| Series Number: | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Num Episodes: | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Network: | ITV | ||||||||||||
| Prev Series: | Survivor: Pulau Tiga | ||||||||||||
| Next Series: | Survivor 2023 (on BBC One) |
The second series of Survivor, commonly referred to as Survivor: Panama, premiered on 13 March 2002 and ran until 29 May 2002. The series was presented by cricket presenter Mark Nicholas and consisted of 37 days of gameplay, with 12 castaways competing for a prize of £1,000,000. The season was filmed in the Bocas del Toro archipelago of Panama.
The 12 contestants were initially separated into two tribes, named North Island and South Island. On Day 17, the eight remaining players merged into one tribe, Columbus, named after explorer Christopher Columbus. The six players voted off from Columbus formed the jury, who along with the British public - as the 7th juror - decided who would be the "Ultimate Survivor". After 37 days of competition, police detective Jonny Gibb was named the "Ultimate Survivor", defeating teacher Susannah Moffat in a 7–0 jury vote. Moffat complained the show portrayed her as an "arty farty teacher with a posh accent".[1]
Despite the lack of success the first series experienced,[2] ITV decided to renew Survivor for a second series, but with an overhaul. These changes included fewer contestants, audience participation and replacing presenters Mark Austin and John Leslie, with a single presenter, Channel 4 cricket presenter Mark Nicholas.[3]
The series was broadcast weekly on Wednesday nights at 9:45pm and episodes were repeated on Fridays at 8:30pm. The second series was also accompanied by Survivor: The Last Word, a televised interview with evictees, as well as a supporting series, Survivor: Raw, broadcast on sister channel ITV2. Survivor: Raw was presented by "Ultimate Survivor" of Survivor: Pulau Tiga Charlotte Hobrough, as well as Ed Hall. It included extra footage not aired on the main series, discussions, interviews with evictees and phone-ins and emails from viewers.[4]
| Age | From | Tribe | Finish | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original | Merged | Placement | Day | |||
| 22 | Highams Park, England | 1st voted out | Day 4 | |||
| 25 | Thundersley, England | 2nd voted out | Day 7 | |||
| 27 | London, England | 3rd voted out | Day 10 | |||
| 34 | Stevenage, England | 4th voted out | Day 13 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield, England | Columbus | 5th voted out 1st jury member | Day 20 | ||
| 34 | Motherwell, Scotland | 6th voted out 2nd jury member | Day 23 | |||
| 27 | Hereford, England | 7th voted out 3rd jury member | Day 26 | |||
| 55 | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | 8th voted out 4th jury member | Day 29 | |||
| 43 | Wantage, England | 9th voted out 5th jury member | Day 32 | |||
| 32 | Winchester, England | 10th voted out 6th jury member | Day 35 | |||
| 27 | Wimbledon, England | Runner-up | Day 37 | |||
| 30 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Ultimate Survivor | ||||
| Challenge winner(s)[5] | Eliminated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Air date | Reward | Immunity | Tribe | Player |
| 1 | 13 March 2002 | Sarah | |||
| 2 | 20 March 2002 | Lee | |||
| 3 | 27 March 2002 | Tayfun | |||
| 4 | 3 April 2002 | Meeta | |||
| 5 | 10 April 2002 | Drew, Susannah | colspan="3" | ||
| 6 | 17 April 2002 | Drew | Jonny | Columbus | Helen |
| 7 | 24 April 2002 | John [Bridget] | John | Alastair | |
| 8 | 1 May 2002 | Jonny, Drew | Dave | Drew | |
| 9 | 8 May 2002 | John | Jonny | Dave | |
| 10 | 15 May 2002 | John, Jonny, Susannah | John | Bridget | |
| 11 | 22 May 2002 | Susannah | Susannah | John | |
| Original tribes | Merged tribe | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
| Day | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 35 | |||
| Tribe | Columbus | Columbus | Columbus | Columbus | Columbus | Columbus | |||||||
| Eliminated | Sarah | Lee | Tayfun | Meeta | Helen | Alastair | Drew | Dave | Bridget | John | |||
| Vote | 5–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 3–3 | Challenge | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
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| Voter | Votes | ||||||||||||
| Jonny | Sarah | Lee | Helen | Helen | Alastair | Drew | Dave | Bridget | |||||
| Susannah | Sarah | Lee | Helen | Helen | Alastair | Drew | Dave | Bridget | John | ||||
| John | Sarah | Lee | Helen | Helen | Alastair | Drew | Dave | Bridget | |||||
| Bridget | Sarah | Lee | Helen | Alastair | Drew | Dave | Susannah | bgcolor=darkgrey | |||||
| Dave | Tayfun | Meeta | Bridget | Bridget | Susannah | Susannah | Bridget | ||||||
| Drew | Tayfun | Meeta | Bridget | Bridget | Susannah | Susannah | |||||||
| Alastair | Tayfun | Meeta | Bridget | Bridget | Susannah | ||||||||
| Helen | Tayfun | Meeta | Bridget | ||||||||||
| Meeta | Tayfun | Helen | |||||||||||
| Tayfun | Meeta | ||||||||||||
| Lee | Sarah | Bridget | |||||||||||
| Sarah | John | ||||||||||||
| Jury vote | ||
|---|---|---|
| Episode | 12 | |
| Day | 37 | |
| Finalist | Jonny | Susannah |
| Votes | 7–0 | |
| Juror | Vote | |
| John | ||
| Bridget | ||
| Dave | ||
| Drew | ||
| Alastair | ||
| Helen | ||
| British public | ||