Survivor 48

Survivor 48 is the forty-eighth season of the American competitive reality television series Survivor. It
premiered on February 26, 2025, on CBS in the United States, and is the sixteenth consecutive season to be Survivor 48
filmed in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji.
Season 48

Production
On December 15, 2023, Manoa Kamikamica, the Fijian Minister of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and
Transport, announced that the Fijian Parliament had renewed its contract with Survivor for an additional two
years.[2] A preview for the season was released on December 18, 2024, right after the finale of Survivor 47
aired.[3] Survivor 48 and The Amazing Race 37 retain the 90-minute runtime; the premiere episode of
Survivor 48 ran for two hours.[4]
Presented by Jeff Probst
No. of days 26
Contestants No. of castaways 18
Location Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
The 18 castaways competing on Survivor 48 were officially announced on January 29, 2025, with the
No. of episodes 9
eighteen castaways were divided into three tribes: Civa, Lagi, and Vula.[5] The cast included Brown
University ice hockey player Eva Erickson, who is the first openly autistic person to compete in the history of Release
the show. Original network CBS

List of Survivor 48 contestants Original release February 26, 2025 –

present
Tribe Finish
Contestant Age From Additional information
Original Switched None Merged Placement Day
Filming dates June 27 –
Stephanie Brooklyn,
38 1st voted out Day 3 July 22, 2024[1]
Berger New York

Kevin Leung 34
Livermore,
Vula 2nd voted out Day 5
Season chronology
California
Winthrop,
Justin Pioppi 29 3rd voted out Day 7
Massachusetts

Thomas Los Angeles,

34 Vula 4th voted out Day 9
Krottinger California
Lagi
Bianca Arlington,
33 Civa 5th voted out Day 11
Roses Virginia
Charity St. Petersburg,
34 Civa Lagi 6th voted out Day 13
Nelms Florida

Saiounia Simi Valley,

30 7th voted out
Hughley California
Vula Day 14
Cedrek Greenville, 8th voted out
46 Civa
McFadden South Carolina 1st jury member
Chrissy Chicago, 9th voted out
55 Day 15
Sarnowsky Illinois 2nd jury member
Civa
Buena Park, 10th voted out
David Kinne 39 Lagi Day 17
California 3rd jury member

Shauhin Costa Mesa,

38 Vula
Davari California
Lagi
Providence,
Eva Erickson 24 Lagi
Rhode Island None[a]
Brooklyn, Niu Nai
Kyle Fraser 31 Vula
New York
Civa
Waco,
Mitch Guerra 34 Civa
Texas
West
Joe Hunter 45 Sacramento, Lagi
California Vula
Kamilla Foster City,
31 Civa
Karthigesu California

Augusta,
Star Toomey 28 Lagi
Georgia
Lagi
Philadelphia,
Mary Zheng 31 Vula
Pennsylvania

a. At the start of the individual phase of the game on Day 12, players had to earn their way into the merged tribe by either winning immunity or
surviving the Day 13 Tribal Council.
Season summary

Survivor 48 season summary

Episode Challenge winner(s) Eliminated

No. Title Air date Reward Immunity Tribe Player

"The Get to Know You February 26, Lagi

1 Lagi Vula Stephanie
Game" 2025 Civa
Civa
2 "Humble Traits" March 5, 2025 Vula Kevin
Lagi

Lagi
3 "Committing to the Bit" March 12, 2025 Vula Justin
Civa
The season filmed in the Mamanuca Islands of
Lagi
4 "The House Party’s Over" March 19, 2025 Vula Thomas Fiji.
Civa

"Master Class in Lagi Vula

5 March 26, 2025 Civa Bianca
Deception" Vula Lagi
Chrissy, David,
Kamilla,
6 "Doing the Damn Thing" April 2, 2025 Kyle, Mary, Star Kyle None Charity
[Saiounia][a]

David Joe Saiounia

[Cedrek, Kamilla,
7 "Survivor Smack Talk" April 9, 2025
Kyle, Mary,
Shauhin][b] David Cedrek

David, Eva, Niu

8 "A Rift Between All of Us" April 16, 2025 Eva Chrissy
Joe, Mary Nai
Joe
9 "Welcome to the Party" April 23, 2025 [Eva, Mitch, Joe David
Shauhin][c]
10 "Episode 10" April 30, 2025

a. After finding an advantage on Day 12, Saiounia was automatically given reward and the chance to compete for immunity.
b. In addition to immunity, David won reward for his entire team for lasting the longest in the challenge.
c. In addition to immunity, Joe won reward for himself and three other castaways of his choice; he chose Eva, Mitch and Shauhin.

Episodes
 No. No. in Rating/share U.S. viewers
overall season Title [6] (18–49)
Original release date
(millions)

689 1 "The Get to Know You Game" 0.7/9[7] February 26, 2025 4.27[7]

The 18 new castaways began their adventure.

Marooning Challenge: Each tribe formed three pairs. Each pair sprinted down the beach and crawled through a mud pit under a heavy cargo net and then
ran to retrieve a heavy chest and carry it back to their mat before the next pair could go. After retrieving all three chests, three tribe members climbed a
steep slide to the top of a platform. Using a pole, they knocked off a key ring used to open the chest. They retrieved sandbags from the chest and tossed
sand bags onto three small high platforms. The first tribe to land all three sandbags on the platforms won a pot, machete, and flint.
Lagi won the challenge. Kyle from Civa and Kevin from Vula were selected to compete for their tribes' supplies.

Supply Challenge: Following a buried rope that had a machete locked to the end, they used the machete to chop open a coconut to retrieve a key to unlock
the machete. They then had to retrieve a pot from the top of a tall pole by any means possible. They filled the pot with seawater and used that to fill a large
glass jug to float a key to the top that would unlock a flint. The one who unlocked the flint won the supplies. Kevin won when Kyle accidentally broke his jug.
Kyle, in a demonstration of sportsmanship, then helped Kevin finish filling his bottle.
At Civa, Kamilla and Kyle bonded and brought Chrissy and David into a majority. The whole tribe tried to decipher the meaning of
numbers and animal symbols at camp. At Lagi, the men created the "California Girls" alliance (named due in part to all three being
from California) and debated whether to bring in Bianca (who Thomas bonded with) or Eva (who Joe bonded with) into a majority.
Feeling the odd person out, Star searched for an advantage, but her extended absence was noticed by everyone else. At Vula,
Saiounia’s frustration with Mary and Stephanie’s disinterest in strategizing led her to align with the men. She discovered a Beware
Advantage and, with the help of her alliance, cracked the cypher to earn an idol.

Immunity Challenge: Players raced over a massive net ramp and through a net tunnel. One player used a Fijian war club to smash a mask, releasing a box
with a key in it. The key unlocked a heavy sled that the team moved down a track, then over some sandbags, and finally up an incline to the top of a tall
platform. Two players then used the pieces inside the sled to assemble a Survivor logo puzzle. The first two teams to finish won immunity plus a large
shelter-building kit for first place and a smaller toolkit for second place while the losing tribe had to forfeit their flint.
Lagi and Civa won the challenge. Stephanie was targeted by Saiounia for her puzzle performance; Mary and Stephanie in turn
targeted Saiounia, feeling threatened by her aggressive gameplay. Justin and Kevin debated turning on Saiounia despite their
wariness of her idol. At Tribal Council, Saiounia and Stephanie clashed over their differing approaches to the game. Ultimately,
everyone except Mary voted out Stephanie, who attempted a failed Shot in the Dark.

690 2 "Humble Traits" 0.6/8[8] March 5, 2025 4.31[8]

Despite Saiounia's insistence that Mary be the next to go, Kevin told Cedrek and Justin he hoped to blindside Saiounia. At Lagi, Star
found the Beware Advantage and asked everyone except Eva to help her decipher it; Thomas tried to convince Shauhin to ditch the
advantage clue and stall long enough to vote Star out, making Shauhin wary of Thomas.

Journey: Mary, Mitch, and Thomas went on a journey where they had to solve a timed puzzle involving arranging numbered wooden blocks. If they failed to
complete the puzzle in the time allotted, they lost their vote; if completed in time, they received an advantage. Mitch won a Block A Vote advantage and
Thomas won a Steal A Vote advantage. Mary lost her vote.
Back at Vula, Mary confessed to losing her vote. Thomas told Lagi he protected his vote by not playing, while Mitch told Civa he won
a Block a Vote. The players on Civa searched for an advantage, which Kyle found and Kamilla helped decode, earning Kyle an idol.

Reward/Immunity Challenge: Starting on a floating platform, one player climbed a ladder to the top of the platform and dove into the water to swim under a
platform and release two buoys. They placed the buoys in trays on the platform and then swam under a second platform over to a third. Once there, the
remaining players swam in pairs to the first platform and, working together, transported the buoys over a balance beam using poles. Once all players had
reached the final platform with their buoys, they took turns shooting the buoys into a basket. The first two tribes to land all five buoys won immunity and a
fishing kit.
Thomas was injured when Bianca accidentally jabbed her pole into his eye, but both continued playing in the challenge. Despite
making some initial headway, Vula stalled when Cedrek and Kevin repeatedly failed to transport their buoy and Civa and Lagi won
immunity, with Mitch's free-throwing skills being praised by Jeff. Saiounia rallied against Mary, who appeared helpless without a vote,
but Kevin continued to target Saiounia. Concerned by this, Cedrek urged Saiounia to play her idol, making Saiounia target Kevin
instead, though Cedrek and Justin were reluctant to vote out their strongest member. At Tribal Council, Saiounia played her idol to
negate Kevin's vote, and everyone except Mary blindsided Kevin.

691 3 "Committing To The Bit" 0.7/9[9] March 12, 2025 4.63[9]

At Vula, Saiounia followed Mary around to stop her finding an advantage, while Mary made repeated attempts to evade her. Tipped
off by Joe about Star's unsolved Beware Advantage, Eva decided to test Star's honesty by appearing to talk strategy, but this
backfired when Star told Bianca and Thomas that Eva had thrown their names out as possible sacrifices. Shauhin and Thomas were
also wary of Eva’s close bond with Joe, which she made no attempt to hide. At Civa, David and Kyle weighed their options after Mitch
approached them for an alliance with himself and Charity; unbeknownst to everyone else, Kyle had formed an alliance of his own
with Kamilla.

Reward/Immunity Challenge: A caller for each tribe directed their three blindfolded tribemates around and through obstacles, searching for three key bags
that were used to unlock a slide puzzle. The caller then led the blindfolded members to the puzzle table and directed a still-blindfolded tribemate in solving
the puzzle. The first two tribes to complete their puzzle won immunity and a large comfort kit for first place, while second place were awarded a smaller tarp.
Lagi and Civa won yet again. Immediately following the challenge, Lagi were asked to choose one person from each tribe to go on a
journey; Bianca, Justin, and Kamilla were chosen.

Journey: The players were taken to Monu Island where they each had to roll eight dice with flames and skulls until they got four of either; four flames won
the advantage, while four skulls cost them their vote at the next tribal. Bianca and Justin lost their votes, while Kamilla won an extra vote.
Following Mitch's example, Kamilla reluctantly told the rest of Civa about her extra vote, while Bianca confided in Thomas about her
losing her vote after keeping it from her other tribemates. At Vula, Justin pretended he had played for a tribe reward and hadn't risked
his vote, even when speaking one-on-one with his closest ally Cedrek. Mary intentionally refrained from searching for an advantage
to give the impression she had already found it. An uneasy Saiounia tried to convince Cedrek to split the vote on Justin; both Cedrek
and Justin argued that Mary was bluffing, which Mary played up when Saiounia directly confronted her. At Tribal Council, Mary played
her Shot in the Dark and successfully negated the two votes against her. On the revote, Saiounia voted Justin while Cedrek voted
Saiounia; a second revote had the same result, leading to an unprecedented deadlock. Cedrek, the only person who had not been
voted for, was left with the final decision. Saiounia passionately argued that Justin's hiding his lost vote was a sign of his dishonesty.
Cedrek, on the condition that Mary and Saiounia learn to work together, chose to send Justin home.
692 4 "The House Party's Over" 0.8/10[10] March 19, 2025 4.70[10]

Jeff gathered the tribes for what appeared to be another challenge but, after some discussion, announced a reshuffling of tribes.
Each survivor selected a packaged buff from a tray. The new tribes were: Bianca, Cedrek, Chrissy, Mitch and Saiounia for Civa;
Charity, David, Eva, Mary and Star for Lagi; Joe, Kamilla, Kyle, Shauhin and Thomas for Vula. Eva expressed dismay at being
separated from Joe and put on a tribe that was nearly all women, but quickly bonded with David. At Vula, Kamilla behaved as if she
and Kyle did not trust each other, which he played up to fool the three former Lagi members (Joe, Shauhin, and Thomas).

Reward/Immunity Challenge: Tribes raced to remove heavy sandbags from a large cube that they then rolled under a high structure to retrieve two bags of
small sandbags. They then had to toss the sandbags through a rectangular frame and land them on a barrel. If they knocked down the frame, they had to
reset it and start over again. They then had to dig up a large puzzle piece and race to a platform and build a temple puzzle. The first two tribes to complete
their puzzle won immunity. As reward, the first tribe to finish was awarded a large array of fresh fruits. The second tribe received a smaller group of fruits.
Lagi and Civa won the challenge, giving Vula their fourth straight loss. Back at camp, Kamilla and Kyle strategized and set a plan to
have Kamilla appear to betray Kyle in order to get the others to vote for Kyle, who would then play his idol. The Lagi players
discussed who they wanted out, tentatively agreeing on Kyle; Shauhin and Thomas went so far as to search Kyle's bag for an idol,
which was hidden in his shoe. At tribal, Kamilla and Kyle each expressed their vulnerability in the new tribe and willingness to throw
the other under the bus if necessary. Before the votes were counted, Kyle played his idol, negating the three votes cast against him
and sending Thomas home with an advantage in his pocket.

693 5 "Master Class in Deception" 0.7/10[11] March 26, 2025 4.77[11]

Having lost his closest ally, Shauhin lamented the "California Girls" alliance not surviving their first tribal. Kyle, who confirmed he used
Kamilla's extra vote, continued his charade of working with Joe and Shauhin, claiming he felt the need to use his idol after noticing
his bag had been searched (which Kamilla tipped him off about).

Reward Challenge: Tribes threw sandbags at a rotating target to release a bag of three balls. They then bounced the balls off a tight net into a basket.
When all three balls were in the basket, they carried the basket to the final phase where they rolled the balls on sloped platforms into three target holes. The
winning team got a trip to Sanctuary to enjoy beverages, cheese, coffee, pastries, and sandwiches. Runner-ups received a smaller platter of pastries with
juices back at camp.
Lagi went to Sanctuary and Vula finished second. Back at Civa, Chrissy and Mitch discussed voting out Saiounia, whose arrogance
had gotten on their nerves after she chose herself to sit out the challenge. Meanwhile, Cedrek and Saiounia discussed eliminating
Chrissy, whose personality Saiounia found overbearing. The lone person without a former teammate, Bianca worried about the others
learning she had no vote and considered turning the animosity between Saiounia and Chrissy to her advantage.

Immunity Challenge: Tribes jumped into the ocean and swam to shore pulling a boat with a chest in it. They then carried the chest up the beach where
they had to unbraid ropes to retrieve a key to unlock the chest. They then dug in the chest for four balls. Once they had the balls, they then dug a passage
under a log. Once everyone had passed under the log, each tribe member had to maneuver a ball through a table maze to a different target hole.
Vula and Lagi won immunity. Overwhelmed after struggling with the final part of the challenge, Eva had an episode attributed to her
autism. Joe, with Jeff's permission, was able to calm her. When asked to talk about what happened, specifically why it was important
to give comfort to someone who was struggling, Joe kept Eva's autism out of his response, saying his kids were watching and he
wants them to see him being the man he wants them to be. Eva then revealed her autism and how with the help of her parents and
people like Joe, she has overcome the low expectations given to her by her doctors while growing up; the others, especially Jeff,
were visibly moved. Back at Lagi, Star enlisted the help of her teammates in solving the Beware Advantage; when Eva managed to
crack the code, Star gave her the immunity idol.

Back at Civa, Saiounia wanted Chrissy out but was still angry with Cedrek over their last tribal council. Chrissy and Mitch approached
Cedrek about voting out Saiounia which he appeared to agree with, but when Bianca spoke to him later he restated his intention to
vote for Chrissy. Knowing her lack of a vote would be exposed, Bianca told Cedrek in the hopes of building trust. This ploy turned
Bianca's fears into a self-fulfilling prophecy, as Cedrek recruited Chrissy to vote her out 2-1-1. Saiounia and Mitch were
dumbfounded, while Bianca was left devastated.

694 6 "Doing the Damn Thing" 0.7/10[12] April 2, 2025 4.77[12]

Cedrek defended himself to a furious Saiounia, explaining that he learned about Bianca losing her vote minutes before tribal and only
had time to tell Chrissy to vote for Bianca, adding that they had all been played by the latter. While lashing out at Mitch for voting for
her, Saiounia eventually reconciled with her tribe. Mitch, however, privately admitted to feeling foolish after his plan to vote Saiounia
out failed.

The tribes were notified to "Drop Your Buffs" once again. Civa and Vula were told they had ten minutes to gather their things and get
on boats to be transported to Lagi's beach. After the meet and greet at Lagi, the players learned an advantage was somewhere in the
area and a scramble immediately ensued. Saiounia just beat Charity to the advantage. Saiounia expressed excitement at being
reunited with Mary, who had the exact opposite reaction. David conspired with Joe to recruit Eva, Kyle and Shauhin into an alliance
of strength-focused members, declaring his intention to let loyalty and honesty decide the winner rather than social game or puzzle-
solving skills. Kyle bought into this while still sowing suspicion about Shauhin and keeping his alliance with Kamilla secret. Charity
and Mitch hoped to keep the original Civa six together, with Mitch continuing to push for Saiounia. Charity proposed voting out Eva to
break up the alliance with Joe and negate her idol, but soon realized this did not interest anyone else. When she told Star to consider
asking for the idol back, Star was concerned enough to tell Eva, who then targeted Charity.
 Reward/Immunity Challenge: Players formed two teams of six for a two phase challenge. Sai's advantage exempted her from Phase One. Phase One: In
pairs, teams proceeded through a mud crawl to a mat, whereupon the next pair could go. This continued until all had gone through the crawl. They then
navigated an over/under wood chip-filled obstacle and proceeded to and climbed a rope ladder to the top of a cage. Using a grappling hook, they then
retrieved a bag with a key in it and then down a slide. They then had to climb a sloped slide to the top of another platform, and then use the key to open a
box of puzzle pieces. Two team members then solved a puzzle using the pieces. The winning team earned a merge feast after the challenge and moved on
to Phase Two. Phase Two: The Phase One winners and Saiounia had to balance a ball on a platter attached to a pole while periodically adding segments to
the pole. The last one remaining won immunity and a merge buff.
Kyle won immunity and the buff. At the Merge meal, Chrissy, David, Kamilla, Kyle, Mary, Saiounia, and Star enjoyed a much-needed
feast. They discussed Eva's idol and Mitch's advantage before bringing up Charity. Back at camp, an emotional Cedrek blamed
himself for his team's loss, but recovered after Star gave him an encouraging talk. Charity spoke with Cedrek and Mitch about voting
out Saiounia, which Mary later encouraged when talking with Joe. Meanwhile, Eva, Joe, and Shauhin discussed voting out Charity to
break up the original Civa tribe. Both Saiounia and Charity were considered "safe" targets due to their lack of strong alliances and the
desire to keep them off the jury. At tribal, the new dynamics of the tribe and trust between players was discussed. In the end, Charity
was voted off 7-5-1, with Saiounia throwing her vote at Cedrek. After Charity's torch was snuffed, the remaining eleven players
members received their new tribe buffs.

695 7 "Survivor Smack Talk" 0.7/9[13] April 9, 2025 4.89[13]

At the Niu Nai camp, Mitch was upset about being blindsided by Charity's elimination, wondering aloud to Kyle if he had been duped
by everyone. Saiounia expressed surprise at how close she had come to being voted off. She privately confessed to voting for
Cedrek (while blaming it on Charity), correctly guessing it would keep him off-balance, and sought revenge on Mitch after he'd voted
for her twice.

Reward/Immunity Challenge: Drawing lots, Survivors were formed into two teams; Orange and Purple. Cedrek, David, Kamilla, Kyle, Mary, and Shauhin
were on the Purple team; Chrissy, Eva, Joe, Mitch, Saiounia, and Star were on Orange. Survivors had to grip a bar with rope wound around it that held up a
bucket with twenty-five percent of their pregame weight in sand. Letting the bucket drop broke a tile eliminating that player from the challenge. The last
person on each team won immunity. The last to remain also won a food reward for their team. As a twist, both teams would vote someone out at tribal with
the challenge losing team voting first and the person voted out not making the jury.
David and Joe both won Immunity, with David winning the reward for the purple team where they enjoyed peanut butter and jelly
sandwiches with chips and drinks. Cedrek, without any of his original teammates for the first time, feared it was his turn to be
eliminated. Team orange returned to Civa's old camp for the night with no flint, food, or supplies. Saiounia, suspecting she was on the
bottom after talking with Joe, started pitching Mitch to everyone; his likability and considerable challenge skills were acknowledged as
threats. Chrissy and Eva discussed voting for Saiounia, who had alienated everyone with her behavior. Kamilla and Kyle, still keeping
their alliance secret, suggested to David that Shauhin might have an idol, which David appeared to take seriously. At the first tribal,
Saiounia's worries came to pass as Mitch used his advantage to block her vote and she was unanimously voted out. At the second
tribal, Cedrek was unanimously made the first jury member.

696 8 "A Rift Between All of Us" 0.8/11[14] April 16, 2025 4.79[14]

Survivors were instructed via tree mail to pair up at camp prior to the challenge. The pairs were Eva and Joe, Chrissy and Kyle,
David and Mary, Kamilla and Shauhin, and Mitch and Star.

Reward/Immunity Challenge: The challenge consisted of three phases. The four who moved on to Phase Three would get a food reward of tacos with all
the fixings and drinks. The overall winner received immunity. Phase One: Pairs had to retrieve a step while crawling through a sand-filled tunnel. They then
had to dig up a second step and plant a flag back at their mat. The first three pairs to retrieve their steps and plant the flag at their mat moved on. The two
pairs eliminated were sent on a journey. David and Mary, Chrissy and Kyle, and Eva and Joe moved on to the next challenge. Mitch, Kamilla, Shauhin, and
Star went on the journey where their vote at tribal was at stake. Phase Two: The teams used their steps to complete a puzzle staircase. They then had to
cross a rope bridge using three planks they moved with them to cross and down a slide to their mat. The first two teams to reach their mat moved on to the
next phase. David and Mary were first with Eva and Joe finishing second. Chrissy and Kyle were eliminated. Phase Three: David, Eva, Joe, and Mary had to
hang on to a tall pole as long as possible.
Eva lasted the longest and won immunity. At the reward, Eva was able to retrieve a small scroll she found in the chips without anyone
seeing her do it. The scroll led her to an advantage, but she had to be stealthy in retrieving it.

Journey Challenge: The journey challenge consisted of a long tube containing some exposed gray and red balls. There were many more gray balls than
red. The contestants took turns selecting either one or two balls at a time and putting them in their own tube. The first person to get three red balls in their
tube lost their vote at tribal. Kamilla and Mitch worked together to ensure Star lost her vote.
At tribal, Chrissy was voted out unanimously.

697 9 "Welcome to the Party" 0.6/9[15] April 23, 2025 4.58[15]

As instructed in the scroll she received after winning immunity the night before, Eva snuck out of camp after she thought everyone
was asleep. However, Shauhin saw her go and woke Joe to let him know. Shauhin also correctly surmised where she was off to.
When Eva arrived at the designated location, she found she had won an extra vote good until 7 players were left, but she could risk
the vote by taking a 50/50 chance to get a Safety Without Power advantage. She took the risk and won the Safety Without Power
advantage. She could then risk her advantage with a 1 in 3 chance to win an idol good until 5 players were left. She chose not to risk
her advantage.

Reward/Immunity Challenge: Standing on a platform, survivors held on to a bar that was attached to an overhead chute that placed pressure on a ball
preventing it from rolling down the chute. If a contestant failed to hold the pressure, the ball would roll down the chute onto the ground and the contestant
would be eliminated from the challenge. If at any time they stepped off the platform, they would be eliminated from the challenge.
The challenge again came down to a showdown between Joe and David. Joe was struggling, but suddenly David slipped and
stepped off the platform giving Joe the win. Joe then chose Mitch, Shauhin and Eva to join him for the reward of Ham and Cheese
Wraps, fruits, veggies, peach cobbler, chocolate covered strawberries, juices, and soda.

At tribal council, Jeff asked what happened at camp after the challenge and how each felt their type of play was going. Everyone
gave their own take on the game play and talked about the alliances and strategies being played. In the end, Mary, Star and David
thought Mitch was going home, but were surprised when Shauhin and Eva flipped and voted for David sending him home in a 6-3
 split with Mitch.

Voting history
Survivor 48 voting history
No
Original tribes Switched tribes Merged tribe
tribes

Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Day 3 5 7 9 11 13 [a] 15 17
14
Niu
Tribe Vula Vula Vula Vula Civa None Niu Nai Niu Nai Niu Nai
Nai

Eliminated Stephanie Kevin None[b] Tie[c] Tie[d] Justin Thomas Bianca Charity Saiounia Cedrek Chrissy Davi

Votes 4–1 [e] [b] 1–1 1–1 [f] [g] 2–1–1 7–5–1 5–0 5–1 8–1 6–3
3–0 0–0 Consensus 3–0

Voter Vote
Eva Saiounia Saiounia Chrissy Davi

Joe Kyle Charity Saiounia Chrissy Davi

Kamilla Thomas Charity Cedrek Chrissy Davi

Kyle Thomas Thomas[h] Charity Cedrek Chrissy Davi

Mary Saiounia [i] [j] Charity Cedrek Chrissy Mitch

None None
Mitch Saiounia Saiounia Saiounia Chrissy Davi

Shauhin Kyle Saiounia Cedrek Chrissy Davi

Star Charity Saiounia None[k] Mitch

David Saiounia Cedrek Chrissy Mitch

Chrissy Bianca Charity Saiounia Shauhin

Cedrek Stephanie Kevin Mary Saiounia Saiounia Justin Bianca Charity Shauhin

Saiounia Stephanie Kevin Mary Justin [l] [f] Chrissy Cedrek [m]
Justin None None
Charity Saiounia

Bianca None[i]

Thomas Kyle

Justin Stephanie Kevin [i]

None
Kevin Stephanie Saiounia

Stephanie None[j]

Jury vote
Episode 13
Day 26
Finalist Finalist #1 Finalist #2 Finalist #3
Votes

Juror Vote
Juror #8
Juror #7
Juror #6
Juror #5

Juror #4
David
Chrissy
Cedrek

Notes

a. On Day 14, a split Tribal Council was held. The castaways were b. Mary successfully played her Shot in the Dark; therefore, both votes
divided into two groups of six; each group went to Tribal Council against her did not count. As there were no counted ballots, and
separately to eliminate one castaway from each. Justin was not eligible to cast a vote, both eligible castaways then
re-voted between those who weren't immune.
c. The vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held. As h. Kyle played an extra vote advantage, allowing him to cast two
one of the castaways involved in the tie had lost voting privileges, ballots during a single vote.
all the remaining castaways with votes were eligible to vote for i. This player lost a vote attempting to gain an advantage.
those players who tied.
j. This player played the Shot in the Dark, and as a result, had to
d. After three rounds of voting, Tribal Council remained tied. Normally, sacrifice that night's vote.
per the rules, the non-tied castaways who had the ability to vote k. For coming last in the immunity challenge, Kamilla, Mitch, Shauhin,
must come to a unanimous decision as to whom to eliminate
and Star lost their votes. However, Kamilla, Mitch, and Shauhin
between the tied castaways, however Cedrek is the sole castaway regained theirs.
with a vote and not voted for in the tie.
l. Per the rules, if a tied vote between castaways occurs, and one of
e. Saiounia played a hidden immunity idol on herself; therefore, one
the castaways in the tie does not have a vote to begin with, their
vote for her was not counted.
votes do not cancel each other out, and all castaways eligible to
f. Due to a deadlocked tie, the only non-tied castaway eligible to vote, vote still retain voting power within the revote(s), although Saiounia
Cedrek, had to come to a consensus decision by himself to vote out could only vote for Justin on the third revote.
either Justin or Saiounia, or else he would be eliminated without a
m. Saiounia was not eligible to vote at Tribal Council, as Mitch secretly
rock draw. Cedrek decided to eliminate Justin.
used his block a vote advantage on her.
g. Kyle played a hidden immunity idol on himself; therefore, three
votes for him were not counted.

Reception

Viewership and ratings per episode of Survivor 48

Rating/share Viewers DVR DVR viewers Total Total viewers

No. Title Air date Ref.
(18–49) (millions) (18–49) (millions) (18–49) (millions)

1 "The Get to Know You Game" February 26, 2025 0.7/9 4.27 0.3 1.77 1.0 6.04 [7]

2 "Humble Traits" March 5, 2025 0.6/8 4.31 0.3 1.42 0.8 5.73 [8]

3 "Committing To The Bit" March 12, 2025 0.7/9 4.63 0.2 1.38 0.9 6.02 [9]

4 "The House Party’s Over" March 19, 2025 0.8/10 4.70 0.2 1.36 1.0 6.06 [10]

5 "Master Class in Deception" March 26, 2025 0.7/10 4.77 0.2 1.29 0.9 6.06 [11]

6 "Doing the Damn Thing" April 2, 2025 0.7/10 4.77 TBD TBD TBD TBD [12]

7 "Survivor Smack Talk" April 9, 2025 0.7/9 4.89 TBD TBD TBD TBD [13]

8 "A Rift Between All of Us" April 16, 2025 0.8/11 4.79 TBD TBD TBD TBD [14]

9 "Welcome to the Party" April 23, 2025 0.6/9 4.58 TBD TBD TBD TBD [15]

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