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Caroline Vidmar

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Caroline Vidmar

Caroline Vidmar

The analytical Survivor 47 swing vote and lifelong superfan who became the highest-profile victim of 'Operation: Italy.'

Seasons
1
Occupation
Strategy consultant
Hometown
Palos Verdes, CA
The story

Caroline Vidmar played a cerebral, risk-averse Survivor 47 — a strategy consultant and former water polo player who set herself up as a swing vote between alliances and tried to read every angle before committing. A lifelong superfan who started watching at age five, she reached the merge as a quietly central figure.

Then she became the highest-profile casualty of the season's defining move: 'Operation: Italy,' the fake-idol bluff that fooled her alliance into splitting their votes and sent her to the jury in seventh — an analytical game undone by a con she never saw coming.

By the torchlight

Career record

7th
best finish
22
days on the island

Where they finished

the bigger the blaze, the deeper the run

  1. 7thS47
  1. 47

    Survivor 47

    7th

    2024 · Mamanuca Islands, Fiji · Tuku

    22 days

Read the votes

At Tribal Council

Pulled from the urn — every vote ever cast against Caroline, and how often Caroline read the night right.

3
votes against
8
Tribals sat at
6 / 7
read right
86% of the time
The tribe weighs in

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Tribe rating

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Your scores

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The wider tribe

Played alongside Caroline

Castaways Caroline shared the island with — tap any face to cross over to their game.

47Survivor 472024+5 more from Survivor 47
Around the fire

Common questions

Did Caroline Vidmar win Survivor?
No. Caroline Vidmar competed on Survivor but did not win. The analytical Survivor 47 swing vote and lifelong superfan who became the highest-profile victim of 'Operation: Italy.'
How many times has Caroline Vidmar played Survivor?
Caroline Vidmar has played 1 season of Survivor: Season 47 (Survivor 47).
What is Caroline Vidmar's best finish on Survivor?
Caroline Vidmar's best finish is 7th on Survivor: Survivor 47 (Season 47).
How many days has Caroline Vidmar played Survivor?
Caroline Vidmar has spent 22 days on the island across 1 season.
How many times was Caroline Vidmar voted against at Tribal Council?
Across 8 Tribal Councils, 3 votes were cast against Caroline Vidmar.
How good was Caroline Vidmar at reading the vote?
Caroline Vidmar voted for the eliminated castaway at 6 of 7 vote-decided Tribal Councils — 86% of the time.
What is Caroline Vidmar known for?
The analytical Survivor 47 swing vote and lifelong superfan who became the highest-profile victim of 'Operation: Italy.'

Around the fire

The tribe's debating Caroline's game right now

“Cirie never needed an idol. She WAS the idol — read every vote a round early and bent the whole jungle to her will without a single immunity win. That's the cei…”
— MergeBeast · 64 🔥 and climbing

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