Survivor: The Caribbean Islands (Israeli season)

Survivor: The Caribbean Islands (Hebrew: הישרדות האיים הקריביים, romanized: Hisardut HaAiim HaKaribiim) is the first season of the Israeli edition of Survivor. Based on the popular reality game show Survivor, the series was shot between June and July, 2007, in Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic. It was produced by Reyif HeMeiri production company, with an approximated budget of $5,000,000. It is broadcast on the Channel 10.

Survivor: The Caribbean Islands
Season 1
Survivor: The Caribbean Logo
Presented byGuy Zu-Aretz
No. of days52
No. of castaways20
WinnerNaama Kasry
LocationLos Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic
No. of episodes36
Release
Original releaseDecember 15, 2007 (2007-12-15) 
May 17, 2008 (2008-05-17)
Additional information
Filming datesJune 
July, 2007
Season chronology

The Sole Survivor was Naama Kasry, who defeated Noam Tor and Dan Mano in the final Tribal Council by a 5-4-0 vote. Naama received the grand prize of 1,000,000 ₪ prize: 645,000 in cash and an off-road car. Tor was named the audience's favorite player after winning a public vote.

Format changes

Although the main format is the same, this season introduced several notable differences from the American version of Survivor:

  • Filming length: This season was filmed over 52 days, compared to the 39-day length of most American seasons.
  • Airing format: This season aired twice a week, compared to the once-weekly airing schedule of the American version. The American version largely produces one episode for every three days, culminating in an elimination; this season had 36 episodes, with two episodes for every three days. The first episode of the week featured the Reward and Immunity Challenges, while the second featured the Double-Power Challenge, Island of the Dead battle and Tribal Council. On two occasions, the Tribal council wasn't aired during the week's second episode, but instead at the start of the next week's first episode.
  • Double-Power Challenge: A new type of individual challenge typically played the day after the Immunity Challenge. Before the merge, the challenge was competed by the members of the tribe that lost the previous day's immunity challenge, and the winner earned either a second vote at that night's Tribal Council (episodes 1–9) or individual immunity (episodes 10–15). After the merge, all contestants competed in the Double-Power challenge, and the winner received either the power to block two contestants from voting at that night's Tribal Council (episodes 16–19) or the ability to cast a second vote at Tribal Council (episode 20 onward).
  • Island of the Dead: A secluded area where voted out contestants competed against each other in duels to remain in the game. When only three contestants remained in the main game, the winner of the final Island of the Dead duel returned to the game. This twist has been used in other international versions of Survivor, and later appeared in the American version as Redemption Island.
  • Endgame: The final four castaways competed in two immunity challenges to determine two of the three finalists. The jury and the two immune finalists then voted between the two remaining castaways to determine the third finalist. The votes were cast during the final day of filming in the Dominican Republic, and the votes were read shortly thereafter in a fortification next to Herzliya. The newly completed jury then interrogated the finalists but, unlike the American version, did not cast their ballots at the conclusion of the final Tribal Council. Instead, votes were cast months later during the live reunion at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv, and read immediately afterward.

Contestants

Contestant Original tribe Merged tribe Main game[lower-alpha 1] Island of the Dead
Maya Elharar
29, Tirat Carmel
Sabana 1st voted out
Day 3
Lost duel 1
Day 7
Yoav Behr
33, Ramat HaSharon
Sabana 2nd voted out
Day 6
Lost duel 2
Day 10
Omer Giladi
25, Caesarea
Jibaro 3rd voted out
Day 9
Lost duel 4
Day 16
Elisheva "Tina" Berkovich
57, Ein Hod
Sabana 4th voted out
Day 12
Lost duel 3
Day 13
Vika Finkelstein
25, Sderot
Jibaro 5th voted out
Day 15
Lost duel 6
Day 22
Sivan Shitrit
25, Tel Aviv
Jibaro 6th voted out
Day 18
Lost duel 5
Day 19
Noam Tor
Returned to game
Jibaro 7th voted out
Day 21
Returnee
Day 49
Muli Karacho
25, Alfei Menashe
Sabana 8th voted out
Day 21
Lost duel 6
Day 22
Alex Metz
47, Karnei Shomron
Jibaro 9th voted out
Day 24
Lost duel 7
Day 25
Moshe "Moshik" Lipetz
47, Savyon
Sabana Taino 10th voted out
Day 28
Lost duel 8
1st jury member
Day 29
Vera Lichtes
27, Tel Aviv
Sabana 11th voted out
Day 31
Lost duel 9
2nd jury member
Day 32
Guy Zilberman
29, Ramat Gan
Sabana 12th voted out
Day 34
Lost duel 10
3rd jury member
Day 35
Liya Gil
32, Ashkelon
Sabana 13th voted out
Day 37
Lost duel 11
4th jury member
Day 38
Idan Kapon
30, Haifa
Sabana 14th voted out
Day 40
Lost duel 12
5th jury member
Day 41
Shahar Raz
28, Shittim
Sabana 15th voted out
Day 43
Lost duel 13
6th jury member
Day 44
Yael Tzafrir
32, Tel Aviv
Jibaro 16th voted out
Day 45
Lost duel 14
7th jury member
Day 46
Moshe Dan
23, Holon
Jibaro 17th voted out
Day 47
Lost duel 15
8th jury member
Day 49
Marina Kabisher
24, Tel Aviv
Jibaro 18th voted out
9th jury member
Day 52
Dan Mano
29, Haifa
Jibaro 2nd runner-up
Noam Tor
24, Hofit
Jibaro Runner-up
Naama Kasry
29, Karmiel
Jibaro Sole Survivor
  1. Elimination order is based on when the contestant was voted out at Tribal Council.

Future appearances

Dan Mano, Idan Kapon and Marina Kabisher returned for Survivor: Fans vs. Survivors. Naama Kasry returned for the 2019 season of Survivor: VIP. Liya Gil returned for the 2021 season of Survivor: VIP.

Season summary

Challenge winners and eliminations by cycle
Episodes Island of the Dead Challenges Eliminated Finish
No. Original air date Winner Eliminated Reward Immunity Double
Power
1 December 15, 2007 None Jibaro Idan Maya 1st voted out
Day 3
2 & 3 December 22 & 23, 2007 None Sabana Jibaro Tina Yoav 2nd voted out
Day 6
4 & 5 December 26 & 29, 2007 Yoav Maya Sabana Sabana Dan Omer 3rd voted out
Day 9
6 & 7 January 2 & 5, 2008 Omer Yoav Jibaro Jibaro Moshik Tina 4th voted out
Day 12
8 & 9 January 9 & 12, 2008 Omer Tina Sabana Sabana Dan Vika 5th voted out
Day 15
10 & 11 January 16 & 19, 2008 Vika Omer Jibaro Sabana Yael Sivan 6th voted out
Day 18
12, 13
& 14
January 23, 26 & 30, 2008 Vika Sivan Liya,
Marina,
Naama,
Shahar,
Vera,
Yael[lower-alpha 1]
Dan,[lower-alpha 2]
Liya,
Marina,
Naama,
Shahar,
Vera,
Yael
Moshik Noam 7th voted out
Day 21
Muli 8th voted out
Day 21
14 & 15 January 30 &
February 2, 2008
Noam Vika Sabana Sabana Yael Alex 9th voted out
Day 24
Muli
16 & 17 February 6 & 9, 2008 Noam Alex None Dan Marina Moshik 10th voted out
Day 28
18 & 19 February 13 & 16, 2008 Noam Moshik Dan,
Guy
[Liya]
Guy Dan Vera 11th voted out
Day 31
20 & 21 February 20 & 23, 2008 Noam Vera Idan,
Liya
Yael Dan Guy 12th voted out
Day 34
22, 23
& 24
February 27,
March 1 & 4, 2008
Noam Guy Naama Marina Dan
[Marina][lower-alpha 3]
Liya 13th voted out
Day 37
24 & 25 March 4 & 8, 2008 Noam Liya Survivor
Auction
Dan Shahar Idan 14th voted out
Day 40
26 & 27 March 11 & 15, 2008 Noam Idan Dan Marina Dan Shahar 15th voted out
Day 43
28 & 29 March 18 & 22, 2008 Noam Shahar Dan Marina Dan Yael 16th voted out
Day 45
30 & 31 March 29 &
April 5, 2008
Noam Yael Dan
[Naama]
Dan Dan Moshe 17th voted out
Day 47
32, 33,
34, 35
& 36
April 12 & 27,
May 3, 10 & 17, 2008
Noam[lower-alpha 4] Moshe None Dan None Marina 18th voted out
9th jury member
Day 52
Noam
[Naama][lower-alpha 5]
36 May 17, 2008 Jury vote
Dan 2nd runner-up
Noam Runner-up
Naama Sole Survivor
  1. The castaways were divided into teams by gender, but retained their original tribal affiliations.
  2. As there were eight men to six women, Dan, as the man with the most individual challenge wins, was moved to the women's team.
  3. The first round of the challenge was competed in pairs, while the second was between the members of the winning pair; Dan won the second round, but Marina also received an additional reward.
  4. Returned to game upon winning final Island of the Dead duel.
  5. At Tribal Council, Noam gave immunity to Naama.

Survivor Auction

Contestants Item(s)
Dan Hamburger and French fries
Idan A bowl of sand (Mystery item)
Marina Chinese mind game, a big plate of food (Hamburger and Fries, Falafel, Lemonade and an Apple) (Mystery item)
Moshe Nothing
Naama Falafel and Tachina, Cold Lemonade, MP3 Player
Shahar Nothing
Yael Apple

Voting history

Original tribes Merged tribe
Episode 1 3 5 7 9 11 14 15 17 19 21 24 25 27 29 31 36
Day 3 6 9 12 15 18 21[lower-alpha 1] 24 28 31 34 37 40 43 45 47 52
Eliminated Maya Yoav Omer Tina Vika Sivan Noam Muli Alex Moshik Vera Guy Liya Idan Shahar Yael Moshe Marina
Votes 8–1–1–1 8–1–1 8–2–1 7–1–1 5–4–1 6–2 4–2–1 3–2–1 5–1 5–4 5–1–1–1 5–2–2–1 6–2–1 5–2–1 6–1 4–2 3–1–1 10–0[lower-alpha 2]
VoterVotes
Naama Omer Vika Sivan Alex Moshik Vera Guy Liya Idan Shahar Yael Moshe Marina
Noam Omer Vika Sivan Guy None[lower-alpha 3]
Dan Omer Yael Naama Sivan Sivan Alex Moshik Vera Guy Shahar Liya Liya Idan Shahar Shahar Yael Yael Moshe Naama Marina
Marina Omer Vika Sivan Alex Moshik Vera Guy Liya Idan Shahar Yael Moshe None[lower-alpha 3]
Moshe Omer Naama Marina Muli Guy Alex Moshik Vera Guy Liya Idan Shahar Naama Marina Marina
Yael Sivan Vika Sivan Alex Moshik Vera Guy Liya Idan Shahar Naama Marina
Shahar Maya Yoav Tina None[lower-alpha 4] Marina Dan Dan Marina Naama Dan Marina
Idan Maya Tina Yoav Tina Noam Muli Naama Moshe Moshe Yael Marina Marina
Liya Maya Yoav Tina Naama None[lower-alpha 4] Dan Dan Marina
Guy Maya Yoav Tina Noam Idan None[lower-alpha 4] Yael Moshe Marina
Vera Maya Yoav Tina Naama None[lower-alpha 4] Marina
Moshik Maya Yoav Idan Tina Noam Muli Naama Marina
Alex Omer Vika Sivan Muli Muli Marina
Muli Maya Yoav Tina Noam Idan
Sivan Omer Naama Marina
Vika Omer Naama
Tina Vera Yoav Guy Shahar
Omer Sivan
Yoav Maya Liya
Maya Yoav
Jury vote
Episode 36
Day Reunion
Finalist: Dan Noam Naama
Vote: 5–4–0
Juror Vote
Marina Naama
Moshe Naama
Yael Noam
Shahar Noam
Idan Naama
Liya Noam
Guy Naama
Vera Noam
Moshik Naama
  1. The castaways were divided into teams by gender, but retained their original tribal affiliations; the losing team had to vote out one castaway per tribe.
  2. The two immunity challenge winners and jurors voted between the two remaining players to determine the third finalist.
  3. Marina and Noam were not eligible to vote as the only eligible players they could vote for were each other.
  4. The Double-Power challenge winner chose to stop this player from voting.
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