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Season 7 · 2003The Outcasts twist

Pearl Islands

Pearl Islands, Panama

A scrappy, beloved pirate-themed romp off Panama, home to the 'outcasts' twist and the gleeful villainy of Jonny Fairplay.

Sandra Diaz-Twine

Sole Survivor

Sandra Diaz-Twine

Won the jury 6-1

Year
2003
Location
Pearl Islands, Panama
Format
The Outcasts twist
Days
39 days
Castaways
16
Grand prize
$1,000,000
Jury vote
6-1

Also read at the Final Tribal Council

Lillian Morris

How Sandra Diaz-Twine won

Sandra survived on her now-immortal credo — 'as long as it ain't me' — loyal to no plan but her own survival, letting the bigger threats knock each other out around her.

Pirates, Lies, and the Queen's Coronation

From the Reader

Pirates, Lies, and the Queen's Coronation

2 min read · season retrospective

The bigger picture

In context

Era

The Old School Era

2000–2010

Timeline

7th of 50

Aired 2003

Filming

Panama

1st of 3 seasons filmed here

Starting tribes

The 2 tribes marooned when the game began — and where the names come from.

DrakeSir Francis Drake

Named for Sir Francis Drake, the English explorer and privateer — fitting the season's pirate theme.

MorganHenry Morgan

Named for Henry Morgan, the Welsh privateer — the pirate-theme companion to Drake.

At the merge · they became Balboa — Merge tribe — named after an injured snake Rupert Boneham adopted at camp (with a happy double meaning: Vasco Núñez de Balboa, and the balboa, Panama's currency).

Also filmed in Panama

All-Stars key art

All-Stars

Season 8 · 2004

Panama key art

Panama

Season 12 · 2006

Go deeper

Explore Season 7

The Cast

The whole tribe in finish order, Sole Survivor to first boot.

16 castaways

Episode Guide

Every episode, with recaps of how the season actually played out.

14 episodes

In the Arena

Every challenge that ran, episode by episode, and who won each one.

25 challenges
Around the fire

Common questions

Who won Survivor Pearl Islands?
Sandra Diaz-Twine won Survivor: Pearl Islands (Season 7, 2003), taking the jury vote 6-1.
Where was Survivor Season 7 filmed?
Survivor: Pearl Islands was filmed in Pearl Islands, Panama.
When did Survivor Season 7 air?
Survivor: Pearl Islands aired in 2003 and ran 39 days.
Who were the finalists in Survivor Pearl Islands?
Sandra Diaz-Twine won at the Final Tribal Council alongside Lillian Morris.

Around the fire

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