Survivor Hindi is an Indian Hindi-language reality television show, which was originally based on Swedish show Expedition Robinson created in 1997 by Charlie Parsons and is part of Survivor India. The series was filmed in the summer of 2011 and premiered on 6 January 2012 on Star Plus. The show was hosted by Sameer Kochhar. The show is produced by Miditech Pvt. Ltd. and is aired on weekend nights. Like many of its counterparts, the show has a set number of contestants stranded on an isolated area for a pre-determined number of days until one remains and is given the title Sole Survivor. Aside from the title, the winner also receives ₹ 10 million.
Survivor India: Caramoan Islands is the first and only season of the series. It was shot on the islands of Caramoan in the Philippines, from mid September to October 2011. Raj Rani was named the winner in the final episode on 17 March 2012, defeating JD Majethia and Stithpragya in a 4–2–1 vote.
Series details Season Host Launch date Finale date Days Castaways Winner 1 Sameer Kochhar 6 January 2012 17 March 2012 45 22 Raj Rani
Season summary Twenty two castaways embarked on the journey of a lifetime in the pristine yet treacherous Philippines. The two tribes were pre-selected before the start of the show. The contestants were divided into two tribes by popularity, Catan, which consisted of castaways who were celebrities, and Tayak, which consisted of castaways who were ordinary people. Catan's inaugural victory in the reward challenge caused them to underestimate their opposing tribe's mettle. At the first tribal council faced by the Catan tribe, Sylvie was blindsided by her fellow mates and was voted off. With a great comeback the Catan tribe won the successive challenges gaining consecutive two immunity which resulted in eliminations of two of the female members of the Tayak tribe – Sanober and Gisele. From the tenth day on wards, Tayak dominated in challenges, while the depleted Catan lost Priyanka, Karan, Rishi and Shilpa. Priyanka was sent home for being too manipulative under the game-play adopted by the two masterminds of Catan – Shilpa and Rohit. Karan, due to his worsening health problems, became the first contestant in the history of Survivor India to quit. Ex-Tayak members (Rishi, Raj Rani, Shivam and Stithpragya) who joined Catan after the tribe switch saw a change in their alliance when Shivam voted against Rishi, hence, kicking him out of the game. Shivam decided to side with his initial allies after getting to know of Shilpa's intentions to vote against him. JD's vote against Shilpa resulted in her ouster from the island.
After Rishi's elimination, he was mysteriously secluded to a new island and was told to await further clues for his survival there. From that point on, the outcasts who were vote out of the game, formed a new tribe on the island of Ayunan with the same name. Rajesh and Evelyn were blindsided by their members at Tayak and Michael got voted out for engaging in too many verbal fights with fellow castaways. Soon the tribe consisted of a total of five eliminated contestants. A new twist revealed that the outcasts were being given a chance to make a comeback in the game. After an endurance challenge among the five of them, Michael emerged as the winner and was given the choice to pick one of the four remaining members to join the game again. Michael chose Shilpa for her determination and therefore the game ended for Rishi, Evelyn and Rajesh.
After making a surprise entry in the game, the two returnees are not very warmly welcomed by their ex-tribe mates. Shilpa and Michael, being immune, were safe from the outcome of the next immunity challenge which Tayak ended by losing and facing tribal council for the fourth time in a row. Preeti fell target to Rohit's game-plan and was voted out. Deprived of, almost, all of the rewards offered in the challenges, Tayak tribe members suffered from starvation while Catan enjoyed consecutive feasts. Standing against Munisha both Michael and Sai from Tayak were soon voted off. Shilpa was blindsided by her fellow mates, who vowed not to vote against her, and was sent home.
The ten survivors left witnessed a tribal merge and formed a new tribe named "Walo Walo".
Tribes The two initial tribes were Catan, represented by a stingray and the color yellow, and Tayak, represented by a shark and the color red. Initially, the Catan tribe consisted of 11 celebrities and Tayak of 11 non-famous people chosen from all over India. Following the tribe switch, the first five eliminated members were mysteriously secluded to the island of Ayunan where they formed a new tribe, competing for a chance to return to the game. The final ten players merged into the Walo Walo tribe, represented by a snake and the color blue.
Contestants
Contestant FinishSylvester "Sylvie" RodgersHair Stylist1st voted outDay 4Sanober PardiwalaStunt Artist2nd voted outDay 6Gizele ThakralSupermodel3rd voted outDay 8Priyanka BassiActress 4th voted outDay 10Karan Patel28, Actor QuitDay 12Rishi Raj29, Fashion Stylistrowspan=5 5th voted out Day 15Shilpa SaklaniReturned to game6th voted out Day 17Rajesh Khera43, Actor7th voted outDay 19Evelyn Sayal28, Call Center Employee8th voted out Day 21Michael DurairajReturned to game9th voted out Day 23Preeti24, DJ10th voted out Day 25Michael Durairaj43, Research Scientist11th voted out Day 28Shilpa Saklani29, Actress12th voted out Day 30Saiprasad "Sai" Gundewar33, Actor13th voted out Day 30Rohit Narang45, Hotel chain owner rowspan=10 14th voted out1st jury member Day 32Harrison James35, Fitness Trainer15th voted out2nd jury member Day 35Sangram Singh28, Wrestler16th voted out3rd jury member Day 37Munisha Khatwani31, Tarot card reader 17th voted out4th jury member Day 39Payal Rohatgi33, Actress / Model18th voted out5th jury member Day 41Abhinav Shukla29, Actor 19th voted out6th jury member Day 42Shivam Singh23, Student20th voted out7th jury member Day 43Sthitpragya Mohan25, NRI Radio Jockey2nd runner-up Jamandas "JD" Majethia45, Actor / Producer Runner-up Raj Rani25, Field hockey playerSole Survivor The Total Votes is the number of votes a castaway has received during Tribal Councils where the castaway is eligible to be voted out of the game. It does not include the votes received during the final Tribal Council.
Castaways status
SrCastaways nameDay arrived on main islandDay exited islandStatus of the castaways 1 Rani Day 1 Day 50 Sole Survivor 2 Jamandas Day 1 Day 50Runner up 3 Sthitpragya Day 1Day 50 2nd runner-up 4 Shivam Day 1 Day 43 5 Abhinav Day 1 Day 42 6 Payal Day 1 Day 41 7 Munisha Day 1 Day 39 8 Sangram Day 1 Day 37 9 Harrison Day 1 Day 35 10 RohitDay 1 Day 32 11 SaiprasadDay 1 Day 30 12 Shilpa Day 1 Day 30 13 Michael Day 1 Day 28 14 Preeti Day 1 Day 25 15 Michael Day 1 Day 23 16 Evelyn Day 1 Day 21 17 Rajesh Day 1 Day 19 18 Shilpa Day 1 Day 17 19 Rishi Day 1 Day 15 20 Karan Day 1 Day 12Quit 21 Priyanka Day 1 Day 10 22 Gizele Day 1 Day 8 23 Sanober Day 1 Day 6 24 Sylvie Day 1 Day 4
Season summary Episode Air dateChallenges VoteFinishRewardImmunity16 January 2012height="37" NoneNo Vote out27 January 2012 colspan=2 10–11st Voted OutDay 438 January 2012 colspan=2 8–2–12nd Voted OutDay 64 14 January 2012 colspan=2 7–2–13rd Voted OutDay 85 15 January 2012 colspan=2 6–2–1–14th Voted OutDay 106 21 January 2012 colspan=2 No voteQuitDay 127 22 January 2012height="37" NoneNo Vote out8 28 January 2012Noneheight="25" 5–35th Voted out Day 159 29 January 2012height="25" colspan=2 4–36th Voted out Day 1710 4 February 2012height="25" 4–4–14–37th Voted out Day 1911 5 February 2012 colspan=2 7–18th Voted out Day 2112 11 February 2012 colspan=2 4–39th Voted out Day 2313 12 February 2012None rowspan=2 4–3 10th Voted OutDay 25 1418 February 2012 colspan=2 4–211th Voted OutDay 281519 February 2012rowspan=2 None6–112th Voted OutDay 303–213th Voted OutDay 301625 February 2012None6–414th Voted Out1st Jury Member Day 321726 February 20125–415th Voted Out2nd Jury Member Day 35183 March 2012Survivor Auction5–1–1–116th Voted Out3rd Jury Member Day 37194 March 20125–217th Voted Out4th Jury Member Day 392010 March 2012, [Sthitpragya, Raj Rani]4–218th Voted Out5th Jury Member Day 412111 March 2012Nonerowspan=1 4–119th Voted Out6th Jury Member Day 422–220th Voted Out7th Jury Member Day 432217 March 2012Jury Vote4–2–12nd Runner-UpRunner-UpSole Survivor
Combined Reward and Immunity challenge. There was no Reward Challenge due to the tribal merge. Episodes Episode 1 (6 January) Reward Challenge: Both teams had to divide their members into two groups of eighth and three. The group consisting of eighth people shall dive into the water and bring a wooden cart to the shore undergoing through an obstacle course while bringing it. Next they had to unlock two wheels tied to a pole to make the carriage easy to run. Then they had to unlock the cart to reveal puzzle pieces which shall be joined together by the other three members awaiting them to form a board with their tribe name printed on it. Reward : Fire kit, ground nuts and pulses. Sameer Kochchar, the host of Survivor India, welcomes 22 competitors who are to be marooned for 45 days in the exotic yet dangerous Caramoan islands in Philippines, without food, drinking water, shelter, technology and civilization. The competitors must salvage food and shelter and survive the island and each other. The 22 competitors are divided into two tribes of eleven, celebrities against ordinary people, and they will reside in two separate islands. The Catan tribe, with the yellow bandana, consists of Payal, Karan, Shilpa, Rohit, Rajesh, Sangram, Abhinav, JD, Priyanka, Munisha and Sylvie. The Tayak tribe, with the red bandana, consists of Raj, Rishi, Shivam, Michael, Preeti, Gisele, Sanober, Harrison, Evelyn, Sthitpragya and Sai. The two tribes face a reward challenge.
Episode 2 (7 January) Reward/Immunity Challenge: Due to Gisele's foot injury she was unable to participate in the challenge. Therefore, the Catan tribe had to exclude a member of their team from the Reward cum immunity challenge. Catan tribe chose Sylvie, hence Sylvie and Gisele did not take part in the challenge. Both tribes had to divide their team members into five groups of two. Each group shall one by one topple a block, with segments of their tribe name printed on each, from the many placed on the shore. Once all the required blocks were procured, the tribe had to assemble them to make a staircase in a way that their tribe name should appear correctly on the side of the stairs. Once constructed, all the members had to climb the staircase, reach the top and release their tribe flag. Winners were given a choice to choose from either a basket full of fruits or the fire kit. The tribe chose Fire kit. Reward: A fruit basket. (If Tayak wins, they get a choice between this and a fire kit) In Tayak tribe, Preeti's tribemates allay her fear and convince her to stay in the competition. Michael accuses his tribemates of stealing his footwear to sabotage him. Failing to start a fire, Tayak tribe eats raw rice to survive. In Catan tribe, JD and Abhinav have a disagreement over boating. After 3 days, the two tribes meet for an Immunity cum Reward challenge. Gisele from Tayak tribe, abstains from participating in the challenge due to an injury. Tayak tribe wins the immunity challenge and chooses fire kit as their reward. Michael scares his tribemates with his tantrum. JD's tribemates find him domineering. After losing the immunity challenge, Catan tribe faced tribal council. Sylvie's incompetent skills in the challenges due to her old age lead to her vote out by 10–1.
Episode 3 (8 January)