Kaôh Rōng
Cambodia
A grueling season in the Cambodian heat, notable for brutal conditions, dramatic medical evacuations, and a hotly debated result.
Sole Survivor
Michele Fitzgerald
Won the jury 5-2-0
- Year
- 2016
- Location
- Cambodia
- Format
- Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty
- Days
- 39 days
- Castaways
- 18
- Grand prize
- $1,000,000
- Jury vote
- 5-2-0
Also read at the Final Tribal Council
In context
Era
The New School Era
2010–2020
Timeline
32nd of 50
Aired 2016
Filming
Cambodia
2nd of 2 seasons filmed here
Starting tribes
The 3 tribes marooned when the game began — and where the names come from.
The Brains tribe — Khmer for 'Torch Island', one of the islands surrounding Koh Rong.
The Beauty tribe — Khmer, glossed as 'mouse/rat island'.
The Brawn tribe — Khmer for 'Square Island', another island near Koh Rong.
At the merge · they became Dara — Merge tribe — Khmer for 'star'.
Also filmed in Cambodia
The twists in play
The whole arsenalIdol moments
The Super Idol That Never Was
Scot Pollard out — idol still in his pocketTai Trang
Scot and Kyle Jason engineered a super idol — two combined, playable after the votes — and handed Scot the pieces. Then Tai, holding the second idol, simply shook his head and refused to add it, and voted with the blindside instead.
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Common questions
- Who won Survivor Kaôh Rōng?
- Michele Fitzgerald won Survivor: Kaôh Rōng (Season 32, 2016), taking the jury vote 5-2-0.
- Where was Survivor Season 32 filmed?
- Survivor: Kaôh Rōng was filmed in Cambodia.
- When did Survivor Season 32 air?
- Survivor: Kaôh Rōng aired in 2016 and ran 39 days.
- Who were the finalists in Survivor Kaôh Rōng?
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