Survivor: VIP (2021 Israeli season) explained

Season Number:	11
Bgcolor:	BFC1C2
Module1:	Num Days: 40 Num Survivors: 19 Winner: Alla Eibinder Runner Up: Jacqueline "Jackie" Azoulay, Odelya Swisa
Num Episodes:	56
Film Start:	^[1]
Prev Season:	VIP
Next Season:	Manila

The 2021 season of Survivor: VIP (Hebrew: הישרדות VIP|Hisardut VIP) is the eleventh season overall of the Israeli reality program Survivor and the fourth VIP season. The season featured 19 celebrity contestants competing against each other for the 1 million NIS prize. The season was filmed in the Philippines between April and May 2021 and aired on Reshet 13 from October 16, 2021 until April 2, 2022, when model Alla Eibinder defeated chef Jackie Azoulay in a live firemaking challenge after initially tying the jury's votes.

The season included the return of the Cabin Guard from the previous season, in which eliminated players lived at the Negotiation Cabin and competed in duels to remain in or return to the game. In this season, if the Cabin Guard won the duel to steal a former tribemate's vote at Tribal Council, the Cabin Guard and the newly eliminated player were subject to a vote by the remaining tribe members to determine who between them would be the Cabin Guard and who would be permanently eliminated from the game, replacing the challenges from the previous season.

Contestants

The 19 castaways include three former Survivor players — Liya Gil (who became famous after appearing in the first season in 2007), Michael Lewis (who was medically evacuated from the 2012 VIP season) and Zohar Strauss (who competed in the 2020 VIP season) — and formerly married couple Ohad Buzaglo (brother of Survivor: VIP 2020 winner Asi Buzaglo) and Fani Bar Moha.^[2]

Initially, Strauss was introduced as "the Masked Survivor" and sat out of the opening challenge, in which the 18 other players were divided into two tribes of nine: Apolaki, named after the Tagalog and Pangasinan god of the sun, and Libulan, named after the Visayan god of the moon. At the conclusion of the challenge, Strauss chose to join the victorious Apolaki tribe and revealed his identity to the others.^[3] On Day 23, the remaining players were merged into the Pag-asa tribe, named after the Filipino word for "hope".

List of Survivor: VIP contestants!Contestant!Original tribe!Post-Cabin swap!Switched tribe!Merged tribe!Main game!Cabin Guard

42, Matat Actor
39, Bat Yam Former footballer
30, Herzliya Model, Big Brother 8
34, Akko Model
25, Beersheba Influencer
33, Herzliya Model, Survivor: VIP (2012)
37, Tel Aviv Olympic sailor
43, Petah Tikva Actor
Returned to game
48, Neve Yarak Children’s performer
23, Kiryat Haim Big Brother 10
48, Tel Aviv Home stylist, Survivor: The Caribbean Islands
31, Herzliya Actor
43, Nof HaGalil Former footballer
62, Ranen Wilderness expert
49, Ramat Gan Actor, Survivor: VIP (2020)
52, Tel Aviv Filmmaker
34, Yeruham Big Brother 10
48, Tel Aviv MasterChef 3
33, Ramat Gan Model, The Amazing Race 4 and 8

Season summary

Episode(s)!scope="col" rowspan="2"

Original air date(s)	Challenge winner(s)			Vote duel		Voted out	Finish	Cabin Guard duel
Reward	Tribal immunity	Individual immunity	Winner	Loser	Winner			Loser
1 & 2	October 16 & 17, 2021	None		1st voted out Day 2	None
3 & 4	October 18 & 19, 2021				None			2nd voted out Day 4	None
5–8	October 23, 25, 27 & 30, 2021	Auction			3rd voted out Day 7	rowspan="2"
9–12	November 2, 6, 8 & 13, 2021							4th voted out Day 10
13–16	November 15, 17, 20 & 22, 2021		5th voted out Day 13	None
17–21	November 24 & 27, December 1, 4 & 6, 2021		None		6th voted out Day 16	None
22–25	December 8, 11, 13 & 15, 2021		7th voted out Day 19	rowspan="2"
26–30	December 20, 22, 25, 27 & 29, 2021	None					8th voted out Day 21
			9th voted out Day 22	rowspan="2"

Episode(s)!scope="col" rowspan="2"

Original air date(s)	Challenge winner(s)		Reward duel		Vote duel		Voted out	Finish	Cabin Guard duel
Reward	Immunity	Winner	Loser	Winner	Loser	Winner			Loser
31–33	January 1, 5 & 8, 2022	None		None		None		10th voted out Day 23		rowspan="2"
33–35	January 8, 12 & 15, 2022		None		11th voted out Day 26	rowspan="3"
36–39	January 19, 22, 25 & 26, 2022			12th voted out Day 28	rowspan="2"
40–42	January 29, February 2, & 8, 2022								13th voted out Day 30	None
43–45	February 13, 16 & 20, 2022		14th voted out Day 32	rowspan="2"
46–49	February 27, March 2, 6, & 9, 2022		15th voted out Day 34	rowspan="2"
50–52	March 13, 16, & 21, 2022	Auction							16th voted out Day 36
53–55	March 23, 28, & 30, 2022			None					17th voted out Day 39
56	April 2, 2022							Jury vote
									2nd runner-up
									Runner-up
									Sole Survivor

Voting history

				Original tribes				Post-Cabin swap	Switched tribes				Merged tribe
Episode #				2	4	8	12	16	21	25	28	30	32	35	39	42	45	49	52	55
Day #				2	4	7	10	13	16	19	21	22	23	26	28	30	32	34	36	39
Eliminated
Votes
Voter				Vote
			Henry
			Henry									Gadi
			Henry
			Henry						Liza	Shira
			Henry
												Kobi					Dudu
			Henry													Shira
			Henry
									Dudu
			Henry
													Yuval	Jackie
											Liya
Henry
Henry			Maayan
					Vered
Fani										Alla	Gadi	Jonathan	Alla	Jackie	Shira

Jury vote
Episode #	56
Day #	40
Finalist
Votes	colspan="4"
Juror	Vote
colspan="3"

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://tmi.maariv.co.il/celebs-news/Article-832217. he:ד"ש מאי הישרדות: כך נראה הבית של גיא זוארץ בפיליפינים. he. Maariv. 6 April 2021. 17 October 2021.
2. Web site: https://www.israelhayom.co.il/culture/tv/article/5026134/. he:רגע לפני העונה החדשה: הכל על משתתפי "הישרדות VIP". he. Israel Hayom. 12 October 2021. 17 October 2021.
3. Web site: https://www.israelhayom.co.il/culture/tv/article/5118891/. he:זהר שטראוס: "חזרתי ל'הישרדות' כי הייתי צריך תיקון לתחושת הכישלון". he. Israel Hayom. Swissa. Eran. 17 October 2021. 23 October 2021.