Survivor (Hindi TV series)


Survivor Hindi is an Indian Hindi-language reality television show, which was originally based on Swedish show Expedition Robinson created in 1997 by Charlie Parsons and is part of Survivor India. The series was filmed in the summer of 2011 and premiered on 6 January 2012 on Star Plus. The show was hosted by Sameer Kochhar. The show is produced by Miditech Pvt. Ltd. and is aired on weekend nights. Like many of its counterparts, the show has a set number of contestants stranded on an isolated area for a pre-determined number of days until one remains and is given the title Sole Survivor. Aside from the title, the winner also receives ₹ 10 million.
Survivor India: Caramoan Islands is the first and only season of the series. It was shot on the islands of Caramoan in the Philippines, from mid September to October 2011. Raj Rani was named the winner in the final episode on 17 March 2012, defeating JD Majethia and Stithpragya in a 4–2–1 vote.

Series details

Season summary

Twenty two castaways embarked on the journey of a lifetime in the pristine yet treacherous Philippines. The two tribes were pre-selected before the start of the show. The contestants were divided into two tribes by popularity, Catan, which consisted of castaways who were celebrities, and Tayak, which consisted of castaways who were ordinary people. Catan's inaugural victory in the reward challenge caused them to underestimate their opposing tribe's mettle. At the first tribal council faced by the Catan tribe, Sylvie was blindsided by her fellow mates and was voted off. With a great comeback the Catan tribe won the successive challenges gaining consecutive two immunity which resulted in eliminations of two of the female members of the Tayak tribe – Sanober and Gisele. From the tenth day on wards, Tayak dominated in challenges, while the depleted Catan lost Priyanka, Karan, Rishi and Shilpa. Priyanka was sent home for being too manipulative under the game-play adopted by the two masterminds of Catan – Shilpa and Rohit. Karan, due to his worsening health problems, became the first contestant in the history of Survivor India to quit. Ex-Tayak members who joined Catan after the tribe switch saw a change in their alliance when Shivam voted against Rishi, hence, kicking him out of the game. Shivam decided to side with his initial allies after getting to know of Shilpa's intentions to vote against him. JD's vote against Shilpa resulted in her ouster from the island.
After Rishi's elimination, he was mysteriously secluded to a new island and was told to await further clues for his survival there. From that point on, the outcasts who were vote out of the game, formed a new tribe on the island of Ayunan with the same name. Rajesh and Evelyn were blindsided by their members at Tayak and Michael got voted out for engaging in too many verbal fights with fellow castaways. Soon the tribe consisted of a total of five eliminated contestants. A new twist revealed that the outcasts were being given a chance to make a comeback in the game. After an endurance challenge among the five of them, Michael emerged as the winner and was given the choice to pick one of the four remaining members to join the game again. Michael chose Shilpa for her determination and therefore the game ended for Rishi, Evelyn and Rajesh.
After making a surprise entry in the game, the two returnees are not very warmly welcomed by their ex-tribe mates. Shilpa and Michael, being immune, were safe from the outcome of the next immunity challenge which Tayak ended by losing and facing tribal council for the fourth time in a row. Preeti fell target to Rohit's game-plan and was voted out. Deprived of, almost, all of the rewards offered in the challenges, Tayak tribe members suffered from starvation while Catan enjoyed consecutive feasts. Standing against Munisha both Michael and Sai from Tayak were soon voted off. Shilpa was blindsided by her fellow mates, who vowed not to vote against her, and was sent home.
The ten survivors left witnessed a tribal merge and formed a new tribe named "Walo Walo".

Tribes

The two initial tribes were Catan, represented by a stingray and the color yellow, and Tayak, represented by a shark and the color red. Initially, the Catan tribe consisted of 11 celebrities and Tayak of 11 non-famous people chosen from all over India. Following the tribe switch, the first five eliminated members were mysteriously secluded to the island of Ayunan where they formed a new tribe, competing for a chance to return to the game. The final ten players merged into the Walo Walo tribe, represented by a snake and the color blue.

Contestants

ContestantFinish
Sylvester "Sylvie" Rodgers
Hair Stylist		1st voted out
Day 4
Sanober Pardiwala
Stunt Artist		2nd voted out
Day 6
Gizele Thakral
Supermodel		3rd voted out
Day 8
Priyanka Bassi
Actress		4th voted out
Day 10
Karan Patel
28, Actor		Quit
Day 12
Rishi Raj
29, Fashion Stylist		rowspan=5 5th voted out
Day 15
Shilpa Saklani
Returned to game		6th voted out
Day 17		-
Rajesh Khera
43, Actor		7th voted out
Day 19		-
Evelyn Sayal
28, Call Center Employee		8th voted out
Day 21		-
Michael Durairaj
Returned to game		9th voted out
Day 23		-
Preeti
24, DJ		10th voted out
Day 25
Michael Durairaj
43, Research Scientist		11th voted out
Day 28
Shilpa Saklani
29, Actress		12th voted out
Day 30
Saiprasad "Sai" Gundewar
33, Actor		13th voted out
Day 30
Rohit Narang
45, Hotel chain owner		rowspan=10 14th voted out
1st jury member
Day 32
Harrison James
35, Fitness Trainer		15th voted out
2nd jury member
Day 35		-
Sangram Singh
28, Wrestler		16th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 37		-
Munisha Khatwani
31, Tarot card reader		17th voted out
4th jury member
Day 39		-
Payal Rohatgi
33, Actress / Model		18th voted out
5th jury member
Day 41		-
Abhinav Shukla
29, Actor		19th voted out
6th jury member
Day 42		-
Shivam Singh
23, Student		20th voted out
7th jury member
Day 43		-
Sthitpragya Mohan
25, NRI Radio Jockey		2nd runner-up-
Jamandas "JD" Majethia
45, Actor / Producer		Runner-up-
Raj Rani
25, Field hockey player		Sole Survivor-

Castaways status

SrCastaways nameDay arrived on main islandDay exited islandStatus of the castaways
1RaniDay 1Day 50Sole Survivor
2JamandasDay 1Day 50Runner up
3SthitpragyaDay 1Day 502nd runner-up
4ShivamDay 1Day 43
5AbhinavDay 1Day 42
6PayalDay 1Day 41
7MunishaDay 1Day 39
8SangramDay 1Day 37
9HarrisonDay 1Day 35
10RohitDay 1Day 32
11SaiprasadDay 1Day 30
12ShilpaDay 1Day 30
13MichaelDay 1Day 28
14PreetiDay 1Day 25
15MichaelDay 1Day 23
16EvelynDay 1Day 21
17RajeshDay 1Day 19
18ShilpaDay 1Day 17
19RishiDay 1Day 15
20KaranDay 1Day 12Quit
21PriyankaDay 1Day 10
22GizeleDay 1Day 8
23SanoberDay 1Day 6
24SylvieDay 1Day 4