Vanuatu
A men-vs-women season steeped in island ceremony, defined by one of the greatest solo escape acts the game has ever produced.
Sole Survivor
Chris Daugherty
Won the jury 5-2
Also read at the Final Tribal Council
How Chris Daugherty won
The last man left against a women's alliance, Chris talked his way off the chopping block over and over — prying open every crack among the women to flip vote after vote until he'd outlasted them all.
Era
The Old School Era
2000–2010
Timeline
9th of 50
Aired 2004
Filming
Vanuatu
1st of 1 season filmed here
The 2 tribes marooned when the game began — and where the names come from.
The men's tribe, named after Lopevi, a volcanic island of Vanuatu.
The women's tribe, named after Mount Yasur, an active volcano on Tanna, Vanuatu.
At the merge · they became Alinta — Merge tribe — proposed by Scout Cloud Lee; an Aboriginal Australian word for fire, glossed on the show as 'people of fire'.
The named voting bloc that ran this season — the stories give away late-game moves, so they sit behind the idol.
A fan name that stuck
Vanuatu's all-women bloc, led by Ami Cusack — one of the first dominant female alliances. The original Yasur women regrouped at the merge and blindsided Rory 6-4 to seize control, before Chris Daugherty's whispering and cracks within (Twila and Scout flipping) brought it down and carried Chris to an all-male-vote-flip win.
How it resolved
Reached the final three — best finish Runner-up — but the crown went to someone else.
How it ended · 6 strong
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