Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
The first season of expanded 90-minute episodes — a longer-format new-era game with a deep, strategic cast.
Sole Survivor
Dee Valladares
Won the jury 5-3-0
Also read at the Final Tribal Council
How Dee Valladares won
Dee ran an aggressive, controlling game built on a tight final pairing, then out-dueled her own closest ally in front of the jury to claim the win.
Era
The New Era
2021–2026
Timeline
45th of 50
Aired 2023
Filming
Fiji
14th of 19 seasons filmed here
The 3 tribes marooned when the game began — and where the names come from.
The Fijian name for the reef heron.
The Fijian name for the barn owl.
The Fijian name for the goshawk.
At the merge · they became Dakuwaqa — Merge tribe — Dakuwaqa, the Fijian shark god, a revered protector deity of fishermen and the sea.
The named voting bloc that ran this season — the stories give away late-game moves, so they sit behind the idol.
The dominant Reba bloc of Survivor 45 — Austin and Drew's instant bond, plus Julie and Dee — that never saw Tribal pre-swap and marched to the final seven intact. It finally cracked over Austin and Dee's romance: Dee tipped Julie to the boys' plan, Julie idoled herself to safety, and Dee out-maneuvered them all to win.
Around the fire
“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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