The 2020 season of Survivor: VIP () is the tenth season overall of the Israeli reality program Survivor and the third VIP season. The season featured 18 celebrity contestants competing against each other for the 1 million NIS prize. The season was filmed in the Philippines between August and October 2019, and began airing on Reshet 13 on May 2, 2020.
Format changes This season largely retained the format of previous seasons, with several changes: Airing format: This season aired four to five episodes per three-day cycle, compared to the two episodes per cycle schedule of previous seasons. Cabin Guard: Voted out players became Cabin Guards, who lived at the Negotiation Cabin (as seen in all seasons since the 2012 VIP season), where representatives from each tribe met to broker deals, such as allocating resources or picking contestants to switch tribes. If the deliberating contestants could not come to a conclusion in the allotted time, the Cabin Guard who had been there the longest would make the decision for them. Duels: There were three types of duels involving the Cabin Guards, of which the first two were similar to the zombie's duels from season seven, Survivor: Honduras. Vote duel: Immediately after each tribal immunity challenge, the losing tribe's Cabin Guard would challenge one of the tribe members to a duel. If the Cabin Guard won the duel, they voted in the duel loser's stead at the upcoming Tribal Council, and had the power to summon one member of the losing tribe to the Cabin to strategize for the vote. If the Cabin Guard lost the duel, they exited the game. After the merge, these duels occurred immediately before the immunity challenge. Cabin Guard duel: If the Cabin Guard won the vote duel, they duelled the player voted out at the next Tribal Council for the right to remain the Cabin Guard. At two predetermined points, winners of these duels returned to the game. Reward duel: After the merge, one tribe member competed in a duel against the Cabin Guard. If the player won the duel, one of their tribemates received a video call from a loved one. If the Cabin Guard won two consecutive duels, they would immediately return to the game. These duels were held in lieu of the veto challenges seen in all seasons since the second season, Survivor: Pearl Islands. Popularity ratings: Contestants regularly ranked their tribemates throughout the game. On the first day, players ranked the others; the nine most popular players formed the Kapre tribe, while the remaining nine formed the Anting Anting tribe. Before each reward challenge, players ranked their tribemates. Before the merge, the player from each tribe with the lowest rating was unable to enjoy the reward should their tribe win the challenge, and were unable to compete in the individual immunity challenge should their tribe lose the tribal immunity challenge. After the merge, the player with the lowest rating was unable to compete in the reward challenge. Penalty vote: After the merge, the contestant who placed last in the immunity challenge received a penalty vote at that night's Tribal Council. This was similar to the veto challenge penalty votes from the 2012 VIP season.
Contestants
+List of Survivor: VIP contestantsContestantOriginal tribePost-Cabin swapPost-mutinySwitched tribeMerged tribeMain gameCabin Guard48, Tel AvivTelevision presenter, Big Brother 3 60, Ramat HaSharonSinger48, Ramat GanActor49, HaderaJournalist, politician 20, AfulaMiss Israel 201818, Hod HaSharonSinger, actress45, Bat YamActivistReturned to game70, Ramat GanDancer, choreographer32, Petah TikvaBeauty and the Geek 2 winnerrowspan="12" 42, HaifaFormer basketball playerReturned to game39, RehovotSinger, The Amazing Race 6Returned to game22, Tel AvivModel47, Kfar SabaComedian29, Ra'ananaActress, model, Big Brother 230, NetanyaOlympic judo bronze medalist40, Tel AvivSinger, Survivor: Pearl Islands29, Tel AvivBig Brother 9 winner37, Petah TikvaFormer footballer
Season summary +Pre-merge challenge winners and eliminations by cycleEpisode(s)Original air date(s)Challenge winner(s)Vote duelVoted outFinishCabin Guard duel Reward Tribalimmunity Individualimmunity Winner Loser Winner Loser1 & 2May 2 & 5, 2020colspan="2" NoneQuitDay 1None2 & 3May 5 & 9, 2020None1st voted outDay 3None4, 5 & 6May 12, 16 &19, 2020rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Nonerowspan="2" 2nd voted outDay 6None7, 8,9 & 10May 23, 26,27 & 30, 2020QuitDay 9None11, 12,13 & 14June 2, 6,9 & 13, 2020rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 3rd voted outDay 12rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 15, 16,17 & 18June 14, 15,16 & 17, 20204th voted outDay 15None19, 20, 21,22 & 23June 20, 21, 22,23 & 27, 2020rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 5th voted outDay 18rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 24, 25,26 & 27June 28, 29, 30,& July 4, 20206th voted outDay 21None28, 29 & 30 July 5, 7 & 8, 2020rowspan="2" colspan="2" rowspan="2" Nonerowspan="2" 7th voted outDay 22 rowspan="2"
+Post-merge challenge winners and eliminations by cycleEpisode(s)Original air date(s)Challenge winner(s)Reward duelVote duelVoted outFinishCabin Guard duel Reward Immunity Winner Loser Winner Loser Winner Loser31, 33 & 34July 11, 14 & 15, 2020rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 8th voted outDay 24rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 35, 36,37 & 38July 18, 19,21 & 22, 20209th voted outDay 26None39, 40, 41,42 & 43July 25, 26, 28,August 1 & 2, 202010th voted outDay 28None44, 45, 46,47 & 48August 4, 8, 9,11 & 12, 2020SurvivorAuction11th voted outDay 30 49, 50,51 & 52 August 15, 16,18 & 22, 2020 None12th voted outDay 32None53August 23, 2020None13th voted outDay 32 54, 55, 56,57 & 58August 25, 29, 31,September 1 & 2, 2020None14th voted outDay 3459, 60 & 61September 5, 8 & 12, 2020None15th voted outDay 3762September 13, 2020Jury vote2nd runner-upRunner-upSole Survivor
Voting history Original tribesPost-Cabin swapPost-mutinySwitched tribesMerged tribeEpisode #2361014182327293438434752535761Day #1369121518212224262830323437Eliminatedcolspan="2" colspan="2" Votescolspan="2" colspan="2" VoterVote align="left" colspan="2" align="left" colspan="2" align="left" colspan="2" align="left" colspan="2" align="left" colspan="2" Regevcolspan="2" align="left" colspan="2" align="left" Idocolspan="2" align="left" align="left" align="left" colspan="2" colspan="2" align="left" colspan="2" align="left" colspan="2" colspan="3" align="left" Semioncolspan="3" align="left" colspan=4 align="left" colspan=4 align="left" colspan=5 align="left" NikolLitalcolspan=5 align="left" colspan="5" align="left" BennyBennyYardenBennyIsraelBenny
Jury vote Episode #62 Day #37 Finalist Votescolspan="4" JurorVote align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left"
Jury revote Episode #62 Day #Finale Finalist Votescolspan="2" JurorVotealign="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left"
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