Survivor: Pearl Islands

Survivor: Pearl Islands
Season Information
Version	United States
Season No.	7
Filming Location	Isla del Rey, Pearl Islands, Panama
Filming Dates	June 23, 2003 - July 31, 2003
Season Run	September 18, 2003 - December 14, 2003
No. of Episodes	15
No. of Days	39
No. of Castaways	16
Winner	Sandra Diaz-Twine
Runner(s)-Up	Lillian Morris
Tribes	Drake Morgan The Outcasts Balboa
Viewership (in Millions)	20.72
Opening Sequence
Season Chronology
Previous	The Amazon
Next	All-Stars

Survivor: Pearl Islands, initially dubbed as Survivor: Pearl Islands — Panama at the Survivor: The Amazon live Reunion Show where it was officially announced, is the seventh installment of the United States version of the reality show Survivor. The season was won by Sandra Diaz-Twine by a landslide in a 6-1 jury margin, with Lillian Morris being the runner-up, despite only lasting thirty days in the game.

The season was filmed on the Pearl Islands, off the coast of Panama, and had a pirate culture theme. The complete season, including the live Reunion Show, was released on DVD on February 7, 2006.

Development

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Twist/Changes

• Unexpected Start: The contestants were invited to a yacht under the impression they were going to take some publicity pictures to promote the season. Much to their surprise, they were told the game had begun unexpectedly, and that they would start it wearing only the clothes they possessed on their backs (with their luxury items and other personal belongings staying on the boat, besides the shoes that were given to them by Jeff Probst). After being divided into the two tribes, they were sent to a small fishing village with 100 Panamanian Balboas (roughly $100) to buy their supplies they would need for the next thirty-nine days.
• Looting: Aside from the actual prize that a tribe gets after winning a Reward Challenge, the Survivor's experience pirate life by pillaging from the losing tribe's camp. One member of the winning tribe is sent to the other tribe's camp to loot one item of their choice. This twist was not continued once the merge arrived due to the castaways living on the same beach and being one unified tribe and was inactive during episode one and seven pre-merge.
• Buried Treasure : Aside from looting items from the rival tribe, the tribe that wins a Reward Challenge also gets a third prize: a clue to the whereabouts of a hidden treasure chest buried somewhere on the tribes' respective islands. The clues were cumulative with each one being more useful then the last. There was a maximum of three clues for each tribe. Inside the chest once discovered would be luxury items to make life at camp more enjoyable.
• Entirely Distant Camps: Unlike previous seasons of the series where the two tribes would dwell on the same island (but on opposite sides), the two tribes lived on two entirely different islands, with an equal amount of resources. This went along with the pirate theme for the season as rival groups would not have shared the same island.
• Kidnapping: The Morgan tribe was given an additional advantage after winning the Day 12 Immunity Challenge. They were told that they could kidnap one member of the opposing Drake tribe until after the next challenge, and that player will skip his tribe's Tribal Council and will compete with them at the next challenge. They selected Rupert who was given the opportunity to stay at their tribe for the remainder of the day to enjoy the reward they won, but he declined.
• Outcast Twist: On Day 19, the ten remaining castaways faced a third tribe comprised of the first six departed castaways in a 3-way special challenge. If The Outcasts win, both Drake and Morgan will go to separate Tribal Council sessions and will vote one of their own. The Outcasts will vote two of their own back into the game, with the remaining four being eliminated for good. The two returning castaways will be granted immunity at their first visit to Tribal Council. If The Outcasts finish second, only one of them will be voted back in the game, and only the losing tribe will vote somebody out. If The Outcasts lose to both tribes, they are all eliminated from the game, and Morgan and Drake merge without voting anybody out.
• Jury Competing in a Challenge and Immunity-Free Tribal Council: At the Day 37 Immunity Challenge, while the final four castaways fought for individual immunity, the incomplete jury also joined the challenge as a team. If the jury beat the rest, none of the remaining survivors would have immunity. Having an obvious advantage, the jury beat the final four, and therefore everybody was vulnerable of being voted out that Tribal Council.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation				Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Outcast Twist	Post-Outcast	Merged Tribe
File:S7 nicole t.jpg	Nicole Delma 24, Hermosa Beach, CA	Morgan	The Outcasts			1st Voted Out Day 3	7
File:S7 ryans t.jpg	Ryan Shoulders 23, Clarksville, TN	Morgan				2nd Voted Out Day 6	6
File:S7 michelle t.jpg	Michelle Tesauro 22, Pittstown, NJ	Drake				5th Voted Out Day 15	6
File:S7 trish t.jpg	Trish Dunn 42, Annapolis, MD	Drake				6th Voted Out Day 18	4
File:S7 shawn t.jpg	Shawn Cohen 28, New York City, NY	Drake	Drake			7th Voted Out Day 19	5
File:S7 osten t.jpg	Osten Taylor 27, Boston, MA	Morgan	Morgan			Quit Day 19	2
File:S7 andrew t.jpg	Andrew Savage 39, Chicago, IL	Morgan	Morgan	Morgan	Balboa	8th Voted Out Day 21	6
File:S7 ryano t.jpg	Ryan Opray 30, Los Gatos, CA	Morgan	Morgan	Morgan		9th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24	8
File:S7 rupert t.jpg	Rupert Boneham 39, Indianapolis, IN	Drake	Drake	Drake		10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27	7
File:S7 tijuana t.jpg	Tijuana Bradley 26, St. Louis, MO	Morgan	Morgan	Morgan		11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30	5
File:S7 christa t.jpg	Christa Hastie 24, Los Angeles, CA	Drake	Drake	Drake		12th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33	7
File:S7 burton t.jpg	Burton Roberts 31, San Francisco, CA	Drake	The Outcasts	Drake		4th Voted Out Day 12	10
						13th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36
File:S7 darrah t.jpg	Darrah Johnson 22, Liberty, MS	Morgan	Morgan	Morgan		14th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37	6
File:S7 jon t.jpg	Jon Dalton 29, Danville, VA	Drake	Drake	Drake		15th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38	7
File:S7 lillian t.jpg	Lillian Morris 51, Cincinnati, OH	Morgan	The Outcasts	Morgan		3rd Voted Out Day 9	10
						Runner-Up
File:S7 sandra t.jpg	Sandra Diaz-Twine 29, Fort Lewis, WA	Drake	Drake	Drake		Sole Survivor	0

Season Summary

The start of the game was announced as a surprise to the contestants, most of whom believed that they were on their way to a photo-shoot. After being told they would begin the game with only the clothes on their back, they were divided into two tribes of eight, Morgan and Drake, and were given some money and sent to a small village to barter and buy supplies for their camps in lieu of being given them as in seasons past. Drake, thanks to Sandra Diaz-Twine's ability to speak Spanish and Rupert Boneham stealing the other tribe's abandoned shoes to barter, was able to acquire better supplies than Morgan, and thus went on an early winning streak, dwindling Morgan to five members.

Despite Drake's winning streak, Burton Roberts conspired to throw an Immunity Challenge to eliminate some of Drake's weaker players. The reluctant Drake tribe threw the challenge, but Burton was voted off for his cunning. This resulted in a major shift: Morgan, led by Andrew Savage, experienced a renewal, and Drake began to splinter due to fighting between de facto leader Rupert and the conniving Jon Dalton. Morgan's newfound momentum led them to win the next two Immunity Challenges, leaving both tribes with five players each.

Upon arriving at their next challenge, the tribes were faced with the "Outcast" twist, where the six eliminated players competed against the remaining players for a chance to return to the game. The Outcasts beat both Morgan and Drake in the challenge, forcing them both to go to Tribal Council and resulting in two of The Outcasts returning to the game. Burton and former Morgan castaway Lillian Morris returned to the game, and joined the eight other castaways in forming the merged Balboa tribe. While Burton made up with his former tribe, Lillian's return was resented by the Morgan members. Lillian enacted revenge against her former tribemates, siding with the Drake alliance to eliminate Andrew.

While the Drake alliance had the upper hand, Jon, Burton, and Lillian decided that Rupert, as the strongest member of the Drake alliance, was an immunity threat, and worked with the remaining Morgan members to blindside him from the game. The three navigated between the Drake and Morgan factions to take out members of both sides, until they were the dominant alliance with only five players remaining. Lillian was swayed by Darrah Johnson and Sandra to break up the duo of Jon and Burton, and Burton was voted out for a second time. In another twist, the first five jurors were able to compete for immunity with four players remaining. They subsequently won the competition, and challenge threat Darrah was eliminated.

In the Final Immunity Challenge, Lillian beat Jon and Sandra to secure a spot in the Final Tribal Council. Knowing that she would likely lose for having already been voted out of the game, she chose to take Sandra to the end for she felt Sandra deserved the victory more than Jon. The jury ultimately awarded Sandra the title of Sole Survivor by a vote of 6-1.

Episode Guide

Episode		Air date	Challenges		Eliminated (Vote)	Finish	Viewers (in millions)	Ratings/Share (18-49)
			Reward	Immunity
1	"Beg, Barter, Steal"	September 18, 2003	None	Drake	Nicole (7-1)	1st Voted Out Day 3	21.50	8.4/23
2	"To Quit or Not to Quit"	September 25, 2003	Drake	Drake	Ryan S. (5-2)	2nd Voted Out Day 6	19.86	7.5/21
3	"United We Stand, Divided We...?"	October 2, 2003	Drake	Drake	Lillian (5-1)	3rd Voted Out Day 9	19.68	7.5/21
4	"Pick a Castaway... Any Castaway"	October 9, 2003	Drake	Morgan	Burton (5-2)	4th Voted Out Day 12	19.40	7.4/20
				[Rupert]1
5	"Everyone's Hero"	October 16, 2003	Morgan	Morgan	Michelle (6-1)	5th Voted Out Day 15	19.35	7.4/20
			Rupert2
6	"Me and My Snake"	October 23, 2003	Drake	Morgan	Trish (4-2)	6th Voted Out Day 18	20.19	7.5/20
7	"What the...? (Part 1)"	October 30, 2003	None	The Outcasts	Shawn (4-1)	7th Voted Out Day 19	20.70	7.7/21
					Osten (no vote)	Quit Day 19
8	"What the...? (Part 2)"	November 6, 2003			Burton, Lillian (3-3-2-2-1-1)3	Returned Day 19	21.30	7.7/21
			None	Burton4	Andrew (6-4)	8th Voted Out Day 21
				Lillian4
				Burton (Rupert)4
9	"Shocking! Simply Shocking!"	November 13, 2003	Rupert (Burton) [Lillian]	Rupert	Ryan O. (8-1)	9th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24	21.10	8.3/22
10	"Swimming with Sharks"	November 20, 2003	Burton, Lillian (Jon)	Burton	Rupert (5-2-1)	10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27	19.90	7.0/20
11	"The Great Lie"	November 26, 2003	Jon	Darrah	Tijuana (5-2)	11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30	20.06	7.2/22
12	"Would You Be My Brutus Today?"	December 4, 2003	Darrah, Jon, Lillian	Darrah	Christa (4-2)	12th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33	22.00	8.0/23
13	"Mutiny"	December 11, 2003	Burton [Jon]	Darrah	Burton (3-2)	13th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36	22.41	8.3/22
14	"Flames and Endurance"	December 14, 2003	None	Jury5	Darrah (3-1)	14th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37	25.23	9.7/22
				Lillian	Jon (1-0)	15th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38
			Jury Vote		Lillian (6-1)	Runner-Up
					Sandra (6-1)	Sole Survivor
15	"Reunion"						26.19	10.3/25
Notes: ^1 The Morgan tribe was instructed to pick a member of Drake who would go back to camp with them and not attend Tribal Council. They selected Rupert. ^2 As part of their win from the previous Immunity Challenge, Rupert competed for Morgan. After the challenge, Rupert was given the chance to stay in Morgan or move back to Drake in which he chose the latter, thus forfeiting his challenge win. ^3 Due to The Outcasts twist, this Tribal Council was held to vote people back into the game. ^4 Being the two returnees, Burton and Lillian received immunity on their next Tribal Council. Burton won the Immunity Challenge and could decide whether to give away his extra immunity; he transferred his immunity to Rupert. ^5 The jury took part in the Immunity Challenge and won, denying immunity to the remaining four survivors.

Voting History

		Original Tribes						Outcasts Twist				Merged Tribe
Episode		1	2	3	4	5	6	7		8			9	10	11	12	13	14
Voted Out		Nicole	Ryan S.	Lillian	Burton	Michelle	Trish	Shawn	Osten	Outcasts' Vote		Andrew	Ryan O.	Rupert	Tijuana	Christa	Burton	Darrah	Jon	Lillian	Sandra
Vote		7-1	5-2	5-1	5-2	6-1	4-2	4-1	No vote2	3-3-2-2-1-13		6-4	8-1	5-2-1	5-2	4-2	3-2	3-1	1-04	6-1
►►►	Sandra	—	—	—	Burton	Michelle	Trish	Shawn	—	—		Andrew	Ryan O.	Jon	Tijuana	Lillian	Burton	Darrah	None	Jury Vote
►►►	Lillian	Nicole	Osten	Darrah						Ryan S.		Andrew	Ryan O.	Rupert	Tijuana	Christa	Burton	Darrah	Jon
										Trish
►►►	Jon	—	—	—	Burton	Michelle	Rupert	Shawn	—	—		Andrew	Ryan O.	Rupert	Tijuana	Christa	Lillian	Darrah	None		Sandra
►►►	Darrah	Nicole	Ryan S.	Lillian	—	—	—	—	—	—		Jon	Ryan O.	Rupert	Burton	Christa	Burton	Lillian			Sandra
►►►	Burton	—	—	—	Christa					Michelle		Andrew	Ryan O.	Rupert	Tijuana	Christa	Lillian				Sandra
										Nicole
►►►	Christa	—	—	—	Burton	Michelle	Trish	Shawn	—	—		Andrew	Ryan O.	Darrah	Tijuana	Lillian					Sandra
►►►	Tijuana	Nicole	Ryan S.	Lillian	—	—	—	—	—	—		Jon	Ryan O.	Rupert	Burton					Lillian
►►►	Rupert	—	—	—	Kidnapped1	Michelle	Trish	Shawn	—	—		Andrew	Ryan O.	Darrah							Sandra
►►►	Ryan O.	Nicole	Ryan S.	Lillian	—	—	—	—	—	—		Jon	Christa								Sandra
►►►	Andrew	Nicole	Ryan S.	Lillian	—	—	—	—	—	—		Jon
►	Osten	Nicole	Ryan S.	Lillian	—	—	—	—	Quit
►	Shawn	—	—	—	Burton	Michelle	Trish	Jon
►	Trish	—	—	—	Burton	Michelle	Rupert			Burton		Eliminated
										Lillian
►	Michelle	—	—	—	Christa	Shawn				Burton		Eliminated
										Nicole
►	Ryan S.	Nicole	Osten							Burton		Eliminated
										Lillian
►	Nicole	Ryan S.								Lillian		Eliminated
Ryan S.
Notes: ^1 Morgan was given the opportunity to kidnap one member of Drake, making them immune from Tribal Council. They selected Rupert. ^2 Osten elected to quit the game due to fatigue. No vote occurred for his removal. ^3 The Outcasts were given the opportunity to vote two of their members back into the game. They selected Burton and Lillian. ^4 Jon and Sandra did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the Final Immunity Challenge, only Lillian voted.

Reception

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Trivia

• This is the first season to have the castaways start the game with the clothes on their back and not bring anything else, except for another pair of shoes.
• The Drake tribe won the first six challenges in a row, setting the record for most consecutive Tribal Challenges won. This record stood until the Moto tribe of Survivor: Fiji topped this feat by winning the first nine challenges in a row.
• This is the first time contestants were given a second chance to play the game after being voted out.
• Because Osten's departure from the show was regarded as less than honorable, his final words were not broadcast during the end credits as they would have had he actually been voted out (nor were they posted on the show's official website at the time). Osten's torch was excluded from the Rites of Passage ritual. It was instead shown lying on the ground at the Tribal Council area, after the final three had finished walking the path.
• This season marks the only time nobody won individual immunity at an Immunity Challenge. The Day 37 Immunity Challenge involved the jury, who defeated the castaways - another Survivor first.
• Sandra is the first (and so far only) Hispanic-American player to win Survivor.
• This season ended the Sole Survivor male-female pattern that existed in the first six seasons.
• It is the only pre Survivor: All-Stars season to be represented in Survivor: Micronesia. Jon Dalton returned for the later season, where he placed 20th.
• This is the only season where the winner of an individual Immunity Challenge does not wear a necklace. Instead, the winner wears a cutlass in a scabbard on his or her shoulder.
• This is the first season in which votes were cast for (and not against) players in a vote other than the Final Tribal Council. It was followed by Survivor: Palau.
• This is the first season to have tribe names derived from the English language.
• This is the first season to have an episode end with a cliffhanger.
• This is the first season where the castaways were not given an introduction in the first episode.
• This is the first season where everyone wins at least one challenge.
• This season is tied with Survivor: The Australian Outback and Survivor: Cook Islands for being represented six times each in seasons which featured Returning Players.