Survivor 48

*Survivor 48*
Survivor 48
Season 48
Presented by	Jeff Probst
No. of days	26
No. of castaways	18
Location	Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
No. of episodes	4
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	February 26, 2025 –; present
Additional information
Filming dates	June 27 –; July 22, 2024
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 47
	List of episodes

Survivor 48 is the forty-eighth season of the American competitive reality television series Survivor. It premiered on February 26, 2025, on CBS in the United States, and is the sixteenth consecutive season to be filmed in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji.

Production

On December 15, 2023, Manoa Kamikamica, the Fijian Minister of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport, announced that the Fijian Parliament had renewed its contract with Survivor for an additional two years.^[2] A preview for the season was released on December 18, 2024, right after the finale of Survivor 47 aired.^[3] Survivor 48 and The Amazing Race 37 retain the 90-minute runtime; the premiere episode of Survivor 48 ran for two hours.^[4]

Contestants

The 18 castaways competing on Survivor 48 were officially announced on January 29, 2025, with the eighteen castaways were divided into three tribes: Civa, Lagi, and Vula.^[5]

List of *Survivor 48* contestants
Contestant	Age	From	Tribe			Finish
Contestant	Age	From	Original	Switched	None	Placement	Day
Stephanie Berger	38	Brooklyn, New York	Vula			1st voted out	Day 3
Kevin Leung	34	Livermore, California				2nd voted out	Day 5
Justin Pioppi	29	Winthrop, Massachusetts				3rd voted out	Day 7
Thomas Krottinger	34	Los Angeles, California	Lagi	Vula		4th voted out	Day 9
Bianca Roses	33	Arlington, Virginia		Civa		5th voted out	Day 11
Shauhin Davari	38	Costa Mesa, California		Vula	None^[a]
Eva Erickson	24	Providence, Rhode Island		Lagi
Kyle Fraser	31	Brooklyn, New York	Civa	Vula
Mitch Guerra	34	Waco, Texas	Civa	Civa
Saiounia Hughley	30	Simi Valley, California	Vula	Civa
Joe Hunter	45	West Sacramento, California	Lagi	Vula
Kamilla Karthigesu	31	Foster City, California	Civa	Vula
David Kinne	39	Buena Park, California	Civa	Lagi
Cedrek McFadden	46	Greenville, South Carolina	Vula	Civa
Charity Nelms	34	St. Petersburg, Florida	Civa	Lagi
Chrissy Sarnowsky	55	Chicago, Illinois	Civa	Civa
Star Toomey	28	Augusta, Georgia	Lagi	Lagi
Mary Zheng	31	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Vula	Lagi

^ At the start of the individual phase of the game on Day 12, players had to earn their way into the merged tribe by either winning immunity or surviving the Day 13 Tribal Council.

Season summary

*Survivor 48* season summary
Episode			Challenge winner(s)		Eliminated
No.	Title	Air date	Reward	Immunity	Tribe	Player
1	"The Get to Know You Game"	February 26, 2025	Lagi	Lagi	Vula	Stephanie
1	"The Get to Know You Game"	February 26, 2025	Lagi	Civa	Vula	Stephanie
2	"Humble Traits"	March 5, 2025	Civa		Vula	Kevin
2	"Humble Traits"	March 5, 2025	Lagi		Vula	Kevin
3	"Committing to the Bit"	March 12, 2025	Lagi		Vula	Justin
3	"Committing to the Bit"	March 12, 2025	Civa		Vula	Justin
4	"The House Party’s Over"	March 19, 2025	Lagi		Vula	Thomas
4	"The House Party’s Over"	March 19, 2025	Civa		Vula	Thomas
5	"Master Class in Deception"	March 26, 2025	Lagi	Vula	Civa	Bianca
5	"Master Class in Deception"	March 26, 2025	Vula	Lagi	Civa	Bianca
6	"Doing the Damn Thing"	April 2, 2025			None

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title ^[6]	Rating/share (18–49)	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
689	1	"The Get to Know You Game"	0.7/9^[7]	February 26, 2025 (2025-2-26)	4.27^[7]
The 18 new castaways began their adventure. Marooning Challenge: Each tribe formed 3 pairs. Each pair sprinted down the beach and crawled through a mud pit under a heavy cargo net and then ran to retrieve a heavy chest and carry it back to their mat before the next pair could go. After retrieving all three chests, three tribe members climbed a steep slide to the top of a platform. Using a pole, they knocked off a key ring used to open the chest. They retrieved sandbags from the chest and tossed sand bags onto three small high platforms. The first tribe to land all three sandbags on the platforms won a pot, machete, and flint. Lagi won the challenge. Kyle from Civa and Kevin from Vula were selected to compete for their tribes' supplies. Supply Challenge: Following a buried rope that had a machete locked to the end, they used the machete to chop open a coconut to retrieve a key to unlock the machete. They then had to retrieve a pot from the top of a tall pole by any means possible. They filled the pot with seawater and used that to fill a large glass jug to float a key to the top that would unlock a flint. The one who unlocked the flint won the supplies. Kevin won when Kyle accidentally broke his jug. Kyle, in a demonstration of sportsmanship, then helped Kevin finish filling his bottle. At Civa, Kyle & Kamilla bonded and brought David & Chrissy into a majority, while the whole tribe tried to decipher the meaning of numbers and animal symbols at camp. At Lagi, the men aligned and debated whether to bring Eva (who Joe bonded with) or Bianca (who Thomas bonded with) into a majority. Feeling the odd person out, Star searched for an advantage, but her extended absence was noticed by everyone. At Vula, Saiounia’s frustration with Mary and Stephanie’s disinterest in strategizing led her to align with the men. She discovered a Beware Advantage and, with the help of her alliance, cracked the cypher to earn an idol. Immunity Challenge: Survivors raced over a massive net ramp and through a net tunnel. One player used a Fijian war club to smash a mask, releasing a box with a key in it. The key unlocked a heavy sled that the team moved down a track, then over some sandbags and finally up an incline to the top of a tall platform. Two players then used the pieces inside the sled to assemble a Survivor logo puzzle. The first two teams to finish won immunity plus a large shelter-building kit for first place and a smaller toolkit for second place while the losing tribe had to forfeit their flint. Lagi and Civa won the challenge. Stephanie was targeted by Saiounia for her puzzle performance; Mary and Stephanie in turn targeted Saiounia, feeling threatened by her aggressive gameplay. Kevin and Justin debated turning on Saiounia despite their wariness of her idol. At Tribal Council, Saiounia and Stephanie clashed over their differing approaches to the game. Ultimately, everyone except Mary voted out Stephanie, who attempted a failed Shot in the Dark.
690	2	"Humble Traits"	0.6/8^[8]	March 5, 2025 (2025-3-5)	4.31^[8]
Despite Saiounia's insistence that Mary be the next to go, Kevin told Cedrek and Justin he hoped to blindside Saiounia. At Lagi, Star found the Beware Advantage and asked everyone except Eva to help her decipher it; Thomas tried to convince Shauhin to ditch the advantage clue and stall long enough to vote Star out, making Shauhin wary of Thomas. Journey: Mary, Mitch, and Thomas went on a journey where they had to solve a timed puzzle involving arranging numbered wooden blocks. If they failed to complete the puzzle in the time allotted, they lost their vote; if completed in time, they received an advantage. Mitch won a Block A Vote advantage and Thomas won a Steal A Vote advantage. Mary lost her vote. Back at Vula, Mary confessed to losing her vote. Thomas told Lagi he protected his vote by not playing, while Mitch told Civa he won a Block a Vote, to Charity’s elation. The other four on Civa searched for an advantage, which Kyle found and Kamilla helped decode, earning Kyle an idol. Reward/Immunity Challenge: Starting on a floating platform, one survivor climbed a ladder to the top of the platform and dove into the water to swim under a platform and release two buoys. They placed the buoys in trays on the platform and then swam under a second platform over to a third. Once there, the remaining survivors swam in pairs to the first platform and, working together, transported the buoys over a balance beam using poles. Once all players had reached the final platform with their buoys, they took turns shooting the buoys into a basket. The first two tribes to land all five buoys won immunity and a fishing kit. Thomas was injured when Bianca accidentally jabbed her pole into his eye, but continued. Despite making some initial headway, Vula stalled when Cedrek and Kevin repeatedly failed to transport their buoy and Civa and Lagi won immunity, with Mitch's free-throwing skills being praised by Jeff. Saiounia rallied against Mary, who appeared helpless without a vote, but Kevin continued to target Saiounia. Cedrek urged Saiounia to play her idol, making Saiounia target Kevin instead, though Cedrek and Justin were reluctant to vote out their strongest member. At Tribal Council, Saiounia played her idol to negate Kevin’s vote, and everyone except Mary blindsided a devastated Kevin.
691	3	"Committing To The Bit"	0.7/9^[9]	March 12, 2025 (2025-3-12)	4.63^[9]
At Vula, Saiounia followed Mary around to stop her finding an advantage, while Mary made repeated attempts to evade her. Tipped off by Joe about Star's unsolved Beware Advantage, Eva decided to test Star's honesty by appearing to talk strategy, but this backfired when Star told Bianca and Thomas that Eva had thrown their names out as possible sacrifices. Shauhin and Thomas were also wary of Eva’s close bond with Joe, which she made no secret of in front of the rest of the tribe. At Civa, David and Kyle weighed their options after Mitch approached them for an alliance with himself and Charity. Reward/Immunity Challenge: A caller for each tribe directed their three blindfolded tribemates around and through obstacles, searching for three key bags that were used to unlock a slide puzzle. The caller then led the blindfolded members to the puzzle table and directed a still-blindfolded tribemate in solving the puzzle. The first two tribes to complete their puzzle won immunity and a large comfort kit for first place and a smaller tarp for second place. Lagi and Civa won yet again. Immediately following the challenge, Lagi were asked to choose one person from each tribe to go on a journey; Bianca, Justin, and Kamilla were chosen. Journey: The players were taken to Monu Island where they each had to roll seven dice with flames and skulls until they got four of either; four flames won the advantage, while four skulls cost them their vote at the next tribal. Bianca and Justin lost their vote, while Kamilla won an extra vote. Following Mitch's example, Kamilla reluctantly told the rest of Civa about her extra vote, while Bianca confided in Thomas after keeping it from her other tribemates. At Vula, Justin pretended he had played for a tribe reward and hadn't risked his vote, even when speaking one-on-one with Cedrek. Mary intentionally refrained from searching for an advantage to give Saiounia the perception she had already found it. Saiounia felt uneasy about Mary’s behavior and tried to convince Cedrek to split the vote on Justin; both Cedrek and Justin argued that Mary was bluffing, which Mary played up when Saiounia directly confronted her. At Tribal Council, Mary played her Shot in the Dark and successfully negated the two votes against her. On the revote, Saiounia voted Justin while Cedrek voted Saiounia; neither changed their vote on the second revote, leading to an unprecedented deadlock. Cedrek, the only person who had not been voted for, was left with the final decision. Saiounia passionately argued that Justin's hiding his lost vote was a sign of his dishonesty. Cedrek, on the condition that Saiounia and Mary learn to work together, chose to send a resigned Justin home.
692	4	"The House Party's Over"	0.8/10^[10]	March 19, 2025 (2025-3-19)	4.70^[10]
Jeff gathered the tribes for what looked like a challenge but after some questioning he said "Everybody drop your buffs, we are switching tribes". Each survivor selected a packaged buff from a tray. The new tribes are: Vula-Joe, Kamilla, Kyle, Thomas, Shauhin; Lagi-Eva, Star, Mary, David Charity; Civa-Saiounia, Mitch, Chrissy, Bianca, Cedrek. Reward/Immunity Challenge: Tribes raced to remove heavy sandbags from a large cube that they then moved under a high structure to retrieve two bags of small sandbags. They then had to toss the sandbags through a rectangular frame and land them on a barrel. If they knocked down the frame, they had to reset it and start over again. Finally, they had to dig up a large puzzle piece and race to a platform and build a temple puzzle. The first two tribes to complete their puzzle won immunity and reward. As reward, the first tribe to finish gets a large array of fresh fruits. The second tribe gets a smaller group of fruits. Back at camp, Kamilla and Kyle strategized and set a plan to have Kamilla appear to betray Kyle in order to get the former Lagi three (Thomas, Shauhin, and Joe) to vote for Kyle who would then play his idol. Thomas, Shauhin, and Joe discussed who they wanted out, tentatively agreeing on Kyle. At tribal, the "California girls" stayed tight. When asked, Kyle and Kamilla both replied they knew they were vulnerable in the new Vula tribe and would throw the other under the bus if necessary. Before the votes were counted, Kyle played his idol negating the three votes cast against him and sending Thomas home with an advantage in his pocket.
693	5	"Master Class in Deception"	TBA	March 26, 2025 (2025-3-26)	TBD
Reward Challenge: Tribes threw sandbags at a rotating target to release a bag of three balls. They then bounced the balls off a tight net into a basket. When all three balls were in the basket, they carried the basket to the final phase where they rolled the three balls on sloped platforms into three target holes. The first winners got a trip to Sanctuary where there was coffee, beverages, cheese, pastries and sandwiches. The runner ups got a platter of pastries with juices back at camp. Lagi won and went to Sanctuary and Vula finished second. Back at Civa, Mitch and Bianca discussed voting out Sai. Meanwhile, Cedrek and Sai discussed eliminating Chrissy. Immunity Challenge: Tribes jumped into the ocean and swam to shore pulling a boat with a chest in it. They then carried the chest up the beach where they had to unbraid ropes to retrieve a key to unlock the chest. They then dug in the chest for four balls. Once they had the balls, they then dug a passage under a log. Once everyone had passed under the log, each tribe member had to maneuver a ball through a table maze to a different target hole. Vula and Lagi won immunity. At Civa, Bianca was worried about not having a vote and decided to talk with Sai about who she was thinking of voting for. Sai wanted Chrissy out but also was still miffed that Cedrek had voted for her. Bianca then spoke with Cedrek about the same things, but Cedrek said he was voting for Chrissy. To build trust, Bianca told Cedrek she didn't have a vote in the hopes that he would instead vote for Sai and not her. Bianca's fears came true and she was voted off.
694	6	"Doing the Damn Thing"	TBA	April 2, 2025 (2025-4-2)	TBD

Voting history

*Survivor 48* voting history
	Original tribes						Switched tribes			No tribes
Episode	1	2	3				4		5	6
Day	3	5	7				9		11
Tribe	Vula	Vula	Vula				Vula		Civa	None
Eliminated	Stephanie	Kevin	None^[a]	Tie^[b]	Tie^[c]	Justin	Thomas		Bianca
Votes	4–1	3–0^[d]	0–0^[a]	1–1	1–1	Consensus^[e]	3–0^[f]		2–1–1
Voter	Vote
Cedrek	Stephanie	Kevin	~~Mary~~	Saiounia	Saiounia	Justin			Bianca
Charity
Chrissy									Bianca
David
Eva
Joe							~~Kyle~~
Kamilla							Thomas
Kyle							Thomas	Thomas^[g]
Mary	Saiounia	None^[h]	None^[i]
Mitch									Saiounia
Saiounia	Stephanie	Kevin	~~Mary~~	Justin	Justin^[j]	None^[e]			Chrissy
Shauhin							~~Kyle~~
Star
Bianca									None^[h]
Thomas							~~Kyle~~
Justin	Stephanie	Kevin	None^[h]
Kevin	Stephanie	~~Saiounia~~
Stephanie	None^[i]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Mary successfully played her Shot in the Dark; therefore, both votes against her did not count. As there were no counted ballots, and Justin was not eligible to cast a vote, both eligible castaways then re-voted between those who weren't immune.
^ The vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held. As one of the castaways involved in the tie had lost voting privileges, all the remaining castaways with votes were eligible to vote for those players who tied.
^ After three rounds of voting, Tribal Council remained tied. Normally, per the rules, the non-tied castaways who had the ability to vote must come to a unanimous decision as to whom to eliminate between the tied castaways, or else the tied castaways would then become immune and every remaining non-immune player would draw rocks. However, as Cedrek was the only non-tied castaway eligible to vote and the only castaway that would remain non-immune if a unanimous decision was not made due to Mary sacrificing her vote to successfully play her Shot in the Dark, he had to come to a consensus decision by himself to vote out either Justin or Saiounia, or else he would be eliminated by default under rock draw rules.
^ Saiounia played a hidden immunity idol on herself; therefore, one vote for her was not counted.
^ ^a ^b Due to a deadlocked tie, the only non-tied castaway eligible to vote, Cedrek, had to come to a consensus decision by himself to vote out either Justin or Saiounia, or else he would be eliminated without a rock draw. Cedrek decided to eliminate Justin.
^ Kyle played a hidden immunity idol on himself; therefore, three votes for him were not counted.
^ This player used an extra vote advantage, allowing them to cast two ballots during a single vote.
^ ^a ^b ^c This player lost a vote attempting to gain an advantage.
^ ^a ^b This player played the Shot in the Dark, and as a result, had to sacrifice that night's vote.
^ Per the rules, if a tied vote between castaways occurs, and one of the castaways in the tie does not have a vote to begin with, their votes do not cancel each other out, and the castaway that was eligible to vote (Saiounia) still retains their vote within the revote(s), although Saiounia could only vote for Justin on the second revote.

Reception

Viewership and ratings per episode of *Survivor 48*
No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)	Ref.
1	"The Get to Know You Game"	February 26, 2025	0.7/9	4.27	0.3	1.77	1.0	6.04	^[7]
2	"Humble Traits"	March 5, 2025	0.6/8	4.31	0.3	1.42	0.8	5.73	^[8]
3	"Committing To The Bit"	March 12, 2025	0.7/9	4.63	0.2	1.38	0.9	6.02	^[9]
4	"The House Party’s Over"	March 19, 2025	0.8/10	4.70	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	^[10]

References

^ Pitman, Jeff (December 19, 2024). "Survivor 48 calendar". True Dork Times. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
^ Prakash, Praneeta (December 15, 2023). "Fiji secures two more years as home base for Survivor". FBC TV. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^ "'Survivor 47' First Look Trailer : New Season This Fall". YouTube. May 23, 2024. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
^ Goldberg, Lesley (May 2, 2024). "CBS Sets Fall (and Spring) Schedule". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
^ Ross, Dalton (January 29, 2025). "Meet the cast of Survivor 48". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
^ "Shows A-Z - survivor on cbs". The Futon Critic.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pucci, Douglas (February 27, 2025). "Wednesday Ratings: Survivor 48th Season Premiere Lifts CBS to Top All Prime Time Demos". Programming Insider. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pucci, Douglas (March 6, 2025). "Wednesday Ratings: Survivor and 37th Premiere of The Amazing Race Gives CBS the Lead in Nearly Every Demo". Programming Insider. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pucci, Douglas (March 13, 2025). "Wednesday Ratings: CBS Tops in Viewers and Female Demos, ESPN Leads Among Male Demos with NBA". Programming Insider. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pucci, Douglas (March 20, 2025). "Wednesday Ratings: Opry 100 Special on NBC is Top Primetime Telecast in Total Viewers". Programming Insider. Retrieved March 20, 2025.

External links

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[6] At the start of the individual phase of the game on Day 12, players had to earn their way into the merged tribe by either winning immunity or surviving the Day 13 Tribal Council.

[No_votes_counted-12] Mary successfully played her Shot in the Dark; therefore, both votes against her did not count. As there were no counted ballots, and Justin was not eligible to cast a vote, both eligible castaways then re-voted between those who weren't immune.

[Tie-13] The vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held. As one of the castaways involved in the tie had lost voting privileges, all the remaining castaways with votes were eligible to vote for those players who tied.

[Tie2-14] After three rounds of voting, Tribal Council remained tied. Normally, per the rules, the non-tied castaways who had the ability to vote must come to a unanimous decision as to whom to eliminate between the tied castaways, or else the tied castaways would then become immune and every remaining non-immune player would draw rocks. However, as Cedrek was the only non-tied castaway eligible to vote and the only castaway that would remain non-immune if a unanimous decision was not made due to Mary sacrificing her vote to successfully play her Shot in the Dark, he had to come to a consensus decision by himself to vote out either Justin or Saiounia, or else he would be eliminated by default under rock draw rules.

[15] Saiounia played a hidden immunity idol on herself; therefore, one vote for her was not counted.

[Deadlock-16] Due to a deadlocked tie, the only non-tied castaway eligible to vote, Cedrek, had to come to a consensus decision by himself to vote out either Justin or Saiounia, or else he would be eliminated without a rock draw. Cedrek decided to eliminate Justin.

[17] Kyle played a hidden immunity idol on himself; therefore, three votes for him were not counted.

[Extra_Vote-18] This player used an extra vote advantage, allowing them to cast two ballots during a single vote.

[Loss-19] This player lost a vote attempting to gain an advantage.

[Shot-20] This player played the Shot in the Dark, and as a result, had to sacrifice that night's vote.

[21] Per the rules, if a tied vote between castaways occurs, and one of the castaways in the tie does not have a vote to begin with, their votes do not cancel each other out, and the castaway that was eligible to vote (Saiounia) still retains their vote within the revote(s), although Saiounia could only vote for Justin on the second revote.

[1] Pitman, Jeff (December 19, 2024). "Survivor 48 calendar". True Dork Times. Retrieved December 23, 2024.

[2] Prakash, Praneeta (December 15, 2023). "Fiji secures two more years as home base for Survivor". FBC TV. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

[3] "'Survivor 47' First Look Trailer : New Season This Fall". YouTube. May 23, 2024. Retrieved June 7, 2024.

[4] Goldberg, Lesley (May 2, 2024). "CBS Sets Fall (and Spring) Schedule". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 5, 2025.

[5] Ross, Dalton (January 29, 2025). "Meet the cast of Survivor 48". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 29, 2025.

[7] "Shows A-Z - survivor on cbs". The Futon Critic.

[48.01-8] Pucci, Douglas (February 27, 2025). "Wednesday Ratings: Survivor 48th Season Premiere Lifts CBS to Top All Prime Time Demos". Programming Insider. Retrieved February 27, 2025.

[48.02-9] Pucci, Douglas (March 6, 2025). "Wednesday Ratings: Survivor and 37th Premiere of The Amazing Race Gives CBS the Lead in Nearly Every Demo". Programming Insider. Retrieved March 6, 2025.

[48.03-10] Pucci, Douglas (March 13, 2025). "Wednesday Ratings: CBS Tops in Viewers and Female Demos, ESPN Leads Among Male Demos with NBA". Programming Insider. Retrieved March 13, 2025.

[48.04-11] Pucci, Douglas (March 20, 2025). "Wednesday Ratings: Opry 100 Special on NBC is Top Primetime Telecast in Total Viewers". Programming Insider. Retrieved March 20, 2025.

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