Pearl Islands, Panama
The season that introduced Exile Island and gave the Hidden Immunity Idol its first hunting ground, with tribes split by age and gender.
Sole Survivor
Aras Baskauskas
Won the jury 5-2
Also read at the Final Tribal Council
Era
The Old School Era
2000–2010
Timeline
12th of 50
Aired 2006
Filming
Panama
3rd of 3 seasons filmed here
The 4 tribes marooned when the game began — and where the names come from.
One of the four starting tribes, named after an island in the Pearl Islands of Panama.
A starting tribe named after an island in the Pearl Islands of Panama.
A starting tribe named after an island in the Pearl Islands of Panama (Spanish: 'the mine').
A starting tribe named after an island in the Pearl Islands of Panama.
At the merge · they became Gitanos — Merge tribe — Spanish for 'Gypsies'.
The named voting bloc that ran this season — the stories give away late-game moves, so they sit behind the idol.
A fan name that stuck
Panama's gloriously dysfunctional majority — Aras, Cirie, Danielle, Shane, Courtney, and Bruce — who bickered nonstop yet never lost a member to the other side. Cirie quietly worked the middle, then engineered the blindsides of Courtney and Shane to set up Aras's win.
How it resolved
Ran the merge and took the endgame.How it ended · 6 strong
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