Survivor 47 is the forty-seventh season of the American competitive reality television series Survivor. It premiered on September 18, 2024, on CBS in the United States, and is the fifteenth consecutive season to be filmed in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji. The season ended on December 18, 2024, when Rachel LaMont was crowned the winner, defeating Sam Phalen and Sue Smey in a 7–1–0 vote. LaMont—who is Thai-American—became the fourth castaway of Asian descent to win, following Yul Kwon from Survivor: Cook Islands, Natalie Anderson from Survivor: San Juan del Sur, and Erika Casupanan from Survivor 41.

Format

Survivor is a reality television show based on the Swedish show Expedition Robinson, created by Mark Burnett and Charlie Parsons. The series follows a number of participants isolated in a remote location, where they must provide food, fire, and shelter. One by one, a participant is removed from the series by majority vote, with challenges held to give a reward (ranging from living- and food-related prizes to a car) and immunity from being voted out of the series. The last remaining player receives a prize of $1,000,000.

Contestants

The 18 castaways competing on Survivor 47 were officially announced on September 4, 2024. Notable castaways this season include Rob Has a Podcast contributor Aysha Welch, Miss Delaware USA 2018 Sierra Wright, comedian and Pod Save America host Jon Lovett, WYPR radio personality Gabe Ortis, and Tennessee Titans reporter Sam Phalen.

It is the third season to have a gender imbalance among contestants, following Survivor: Fiji, and Survivor: San Juan del Sur, due to Teeny Chirichillo participating in Survivor 47 as a non-binary person. Chirichillo would come out as a transgender man in April 2025.

+List of Survivor 47 contestants Contestant Age From Tribe Finish Original None Merged Placement Day Jon Lovett 41 Los Angeles,California 1st voted outDay 3 31 ,Maryland 2nd voted outDay 5 32 Houston,Texas rowspan="2" 3rd voted outDay 7 27 San Francisco,California 4th voted outDay 8 26 Los Angeles,California 5th voted outDay 10 30 Phoenix,Arizona rowspan="13" 6th voted out Day 12 27 Aiea,Hawaii rowspan="12" 7th voted out Day 13 26 Phoenixville,Pennsylvania 8th voted out Day 15 42 Norwalk,Connecticut 9th voted out Day 16 26 Baltimore,Maryland rowspan="3" 10th voted out Day 18 31 Cheboygan,Michigan 11th voted out Day 20 27 Chicago,Illinois 12th voted out Day 22 31 Brooklyn,New York 13th voted out Day 23 32 Winnipeg,Manitoba rowspan="2" 14th voted outDay 24 23 Manahawkin, New Jersey EliminatedDay 25 58 Putnam Valley,New York 2nd runner-upDay 26 24 Nashville,Tennesseerowspan=2 Runner-up 34 Southfield,Michigan Sole Survivor

Future appearances Genevieve Mushaluk returned to compete on Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans.

Outside of Survivor, Sue Smey competed on Beast Games: Strong vs. Smart.

Season summary

Eighteen castaways were divided into three tribes: Gata, Lavo, and Tuku. Tuku dominated early with Gabe, Sue, and Caroline forming a strong alliance. On Gata, Sierra became the swing vote between a women’s alliance and Sam, opting to side with Sam. Meanwhile, Lavo was divided due to a feud between Rome and Sol, but Genevieve united the tribe to blindside Kishan.

At the merge, Tuku’s alliance initially held the numbers but lost power after Gabe’s elimination. The tribe soon split into two factions: the "underdogs" and the "threats", the latter of which consisted of Sam, Genevieve, and Kyle. At the final seven, Andy shook up the game by flipping on the "underdogs" and blindsiding Caroline. Rachel, on the chopping block, survived by winning multiple immunity challenges and using an idol to take out Andy. She secured her spot in the final three alongside Sue after claiming final immunity (and thereby tying the all-time record for most individual immunities won by a woman, with four total), while Sam narrowly defeated Teeny in fire-making.

At the Final Tribal Council, Sue was largely ignored by the jury. Sam argued that Rachel coasted on immunity wins, while he fought harder for his survival. Rachel highlighted her challenge victories, strategic gameplay, and strong social connections throughout the game. Ultimately, the jury recognized Rachel's dominance, awarding her the title of Sole Survivor in a 7–1–0 vote over Sam and Sue.

+Survivor 47 season summary Episode Challenge winner(s)Journey Eliminated No. Title Air date Reward Immunity Tribe Player 1 "One Glorious and Perfect Episode" September 18, 2024 rowspan="5" rowspan="3" Jon colspan="2" colspan="2" 2 "Epic Boss Girl Move" September 25, 2024 colspan="2" rowspan="2" TK colspan="2" 3 "Belly of the Beast" October 2, 2024 rowspan="2"colspan="2" rowspan="3" Aysha colspan="2" 4 "Is That Blood in Your Hair?" October 9, 2024 rowspan="2" colspan="2" rowspan="3" Kishan colspan="2" 5 "The Scales Be Tippin" October 16, 2024 Caroline, Kyle,Rachel, Sam, Sue, Teeny, Tiyana rowspan="7" rowspan="2" Anika 6 "Feel the FOMO" October 23, 2024 Kyle, Rachel, Sam,Sierra, Sue, Teeny[Genevieve] Kyle Rome 7 "Our Pickle on Blast" October 30, 2024 Genevieve, Teeny[Andy, Sam,Sierra, Sol] rowspan="11" Tiyana Kyle 8 "He's All That" November 6, 2024 rowspan="2" Kyle Sierra Sue 9 "Nightmare Fuel" November 13, 2024 Gabe, Kyle,Sol, Teeny Gabe Andy,Caroline,Rachel,Sam Sol 10 "Loyal to the Soil" November 20, 2024 Kyle, Rachel, Sam Kyle Gabe 11 "Flipping the Win Switch" November 27, 2024 Rachel Rachel Kyle 12 "Operation: Italy" December 4, 2024 Sam[Andy, Genevieve] Rachel rowspan="4" Caroline 13 "Bob and Weave" December 11, 2024 Genevieve[Sue, Teeny] Genevieve Andy rowspan="2" Rachel Genevieve 14 "The Last Stand" December 18, 2024 Rachel[Sue] Teeny

Episodes

Voting history +Survivor 47 voting history Original tribes No tribes Merged tribe Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Day 3 5 78 10 12 1315 16 18 20 22 23 24 25 Tribe colspan="2" colspan="2" Eliminated Jon TK Aysha Kishan Anika Rome Tiyana Sierra Sol Gabe Kyle Caroline Andy Genevieve Teeny Votes 5–1 4–2 4–0 3–1 4–1 8–1 8–1 7–2 6–1–1 3–2–2 2–0 3–2 Voter Vote Challenge Rachel Jon Andy Rome colspan=2 Sol Gabe Kyle GenevieveAndy Genevieve Sam Jon Anika Rome colspan=2 Sol Gabe Kyle Caroline Genevieve Sue TK Andy Tiyana Sierra Sierra Sol Genevieve Kyle Sam Andy Genevieve Teeny Sol colspan="2" Rome Sam Sierra Sol Gabe Kyle Sam Rachel Sam Genevieve Aysha Kishan Rome Sam Sierra Sol Gabe Kyle CarolineRachel Sam Andy Jon Anika Rome Sam Sierra Sol Gabe Genevieve Caroline Rachel Caroline TK Rome Tiyana Sierra Sierra Gabe Kyle Genevieve Kyle Sue Tiyana Sierra Sierra Sol Gabe Teeny Gabe TK Rome Tiyana Sierra Sierra Sol Genevieve Sol Rome Kishan Andy Sam Sierra Sue Sierra Jon Anika Rome Gabe Sam Tiyana TK Rome Gabe Rome Aysha Kishan Kishan Sam Anika Jon Kishan Aysha colspan="2" Aysha Genevieve TK Sue Jon Anika

Jury vote Episode 14 Day 26 Finalist Rachel Sam Sue Votes Juror Vote Teeny Genevieve Andy Caroline Kyle Gabe Sol Sierra Notes

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. A preview for the season was released on May 22, 2024, right after the finale of Survivor 46 aired.

Reception Survivor 47 received positive reviews. Dalton Ross of Entertainment Weekly ranked the season 24th out of 47, praising the cast and the abundance of emotional exits from the game. Nick Caruso of TVLine ranked this season 22nd out of 47.

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