Earlier this 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 2022. 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.
Best Season
Survivor 42
Won with: 2,003 Votes (58.6%)
3,389 votes cast
Runner-Up: Survivor 43 (21.8%)
Best Episode
“Telenovela”
Survivor 43, Episode 12, December 7, 2022
Won with: 2,086 Votes (62.4%)
3,319 votes cast
Runner-Up: “Caterpillar to a Butterfly (S42, E12)” (21.1%)
Best Character
Maryanne Oketch
Survivor 42
Won with: 1,407 Votes (39.3%)
3,567 votes cast
Runner-Up: Cody Assenmacher (18.9%)
Best Move
Jesse blindsides Cody and flushes Karla’s idol
Survivor 43
Won with: 2,024 Votes (58.6%)
3,437 votes cast
Runner-Up: Maryanne blindsides Omar in 3-2-2 vote (34.3%)
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Funniest Moment
Maryanne crushes on Zach
Survivor 42
Won with: 1,373 Votes (40.2%)
3,388 votes cast
Runner-Up: Hai smears himself with blood (25%)
Shocking Moment
Gabler wins Survivor 43
Survivor 43
Won with: 1,684 Votes (48.9%)
3,426 votes cast
Runner-Up: Jesse reveals he has Jeanine’s idol (24%)
Best International Character
Sandra Diaz-Twine
Australian Survivor – Blood V Water
Won with: 824 Votes (30.3%)
2,706 votes cast
Runner-Up: Nina Twine (22.8%)
Best International Move
Sam steals Jesse’s idol and votes him out
Australian Survivor – Blood V Water
Won with: 1,152 Votes (45.2%)
2,532 votes cast
Runner-Up: Sandra blindsided Sophie (32.8%)
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 42 – 2003
Survivor 43 – 746
Survivor South Africa: Return of the Outcasts – 478
Australian Survivor: Blood V Water – 190
Best Episode
“Telenovela” – 2086
“Caterpillar to a Butterfly” – 704
“It Comes Down to This” – 378
“Mergatory” – 173
Best Character
Maryanne – 1407
Cody – 677
Jesse – 674
Omar – 284
Tori – 237
Karla – 158
Mike – 94
Elie – 52
Best Move
Jesse blindsides Cody and flushes Karla’s idol – 2024
Maryanne blindsides Omar in 3-2-2 vote – 1183
Noelle uses Vote Steal on Owen, blindsides James – 126
Omar scuppers Drea’s KIP and votes her out – 121
Funniest Moment
Maryanne crushes on Zach – 1373
Hai smears himself in blood – 852
Gabler makes palm frond blanket – 758
Elie & Gabler have awkward confronation – 431
Shocking Moment
Gabler wins Survivor 43 – 1684
Jesse reveals he has Jeanine’s idol – 829
Noelle’s impressive challenge comeback win – 514
Jesse blindsides Cody – 420
Best International Character
Sandra – 824
Nina – 620
Chrissy – 343
Sam – 288
Dino – 270
Marian – 206
Phil – 128
Meryl – 39
Best International Move
Sam steals Jesse’s idol and votes him out – 1152
Sandra blindsides Sophie – 836
Marian mimics Dino’s handwriting to fool Phil – 208
Marian bluffs she has Idol Nullifier and blindsides Felix – 182
Sam bluffs she has an idol and Jordan is blindsided – 170
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Maryane and the season 42 are G..he..to T.r..has
Return of the Outcasts was the best Survivor season since Winners At War. Unfortunately people haven’t seen it.