Survivor: Winners at War

Survivor: Winners at War
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Presented by	Jeff Probst
No. of days	39
No. of castaways	20
Location	Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
No. of episodes	11
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	February 12, 2020 (2020-02-12) – present
Additional information
Filming dates	May 22 (2019-05-22) – June 29, 2019 (2019-06-29)
Season chronology

Survivor: Winners at War is the 40th season of the American competitive reality television series Survivor, airing on CBS in the United States and Global in Canada. The season filmed in May and June 2019 and is the eighth consecutive season to be filmed in Fiji.

To celebrate the show's twentieth anniversary milestone, the season features twenty returning winners from past Survivor seasons competing for a US$2 million prize, and is the thirteenth season to feature returning players, fifth season to feature only returning players. In addition, the season brought back the Edge of Extinction twist first introduced in the show's thirty-eighth season, where voted-out players could opt to stay for a chance to return into the game. The season introduced fire tokens, a form of currency that could be used by remaining players in the game to buy rewards or advantages.

The season premiered on February 12, 2020. The season was preceded by a retrospective special titled Survivor at 40: Greatest Moments and Players on February 5, 2020, which featured interviews with past players, series highlights and first few minutes of the premiere episode.

Production

The season's theme and players were announced at the finale of Survivor: Island of the Idols on December 18, 2019, revealing that the season would consist of twenty winners from past Survivor seasons. The winner will receive $2,000,000, the largest cash prize ever given out in American reality TV history since The X Factor.

In addition to the larger grand prize, the payouts for all contestants were increased for this season only: whereas in previous seasons the first contestant eliminated received US$2,500 with increasing payouts for subsequently eliminated contestants, each returning player in Winners at War was guaranteed a minimum US$25,000 payment for participating in the season.

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the typical live show following the two-hour finale episode will not take place, but instead will feature Probst from his home to be video chatting with all twenty contestants to announce the winner and discuss the season.

Casting

When asked about the possibility of an all-winners season during a 2018 interview with Us Weekly, host and executive producer Jeff Probst stated that it was unlikely, saying, "We have 10 great winners that you’d want to see play again. We don’t have 20. We don’t have 18. Some of the winners don’t want to play again. Some of the greats are like, 'No, we’re done.'" In 2019, CBS president Kelly Kahl, who had been a proponent of Survivor since its beginning, suggested the idea again to Probst as a way to celebrate the show's twentieth anniversary, and nearly all of the previous winners that were asked accepted the offers to return. Among those who accepted who the production team had considered unlikely to return were married couple Rob and Amber Mariano, who had begun their relationship while competing on Survivor: All-Stars, and Survivor: Micronesia winner Parvati Shallow, who had initially declined the offer as she had recently given birth. Probst has cited those three accepting the offers as the impetus to move forward with the season. Both Rob and Sandra Diaz-Twine were asked about returning for this season well after they had accepted to return as mentors for the prior season Survivor: Island of the Idols.

Among those that did not return included John Cochran, winner of Survivor: Caramoan, who Jeff Probst called "the only one that would have been on the list [where] if he had said yes would probably have a spot on the show" in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. Richard Hatch, winner of the show's first season, Survivor: Borneo, was not included due to his behavior in Survivor: All-Stars in which he competed in a challenge naked and his genitals made incidental contact with another contestant, Susan Hawk, who quit the game shortly thereafter. "Given his history on our show, it did not seem appropriate," said Probst to Us Weekly. “We were in a different time and different culture back then and we would never let him run a challenge naked now." In that same interview, Probst revealed that Survivor: Palau winner Tom Westman was among the castaways who was ultimately cut. Accounting to Inside Survivor both Tina Wesson, winner of Survivor: The Australian Outback, and Mike Holloway, winner of Survivor: Worlds Apart, were included in the mix for casting but cut along the way. Additionally, Survivor: Fiji winner Earl Cole was contacted, but declined due to the birth of his child. Survivor: Panama winner Aras Baskauskas was contacted but declined, feeling that his Survivor journey was complete and being unwilling to leave his children.

While none of the cast of Winners at War are the oldest players to play the game, the average age of the players for this season is the highest of any other prior season at 37.85 years, beating out Survivor: Nicaragua's average age of 37.6 years, and much higher than the average ages of players from several of the past recent seasons which have skewed younger. Probst said they did not even consider the age of the players when asking the winners to return, though did feel that older players are more interesting to watch, as their maturity brings unique facets to the game.

Game format

All but two of the challenges during the season were based on previous challenges that at least one of the winners had participated in. While this had been done before in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, Survivor: Cambodia and Survivor: Game Changers, Probst stated that they would not draw attention to who had done previous challenges unless there had been a major event involving it from a prior season.

This season reintroduced the Edge of Extinction from Survivor: Edge of Extinction, the show's thirty-eighth season, wherein contestants who are voted out are taken to a desolate, abandoned beach with fewer amenities than the tribe camps. Contestants on the Edge of Extinction may either wait for an opportunity to re-join the main game by winning a competition or may choose to leave the game at any point by raising a white sail. Unlike in Survivor: Edge of Extinction, Winners at War contestants were not given the option to decline heading to the Edge of Extinction, though they could raise the mast immediately upon arrival. While the Edge of Extinction element had been controversial with fans when it was first used, the mechanic was added for this season as an assurance to returning players of additional chances to get back into the game after being voted out, a concern that had been raised by some when Probst spoke to them about returning.

This season introduced "fire tokens", a currency that allows players to purchase comfort items, food, and advantages. Probst said that the producers had come up with the idea of fire tokens to emphasize that the game is about creating a society, and these tokens could help in establishing that society. Each player started the game with one token, but may give tokens to other players at any time. When voted out, players must bequeath all of their tokens to remaining players before heading to the Edge of Extinction. Players on the Edge of Extinction were given the chance to win fire tokens by either finding advantages and privately selling them to remaining players, or by completing tasks; the players can then use the tokens at the Edge of Extinction to buy comfort items, food or advantages, including advantages for the eventual challenge to return to the main game.

Contestants

Tyson Apostol

Danni Boatwright

Yul Kwon

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Parvati Shallow

List of Survivor: Winners at War contestants

Contestant	Original tribe	Swapped tribe	Merged tribe	Main game	Edge of Extinction
Natalie Anderson 33, Edgewater, New Jersey San Juan del Sur	Sele	None	None	1st voted out 1st jury member Day 2	Inhabitant
Amber Mariano 40, Pensacola, Florida The Australian Outback & All-Stars	Dakal			2nd voted out 2nd jury member Day 3	Inhabitant
Danni Boatwright 43, Shawnee, Kansas Guatemala	Sele			3rd voted out 3rd jury member Day 6	Inhabitant
Ethan Zohn 45, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Africa & All-Stars	Sele			4th voted out 4th jury member Day 9	Inhabitant
Tyson Apostol Returned to game	Dakal			5th voted out Day 11	1st returnee Day 19
Rob Mariano 43, Pensacola, Florida Marquesas, All-Stars, Heroes vs. Villains & Redemption Island	Sele	Yara	None	6th voted out 5th jury member Day 14	Inhabitant
Parvati Shallow 36, Los Angeles, California Cook Islands, Micronesia & Heroes vs. Villains	Sele	Sele		7th voted out 6th jury member Day 16	Inhabitant
Sandra Diaz-Twine 44, Riverview, Florida Pearl Islands, Heroes vs. Villains & Game Changers	Dakal	Dakal		8th voted out Day 16	Left game by raising sail Day 16
Yul Kwon 44, Los Altos, California Cook Islands	Dakal	Sele	None	9th voted out 7th jury member Day 18	Inhabitant
Wendell Holland 35, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ghost Island	Dakal	Sele	Koru	10th voted out 8th jury member Day 21	Inhabitant
Adam Klein 28, Los Angeles, California Millennials vs. Gen X	Sele	Yara		11th voted out 9th jury member Day 23	Inhabitant
Tyson Apostol 39, Mesa, Arizona Tocantins, Heroes vs. Villains & Blood vs. Water	Dakal	None		12th voted out 10th jury member Day 25	Inhabitant
Sophie Clarke 29, Santa Monica, California South Pacific	Dakal	Yara		13th voted out 11th jury member Day 28	Inhabitant
Kim Spradlin-Wolfe 36, San Antonio, Texas One World	Dakal	Dakal		14th voted out 12th jury member Day 31	Inhabitant
Jeremy Collins 41, Foxborough, Massachusetts San Juan del Sur & Cambodia	Sele	Dakal
Ben Driebergen 36, Boise, Idaho Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers	Sele	Yara
Michele Fitzgerald 29, Hoboken, New Jersey Kaôh Rōng	Sele	Sele
Sarah Lacina 34, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Cagayan & Game Changers	Dakal	Yara
Denise Stapley 48, Marion, Iowa Philippines	Sele	Dakal
Tony Vlachos 45, Allendale, New Jersey Cagayan & Game Changers	Dakal	Dakal
Nick Wilson 28, Williamsburg, Kentucky David vs. Goliath	Dakal	Sele

Season summary

Challenge winners and eliminations by episodes

Episode			Extinction departures	Challenge winner(s)		Voted out	Status
No.	Title	Air date		Reward	Immunity
1	"Greatest of the Greats"	February 12, 2020		Dakal		Natalie	1st voted out 1st jury member Day 2
			None	None	Sele	Amber	2nd voted out 2nd jury member Day 3
2	"It's Like a Survivor Economy"	February 19, 2020	None	Dakal		Danni	3rd voted out 3rd jury member Day 6
3	"Out for Blood"	February 26, 2020	None	Dakal		Ethan	4th voted out 4th jury member Day 9
4	"I Like Revenge"	March 4, 2020	None	Sele		Tyson	5th voted out Day 11
5	"The Buddy System on Steroids"	March 11, 2020	None	None	Sele	Rob	6th voted out 5th jury member Day 14
					Dakal
6	"Quick on the Draw"	March 18, 2020	None	Yara		Parvati	7th voted out 6th jury member Day 16
						Sandra	8th voted out Day 16
7	"We're in the Majors"	March 25, 2020	Sandra	Yara	Yara	Yul	9th voted out 7th jury member Day 18
				Sele	Dakal
8	"This is Where the Battle Begins"	April 1, 2020	None	Tyson	Denise	Wendell	10th voted out 8th jury member Day 21
					Jeremy
9	"War is Not Pretty"	April 8, 2020	None	Ben, Kim, Michele, Sarah, Sophie, [Nick]	Kim	Adam	11th voted out 9th jury member Day 23
10	"The Full Circle"	April 15, 2020	None	None	Tony	Tyson	12th voted out 10th jury member Day 25
11	"This is Extortion"	April 22, 2020	None	None	Tony	Sophie	13th voted out 11th jury member Day 28
12	"Friendly Fire"	April 29, 2020	None	None	Tony, Denise	Kim	14th voted out 12th jury member Day 29
13	"The Penultimate Step of the War"	May 6, 2020					15th voted out 13th jury member Day ??
							16th voted out 14th jury member Day ??
14	"TBA"	May 13, 2020					17th voted out 14th jury member Day 36
				None			18th voted out 15th jury member Day 37
							Eliminated 16th jury member Day 38
15	"Reunion Special"					Jury vote
							2nd runner-up
							Runner-up
							Sole Survivor

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Rating/share (18-49)	Original release date	US viewers (millions)
583	1	"Greatest of the Greats"	1.3/7	February 12, 2020 (2020-02-12)	6.68
Twenty returning winners arrived in Fiji to play an All-Winners season of Survivor. The two tribes of 10 (Dakal in red and Sele in blue) were informed that the grand prize this season would be $2 Million, and that the Edge of Extinction was in play. Lastly, Jeff introduced the Fire Tokens to the cast, where at their camps the tribes found out they could use their fire tokens to buy advantages and luxury items whenever they were at challenges. Reward/Immunity Challenge: In duos, the tribes compete to retrieve a ring on a post in the water. The first person to bring the ring to their tribe's post and touch it scores a point for their tribe. The first tribe to score 3 points wins flint and immunity. By Any Means Necessary challenge from Palau, Panama, Micronesia, Heroes vs. Villains, Caramoan, Millennials vs. Gen X, and Ghost Island. After Sele's loss at the immunity challenge, Rob and Parvati realized they would be an unexpected duo. The new school players scrambled to put out a name, with Adam and Denise's early "looking for water" separation putting a target on their backs. When Ben approached Rob for strategy talk, he spilled that Danni had been suggesting Rob as one of the options. Rob confronted Danni and, impressed with her honesty, formed an old school alliance with her, Ethan, and Parvati. When Adam found out that Denise and himself were targets, he tried to shift the target onto players with previous relationships like Natalie and Jeremy, the two having previously played together in San Juan del Sur. While the tribe scrambled before Tribal Council, Rob and Parvati were dumbfounded that they were not the targets. At Tribal Council, Denise and Adam pushed for prior relationships to be targeted over second-time players. Eventually, a majority of the old school alliance decided to send Natalie to the Edge to split up her and Jeremy. As Natalie left Tribal Council, she chose to bequeath her fire token to Jeremy. During her first day on the Edge, Natalie received an advantage and luxury item menu and was informed of finding ways to earn new fire tokens. Following a clue left by the Edge Sail, she discovered a hidden immunity idol that works for the next three Tribal Councils, which she could sell to anyone on the losing tribe. Immunity Challenge: The tribes must paddle out from shore to retrieve a bag full of numbers, before returning to a series of obstacles in the water (first leaping off boxed stairs into water, then climbing over a rolling pillar, and lastly getting over a cargo net incline before reaching the shore). At their tribe's station, one member must unlock three rings using the 3 two-digit numbers in their bag. Afterwards, two members must toss their rings to hang on paddles. The first tribe to successfully toss all 3 rings onto their paddles wins immunity. Blue Lagoon Bustle challenge from Blood vs. Water and Game Changers. The first two days were relaxing for Dakal, with Sandra and Tony patching things up from Game Changers, and Yul and Sophie gathering other first-time returners Wendell and Nick into a group. After the immunity challenge loss on Day 3, Yul and Sophie started recruiting the former Game Changers trio (Sandra, Sarah, and Tony) to target Amber, Kim, and Tyson. Sandra discovered an offer for an idol had appeared in her belongings for a fire token, which she accepted, correctly guessing that Natalie had made the offer from the Edge. Prior to the season, Tyson, Rob, Jeremy, and Kim had played in a televised Poker tournament with Tyson casually suggesting an alliance if the four of them were to play Survivor again. Kim and Amber felt the early pace of the game was overwhelming, with Kim shocked to find herself being actively left out of strategic talk by the majority of Dakal. At Tribal Council, all three tried to convince the tribe that there was no Poker Alliance in the game, with Amber and Kim trying to convince others to take out Nick for being the most recent winner. It was to no avail, with the disconnected players and the Game Changers sending Amber to the Edge fearing her natural alliance with her husband Rob at Sele. Before arriving at the Edge, Amber chose to bequeath her fire token to Rob.
584	2	"It's Like a Survivor Economy"	1.4/7	February 19, 2020 (2020-02-19)	7.16
Early on Day 4, Rob from Sele discovered he had received a fire token, voicing his concerns to Parvati that it might mean either Amber or Sandra had been sent to the Edge. Later in the day, Ben worked on his social game by showing Denise how to look for an idol, which she eventually found. However, the idol was split into two halves. She had to give one half to tribemate before sundown. After choosing Adam to discuss tactics with, he convinced her not to share the idol with her suggestion, Parvati, but with Adam instead. At Dakal, Kim still felt she was on the bottom of the tribe and went on an idol hunt of her own. She found the Dakal split idol and revealed it to Sophie as an attempt to gain trust with a person in the majority. Despite a rocky first season playing together in Cagayan, Sarah and Tony sought to use their six-year friendship to solidify a true trustworthy "Cops-R-Us" alliance. On the Edge of Extinction, a new advantage clue had Amber and Natalie searching high and low throughout the island. After giving up for the day, Natalie discovered a "safety without power" advantage hidden inside the water well. The advantage allowed a player to leave Tribal Council and return to camp before the votes are cast to protect themself. Natalie chose to sell it to Jeremy for a fire token. He accepted the deal, guessing that it came from Natalie and realizing that the Sele tribe wasn't fully aware of the potential of the fire tokens. Reward/Immunity Challenge: The tribes pushed a large wagon across an obstacle course, retrieved three keys from tall posts to unlock three heavy trunks with puzzle pieces inside, and put the trunks on the wagon. After loading all three trunks on the wagon, the tribes disassembled the wagon and pushed the wagon and trunks either through or over a fence. They then climbed over the fence themselves. They then re-assembled the wagon, put the trunks back on board, and dragged the wagon through more obstacles. Once at the finish, two tribe members used the pieces to assemble a vertical circular puzzle. The first tribe to finish wins a spice kit and immunity. Draggin' the Dragon challenge from Cagayan and Cambodia. After seeing that his wife had been voted out, Rob fumbled in the puzzle portion of the challenge, leading to Sele's blowout loss. Since old school players were at a numerical disadvantage, Parvati and Rob wanted to target new school players, primarily Jeremy or Ben as outsiders. Danni felt vulnerable as her alliances and Parvati were leaving her out of conversations. Danni revealed to Ben, in front of Ethan, that there was an old school alliance in her attempts to plead her case. Ben suggested Danni as the best to vote out due to her scrambling, while Danni started to pitch a Parvati vote to Rob. Jeremy and Michele tried to recruit Adam to join in the plan. At Tribal Council, the Sele tribe spoke about the rapid pace of the game and that the old school players were struggling to keep up. Parvati spoke about an old school and new school divide, and Ben revealed Danni's slip-up earlier in the day as an example of Sele's paranoia. The resulting paranoia amongst Sele led Rob to ask the entire tribe to dump their bags and expose if they had an idol. Denise and Adam kept their idol halves hidden from the view of their tribemates while the rest of Sele revealed the contents of their bags. After a flurry of whispering among players, the entire tribe voted out Danni for her scrambling. Before arriving at the Edge, Danni bequeathed her fire token to Denise.
585	3	"Out for Blood"	1.4/7	February 26, 2020 (2020-02-26)	7.14
After eliminating Danni, Adam sought to unite the new school players against Rob, Parvati, and Ethan, who he felt were running the tribe. Denise felt secure about her position in the tribe thanks to an extra fire token from Danni and her full idol (Adam had returned his half to her). At Dakal, the tribe continued to flourish thanks to Sandra netting a shark. Despite this, Tyson worked to gather numbers against Sandra in an attempt to get back on the plus side of the numbers. Yul had mixed feelings and ultimately told Sandra about Tyson’s plot. The three players on the Edge had a chance for a fire token; Natalie deciphered the clue and found a paper stating there was a "vote steal advantage" hidden in an opposing tribe member’s torch; she anonymously offered the advantage to Sarah on Dakal. After accepting the offer, Sarah had Tony camouflage her and she was able to retrieve the "vote steal" from Sele’s torches. Reward/Immunity Challenge: Castaways jumped between three sets of raised ramps, having to re-start if they fell. Tribes then dug a heavy ladder out of a sand pit, propped it upright so that one member could retrieve a monkey's fist on top of a tripod. They tossed the monkey's fist through a target in order to climb the first ramp of a tall tower. Afterwards, tribemates used their bodies to hoist each other to the top of a second ramp. Once at the top, two members solved a tree puzzle. The first tribe to finish their puzzle won immunity as well as chicken kebabs and a grill. Along the Watchtower challenge from Ghost Island. Dakal edged out Sele for the victory. At camp, Adam, despite being in the majority with the new schoolers, attempted to get Denise, Ethan, and then Rob on board with voting out Parvati, to Rob's confusion and frustration. Jeremy was also wary of Adam and wanted to vote him out, but Michele had misgivings -- she insisted that despite Adam's duplicity they should preserve the new schoolers' numbers, suggesting an alternative strategy of weakening Rob and Parvati by blindsiding their close ally Ethan. At Tribal Council, the old schoolers voted against Adam, but Michele’s plan came to fruition and Ethan was sent to the Edge of Extinction. Ethan chose to bequeath his fire token to Parvati.
586	4	"I Like Revenge"	1.4/7	March 4, 2020 (2020-03-04)	7.08
Adam was stunned by Ethan's blindside and found himself as the outsider of Sele. Rob and Parvati feared the worst now that it was just them against the new schoolers. While Adam tried to regain his tribe's trust by doing more chores around camp, Rob convinced Jeremy and Michele that Adam was still playing both sides. On Dakal, morale was high thanks to the tribe's winning streak, but Tyson suspected that Yul had been leading an alliance of one-time winners against the people with connections. Tyson tried to warn Sandra and Tony to no avail as Sandra was still angry that Tyson threw her name around days ago. However, Sarah felt that keeping Tyson around was a good move for her since she had bonded with him. On the Edge, the four inhabitants were given a task to carry twenty logs, one at a time, from the top of the mountain back down to camp before sundown. They all struggled mightily, with Ethan almost fainting and requiring medical intervention near the end point, but all four completed the task and earned a fire token each. Reward/Immunity Challenge: Three tribe members sat in a boat to which the other four members are tethered as swimmers. The swimmers towed the boat to a tower, where three sets of keys are to be collected. The tribes then headed to a platform, where they used the keys to unlock puzzle pieces. Two members of each tribe then used the pieces to solve a block puzzle. The first tribe to do so won immunity as well as four egg-laying chickens. Beyond the Wheel challenge from Edge of Extinction. Dakal built up a substantial lead on the puzzle as Sele repeatedly struggled to get any of the keys. Adam managed to pull through and get all three himself. Afterwards on the puzzle, Rob and Michele breezed past Nick and Sarah, who had to undo initial piece placement, and won Sele their second challenge. Back at Dakal, Tyson targeted Nick for struggling on the puzzle as it was the same one he succeeded on back in David vs. Goliath. The rest of the tribe considered voting out Tyson. However, Tony wanted to assemble a group of big threats including Sarah, Kim, and Sandra to keep Tyson as shields for themselves. Although Sarah and Kim were on board, Sandra had doubts as she felt Tyson was too dangerous. At Tribal Council, Tyson voted for Nick, who voted for Kim on the chance Tyson had an idol. The rest of the tribe voted to send Tyson to the Edge. As Tyson left, he bequeathed his fire token to Nick.
587	5	"The Buddy System on Steroids"	1.4/6	March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11)	6.91
Yul confided in Sarah and Wendell regarding his friend and former castmate Jonathan Penner’s wife’s ALS diagnosis. Upon arriving at their marooning site, the castaways were redistributed into three tribes of 5: Dakal consisted of Denise, Jeremy, Kim, Sandra, and Tony; Sele consisted of Michele, Nick, Parvati, Wendell, and Yul; Yara consisted of Adam, Ben, Rob, Sarah, and Sophie. On Dakal, Denise and Jeremy bonded with Kim, hoping to bring her into an alliance against Sandra and Tony. On Sele, Michele and Wendell, who previously dated, awkwardly reunited; she and Parvati agreed to target Wendell if it benefited their game. On Yara, Adam, Ben, and Rob shakily attempted to stick together to keep a majority against Sarah and Sophie. The tribe’s search for an idol at the new camp resulted in Sophie finding it; she had to give half to a tribemate before sundown, and she chose Sarah. Immunity Challenge: Tribes had to traverse an obstacle course and stack four colored blocks so that no color repeats on one side. The first two tribes to finish won immunity. Block in a Hard Place challenge, puzzle from Samoa, South Pacific, Blood vs. Water, Cambodia, and Millennials vs. Gen X. Sele and Dakal came from behind to respectively place first and second, as Yara blew their large lead during the puzzle. Adam convinced Ben and Rob to target Sarah instead of Sophie, but Rob aimed to keep the entire tribe together at camp to avoid the potential for scrambling (a tactic that he had used to great personal effect in Redemption Island), much to the annoyance of several of his tribemates. Sarah gave Sophie her half of the idol back and debated playing her vote steal. At Tribal Council, neither Sarah nor Sophie played their advantages, but they weren’t needed as Adam and Ben joined them in blindsiding Rob, who bequeathed his two fire tokens to Parvati before heading to the Edge.
588	6	"Quick on the Draw"	1.6/7	March 18, 2020 (2020-03-18)	7.83
The Yara tribe celebrated a Rob-free morning after Tribal Council, with Ben improving his social game by bonding with Sarah and Sophie. Adam, however, felt that his position has weakened despite the necessary move to eliminate Rob. On the Edge, the castaways were given a clue to another advantage, which Tyson figured was hidden in the rocky tidal area near camp. Retrieving an idol nullifier, he sold it to Parvati on Sele for a fire token. He used the token to acquire a jar of peanut butter for himself. Reward/Immunity Challenge: Starting from the shore, the tribes swam out to a boat and brought back three bags of rice. Before reaching their tribe mat, they pushed their bags through a wooden structure they had to climb over. Once on shore, they tore through their bags to collect 3 balls. Lastly, one tribe member navigated their balls to the center of a pulley maze. The first tribe to successfully land all 3 balls in the center of their pulley maze won immunity plus a food reward of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Rice Race challenge from Kaôh Rōng and Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers. With Yara winning immunity, Sele and Dakal were left to scramble for Tribal Council after seeing that Rob had been sent to the Edge. Wendell and Michele's history saw the two struggle to make a plan when Michele told Wendell that she was considering voting for him so Parvati would bequeath her fire tokens to her. Wendell tried to sell his vote to Parvati for her fire tokens, but she chose to use that information to recruit Nick into making a big move. The vote sale was brought up in Tribal Council when Parvati tried to highlight Wendell's potential to betray Nick and Yul, but the men stuck together to send Parvati to the edge, voiding her idol nullifier. On her way out of Tribal Council, Parvati chose to bequeath her tokens to Michele. Meanwhile on Dakal, Tony was left spooked by Rob's elimination, retreating to a new Spy Shack by Dakal's water well. Denise tried to solidify a bond with Kim and Sandra about protecting the women, knowing that she was the likely target if the tribe stuck to original tribal lines. Once out of hiding, Tony rallied Jeremy, Sandra, and Kim together to protect big threats. Sandra was skeptical about the idea knowing that she had connections on the other tribes, and decided to sell her idol to Denise for two fire tokens if she'd vote out either Tony or Jeremy. The two successfully negotiated a deal where Denise paid one fire token to Sandra before tribal with the idol, and would pay the second token after tribal. At Tribal Council, Jeremy tried to explain that it would be pointless to stick to original tribal lines, but remained nervous with Denise about the original Dakal trio's intentions. When Jeff asked the tribe if anyone wanted to play an idol, Denise stepped up and played Sandra's idol on herself. After returning to her seat, she surprised Dakal with her original idol and used it to protect Jeremy. When the votes were read, the entire Dakal tribe (plus Jeremy) had voted for Denise, with her sole vote sending a stunned Sandra to the Edge. Leaving Tribal Council, Sandra bequeathed her new fire token to Yul.
589	7	"We're in the Majors"	1.7/8	March 25, 2020 (2020-03-25)	8.18
Sandra immediately decided to raise the sail on the Edge, believing she would have no chance of winning a challenge to get back in the game. The others on the Edge received a clue for four fire tokens hidden on top of the mountain; Tyson found one, but Rob found the other three. At Sele, Yul began to grow wary of Wendell's loyalty after the latter's open negotiation at their Tribal Council for fire tokens. Michele gave Wendell a fire token to extend trust to him, although she regretted it after he talked down to her. At Dakal, Kim considered siding with Jeremy and Denise against Tony if it would further her game. At Yara, Adam was convinced that Sarah or Ben had an idol; his paranoia turned his tribemates, specifically Sarah, against him. Immunity Challenge: Tribes carried a large saucer to a water tower to fill it with water. They then carried it back to fill a well to release puzzle pieces. The first two tribes to finish their puzzle on the saucer won immunity. Dishwalla challenge from David vs. Goliath. Yara maneuvered through the course more slowly than Dakal and Sele (making them less susceptible to spilling water), which proved to be effective as they finished first. Dakal earned second place over Sele by a narrow margin. Nick was frustrated with Wendell's trash-talking at the challenge, which he thought may have cost them the victory. Yul's plot to coax Wendell into giving Michele a fire token made Nick concerned about Yul's strategic prowess and ability to plan ahead, making him and Michele swing votes on whether to vote out Wendell or Yul. At Tribal Council, they chose to send Yul to the Edge; when tasked with bequeathing his fire tokens, he chose to split the two between Sarah and Sophie, giving them one each.
590	8	"This is Where the Battle Begins"	1.6/7	April 1, 2020 (2020-04-01)	8.23
Edge of Extinction challenge: The competitors raced through an obstacle course to untie a bag with bamboo slats and twine hidden in the sand, which they tied together to create a pole long enough to retrieve a key on the other side of a gate. Once through, they navigated a ball up a vertical maze. The first player to get their ball to the top of the maze returned to the game. The remaining seven became the first members of the jury. Back in the Saddle challenge from Edge of Extinction. All except Amber (who had given her token to Rob), Parvati, and Yul purchased an advantage to have their bags already dug up, with Natalie and Rob using the rest of their tokens for an idol if they won their way back into the game. Tyson beat Rob by inches and joined the newly merged Koru tribe. While setting up camp, Wendell and Jeremy befriended each other, but Jeremy joined with Ben, Tony, and Tyson against the less flashy players like Wendell and Nick. Meanwhile, Denise's huge move of single-handedly voting out Sandra raised concern among her tribemates. Immunity Challenge: Castaways held onto a tall pole for as long as they could. If they fell off, they were out of the challenge. The last man and woman left standing would each win immunity and a fire token. Get a Grip challenge from Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Tocantins, Heroes vs. Villains, South Pacific, Blood vs. Water, Worlds Apart, and Game Changers. Denise and Jeremy emerged victorious. Most of the remaining men targeted Nick over Wendell upon Jeremy's insistence that Wendell would work with them. Sophie was concerned at Jeremy's power, and shifted the majority’s target onto his closest ally Wendell. Jeremy came to realize Wendell was being targeted over Nick and attempted to shift the vote to Adam instead, seeing Adam as an easy vote that the whole tribe could agree on. Adam grew paranoid over his spot in the game, but at Tribal Council, a reluctant Jeremy, along with the rest of the group except the post-swap Sele members, blindsided Wendell. Before arriving at the Edge, Wendell split his two fire tokens between Michele and Nick.
591	9	"War is Not Pretty"	1.5/6	April 8, 2020 (2020-04-08)	7.85
Nick and Michele were livid about Wendell’s elimination; while Nick, tired of being seen as the easy vote, vowed revenge, Michele tried to talk him out of doing something rash. Adam reflected on the similarity of a fleur-de-lis he noticed on the Tribal Council voting podium and Denise's split immunity idol from Day 4. Seeing an opportunity to gain trust with Michele, Adam told her he believed that there was an idol on Jeff’s podium at Tribal Council. Reward Challenge: Two teams of five were chosen through a schoolyard pick. Jeremy chose Adam, Nick, Tony, and Tyson to form the red team, while the blue team was led by Kim and consisted of Ben, Michele, Sarah, and Sophie. Denise, who was not chosen, was exempt from the challenge and had no shot at the reward. Castaways swam to retrieve a net filled with fish-shaped puzzle pieces. Once they brought it to shore, they carried the pieces to the final stage where they had to complete their puzzle. The first team to finish won Chinese takeout. New School challenge from Kaôh Rōng and Game Changers. Kim, Ben, Michele, Sarah, and Sophie won reward, but Sarah decided to give her spot to Nick, as it was his birthday the day before and he had gotten blindsided by the last vote. Despite her claim that it wasn’t to further her game, Denise and Jeremy felt it was a strategic move, and Adam expressed concern about Sarah’s reputation for blindsiding friends. On the Edge, Parvati and Danni located an advantage that would give a player the chance to flip a coin for immediate immunity at any Tribal Council up until the final seven, shared the knowledge with others and chose to sell it to Michele for her four fire tokens. Immunity Challenge: Castaways had to stand on three-dimensional triangular forms floating in the ocean, moving further up the side as the challenge progressed. Falling off or touching the form with any body part other than their hands would eliminate a castaway. The last one standing won immunity and a fire token. Bermuda Triangles challenge from Caramoan, Cagayan, Cambodia, and Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers. Kim won the challenge. The alliance of “big threats” agreed on splitting the vote between Nick and Adam, but Ben convinced them to split between Nick and Michele instead. Meanwhile, Nick convinced Tyson that Sophie was coming against him, but Adam rallied numbers against Sarah, Sophie’s closest ally, instead. When Kim found out people were targeting Sarah, she worked with Tyson to flip the vote on Adam for having the ability to sway decisions. Adam’s claim that Ben and Sarah were too close led to an argument with Ben, and several castaways scrambled to figure out a plan, with Tyson’s name thrown around in the crossfire. This continued into Tribal Council; while the others whispered freely, Adam and Ben’s conflict boiled over, with Ben getting mad at Adam for suspecting Sarah had an idol from when they were on Yara. Before the votes were read, Adam attempted to play the voting podium symbol believing it to be an idol, but was wrong and subsequently voted out. Adam bequeathed his fire token to Denise before going to the Edge.
592	10	"The Full Circle"	1.6/7	April 15, 2020 (2020-04-15)	8.14
On day 24, the castaways were greeted by their loved ones; unlike previous seasons where one person would meet them for a reward challenge, entire families made the trip. Jeff also gave all the castaways time with their loved ones at camp. Meanwhile on the Edge, those castaways were met by one or several loved ones each as well. Immunity Challenge: Castaways held a rope to balance a wobbly table while stacking blocks spelling the word "immunity"; if any blocks fell, that castaway would have to re-stack them. The first to correctly stack all eight blocks and stand on the starting platform won immunity and two fire tokens. A Bit Tipsy challenge from Kaôh Rōng and Game Changers. Tony won the challenge. At camp, Jeremy sought to break up a strong duo in Sarah and Sophie. Sarah wanted to get Kim out thinking she would win the game in the end, but Tony felt Tyson was the more pressing threat. Tony then got an idea to blindside Jeremy for his strong strategic game and coming after Sarah. Jeremy sensed something was up and considered using his "safety without power" advantage. Meanwhile, Sophie tried to talk Sarah into using her steal-a-vote. Two five-person alliances emerged among the scrambling: Denise, Jeremy, Kim, Michele, and Tyson targeted Sophie; Ben, Nick, Sarah, Sophie, and Tony targeted Jeremy. At Tribal Council, more whispering commenced. When Jeff said it was time to vote, Jeremy and Sarah both played their advantages. With Jeremy gone, the other alliance discussed who they were going to switch their vote to. Sarah took Denise's vote, and Kim played her idol from Dakal on Denise to negate two votes. While Sophie received two votes herself, Tyson was sent back to the Edge with five votes after Michele flipped; he had no fire tokens to bequeath.
593	11	"This is Extortion"	1.5/6	April 22, 2020 (2020-04-22)	8.16
Jeremy was upset about Tyson's elimination, as he was relying on him as a shield. Jeremy and Ben got into an argument, with each telling the other that they were the next biggest threats left. Early the next morning, Tony snuck out of camp and found an idol. Wanting to go back to the chaotic gameplay he used back in Cagayan, Tony pledged loyalty to the minority alliance, but Denise and Kim grew skeptical. On the Edge, Natalie and Parvati found a bottle containing a clue to the whereabouts of another advantage. They realized it was hidden underneath the shelter, and Parvati distracted the others while Natalie found an "Extortion" advantage; this allowed her to force somebody to pay a number of fire tokens or else they would be forced to sit out of the immunity challenge and would lose their next vote. She played it against Tony, who had three, but was able to obtain one each from Jeremy, Nick, and Ben to match the six-token fee. To cover up the fact that she had the 50-50 safety coin, Michele told Tony she had spent her fire tokens on an advantage for if she was sent to the Edge. Immunity Challenge: Castaways balanced a statue on a slanted table using a pole. At regular intervals, they would move further away from the statue. If the statue fell off, that person would be eliminated. The last person left standing won immunity and two fire tokens. 10 Foot Pole challenge from Millennials vs. Gen X and Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers. Tony won his second immunity challenge in a row. Back at camp, Sarah approached the majority alliance with a plan to split the votes between Jeremy and Michele on the chance the former played an idol. Jeremy told the minority alliance that he wanted to vote Ben off, but Denise and Kim secretly decided to flip over to the majority and vote against Jeremy. However, Tony decided to take the opportunity to blindside somebody and approached Nick, Jeremy, and Michele about blindsiding Sophie who he felt was too tight with his closest ally Sarah. While Nick was up for it, Jeremy showed reluctance, because he wasn’t sure if he trusted Tony when he told him that Denise and Kim were about to betray him. At Tribal Council, the majority alliance (including Denise and Kim) stuck to the plan and split the votes between Jeremy and Michele. However, Jeremy and Michele joined Tony and Nick, blindsiding Sophie and sending her to the Edge with an unused idol in her pocket. Sophie split her two fire tokens between Sarah and Kim.
594	12	"Friendly Fire"	TBA	April 29, 2020 (2020-04-29)	N/A
595	13	"The Penultimate Step of the War"	TBA	May 6, 2020 (2020-05-06)	N/A
596	14	"TBA"	TBA	May 13, 2020 (2020-05-13)	N/A
597	15	"Reunion"	TBA	May 13, 2020 (2020-05-13)	N/A

Voting history

			Original tribes					Swapped tribes				Merged tribe
Episode #			1		2	3	4	5	6		7	8	9	10		11	12	13		14
Day #			2	3	6	9	11	14	16		18	21	23	25		28	29
Eliminated			Natalie	Amber	Danni	Ethan	Tyson	Rob	Parvati	Sandra	Yul	Wendell	Adam	Tyson		Sophie	Kim
Votes			7–2–1	6–3–1	8–1	4–3–1	7–1–1	4–1	3–2	1–0	3–1	9–3	8–2–1	5–2–0		4–3–2	5–3
Voter			Vote
		Ben	Natalie		Danni	Ethan		Rob				Wendell	Adam	Tyson		Jeremy	Kim
		Denise	Natalie		Danni	Ethan				Sandra		Wendell	Nick	None		Jeremy	Jeremy
		Jeremy	Adam		Danni	Ethan				Denise		Wendell	Adam	Immune		Sophie	Kim
		Michele	Denise		Danni	Ethan			Wendell		Yul	Adam	Adam	Tyson		Sophie	Jeremy
		Nick		Amber			Kim		Parvati		Yul	Adam	Adam	Tyson		Sophie	Kim
		Sarah		Kim			Tyson	Rob				Wendell	Nick	Denise	Tyson	Michele	Kim
		Tony		Kim			Tyson			Denise		Wendell	Adam	Tyson		Sophie	Kim
		Kim		Amber			Tyson			Denise		Wendell	Adam	Sophie		Michele	Jeremy
		Sophie		Kim			Tyson	Rob				Wendell	Adam	Denise		Jeremy
		Tyson		Amber			Nick					Wendell	Adam	Sophie
		Adam	Natalie		Danni	Parvati		Rob				Wendell	Sarah
		Wendell		Amber			Tyson		Parvati		Yul	Adam
	Yul			Amber			Tyson		Parvati		Wendell
	Sandra			Amber			Tyson			Denise
	Parvati		Natalie		Danni	Adam			Wendell
	Rob		Natalie		Danni	Adam		Sarah
Ethan			Natalie		Danni	Adam
Danni			Natalie		Parvati
Amber				Nick
Natalie			Denise

Jury vote
Episode #	15
Day #	39
Finalist
Votes
Juror	Vote
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Kim
Sophie
Tyson
Adam
Wendell
Yul
Parvati
Rob
Ethan
Danni
Amber
Natalie

Viewing figures

United States

Viewership and ratings per episode of Survivor: Winners at War

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)	Ref.
1	"Greatest of the Greats"	February 12, 2020	1.3/7	6.68	0.6	2.70	2.0	9.40
2	"It's Like a Survivor Economy"	February 19, 2020	1.4/7	7.16	0.6	2.36	2.0	9.54
3	"Out for Blood"	February 26, 2020	1.4/7	7.14	0.5	2.29	1.9	9.45
4	"I Like Revenge"	March 4, 2020	1.4/7	7.08	0.6	2.30	2.0	9.40
5	"The Buddy System on Steroids"	March 11, 2020	1.4/6	6.91	0.6	2.21	2.0	9.12
6	"Quick on the Draw"	March 18, 2020	1.6/7	7.83	0.6	2.13	2.1	9.98
7	"We're in the Majors"	March 25, 2020	1.7/8	8.18	0.5	1.90	2.2	10.10
8	"This Is Where The Battle Begins"	April 1, 2020	1.6/7	8.23	0.5	2.00	2.1	10.23
9	"War is Not Pretty"	April 8, 2020	1.5/6	7.85	0.5	1.89	2.0	9.75
10	"The Full Circle"	April 15, 2020	1.6/7	8.14	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
11	"This is Extortion"	April 22, 2020	1.5/6	8.16	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Canada

No.	Air date	Total viewers (millions)	Rank (week)	Refs
1	February 12, 2020	2.128	2
2	February 19, 2020	2.046	3
3	February 26, 2020	2.026	5
4	March 4, 2020	2.193	2
5	March 11, 2020	2.016	3
6	March 18, 2020	2.206	1
7	March 25, 2020	2.139	3
8	April 1, 2020	2.086	6
9	April 8, 2020	2.148	3
10	April 15, 2020	TBD	TBD
11	April 22, 2020	TBD	TBD

External links

• Official CBS Survivor Website