Pearl Islands
Pearl Islands, Panama
A scrappy, beloved pirate-themed romp off Panama, home to the 'outcasts' twist and the gleeful villainy of Jonny Fairplay.
Sole Survivor
Sandra Diaz-Twine
Won the jury 6-1
- Year
- 2003
- Location
- Pearl Islands, Panama
- Format
- The Outcasts twist
- Days
- 39 days
- Castaways
- 16
- Grand prize
- $1,000,000
- Jury vote
- 6-1
Also read at the Final Tribal Council
How Sandra Diaz-Twine won
Sandra survived on her now-immortal credo — 'as long as it ain't me' — loyal to no plan but her own survival, letting the bigger threats knock each other out around her.
From the Reader
Pirates, Lies, and the Queen's Coronation
2 min read · season retrospective
In context
Era
The Old School Era
2000–2010
Timeline
7th of 50
Aired 2003
Filming
Panama
1st of 3 seasons filmed here
Starting tribes
The 2 tribes marooned when the game began — and where the names come from.
Named for Sir Francis Drake, the English explorer and privateer — fitting the season's pirate theme.
Named for Henry Morgan, the Welsh privateer — the pirate-theme companion to Drake.
At the merge · they became Balboa — Merge tribe — named after an injured snake Rupert Boneham adopted at camp (with a happy double meaning: Vasco Núñez de Balboa, and the balboa, Panama's currency).
Also filmed in Panama
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Common questions
- Who won Survivor Pearl Islands?
- Sandra Diaz-Twine won Survivor: Pearl Islands (Season 7, 2003), taking the jury vote 6-1.
- Where was Survivor Season 7 filmed?
- Survivor: Pearl Islands was filmed in Pearl Islands, Panama.
- When did Survivor Season 7 air?
- Survivor: Pearl Islands aired in 2003 and ran 39 days.
- Who were the finalists in Survivor Pearl Islands?
- Sandra Diaz-Twine won at the Final Tribal Council alongside Lillian Morris.
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