Nicaragua
Nicaragua
A season split by age, remembered more for its bewildered cast than its strategy — and a sunny, surprising champion nobody saw coming.
Sole Survivor
Jud "Fabio" Birza
Won the jury 5-4-0
- Year
- 2010
- Location
- Nicaragua
- Format
- Young vs. Old
- Days
- 39 days
- Castaways
- 20
- Grand prize
- $1,000,000
- Jury vote
- 5-4-0
Also read at the Final Tribal Council
How Jud "Fabio" Birza won
The goofy, underestimated Fabio caught fire at the perfect moment, winning the final immunities he had to win and charming a jury into a narrow victory.
In context
Era
The New School Era
2010–2020
Timeline
21st of 50
Aired 2010
Filming
Nicaragua
1st of 4 seasons filmed here
Starting tribes
The 2 tribes marooned when the game began — and where the names come from.
Spanish for 'sword'.
Spanish for 'the flower'.
At the merge · they became Libertad — Nicaragua merge tribe — Spanish for 'liberty / freedom'.
Also filmed in Nicaragua
The twists in play
The whole arsenalExplore Season 21
Common questions
- Who won Survivor Nicaragua?
- Jud "Fabio" Birza won Survivor: Nicaragua (Season 21, 2010), taking the jury vote 5-4-0.
- Where was Survivor Season 21 filmed?
- Survivor: Nicaragua was filmed in Nicaragua.
- When did Survivor Season 21 air?
- Survivor: Nicaragua aired in 2010 and ran 39 days.
- Who were the finalists in Survivor Nicaragua?
- Jud "Fabio" Birza won at the Final Tribal Council alongside Chase Rice and Sash Lenahan.
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