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| Network: | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Prev Season: | Season 45 | ||||||||||||
| Next Season: | Season 47 | ||||||||||||
| Film End: | [1] | ||||||||||||
| Episode List: | List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes (season 41–present) |
Survivor 46 is the forty-sixth season of the American competitive reality television series Survivor. It premiered on February 28, 2024, on CBS in the United States, and was the fourteenth consecutive season to be filmed in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji.[2] The season ended on May 22, 2024, when Kenzie Petty was crowned the winner, defeating Charlie Davis and Ben Katzman in a 5-3-0 vote.
On February 21, 2023, CBS renewed Survivor for its forty-fifth and forty-sixth seasons. A preview for season 46 was released on December 20, 2023, right after the finale of Survivor 45 was aired. Sneak peeks of the castaways' audition tapes were released on the Survivor Instagram account in the form of a story, which were deleted after twenty-four hours.[3]
The season observed strict safety protocols just as in seasons 41 to 45, and continued to feature the reduced 26 days of gameplay, with 18 contestants starting in three tribes, as with every season since season 41.[4] Survivor 46 and The Amazing Race 36 retained the 90-minute runtime; the first two episodes of Survivor 46 each ran for two hours.[5]
The cast of 18 contestants was announced on February 5, 2024.[6] Notable castaways this season include former BET on-air personality Tiffany Nicole Ervin.
| Age | From | Tribe | Finish | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original | None | Merged | Placement | Day | ||
| 22 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 1st voted out | Day 3 | |||
| 37 | San Francisco, California | 2nd voted out | Day 5 | |||
| 41 | Orlando, Florida | Medically evacuated | Day 7 | |||
| 41 | Acton, Massachusetts | 3rd voted out | Day 9 | |||
| 32 | Chicago, Illinois | 4th voted out | Day 11 | |||
| 28 | San Diego, California | 5th voted out | Day 13 | |||
| 31 | Atlanta, Georgia | 6th voted out | Day 14 | |||
| [7] | 27 | , New Jersey | 7th voted out 1st jury member | |||
| 24 | Richmond, Virginia | 8th voted out | Day 16 | |||
| 28 | French Camp, Mississippi | 9th voted out | Day 17 | |||
| 33 | Elizabeth, New Jersey | 10th voted out | Day 19 | |||
| 24 | Toronto, Ontario | 11th voted out | Day 21 | |||
| [8] | 29 | Memphis, Tennessee | 12th voted out | Day 23 | ||
| 48 | Dallas, Texas | 13th voted out | Day 24 | |||
| 35 | Orlando, Florida | Eliminated 8th jury member | Day 25 | |||
| 31 | Miami, Florida | 2nd runner-up | Day 26 | |||
| 26 | Boston, Massachusetts | Runner-up | ||||
| 29 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Sole Survivor | ||||
Eighteen new castaways were divided into three tribes of six: Nami, Siga, and Yanu. Yanu fared the worst in challenges, leaving only Kenzie, Tiffany, and Q. Siga was spearheaded by a strong alliance and friendship of Charlie and Maria, who eliminated Jem with an idol in her pocket. Nami went undefeated in challenges, but the mistrust throughout the tribe hindered their ability to stay united.
Before the merge, Hunter, Tim and Q met together on a journey and decided to join forces at the merge, with each of the men choosing an ally from their tribe (Tevin, Maria, and Tiffany, respectively) to join them and form a majority, called the 6. However, Maria defected from them, joining Charlie and the others in eliminating the 6 and other major threats (including Hunter, Tiffany, Venus, and Q also getting voted out with idols.)
At the final six, Charlie and Maria turned on each other. Charlie prevailed, and he, Kenzie and Ben made it to the final three. Kenzie was praised for her social game while Charlie was commended for his strategic prowess. In the end, Kenzie won in a 5-3-0 vote over Charlie and Ben, respectively.
| Challenge winner(s) | Eliminated | |||||
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| No. | Title | Air date | Reward | Immunity | Tribe | Player |
| 1 | "This is Where the Legends Are Made" | February 28, 2024 | Jelinsky | |||
| 2 | "Scorpio Energy" | March 6, 2024 | Jess | |||
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| 3 | "Wackadoodles Win" | March 13, 2024 | Randen | |||
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| 4 | "Don't Touch the Oven" | March 20, 2024 | Bhanu | |||
| 5 | "Tiki Man" | March 27, 2024 | Jem | |||
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| 6 | "Cancel Christmas" | April 3, 2024 | Ben, Hunter, Kenzie, Q, Tevin, Tim [Tiffany] | Moriah | ||
| 7 | "Episode Several" | April 10, 2024 | Maria [Charlie, Liz,<br>Soda, Tevin,<br>Venus] | Kenzie | Tim | |
| Maria | Soda | |||||
| 8 | "Hide 'N Seek" | April 17, 2024 | Hunter | Tevin | ||
| 9 | "Spicy Jeff" | April 24, 2024 | Charlie | Hunter | ||
| 10 | "Run the Red Light" | May 1, 2024 | Q [Kenzie, Maria,<br>Tiffany] | Charlie | Tiffany | |
| 11 | "My Messy, Sweet Little Friend" | May 8, 2024 | Maria [Ben, Q] | Maria | Venus | |
| 12 | "Mamma Bear" | May 15, 2024 | Charlie [Kenzie, Liz] | Maria | Q | |
| 13 | "Friends Going to War" | May 22, 2024 | Kenzie [Ben] | Kenzie | Maria | |
| Ben [Charlie] | Liz | |||||
See also: List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes.
| Merged tribe | ||||||||||||||||||
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||||
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| Day | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | ||||
| Tribe | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eliminated | Jelinsky | Jess | Randen | Bhanu | Jem | Moriah | Tim | Soda | Tevin | Hunter | Tiffany | Venus | Q | Maria | Liz | |||
| Votes | 5–0 | 4–1 | Evacuated | 3–0 | 4–2 | 10–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 8–2 | 4–4–1 | 6–1 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 4–1 | ||||
| Voter | Vote | Challenge | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenzie | Jelinsky | Jess | Bhanu | Moriah | Tim | Tevin | Q | Hunter | Q | Venus | Q | Maria | ||||||
| Charlie | Jem | Venus | Soda | Tevin | Hunter | Hunter | Tiffany | Venus | Q | Maria | ||||||||
| Ben | Moriah | Hunter | Tevin | Hunter | Hunter | Tiffany | Kenzie | Q | Maria | |||||||||
| Liz | Moriah | Soda | Tevin | Q | Q | Tiffany | Venus | Q | Maria | |||||||||
| Maria | Jem | Jem | Moriah | Soda | Tevin | Hunter | Hunter | Tiffany | Venus | Charlie | Ben | |||||||
| Q | Jelinsky | Jess | Bhanu | Moriah | Tim | Tevin | Ben | Tiffany | Venus | Charlie | ||||||||
| Venus | Moriah | Soda | Tevin | Q | Hunter | Q | Q | |||||||||||
| Tiffany | Jelinsky | Jess | Bhanu | Moriah | Tim | Tevin | Hunter | Hunter | Q | |||||||||
| Hunter | Tim | Venus | Q | |||||||||||||||
| Tevin | Moriah | Venus | Venus | |||||||||||||||
| Soda | Moriah | Venus | ||||||||||||||||
| Tim | Jem | Moriah | Hunter | |||||||||||||||
| Moriah | Ben | |||||||||||||||||
| Jem | Ben | |||||||||||||||||
| Bhanu | Jelinsky | Jess | ||||||||||||||||
| Randen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jess | Jelinsky | Bhanu | ||||||||||||||||
| Jelinsky | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jury vote | ||||
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| Episode | 13 | |||
| Day | 26 | |||
| Finalist | Kenzie | Charlie | Ben | |
| Votes | 5–3–0 | |||
| Juror | ||||
| Liz | ||||
| Maria | ||||
| Q | ||||
| Venus | ||||
| Tiffany | ||||
| Hunter | ||||
| Tevin | ||||
| Soda | ||||
Survivor 46 received mostly positive reviews. Praise was given to the cast and the abundance of stand-out moments during the season but the season was also criticised for its disproportionate editing, particularly during the pre-merge. Entertainment Weeklys Dalton Ross ranked the season 21st out of 45, praising the season's strong cast and presence of drama and rivalries that had been missing from recent seasons.[9]