Survivor (British TV series) 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 by	Mark Nicholas
No. of days	37
No. of castaways	12
Winner	Jonny Gibb
Runner-up	Susannah Moffat
Location	Bocas del Toro, Panama
No. of episodes	12
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	13 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]	Eliminated 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			Ultimate 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

The series was filmed in the islands of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago of Panama

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
Voter	Votes
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
Bridget
Dave
Drew
Alastair
Helen
British public[lower-alpha 5]

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.