Survivor: The Philippines
Season 3
Survivor: The Philippines logo
Presented byGuy Zu-Aretz
No. of days52
No. of castaways25
WinnerShay Arel
LocationCaramoan Peninsula, Camarines Sur, Philippines
No. of episodes35 (+4)
Release
Original releaseAugust 29 (2009-08-29) 
December 30, 2009 (2009-12-30)
Additional information
Filming datesMarch 
April, 2009
Season chronology

Survivor: The Philippines (Hebrew: הישרדות הפיליפינים, Hisardut HaPhilipinim) is the third season of Israeli competitive reality television show Survivor. It was filmed in March and April 2009 in the Philippines, and aired on Channel 10 from August 29 until December 30 of that year, when Shay Arel was named the winner over Tom Altagar and Leora Goldberg by a vote of 6–3–0, and Tal Englander was named the audience's favorite player by winning a public vote.

This season featured the most competitors to date, with 25. Seven of these contestants were eliminated from the main game in the first two days, and sent to another island to compete against each other for a chance to return. This was shown in a four-part companion series, Survivor: The Philippines – The Hidden Island (Hebrew: הישרדות הפיליפינים – האי הנעלם, Hisardut HaPhilipinim — HaAi HaNaalam), which aired separately from the main series during the first four weeks of broadcast.

The game largely followed the format from the previous season, but hidden immunity idols and Exile Island duels were modified for this season only. Instead of hidden immunity idols being hidden at tribe camps or Exile Island, the winner of each post-merge duel received half an idol, which could only be used at the following two Tribal Councils; castaways could either try to win the subsequent duel for the other half, or combine halves with the castaway who won an adjacent duel. For the duels, the Exile Island component was removed, and the dueling castaways returned to their tribes immediately following the challenge.

This season also featured an appearance from Rupert Boneham, a contestant from the American version of Survivor, who appeared as part of a reward in a reward challenge.

The Hidden Island

This season introduced the Hidden Island, a secluded location where eliminated contestants competed against each other to return to the game. During the first two days, the 25 contestants competed in a series of challenges; one castaway was eliminated on Day 1 after losing two challenges, while six more were eliminated the following day after not being chosen for tribes. These seven castaways were sent to the Hidden Island, unbeknownst to the other castaways.

On the Hidden Island, the castaways competed in challenges; the first-place competitor won a reward and the power to nominate a castaway for banishment, while the last-place competitor automatically became the other nominee. The five non-nominated castaways then voted between the two nominees to permanently eliminate one from the game, at which point they were replaced with the latest castaway eliminated from the main game (the new arrivals were immune from nomination for one round, but were still eligible to compete in the challenge). After four rounds, the seven remaining Hidden Island residents competed for four spots to return to the game: one by being chosen by the other residents as the "best social player" and three by winning a two-stage challenge. The four returning contestants then became the captains for two new tribes, and the Hidden Island was retired.

The Hidden Island contestants were given an additional method of re-entry by way of a team challenge. The castaways sent four representatives to one of the tribe camps, where they were given ten minutes to find a special flag; doing so would result in all seven Hidden Island contestants returning to the game, with that tribe taking their place on the Hidden Island. The Hidden Island contestants lost this challenge.

Contestants

Contestant Original tribe Switched tribe Merged tribe Main game[lower-alpha 1] Hidden Island
Ori Lapid
32, Tel Aviv
None Eliminated
Day 1
1st banished
Day 3
Eitan Bernat
23, Herzliya
None Not chosen
Day 2
Quit
Day 6
Liran Giladi
23, Caesarea
None Not chosen
Day 2
2nd banished
Day 9
Merav Fishelson
44, Tel Aviv
None Not chosen
Day 2
Lost challenge
Day 14
Avital Eisman
Returned to game
None Not chosen
Day 2
4th returnee
Day 14
Liad Farkash
Returned to game
None Not chosen
Day 2
2nd returnee
Day 14
Tal "Talco" Cohen
Returned to game
None Not chosen
Day 2
1st returnee
Day 14
Meital Ben David
31, Kiryat Ono
Carao 1st voted out
Day 4
Lost challenge
Day 14
Noa Waintraub
26, Ra'anana
Carao 2nd voted out
Day 7
3rd banished
Day 12
Riki Shemesh
Returned to game
Tinago 3rd voted out
Day 10
3rd returnee
Day 14
Yael Zucker
23, Tel Aviv
Carao 4th voted out
Day 13
Lost challenge
Day 14
Yakov Crispel
40, Haifa
Tinago Tinago Evacuated
Day 20
Inna Bakelman
19, Gan Yavne
Tinago Carao 5th voted out
Day 20
Avital Eisman
23, Hadera
None Carao Evacuated
Day 21
Natalie Niv
28, Nahariya
Carao Tinago Quit
Day 23
Tal Ben David
29, Sdot Yam
Tinago Tinago 6th voted out
Day 26
Avi Raz
27, Mevaseret Zion
Carao Carao 7th voted out
Day 29
Tal Englander
30, Tel Aviv
Tinago Carao Mansaka 8th voted out
1st jury member
Day 33
Hanoch Budin
46, Ness Ziona
Carao Carao 9th voted out
2nd jury member
Day 36
Ziv Gelbart
39, Megadim
Carao Tinago 10th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 39
Riki Shemesh
33, Gan Sorek
Tinago Carao 11th voted out
4th jury member
Day 42
Avigail Perl
25, Tel Aviv
Tinago Tinago 12th voted out
5th jury member
Day 45
Ohad Taib
23, Rishon LeZion
Tinago Tinago 13th voted out
6th jury member
Day 45
Liad Farkash
22, Ramat Yishai
None Tinago 14th voted out
7th jury member
Day 48
Hadas Hornblass
27, Elkana
Carao Carao 15th voted out
8th jury member
Day 51
Tal "Talco" Cohen
29, Haifa
None Tinago Eliminated[lower-alpha 2]
9th jury member
Finale
Leora Goldberg
50, Ra'anana
Tinago Carao 2nd runner-up
Tom Altagar
23, Ganei Tikva
Tinago Tinago Runner-up
Shay Arel
31, Kiryat Ata
Carao Carao Sole Survivor
  1. Elimination order is based on when the contestant was voted out at Tribal Council.
  2. Talco was eliminated during the live finale by a public vote.

Season summary

Main game and Hidden Island challenge winners and eliminations by cycle
Main game The Hidden Island
Episodes Challenge winner(s) Voted out Finish Episode Challenge
winner
Challenge
loser
Winner's
nominee
Eliminated Finish
No. Original air date Reward Immunity No. Original air date
1 August 29, 2009 None Ori Eliminated[lower-alpha 1]
Day 1
HI1 September 3, 2009 Eitan Merav Ori Ori 1st banished
Day 3
Liad Not chosen[lower-alpha 2]
Day 2
Liran
Avital
Eitan
Merav
Talco
2 September 2, 2009 Carao Tinago Meital 1st voted out
Day 4
HI2 September 10, 2009 Eitan Avital Merav Eitan[lower-alpha 3] Quit[lower-alpha 3]
Day 6
3 & 4 September 5 & 9, 2009 Carao Tinago Noa 2nd voted out
Day 7
HI3 September 17, 2009 Merav Meital Liran Liran 2nd banished
Day 9
Hadas[lower-alpha 4]
5 & 6 September 12 & 16, 2009 Tinago Carao Riki 3rd voted out
Day 10
HI4 September 24, 2009 Riki Talco Noa Noa 3rd banished
Day 12
7 & 8 September 23 & 26, 2009 Tinago Tinago Yael 4th voted out
Day 13
9 September 30, 2009 Talco[lower-alpha 5] None Meital Lost challenge
Day 14
Liad[lower-alpha 6] Yael
Riki[lower-alpha 6] Merav
Avital[lower-alpha 6]
Post-tribe swap challenge winners and eliminations by cycle
Episode Challenge winner(s) Duel Voted out Finish
No. Original air date Reward Tribal
immunity
Individual
immunity
Winner Loser
9 & 10 September 30 &
October 3, 2009
None Tinago Tal E. None Crispel Evacuated
Day 20
Inna 5th voted out
Day 20
11 & 12 October 7 & 10, 2009 Both
tribes[lower-alpha 7]
Carao Ohad None Avital Evacuated
Day 21
Natalie Quit
Day 23
13 & 14 October 14 & 17, 2009 Multiple[lower-alpha 8] Carao Talco Tom Tal E. Tal B. 6th voted out
Day 26
15 & 16 October 21 & 24, 2009 Tinago Tinago Tal E. Shay Ohad Avi 7th voted out
Day 29
Post-merge swap challenge winners and eliminations by cycle
Episodes Challenge winner(s) Duel Eliminated Finish
No. Original air date Reward Immunity Veto Winner Loser
17, 18 & 19 October 28 & 31,
November 4, 2009
Hadas,
Hanoch,
Liad,
Riki,
Tom,
Ziv
Tom Ziv Shay Hanoch Tal E. 8th voted out
1st jury member
Day 33
20 & 21 November 7 & 11, 2009 Hadas,
Liad,
Leora,
Shay,
Ziv
Tom Tom Ziv Shay Hanoch 9th voted out
2nd jury member
Day 36
22 & 23 November 14 & 18, 2009 Shay
[Riki]
Avigail Hadas Tom Liad Ziv 10th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 39
24 & 25 November 21 & 25, 2009 Avigail,
Leora,
Ohad,
Tom
Ohad Ohad Tom Leora Riki 11th voted out
4th jury member
Day 42
26 & 27 November 28 &
December 2, 2009
Ohad,
Shay,
Talco,
Tom
Tom Leora Shay Ohad Avigail 12th voted out
5th jury member
Day 45
Ohad 13th voted out
6th jury member
Day 45
28 & 29 December 5 & 9, 2009 Hadas
[Leora]
Shay Hadas Hadas Talco Liad 14th voted out
7th jury member
Day 48
30 & 31 December 12 & 16, 2009 Shay
[Hadas]
Leora Tom Shay Tom Hadas 15th voted out
8th jury member
Day 51
33 & 35[lower-alpha 9] December 23 & 30, 2009 None Leora None Talco Eliminated[lower-alpha 10]
9th jury member
Finale
Jury vote
Leora 2nd runner-up
Tom Runner-Up
Shay Sole Survivor
  1. Noa, Riki and Ori lost the initial challenge; they competed in a second challenge where the two winners would become the tribe captains, while the loser would be sent to the Hidden Island.
  2. The 22 contestants who won the first challenge — 12 men and 10 women — competed in an endurance challenge, through which they were divided into groups of three based on their performance. The captains then began choosing the tribes, drafting one member of each group per tribe, sending the third member to the Hidden Island; all members of the top group per gender were guaranteed to be chosen for a tribe. Due to the number of women, the top performer became the sole member of the top group.
  3. 1 2 During the elimination vote between nominees Avital and Merav, Eitan chose to quit the game instead, thus cancelling the vote.
  4. For winning the immunity challenge, Tinago had to send a representative to the Carao camp, to reward a member of Carao with individual immunity. Avigail was sent, and she gave individual immunity to Hadas.
  5. The seven final Hidden Island residents were asked to designate among them the "best social player". They chose Talco, who automatically returned to the game as a result.
  6. 1 2 3 Returned to game upon winning final Hidden Island challenge.
  7. Due to Avital's injury during the challenge and subsequent evacuation from the game, the challenge was not completed and both tribes received a reward.
  8. The castaways voted for tribemates to receive various rewards.
  9. Episodes 32 and 34 were recap episodes.
  10. Talco was eliminated during the live finale by a public vote.

Voting history

No tribes Original tribes Switched tribes Merged tribe
Episode 1 2 4 6 8 10 11 12 14 16 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 35
Day 1 2 4 7 10 13 20 21 23 26 29 33 36 39 42 45 48 51 52
Tribe None None Carao Carao Tinago Carao Tinago Carao Carao Tinago Tinago Carao Mansaka Mansaka Mansaka Mansaka Mansaka Mansaka Mansaka Mansaka Mansaka
Eliminated Ori Avital, Eitan,
Liad, Liran,
Meirav, Talco
Meital Noa Riki Yael Crispel Inna Avital Tie[lower-alpha 1] Natalie Tal B. Avi Tal E. Hanoch Ziv Riki Avigail Ohad Liad Hadas Talco
Votes None[lower-alpha 2] None[lower-alpha 3] 7–2 5–2–1 6–3 5–2 None[lower-alpha 4] 6–3 None[lower-alpha 5] 4–4 None[lower-alpha 6] 4–3 4–2–1 7–2–1–1 8–2 6–2–1 6–1–1 6–1 4–1–1 3–2 4–0 None[lower-alpha 7]
VoterChallengePickVote
Shay Meital Noa Yael Inna Liora None[lower-alpha 8] Hanoch Talco Riki Avigail Ohad Liad Hadas Safe
Tom Riki Talco Ziv Tal E. Hanoch Ziv Riki None[lower-alpha 9] None[lower-alpha 8] Hadas Safe
Liora Riki Inna Avi Tal E. Hanoch Ziv Riki Avigail Liad Liad Hadas Immune[lower-alpha 10]
Talco Eliminated Tal B. Tal B. Tal E. Hanoch Tom Riki Avigail Ohad Tom Hadas Voted out
Hadas Meital Noa Yael Inna Avi Avigail Hanoch Ziv None[lower-alpha 8] Avigail Ohad Liad None[lower-alpha 8]
Liad Eliminated Tal B. Tal B. Tal E. Hanoch Tom Tom Avigail Ohad Tom
Ohad Riki Talco Ziv Tal E. Hanoch Ziv Riki Avigail Shay
Avigail Crispel Talco Tal B. Tal E. Ziv Ziv Riki Shay
Riki Crispel Liora Liora Liora None[lower-alpha 8] Ziv Liora
Ziv Meital Noa Yael Tal B. Tal B. Tal E. Hanoch None[lower-alpha 8]
Hanoch Meital Ziv Yael Inna Avi Ziv Ziv
Tal E. Riki Inna Avi Ziv
Avi Meital Yael Yael Liora Riki
Tal B. Riki Talco Ziv
Natalie Meital Noa Hadas Tal B. Quit
Avital Eliminated Inna Evacuated
Inna Crispel Liora
Crispel Riki Evacuated
Yael Meital Noa Hadas
Noa Ziv Ziv
Meital Ziv
Eitan Eliminated
Liran
Meirav
Ori Eliminated
Jury vote
Episode 35
Finalist Shay Tom Liora
Votes 6–3–0
JurorVote
Talco Yes
Hadas Yes
Liad Yes
Ohad Yes
Avigail Yes
Riki Yes
Ziv Yes
Hanoch Yes
Tal E. Yes
  1. The initial vote resulted in a tie between Tal B. and Talco; the tie was to be resolved by a firemaking competition, but Natalie chose to quit the game instead, thus cancelling the tiebreaker.
  2. Ori lost the run-off challenge on Day 1 and was eliminated.
  3. Eitan, Liad, Liran, Meirav, and Talco were not picked during the tribe selection and were eliminated.
  4. No vote; Crispel was medically evacuated from the game.
  5. No vote; Avital was medically evacuated from the game.
  6. No vote; Natalie chose to quit the game.
  7. Talco was eliminated during the live finale by a public vote.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 This castaway was given the veto bracelet, and was therefore not eligible to vote.
  9. Tom was given the veto bracelet for the double Tribal Council, and was therefore not eligible to vote for either ballot.
  10. Liora won the final immunity, therefore, was immune at the live finale public vote.

Hidden Island

Episode 3 6 9 11 13
Day 3 6 9 12 14
Eliminated Ori Eitan Liran Noa Meital Yael Merav
Votes 3–0 None[lower-alpha 1] 3–0 3–1 None[lower-alpha 2]
VoterVoteChallenge
Talco Ori  ?[lower-alpha 3] None[lower-alpha 4] Return[lower-alpha 5]
Liad Ori Liran Noa Win Return[lower-alpha 6]
Riki Noa Win Return[lower-alpha 6]
Avital  ?[lower-alpha 3] Liran  ?[lower-alpha 3] Win Return[lower-alpha 6]
Merav None[lower-alpha 4] Liran Noa Win Lose
Yael Lose
Meital None[lower-alpha 4] Talco Lose
Noa  ?[lower-alpha 3] None[lower-alpha 4]
Liran Ori None[lower-alpha 4]
Eitan  ?[lower-alpha 3] Quit
Ori None[lower-alpha 4]
  1. No vote; Eitan chose to quit the game.
  2. The seven final Hidden Island residents competed in a two-stage challenge to return to the game.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 As three votes had already been cast against one of the nominees for banishment, there was no need for this castaway to vote.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 This castaway was a nominee for banishment, and was thus ineligible to vote.
  5. The seven final Hidden Island residents were asked to designate among them the "best social player". They chose Talco, who automatically returned to the game as a result.
  6. 1 2 3 Returned to game upon winning final Hidden Island challenge.

References

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