Survivor Philippines

For the American television season of Survivor, see Survivor: Philippines.

Survivor Philippines
Title card in 2011
Genre	Reality competition
Based on	Robinson (1997) by Charlie Parsons
Directed by	Rico Gutierrez (2008–12) Dante Nico Garcia (2011–12) Monti Parungao (2008–10) Martin Cabrera (2009)
Presented by	Paolo Bediones (2008–09) Richard Gutierrez (2010–12)
Theme music composer	Russ Landau Diwa de Leon
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Tagalog
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	269
Production
Executive producers	Maria Carmela Torres (2011–12) Kernan Gatbonton (2010) Donnaliza Medina (2008–09)
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	30–45 minutes
Production company	GMA News and Public Affairs
Original release
Network	GMA Network
Release	September 15, 2008 (2008-09-15) – February 19, 2012 (2012-02-19)

Survivor Philippines is a Philippine television reality competition show broadcast by GMA Network. The show is based from the Swedish television series Robinson . Originally hosted by Paolo Bediones, it premiered on September 15, 2008, on the network's Telebabad line up. The show concluded on February 19, 2012, with a total of 269 episodes and 4 seasons. Richard Gutierrez served as the host for the final two seasons.

Format

Further information: Survivor (TV series) § Format

Hosts

Paolo Bediones

Richard Gutierrez

The show follows the same general format as the other editions of the show. The players are split between two or three "tribes", are taken to a remote isolated location and are forced to live off the land with meager supplies for 39 days (36 in the Celebrity Showdown seasons). Frequent physical and mental challenges are used to pit the teams against each other for rewards, such as food or luxuries, or for "immunity", forcing the other tribe to attend "Tribal Council", where they must vote off one of their members.

When 10 players are remaining, the tribes are merged into a single tribe, and competitions are on an individual basis; winning immunity prevents that player from being voted out. All of the players that are voted out at this stage form the "Tribal Council Jury". Once down to three people (two in the 1st season), a final Tribal Council is held where the remaining players plead their case to the Jury as to why they should win the game. The jury then votes for which player should be considered the "Pinoy Sole Survivor" and be awarded the grand prize of P3 million.

Seasons

Seasons of Survivor Philippines

Season	Premiere	Finale	Winner	Runners-up	No. of castaways	No. of days	Tribes
Survivor Philippines	September 15, 2008	December 14, 2008	JC Tiuseco	Rob Sy	18	39	Jarakay
							Naak
							Chalam
Survivor Philippines: Palau	August 17, 2009	November 15, 2009	Amanda Coolley Van Cooll	Justine Ferrer Jef Gaitan	16	39	Airai
							Koror
							Isla Purgatoryo
							Sonsorol
Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Showdown	August 30, 2010	December 5, 2010	Akihiro Sato	Solenn Heussaff Ervic Vijandre	18	36	Magan
							Nagar
							Sar Mayee
							Galone
Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown	November 14, 2011	February 19, 2012	Betong Sumaya	Mara Yokohama Stef Prescott	20	36	Bulan
							Tala
							Apolaki

Deviations

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Locations of Survivor Philippines. Seasons are represented accordingly by numbers.

The show was aired on a daily basis rather than once a week, all elements of the Survivor franchise were otherwise present. The show uses the theme music for the British version composed by Russ Landau, who made the Ancient Voices series of theme scores for the American version. It has further been re-arranged and added with tribal and ethnic flavors by local Filipino composer Diwa de Leon and chant vocals were performed by Evan Britanico. ^{[1] [2]}

One unique difference in this franchise is in the status of castaways who are evacuated to the hospital nearest to the setting of the game. Instead of being declared as eliminated at the point of evacuation, a castaway being sent to the hospital due to apparent injury or ailment is reminded to return to the game within 24 hours; otherwise, they are officially declared as eliminated from the game. One exception was with Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown castaway, Stef Prescott, who had been brought to a hospital in Manila after she was bitten by a Philippine cobra at Bulan camp. She was on treatment and observation for two days. Throughout the two-day absence from the game, she missed the actual Tribal Shuffle twist, a Tribal Immunity Challenge, and a Tribal Council. She came back on Day 13. Of the eight castaways across four seasons so far who were sent to the hospital with this reminder, all returned to the game, with one (Niña Ortiz from the first season) deciding to leave soon after her return from the hospital due to injury.

Another deviation in this franchise is the choice of the merge name, which is done beforehand by the producers. The merged tribe's name normally follows the naming pattern of those of the initial competing tribes. Many other Survivor versions usually let members of the new merged tribe make up their new tribal name.

In another deviation, the reunion specials were pre-recorded and were aired in the first Sunday after the final results were announced, which commonly happened in Fridays. One exception was with the reunion special of the fourth season, to be aired in the second Sunday after the live finale. In the American editions, the reunion special is usually aired live immediately after the final results are announced.

Ratings

Television ratings are according to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household ratings.

Season	Premiere rating	Finale rating	Reunion rating
1	31.8% [3]	35.0%	18.1% [4]
2	30.8% [5]	31.3%	7.8% [6]
3	18.2% [7]	—	—
4	24.2% [8]	34.7% [9]	19.1% [10]

Accolades

Accolades received by Survivor Philippines

Year	Awards	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2009	23rd PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Reality Program Host	Paolo Bediones	Won	[11]
	14th Asian Television Awards	Best Adaptation of an Existing Format	Survivor Philippines episode 1	Nominated	[12]
2010	6th USTv Students' Choice Awards	Students’ Choice of Reality Show	Survivor Philippines	Won	[13]
	2010 K-Zone Awards	Fave Reality Show		Nominated	[14]
2011	2011 Golden Screen TV Awards	Outstanding Adapted Reality / Competition Program	Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Showdown	Won	[15]
		Outstanding Adapted Reality / Competition Program Host	Richard Gutierrez	Nominated	[16]
	2011 Gawad Tangi Awards for Television	Best Reality Program (Adapted)	Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Showdown	Won	[17]
		Best Reality Program Host (Adapted)	Richard Gutierrez	Nominated	[18]
2012	17th Asian Television Awards	Best Adaptation of an Existing Format	Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown	Nominated	[19]
2013	2013 Golden Screen TV Awards	Outstanding Adapted Reality / Competition Program		Won	[20]
		Outstanding Adapted Reality / Competition Program Host	Richard Gutierrez	Nominated	[21]

References

1. Meet the composer of the Survivor Philippines Theme: an OTWOMD Exclusive interview
2. Survivor Philippines Begins - Official Theme Music by Diwa de Leon Master Diwa: Composer, Violinist, Gamer and Cosplayer
3. "Survivor Philippines makes impressive debut". GMA Network . September 16, 2008. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
4. Santiago, Erwin (December 15, 2008). "TV Ratings (Dec. 12-14): Survivor Philippines ends with a bang!". PEP. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
5. Santiago, Erwin (August 18, 2009). "Updated: AGB Mega Manila TV Ratings (Aug. 14-17): Survivor Philippines: Palau debuts strongly". PEP. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
6. Santiago, Erwin (November 17, 2009). "AGB Mega Manila TV Ratings (Nov. 13-15): Coverage of Pacquiao-Cotto fight is a runaway winner". PEP. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
7. Santiago, Erwin (September 1, 2010). "AGB Nielsen Mega Manila People Ratings (Aug. 27-30): Survivor Philippines outshines competition on its pilot episode". PEP. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
8. Santiago, Erwin (November 15, 2010). "AGB Nielsen Mega Manila People & Household Ratings (Nov. 9-14): Pacquiao-Marquez III gets majority viewership; new shows debut strongly". PEP. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
9. Santiago, Erwin (February 14, 2012). "AGB Nielsen Mega Manila People & Household Ratings (Feb. 10-13): My Beloved makes strong debut; Survivor Philippines finale rules". PEP. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
10. Santiago, Erwin (February 21, 2012). "AGB Nielsen Mega Manila People & Household Ratings (Feb. 17-20): Legacy and Budoy share primetime supremacy". PEP. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
11. Reyes, William R. (October 26, 2009). "23rd Star Awards for Television nominees bared". PEP. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
12. "RP grabs eight nominations at the 14th Asian TV Awards". PEP. November 14, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
13. "6th USTv Students' Choice Awards – List of Winners". UST – Tiger Radio. March 5, 2010. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
14. "K-Zone Awards 2010 Nominees". Summit Media. November 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
15. "Golden Screen TV Awards nominees bared". PEP. October 29, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
16. "GMA-7 leads winners of 2011 Golden Screen TV awards". Yahoo! OMG. November 30, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
17. "2011 Gawad Tangi Awards for TV List of Winners". Putrizk's Blog. December 12, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
18. "2011 Gawad Tangi Awards for TV Nominees". Putrizk's Blog. November 29, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
19. "Philippines bags 13 nominations at the 17th Asian Television Awards; Coco Martin and Michael V score acting nods". PEP. November 13, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
20. "10th Golden Screen Awards for TV 2013 winners revealed! - Marian Rivera, Gerald Anderson, Coco Martin get top acting honors". The Ultimate Fan. March 2, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
21. "2013 Golden Screen TV Awards nominees bared". PEP. March 2, 2013. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2013.

External links

• Survivor Philippines at IMDb