImmunityFaulty TowersVokai
- Jack voted out2–0 · 5 votes cancelled by an idol
- ◆Dean was given the hidden immunity idol.
- ◆Jamal played the hidden immunity idol for Noura. It turned out not to be needed.
- ◆Dean played the hidden immunity idol. It cancelled 5 votes.
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- Merge: Lumuwaku
- 2 tribal councils
ImmunityPegs Over EasyAaron
Reward(No Title)
+36 winners
ImmunityI Hold On
Aaron & Missy
- ◆Kellee found a hidden immunity idol. (×2)
- ◆Kellee was voted out still holding the hidden immunity idol. (×2)
- ◆Janet found a hidden immunity idol.
- ◆Janet played the hidden immunity idol. It turned out not to be needed.
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- 2 tribal councils
Reward + immunityWe Will Go Round
+36 winners
- ◆Karishma found a hidden immunity idol.
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- Elizabeth voted out after a tie7
- ◆Lauren found a hidden immunity idol.
- ◆Karishma played the hidden immunity idol. It cancelled 7 votes.
- ◆Lauren played the hidden immunity idol. It turned out not to be needed.
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RewardFull Tilt Affair
Dan & Lauren
ImmunityBallin' A JackLauren
- Karishma voted out5–3
- ◆Elaine found a hidden immunity idol.
- ◆Elaine played the hidden immunity idol. It turned out not to be needed.
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- Elaine voted out5–2
- ◆Janet found a hidden immunity idol.
- ✦Dean found an Idol Nullifier.
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- 2 tribal councils
- Finale
- ◆Dean found a hidden immunity idol.
- ◆Janet played the hidden immunity idol. It turned out not to be needed.
- ✦Dean played the Idol Nullifier for Janet. It worked.
Episode 13, Day 38: Janet voted out 1–0. 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. Tommy won the jury vote 8–2–0.
Episode 13“Mama, Look at Me Now”
What this shows: The key events of this one episode, pulled from the vote, challenge and advantage records.
- Dean and Noura won individual .
- Dean found a .
- Janet played the . It turned out not to be needed.
- Dean played the for Janet. It worked.
- Dan was removed from the game by production.
- Janet voted out by Dean. Joins the .
- Lauren lost the and went home. Joins the .
- Tommy won the 8–2–0 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
| 22 | 11 | 60% | 0 | 32 | |
| 8 | 10 | 50% | 0 | 37 | |
| 8 | 11 | 80% | 1 | 35 | |
| 8 | 7 | 57% | 0 | 30 | |
| 8 | 4 | 50% | 0 | 22 | |
| 7 | 2 | 50% | 0 | 8 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 6 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | 10 | 89% | 3 | 38 | |
| 6 | 4 | 25% | 0 | 24 | |
| 6 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 16 | |
| 6 | 4 | 50% | 0 | 14 | |
| 6 | 3 | 67% | 0 | 11 | |
| 5 | 13 | 75% | 2 | 38 | |
| 5 | 9 | 63% | 0 | 36 | |
| 5 | 7 | 57% | 1 | 27 | |
| 3 | 7 | 71% | 1 | 27 | |
| 2 | 10 | 89% | 0 | 38 | |
| 2 | 3 | 33% | 0 | 19 | |
| 1 | 10 | 78% | 1 | 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 Tommy, most often in the majority so far (8 of 9). 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
Tommy wins 8–2–0
· Episode 13 · the jury votes for a winner
820no votes - Day38
Lauren loses at fire
Episode 13 · Merged tribe (Lumuwaku) · 4th place
Noura had and was safe. Tommy was also kept safe. Dean beat Lauren in the , so Lauren went home.
- Day37
Janet voted out by Dean
Episode 13 · Merged tribe (Lumuwaku) · 5th place
Dean cast the only vote and sent Janet home.
10- Safe with : Dean.
- 4 votes against Janet didn't count because Janet played an .
- Day35
Elaine voted out 5–2
Episode 12 · Merged tribe (Lumuwaku) · 7th place
Elaine was voted out with 5 of 7 votes. The rest went to Noura (2).
52- Safe with : Dean.
- Day32
Karishma voted out 5–3
Episode 11 · Merged tribe (Lumuwaku) · 8th place
Karishma was voted out with 5 of 8 votes. The rest went to Noura (3).
53- Safe with : Lauren.
- Day30
Elizabeth voted out 7–0
Episode 10 · Merged tribe (Lumuwaku) · 9th place
The first vote was a : Elizabeth 1 and Janet 1. In the revote, Elizabeth was voted out 7–0.
First vote (tie)110Revote7- Safe with : Noura.
- 7 votes against Karishma didn't count because Karishma played an .
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.
- Vokai
- Lairo
- 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.
Lairo Women's Alliance
Over · Ep 10Formed Episode 1 (Day 1) · ended Episode 10 (Day 30): members picked off
Missy put it together on Day 1 and it won the first vote. It then pushed out Karishma, who became the tribe's decoy target, and voted out one of its own at the third Tribal Council.
After making the merge, the remaining members were voted out by their rivals.
Voted together at 3/7 tribal councils they attendedSource: survivor.fandom.com ↗
Vokai Alliance
ActiveFormed Episode 2 (Day 6) · lasted to the end
Lauren formed it on Vokai and ran it with Tommy. It lost control after the swap but got nearly all its members to the merge, then took over the game.
At the final five Tommy sided with Dean and Noura, and all three reached Final Tribal Council; Tommy won.
Voted together at 5/12 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, Dean and Noura safe with immunity.
Janet 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.
- Went home holding an idol or advantage+4
- 5 allies voted them out: Aaron, Elaine, Elizabeth, Karishma, Missy+5
- They voted for Karishma+2
- A one-sided 6–2 vote+1.5
Next biggest: Kellee (Ep 8, 11.6) · Vince (Ep 3, 10.6)
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: Tommy had the most (52, 11%). The winner, Tommy, had 52 (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 19, 2019Survivor 39 Know-It-Alls | Island of the Idols FINALE Recap
- RHAPKnow-It-AllsDec 12, 2019Survivor 39 Know-It-Alls | Island of the Idols Episode 13 Recap
- RHAPRecapDec 22, 2019Survivor Global | Island of the Idols Finale Recap | Nick Iadanza
- RHAPRecapDec 13, 2019Survivor 39 Episode 13 Recap with Christian Hubicki
- RHAPWish ListJul 30, 2024Survivor 50 Wish List | Ep 39: Island of the Idols with Beth Dixon
- RHAPPreviewFeb 8, 2020Survivor B&B with Mike Bloom & Liana Boraas | Season 40 Preseason with David Bloomberg
- RHAPPreviewSep 25, 2019SUR54 3-2-1 | Island of the Idols Preseason
- RHAPPreviewSep 21, 2019Survivor B&B Season 39 Preseason RHAPup with Mike Bloom & Liana Boraas
- RHAPPreviewSep 19, 2019Survivor 39 Cast Preview with Rob & Nicole Cesternino
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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 Tommy | Dean helped get them out | Noura helped get them out | |
| voted for Tommy; Tommy helped get them out | Dean helped get them out | ||
| voted for Tommy; Tommy helped get them out | Dean helped get them out | Noura helped get them out | |
| voted for Dean; Dean helped get them out | Noura helped get them out | ||
| voted for Tommy; Tommy helped get them out | |||
| Tommy helped get them out | voted for Dean; Dean helped get them out | Noura helped get them out | |
| voted for Tommy; Tommy helped get them out | Dean helped get them out | Noura helped get them out | |
| voted for Tommy; Tommy helped get them out | Dean helped get them out | Noura helped get them out | |
| voted for Tommy; Tommy helped get them out | Dean helped get them out | Noura helped get them out | |
| voted for Tommy |
“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.