Survivor România 2021 is the second season of Survivor România, a Romanian television series based on the popular reality game show Survivor. The season featured 24 contestants divided into two tribes: "Faimoșii", composed of twelve high-achievers who excelled in their fields, and "Războinicii", composed of twelve everyday Romanians.
The season premiered on 9 January 2021, and concluded on 10 July 2021, where Edmond Zannidache was named the winner over Andrei Dascălu winning the grand prize of 250.000 lei and title of Sole Survivor. It was the second season to air on Kanal D and was filmed in La Romana, Dominican Republic from January to July 2021, lasting over 180 days - the longest Romanian edition of Survivor to date.
This season brought in ratings above the average for the Kanal D station. The first episode, which aired in January, attracted over 2.4 million viewers nationwide. The finale had an audience of over 1.7 million viewers.
Production This season was officially announced by Kanal D on November 13, 2020, with the applications being open immediately. On 29 December 2020, Dan Cruceru announced he would be stepping down as presenter after one season. Citing his reasons for leaving, Cruceru said flying back and forth to Dominican Republic "conflicted with [his] new projects" On 6 January, it was announced that former television presenter and swimmer Daniel Pavel would be his replacement.
Broadcast The show airs on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 8:30 pm.
Nomination mechanism and public vote In this season, the nominations for the elimination can be from both tribes in each week. The TV viewers decide who will be eliminated. For the first time in the show, TV viewers can vote for their favourite player. The Most Popular player by the public vote will have immunity and has the chance to nominee another contestant for elimination. In addition, in this season, the public was able to decide the reward that the tribe who wins the Reward Challenge would receive.
Contestants
Faimoșii tribe include a kickboxer, Cătălin Moroșanu, who holds the record for longest winning streak in SUPERKOMBAT history with 17 consecutive wins and international singer-songwriter, Alexandra Stan who made her worldwide breakthrough with the 2010 single "Mr. Saxobeat"
Former artistic gymnast, Ana Porgras and Sindy Szász dropped out before the game began. Porgras was replaced by dancer Elena Marin and Szász by singer Mellina Dumitru. Porgras eventually returned on Day 26 and Szász on Day 48.
During the game, seventeen new contestants joined the remaining original contestants.
On Week 20, the thirteen remaining players merged but despite living on the same beach, tribes would still be split, competing against each other in challenges and fending for themselves, in a similar vein to the One World twist from the American version. The individual phase of the game occurred with 6 players left. +List of Survivor Romania 2021 contestantsContestantAgeFromOccupation Tribe FinishOriginal Post-Swap None Placement DayLucian Barbu33Bacău, BacăuSwimming teacherMedically evacuatedDay 9Cristina Andreea "Amna" Frunzăreanu36Slatina, OltDance-pop singer1st Voted OutDay 9Costi Ioniță43Constanța, ConstanțaRecord producer2nd Voted OutDay 16Andreea Moșneagu31Suceava, SuceavaBorder police officer3rd Voted OutDay 23Giorgiana Lupu24Bacău, BacăuAthlete4th Voted OutDay 31Mihaela Berteanu 24Brașov, BrașovGuidance counselor5th Voted OutDay 38Marilena Ciucurean26Vatra Dornei, SuceavaFitness instructorQuitDay 42Alexandra Stan31Constanța, ConstanțaInternational singer & songwriterMedically evacuatedDay 42Alin Sălăjean35Câmpia Turzii, ClujEvent presenterMedically evacuatedDay 43Simona Hapciuc31BucharestActress6th Voted OutDay 45Roxana Ghiță22BucharestFitness instructorMedically evacuatedDay 49Majda Aboulumosha33Ploiești, PrahovaActress7th Voted OutDay 52Musty Camara39BucharestSound engineer8th Voted OutDay 59Romina Géczi35Timișoara, TimişMassage therapist9th Voted OutDay 66Andreea Antonescu 38Galaţi, Galaţi Singer10th Voted OutDay 73Roxana Nemeș31Târgu Mureș, MureșSingerMedically evacuatedDay 80Maria Hîngu25Gologanu, VranceaAssistant manager11th Voted OutDay 80 Ana Porgras27Galați, GalațiFormer elite gymnast12th Voted OutDay 87Mellina Dumitru34BucharestSinger 13th Voted OutDay 94Cătălin Moroșanu36Cotnari, IașiKickboxerMedically evacuatedDay 98Vera Miron 34Brașov, BrașovFitness instructor14th Voted OutDay 101Ionuț "Jador" Dumitrache26Parincea, BacăuManele music singerMedically evacuatedDay 105Starlin Belén Medina37Medgidia, ConstanțaZumba instructor15th Voted OutDay 108Szidónia "Sindy" Szász 26Braşov, BraşovMassage technician16th Voted OutDay 115Irina "Irisha" Ceban 33Chişinău, MoldovaFashion model17th Voted OutDay 122Sorin Pușcașu30Ploiești, PrahovaMarketing directorMedically evacuated Day 127Bogdan Urucu 32Piteşti, ArgeșTraffic policeman 18th Voted OutDay 129Horațiu-Adrian "Cucu" Cuc27Topa de Criș, BihorMusician and vlogger19th Voted OutDay 136Culiță Sterp28Tuștea, HunedoaraManele music singerQuitDay 141Andreea Lodbă25Iaşi, IaşiActress20th Voted outDay 143Adelina Damian28Galați, GalațiEvent singer21st Voted OutDay 150Raluca Dumitru34BucharestFormer TV assistant22nd Voted OutDay 157Cosmin Stanciu34Cluj-Napoca, ClujKarate championMedically evacuated Day 161Ştefan Ciuculescu27BucharestFormer footballer23rd Voted OutDay 164 Sebastian Chitoșcă28Piatra Neamț, NeamțFormer footballer24th Voted OutDay 171Albert Oprea24BucharestEntrepreneurrowspan="6" 25th Voted OutDay 178Elena Marin33BucharestDancer26th Voted OutDay 183Maria Chițu20Câmpina, PrahovaStudent27th Voted OutDay 184Marius Crăciun 25Piteşti, ArgeșMarketing manager28th Voted OutDay 185Andrei Dascălu 23Constanța, ConstanțaBoxerRunner-UpDay 185Edmond Zannidache22BucharestTrapperSole SurvivorDay 185
Future appearances Roxana Nemeș, Ana Porgras, Cătălin Moroșanu, Ionuț "Jador" Dumitrache, Sorin Pușcașu, Elena Marin, Maria Chițu and Edmond Zannidache competed on Survivor România All Stars. Zannidache returned on Season 4 to serve as a mentor alongside Alex Delea, Elena Chiriac and Oana Ciocan.
Season summary +Challenge winners and eliminations by cycleEpisode(s)Challenge winner(s)Nominated (vote)Eliminated (public vote)Finish No. Original air date RewardTribal immunityPlayer of the Week (public vote) 1-7January 9–10, 2021January 13–17, 2021rowspan="3" rowspan="3"rowspan="2" rowspan="3" EvacuatedDay 9rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 1st voted outDay 9 8-11January 21–24, 2021rowspan="2" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 2nd voted outDay 16 12-15January 28–31, 2021rowspan="2" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 3rd voted outDay 2316-19February 4–7, 2021rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="4" 4th voted outDay 31rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 20-23February 11–14, 2021rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 5th voted outDay 38 24-27February 18–21, 2021rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="4" rowspan="2" Quit Day 39Evacuated Day 40rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Evacuated Day 426th voted out Day 45 28-31February 25–28, 2021rowspan="3" EvacuatedDay 49rowspan="2"rowspan="2" 7th voted outDay 52 32-35March 4–7, 2021rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="4" 8th voted outDay 59rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2" 36-39March 11–14, 2021 rowspan="2" rowspan="2"rowspan="4" 9th voted outDay 66rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 40-43March 18–21, 2021rowspan="2" rowspan="2"rowspan="4" 10th voted outDay 73rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2" 44-47March 25–28, 2021rowspan="2" rowspan="3"rowspan="2" EvacuatedDay 80 11th voted outDay 80 48-51April 1–4, 2021rowspan="2"rowspan="2" rowspan="4" 12th voted outDay 87rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2" 52-55April 8–11, 2021rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="4" 13th voted outDay 94rowspan="2"rowspan="2" 56-59April 15–18, 2021rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2" rowspan="2" EvacuatedDay 95rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2" 14th voted outDay 101 60-63April 22–25, 2021rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="3" rowspan="2" EvacuatedDay 104 15th voted outDay 108 64-67April 29 - May 2, 2021rowspan="2" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 16th voted outDay 115 68-71May 6–9, 2021rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="4" 17th voted outDay 122rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2" 72-75May 13–16, 2021rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="1" rowspan="2" EvacuatedDay 127rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 18th Voted OutDay 129 76-79May 20–23, 2021rowspan="2"rowspan="3"rowspan="3" 19th voted outDay 136 80-83May 27–30, 2021rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2" QuitDay 141rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2" 20th voted outDay 143 84-87June 3–6, 2021rowspan="2"rowspan="3"rowspan="3" 21st voted outDay 150 88-91June 10–13, 2021rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="4" 22nd voted outDay 157rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2" 92-95June 17–20, 2021rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2" EvacuatedDay 161rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2"rowspan="2" 23rd voted outDay 164 96-99June 24–27, 2021rowspan="2"rowspan="3" rowspan="2" rowspan="3" 24th voted outDay 171 100-103July 1–4, 2021rowspan="3" Nonerowspan="3" 25th voted outDay 178104-106July 8–10, 2021 None26th voted outDay 183 27th voted outDay 184 28th voted outDay 185Public votePublic voteRunner-upSole Survivor
Voting history