Survivor: One World

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Survivor: One World
Season 24
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Region 1 DVD cover
Presented by Jeff Probst
No. of days39
No. of castaways18
WinnerKim Spradlin
Runner-upSabrina Thompson
Location Upolu, Samoa
No. of episodes14
Release
Original network CBS
Original releaseFebruary 15 (2012-02-15) 
May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)
Additional information
Filming datesAugust 1 (2011-08-01) 
September 8, 2011 (2011-09-08)
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Survivor: One World is the 24th season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor , featuring 18 new castaways divided by gender into two tribes of nine. The season was filmed from August 1 through September 8, 2011, in the vicinity of Upolu, Samoa, which is the same filming location used for seasons 19, 20, and 23, at the time surpassed Panama as the location where the most Survivor seasons had filmed. The season aired weekly from February 15, 2012, until May 13, 2012, when Kim Spradlin was named the winner over Sabrina Thompson and Chelsea Meissner by a 7–2–0 vote. In addition, Spradlin won $100,000 as the "Sprint Player of the Season", earning the fans' vote over runners-up Meissner, Greg "Tarzan" Smith and "Troyzan" Robertson. [1]

Contents

This is the fourth season that initially divided the tribes by gender, following Survivor: The Amazon , Survivor: Vanuatu and Survivor: Panama . The season's title is in reference to the two tribes initially sharing a campsite; while this had been done in Survivor: Thailand and Survivor: Palau , this is the first time the concept was both employed at the beginning of the game and continued beyond the first tribal challenge. [2] As a result of the shared campsite, hidden immunity idols were designated for specific tribes; if a castaway found the idol designated for the opposing tribe, he or she was required to give it to a member of the other tribe before the next Tribal Council. All of these twists ended when the tribes were reorganized on Day 12.

Contestants

The cast is composed of 18 new players, initially divided into two tribes by gender: the nine men composed Manono (named after Manono Island) while the nine women composed Salani (named after a Samoan surfing resort). The merged tribe Tikiano is coined from a portmanteau of "Tiki" which means "God", and "Ano" derived from Spanish año for "year", which was first suggested by contestant Troy "Troyzan" Robertson.

Notable cast members include Leif Manson, the first little person to compete in the whole Survivor franchise; fashion photographer "Troyzan" Robertson; [2] and Monica Culpepper, wife of former NFL football player Brad Culpepper (who would later also become a contestant on Survivor). [3]

List of Survivor: One World contestants
ContestantAgeFromTribeFinish
OriginalSwitchedMergedPlacementDay
Kourtney Moon29 Austin,
Texas
SalaniMedically
evacuated
Day 3
Nina Acosta51 Clovis,
California
1st voted outDay 5
Matt Quinlan33 San Francisco,
California
Manono2nd voted outDay 8
Bill Posley28 Venice,
California
3rd voted outDay 11
Monica Culpepper41 Tampa,
Florida
SalaniManono4th voted outDay 14
Colton Cumbie21 Monroeville,
Alabama
ManonoMedically
evacuated
Day 16
Jonas Otsuji37 Lehi,
Utah
Tikiano5th voted out
1st jury member
Day 20
Michael Jefferson30 Seattle,
Washington
Salani6th voted out
2nd jury member
Day 22
Jay Byars25 Gaffney,
South Carolina
7th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 25
Leif Manson27 San Diego,
California
Manono8th voted out
4th jury member
Day 27
Troy "Troyzan" Robertson 50 Miami,
Florida
Salani9th voted out
5th jury member
Day 30
Kat Edorsson22 Orlando,
Florida
Salani10th voted out
6th jury member
Day 33
Greg "Tarzan" Smith64 Houston,
Texas
ManonoManono11th voted out
7th jury member
Day 36
Alicia Rosa25 Chicago,
Illinois
Salani12th voted out
8th jury member
Day 37
Christina Cha29 Hollywood,
California
13th voted out
9th jury member
Day 38
Chelsea Meissner26 Charleston,
South Carolina
Salani2nd Runner-upDay 39
Sabrina Thompson33 Brooklyn,
New York
Runner-up
Kim Spradlin29 San Antonio,
Texas
Sole Survivor

Future appearances

Kat Edorsson, Colton Cumbie, and Monica Culpepper returned for Survivor: Blood vs. Water . Edorsson returned with her boyfriend, Hayden Moss, Cumbie returned with his fiancé, Caleb Bankston, and Culpepper returned with her husband, Brad. "Troyzan" Robertson and Sabrina Thompson were both included in the public poll to choose the cast of Survivor: Cambodia , but neither of them were chosen to compete. Robertson would eventually return for Survivor: Game Changers . Culpepper also appeared on Survivor: Game Changers as part of the loved ones visit. [4] Kim Spradlin, now using her married name of Spradlin-Wolfe, returned to compete on Survivor: Winners at War . [5] [6]

Outside of Survivor, Michael Jefferson appeared on the Discovery Channel show Naked and Afraid . [7]

Season summary

The season filmed in Upolu in Samoa. Samoa.jpg
The season filmed in Upolu in Samoa.

The 18 castaways were divided into gender-based tribes and given maps to their camps, unaware they would lead to the same location. Despite living on the same beach, the tribes would remain split, building separate shelters and fending for their own tribe.

The men's tribe, Manono, dominated the first few challenges. The women's tribe, Salani, was run by a majority alliance formed by Alicia, Chelsea, Kat, Kim and Sabrina. Despite a strong start, the men found difficulty with the outspoken Colton who was initially an outsider, often interacting with Salani instead. After Sabrina accidentally found Manono's hidden immunity idol, she gave it to Colton, who used his newfound power to overthrow Manono's dominant alliance and gain control of the tribe. After the tribes were swapped, Colton found himself again in a position of power on the new Manono tribe; however, he was medically evacuated from the game after being diagnosed with acute appendicitis. Meanwhile, on the new Salani tribe, Kim and Chelsea formed a second alliance with Jay and Troyzan as a backup plan in case their original alliance failed.

Though the genders entered the merge with equal numbers, Kim organized the women into a single alliance while Colton's removal left the men without a leader, leading Jay and Troyzan to align with the women and vote out two of the men. With a clear majority, the women decided to sever ties with Jay and Troyzan, voting them out despite Troyzan's pleas to Kat and Christina, who were at the bottom of the women's alliance. Tarzan was the last man remaining, however Kat's unpredictability and youthful naivety was enough to convince Kim to betray her first. With only six players remaining, Kim found herself caught between her initial alliance of Chelsea and Sabrina, and the alliance of Alicia, Christina and Tarzan. Although Alicia wanted to vote Chelsea out, Kim convinced Alicia that Tarzan was planning to betray her, leading to Tarzan's elimination. Alicia and Christina were subsequently voted out by Kim, Chelsea, and Sabrina.

At the Final Tribal Council, Chelsea was lambasted by the jurors for her evident lack of social connections, riding on coattails, and was largely seen as Kim's pawn. Sabrina was praised for her excellent social game, and being loyal to her allies. However, she was criticized by many jurors due to her poor work ethic and challenge performances. Kim was praised for her challenge wins, her connections with men and women, and always thinking ahead strategically. However, she was blamed for all their blindsides and eliminations. Kim decided to own every decision she made throughout the entire game, and won in a vote of 7-2-0, only losing Troyzan's and Leif's votes.

Challenge winners and eliminations by episode
EpisodeChallenge winner(s)Eliminated
No.TitleOriginal air dateRewardImmunityTribePlayer
1"Two Tribes, One Camp, No Rules"February 15, 2012Manono [lower-alpha 1] SalaniKourtney
2"Total Dysfunction"February 22, 2012ManonoManonoSalaniNina
3"One World is Out the Window"February 29, 2012SalaniSalaniManonoMatt
4"Bum-Puzzled"March 7, 2012SalaniManono [lower-alpha 2] ManonoBill
Salani
5"A Bunch of Idiots"March 14, 2012SalaniSalaniManonoMonica
6"Thanks for the Souvenir"March 21, 2012SalaniNone [lower-alpha 3] ManonoColton
7"The Beauty in a Merge"March 28, 2012Alicia, Chelsea,
Christina, Jay,
Sabrina, Troyzan
TroyzanTikianoJonas
8"Just Annihilate Them"April 4, 2012Christina,
Kim, Leif,
Michael, Sabrina
JayMichael
9"Go Out With a Bang"April 11, 2012Alicia,
Jay, Kat,
Tarzan, Troyzan
ChelseaJay
10"I'm No Dummy"April 18, 2012Survivor
Auction
TroyzanLeif
11"Never Say Die"April 25, 2012Kim
[Alicia, Chelsea]
KimTroyzan
12"It's Gonna Be Chaos"May 2, 2012Kat
[Alicia, Kim]
KimKat
13"It's Human Nature"May 9, 2012Chelsea
[Kim, Sabrina]
AliciaTarzan
14"Perception is Not Always Reality"May 13, 2012NoneKimAlicia
KimChristina
15"Reunion"

In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.

  1. Kourtney suffered an injury during the challenge; as a result, the challenge was not completed. Manono won by default and that night's Tribal Council was cancelled.
  2. Manono chose to give immunity to Salani before Tribal Council.
  3. Due to Colton being evacuated from the game, there was no immunity challenge or Tribal Council vote.

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleRating/share
(household)
Rating/share (18-49)Original air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
Weekly rank
3521"Two Tribes, One Camp, No Rules"6.3/10 [8] 3.1/9 [9] February 15, 2012 (2012-02-15)10.79 [9] #17 [8]

On Day 1, the eighteen castaways arrived on a truck at a beach. Jeff divided the tribes into men, Manono, versus women, Salani. Jeff revealed the existence of the Hidden Immunity Idol and that Redemption Island will not be used this season after being used in the last two seasons. Jeff then told the tribes that they had sixty seconds to strip everything of value from the truck. While the women of Salani were busy gathering goods, Michael stole several of their assembled supplies. After the scramble for supplies was done, Jeff tossed the two tribes a map to their camps and the tribes headed off in different directions.

During Salani's trek through the jungle, Alicia formed an alliance with Chelsea, Kat, Kim, and Sabrina. The women arrived first and discovered the two tribes were camping on the same beach. Later the first day, Matt warned Colton that either he could use his "women" connection to advance the Manono tribe or find himself the odd man out and be one of the first to be voted out. Matt also formed an alliance with Bill, Jay, and Michael. After Jay got Manono's fire started, the women tried to negotiate with the men for fire, but their efforts failed. Late that night, Monica and Christina crept into Manono's camp and stole an ember to start a fire, but the fire died out by morning.

On Day 2, Christina brokered a deal with the men for fire in exchange for weaving twenty palm fronds for the men. While Alicia agreed to the deal, Christina's bargaining upset her and she vowed to vote out Christina first. Sabrina found a Hidden Immunity Idol intended for the Manono tribe. Before the next Tribal Council, Sabrina gave the idol to Colton, telling him to make a big move in the game.

  • Reward/Immunity Challenge: One at a time, the castaways would jump from a 25-foot (7.6 m) high tower into a net below. Once all of the tribe's castaways complete the jump, the tribe would move on to cross a balance beam and after that a rope bridge. The first tribe to have all of their members across the rope bridge and their tribe flag raised would win immunity and flint.

At the combined Reward/Immunity Challenge, Kourtney injured her wrist while landing in the net during the tower jump. When Jeff noticed that Kourtney was kneeling and in obvious pain while waiting her turn on the balance beam, he called a stop to the challenge to tend to Kourtney. The Survivor Medical Team determined that she had a possible broken wrist and pulled her from the challenge to get an X-ray for further diagnosis. Jeff told the tribes that since the challenge requires nine castaways to start and finish, Manono wins by default. However, he gave the men the option to continue the challenge with a nine versus eight competition as a gesture of goodwill. The men declined and took the Tribal Immunity, much to the disappointment of the women.

That night, at Tribal Council, a vicious argument broke out between Alicia and Christina over the deal made over the fire and palm frond mats. Jeff told the women that Kourtney suffered multiple fractures of her wrist that would require surgery, she was medically removed from the game, and they would not have to vote anybody out. They received flint.

3532"Total Dysfunction"6.0/10 [10] 2.8/8 [11] February 22, 2012 (2012-02-22)10.29 [11] #23 [10]

When Alicia and Christina returned to camp after Tribal Council, the two tried to clear their mutual animosity. Alicia still did not care for Christina but she focused on Nina to be voted out next as her alliance needed Christina to win challenges. On the morning of Day 4, Sabrina was appointed the leader of the tribe. The day's tree mail had two large crates for the tribes and instructions to take them to a neutral location where they were to be opened. The tribes opened the instruction package and it told them that this would be the first do-it-yourself Reward Challenge. Bill read the challenge rules and the tribes began.

  • Reward Challenge: The tribes would untie a series of knotted ropes to free a metal ring. The first tribe to free the ring would win a tarp along with the rope and crate from the challenge.

The challenge was closely fought with Manono pulling out the win. Afterward, the men worked on improving their camp but Colton hung out with Salani. The women shooed Colton away to have a women-only meeting. He returned later to tell them he felt alone in the game and that he wanted to spend as much time with the women as he could. The women told him that was not an option for strategic reasons. Later that night, Colton told Jonas, Leif, Tarzan, and Troyzan that he was going to play the Hidden Immunity Idol at the next Tribal Council and that they could blindside Matt or Michael. Colton decided to go along with this "misfit alliance" until he could join up with the women.

  • Immunity Challenge: The tribes would line up side-by-side on a balance beam out in the ocean. One at a time and starting with the castaway furthest from the finish platform, the castaway would have to move across the balance beam and around the other tribe members. Should any three castaways touch each other at the same time, the crossing castaway would have to jump into the ocean and start over from the beginning. Should the crossing castaway fall into the ocean, they would have to start over from the beginning. The first tribe to have all of their members on the finish platform would win. Challenge from Survivor Vanuatu .

At the Immunity Challenge, Manono easily defeated Salani. The women struggled from the start; only getting Monica across to the finish platform by the time the men completed the challenge. Back at camp, Kat apologized to the tribe for her over enthusiasm at taking the lead spot in the challenge and struggling in that spot until Monica took over. Nina told Chelsea that Kat was the weakest link in the tribe and that the tribe should vote for Kat. Chelsea told Kim that she agreed with Nina's assessment, but was concerned about picking off members of their alliance so early in the game. At Tribal Council, the tribe discussed what life experiences Kat and Nina brought to the tribe and the alliance of five. When the voting came, the alliance of five stuck together, voting Nina out.

  1. No vote; Kourtney was medically evacuated from the game.
  2. No vote; Colton was medically evacuated from the game.
  3. Troyzan played a hidden Immunity Idol; therefore two votes against him did not count.

Reception

Despite the absence of Redemption Island and having an all-new cast, Survivor: One World was the fourth consecutive season of the series to be met with a generally negative reception. Although the gameplay of Kim Spradlin received praise, much criticism was aimed towards the gender tribe division, as well as the season's predictability. Survivor columnist Dalton Ross of Entertainment Weekly gave this season a negative review. He called the cast, "thoroughly uninspiring" and went on to say that, "Colton was more a horrible human being than a classic villain, and the rest of the players were mostly either completely forgettable or people you wish you could forget." Ross ultimately ranked One World as the fifth-worst season of the series, only better than Thailand , Fiji , Nicaragua , and Island of the Idols . [36] [37] Jeff Probst felt this season was a "bit of a letdown," adding that "We just didn't have the standout moments and characters needed for a great season." [38] From 2012 to 2014, Survivor fan site "Survivor Oz" consistently ranked One World in the bottom five in its annual polls ranking all seasons of the series; in 2012, it was the fifth-worst ahead of Fiji, Thailand, Nicaragua, and Redemption Island , and in 2013 and 2014, it was the fourth-worst ahead of Fiji, South Pacific , and Redemption Island. [39] [40] [41] Similarly, fellow fan site "The Purple Rock Podcast" ranked One World as the ninth-worst season in 2020. [42] In 2014, Joe Reid of The Wire ranked One World as the seventh-worst season, similarly criticizing Colton and saying that his "petulance, racism, snobbery, whining, and cruelty makes him very possibly the worst person to ever be on the show." [43] In 2015, a poll by Rob Has a Podcast ranked this season as the second-worst season of all time, only ahead of Redemption Island, with Rob Cesternino ranking this season 27th. [44] This was updated in 2021 during Cesternino's podcast, Survivor All-Time Top 40 Rankings, ranking 37th. [45] In 2020, Inside Survivor ranked this season 37th out of 40 saying that the One World twist fell flat and the "vast majority [of the players] is either wholly forgettable or actively unlikeable." [46]

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