Worlds Apart
Nicaragua
A white-collar / blue-collar / no-collar season remembered for its volatile cast and a relentless solo survival run.
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
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.
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.
The Blue Collar tribe, named after Playa Escameca in Nicaragua.
The White Collar tribe, named after Masaya, a city in Nicaragua.
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
The twists in play
The whole arsenalDebuted this season
Idol moments
The Bluff Skip
Shirin voted out — Mike keeps the idolMike 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.
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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.
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