Survivor (British series 2)

The second series of Survivor, commonly referred to as Survivor: Panama, premiered on 13 March 2002 and ran until 29 May 2002. The series was presented by cricket presenter Mark Nicholas and consisted of 37 days of gameplay, with 12 castaways competing for a prize of £1,000,000. The season was filmed in the Bocas del Toro archipelago of Panama.

Survivor
Series 2
Presented byMark Nicholas
No. of days37
No. of castaways12
WinnerJonny Gibb
Runner-upSusannah Moffat
LocationBocas del Toro, Panama
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkITV
Original release13 March (2002-03-13) –
29 May 2002 (2002-05-29)
Series chronology

The 12 contestants were initially separated into two tribes, named North Island and South Island. On Day 17, the eight remaining players merged into one tribe, Columbus, named after explorer Christopher Columbus. The six players voted off from Columbus formed the jury, who along with the British public - as the 7th juror - decided who would be the "Ultimate Survivor". After 37 days of competition, police detective Jonny Gibb was named the "Ultimate Survivor", defeating teacher Susannah Moffat in a 7-0 jury vote. Moffat complained the show portrayed her as an "arty farty teacher with a posh accent".[1]

Production

Despite the lack of success the first series experienced,[2] ITV decided to renew Survivor for a second series, but with an overhaul. These changes included fewer contestants, audience participation and replacing presenters Mark Austin and John Leslie, with a single presenter, Channel 4 cricket presenter Mark Nicholas.[3]

The series was broadcast weekly on Wednesday nights at 9:45 pm and episodes were repeated on Fridays at 8:30 pm. The second series was also accompanied by Survivor: The Last Word, a televised interview with evictees, as well as a supporting series, Survivor: Raw, broadcast on sister channel ITV2. Survivor: Raw was presented by "Ultimate Survivor" of Survivor: Pulau Tiga Charlotte Hobrough, as well as Ed Hall. It included extra footage not aired on the main series, discussions, interviews with evictees and phone-ins and emails from viewers.[4]

Contestants
List of Survivor: Panama contestants
Contestant Age From Tribe Finish
Original Merged Placement Day
Sarah McCombie 22 Highams Park,
England		 South Island 1st voted out Day 4
Lee Capon 25 Thundersley,
England		 2nd voted out Day 7
Tayfun Kadioglu 27 London,
England		 North Island 3rd voted out Day 10
Meeta Bose 34 Stevenage,
England		 4th voted out Day 13
Helen Carney 22 Sheffield,
England		 Columbus[lower-alpha 1] 5th voted out
1st jury member		 Day 20
Alastair Brogan 34 Motherwell,
Scotland		 6th voted out
2nd jury member		 Day 23
Drew Agger 27 Hereford,
England		 7th voted out
3rd jury member		 Day 26
Dave Porter 55 Newcastle upon Tyne,
England		 8th voted out
4th jury member		 Day 29
Bridget Griffiths 43 Wantage,
England		 South Island 9th voted out
5th jury member		 Day 32
John Dalzell 32 Winchester,
England		 10th voted out
6th jury member		 Day 35
Susannah Moffat 27 Wimbledon,
England		 Runner-up Day 37
Jonny Gibb 30 Edinburgh,
Scotland		 Sole Survivor
  1. The Columbus tribe did not have an official tribe colour, they simply had a flag resembling the flag of Panama with the frog and turtle replacing the red and blue stars.

    Season summary
    Challenge winners and eliminations by episode
    Episode Challenge winner(s)[5] Eliminated
    No. Air date Reward Immunity Tribe Player
    1 13 March 2002 North Island[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] South Island Sarah
    2 20 March 2002 North Island North Island South Island Lee
    3 27 March 2002 South Island South Island North Island Tayfun
    4 3 April 2002 South Island South Island North Island Meeta
    5 10 April 2002 Drew,
    Susannah    		 None[lower-alpha 3]
    6 17 April 2002 Drew Jonny Columbus Helen
    7 24 April 2002 John
    [Bridget]    		 John Alastair
    8 1 May 2002 Jonny,
    Drew    		 Dave Drew
    9 8 May 2002 John Jonny Dave
    10 15 May 2002 John,
    Jonny,
    Susannah    		 John Bridget
    11 22 May 2002 Susannah Susannah John
    1. Combined reward and immunity challenge.
    2. Although South Island finished first, one of their tribe members failed to complete the obstacle course, resulting in them being disqualified, and North Island winning the challenge.
    3. No vote occurred. The Day 16 Tribal Council was used to reveal the British public's jury vote.

    Voting history
    Original tribes Merged tribe
    Episode 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11
    Day 4 7 10 13 20 23 26 29 32 35
    Tribe South South North North Columbus Columbus Columbus Columbus Columbus Columbus
    Eliminated Sarah Lee Tayfun Meeta Tie[lower-alpha 1] Tie[lower-alpha 2] Helen Alastair Drew Dave Bridget John
    Vote 5–1 4–1 5–1 4–1 4–4 3–3 Challenge[lower-alpha 2] 4–3 4–2 4–1 3–1 1–0
    VoterVotes
    Jonny Sarah Lee Helen Helen Alastair Drew Dave Bridget None[lower-alpha 3]
    Susannah Sarah Lee Helen Helen Alastair Drew Dave Bridget John
    John Sarah Lee Helen Helen Alastair Drew Dave Bridget None[lower-alpha 3]
    Bridget Sarah Lee Helen None[lower-alpha 4] Won[lower-alpha 2] Alastair Drew Dave Susannah
    Dave Tayfun Meeta Bridget Bridget Susannah Susannah Bridget
    Drew Tayfun Meeta Bridget Bridget Susannah Susannah
    Alastair Tayfun Meeta Bridget Bridget Susannah
    Helen Tayfun Meeta Bridget None[lower-alpha 4] Lost[lower-alpha 2]
    Meeta Tayfun Helen
    Tayfun Meeta
    Lee Sarah Bridget
    Sarah John
    Jury vote
    Episode 12
    Day 37
    Finalist Jonny Susannah
    Votes 7–0
    Juror Vote
    John Yes
    Bridget Yes
    Dave Yes
    Drew Yes
    Alastair Yes
    Helen Yes
    British public[lower-alpha 5] Yes
    Notes
    1. The first Tribal Council vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for the two tied.
    2. As the second Tribal Council vote remained a tie, there was a challenge between Bridget and Helen in order to stay in the game. Bridget won, therefore, Helen was eliminated.
    3. John and Jonny were not eligible to vote as the only eligible players they could vote for were each other.
    4. Bridget and Helen were not eligible to vote in the second round of voting.
    5. Jonny won the British public's jury vote, receiving 89% of the vote. Susannah received 11% of the vote.

    References
    1. "Jonny scoops £1m Survivor prize". BBC. 30 May 2002. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
    2. "Survivor proves a TV dinosaur". BBC. 25 July 2001. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
    3. "Survivor returns with new look". BBC. 13 March 2002. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
    4. "Survivor 2: ITV releases scheduling details". Digital Spy. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
    5. Bindley, David (20 March 2010). "Survivor: The Complete Challenge Guide (1st ed.)" (PDF). Retrieved 16 December 2010.
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