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Season 30 · 2015White Collar vs. Blue Collar vs. No Collar

Worlds Apart

Nicaragua

A white-collar / blue-collar / no-collar season remembered for its volatile cast and a relentless solo survival run.

Mike Holloway

Sole Survivor

Mike Holloway

Won the jury 6-1-1

Year
2015
Location
Nicaragua
Format
White Collar vs. Blue Collar vs. No Collar
Days
39 days
Castaways
18
Grand prize
$1,000,000
Jury vote
6-1-1

Also read at the Final Tribal Council

Carolyn RiveraWill Sims

How Mike Holloway won

With the entire game gunning for him, Mike just refused to go home — going full comp beast with four of the last five immunity wins and flushing the idols out of the game to drag himself to final tribal.

The bigger picture

In context

Era

The New School Era

2010–2020

Timeline

30th of 50

Aired 2015

Filming

Nicaragua

4th of 4 seasons filmed here

Starting tribes

The 3 tribes marooned when the game began — and where the names come from.

Escameca

The Blue Collar tribe, named after Playa Escameca in Nicaragua.

Masaya

The White Collar tribe, named after Masaya, a city in Nicaragua.

Nagarote

The No Collar tribe, named after Nagarote, a town in Nicaragua.

At the merge · they became Merica — Merge tribe — "'Merica" / America, capping the season's white-collar / blue-collar / no-collar take on American class.

Also filmed in Nicaragua

Nicaragua key art

Nicaragua

Season 21 · 2010

Redemption Island key art

Redemption Island

Season 22 · 2011

San Juan del Sur key art

San Juan del Sur

Season 29 · 2014

Idols & advantages

The twists in play

The whole arsenal

Debuted this season

Extra Vote

Cast a second vote at one Tribal — two parchments, both in your handwriting.

Idol moments

  • The Bluff Skip

    Shirin voted out — Mike keeps the idol

    Mike Holloway

    Mike held a real idol but never meant to spend it. He and Shirin sold a play so hard she skipped down the voting aisle — rattling the alliance into shifting votes, even as the majority ultimately called the bluff.

Go deeper

Explore Season 30

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.

24 challenges
Around the fire

Common questions

Who won Survivor Worlds Apart?
Mike Holloway won Survivor: Worlds Apart (Season 30, 2015), taking the jury vote 6-1-1.
Where was Survivor Season 30 filmed?
Survivor: Worlds Apart was filmed in Nicaragua.
When did Survivor Season 30 air?
Survivor: Worlds Apart aired in 2015 and ran 39 days.
Who were the finalists in Survivor Worlds Apart?
Mike Holloway won at the Final Tribal Council alongside Carolyn Rivera and Will Sims.

Around the fire

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