Survivor: Redemption Island

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Survivor: Redemption Island
Season 22
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Region 1 DVD cover
Presented by Jeff Probst
No. of days39
No. of castaways18
Winner Rob Mariano
Runner-upPhillip Sheppard
Location San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
No. of episodes14
Release
Original network CBS
Original releaseFebruary 16 (2011-02-16) –
May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15)
Additional information
Filming datesAugust 16 (2010-08-16) –
September 23, 2010 (2010-09-23)
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Survivor: Redemption Island is the twenty-second season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor . It premiered on February 16, 2011. [1] Applications were due in January 2010, and filming lasted from August to September 2010. The season was filmed near San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, the same location as the previous season. [2] The show featured returning players Russell Hantz and Rob Mariano and 16 new players to Survivor. [1] [3]

Contents

Mariano was named the winner in the final episode on May 15, 2011, defeating Phillip Sheppard and Natalie Tenerelli in an 8–1–0 vote. In addition, Mariano won $100,000 as the "Sprint Player of the Season," receiving 40% of the fans' votes; Matt Elrod, with 36%, received the next-highest total.

Redemption Island

This season introduced "Redemption Island" to the American version of Survivor, based in part on concepts already used in foreign versions of the show, including "Moondram Ulagam" (3rd Island) in the Tamil version. "The Island of the Dead" in the Israeli version, "Isla Purgatoryo" (Purgatory Island) in the Philippine version's second season, "Ghost Island" in the Serbian version's second season, and the duels in the 2002 Swedish edition.

Instead of being out of the game immediately upon being voted out of their tribe, the voted off contestant would be taken to a secluded area known as Redemption Island. Once there, they were to sustain themselves in the same manner as when living with the tribe: living on limited food, water and shelter. They would be joined by the next person voted out, and those two people would face off in a duel in an arena constructed to resemble an old ruined temple, joined by two representatives from each tribe acting as observers. [4] The winner remains in the game, and continues living at Redemption Island. The loser exits the game for good, throwing their buff into a small fire pit on their way out of the arena. At two predetermined points during the game, at the merge and with four players remaining in the game proper, the winner of the Redemption Island duel returns to the game. [5]

Host Jeff Probst compared Redemption Island to the Pearl Islands ' Outcast tribe, stating that the latter concept did not seem to work well with the audience because the Outcast twist was not revealed to the players ahead of time, and was considered unfair to the remaining players in the game. However, the Outcast tribe survived on the same meager rations as everybody else in the game. With Redemption Island, the players were told at the start of the game of the existence and rules of Redemption Island, and Probst expected that this would affect how the tribes would vote out members. [5] Probst also stated that the change would allow for the newer players to have a chance to recover from early mistakes such as choosing the wrong alliance or making a poor vote at Tribal Council. [6] Entertainment Weekly 's Dalton Ross correctly speculated that due to the Redemption Island duel as part of each episode, all regular challenges in the show were combined Reward/Immunity challenges until the tribes merged. [5] The duels used at Redemption Island were scaled-back versions of previous challenges the show had used, and Probst stated that this was because these challenges "worked well" and eliminated any risk of the challenges going astray. [4] The idea for allowing other players to watch the duel was a last-minute addition made by Mark Burnett. According to Probst, it gave those that attended the duel "valuable information" they could have used in their gameplay strategy, but also could have left them vulnerable to alliance shifts that might have occurred while they were absent from the tribe. [4]

Contestants

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Francesca Hogi
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Steve Wright
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Rob Mariano

The players were initially split into two tribes of nine, each with one returning player: Ometepe and Zapatera, both named after the islands in Lake Nicaragua. Redemption Island featured the return of Rob Mariano and Russell Hantz, who both previously appeared on Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains and appeared separately on Marquesas and All-Stars (Mariano) and Samoa (Hantz). Their feud was a running storyline in the early episodes of Heroes vs. Villains, and was rekindled months later during the season's live finale. While the sixteen new players were initially assigned tribes prior to the start of the game, Rob and Russell drew buffs to determine which tribe they joined. [7]

Notable new contestants include former NFL players Steve Wright and Grant Mattos; and former Miss Maine USA Ashley Underwood.

List of Survivor: Redemption Island contestants
ContestantAgeFromTribeMain game [lower-alpha 1] Redemption Island
OriginalMergedFinishDayFinishDay
Francesca Hogi36 Washington,
D.C. 		Ometepe1st voted outDay 3Lost duel 1Day 6
Matt Elrod
(Returned to game)		2nd voted outDay 51st returneeDay 19
Russell Hantz
Samoa & Heroes vs. Villains 		37 Dayton,
Texas 		Zapatera3rd voted outDay 8Lost duel 2Day 10
Kristina Kell46 Malibu,
California 		Ometepe4th voted outDay 11Lost duel 3Day 12
Krista Klumpp25 Columbia,
South Carolina 		Zapatera5th voted outDay 13Lost duel 4Day 14
Stephanie Valencia26 Long Beach,
California 		6th voted outDay 16Lost duel 5Day 17
Sarita White36 Santa Monica,
California 		7th voted outDay 18Lost duel 6Day 19
Matt Elrod 22 Nashville,
Tennessee 		OmetepeMurlonio8th voted outDay 21Lost duel 11
6th jury member		Day 36
Mike Chiesl31 Del Mar,
California 		Zapatera9th voted outDay 22Lost duel 11
7th jury member
David Murphy31 West Hollywood,
California 		10th voted outDay 24Lost duel 7
1st jury member		Day 25
Julie Wolfe50 Oceanside,
California 		11th voted outDay 27Lost duel 8
2nd jury member		Day 28
Ralph Kiser45 Lebanon,
Virginia 		12th voted outDay 30Lost duel 10
4th jury member		Day 33
Steve Wright 51 Huntington Beach,
California 		13th voted outLost duel 9
3rd jury member		Day 31
Andrea Boehlke
(Returned to game)		Ometepe14th voted outDay 322nd returneeDay 36
Grant Mattos 29 West Hollywood,
California 		15th voted outDay 35Lost duel 11
5th jury member
Andrea Boehlke21 Random Lake,
Wisconsin 		16th voted out
8th jury member		Day 37
Ashley Underwood25 Benton,
Maine 		17th voted out
9th jury member		Day 38
Natalie Tenerelli19 Acton,
California 		2nd runner-upDay 39
Phillip Sheppard52 Santa Monica,
California 		Runner-up
Rob Mariano
Marquesas, All-Stars
& Heroes vs. Villains 		34 Pensacola,
Florida 		Sole Survivor
  1. ↑ Elimination order is based on when the contestant was voted out at Tribal Council

Future appearances

Phillip Sheppard, Andrea Boehlke, and Francesca Hogi returned for Survivor: Caramoan . [8] Natalie Tenerelli and Stephanie Valencia were included on the public poll to choose the cast of Survivor: Cambodia , but neither received enough votes to be chosen. Boehlke returned for the third time in Survivor: Game Changers . Russell Hantz returned to the game on an international level as he appeared on the 2018 edition of Australian Survivor. Rob Mariano returned for the thirty-ninth season Survivor: Island of the Idols serving as a mentor to new contestants, and returned again the very next season to compete on Survivor: Winners at War .

Outside of Survivor, Mariano competed on Deal or No Deal Island . [9]

Season summary

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The season filmed in San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua.

Sixteen new castaways, previously divided into two tribes, Ometepe and Zapatera, were joined by returning contestants, "Boston" Rob Mariano and Russell Hantz, with Rob joining Ometepe and Russell joining Zapatera by random draw. The tribes were then told about Redemption Island, a secluded location where voted out players would go to compete in challenges for a chance to return to the game.

Rob quickly proved to be leader of Ometepe, and kept wary of the hidden immunity idol, including sending one of his own alliance, Matt, to Redemption Island while trying to flush it out. On Zapatera, the bulk of the tribe recognized the threat that Russell could be, throwing a challenge in order to vote Russell out; Russell would lose to Matt at the next Redemption Island challenge. Matt would continue to win several more duels. After Russell's elimination, Zapatera faltered due to lack of cohesion within the tribe, and eventually approached the merge with only five members remaining, while Ometepe had six.

The tribes merged with 12 players left in the game, including Matt, who returned from Redemption Island. Zapatera attempted to lure Matt to their side in order to tie the vote; while Matt considered blindsiding Rob, he eventually decided against it, telling this to Rob in an attempt to prove his loyalty. Despite this, Rob decided Matt could not be trusted, using his alliance to send Matt back to Redemption Island, establishing a firm Ometepe majority. The former Ometepe tribe used their numerical advantage to completely eliminate the remaining former members of Zapatera, starting with Mike, who dominated with his close friend Matt at Redemption Island. Meanwhile, Rob orchestrated the eliminations of those who he felt would be threatening to him, including Andrea and close allies Grant and Ashley. The final three were Rob, Natalie, and Phillip; both Natalie and Phillip were criticized by the jury for simply following in Rob's footsteps, and Rob was voted the Sole Survivor in a vote of 8-1-0.

Challenge winners and eliminations by episode
EpisodeRedemption IslandChallenge
winner(s)		Voted out
No.TitleOriginal air dateWinnerEliminatedTribePlayer
1"You're Looking at the New Leader of Your Tribe"February 16, 2011NoneZapateraOmetepeFrancesca
2"You Own My Vote"February 23, 2011ZapateraOmetepeMatt
3"Keep Hope Alive"March 2, 2011MattFrancescaOmetepeZapateraRussell
4"Don't You Work for Me?"March 9, 2011MattRussellZapateraOmetepeKristina
5"We Hate Our Tribe"March 16, 2011MattKristinaOmetepeZapateraKrista
6"Their Red-Headed Step Child"March 23, 2011MattKristaOmetepeZapateraStephanie
7"It Don't Take a Smart One"March 30, 2011MattStephanieOmetepeZapateraSarita
8"This Game Respects Big Moves"April 6, 2011Matt [lower-alpha 1] SaritaNatalieMurlonioMatt
9"The Buddy System"April 13, 2011NoneGrantMike
AndreaDavid
10"Rice Wars"April 20, 2011MikeDavidRobJulie
Matt
11"A Mystery Package"April 27, 2011MattJulieGrant
[Andrea, Rob]		Ralph
MikeRobSteve
12"You Mangled My Nets"May 4, 2011MikeSteveRobAndrea
Matt
Ralph
13"Too Close For Comfort"May 11, 2011MikeRalphAshley
[Natalie]		Grant
Matt
Andrea
14"Seems Like a No Brainer"May 15, 2011Andrea [lower-alpha 1] GrantAshleyAndrea
Matt
Mike
RobAshley
15"Reunion"
In the case of the immunity and reward winner being able to share their reward with others, the invitees are in brackets.
  1. 1 2 Returned to the game upon winning the Redemption Island challenge.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleRating/share
(household)		Rating/share (18-49)Original air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)		Weekly rank
3211"You're Looking at the New Leader of Your Tribe"6.2/10 [10] 3.2/9 [10] February 16, 2011 (2011-02-16)11.155 [10] #15 [11]

Sixteen castaways split into two tribes, Ometepe and Zapatera, arrived on the beach on board a Mil Mi-17 from the Nicaraguan Air Force. After Jeff welcomed the group to the game, he announced that two additional players would be joining them, in which Rob and Russell then arrived in a second helicopter. Jeff went over the two's history in the game and then the two drew for tribes. Rob drew the orange Ometepe tribe buff, while Russell drew the purple Zapatera tribe buff. Jeff then announced the new twist of Survivor, which was Redemption Island. At Ometepe, Rob caught Kristina looking for a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol. Rob then talked to Phillip about keeping an eye out for a woman's alliance on the tribe, since the women outnumbered the men 5–4. However, Phillip was uneasy with the idea and approached Kristina about forming an alliance and siding with the women. Over at Zapatera, Russell made his usual early game move and made an alliance with Stephanie, and talked about taking her to the merge. On Day 3, Kristina went on a hunt for the Hidden Immunity Idol by herself without any clues and actually managed to find it. Francesca, Kristina, and Phillip then formed an alliance, but Phillip annoyed the women with his aggressive questioning about whom to vote off at Tribal Council.

  • Reward/Immunity Challenge: The tribes would push four blocks along a track which would form a set of stairs to the first level of a temple. The tribe would race to the first level where one tribe member would cut a series of ropes which would release a second set of stairs to the top level of the temple. The tribe would then race to the top level of the temple where there would be a block puzzle. The first tribe to complete their puzzle would win flint and immunity.

The first combined Immunity/Reward Challenge was won by Zapatera, when Ometepe fell behind early. They managed to catch up, but at the puzzle part of the challenge they fell behind and lost. After the challenge, Kristina told Francesca and Phillip that she had the Hidden Immunity Idol, and she told Francesca of her plan to blindside Rob by getting the other three Ometepe women to vote for Kristina, while their three person alliance votes for Rob. Francesca was concerned that it was too early to vote out Rob, and that they did not have the numbers to stay in the game long-term. Francesca also wanted to vote out Natalie, as she was seen as the weakest link of the tribe. Rob told the other Ometepe members (Andrea, Ashley, Grant, Matt, and Natalie), that he was concerned that the Francesca/Kristina/Phillip alliance may have already found a Hidden Immunity Idol and they should split their vote between Francesca and Kristina.

At Tribal Council, the Francesca/Kristina/Phillip alliance imploded when Francesca openly said that Rob would not be voted out. This enraged Phillip, who immediately responded and said that Francesca told him to vote for Rob. This angered both Francesca and Kristina, and they decided to change their votes to Phillip, both vehemently denied that they were planning to vote out Rob. Phillip openly voiced that he would be voting for Francesca and announced that Kristina had the Hidden Immunity Idol, shocking everyone else on the tribe and silently infuriating Francesca and Kristina. Kristina admitted that she did have the Idol, but she, along with Francesca, still denied that their plan was to vote out Rob, but instead she would be voting for Natalie, even though she did tell Phillip that she was voting for Rob. Jeff asked Rob whose story he believed. Rob said that, while Phillip was adamant in defending his story, Francesca denied it with equal energy. However, Kristina did not defend herself. Rob asked Kristina to show him the Idol just to confirm that she had it. Upon seeing it, he asked her to give him the Idol, declaring that she would stay in the game if she handed it over and that doing so would show that Kristina was telling the truth, but Kristina said she could not hand it over. When the voting came, the alliance of six kept to their plan and split their votes between Francesca and Kristina. With Phillip's flip to the majority, Francesca was voted out and became the first castaway to go to Redemption Island. After Francesca left for Redemption Island, Jeff said that there would be a flint at Ometepe's campsite.

3222"You Own My Vote"6.2/10 [12] 3.1/9 [12] February 23, 2011 (2011-02-23)10.932 [12] #17 [13]

After Ometepe returned to camp from Tribal Council, Phillip felt betrayed by Francesca and swore his loyalty to Rob, while Rob plotted with his alliance to vote out Phillip next. Rob was concerned about the growing connection between Andrea and Matt. Over at Zapatera, Russell added Krista to his alliance with Stephanie. Russell then went on his typical Hidden Immunity Idol hunt, but was beaten to it by Ralph who happened to stumble upon the idol while picking up rocks.

  • Reward/Immunity Challenge: One at a time, a castaway would swim across a pool, climb up a tower, and then jump off the tower to smash a tile. The smashed tile would release a key which the castaway would retrieve. Once five keys were retrieved, one castaway would use the keys to unlock a box that contained a ball. Two castaways would then toss the ball to break five tiles. The first tribe to break all five tiles would win fishing gear and immunity.

Zapatera came from behind to win their second challenge in a row. After Zapatera had won, Matt shook the hands of several of the Zapatera tribe members, which angered Rob. Russell picked up Zapatera's reward as he knew there would be a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol within it. He tried to take the clue without anybody noticing, but Ralph did and told the rest of the tribe. Mike and Ralph confronted Russell about the clue, but Russell denied that he had it even though he had already shown it to his alliance. Rob came up with a plan with Ashley, Grant, and Natalie to vote against Matt, but to tell Matt and Andrea that they were splitting the vote between Kristina and Phillip. Rob took Phillip aside and told him that something big was happening at Tribal Council, that he needed to not say anything about the plan at Tribal Council, and that Rob would signal to Phillip whom Rob wanted Phillip to vote for. At Tribal Council, Phillip kept quiet about the plan and voted per Rob's signal against Kristina. Kristina played the Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Phillip and Andrea's votes against her, but Rob's plan came together and Matt was voted out.

  1. ↑ The first round of voting resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those who tied.
  2. ↑ Kristina played a hidden immunity idol, therefore the two votes cast against her did not count.
  3. ↑ Rob played a hidden immunity idol, therefore the vote cast against him did not count.
  4. 1 2 3 Ralph, Russell and Stephanie were not eligible to vote in the second Tribal Council vote.

Reception

The season was universally panned by critics. The primary criticisms are that Redemption Island itself ruined the drama and significance of the elimination, that the cast as a whole was boring and unlikable, and that once Russell Hantz was eliminated, the competition became unfairly favorable to Rob Mariano. Survivor columnist of Entertainment Weekly Dalton Ross ranked it as the 10th-worst season, stating that "the fuse blew out" after the first three episodes, and also that "Most of the vote-offs were clearly telegraphed and the Redemption Island twist sucked the life out of the signature moment - the vote-off." [38] Survivor: Tocantins runner-up and People's Survivor columnist Stephen Fishbach stated that he thought it was the worst season ever. [39] In 2013, Andrea Reiher of Zap2it ranked it as the worst season of Survivor, saying "this season continually felt like one big 'let's win Boston Rob the Survivor title' game orchestrated by the producers for three months," and also criticized the Ometepe tribe as "a tribe full of gomers who were too star-struck to act against [Rob]," which "became more and more boring." [40] In 2014, Joe Reid of The Wire ranked Redemption Island as the worst season of the series, similarly noting that "The coronation of Boston Rob was a foregone conclusion from the earliest stages...The whole season had an air of uselessness around it, and we'd have all been better off if CBS had just aired a 30-minute special where Les Moonves wrote Mariano a check." Reid also described the entire new cast as being "full of lemmings and idiots." [41] Since 2012, Survivor fan site "Survivor Oz" has consistently ranked Redemption Island as the worst season ever in its annual polls ranking every season of the series. [42] [43] [44] It was also ranked as the worst season of all time in 2015 on former Survivor contestant and reality TV podcast host Rob Cesternino's website, both by Cesternino himself and by the fan poll. [45] This was updated in 2021 during Rob's Survivor All-Time Top 40 Rankings podcast where the listeners ranked it 39th out of 40 seasons. [46] Fellow Survivor fan site "The Purple Rock Podcast" ranked Redemption Island as the sixth-worst season in 2020, describing it as "generally boring and predictable television." [47] Inside Survivor ranked this season last out of the first 40 seasons citing the Redemption Island twist and Mariano's "vice grip on the game". [48] Despite the negative reception of the season, the gameplay of Mariano was still well-received by fans. Mariano placed 4th out of the first 34 winners in a fan poll conducted by Entertainment Weekly in 2017. [49] In the official CBS Watch issue commemorating Survivor's 15th anniversary, Mariano was voted by viewers as the greatest contestant in the history of the series. [50]

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