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".

Production Despite the lack of success the first series experienced, 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.

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.

Contestants +List of Survivor: Panama contestants Contestant 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,EnglandColumbus Eliminated1st jury member Day 20 34 Motherwell,Scotland 6th voted out2nd jury member Day 23 27 Hereford,England 7th voted out3rd jury member Day 26 55 Newcastle upon Tyne,England 8th voted out4th jury member Day 29 43 Wantage,England 9th voted out5th jury member Day 32 32 Winchester,England 10th voted out6th jury member Day 35 27 Wimbledon,England Runner-up Day 37 30 Edinburgh,Scotland Ultimate Survivor

Season summary

+Challenge winners and eliminations by episode Episode Challenge winner(s) 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

Voting history 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 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 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 voteEpisode12Day37Finalist Jonny SusannahVotes7–0Juror VoteJohnBridgetDaveDrewAlastairHelen British public

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