Survivor 46 is the forty-sixth season of the American competitive reality television series Survivor. It premiered on February 28, 2024, on CBS in the United States, and was the fourteenth consecutive season to be filmed in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji.
The season ended on May 22, 2024, when Kenzie Petty was crowned the winner, defeating Charlie Davis and Ben Katzman in a 5–3–0 jury vote.
Format
Survivor is a reality television show based on the Swedish show Expedition Robinson, created by Mark Burnett and Charlie Parsons. The series follows a number of participants isolated in a remote location, where they must provide food, fire, and shelter. One by one, a participant is removed from the series by majority vote, with challenges held to give a reward (ranging from living- and food-related prizes to a car) and immunity from being voted out of the series. The last remaining player receives a prize of $1,000,000.
Contestants
The cast of 18 contestants was announced on February 5, 2024. Notable castaways this season include former BET on-air personality Tiffany Nicole (also known as Tiffany Ervin). +List of Survivor 46 contestants Contestant Age From Tribe Finish Original None Merged Placement Day 21 Las Vegas,Nevada rowspan="2" 1st voted out Day 3 37 San Francisco,California 2nd voted out Day 5 40 Orlando,Florida Medicallyevacuated Day 7 40 Acton,Massachusetts 3rd voted out Day 9 31 Chicago,Illinois rowspan="3" 4th voted out Day 11 28 San Diego,California rowspan="13" 5th voted out Day 13 30 Atlanta,Georgia rowspan="12" 6th voted out Day 14 27 ,New Jersey rowspan="3" 7th voted out1st jury member 24 Richmond,Virginia 8th voted out Day 16 27 French Camp,Mississippi 9th voted out Day 17 32 Elizabeth,New Jersey 10th voted out Day 19 24 Toronto,Ontario 11th voted out Day 21 29 Senatobia,Mississippi 12th voted out Day 23 47 Dallas,Texas 13th voted out Day 24 35 Orlando,Florida Eliminated8th jury member Day 25 31 Miami,Florida rowspan="2" 2nd runner-up Day 26 25 Boston,Massachusetts Runner-up 28 Charlotte,North Carolina Sole Survivor
Future appearances Q Burdette, Charlie Davis, and Tiffany Nicole Ervin returned to compete on Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans.
Outside of Survivor, Venus Vafa competed on the third season of The Traitors Canada. In 2027, Burdette competed on the sixth season of The Traitors.
Season summary
Eighteen new castaways were divided into three tribes of six: Nami, Siga, and Yanu. Yanu fared the worst in challenges, leaving only Kenzie, Tiffany, and Q. Siga was spearheaded by a strong alliance and friendship of Charlie and Maria, who eliminated Jem with an idol in her pocket. Nami went undefeated in challenges, but the mistrust throughout the tribe hindered their ability to stay united.
Before the merge, Hunter, Tim and Q met together on a journey and decided to join forces at the merge, with each of the men choosing an ally from their tribe (Tevin, Maria, and Tiffany, respectively) to join them and form a majority, called the 6. However, Maria defected from them, joining Charlie and the others in eliminating the 6 and other major threats (including Hunter, Tiffany, Venus, and Q also getting voted out with idols.)
At the final six, Charlie and Maria turned on each other. Charlie prevailed, and he, Kenzie and Ben made it to the final three. Kenzie was praised for her social game while Charlie was commended for his strategic prowess. In the end, Kenzie won in a 5–3–0 vote over Charlie and Ben, respectively.
+Survivor 46 season summary Episode Challenge winner(s)Journey Eliminated No. Title Air date Reward Immunity Tribe Player 1 "This is Where the Legends Are Made" February 28, 2024 rowspan="3" rowspan="2" rowspan="3" Jelinsky 2 "Scorpio Energy" March 6, 2024 colspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Jess colspan="2" 3 "Wackadoodles Win" March 13, 2024 rowspan="2" colspan="2" rowspan="3" Randen colspan="2" 4 "Don't Touch the Oven" March 20, 2024 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Bhanu 5 "Tiki Man" March 27, 2024 rowspan="2"colspan="2" rowspan="3" Jem colspan="2" 6 "Cancel Christmas" April 3, 2024 Ben, Hunter, Kenzie,Q, Tevin, Tim[Tiffany]rowspan="10" Moriah 7 "Episode Several" April 10, 2024 Maria[Charlie, Liz,Soda, Tevin,Venus] Kenzie rowspan="9" Tim Maria Soda 8 "Hide 'N Seek" April 17, 2024 rowspan="2" Hunter Tevin 9 "Spicy Jeff" April 24, 2024 Charlie Hunter 10 "Run the Red Light" May 1, 2024 Q[Kenzie, Maria,Tiffany] Charlie Tiffany 11 "My Messy, Sweet Little Friend" May 8, 2024 Maria[Ben, Q] Maria Venus 12 "Mamma Bear" May 15, 2024 Charlie[Kenzie, Liz] Maria Q 13 "Friends Going to War" May 22, 2024 Kenzie[Ben] Kenzie Maria Ben[Charlie] Liz
Episodes
Voting history +Survivor 46 voting history Original tribes No tribes Merged tribe Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Day 3 5 7 9 11 13 14 16 17 19 21 23 24 25 Tribe colspan="2" colspan=2 Eliminated Jelinsky Jess Randen Bhanu Jem Moriah Tim Soda Tevin Hunter Tiffany Venus Q Maria Liz Votes 5–0 4–1 Evacuated 3–0 4–2 10–1 4–2 4–2 8–2 4–4–1 6–1 5–3 4–2 4–1 Voter Vote Challenge Kenzie Jelinsky Jess Bhanu Moriah Tim Tevin Q Hunter Q Venus Q Maria Charlie Jem Venus Soda Tevin Hunter Hunter Tiffany Venus Q Maria Ben colspan="2" Moriah Hunter Tevin Hunter Hunter Tiffany Kenzie Q Maria Liz Moriah Soda Tevin Q Q Tiffany Venus Q Maria Maria Jem Jem Moriah Soda Tevin Hunter Hunter Tiffany Venus Charlie Ben Q Jelinsky Jess Bhanu Moriah Tim Tevin Ben Tiffany Venus Charlie Venus Moriah Soda Tevin Q Hunter Q Q Tiffany Jelinsky Jess Bhanu Moriah Tim Tevin Hunter Hunter Q Hunter Tim Venus Q Tevin Moriah Venus Venus Soda Moriah Venus Tim Jem Moriah Hunter Moriah Ben Jem Ben Bhanu Jelinsky Jess RandenEvacuated Jess Jelinsky Bhanu Jelinsky
Jury vote Episode 13 Day 26 Finalist Kenzie Charlie Ben Votes 5–3–0 Juror Vote Liz Maria Q Venus Tiffany Hunter Tevin Soda Notes
Production
On February 21, 2023, CBS renewed Survivor for the 2023–24 television season. Although the initial announcement explicitly confirmed the forty-fifth season, a forty-sixth season was expected because the program regularly filmed two seasons consecutively. CBS formally confirmed Survivor 46 when it announced the network's 2024 schedule and a February 28 premiere date.
The season was filmed from June 3 through June 28, 2023, in the Mamanuca Islands of Fiji, making it the fourteenth consecutive season filmed there. It retained the 26-day format introduced in season 41, with 18 contestants initially divided among three tribes.
CBS retained the 90-minute episode format introduced during the previous season. The premiere and second episode were each scheduled for two hours, followed by 90-minute episodes for the remainder of the season.
Unlike the preceding season, the production team filmed Survivor 46 without confirmation that its episodes would receive the extended runtime. Host and executive producer Jeff Probst said that the crew kept the possibility of 90-minute episodes in mind during filming but did not have the resources to produce the season specifically for that length. During post-production, editors used additional contestant interviews and smaller character moments to expand the episodes. Probst separately stated that producers had anticipated the possibility of retaining the longer format and considered opportunities for additional material throughout filming.
Reception Survivor 46 received mostly positive reviews. Praise was given to the cast and the abundance of stand-out moments during the season but the season was also criticised for its disproportionate editing, particularly during the pre-merge. Entertainment Weekly'''s Dalton Ross ranked the season 21st out of 46, praising the season's strong cast and presence of drama and rivalries that had been missing from recent seasons. Nick Caruso of TVLine'' ranked this season 19th out of 47.
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