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Survivor: Pulau Tiga is the first season of the British reality TV show, Survivor. It was broadcast on ITV1 from May 21 to July 25, 2001. The prize for the winner was £1,000,000, which was, at the time, the joint-highest amount of money ever won on British television. Adjusted for inflation, the prize is roughly equal to US$2,200,000 in 2023.

After 40 days in Malaysia, Charlotte Hobrough defeated Jackie Carey in a 7-0 jury vote to become the Ultimate Survivor.

Production[]

The first season was filmed on the Malaysian island of Pulau Tiga in the South China Sea, which was also the filming location used in Survivor: Borneo, the first U.S. Survivor season, which was broadcast the previous year. The season heavily followed the format of Borneo, with similar challenges, graphics and a documentary-style format in an attempt to emulate its success.

Format[]

  • Tribe Composition: The sixteen castaways were divided into two tribes of eight.
  • 40-Day Format: The game lasted 40 days, one day longer than Survivor: Borneo. This was due to the fact that the first Tribal Council occurred on Day 4 instead of Day 3. The remainder of the game followed the same format as the American franchise.
  • Past Votes Tiebreaker: In the event of a tied vote, votes cast against the players in question at previous Tribal Councils would also be counted. The castaway that had received more votes would be eliminated from the game. If the tied vote occurred at a pre-merged tribe's first Tribal Council - and thus no previous votes could be counted - the tribe would have a discussion in a separate location without the castaways involved in the tie. A revote would then occur, and the castaway who received the most votes would be voted out.
  • Merge: The merged tribe was comprised of ten members.

Castaways[]

Contestant Tribe Affiliation Finish Votes
Against
Original Tribe Merged Tribe
UKS1 nick t Nick Carter
38, Gedling, Nottinghamshire
Pharmaceutical Company Manager
Ular 1st Voted Out
Day 4
5
UKS1 jj t J.J. Adams
37, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
Temporary Worker
Helang 2nd Voted Out
Day 7
8
UKS1 uzma t Uzma Bashir Sheikh
30, Croxley Green, Hertfordshire
Entrepeneur
Helang 3rd Voted Out
Day 10
10
UKS1 sarah t Sarah Odell
30, Fulham, London
Model
Ular


4th Voted Out
Day 13

5
UKS1 jayne t Jayne Meyler
47, Steyning, West Sussex
Personal Trainer
Helang 5th Voted Out
Day 16
7
UKS1 adrian t Adrian Bauckham
22, Gravesend, Kent
Barrister's Clerk
Helang 6th Voted Out
Day 19
4
UKS1 simon t Simon Dunkley
35, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
Financial Service Manager
Helang Sekutu 7th Voted Out
Day 22
6
UKS1 andy t Andy Fairfield
41, Syresham, Northamptonshire
Longhaul Pilot
Helang 8th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 25
6
UKS1 james t James Stroud
40, Wimbledon, London
Property Developer
Helang 9th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 28
9
UKS1 pete t Pete Farrar
30, Stockport, Cheshire
Model
Ular 10th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 31
5
UKS1 zoe t Zoe Lyons
29, London, England
Bartender
Ular 11th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 34
8
UKS1 eve t Eve Holding
30, Wantage, Oxfordshire
Fence Installer
Ular 12th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 37
6
UKS1 mick t Mick Easton
55, Dartford, Kent
Field Technical Officer
Ular 13th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 38
4
UKS1 richard t Richard Owen
33, Cardiff, South Wales
Clinical Research Fellow
Ular 14th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 39
5
UKS1 jackie t Jackie Carey
31, Woking, Surrey
Airline Worker
Ular Runner-Up 7
UKS1 charlotte t Charlotte Hobrough
24, Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan
Police Officer
Helang Ultimate Survivor 4

Season Summary[]

The season premiere began with sixteen people divided into two tribes. They were Helang, wearing yellow, and Ular, wearing blue. Throughout the pre-merge portion of the game, Ular proved to be the superior tribe and only attended Tribal Council on two occasions, with the first being a disqualification after initially winning the Immunity Challenge. At these Tribal Councils, they eliminated Nick Carter for trying to control the game and Sarah Odell for being closely associated with Eve Holding, who had been causing rifts in the tribe. Helang, on the other hand, was not so fortunate when it came to challenges, winning just two of the six Immunity Challenges and two of the five Reward Challenges. The tribe's failures sent them to Tribal Council four times, where they voted out J.J. Adams for being too domineering, Uzma Bashir Sheikh for being considered physically weak and falling ill, Jayne Meyler for feeling homesick and being considered physically weak, and Adrian Bauckham for being perceived as lazy.

On Day 21, the ten remaining castaways were merged into one tribe - Sekutu. Before the merge, the Ular tribe had decided to form an alliance and vote off the original members of Helang. The alliance followed through with their original plan at the first three Tribal Councils, and voted out the three remaining men of Helang: Simon Dunkley, Andy Fairfield and James Stroud. In these three Tribal Councils, the Helang tribe members spread their votes among members of Ular, in case a tie occurred between a Helang member and previous votes would be counted in order to break the tie.

At this point, it looked as if Charlotte Hobrough, the last remaining member of Helang, would be voted out next. However, Ular decided that it would be a prime opportunity to eliminate the biggest physical threat in the game, Pete Farrar, and Charlotte was spared as Pete was voted out. At the next Tribal Council, Charlotte was targeted once again, but Richard Owen defected from his alliance with Eve, Zoe Lyons and Mick Easton, forming a new counter-alliance with the two outsiders of the tribe, Charlotte and Jackie Carey. The vote was tied 3-3, but as Zoe had five votes previously cast against her, and Charlotte had only one, Zoe was eliminated from the game. Eve, angered by the surprise of the vote, began stealing items from the tribe. Due to Eve's "inhumane" behaviour, the tribe voted her out next. Mick, the last remaining member of his alliance, was eliminated at the following Tribal Council after quitting the previous Immunity Challenge alongside Charlotte. At the Final Immunity Challenge, Charlotte came out victorious and had the power to decide who would sit next to her in the Final Two. The decision seemed fairly clear to Charlotte, and she cast the deciding vote against Richard, who was thought to be much better liked by the jury than Jackie.

At the Final Tribal Council, the jury praised Charlotte for overcoming so many obstacles to get to the Final Two, and criticised Jackie for being "carried" through the game. By a unanimous vote of 7-0, Charlotte became the UK's first Ultimate Survivor, as well as the first winner of an international English-speaking season of the Survivor franchise.

Episode Challenges Eliminated
(vote)
Finish
Reward Immunity
1 None Helang Nick
(5-3)
1st Voted Out
Day 4
2 Ular Ular J.J.
(4-4;
4-2)1
2nd Voted Out
Day 7
3 Ular Ular Uzma
(4-2-1)
3rd Voted Out
Day 10
4 Helang Helang Sarah
(5-2)
4th Voted Out
Day 13
5 Helang Ular Jayne
(5-1)
5th Voted Out
Day 16
6 Ular Adrian
(3-2)
6th Voted Out
Day 19
Ular2
7 None Andy Simon
(6-2-1-1)
7th Voted Out
Day 22
8 James
[Andy]
Pete Andy
(6-2-1)
8th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 25
9 Survivor
Auction
Richard James
(6-1-1)
9th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 28
10 Pete Richard Pete
(5-1-1)
10th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 31
11 Richard
[Charlotte]
Eve Zoe
(3-3;
tiebreaker)2
11th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 34
12 Eve Richard Eve
(4-1)
12th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 37
13 None Richard Mick
(3-1)
13th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 38
Charlotte Richard
(2-1)
14th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 39
14 Jury Vote Jackie
(7-0)
Runner-Up
Charlotte
(7-0)
Ultimate Survivor
Notes:
^1 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, past votes were taken into account, but because it was the tribe's first Tribal Council, no previous votes could be taken into account. With this, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.
^2 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^3 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, past votes were taken into account. Zoe had more past votes than Charlotte, eliminating her.

Voting History[]

Original Tribes Merged Tribe
Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Eliminated UKS1 nick t
Nick
Tie UKS1 jj t
J.J.
UKS1 uzma t
Uzma
UKS1 sarah t
Sarah
UKS1 jayne t
Jayne
UKS1 adrian t
Adrian
UKS1 simon t
Simon
UKS1 andy t
Andy
UKS1 james t
James
UKS1 pete t
Pete
Tie UKS1 zoe t
Zoe
UKS1 eve t
Eve
UKS1 mick t
Mick
UKS1 richard t
Richard
UKS1 jackie t
Jackie
UKS1 charlotte t
Charlotte
Vote 5-3 4-41 4-2 4-2-1 5-2 5-1 3-2 6-2-1-1 6-2-1 6-1-1 5-1-1 3-32 Past votes3 4-1 3-1 2-1 7-0
Charlotte J.J. J.J. Jayne Jayne James Eve Richard Zoe Eve Zoe Eve Mick Richard Jury Vote
Jackie Nick Sarah Simon Andy James Pete Zoe Eve Mick Richard
Richard Nick Sarah Simon Andy James Pete Zoe Eve Mick Jackie Charlotte
Mick Jackie Sarah Simon Andy James Pete Charlotte Eve Jackie Charlotte
Eve Nick Zoe Simon Andy James Pete Charlotte Jackie Charlotte
Zoe Nick Sarah Simon Andy James Pete Charlotte Voted Out Charlotte
Pete Jackie Sarah Simon Andy James Charlotte Charlotte
James J.J. J.J. Uzma Jayne Adrian Zoe Richard Mick Charlotte
Andy Uzma Uzma Uzma Jayne Adrian Zoe Jackie Charlotte
Simon Uzma J.J. Uzma Jayne Adrian Richard
Adrian J.J. J.J. Jayne Jayne James
Jayne Uzma Uzma Uzma Adrian
Sarah Nick Zoe
Uzma J.J. None James
J.J. Uzma None
Nick Jackie
Notes:

^1 A tie occurred, but as it was the Helang's first Tribal Council, and no previous votes could be counted to break the tie, a discussion was held before a second vote, where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.
^2 A tie occurred. Per Survivor rules, past votes were taken into account. The player with more past votes got eliminated.
^3 Zoe had more past votes than Charlotte, eliminating her from the game.

Trivia[]

  • Survivor: Pulau Tiga and Survivor: Borneo, the first season of the American franchise, have various similarities:
    • Both were set in Pulau Tiga, Sabah, Malaysia.
    • Both followed the basic format of Survivor.
    • Both featured orange and yellow tribes.
    • Both featured a female runner-up.
    • Both featured tribes living at the Pagong beach.
    • Both yellow starting tribes were Pagonged after the merge.
    • However, unlike in Survivor: Borneo, the Pagonging was not successful, where the remaining member of the Pagonged tribe reached the Final Tribal Council and won.
    • Both featured contestants named "Richard" who reached the Final 3.
    • Both featured contestants called by two letters, "B.B." and "J.J.", that were eliminated in the second episode.
    • Both castaways in the Final Two of each season were aged in their 30s and 20s.
  • The two tribes this season both had an identical age average of 34.5.
  • This is the first English-speaking season of Survivor broadcast outside of the United States.
  • Adjusted for inflation, this season offered the largest prize for the winner ever seen in the Survivor franchise.

References[]

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