Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
A new-era season praised for one of the most energetic and emotionally open casts in years.
Sole Survivor
Maryanne Oketch
Won the jury 7-1-0
Also read at the Final Tribal Council
How Maryanne Oketch won
Maryanne hid a razor-sharp strategic mind behind boundless enthusiasm, saved herself with a perfectly-timed idol and advantage at the final five, and aced her Final Tribal.
Era
The New Era
2021–2026
Timeline
42nd of 50
Aired 2022
Filming
Fiji
11th of 19 seasons filmed here
The 3 tribes marooned when the game began — and where the names come from.
Fijian for 'fish'. The season's three starting tribes were all named for Fijian sea creatures.
From the Fijian for the hawksbill sea turtle.
From the Fijian for a swimming crab.
At the merge · they became Kula Kula — Merge tribe — from Fijian 'kula', the collared lory, the bright-red parrot that is a national bird of Fiji.
The named voting bloc that ran this season — the stories give away late-game moves, so they sit behind the idol.
Said on the show
Survivor 42's tight Taku core — Jonathan, Lindsay, Omar, and Maryanne — kept whole by a tribe that simply kept winning. They slipped into the Kula Kula majority and ran the merge from the shadows, only turning on each other at the final six, with Maryanne springing her idol and her game to take the crown.
How it resolved
Ran the merge and took the endgame.How it ended · 4 strong
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