Last week, we opened the polls for the Inside Survivor End of Year Awards to determine the best, funniest, and most shocking moments of Survivor in 2021. The Inside Survivor Patrons and contributors separately nominated four choices in each category (eight for Best Character and Best International Character). We then tallied those votes to determine the final nominations for each of those categories. The Inside Survivor readers could then vote on their winners.
The voting is now closed and we can officially reveal the winners. If you missed it, you can catch up on all the nominees here.
Best Season
Survivor 41
Won with: 650 Votes (46.1%)
1,411 votes cast
Runner-Up: Australian Survivor – Brains vs. Brawn (33.2%)
Best Episode
“Baby With a Machine Gun”
Survivor 41, Episode 10, November 24, 2021
Won with: 1096 Votes (69.3%)
1,582 votes cast
Runner-Up: “There’s Gonna Be Blood (S41, E07)” (12.1%)
Best Character
Shan Smith
Survivor 41
Won with: 804 Votes (47.1%)
1,707 votes cast
Runner-Up: Ricard Foye (13.6%)
Best Move
Xander tricks Liana with Fake Idol
Survivor 41
Won with: 750 Votes (45%)
1,665 votes cast
Runner-Up: Ricard blindsides Shan (38.3%)
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Funniest Moment
Naseer foils Luvu’s challenge throw attempt
Survivor 41
Won with: 597 Votes (36%)
1,660 votes cast
Runner-Up: Brad bungles broccoli phrase (23.6%)
Shocking Moment
The super close fire-making challenge
Survivor 41
Won with: 596 Votes (35.8%)
1,667 votes cast
Runner-Up: Naseer says secret idol phrase (30.2%)
Best International Character
Hayley Leake
Australian Survivor – Brains vs. Brawn
Won with: 375 Votes (29.9%)
1,254 votes cast
Runner-Up: George Mladenov (25.3%)
Congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to everyone that voted. Happy New Year from Inside Survivor!
FULL VOTE BREAKDOWN
Best Season
Survivor 41 – 650
Australian Survivor: Brains vs. Brawn – 469
Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island – 292
Best Episode
“Baby With a Machine Gun” – 1096
“There’s Gonna Be Blood” – 191
“They Hate Me Because They Ain’t Me” – 159
“A New Era” – 136
Best Character
Shan – 804
Ricard – 233
Xander – 227
Tiffany – 173
Naseer – 160
Evvie – 64
JD – 29
Deshawn – 18
Best Move
Xander tricks Liana with Fake Idol – 750
Ricard blindsides Shan – 637
Erika sways Ricard to vote Danny over Deshawn – 190
Shan & Ricard fool Genie – 88
Funniest Moment
Naseer foils Luvu’s challenge throw attempt – 597
Brad bungles broccoli phrase – 391
Tiffany rolls eyes at Xander – 354
Shan mocks JD’s challenge fail – 318
Shocking Moment
The super close fire-making challenge – 596
Naseer says secret idol phrase – 567
Shan is blindsided – 368
Deshawn survives Do or Die – 136
Best International Character
Hayley – 375
George – 317
Santoni – 240
Chappies – 153
Cara – 60
Kiran – 57
Simon – 34
Dani – 18
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These polls are obviously biased towards the US version of Survivor, followed secondly by the Australian version and then only South Africa, as most people on this website have only seen the US version.
agreed…if the voters watched all 3 , the U.S. version would have won zilch…kudos to south africa and australia for holding the survivor torch high !!
ricard gave credit to erika for the shan vote-split though. lol.