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"Survivor" is one of the most popular reality TV shows of all-time. Each season for 39 days, 16-20 castaways will be marooned on a tropical island in various locations. They will be forced to band together and carve out a new existence, using their collective wits to make surviving, without any conveniences of the modern world, a little easier. Day by day the location and tropical sun will test the endurance of the castaways.

Each three days of island life will result in a one-hour Survivor episode. The survivors must form their own cooperative island society, building shelter, gathering and catching food, and participating in contests for rewards. Those who succeed in the day-to-day challenges will be rewarded with things to make island life more bearable-simple comforts like pillows, food, cold beer and sodas, and clean clothing. Those who fail must do without. On the last day of each three-day cycle, the castaways must form a tribal council. At this meeting, each person places a secret ballot vote to send one fellow castaway home, eliminating him or her from eligibility for the one million dollars.

Week by week, one by one, the tribe shrinks until at the end of the final episode, only two survivors remain. At that point, the seven most recently eliminated castaways will return to form the final tribal council and decide who will be the final soul survivor and the winner of $1,000,000 dollars.

SURVIVOR Season 26:
"Survivor: Caramoan – Fans vs. Favorites 2" is the twenty-sixth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor, which premiered on Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 at 8pm with a special 90-minute premiere, then returned to its normal hour-long format in the following week.

SURVIVOR Season 27:
On Wednesday 27 March 2013 the network confirmed the competition will return for season 27 later this year. Common speculation is that "Survivor" will continue at least through its 30th season, which would be Spring of 2015, a common-sense point to have some sort of massive all-star season. As always, Probst will give a preview of season 27 at the "Survivor: Caramoan Live Reunion Show" following this season's Finale, on May 12.

As with Survivor: Micronesia, the first season to have the "Fans vs. Favorites" subtitle, this season will initially feature a tribe of ten returning contestants from previous seasons opposing a tribe of ten new players. It is the eighth season overall to feature returning players. Production of the show took place in the Philippines' Caramoan Islands, the same location as the previous season 25.

According to Jeff Probst, producers had asked both Matt Elrod from Redemption Island and Shannon "Shambo" Waters from Samoa to return but both turned the offer down, believing one season was enough for them and not wanting to let Survivor define their lives. The casting crew had also considered asking fan favorite Lisa Whelchel from Phillipines to participate, but realized that asking a mother to participate in back-to-back seasons would be difficult (Source: CBS TV)
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Episode Info

Next: 27x01 -- Season 27, Episode 1 (Sep/2013) [Special Runtime: 120 Min.]


400th Episode: TBA - Season 27 Premier "Survivor: Blood vs. Water" cast is introduced


Prev: 26x15 -- 26th Season Reunion Show (May/12/2013)


The winner is revealed as the 20 castaways reunite in Los Angeles to discuss the season.

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Cast
Jeff ProbstJeff Probst
As Himself (Host Season 1 - present)
John CochranJohn Cochran
As Himself - Attorney / S23 South Pacific Savaii tribe - 13th Inhabitant of Redemption Island - 9th Duel Loser / - 13th voted out - Day 30 - 5th Jury Member - Day 31 (S26 - Enil Edam tribe - Winner)
Dawn MeehanDawn Meehan
As Herself - English Professor / S23 South Pacific Savaii tribe - 11th Inhabitant of Redemption Island - 8th Duel Loser / 11th voted out - Day 27 - 3rd Jury Member - Day 28 (S26 - Enil Edam tribe - Tie 2nd Place)
Sherri BiethmanSherri Biethman
As Herself - Fast Food Franchisee (S26 - Enil Edam tribe - Tie 2nd Place)
Edward Fox (2)Edward Fox (2)
As Himself as "Eddie" - Fireman/EMT (S26 - Enil Edam tribe - 15th Voted Out - Day 38 - 4th Place)
Erik ReichenbachErik Reichenbach
As Himself - Ice Cream scooper / S16 Micronesia Dabu tribe - 13th evicted Day 36 (S26 - Enil Edam tribe - Removed Due to Illness - Day 36 - 5th Place)
Brenda LoweBrenda Lowe
As Herself - Paddleboard Co-Owner / S21 Nicaragua La Flor tribe - 3rd Jury member / 11th evicted Day 27 / S26 - 6th Jury Member (S26 - Enil Edam tribe - 14th Voted Out - Day 36 - 6th Place)
Andrea BoehlkeAndrea Boehlke
As Herself - College student / S22 Redemption Island Ometepe tribe - 14th Voted to Redemption Island - Day 32 Redemption Island / 8th Jury Member - Day 37 / S26 - 5th Jury Member (S26 - Enil Edam tribe - 13th Voted Out - Day 33 - 7th Place)
Reynold ToepferReynold Toepfer
As Himself - Real Estate Sales / S26 - 4th Jury Member (S26 - Enil Edam tribe - 12th Voted Out - Day 31 - 8th Place)
Malcolm FrebergMalcolm Freberg
As Himself - Bartender / S25 Philippines Dangrayne tribe - 8th Jury member / 13th voted out - Day 38 - 4th Place / S26 - 3rd Jury Member (S26 - Enil Edam tribe - 11th Voted Out - Day 30 - 9th Place)

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Reviews

tcatron565

Reviews: 2
Adding Too MuchRating: 3 likes, 11 dislikes

This show was really good the first season and on the All Stars, but it's really gone downhill. They add too much to make viewers watch it. Like spliting them up by race. And you know it's all rigged. Everyone gets $25,000 each day and the everybody knows who the winner is going to be. If you're going to watch a tv show, pick anything but Survivor. Read more

Review posted on Thursday, October 12th 2006 at 4:55 pm

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Recaps
26x14: Last Push / The Winner is Announced! recap: With the vote to kick off Brenda off last week, it is the Finale as Eddie, Sherri, Eric, Cochran, and Dawn are left to fight for the $1 Million. On Night 36, Erik has a headache. Jeff comes and looks at him. He has medical look at him. It turns out that Erik has the signs of starvation and needs to be pulled from the game. The rest of the tribe says their goodbyes. The tribe gets back to camp and they are in shock Erik had to leave. Dawn says she has a chance to win the game now because Erik was a competitive player. Cochran has to get to Eddie because he mostly likely is going to win the next immunity and will possibly take him to the Final Three with him... read more.

26x13: Don't Say Anything About My Mom recap: With Andrea voted off last week, it is down to Eddie, Sherri, Eric, Brenda, Cochran, and Dawn to make it to the end. With only 4 days left, the remaining survivors are reaching their breaking points... read more.

26x12: The Beginning of the End recap: With Malcolm voted out last week, it is down to Eddie, Reynold, Andrea, Sherri, Eric, Brenda, Cochran and Dawn to take the position of Soul Survivor. On Night 30, the tribe members get back to camp and Reynold says that he has been winning a lot. Eddie says that anything can happen. Andrea talks to Cochran and he says that he wants to take control of the game and says that he is not the Harvard Nerd like last time... read more.

26x11: Come Over to the Dark Side recap: With Phillip eliminated, it is down to Eddie, Reynold, Andrea, Sherri, Malcolm, Eric, Brenda, Cochran and Dawn. The Enil Edam tribe gets back to camp and Dawn tells everyone on Malcolm’s alliance that it was a smart move. Erik doesn’t know when to vote for the boys or with the favorites anymore and that he is going to simply have to be on the lookout... read more.

26x10: Zipping Over the Cuckoo's Nest recap: With Michael voted out of the competition, it is down to Eddie, Reynold, Andrea, Sherri, Malcolm, Eric, Brenda, Phillip, Cochran and Dawn remain on the island. On Night 25, the Enil Edam tribe gets to camp and Malcolm, Reynold and Eddie talk about how they are going to have to hunt for that idol again. Phillip and the rest of Stealth R Us talk about how Dawn’s double agent days are over. They all agree that they don’t have the idol anymore and that Malcolm, Reynold and Eddie are good as gone... read more.
Seasons

Classification: Reality
Genre: Adventure | Drama | Family | Travel
Status: Returning Series
Network: CBS ( USA)
Airs: Wednesdays at 08:00 pm
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Premiere: May 31, 2000
Episode Order: 15
Themes
   
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• Survivor 20: Heroes vs. Villains (20th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Africa (3rd season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: All-Stars (8th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Borneo (1st season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Caramoan - Fans vs Favorites 2 (26th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: China (15th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Cook Islands (13th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Fiji (14th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden (17th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Guatemala - The Mayan Empire (11th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Marquesas (4th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs Favorites (16th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Nicaragua (21st season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: One World (24th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Outwit, Outplay, Outlast (Full Title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Palau (10th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Panama - Exile Island (12th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Pearl Islands (7th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Philippines (25th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Redemption Island (22nd season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Samoa (19th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Samoa II (20th season Alternate title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: South Pacific (23rd season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Thailand (5th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: The Amazon (6th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: The Australian Outback (2nd season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Tocantins (18th season title), (Used In USA)
• Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire (9th season title), (Used In USA)
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