Survivor 45Dee Valladares won Survivor 45.
Survivor 45 put 18 castaways, 1 of them returning players, in Mamanuca Islands, Fiji for 26 days, split into three : Belo, Lulu and Reba. The tribes were reshuffled in a in Episode 4. On Day 13 the 12 players left into one tribe, Dakuwaqa, and from then on voted-out players began joining the .
Sean quit on Day 9. Hannah quit on Day 3. At the the 8 jurors gave Dee 5, Austin 3, Jake 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
A 26-day new-era season that brought back Bruce Perreault after his Day 1 evacuation in 44, and the first with 90-minute episodes (filling gaps left by the 2023 writers' strike).
- Belostarting tribe
- Lulustarting tribe
- Rebastarting tribe
- Dakuwaqamerged tribeSuggested by Kellie Nalbandian.
- The 13th season in a row in the Mamanuca Islands, filmed in the same production block as 46.
- The challenge team retired many recurring puzzles because players had been practising them at home.
Sources: Survivor 45 · Dakuwaqa · 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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RewardBarge SimpsonReba- Reward + immunityMud CrutchBeloReba
- Hannah quit
- ◆Austin found a hidden immunity idol.
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Reward + immunitySmash And GrabBeloReba
- Brandon voted out3
- ◆Sabiyah found a hidden immunity idol.
- ✦Drew found a Safety without Power.
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RewardRunning Down A DreamLuluReba
ImmunityDraggin' The DragonBeloReba
- Sabiyah voted out2–1
- ✦Kaleb found a Goodwill Advantage.
- ◆Austin found a hidden immunity idol.
- ✦Drew was given the Goodwill Advantage.
- ◆Sabiyah found a hidden immunity idol.
- ◆Sabiyah was voted out still holding the hidden immunity idol.
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Reward + immunityKnock One BackLuluReba
- Brando voted out3–2
- ✦Austin found an Amulet.
- ✦Kellie found an Amulet.
- ✦J. Maya found an Amulet.
- ✦Austin was given the Goodwill Advantage.
- ✦Austin played the Goodwill Advantage. It turned out not to be needed.
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- Mergatory
Reward + immunitySuper Ramp
+47 winners
- J. Maya voted out after a tie10–1
- ◆Bruce found a hidden immunity idol. (×2)
- ✦J. Maya was voted out still holding the Amulet.
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- Merge: Dakuwaqa
- 2 tribal councils
- Jury starts
Reward + immunityGet A Grip
+47 winners
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Reward + immunityDifferent Stages
3 winners
- Kendra voted out6–1
- ◆Julie was given the hidden immunity idol.
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RewardRunning On EmptyEmily
ImmunityInvertigoAustin
- Bruce voted out4–3–1
- ◆Bruce was voted out still holding the hidden immunity idol.
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- Emily voted out1–0 · 6 votes cancelled by an idol
- ◆Julie played the hidden immunity idol. It cancelled 6 votes.
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- Drew voted out4–2
- ◆Jake found a hidden immunity idol.
- ✦Austin played the Amulet. It turned out not to be needed.
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- 2 tribal councils
- Finale
Reward + immunityHigh Deck MatsuiAustin
ImmunityOn Shaky GroundDee
Fire-makingFinal four fire-makingJake
- ✦Jake found a Challenge Advantage.
- ◆Jake played the hidden immunity idol for Katurah. It turned out not to be needed.
- ✦Jake played the Challenge Advantage. It didn't change the result.
Episode 13, Day 25: Julie voted out 2–1–1–0. 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. Dee won the jury vote 5–3–0.
Episode 13“Living the Survivor Dream”
What this shows: The key events of this one episode, pulled from the vote, challenge and advantage records.
- Austin and Dee won individual .
- Jake found a .
- Jake played the for Katurah. It turned out not to be needed.
- Jake played the . It didn't change the result.
- Julie voted out 2–1–1. Joins the .
- Katurah lost the and went home. Joins the .
- Dee won the 5–3–0 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
| 16 | 3 | 67% | 0 | 14 | |
| 13 | 10 | 89% | 0 | 24 | |
| 10 | 3 | 50% | 0 | 13 | |
| 8 | 8 | 57% | 0 | 25 | |
| 6 | 9 | 63% | 1 | 23 | |
| 6 | 6 | 40% | 0 | 17 | |
| 6 | 4 | 67% | 0 | 14 | |
| 5 | 5 | 75% | 2 | 19 | |
| 5 | 4 | 67% | 1 | 16 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 11 | |
| 3 | 3 | 33% | 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | |
| 2 | 10 | 56% | 3 | 25 | |
| 2 | 9 | 88% | 0 | 21 | |
| 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | |
| 1 | 8 | 71% | 0 | 25 | |
| 0 | 8 | 63% | 2 | 25 | |
| 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 3 |
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 Julie, 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 .
- Day26
Dee wins 5–3–0
· Episode 13 · the jury votes for a winner
530no votes - Day25
Katurah loses at fire
Episode 13 · Merged tribe (Dakuwaqa) · 4th place
Dee had and was safe. Austin was also kept safe. Jake beat Katurah in the , so Katurah went home.
- Day24
Julie voted out 2–1–1
Episode 13 · Merged tribe (Dakuwaqa) · 5th place
Julie was voted out with 2 of 4 votes. The rest went to Dee (1) and Jake (1).
2110- Safe with : Austin.
- 1 vote against Katurah didn't count because Jake played an for them.
- Day23
Drew voted out 4–2
Episode 12 · Merged tribe (Dakuwaqa) · 6th place
Drew was voted out with 4 of 6 votes. The rest went to Julie (2).
42- Safe with : Dee.
- Day21
Emily voted out by Julie
Episode 11 · Merged tribe (Dakuwaqa) · 7th place
Julie cast the only vote and sent Emily home.
10- Safe with : Drew.
- 6 votes against Julie didn't count because Julie played an .
- Day19
Bruce voted out 4–3–1
Episode 10 · Merged tribe (Dakuwaqa) · 8th place
Bruce was voted out with 4 of 8 votes. The rest went to Jake (3) and Julie (1).
431- Safe with : Austin.
- The majority used a between Bruce and Jake.
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.
- Reba
- Belo
- Lulu
- 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 · 1
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.
Reba Four
ActiveFormed Episode 2 (Day 4) · lasted to the end
Drew, Julie, Austin and Dee formed the backbone of the dominant Reba tribe. In a season with few stable groups, they turned the other players against each other and moved through the merge largely unchallenged.
Reached the final six, put two members in the Final Three, and Dee 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 13: 3 players at risk, Austin and Dee safe with immunity.
Julie was voted out (1st 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
- 4 allies voted them out: Dee, Drew, Emily, Julie+4
- They voted for Jake+2
- A one-sided 5–3 vote+0.9
Next biggest: J. Maya (Ep 6, 10.4) · Bruce (Ep 10, 10.3)
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: Austin had the most (72, 11%). The winner, Dee, had 67 (10%), 2nd 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 21, 2023Survivor 45 | Ep 13 Finale Know-It-Alls
- RHAPWhy ___ LostDec 24, 2023Why ___ Won (and the Others Lost) Survivor 45 | Ep 13
- RHAPDec 23, 2023Survivor 45 | RHAP B&B Ep 13 w/ Chappell
- RHAPDec 21, 2023Survivor 45 | Ep 13 Finale Post-Game Show w/ Jesse Lopez
- Official · CBSSurvivor: 45 · Official clip (official)
- RHAPTaran ArmstrongDraftSep 26, 2023Survivor 45 | Preseason Draft
- RHAPPreviewSep 24, 2023Survivor 45 | RHAP B&B Season Preview
- RHAPPreviewSep 20, 2023Survivor 45 | Issa Look Cast Assessment w/ Brice Izyah
- RHAPPreviewSep 14, 2023Survivor 45 | Cast Preview Part 3
- RHAPPreviewSep 12, 2023Survivor 45 | Cast Preview Part 2
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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 Dee; Dee helped get them out | Austin helped get them out | ||
| voted for Dee; Dee helped get them out | Austin helped get them out | ||
| Dee helped get them out | voted for Austin; Austin helped get them out | Jake helped get them out | |
| voted for Austin | Jake helped get them out | ||
| voted for Dee | |||
| Dee helped get them out | voted for Austin | Jake helped get them out | |
| voted for Dee | Austin helped get them out | ||
| voted for Dee |
Kaleb, Kellie and Kendra 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.