Game Changers
Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
An all-returnee season of big swings and bigger movers, packed wall-to-wall with blindsides and advantage plays.
Sole Survivor
Sarah Lacina
Won the jury 7-3-0
- Year
- 2017
- Location
- Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
- Format
- Returning players
- Days
- 39 days
- Castaways
- 20
- Grand prize
- $1,000,000
- Jury vote
- 7-3-0
Also read at the Final Tribal Council
How Sarah Lacina won
Sarah played, in her own words, 'like a criminal' — weaponizing a vote-steal and shameless, fearless loyalty-flipping into a decisive win.
In context
Era
The New School Era
2010–2020
Timeline
34th of 50
Aired 2017
Filming
Fiji
3rd of 19 seasons filmed here
Starting tribes
The 2 tribes marooned when the game began — and where the names come from.
Fijian for 'power' (also a Mamanuca island name).
Fijian for 'sand'.
At the merge · they became Maku Maku — Merge tribe — a portmanteau of the starting tribes Mana and Nuku.
Returning players
Veterans who came back for another shot at the title.
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Common questions
- Who won Survivor Game Changers?
- Sarah Lacina won Survivor: Game Changers (Season 34, 2017), taking the jury vote 7-3-0.
- Where was Survivor Season 34 filmed?
- Survivor: Game Changers was filmed in Mamanuca Islands, Fiji.
- When did Survivor Season 34 air?
- Survivor: Game Changers aired in 2017 and ran 39 days.
- Who were the finalists in Survivor Game Changers?
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