Each week Inside Survivor contributor Rob Brodeur will be collecting various Survivor-related statistics and information based on the latest episode of Survivor 48.
Season
- Survivor 42 is the only new era season to have players from 3 different starting tribes make up the final 3.
- Survivor 41: Two from Luvu, one from Yase, none from Ua
- Survivor 42: One from Taku, one from Vati, one from Ika
- Survivor 43: Two from Baka, one from Coco, none from Vesi
- Survivor 44: Two from Tika, one from Soka, none from Ratu
- Survivor 45: Two from Reba, one from Belo, none from Lulu
- Survivor 46: Two from Siga, one from Yanu, none from Nami
- Survivor 47: Two from Gata, one from Tuku, none from Lavo
- Survivor 48: Two from Lagi, one from Civa, none from Vula
- All new era winners who went into final tribal council with another player from their starting tribe won the season with the exception of Kenzie & Kyle.
- Survivor 48 is the first even numbered new era season that didn’t have a medical evacuation.
- This is the first time since Survivor 41 that back to back seasons had no medical evacuation or quit.
- This is the first season since Kaoh Rong to only have 3 hidden immunity idols in play during the season, all of which came from the starting tribe beaches.
- It’s the first season since Survivor 43 where no hidden immunity idols were found during the merge portion of the game.
- Civa is the first new era orange tribe to not have anyone quit or get medically evacuated.
- This season had the earliest null and deadlocked vote in the history of Survivor, which occurred on day 7
- None of the new era seasons have had a final tribal council that consisted of members from only one starting tribe.
- Survivor 47, 48 & Survivor 43 are the only new era seasons where the runner-up and 3rd place were of different genders.
- Survivor 41: Deshawn & Xander
- Survivor 42: Mike & Romeo
- Survivor 44: Heidi & Carolyn
- Survivor 45: Austin & Jake
- Survivor 46: Charlie & Ben
- This was the first season since Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers where all 3 players received at least 1 vote at final tribal council.
- Coincidentally, the final vote total for that season was also 5-2-1.
- This is the 6th season where all members of the final 3 received at least 1 vote to win after China, Philippines, San Juan del Sur, Worlds Apart, & Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.
- This is the first time in the new era where the fall/spring seasons didn’t produce winners of the same gender.
- Survivor 41 (Fall 2021) & Survivor 42 (Spring 2022) had female winners
- Survivor 43 (Fall 2022) & Survivor 44 (Spring 2023) had male winners
- Survivor 45 (Fall 2023) & Survivor 46 (Spring 2024) had female winners
- Survivor 47 (Fall 2024) had a female winner & Survivor 48 (Spring 2025) had a male winner
Immunity Challenge #1 – ”Sir Mix A Lot”
- Variations of this challenge were previously used in Borneo, The Australian Outback, Africa, Thailand, Pearl Islands, All-Stars, One World, Philippines, Millennials vs. Gen X, Survivor 43, Survivor 45, Survivor 46, & Survivor 47.
- Kamilla, Malcolm in Philippines & David in Millennials vs. Gen X, are the only players to individually win this challenge and not make it to final tribal council.
Immunity Challenge #2 – “Simmotion”
- This challenge was previously used in Tocantins, South Pacific, Cambodia, Ghost Island, David vs. Goliath, Winners at War, Survivor 42, & Survivor 44.
- Romeo & Domenick are the only men to win this challenge but not win Survivor.
- Kyle is the first player since Nick in David vs. Goliath to win this challenge and go on to win the season.
- JT, Jeremy, & Wendell also won this challenge and their season.
- None of the women who won this challenge were the sole survivor of the season in which they won the challenge.
- Both players that won immunity this episode started on Civa, swapped to Vula, are Guyanese, and won immunity for their second time this season.
- Kyle is the 5th winner that won the final immunity challenge of a season since the forced firemaking challenge was introduced.
- Nick, Chris U, Dee, & Rachel also won the final immunity challenge.
- Survivor 48 is the first even numbered new era season where someone who won the final individual immunity challenge had previously won an immunity challenge.
- Survivor 42: Romeo won the final immunity without winning a prior one
- Survivor 44: Heidi won the final immunity without winning a prior one
- Survivor 46: Ben won the final immunity without winning a prior one
Confessionals
- Kyle had the most confessionals this episode with 15.
- Mitch had the lowest number of confessionals this episode with 7.
- Kyle had the highest confessional count this season with 92.
- Kyle has the second highest confessional count in the new era with 92 confessionals.
- The only person to have more than him is Sam in Survivor 47.
- Kyle is the 16th winner to have the most confessionals in a season
- He’s the second winner in the new era to have the most confessionals after Yam Yam.
- Kyle has the highest confessional count for winners in Survivor (92 confessionals)
- He beats out Richard in Borneo who had 91 confessionals.
- Final confessional count:
- 1st: Kyle – 92
- 2nd: Eva – 76
- 3rd: Kamilla – 70
- 4th: Joe – 65
- 5th: Shauhin – 55
- 6th: Sai – 53
- 7th: Mitch – 51
- 8th: Mary – 37
- 9th: David – 36
- 10th: Star – 26
- 11th (Tie): Cedrek, Bianca, & Thomas – 19
- 14th: Kevin – 16
- 15th: Charity – 14
- 16th: Justin – 13
- 17th: Chrissy – 12
- 18th: Stephanie – 6
- Chrissy is the only member of the merged tribe to not be in the top portion of the confessional counts.
Fifth Place: Mitch
- Mitch was voted out 4-1.
- The first and last vote-out of the season were a 4-1 vote.
- Mitch is the first man since Ricard to be voted out in 5th place.
- Survivor 42: Lindsay
- Survivor 43: Karla
- Survivor 44: Lauren
- Survivor 45: Julie
- Survivor 46: Maria
- Survivor 47: Genevieve
Fourth Place: Kamilla
- Kamilla and Eva both ended this season with 0 votes cast against them.
- Kamilla is the 3rd player to be eliminated during the forced firemaking challenge and had 0 votes against them during the season after Kara in David vs Goliath & Liz in Survivor 46.
- Kamilla is the 3rd new era player to lose the firemaking challenge at a purple station, while Eva is the 3rd player to win the firemaking challenge at a blue station.
- Nobody in the new era has won firemaking while sitting at the purple station.
- Since the forced final 4 firemaking challenge was introduced, there have been an even number of players that won firemaking on the left and right stations, with 7 players winning firemaking on each.
- The 5 most recent winners were sitting at the right stations.
- Kamilla lost the fire making challenge against Eva in the F4 fire making twist.
- She’s the 17th person to be eliminated from the game (outside of a quit, removal or medevac) without a vote taking place at all.
- Wanda and Jonathan in Palau were the first and second (not chosen during the initial schoolyard pick for tribes), Bobby Jon in Palau was the third, Devon in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers was the fourth, Angela was the fifth in Ghost Island, Kara was the sixth in David vs. Goliath, Rick was seventh in Edge of Extinction, Lauren Beck was the eighth in Island of the Idols Sarah Lacine was the ninth in Winners at War, Heather Aldret was the tenth in Survivor 41, Jonathan was the eleventh in Survivor 42, Jesse was the twelfth in Survivor 43, Carson was the thirteenth in Survivor 44, Katurah was the fourteenth in Survivor 45, Liz was the fifteenth in Survivor 46, & Teeny was the sixteenth in Survivor 47
- Teeny, Liz, Katurah, Carson, Jesse, Jonathan, Heather, Lauren, Rick, Kara, Angela, Devon and Bobby Jon were eliminated due to a fire making challenge.
- Wanda and Jonathan in Palau were the first and second (not chosen during the initial schoolyard pick for tribes), Bobby Jon in Palau was the third, Devon in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers was the fourth, Angela was the fifth in Ghost Island, Kara was the sixth in David vs. Goliath, Rick was seventh in Edge of Extinction, Lauren Beck was the eighth in Island of the Idols Sarah Lacine was the ninth in Winners at War, Heather Aldret was the tenth in Survivor 41, Jonathan was the eleventh in Survivor 42, Jesse was the twelfth in Survivor 43, Carson was the thirteenth in Survivor 44, Katurah was the fourteenth in Survivor 45, Liz was the fifteenth in Survivor 46, & Teeny was the sixteenth in Survivor 47
- Ian Rosenberger in Palau, Brandon Hantz in Caramoan, & Jeff Varner in Game Changers were eliminated without a formal vote taking place, but were still voted out.
- She’s the 17th person to be eliminated from the game (outside of a quit, removal or medevac) without a vote taking place at all.
- Kamilla is the 20th player to lose a firemaking challenge at final 4.
- Kamilla is the 21st castaway to be eliminated without being voted out, removed, quitting, or being medically evacuated. The others are as follows:
- Paschal English in Marquesas – Rock draw.
- Jonathan Libby & Wanda Shirk in Palau – not chosen for a tribe in episode 1.
- Bobby Jon Drinkard in Palau – Fire making challenge with only 2 tribe members remaining.
- Rupert Boneham in Blood vs. Water – swapped places with Laura B. after she was voted out.
- Katie Collins in Blood vs. Water– Rock Draw
- Jessica Lewis in Millennials vs. Gen X– Rock Draw
- Cirie Fields in Game Changers – Didn’t receive any votes, but was the only person eligible to be eliminated due to idols and advantages being played.
- Devon Pinto in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Angela Perkins in Ghost Island – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Kara Kay in David vs. Goliath – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Rick Devens in Edge of Extinction – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Sarah Lacina in Winners at War – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Heather Aldret in Survivor 41 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Jonathan Young in Survivor 42 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Jesse Lopez in Survivor 43 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Carson Garrett in Survivor 44 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Katurah Topps in Survivor 45 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Liz Wilcox in Survivor 46 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Teeny Chirichillo in Survivor 47 – Lost the F4 firemaking challenge twist.
- Eva is the 20th person to win a firemaking challenge at final 4. The others are as follows:
- Ian Rosenberger in Palau.
- Danielle DiLorenzo in Panama.
- Becky Lee in Cook Islands.
- Bob Crowley in Gabon.
- Carolyn Rivera in Worlds Apart.
- Aubry Bracco in Kaoh Rong.
- Ben Driebergen in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.
- Wendell Holland in Ghost Island
- Mike White in David vs. Goliath
- Chris Underwood in Edge of Extinction
- Dean Kowalski in Island of the Idols
- Tony Vlachos in Winners at War
- Deshawn Radden in Survivor 41
- Mike Turner in Survivor 42
- Mike Gabler in Survivor 43
- Heidi Legares-Greenblatt in Survivor 44
- Jake O’Kane in Survivor 45
- Kenzie Petty in Survivor 46
- Sam Phelan in Survivor 47
Third Place: Joe
- Joe is the 4th player to receive a jury vote and finish the season in 3rd place after Amanda in China, Missy in San Juan del Sur, & Ryan in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.
- Cedrek is the 4th player to cast the sold vote for the second runner-up in a season after Erik in China, Baylor in San Juan del Sur, & Devon in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.
- The 3rd place players (Sue & Joe) in both Survivor 47 & Survivor 48 were the oldest members of their starting tribe.
Runner-Up: Eva
- Eva is the highest ranking woman in Survivor 48.
- She’s the youngest finalist by birthdate.
- The runner up and second runner-up in both seasons 47 & 48 had 3 letters in their first names.
- Survivor 47 – Sue & Sam
- Survivor 48 – Joe & Eva
- Justin is the only player this season to be the youngest on his tribe and not make it to final tribal council.
Winner: Kyle
- Kyle won 5-2-1.
- He’s the third winner after Ben in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, & Natalie in San Juan del Sur to win with this vote total.
- This is the first new era season to end with a 5-2-1 vote.
- Survivor 41-44, & 47 had 7-1-0
- Survivor 45 & 46 had 5-3-0.
- 5/8 of the new era winners started on a tribe that ended with the letter “a”.
- Gabler was on Baka
- Yam Yam was on Tika
- Dee was on Reba
- Rachel was on Gata
- Kyle was on Civa
- The youngest members of the Civa tribe (Kyle) and the Lagi tribe (Eva) won and placed 2nd.
- The oldest member of the Lagi tribe (Joe) was the second runner-up.
- Kyle is the 6th Black winner after Vecepia in Marquesas, Earl in Fiji, Jeremy in Cambodia, Wendell in Ghost Island, & Maryanne in Survivor 42
- Kyle is the first winner since Erika in Survivor 41 and the 11th overall winner to cast a correct vote at every tribal council they attended.
- Only 3 players have won their season while being on a “C” named starting tribe.
- Brian from Chuay Gahn in Thailand
- Amber from Chapera in All-Stars
- Kyle from Civa in Survivor 48
- Both Chuay Gahn and Civa were orange tribes.
- Kyle is the 8th winner from an orange tribe after Richard in Borneo, Brian in Thailand, Earl in Fiji, Rob in Redemption Island, Tony in Cagayan, Adam in Millennials vs. Gen X, Nick in David vs. Goliath, & Maryanne in Survivor 42.
- Maryanne is the only woman to start on an orange tribe and win her season.
- Kyle is the first winner since Adam in Millennials vs. Gen X to start on an orange tribe and not lose the first immunity challenge of the season.
- Kyle is the first man to start on an orange tribe and win the season since Nick in David vs Goliath.
- Kyle is the first winner since Dee in Survivor 45 to win the first tribal immunity challenge of the season.
- The two players that went on the first journey of the season ended up being the first man voted out of the season (Kevin) and the winner of the season (Kyle).
- Kyle is the 6th winner from a blue merged tribe.
- Amber (All-Stars) & Natalie (Samoa) are the only women to win seasons with blue merged tribes.
- Kyle is the second new era winner after Gabler to not be seated in the middle spot during the final tribal council. All the other winners sat in this spot.
- Kyle is the first new era winner to sit in the right seat at final tribal council, as Gabler was in the left seat.
- Kyle is the 6th winner to successfully play an idol that negated votes against him where he would’ve gone home without it. The others are as follows:
- Mike in Worlds Apart, Jeremy in Cambodia, Ben in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, Chris in Edge of Extinction, & Rachel in Survivor 47
- Kyle is the only winner to do this at a pre-merge tribal council.
- Mike in Worlds Apart, Jeremy in Cambodia, Ben in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, Chris in Edge of Extinction, & Rachel in Survivor 47
- Yam Yam, Rachel, & Kyle are the only winners to start on the Tavua II beach.
- This beach has only been used in 40s seasons and has been the home for Yara, Ua, Ika, Coco, Tika, Lulu, Siga, Gata, & Civa.
- Kyle is the second new era winner to negate votes against themselves with a hidden immunity idol after Rachel in Survivor 47
- Every new era winner except for Maryanne in Survivor 42 won at least 1 individual immunity challenge in their winning season.
- None of the new era winners ever lost their vote in the season that they won.
- Kyle is the 2nd winner after Maryanne to use their extra vote in their winning season.
- Kyle is the first winner of a season with a tribe swap that had a purple tribe, without ever being part of the purple tribe.
- Thailand, Samoa, Redemption Island, Survivor 42, Survivor 46, & Survivor 47 – There wasn’t a tribe swap
- Fiji, Blood vs. Water, & Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers – Had a purple merged tribe
- Panama – Aras swapped to Casaya
- Micronesia – Parvati started on Malakal
- Caramoan – Cochran started on Bikal
- Cagayan – Tony swapped to Solana
- Millennials vs. Gen X – Adam swapped to Takali
- Ghost Island – Wendell started on Naviti
- David vs. Goliath – Nick swapped to Jabeni
- Island of the Idols – Tommy started on Vokai
- Survivor 44 – Yam Yam started on Tika
- Survivor 48 – Kyle was only on Civa and Vula, but never on Lagi.
- 9/19 (47%) of orange starting tribes have produced a winner.
- This is the highest percentage of winners for a tribe color that has appeared more than once.
- Green is the only starting tribe color to not yet produce a winner in the new era.
- Red: Dee
- Orange: Maryanne & Kyle
- Yellow: Gabler & Rachel
- Blue: Erika
- Purple: Kenzie
- In both the first 8 seasons of Survivor and the first 8 seasons of the new era, 5 women and 3 men won the game.
- Borneo – All-Stars female winners: Tina, Vecepia, Jenna, Sandra, & Amber.
- Borneo – All-Stars male winners:Richard, Ethan, & Brian.
- Survivor 41- Survivor 48 female winners: Erika, Maryanne, Dee, Kenzie, & Rachel.
- Survivor 41- Survivor 48 male winners: Gabler, Yam Yam, & Kyle.
Episode Title
- The episode title “Only One of Yous Can Win” was said by Chrissy.
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Will go down as a bad season. Not a bad winner but happy it’s over.
Tony in cagyan and Rob in RI has more confessionals then Kyle. You said Kyle had the most for a winner
And you made two contradictory statements back to back. First to said Kyle has the highest confessional count in the new era then you said said Sam had more.
Fun, random stat: this F3 is tied with the Nicaragua’s and China’s F3s for lowest number of total votes cast against its members during the season (each of these F3s only had 5 total votes cast against its members). This season also saw 3/5 of those votes negated by an idol, making it the F3 with the lowest number of votes cast against its members that counted (2). The F3 with the highest number of total votes cast against its members is Redemption Island, with 25.
Rob had 89 confessionals in Redemption Island.
Tony had 90 confessionals in Cagayan and 74 in Winners at War.
Kyle had 92 confessionals this season.
The other stat says that Kyle has the second highest confessional count in the new era with 92 confessionals and is followed up with “The only person to have more than him is Sam in Survivor 47.”