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Guatemala key art
Season 11 · 2005Two returning players

Guatemala

Guatemala

A brutal Mayan-jungle season with punishing conditions and a pair of returning players raising the stakes.

Danni Boatwright

Sole Survivor

Danni Boatwright

Won the jury 6-1

Year
2005
Location
Guatemala
Format
Two returning players
Days
39 days
Castaways
18
Grand prize
$1,000,000
Jury vote
6-1

Also read at the Final Tribal Council

Stephenie LaGrossa

How Danni Boatwright won

Danni won a must-win immunity at the final four to blow up the dominant alliance, then turned her late-game social bonds into the jury's votes.

The bigger picture

In context

Era

The Old School Era

2000–2010

Timeline

11th of 50

Aired 2005

Filming

Guatemala

1st of 1 season filmed here

Starting tribes

The 2 tribes marooned when the game began — and where the names come from.

Nakum

Named after Nakúm, a Maya city in the same national park as Yaxhá.

Yaxha

Named after Yaxhá, a Maya archaeological site in the Yaxhá-Nakúm-Naranjo National Park where the season filmed.

At the merge · they became Xhakum — Merge tribe — a portmanteau of the two starting tribes, Yaxhá and Nakúm (both named for Maya cities in the park).

Returning players

Veterans who came back for another shot at the title.

Bobby Jon Drinkard2× playerStephenie LaGrossa4× player
Idols & advantages

The twists in play

The whole arsenal

Debuted this season

Hidden Immunity Idol

Personal immunity in your pocket. Play it at Tribal and every vote against you is voided — the game's foundational advantage and still its most coveted.

Idol moments

  • The First Idol Ever Played

    Bobby Jon Drinkard out instead

    Gary Hogeboom

    Facing the vote, Gary found Survivor's very first Hidden Immunity Idol — tracking it down off a bogus clue — and flashed it before the vote, the only way it worked back then. He was safe; Bobby Jon went home.

In the record book

1st

the idol is born

Season 11, 2005: the first Hidden Immunity Idol enters the game and quietly changes Survivor strategy forever.

Go deeper

Explore Season 11

The Cast

The whole tribe in finish order, Sole Survivor to first boot.

18 castaways

Episode Guide

Every episode, with recaps of how the season actually played out.

14 episodes

In the Arena

Every challenge that ran, episode by episode, and who won each one.

25 challenges
Around the fire

Common questions

Who won Survivor Guatemala?
Danni Boatwright won Survivor: Guatemala (Season 11, 2005), taking the jury vote 6-1.
Where was Survivor Season 11 filmed?
Survivor: Guatemala was filmed in Guatemala.
When did Survivor Season 11 air?
Survivor: Guatemala aired in 2005 and ran 39 days.
Who were the finalists in Survivor Guatemala?
Danni Boatwright won at the Final Tribal Council alongside Stephenie LaGrossa.

Around the fire

The tribe's debating Survivor 11 right now

Cast your vote, drop a hot take, and climb your torch — every contribution is tied to your profile at Tribal Council.

Join the debate at Tribal

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