Survivor 2002 (U.K.) was the second season of the British reality show, Survivor.
Contestants were divided into two initial tribes named North Island and South Island. After four contestants were voted out, the remaining eight merged into a tribe called Columbus.
Production
The second season was filmed in the Panamanian province of Bocas del Toro.
Twist/Changes
- Fewer Contestants: The game started with just 12 contestants, four fewer than the first season.
- Shorter Game: The game lasted 37 days, three days shorter than the first season.
- Smaller Merge: The two tribes merged when there were just 8 contestants remaining in the game.
- Public Jury Vote: Because there were an even number of jurors, the British public were given the right to cast a seventh jury vote.
Castaways
Contestant | Tribe Affiliation | Finish | Votes Against | ||
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Original Tribe | Merged Tribe | ||||
Sarah McCombie 22, London |
South Island | 1st Voted Out Day 4 |
5 | ||
Lee Capon 25, Benfleet, Essex |
South Island | 2nd Voted Out Day 8 |
4 | ||
Tayfun Kadioglu 27, London |
North Island | 3rd Voted Out Day 12 |
5 | ||
Meeta Bose 34, Hertfordshire |
North Island | 4th Voted Out Day 16 |
5 | ||
Helen Carney 22, Hilton, Sheffield |
North Island | Columbus | 5th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 20 |
8 | |
Alastair Brogan 34, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire |
North Island | 6th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 24 |
4 | ||
Drew Agger 27, Hereford, Hertfordshire |
North Island | 7th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 28 |
4 | ||
Dave Porter 55, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear |
North Island | 8th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 32 |
4 | ||
Bridget Griffiths 43, Farringdon, Oxon |
South Island | 9th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 34 |
12 | ||
John Dalzell 32, Winchester, Hampshire |
South Island | 10th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 36 |
2 | ||
Susannah Moffatt 27, London |
South Island | Runner-Up | 6 | ||
Jonny Gibb 30, Edinburgh |
South Island | Sole Survivor | 0 |
Season Summary
The twelve contestants were divided into two tribes, North Island (red) and South Island (blue). South Island had a rough start at the beginning of the game, losing the first three challenges in a row. The tribe's early losses sent them to the first two Tribal Councils, where they voted out Sarah McCombie (for being weak and asking to leave) and Lee Capon (because some of the tribemembers thought they would be in a better position if he left). However, the tribe's losing steak did not last for long, and they fought back, winning the next four challenges. North Island was sent to Tribal Council twice in a row, where they voted out Tayfun Kadioglu (for not fitting in) and Meeta Bose (because she had asked to leave).
On Day 14, the two tribes evenly merged, with four members each, into one tribe - Columbus. Before the merge, the two tribes had vowed to remain loyal to one another through to the very end. At the new tribe's first Tribal Council, expectedly, there was a deadlocked 4-4 tie between Helen Carney and Bridget Griffiths. The two tied contestants took part in a sudden death trivia quiz about Panama; Helen was eliminated after the second question, meaning that South Island was now in the majority. At the next three Tribal Councils, South Island voted out the last remaining members of North Island consecutively (Alastair Brogan, Drew Agger and Dave Porter).
At this point, only original members of South Island remained; they now had no choice, but to vote out one of their own. By a unanimous vote, Bridget, the original tribe outsider, was voted out at the next Tribal Council. The three remaining members of Columbus then competed in their Final Immunity Challenge; Susannah Moffatt was victorious, and was given the power to decide who would sit next to her in the Final Two. Despite believing that Jonny Gibb was less popular than John Dalzell, she voted out the latter thinking that she was remaining true to a deal that she had with Jonny.
At the Final Tribal Council, Susannah garnered no votes as people believed that she did not need the money and was "undeserving", and Jonny received all six of the jury votes from the contestants and an additional vote from the British public due to his likeability. Jonny became the second Sole Survivor of Survivor (U.K.) and the first ever contestant to have played a "perfect" game.
Episode Guide
Episode | Challenges | Eliminated | Vote | Finish | |
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Reward | Immunity | ||||
1 | North Island1 | Sarah | 5-1 | 1st Voted Out Day 4 | |
2 | North Island | North Island | Lee | 4-1 | 2nd Voted Out Day 8 |
3 | South Island | South Island | Tayfun | 5-1 | 3rd Voted Out Day 12 |
4 | South Island | South Island | Meeta | 4-1 | 4th Voted Out Day 16 |
5 | Drew, Susannah |
None | No Elimination | ||
6 | Drew | Jonny | Helen | 4-4; 3-3; Tiebreaker2 |
5th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 20 |
7 | John, [Bridget] |
John | Alastair | 4-3 | 6th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 24 |
8 | Drew, Jonny |
Dave | Drew | 4-2 | 7th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 28 |
9 | John | Dave | 4-1 | 8th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 32 | |
Jonny | |||||
10 | John, Jonny, Susannah |
John | Bridget | 3-1 | 9th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 34 |
11 | Susannah | Susannah | John | 1-0 | 10th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 36 |
12 | Jury Vote | Susannah | 7-0 | Runner-Up | |
Jonny | Sole Survivor |
Notes:
^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge
^2 With a deadlock tie between Bridget and Helen and both having just one previous vote, a quiz trivia was held, eliminating Helen.
Voting History
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Trivia
- The tribe colors of this season are based on the Panamanian flag.
- The first individual Immunity Challenge of the season was the longest ever endurance challenge in the entire Survivor franchise.
- The challenge lasted over 24 hours.
- This season was played in 4 day cycles, rather than the traditional 3.
- This season marks the first time any contestant has ever played a "perfect game", having had no votes cast against them during Tribal Council and receiving every Jury vote in a season, in the history of the franchise of Survivor.
- Some of the music composed for this season by Russ Landau was used during the American seasons Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: All-Stars.
- All three of the seasons that this music was used in were set in Panama.