Island of the Idols
Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
A season built around a mentorship island run by Boston Rob and Sandra, since overshadowed by a serious off-game conduct story.
Sole Survivor
Tommy Sheehan
Won the jury 8-2-0
- Year
- 2019
- Location
- Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
- Format
- All-new cast
- Days
- 39 days
- Castaways
- 20
- Grand prize
- $1,000,000
- Jury vote
- 8-2-0
Also read at the Final Tribal Council
How Tommy Sheehan won
Tommy quietly built the strongest set of relationships in the game, hiding a sharp strategic mind behind an affable, harmless front, and won comfortably.
In context
Era
The New School Era
2010–2020
Timeline
39th of 50
Aired 2019
Filming
Fiji
8th of 19 seasons filmed here
Starting tribes
The 2 tribes marooned when the game began — and where the names come from.
Fijian for 'land crab'.
Fijian for 'forest gecko'.
At the merge · they became Lumuwaku — Merge tribe — not a Fijian word but an acronym, 'Love yoU, Miss yoU, really WAnna Kiss yoU', dedicated to eliminated castaway Jack Nichting (echoing a saying of his father).
The twists in play
The whole arsenalExplore Season 39
Common questions
- Who won Survivor Island of the Idols?
- Tommy Sheehan won Survivor: Island of the Idols (Season 39, 2019), taking the jury vote 8-2-0.
- Where was Survivor Season 39 filmed?
- Survivor: Island of the Idols was filmed in Mamanuca Islands, Fiji.
- When did Survivor Season 39 air?
- Survivor: Island of the Idols aired in 2019 and ran 39 days.
- Who were the finalists in Survivor Island of the Idols?
Around the fire
The tribe's debating Survivor 39 right now
“Cirie never needed an idol. She WAS the idol — read every vote a round early and bent the whole jungle to her will without a single immunity win. That's the cei…”
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