Survivor România 2020 is the first season of Survivor România, a Romanian television series based on the popular reality game show Survivor. The season featured 20 contestants divided into two tribes: "Faimoșii", composed of ten high-achievers who excelled in their fields, and "Războinicii", composed of ten everyday Romanians.

The season premiered on 18 January 2020, and concluded on 30 May 2020, where Elena Ionescu was named the winner over Emanuel Neagu, Iancu Sterp and Lola Crudu, winning the grand prize of 250.000 lei and title of Sole Survivor.

It was the first season to air on Kanal D and be hosted by Dan Cruceru, and was filmed in La Romana, Dominican Republic from January to May 2020.

Contestants

Faimoșii tribe include a former elite gymnast, Asiana Peng, a former FCSB player, Mihai Onicaș and a professional boxer, Cezar Juratoni. Războinicii tribe include Ultimul trib contestant, Lola Crudu, Îmi place dansul finalist, Emanuel Neagu, Vocea României, X Factor România and Ninja Warrior România contestant, Andrei Ciobanu and Insula Iubirii tempter, Andi Constantin. Ioana Filimon, Miss Romania 2016 was originally cast but she dropped out before the game began due to a medical emergency. Filimon was replaced by former Mandinga member, Elena Ionescu.

During the game, nine new contestants joined the remaining original contestants.

+List of Survivor Romania 2020 contestantsContestantAgeFromOccupation Tribe FinishOriginal None Placement DayAugustin Viziru39BucharestActorMedically evacuatedDay 435Ungheni, MoldovaJournalist1st Voted OutDay 8Claudia "Ruby" Grigore31Medgidia, ConstanțaDance-pop singer2nd Voted OutDay 1527 BucharestFitness instructorQuitDay 1822Brașov, BrașovHip-hop and rap singer3rd Voted OutDay 2240BucharestModel4th Voted OutDay 2524BucharestTennis playerMedically evacuatedDay 2926Bacău, BacăuMMA fighterEjectedDay 3228Beclean, Bistrița-NăsăudCleaner5th Voted OutDay 3224Baia Mare, MaramureșFitness instructorMedically evacuatedDay 3941BucharestPilot6th Voted OutDay 3930BucharestRugby player7th Voted OutDay 4628Băicoi, PrahovaFitness model8th Voted OutDay 5333Buzău, BuzăuTheater actress9th Voted OutDay 6727BucharestRestaurant manager10th Voted OutDay 74Sonny Flame33Ploiești, PrahovaSinger11th Voted OutDay 8130Cluj-Napoca, ClujFootballer12th Voted OutDay 8823BucharestFitness instructor13th Voted OutDay 9520Deva, HunedoaraFormer elite gymnast14th Voted OutDay 10024Craiova, DoljStudent15th Voted OutDay 10229Bacău, BacăuMusic teacher16th Voted OutDay 10730Reșița, Caraș-SeverinAccountantrowspan="8" 17th Voted OutDay 114Ghiță Balmuș27Arad, AradBasketballer18th Voted OutDay 11621BucharestTrapper19th Voted OutDay 12731Deva, HunedoaraProfessional boxer20th Voted OutDay 12833Chișinău, MoldovaFitness instructor and insurance agent3rd Runner-upDay 13221Tuștea, HunedoaraStudent2nd Runner-upDay 13223Cocorăștii Colț, PrahovaDancerRunner-upDay 132Elena Ionescu32 Caracal, OltPop singerSole SurvivorDay 132

Future appearances Ana Maria Pal, Andrei Ciobanu, Lola Crudu, Iancu Sterp and Elena Ionescu competed on Survivor România All Stars.

International appearances Emanuel Neagu and Emy Alupei competed on MTV's The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies. In the summer of 2023, Neagu competed on MTV's The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion. He became the sole winner of the season.

Season summary Nomination mechanism The tribe(s) attend Tribal Council to nominate a certain number of players. Cycle 1 - Cycle 4: There was only one Tribal Immunity Challenge, the losing tribe would have three nominees, one by vote and two chosen by the Individual Immunity winners. Cycle 5 - Cycle 16: Two Tribal Immunity Challenges are performed, after each challenge the losing tribe must attend Tribal Council and nominate one of its members by vote. If a tribe wins both challenges, the losing tribe must attend the Tribal Council and two of its members will be nominated, but if each tribe wins a challenge, then both tribes will have one nominees. Also, Individual Immunity Challenge are no more. Episode(s)Challenge winner(s)Nominated(vote)Eliminated(public vote)Finish No. Original air date RewardTribalimmunityIndividualimmunity 1–5January 18 – 21, 2020January 25, 2020rowspan="4" rowspan="4" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" EvacuatedDay 4rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 1st voted outDay 86-9January 26 – 29, 2020February 1, 2020rowspan="3" rowspan="3"rowspan="3" 2nd voted outDay 15rowspan="2" 10-13February 2–4, 2020February 8, 2020rowspan="3" rowspan="3" QuitDay 18rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 3rd voted outDay 22 14–16February 9 – 11, 2020rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 4th voted outDay 25rowspan="2" 17–20February 15 – 18, 2020NoneEvacuatedDay 29rowspan="2"rowspan="2"EjectedDay 32 5th voted outDay 3221-24February 22 – 25, 2020EvacuatedDay 39 6th voted outDay 3925-28February 29 – March 3, 2020rowspan="2" 7th voted outDay 4629-32March 7 – 10, 2020rowspan="2" 8th voted outDay 5333-36March 14 – 17, 2020NoneNo elimination on Cycle 937-40March 21 – 24, 2020rowspan="2" 9th voted outDay 6741-44March 28 – 31, 2020rowspan="2" 10th voted outDay 7445-48April 4 – 7, 2020rowspan="2" 11th voted outDay 8149-52April 11–14, 2020rowspan="2" 12th voted outDay 8853-56April 18 – 21, 2020rowspan="2" 13th voted outDay 9557-60April 25–28, 2020Nonerowspan="2" 14th voted outDay 100 colspan="2" rowspan="2" 15th voted outDay 102None61-64May 2 – 4, 2020colspan="2" rowspan="2" 16th voted outDay 108colspan="2" None No elimination on episode 63 and episode 64due to individual phase of the game65-68May 9 – 12, 2020None rowspan="2" 17th voted outDay 114rowspan="2"18th voted outDay 11669-72May 23 – 26, 2020rowspan="2" No elimination on Cycle 1873-74May 23 – 26, 2020Nonerowspan="2" rowspan="2" 19th voted outDay 12720th voted outDay 12975May 30, 2020Public votePublic vote3rd runner-up2nd runner-upRunner-upSole Survivor

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