Survivor 46

Survivor 46
Season 46
Presented by	Jeff Probst
No. of days	26
No. of castaways	18
Location	Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	February 28, 2024 (2024-02-28) – present
Additional information
Filming dates	June 3 (2023-06-03) – June 28, 2023 (2023-06-28)
Season chronology

Survivor 46 is the forty-sixth season of the American competitive reality television series Survivor. It was the fourteenth consecutive season to be filmed in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji, and premiered on February 28, 2024, on CBS in the United States.

Production

On February 21, 2023, CBS renewed Survivor for its forty-fifth and forty-sixth season. A preview for the season was released on December 20, 2023, right after the finale of Survivor 45 was aired. The season continued to observe the strict safety protocols just as it did in seasons 41–45. It continued to feature the reduced 26 days of gameplay, with 18 contestants starting in three tribes, as with every season since then. A sneak peek of the castaways' audition tapes were revealed on the Survivor Instagram account in the form of a story, which were deleted after twenty-four hours.

Survivor 46 and The Amazing Race 36 retained the 90-minute runtime. The first two episodes of Survivor 46 each ran for two hours.

Contestants

The cast of 18 contestants was announced on February 5, 2024.

List of Survivor 46 contestants

Contestant	Age	From	Tribe			Finish
			Original	None	Merged	Placement	Day
David Jelinsky	22	Las Vegas, Nevada	Yanu			1st voted out	Day 3
Jessica "Jess" Chong	37	San Francisco, California				2nd voted out	Day 5
Randen Montalvo	41	Orlando, Florida	Nami			Medically evacuated	Day 7
Bhanu Gopal	41	Acton, Massachusetts	Yanu			3rd voted out	Day 9
Jemila "Jem" Hussain-Adams	32	Chicago, Illinois	Siga			4th voted out	Day 11
Moriah Gaynor	28	San Diego, California		None		5th voted out	Day 13
Tim Spicer	31	Atlanta, Georgia			Nuinui	6th voted out	Day 14
Sodasia "Soda" Thompson	27	Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey	Nami			7th voted out 1st jury member
Tevin Davis	24	Richmond, Virginia				8th voted out 2nd jury member	Day 16
Hunter McKnight	28	French Camp, Mississippi				9th voted out 3rd jury member	Day 17
Ben Katzman	31	Miami, Florida	Siga
Charlie Davis	26	Boston, Massachusetts	Siga
Kenzie Petty	29	Charlotte, North Carolina	Yanu
Liz Wilcox	35	Orlando, Florida	Nami
Maria Shrime Gonzalez	48	Dallas, Texas	Siga
Quintavius "Q" Burdette	29	Memphis, Tennessee	Yanu
Tiffany Nicole Ervin	33	Elizabeth, New Jersey	Yanu
Venus Vafa	24	Toronto, Ontario	Nami

Season summary

Survivor 46 season summary

Episode			Challenge winner(s)		Eliminated
No.	Title	Air date	Reward	Immunity	Tribe	Player
1	"This is Where the Legends Are Made"	February 28, 2024	Nami	Nami	Yanu	Jelinsky
				Siga
2	"Scorpio Energy"	March 6, 2024	Nami		Yanu	Jess
			Siga
3	"Wackadoodles Win"	March 13, 2024	Nami		Nami	Randen
			Siga
4	"Don't Touch the Oven"	March 20, 2024	Yanu	Nami	Yanu	Bhanu
			Nami	Siga
5	"Tiki Man"	March 27, 2024	Nami		Siga	Jem
			Yanu
6	"Cancel Christmas"	April 3, 2024	Ben, Hunter, Kenzie, Q, Tevin, Tim [Tiffany]		None	Moriah
7	"Episode Several"	April 10, 2024	Maria [Charlie, Liz, Soda, Tevin, Venus]	Kenzie	Nuinui	Tim
				Maria		Soda
8	"Hide 'N Seek"	April 17, 2024	None	Hunter		Tevin
9	"Spicy Jeff"	April 24, 2024		Charlie		Hunter
10	"Run the Red Light"	May 1, 2024

Episodes

See also: List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Rating/share (18–49)	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
662	1	"This is Where the Legends are Made"	0.83/9	February 28, 2024 (2024-02-28)	4.90
The 18 new castaways began their adventure. Reward Challenge: In pairs, tribe members raced under a cargo net and tunneled through sand underneath a wooden beam before collecting large puzzle pieces and returning to the starting mat. Once every member collected their piece, tribes used them to build a three-dimensional block puzzle, which they stood on top of to retrieve a stick of flint off a tall pole. The first tribe to finish won the flint and other supplies, while the second tribe to finish had their choice of either a "Savvy" or "Sweat" challenge to complete for their supplies, leaving the last tribe with the other option. Nami won the challenge. Siga, the second tribe to finish, chose Savvy. Back at camp, Jelinsky and Q were chosen to do Sweat for Yanu, which was to haul sea water using buckets that had holes in them. The back and forth was tough for both, and Jelinsky decided to quit with more than half their time left. At Siga, Ben and Charlie also failed at the Savvy word scramble puzzle. At Nami, Venus was caught by Randen after trying to find an idol, as he thought she was being sneaky. During Day 2, the tribes had to choose one person to go on a journey. Jelinsky from Yanu volunteered. Siga chose Maria, and Nami chose Tevin. The three were taken to a beach where they had to draw a card and try to convince the torch cardholder they were holding the vote card. Maria drew the torch card. Jelinsky, who had the skull, tried to convince Maria but gave up quickly and forfeited his vote at the upcoming Tribal Council. Maria and Tevin gained an extra vote advantage. Immunity Challenge: Tribes raced up a ramp to untie a giant 500-pound dummy gecko, lifting it up and over a barricade before dragging it through a tunnel and hauling it to the top of a platform, clasping it into place. Once at the top, tribes unlocked puzzle pieces, which they used to build a large Survivor 46 puzzle. The first two tribes to finish won immunity, while the losing tribe had to forfeit their flint. Nami and Siga won immunity. At camp, Jess shared she wasn't confident in her performance in the game. Jelinsky feigned nervousness but still felt confident that he would stay. Tiffany then found a Beware Advantage and solved the clue for the location of the key to unlock a hidden immunity idol. At Tribal Council, while tribe members spoke about difficulties connecting socially with Jess, they voted unanimously for Jelinsky to be the first person eliminated from the game.
663	2	"Scorpio Energy"	0.61/7	March 6, 2024 (2024-03-06)	4.43
Bhanu confided in Kenzie that he did not feel secure in the game. Meanwhile, Q and Tiffany were concerned about Kenzie's threat level because she easily made connections with people. At Nami, tribemates felt they couldn't connect with Venus. At Siga, Ben successfully made fire to the delight of everyone. Tim was concerned about Maria's extra vote advantage. While having an alliance with the women, Charlie and Maria made a strong pair together, effectively putting the two of them in the middle. Back at Nami, both Venus and Randen felt unsafe so they went on idol searches, and Randen found the Beware Advantage. He also approached Venus for an alliance. At Yanu, when Kenzie pulled Jess and Bhanu for a chat where she thought to take out Q and Tiffany, Jess saw this as an opportunity and told Q about the plan, which made him become even more cautious with Kenzie as an ally. Reward/Immunity Challenge: One tribe member cut a rope, releasing two wheels before attaching it to a wagon. Tribes pushed the wagon to a sandpit, where they dug up two chests and loaded them on the wagon. Tribes then ran through a zig-zag path and used the puzzle pieces inside the chests to spell the word "persistence" in a freestanding arch. The first two tribes to spell the word correctly with no pieces falling won immunity and fishing gear (a large kit for first place and a smaller kit for second place), while the losing tribe had to forfeit their flint. After the grueling puzzle, Yanu lost again. Despite Nami's win, Venus was angry because the wagon was dragged over her toe. At Yanu, tribemates were concerned that Jess would play her Shot in the Dark, so they made a fake idol. Tiffany tried to direct Jess to the location of their fake idol, but she didn't see it. Q devised a plan to sneak it to her directly instead. Jess was worried at first, so she talked to Tiffany about voting Kenzie out, but Tiffany recognized her plan. At Tribal Council, a paranoid Bhanu whispered to Kenzie and Tiffany, but Jess was sent home after playing the fake idol.
664	3	"Wackadoodles Win"	0.75/9	March 13, 2024 (2024-03-13)	4.78
Despite being saved, Bhanu still felt paranoid, though Q gave him a pep talk. At Siga, Jem discovered a Beware Advantage. At Nami, Venus targeted Hunter, feeling he had the most social connections out of everyone on the tribe. Meanwhile, Randen woke up having the medic check him out as he felt numb on one side of his body and was unable to move his hand. Reward/Immunity Challenge: Tribes raced out into the water and swim through a series of obstacles (a net crawl, a barrel roll and crate staircase) before moving back to the beach where they had to dig for a sack of beanbags. The first two tribes to toss all of their beanbags onto a spiral platform won immunity and both small and large tool kits respectively, while the losing tribe had to forfeit their flint. Yanu lost yet another challenge. Jeff then informed the tribes that they would be sending one member for a journey. For placing first, Nami chose the participants; Liz from Nami, Ben from Siga, and Bhanu from Yanu went. Bhanu broke down and disclosed all of Yanu's dynamics to Ben and Liz. The challenge began with each player picking a rock, with the two who pulled blue rocks from the bag competing in a timed puzzle. Ben and Bhanu were the two competing, but both were unable to complete it in the time limit, so they both lost their vote in the next Tribal Council. At Yanu, Tiffany and Kenzie talked Q out of falling on his sword due to his poor tossing segment. Coming back from the journey, Bhanu kept quiet with his tribemates that he lost his vote. He decided to let Q know, and Q considered keeping Bhanu rather than a social threat like Kenzie. Before Tribal Council, Jeff showed up at the Nami camp, sharing that the medics who had checked out Randen earlier were concerned with the way his condition seemed to be progressing, and thus he was medically evacuated from the game. As a result, Yanu's Tribal Council was cancelled.
665	4	"Don't Touch the Oven"	0.78/9	March 20, 2024 (2024-03-20)	4.68
Tribemates were disappointed with how Bhanu had confessed to Ben and Liz about the dynamics of the Yanu tribe. Day 8's treemail alluded to a reward challenge for food, which Yanu hoped to trade for an earlier reward. Reward Challenge: Tribes paddled boats through the water, untying a key which they used once ashore to unlock rings and remove them from a tall pole. Once completed, members tunneled under a wooden beam and attempted to throw the rings back onto another pole. The first two tribes to finish won ten and five fishes respectively, along with means to prepare them. Yanu and Nami won the challenge. From Yanu, Q tried to train Bhanu on how to be more strategic and spill less information. At Siga, Maria found the locked box and the whole tribe dug, to no avail. Jem convinced Maria and Moriah that Tim was hiding the Beware Advantage from them. At Nami, Tevin became concerned about Soda's social prowess, so he suggested to Hunter and Liz that they vote her out if they lost the immunity challenge. Immunity Challenge: One at a time, tribe members climbed a cargo net and leaped into the ocean before scaling a stack of crates and jumping in again. Two members from each tribe then dove down during their turn to release buoys. Once every member had swum to the end, one member attempted to throw three buoys into basket targets. The first two tribes to finish won immunity, while the losing tribe had to forfeit their flint. Yanu fell short once again. Knowing he was to go home that night, Bhanu tried to find an idol, but came up empty. At Tribal Council, Bhanu shared his life story and was comforted by his tribemates before being sent home without a formal vote.
666	5	"Tiki Man"	0.70/8	March 27, 2024 (2024-03-27)	4.72
Yanu lamented their continued losing status, and Q hinted to Kenzie that he wanted out of the game, but it was a ruse to make her feel comfortable enough to not play her Shot in the Dark. At Nami, Venus kept watch over Hunter as he searched for an advantage, but he was able to find the re-hidden Beware Advantage without her noticing. At Siga, Tim believed that Jem was the one who moved the Beware Advantage, but she denied it. Reward/Immunity Challenge: One at a time, tribe members raced through a three tiered obstacle course, collecting bags with keys along the way, one of which they used when all members had finished to release a hook and drop a sack full of sandbags. Afterwards, every member used a slingshot to launch sandbags at faraway targets. The first two tribes to finish won immunity and large and small pastry and fruit rewards respectively, while the losing tribe had to forfeit their flint. Nami placed first yet again and Yanu finally broke their losing streak. Hunter, Tim and Q were picked to go on a journey. The men discussed a final six strategy in which they each picked a plus-one. They then agreed on Hunter competing in the challenge, arranging twenty Survivor logos in chronological order within a certain amount of time, but he failed and lost his vote. At Siga, the women targeted Ben. Jem followed the Beware Advantage's note to an idol. Her method of convincing Ben and Tim she was on their side only made them distrust her more. Charlie and Maria were in the middle; Charlie hoped to work with Ben, as they had grown close, but Maria wanted to work with the women. At Tribal Council, they sided with the men and blindsided Jem with an idol in her possession, using Maria's extra vote to do so.
667	6	"Cancel Christmas"	0.80/9	April 3, 2024 (2024-04-03)	5.05
On Day 12, the tribes were notified that the individual phase of the game was to commence. Hunter found Nami's idol before Siga and Yanu were brought in. Yanu realized they were in the middle; Siga targeted Venus while Nami targeted Moriah. Reward/Immunity Challenge: Divided into groups of six by random draw, with one odd member waging their safety on the outcome of the challenge, teammates raced under a muddied cargo net to a cart, which they maneuvered over obstacles, collecting sandbags along the way which they piled to access a tall platform. One member untied a bag of keys, which they used after descending a rope net and scaling a large boulder to unlock chests full of puzzle pieces and complete a circular puzzle. The first team to finish won immunity, the merged tribe buffs and a merge feast, while the losing team would be vulnerable at the next Tribal Council. Ben, Hunter, Kenzie, Q, Tevin, and Tim won the challenge. Tiffany also won due to correctly predicting them to win. The Yanu three correctly deduced that Siga was the tighter tribe and hoped to break that alliance up. At Tribal Council, Moriah disclosed that she was on the bottom of the Siga vote, which led everyone to distrust her since she had earlier said that vote was unanimous. She played her Shot in the Dark which failed, and only Charlie had voted Venus while everyone else voted out Moriah.
668	7	"Episode Several"	0.69/8	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)	4.64
Charlie admitted to voting Venus, to Q's chagrin. During the night, Ben had a panic attack and was comforted by Kenzie. Reward/Immunity Challenge: Castaways, divided into two teams of six by random draw, balanced on floating A-frames, moving up onto narrower footholds after regular intervals. If a castaway fell off the platform or touched the structure they would be eliminated from the challenge. The longest lasting castaway from each group won immunity, while the longest lasting castaway overall won coffee, sandwiches and pastries for their team, along with the advantage of going to Tribal Council second. Ben, Hunter, Kenzie, Q, Tiffany, and Tim made up one group; Charlie, Liz, Maria, Soda, Tevin, and Venus made up the other group. Kenzie and Maria won immunity, with Maria winning reward for her group. The Yanu three were in the middle, but Q's bossiness and penchant for flip-flopping in his decision-making earned Kenzie and Tiffany's distrust. At Tribal Council, the Yanu three and Hunter voted out Tim. With the other group, Charlie was seemingly the easy target for the Nami four, but Tevin hoped to blindside Soda. Maria felt more inclined to vote out Venus, but at Tribal Council, everyone followed Tevin's lead and sent Soda to the jury, though Tevin himself voted Venus.
669	8	"Hide 'N Seek"	0.77/9	April 17, 2024 (2024-04-17)	4.84
Venus took credit for Soda's blindside, but Liz also claimed she wanted Soda out from the beginning. The next morning, Q asked Charlie if he wanted to join the alliance of six established at the journey. Later, Tiffany suggested to Tevin that they include Maria as a potential target; Tevin brought this to Q's attention, causing Q to want to blindside Tiffany. Immunity Challenge: Castaways held onto a tall pole using footholds for as long as they could. If they touched the ground, they would be eliminated from the challenge. The last remaining castaway won immunity. Jeff offered a large bag of rice if four people sat out or if two sacrificed their votes. Though Q and Liz were willing to sit out, no one else wanted to. Hunter won the challenge, and Q was frustrated since multiple people lasted very little time in the challenge when they could have sat out for the rice. At camp, multiple people were on board with the plan against Tiffany, but Liz started rallying people against Tevin. That plan circled back to Q, and at Tribal Council, Q asked to be voted out since he felt responsible for someone else's dream ending due to the shifting in plans. This caused a live Tribal during which Tevin and Hunter tried to switch the plan to the easy vote in Venus, but everyone else joined Liz's plan to send Tevin to the jury.
670	9	"Spicy Jeff"	0.74/8	April 24, 2024 (2024-04-24)	4.91
The fallout of the previous Tribal Council led to everyone being furious with Q for his antics, with Tiffany severing ties with Q completely after he revealed that she had an immunity idol. The next day, tree mail revealed that the final nine must split into teams of three. Immunity Challenge: The nine remaining survivors were broken up into three teams of three each. The immunity challenge was run in three stages. For the first stage, one at a time, players crossed a hinged balance beam and grabbed a pair of handles. They then used the handles to transfer a buoy across a second zig zag balance beam. Once everyone was across, they worked together to dig up three rope rungs. The first two teams to finish moved on to the second stage. In the second stage, teams used the rope rungs to build a bridge. Once everyone was across, they each had to land a ball on a ring mounted on a pole. The first group to finish moved on to the third stage where they competed against each other for individual immunity. Stage three consisted of the players standing on a narrow ledge with their hands holding onto a handle behind their head. If a hand or foot came off the handle or ledge, that player was out. The last player still on their perch, won immunity. Team purple had Maria, Hunter, and Charlie. Team orange had Kenzie, Ben, and Tiffany. Team green had Q, Liz, and Venus. Team orange was eliminated in the first stage. Team green lost in the second stage. Hunter, Maria and Charlie then went head-to-head in stage three with Charlie outlasting Hunter to win immunity. Back at camp, Kenzie tried to rally a blindside against her ally Tiffany so the idol could be flushed out, but Charlie got spooked when Tiffany threatened to play it so she would not be burdened by it. Instead, Charlie suggested voting out Hunter, who did not have immunity and was seen as a physical threat in future challenges. Despite Hunter vowing to play his idol, he did not do so which proved to be a fatal mistake; after the vote was tied between him and Q, Hunter was sent to the jury on the revote.
671	10	"Run the Red Light"	TBA	May 1, 2024 (2024-05-01)	N/A
Reward Challenge: TBA Immunity Challenge: TBA
672	11	"My Messy, Sweet Little Friend"	TBA	May 8, 2024 (2024-05-08)	N/A
Reward Challenge: TBA Immunity Challenge: TBA

Voting history

Survivor 46 voting history

	Original tribes						No tribes	Merged tribe
Episode	1	2	3	4	5		6	7		8	9		10
Day	3	5	7	9	11		13	14		16	17		19
Tribe	Yanu	Yanu	Nami	Yanu	Siga		None	Nuinui	Nuinui	Nuinui	Nuinui		Nuinui
Eliminated	Jelinsky	Jess	Randen	Bhanu	Jem		Moriah	Tim	Soda	Tevin	Tie	Hunter
Votes	5–0	4–1	Evacuated	3–0	4–2		10–1	4–2	4–2	8–2	4–4–1	6–1
Voter	Vote
Ben					None		Moriah	Hunter		Tevin	Hunter	Hunter
Charlie					Jem		Venus		Soda	Tevin	Hunter	Hunter
Kenzie	Jelinsky	Jess		Bhanu			Moriah	Tim		Tevin	Q	Hunter
Liz							Moriah		Soda	Tevin	Q	Q
Maria					Jem	Jem	Moriah		Soda	Tevin	Hunter	Hunter
Q	Jelinsky	Jess		Bhanu			Moriah	Tim		Tevin	Ben	None
Tiffany	Jelinsky	Jess		Bhanu			Moriah	Tim		Tevin	Hunter	Hunter
Venus							Moriah		Soda	Tevin	Q	Hunter
Hunter							None	Tim		Venus	Q	None
Tevin							Moriah		Venus	Venus
Soda							Moriah		Venus
Tim					Jem		Moriah	Hunter
Moriah					Ben		None
Jem					Ben
Bhanu	Jelinsky	Jess		None
Randen
Jess	Jelinsky	Bhanu
Jelinsky	None

Jury vote
Episode	13
Day	26
Finalist	TBD	TBD	TBD
Votes
Juror
Juror #8
Juror #7
Juror #6
Juror #5
Juror #4
Hunter
Tevin
Soda

Notes

External links

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