Ghost Island

Survivor: Ghost Island · Season 36

Episode Guide

How Survivor: Ghost Island unfolded, week by week.

  1. 1“Can You Reverse the Curse?”Feb 28, 2018Twenty new players are split into Naviti and Malolo, and the season's gimmick is Ghost Island, a haunted little outpost stocked with the idols and advantages that failed their owners in seasons past. Malolo gets crushed in the opener and, in a panic, turns on Stephanie Gonzalez, who'd tied herself to the wrong early read; she's voted out first, in 20th.
  2. 2“Only Time Will Tell”Mar 7, 2018Malolo can't buy a challenge win and lands right back at Tribal. Jacob Derwin, an excitable superfan who'd been making big, clumsy plays and talking idols nonstop, has painted a target on himself. A trip to Ghost Island doesn't change the math, and Jacob is voted out in 19th, undone by his own overeager game.
  3. 3“Trust Your Gut”Mar 14, 2018Naviti finally drops a challenge, and the dominant tribe makes a businesslike first cut. Morgan Ricke ends up outside Naviti's tight core numbers, and the tribe votes her out in 18th, keeping their alliance intact.
  4. 4“A Diamond in the Rough”Mar 21, 2018Malolo's losing streak grinds on, and the snakebitten tribe keeps bleeding members. Brendan Shapiro, a steady, fatherly presence trying to hold the group together, is the one the shifting numbers leave exposed, and he's voted out in 17th.
  5. 5“Fate is the Homie”Mar 28, 2018Still cursed, Malolo trudges back to Tribal yet again. Stephanie Johnson scrambles hard for a way to flip the vote, but the numbers just aren't there, and she's voted out in 16th as the tribe's nightmare run drags on.
  6. 6“Gotta Risk it For the Biscuit”Apr 4, 2018Malolo's freefall keeps claiming its own. James Lim, sharp and likable but stuck on a tribe that simply cannot win a challenge, comes up short on allies when the votes are counted, and he's voted out in 15th.
  7. 7“Fear Keeps You Sharp”Apr 11, 2018A supersized episode swings the whole season. First Bradley Kleihege, a prickly Naviti player few people warmed to, is voted out in 14th, the last casualty before the merge. Then the tribes come together as Lavita, and the long-simmering feud between two Naviti alpha males finally boils over: Domenick Abbate, armed with a real hidden idol and a fake advantage he'd forged just to bluff with, gets the better of his rival Chris Noble. Chris, every bit as confident and combustible as Dom, is blindsided in 13th and becomes the first member of the jury, handing Dom the upper hand he'd been chasing for weeks.
  8. 8“The Sea Slug Slugger”Apr 18, 2018With Chris gone, Domenick and Wendell Holland cement the partnership that will carry the rest of the game. The new majority sets its sights on the old Malolo crew, and Libby Vincek, charming and well-liked enough to be dangerous later, is voted out to the jury in 12th.
  9. 9“It's Like the Perfect Crime”Apr 25, 2018Desiree Afuye, one of the last Malolo players with any real path, tries to rally a counter-move against the Naviti bloc. It never comes together, and Desiree is voted out to the jury in 11th as the old majority keeps rolling.
  10. 10“The Finish Line Is in Sight”May 2, 2018A double-Tribal night doubles the damage. Jenna Bowman, isolated once her closest ally was gone, is voted out in 10th. Then the game turns on Michael Yerger, the eighteen-year-old who'd punched well above his age all season, hunting idols and refusing to quit; the majority finally takes its shot and sends the kid to the jury in 9th.
  11. 11“A Giant Game of Bumper Cars”May 9, 2018Chelsea Townsend, a quiet, capable player who'd flown under the radar by design, gets noticed at exactly the wrong moment. The numbers shift onto her, and Chelsea is voted out to the jury in 8th.
  12. 12“Always Be Moving”May 16, 2018Kellyn Bechtold, confident in her standing within the old Naviti core, watches the alliance quietly reshuffle around her. By the time she realizes the target has swung her way, it's too late, and Kellyn is voted out to the jury in 7th.
  13. 13“It is Game Time Kids”FinaleMay 23, 2018Finale night, and the endgame comes down to the partnership that ran the whole merge. Sebastian Noel, the laid-back fisherman riding shotgun with the majority, is cut in 6th. Then Donathan Hurley, who'd had a genuine shot at the end alongside Laurel, is voted out in 5th. At the final four the fire-making twist decides a spot, and Wendell Holland beats Angela Perkins, the retired Army captain, at the fire pit, sending her to the jury in 4th. That leaves Wendell, Domenick, and Laurel Johnson at Final Tribal, and the jury splits right down the middle, deadlocking 5-5 between the two allies Wendell and Dom. Under the tiebreaker rule the deciding call falls to the third finalist, Laurel, who casts her vote for Wendell. Wendell Holland is the Sole Survivor, winning one of the closest finishes the game has ever produced.