Guatemala

Survivor: Guatemala · Season 11

Episode Guide

How Survivor: Guatemala unfolded, week by week.

  1. 1“Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise”Sep 15, 2005Eighteen players open the season with a grueling eleven-mile overnight trek through the Guatemalan jungle, and the big surprise lands fast: two Palau veterans, Stephenie LaGrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard, are dropped onto the Yaxhá and Nakúm tribes, the first time newcomers have had to face returnees. Jim Lynch, the oldest man, tears his bicep at the immunity challenge, and a hobbled Nakúm votes him out first, 8-1.
  2. 2“Man Down”Sep 22, 2005The losing tribe is back at Tribal already, and Morgan McDevitt, short on allies and on the wrong side of the early numbers, is the one sent home.
  3. 3“The Brave May Not Live Long, but the Cautious Don't Live at All”Sep 29, 2005Another pre-merge vote, and Brianna Varela, who'd struggled to find a foothold with her tribe, is voted out as the lines start to form.
  4. 4“To Betray, or Not to Betray”Oct 6, 2005The tribe alliances harden, and Brooke Struck is the next to go, caught out as the game's first real factions take shape.
  5. 5“Crocs, Cowboys and City Slickers”Oct 13, 2005Blake Towsley, stranded on the outs of his tribe's emerging core, is voted out as the pre-merge field keeps thinning.
  6. 6“Big Ball, Big Mouth, Big Trouble”Oct 20, 2005A surprise double Tribal Council. Nakúm wins reward and the right to compete for individual immunity, which Rafe Judkins takes, and in a twist he secretly hands that immunity to Gary Hogeboom on the rival tribe. When the dust settles, Margaret Bobonich is voted out of Nakúm and Brian Corridan out of Yaxhá, two gone in a single night.
  7. 7“Surprise Enemy Visit”Oct 27, 2005The last vote before the merge, and Amy O'Hara, a strong competitor who'd led her tribe, is voted out. With her gone, the two sides come together as Xhakúm at ten.
  8. 8“The Hidden Immunity Idol”Nov 3, 2005Survivor unveils a game-changer: a hidden immunity idol, stashed for anyone clever enough to find it. Judd Sergeant feeds Gary Hogeboom a false clue, but Gary watches Judd hunt for it and quietly digs up the idol himself. At the first merge vote, the dominant Nakúm bloc takes out Brandon Bellinger.
  9. 9“Secrets and Lies and an Idol Surprise”Nov 10, 2005The new toy gets its first use ever. With the vote coming for him, Gary Hogeboom pulls out the hidden immunity idol at Tribal Council, the first time it's ever played, voiding the votes against him. The blindside ricochets onto Bobby Jon Drinkard, who's sent home as the first member of the jury, a genuine piece of Survivor history.
  10. 10“Eating and Sleeping with the Enemy”Nov 17, 2005The Nakúm alliance keeps its grip, and the increasingly jittery, paranoid Jamie Newton becomes a liability nobody wants to carry. Jamie is voted out to the jury.
  11. 11“Everything Is Personal”Nov 24, 2005Gary Hogeboom, the former NFL quarterback who'd spent the game hiding his identity behind a fake name and a landscaper cover story, finally runs out of road. Idol long gone, Gary is voted out to the jury.
  12. 12“Price for Immunity”Dec 1, 2005Judd Sergeant, the loud, blustery New York doorman who'd run his mouth all season, including a flat-out lie about holding the idol, gets his comeuppance. Judd is blindsided out to the jury, cursing all the way to Ponderosa.
  13. 13“Big Win, Big Decision, Big Mistake?”Dec 8, 2005At a reward challenge, Cindy Hall wins a new truck and is handed a choice: share cars with the other four players, or keep hers alone. She keeps it for herself, and the selfish call paints a target on her back. Cindy is voted out fifth, her big win curdling into the big mistake the title warns about.
  14. 14“Thunder Storms & Sacrifice”FinaleDec 11, 2005Finale night, and Danni Boatwright completes a remarkable late surge after spending much of the game on the bottom. Lydia Morales, the scrappy fishmonger, is voted out in fourth. Then Danni wins the crucial final immunity, and at the final three Rafe Judkins, honoring their bond, releases Danni from their final-two deal and tells her to do what's best for her own game. She does exactly that, voting Rafe out in third and carrying the more-targeted Stephenie LaGrossa to the end. At Final Tribal, the jury hammers Stephenie for her betrayals and rewards Danni's stealthy, well-timed game, crowning her the Sole Survivor 6-1.