Survivor 41Erika Casupanan won Survivor 41.
Survivor 41 put 18 new castaways in Mamanuca Islands, Fiji for 26 days, split into three : Luvu, Ua and Yase. On Day 13 the 12 players left into one tribe, Via Kana, and from then on voted-out players began joining the .
At the the 8 jurors gave Erika 7, Deshawn 1, Xander 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
The start of the "new era": a 26-day game (13 days shorter, to make room for COVID-19 quarantine) with no food rations, three tribes of six, Shot in the Dark and journeys.
- Luvustarting tribe
- Uastarting tribe
- Yasestarting tribe
- Via Kanamerged tribeSuggested by Erika (also spelled Viakana).
- Production created a COVID-19 "bubble" across a chain of islands covering base camp, tribe camps, challenges and Tribal Council; cast and crew quarantined for 14 days.
- Planned for March-May 2020, filming slipped a year because of Fiji's border closures and travel restrictions.
- 408 Fijian crew members worked on seasons 41 and 42.
Sources: Survivor 41 · Viakana · 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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- 2 tribal councils
- ✦Xander found an Extra Vote.
- ✦JD found an Extra Vote.
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- Voce voted out3–1
- ✦Deshawn found an Extra Vote.
- ◆Xander found a hidden immunity idol.
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- Brad voted out3–1
- ✦Brad found a Steal a Vote.
- ◆Brad found a hidden immunity idol.
- ◆Brad was voted out still holding the hidden immunity idol.
- ✦Brad was voted out still holding the Steal a Vote.
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RewardRunning Down A DreamUaYase
ImmunityKenny Log-InsLuvuYase
- JD voted out3–1
- ✦Shan was given the Extra Vote.
- ✦Ricard was given the Extra Vote.
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Reward + immunityRamplifiedLuvuYase
- Genie voted out2–1
- ◆Shan found a hidden immunity idol. (×2)
- ◆Naseer found a hidden immunity idol. (×2)
- ✦Liana found a Knowledge is Power.
- ◆Xander found a hidden immunity idol.
- ✦Shan was given the Extra Vote.
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- Merge: Via Kana
Reward + immunityKeep Digging
+36 winners
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- Sydney voted out5–4–3
- ✦Deshawn played the Extra Vote for Evvie. It didn't change the result.
- ✦Liana played the Knowledge is Power for Xander. It didn't change the result.
- ◆Tiffany was given the hidden immunity idol.
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- Jury starts
RewardPuzzle Pieces
+25 winners
ImmunityKeep On Your ToesEvvie
- Tiffany voted out6–2–2–1
- ◆Xander was given the hidden immunity idol.
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- 2 tribal councils
Reward + immunityUncomfortably Numb+36 winners
- ◆Naseer was voted out still holding the hidden immunity idol.
- ✦Shan played the Extra Vote for Naseer. It worked.
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RewardStarfishRicard
ImmunityHard To HandleRicard
- Shan voted out after a tie6
- ◆Shan was voted out still holding the hidden immunity idol.
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- Liana voted out5–3
- ✦Xander played the Extra Vote for Liana. It turned out not to be needed.
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- RewardBeach Front Bay Bash
3 winners 
ImmunityDizzy Miss LizzyRicard
- Danny voted out after a tie4
- RewardBeach Front Bay Bash
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- 2 tribal councils
- Finale
Reward + immunityBorn To RungErika
ImmunityLet There Be RockXander
Fire-makingFinal four fire-makingDeshawn
- ◆Xander played the hidden immunity idol. It turned out not to be needed.
Episode 13, Day 25: Ricard voted out 4–1. 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. Erika won the jury vote 7–1–0.
Episode 13“One Thing Left to do… Win”
What this shows: The key events of this one episode, pulled from the vote, challenge and advantage records.
- Erika and Xander won individual .
- Xander played the . It turned out not to be needed.
- Ricard voted out 4–1. Joins the .
- Heather lost the and went home. Joins the .
- Erika won the 7–1–0 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
| 10 | 7 | 71% | 0 | 21 | |
| 9 | 14 | 82% | 3 | 24 | |
| 9 | 11 | 88% | 0 | 19 | |
| 8 | 3 | 33% | 0 | 17 | |
| 8 | 4 | 50% | 0 | 16 | |
| 7 | 9 | 71% | 0 | 25 | |
| 7 | 7 | 33% | 1 | 23 | |
| 7 | 5 | 40% | 1 | 17 | |
| 5 | 9 | 100% | 0 | 25 | |
| 5 | 0 | – | 0 | 14 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | 3 | 67% | 0 | 9 | |
| 4 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 4 | 25% | 0 | 11 | |
| 3 | 2 | 50% | 0 | 5 | |
| 2 | 10 | 100% | 2 | 25 | |
| 2 | 11 | 63% | 2 | 25 |
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 Erika, most often in the majority so far (7 of 7). 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 .
- Day26
Erika wins 7–1–0
· Episode 13 · the jury votes for a winner
710no votes - Day25
Heather loses at fire
Episode 13 · Merged tribe (Via Kana) · 4th place
Xander had and was safe. Erika was also kept safe. Deshawn beat Heather in the , so Heather went home.
- Day24
Ricard voted out 4–1
Episode 13 · Merged tribe (Via Kana) · 5th place
Ricard was voted out with 4 of 5 votes. The rest went to Deshawn (1).
41- Safe with : Erika.
- Day23
Danny voted out 4–0
Episode 12 · Merged tribe (Via Kana) · 6th place
The first vote was a : Deshawn 3 and Danny 3. In the revote, Danny was voted out 4–0.
First vote (tie)33Revote4- Safe with : Ricard.
- Day21
Liana voted out 5–3
Episode 11 · Merged tribe (Via Kana) · 7th place
Liana was voted out with 5 of 8 votes. The rest went to Ricard (3).
53- Safe with : Danny.
- Deshawn played the Do or Die game and was safe.
- Xander used an extra vote and voted twice.
- Day19
Shan voted out 6–0
Episode 10 · Merged tribe (Via Kana) · 8th place
The first vote was a : Shan 3, Liana 3 and Erika 2. In the revote, Shan was voted out 6–0.
First vote (tie)332Revote6- Safe with : Ricard.
- The majority used a between Liana and Shan.
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.
- Luvu
- Yase
- Ua
- 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 · 4
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.
Shan and Ricard (Ua pair)
Over · Ep 10Formed early in the game · ended Episode 10 (Day 19): ended in a betrayal
The two survivors of the struggling Ua tribe, who stuck together into the merge. Ricard later judged Shan too dangerous to sit beside at the end and turned the other players against her.
Ricard organised the vote that blindsided Shan on Day 19.
Voted together at 5/8 tribal councils they attendedSource: survivor.fandom.com ↗
Yase Alliance
Over · Ep 9Formed Episode 1 (Day 1) · ended Episode 9 (Day 17): members picked off
Started as a women's group on Yase to shield the players the tribe saw as weakest. After the merge it lost Liana to another bloc and sat on the bottom until its members were eliminated.
Liana defected after the merge and the loyal members were voted out in turn; Evvie was the last to go.
Voted together at 3/5 tribal councils they attendedSource: survivor.fandom.com ↗
All-Black Alliance
ActiveFormed Episode 5 (Day 11) · ended Episode 13 (Day 26): ended with a blindside
A final-four pact between the Black players who reached the merge, founded by Liana and Shan and backed by former Luvu members. It ran the early merge until Shan's blindside; Deshawn was its last member standing and finished runner-up.
Leader Shan was blindsided at the final eight by players the group had relied on.
Voted together at 2/7 tribal councils they attendedSource: survivor.fandom.com ↗
Final Four Alliance
ActiveFormed Episode 10 (Day 19) · lasted to the end
Ricard pulled together the players outside the All-Black Alliance to take out his former partner Shan. The group then controlled the endgame and produced the winner, Erika.
All four reached the final five; Erika won.
Voted together at 2/4 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, Erika and Xander safe with immunity.
Ricard was voted out (2nd 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: Danny, Deshawn, Erika, Heather, Ricard+5
- They voted for Erika+2
- A one-sided 6–0 vote+3
Next biggest: Brad (Ep 3, 12.5) · Naseer (Ep 9, 12)
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: Deshawn had the most (56, 12%). The winner, Erika, had 39 (8%), 4th 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.
- RHAPTaran ArmstrongDec 17, 2021Survivor 41 Stockwatch Week 13 Finale | Aysha Welch
- RHAPKnow-It-AllsDec 16, 2021Survivor 41 Know-It-Alls | Episode 13 Finale Recap
- RHAPRecapDec 20, 2021Survivor Global | Survivor 41 Finale Recap | Nick Iadanza
- RHAPWhy ___ LostDec 20, 2021Survivor 41 | Why ___ Won Finale | David Bloomberg & Jessica Lewis
- RHAPTaran ArmstrongDraftSep 20, 2021Survivor 41 | Preseason Draft
- RHAPTaran ArmstrongDec 10, 2021Survivor 41 Stockwatch Week 12 | Matt Scott
- RHAPTaran ArmstrongDec 3, 2021Survivor 41 Stockwatch Week 11 | Peridiam
- RHAPTaran ArmstrongNov 26, 2021Survivor 41 Stockwatch Week 10 | Lita Brillman
- RHAPTaran ArmstrongNov 18, 2021Survivor 41 Stockwatch Week 9 | Mary Kwiatkowski
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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 Erika; Erika helped get them out | Deshawn helped get them out | ||
| voted for Erika; Erika helped get them out | |||
| voted for Erika | Deshawn helped get them out | ||
| voted for Erika; Erika helped get them out | Deshawn helped get them out | Xander helped get them out | |
| voted for Erika; Erika helped get them out | Xander helped get them out | ||
| Erika helped get them out | voted for Deshawn; Deshawn helped get them out | Xander helped get them out | |
| voted for Erika; Erika helped get them out | Deshawn helped get them out | Xander helped get them out | |
| voted for Erika |
“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.