Survivor: David vs. Goliath

Survivor: David vs. Goliath
Season Information
Version	United States
Season No.	37
Filming Location	Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
Filming Dates	March 29, 2018 - May 6, 2018
Season Run	September 26, 2018 - TBD
No. of Castaways	20
Tribes	David/Vuku Goliath/Jabeni Tiva
Cast
Opening Sequence
Season Chronology
Previous	Ghost Island

Survivor: David vs. Goliath is the thirty-seventh season of Survivor.

Production

The season was filmed in the spring of 2018, following the same schedule as Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X and Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.

Twists/Changes

• David vs. Goliath: The castaways are divided into tribes defined by their degree of success in life. The David tribe is comprised of castaways perceived as underdogs, while the Goliath tribe is comprised of castaways who are on top of their respective fields.
• Hidden Immunity Idol
• Tribe Expansion: On Day 10, a tribe switch occurred with 16 castaways remaining. At the same time, a new tribe, Tiva was formed.
• Exile Island: After the Tribe Switch on Day 10, one person was left without a tribe. This person would be sent to Exile Island with the opportunity to find the Idol Nullifier.
• Idol Nullifier: This new advantage will be introduced at some point during the game and can be used to overrule the use of a Hidden Immunity Idol. If a player obtains and uses the Idol Nullifier, they must correctly guess who will play the idol (or to whom the idol will be played for) while casting a vote. An incorrect guess will not only result in the advantage being wasted, but the identity of the user of the Idol Nullifier will also remain anonymous.
• Simplified Final Four Tribal Council: Instead of a traditional vote, the person who wins the final four Immunity Challenge will get to choose one person to take with them to the Final Three. The remaining two castaways would compete in a fire-making challenge to determine who would be eliminated.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation		Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe1	Expanded Tribes
	Pat Cusack 40, Watervliet, NY	David		Evacuated Day 3	0
	Jessica Peet 19, Lakeland, FL	David		1st Voted Out Day 6	5
	Jeremy Crawford 40, New York City, NY	Goliath		2nd Voted Out Day 9	9
	Bi Nguyen 28, Houston, TX	David		Quit Day 10	0
	Natalia Azoqa 25, Irvine, CA	Goliath	Vuku	3rd Voted Out Day 11	3
	Alec Merlino 24, San Clemente, CA	Goliath	Vuku
	Alison Raybould 28, Chapel Hill, NC	Goliath	Tiva
	Angelina Keeley 28, San Clemente, CA	Goliath	Jabeni
	Carl Boudreaux 41, Houston, TX	David	Vuku
	Christian Hubicki 32, Tallahassee, FL	David	Tiva
	Dan Rengering 27, Gainesville, FL	Goliath	Tiva
	Davie Rickenbacker 30, Atlanta, GA	David	Vuku		1
	Elizabeth Olson 31, Longview, TX	David	Vuku		1
	Gabby Pascuzzi 25, Denver, CO	David	Tiva
	John Hennigan 38, Los Angeles, CA	Goliath	Tiva
	Kara Kay 30, San Diego, CA	Goliath	Vuku
	Lyrsa Torres 36, Boston, MA	David	Jabeni		4
	Mike White 47, Los Angeles, CA	Goliath	Jabeni
	Natalie Cole 57, Los Angeles, CA	Goliath	Jabeni		1
	Nick Wilson 27, Williamsburg, KY	David	Jabeni

^1 Vuku and Jabeni were known as "David" and "Goliath" respectively for the first 10 days of the game.

Season Summary

Episode		Air date	Challenges		Eliminated (Vote)	Finish	Viewers (in millions)	Ratings/Share (18-49)
			Reward	Immunity
1	"Appearances Are Deceiving"	September 26, 2018	David		Pat (no vote)	Evacuated Day 3	7.83	1.7/7
			Goliath1
2	"The Chicken Has Flown the Coop"	October 3, 2018	Goliath1		Jessica (5-4)	1st Voted Out Day 6	7.27	1.5/7
3	"I Am Goliath Strong"	October 10, 2018	David1		Jeremy (9-1)	2nd Voted Out Day 9	7.28	1.4/6
4	"Time to Bring About the Charmpocalypse"	October 17, 2018		Carl2	Bi (no vote)	Quit Day 10	7.21	1.4/6
			Tiva1		Natalia (3-1-1)	3rd Voted Out Day 11
				Jabeni
5	"Jackets and Eggs"	October 24, 2018	Vuku	Vuku	Natalie (3-2)	4th Voted Out Day 15	7.37	1.5/6
			Jabeni	Tiva
6	"Aren't Brochachos Just Adorable?"	October 31, 2018	Tiva	Tiva	Lyrsa (3-1)	5th Voted Out Day 17	7.06	1.3/6
			Jabeni	Vuku
7	"There's Gonna Be Tears Shed"	November 7, 2018	None	Alison	Elizabeth (12-1)	6th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 20	7.69	1.6/7
8	"You Get What You Give"	November 14, 2018	Alec, Alison, Christian, Gabby, John, Nick	Dan	John (3-0-0)3	7th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 22	7.20	1.4/6
9	"Breadth-First Search"	November 21, 2018	Alec, Dan, Davie, Kara, Mike	Alec	Dan (6-3-2)4	8th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 25	7.09	1.3/6
10	"Tribal Lines Are Blurred"	November 28, 2018	Alec, Alison, Christian, Gabby, Mike	Christian	Alec (9-1)	9th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 28	7.60	1.6/7
			Carl, Davie, Kara, Mike	Davie	Carl (5-4)	10th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 30
11	"So Smart They're Dumb"	December 5, 2018	Angelina, Nick [Davie, Mike]	Kara	Gabby (2-1-0)3	11th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 32	7.51	1.5/7
12	"Are You Feeling Lucky?"	December 12, 2018	Davie [Kara, Nick]	Mike	Christian (3-2-0)3,5	12th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 35	7.77	1.5/7
13	"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility"	December 19, 2018	Nick1		Davie (4-2)	13th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 36	7.72	1.5/7
			[Angelina, Mike]
			None	Nick	Alison (4-1)5	14th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 37
				Nick	Kara (no vote)6	Eliminated 10th Jury Member Day 38
			Jury Vote		Angelina (7-3-0)	Second Runner-Up
					Mike (7-3-0)	Runner-Up
					Nick (7-3-0)	Sole Survivor
14	"Reunion"						5.17	1.0/5
Notes: ^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge. ^2 As Carl drew a package containing no buff, he was exiled without a tribe. Because of this, he did not attend Tribal Council and was immune for the episode. ^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^4 Carl used the Idol Nullifier on Dan, canceling out Dan's idol. ^5 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^6 Instead of a traditional vote, the person who won the Immunity Challenge, Nick, would choose someone to take with them into the Final Three. He chose Angelina. The remaining two castaways, Kara and Mike, would compete in a fire-making challenge to determine the last finalist.

Voting History

		Original Tribes				Expanded Tribes			Merged Tribe
Episode		1	2	3	4		5	6	7	8	9	10		11	12	13
Voted Out		Pat	Jessica	Jeremy	Bi	Natalia	Natalie	Lyrsa	Elizabeth	John	Dan	Alec	Carl	Gabby	Christian	Davie	Alison	Kara	Angelina	Mike	Nick
Vote		No vote1	5-4	9-1	No vote2	3-1-1	3-2	3-1	12-1	3-0-04	6-3-25	9-1	5-4	2-1-04	3-2-04,8	4-2	4-18	No vote9	7-3-0
►►	Nick	—	Jessica	—	—	—	Natalie	Lyrsa	Elizabeth	John	Dan	Alec	Alison	Christian	Christian	Alison	Alison	—	Jury Vote
											Dan6
►►	Mike	—	—	Jeremy	—	—	Natalie	Lyrsa	Elizabeth	Christian	Christian	Alec	Carl	Gabby	Davie	Davie	Alison	—
►►	Angelina	—	—	Jeremy	—	—	Lyrsa	Lyrsa	Elizabeth	Christian	Christian	Alec	Alison	Gabby	Christian	Davie	Alison	—
►►	Kara	—	—	Jeremy	—	Davie	—	—	Elizabeth	Christian	Angelina	Alec	Carl	Christian	Christian	Davie	Alison	Eliminated		Mike
►►	Alison	—	—	Jeremy	—	—	—	—	Elizabeth	Christian	None7	Alec	Carl	Christian	Davie	Davie	Mike			Mike
►►	Davie	—	Lyrsa	—	—	Natalia	—	—	Elizabeth	John	Dan	Alec	Alison	Christian	Alison	Alison					Nick
►►	Christian	—	Jessica	—	—	—	—	—	Elizabeth	John	Dan	Alec	Carl	Alison	Alison					Mike
►►	Gabby	—	Jessica	—	—	—	—	—	Elizabeth	Angelina	Dan	Alec	Carl	Christian							Nick
►►	Carl	—	Lyrsa	—	—	Exiled3	—	—	Elizabeth	Angelina	Dan	Alec	Alison								Nick
►►	Alec	—	—	Jeremy	—	Natalia	—	—	Elizabeth	Christian	Angelina	Carl									Nick
►►	Dan	—	—	Jeremy	—	—	—	—	Elizabeth	Christian	Christian										Nick
►►	John	—	—	Jeremy	—	—	—	—	Elizabeth	Christian											Nick
►►	Elizabeth	—	Jessica	—	—	Natalia	—	—	Angelina												Nick
►	Lyrsa	—	Jessica	—	—	—	Natalie	Angelina
►	Natalie	—	—	Jeremy	—	—	Lyrsa
►	Natalia	—	—	Jeremy	—	Elizabeth
	Bi	—	Lyrsa	—	Quit
	Jeremy	—	—	Natalie
	Jessica	—	Lyrsa
	Pat	Evacuated
Notes: ^1 Pat was medically evacuated over his injured back. No vote occurred for his removal. ^2 Bi elected to quit the game due to an MCL injury. No vote occurred for her removal. ^3 Because the number of castaways at the time of the tribe switch was not divisible by 3, Carl was exiled and rejoined the game as a member of the tribe that lost the Immunity Challenge, Vuku, replacing Natalia and evening the tribes at 5-5-5. ^4 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^5 Carl used the Idol Nullifier on Dan, canceling out Dan's idol. ^6 This castaway used the Vote Steal advantage, allowing them to steal another castaway's vote to vote twice at Tribal Council. ^7 This castaway's vote was stolen by the Vote Steal. ^8 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^9 Instead of a traditional vote, the person who won the Immunity Challenge, Nick, would choose someone to take with them into the Final Three. He chose Angelina. The remaining two castaways, Kara and Mike, would compete in a fire-making challenge to determine the last finalist.

Trivia

• With this season, Fiji sets the record for the most-used country of the whole US Survivor franchise, with six seasons filmed in the country, following Survivor: Fiji, Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X, Survivor: Game Changers, Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, and Survivor: Ghost Island.
  • This season also breaks the record Survivor: Cagayan set with the Philippines for the longest consecutive use of a country, as David vs. Goliath marks the first time a country has been used five consecutive times.
• The Tribal Council set is specifically designed to hide the voting booth away from the contestants to prevent them from catching who played the Idol Nullifier advantage.
• This marks the first time tribes are officially renamed, as David and Goliath were renamed to Vuku and Jabeni, respectively, after the tribe expansion.
• David vs. Goliath is the second season, following Survivor: Micronesia, to have both an evacuation and a quit.