# Survivor: The Philippines (Israeli season)

Survivor: The Philippines (Hebrew: הישרדות הפיליפינים, Hisardut HaPhilipinim) is the third season of Israeli competitive reality television show Survivor. It was filmed in February and April 2009 in the Philippines, and aired on Channel 10 from August 29 until December 30 of that year, when Shay Arel was named the winner over Tom Altagar and Leora Goldberg by a vote of 6–3–0, and Tal Englander was named the audience's favorite player by winning a public vote.
This season featured the most competitors to date, with 25. Seven of these contestants were eliminated from the main game in the first two days, and sent to another island to compete against each other for a chance to return. This was shown in a four-part companion series, Survivor: The Philippines – The Hidden Island (Hebrew: הישרדות הפיליפינים – האי הנעלם, Hisardut HaPhilipinim — HaAi HaNaalam), which aired separately from the main series during the first four weeks of broadcast.
The game largely followed the format from the previous season, but hidden immunity idols and Exile Island duels were modified for this season only. Instead of hidden immunity idols being hidden at tribe camps or Exile Island, the winner of each post-merge duel received half an idol, which could only be used at the following two Tribal Councils; castaways could either try to win the subsequent duel for the other half, or combine halves with the castaway who won an adjacent duel. For the duels, the Exile Island component was removed, and the dueling castaways returned to their tribes immediately following the challenge.
This season also featured an appearance from Rupert Boneham, a contestant from the American version of Survivor, who appeared as part of a reward in a reward challenge.

## The Hidden Island

This season introduced the Hidden Island, a secluded location where eliminated contestants competed against each other to return to the game. During the first two days, the 25 contestants competed in a series of challenges; one castaway was eliminated on Day 1 after losing two challenges, while six more were eliminated the following day after not being chosen for tribes. These seven castaways were sent to the Hidden Island, unbeknownst to the other castaways.
On the Hidden Island, the castaways competed in challenges; the first-place competitor won a reward and the power to nominate a castaway for banishment, while the last-place competitor automatically became the other nominee. The five non-nominated castaways then voted between the two nominees to permanently eliminate one from the game, at which point they were replaced with the latest castaway eliminated from the main game (the new arrivals were immune from nomination for one round, but were still eligible to compete in the challenge). After four rounds, the seven remaining Hidden Island residents competed for four spots to return to the game: one by being chosen by the other residents as the "best social player" and three by winning a two-stage challenge. The four returning contestants then became the captains for two new tribes, and the Hidden Island was retired.
The Hidden Island contestants were given an additional method of re-entry by way of a team challenge. The castaways sent four representatives to one of the tribe camps, where they were given ten minutes to find a special flag; doing so would result in all seven Hidden Island contestants returning to the game, with that tribe taking their place on the Hidden Island. The Hidden Island contestants lost this challenge.

## Contestants

| Contestant | Original tribe | Switched tribe | Merged tribe | Main game | Hidden Island |
| Ori Lapid 32, Tel Aviv | None | | | Eliminated Day 1 | 1st banished Day 3 |
| Eitan Bernat 23, Herzliya | None | | | Not chosen Day 2 | Quit Day 6 |
| Liran Giladi 23, Caesarea | None | | | Not chosen Day 2 | 2nd banished Day 9 |
| Merav Fishelson 44, Tel Aviv | None | | | Not chosen Day 2 | Lost challenge Day 14 |
| Avital Eisman Returned to game | None | | | Not chosen Day 2 | 4th returnee Day 14 |
| Liad Farkash Returned to game | None | | | Not chosen Day 2 | 2nd returnee Day 14 |
| Tal "Talco" Cohen Returned to game | None | | | Not chosen Day 2 | 1st returnee Day 14 |
| Meital Ben David 31, Kiryat Ono | Carao | | | 1st voted out Day 4 | Lost challenge Day 14 |
| Noa Waintraub 26, Ra'anana | Carao | | | 2nd voted out Day 7 | 3rd banished Day 12 |
| Riki Shemesh Returned to game | Tinago | | | 3rd voted out Day 10 | 3rd returnee Day 14 |
| Yael Zucker 23, Tel Aviv | Carao | | | 4th voted out Day 13 | Lost challenge Day 14 |
| Yakov Crispel 40, Haifa | Tinago | Tinago | | Evacuated Day 20 | |
| Inna Bakelman 19, Gan Yavne | Tinago | Carao | | 5th voted out Day 20 | |
| Avital Eisman 23, Hadera | None | Carao | | Evacuated Day 21 | |
| Natalie Niv 28, Nahariya | Carao | Tinago | | Quit Day 23 | |
| Tal Ben David 29, Sdot Yam | Tinago | Tinago | | 6th voted out Day 26 | |
| Avi Raz 27, Mevaseret Zion | Carao | Carao | | 7th voted out Day 29 | |
| Tal Englander 30, Tel Aviv | Tinago | Carao | Mansaka | 8th voted out 1st jury member Day 33 | |
| Hanoch Budin 46, Ness Ziona | Carao | Carao | Mansaka | 9th voted out 2nd jury member Day 36 | |
| Ziv Gelbart 39, Megadim | Carao | Tinago | Mansaka | 10th voted out 3rd jury member Day 39 | |
| Riki Shemesh 33, Gan Sorek | Tinago | Carao | Mansaka | 11th voted out 4th jury member Day 42 | |
| Avigail Perl 25, Tel Aviv | Tinago | Tinago | Mansaka | 12th voted out 5th jury member Day 45 | |
| Ohad Taib 23, Rishon LeZion | Tinago | Tinago | Mansaka | 13th voted out 6th jury member Day 45 | |
| Liad Farkash 22, Ramat Yishai | None | Tinago | Mansaka | 14th voted out 7th jury member Day 48 | |
| Hadas Hornblass 27, Elkana | Carao | Carao | Mansaka | 15th voted out 8th jury member Day 51 | |
| Tal "Talco" Cohen 29, Haifa | None | Tinago | Mansaka | Eliminated 9th jury member Finale | |
| Leora Goldberg 50, Ra'anana | Tinago | Carao | Mansaka | 2nd runner-up | |
| Tom Altagar 23, Ganei Tikva | Tinago | Tinago | Mansaka | Runner-up | |
| Shay Arel 31, Kiryat Ata | Carao | Carao | Mansaka | Sole Survivor | |
* ↑ Elimination order is based on when the contestant was voted out at Tribal Council.
* ↑ Talco was eliminated during the live finale by a public vote.

## Season summary

Main game and Hidden Island challenge winners and eliminations by cycle :
| Main game | Main game | Main game | Main game | Main game | Main game | The Hidden Island | The Hidden Island | The Hidden Island | The Hidden Island | The Hidden Island | The Hidden Island | The Hidden Island |
| Episodes | Episodes | Challenge winner(s) | Challenge winner(s) | Voted out | Finish | Episode | Episode | Challenge winner | Challenge loser | Winner's nominee | Eliminated | Finish |
| No. | Original air date | Reward | Immunity | Voted out | Finish | No. | Original air date | Challenge winner | Challenge loser | Winner's nominee | Eliminated | Finish |
| 1 | August 29, 2009 | None | None | Ori | Eliminated Day 1 | HI1 | September 3, 2009 | Eitan | Merav | Ori | Ori | 1st banished Day 3 |
| 1 | August 29, 2009 | None | None | Liad | Not chosen Day 2 | HI1 | September 3, 2009 | Eitan | Merav | Ori | Ori | 1st banished Day 3 |
| 1 | August 29, 2009 | None | None | Liran | Not chosen Day 2 | HI1 | September 3, 2009 | Eitan | Merav | Ori | Ori | 1st banished Day 3 |
| 1 | August 29, 2009 | None | None | Avital | Not chosen Day 2 | HI1 | September 3, 2009 | Eitan | Merav | Ori | Ori | 1st banished Day 3 |
| 1 | August 29, 2009 | None | None | Eitan | Not chosen Day 2 | HI1 | September 3, 2009 | Eitan | Merav | Ori | Ori | 1st banished Day 3 |
| 1 | August 29, 2009 | None | None | Merav | Not chosen Day 2 | HI1 | September 3, 2009 | Eitan | Merav | Ori | Ori | 1st banished Day 3 |
| 1 | August 29, 2009 | None | None | Talco | Not chosen Day 2 | HI1 | September 3, 2009 | Eitan | Merav | Ori | Ori | 1st banished Day 3 |
| 2 | September 2, 2009 | Carao | Tinago | Meital | 1st voted out Day 4 | HI2 | September 10, 2009 | Eitan | Avital | Merav | Eitan | Quit Day 6 |
| 3 & 4 | September 5 & 9, 2009 | Carao | Tinago | Noa | 2nd voted out Day 7 | HI3 | September 17, 2009 | Merav | Meital | Liran | Liran | 2nd banished Day 9 |
| 3 & 4 | September 5 & 9, 2009 | Carao | Hadas | Noa | 2nd voted out Day 7 | HI3 | September 17, 2009 | Merav | Meital | Liran | Liran | 2nd banished Day 9 |
| 5 & 6 | September 12 & 16, 2009 | Tinago | Carao | Riki | 3rd voted out Day 10 | HI4 | September 24, 2009 | Riki | Talco | Noa | Noa | 3rd banished Day 12 |
| 7 & 8 | September 23 & 26, 2009 | Tinago | Tinago | Yael | 4th voted out Day 13 | 9 | September 30, 2009 | Talco | None | None | Meital | Lost challenge Day 14 |
| 7 & 8 | September 23 & 26, 2009 | Tinago | Tinago | Yael | 4th voted out Day 13 | 9 | September 30, 2009 | Liad | None | None | Yael | Lost challenge Day 14 |
| 7 & 8 | September 23 & 26, 2009 | Tinago | Tinago | Yael | 4th voted out Day 13 | 9 | September 30, 2009 | Riki | None | None | Merav | Lost challenge Day 14 |
| 7 & 8 | September 23 & 26, 2009 | Tinago | Tinago | Yael | 4th voted out Day 13 | 9 | September 30, 2009 | Avital | None | None | Merav | Lost challenge Day 14 |
Post-tribe swap challenge winners and eliminations by cycle :
| Episode | Episode | Challenge winner(s) | Challenge winner(s) | Challenge winner(s) | Duel | Duel | Voted out | Finish |
| No. | Original air date | Reward | Tribal immunity | Individual immunity | Winner | Loser | Voted out | Finish |
| 9 & 10 | September 30 & October 3, 2009 | None | Tinago | Tal E. | None | None | Crispel | Evacuated Day 20 |
| 9 & 10 | September 30 & October 3, 2009 | None | Tinago | Tal E. | None | None | Inna | 5th voted out Day 20 |
| 11 & 12 | October 7 & 10, 2009 | Both tribes | Carao | Ohad | None | None | Avital | Evacuated Day 21 |
| 11 & 12 | October 7 & 10, 2009 | Both tribes | Carao | Ohad | None | None | Natalie | Quit Day 23 |
| 13 & 14 | October 14 & 17, 2009 | Multiple | Carao | Talco | Tom | Tal E. | Tal B. | 6th voted out Day 26 |
| 15 & 16 | October 21 & 24, 2009 | Tinago | Tinago | Tal E. | Shay | Ohad | Avi | 7th voted out Day 29 |
Post-merge swap challenge winners and eliminations by cycle :
| Episodes | Episodes | Challenge winner(s) | Challenge winner(s) | Challenge winner(s) | Duel | Duel | Eliminated | Finish |
| No. | Original air date | Reward | Immunity | Veto | Winner | Loser | Eliminated | Finish |
| 17, 18 & 19 | October 28 & 31, November 4, 2009 | Hadas, Hanoch, Liad, Riki, Tom, Ziv | Tom | Ziv | Shay | Hanoch | Tal E. | 8th voted out 1st jury member Day 33 |
| 20 & 21 | November 7 & 11, 2009 | Hadas, Liad, Leora, Shay, Ziv | Tom | Tom | Ziv | Shay | Hanoch | 9th voted out 2nd jury member Day 36 |
| 22 & 23 | November 14 & 18, 2009 | Shay [Riki] | Avigail | Hadas | Tom | Liad | Ziv | 10th voted out 3rd jury member Day 39 |
| 24 & 25 | November 21 & 25, 2009 | Avigail, Leora, Ohad, Tom | Ohad | Ohad | Tom | Leora | Riki | 11th voted out 4th jury member Day 42 |
| 26 & 27 | November 28 & December 2, 2009 | Ohad, Shay, Talco, Tom | Tom | Leora | Shay | Ohad | Avigail | 12th voted out 5th jury member Day 45 |
| 26 & 27 | November 28 & December 2, 2009 | Ohad, Shay, Talco, Tom | Tom | Leora | Shay | Ohad | Ohad | 13th voted out 6th jury member Day 45 |
| 28 & 29 | December 5 & 9, 2009 | Hadas [Leora] | Shay | Hadas | Hadas | Talco | Liad | 14th voted out 7th jury member Day 48 |
| 30 & 31 | December 12 & 16, 2009 | Shay [Hadas] | Leora | Tom | Shay | Tom | Hadas | 15th voted out 8th jury member Day 51 |
| 33 & 35 | December 23 & 30, 2009 | None | Leora | None | None | None | Talco | Eliminated 9th jury member Finale |
| 33 & 35 | December 23 & 30, 2009 | | | | | | Jury vote | Jury vote |
| 33 & 35 | December 23 & 30, 2009 | | | | | | Leora | 2nd runner-up |
| 33 & 35 | December 23 & 30, 2009 | | | | | | Tom | Runner-Up |
| 33 & 35 | December 23 & 30, 2009 | | | | | | Shay | Sole Survivor |
* ↑ Noa, Riki and Ori lost the initial challenge; they competed in a second challenge where the two winners would become the tribe captains, while the loser would be sent to the Hidden Island.
* ↑ The 22 contestants who won the first challenge — 12 men and 10 women — competed in an endurance challenge, through which they were divided into groups of three based on their performance. The captains then began choosing the tribes, drafting one member of each group per tribe, sending the third member to the Hidden Island; all members of the top group per gender were guaranteed to be chosen for a tribe. Due to the number of women, the top performer became the sole member of the top group.
* 1 2 During the elimination vote between nominees Avital and Merav, Eitan chose to quit the game instead, thus cancelling the vote.
* ↑ For winning the immunity challenge, Tinago had to send a representative to the Carao camp, to reward a member of Carao with individual immunity. Avigail was sent, and she gave individual immunity to Hadas.
* ↑ The seven final Hidden Island residents were asked to designate among them the "best social player". They chose Talco, who automatically returned to the game as a result.
* 1 2 3 Returned to game upon winning final Hidden Island challenge.
* ↑ Due to Avital's injury during the challenge and subsequent evacuation from the game, the challenge was not completed and both tribes received a reward.
* ↑ The castaways voted for tribemates to receive various rewards.
* ↑ Episodes 32 and 34 were recap episodes.
* ↑ Talco was eliminated during the live finale by a public vote.

## Voting history

| | | | Original tribes | Original tribes | Original tribes | Original tribes | Switched tribes | Switched tribes | Switched tribes | Switched tribes | Switched tribes | Switched tribes | Switched tribes | Merged tribe | Merged tribe | Merged tribe | Merged tribe | Merged tribe | Merged tribe | Merged tribe | Merged tribe | Merged tribe |
| Episode # | Episode # | Episode # | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 35 |
| Day # | Day # | Day # | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 45 | 48 | 51 | Finale |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Meital | Noa | Riki | Yael | Crispel | Inna | Avital | Tie | Natalie | Tal B. | Avi | Tal E. | Hanoch | Ziv | Riki | Avigail | Ohad | Liad | Hadas | Talco |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 7–2 | 5–2–1 | 6–3 | 5–2 | Evacuated | 6–3 | Evacuated | 4–4 | Quit | 4–3 | 4–2–1 | 7–2–1–1 | 8–2 | 6–2–1 | 6–1–1 | 6–1 | 4–1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | Public vote |
| Voter | Voter | Voter | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote |
| | | Shay | Meital | Noa | | Yael | | Inna | | | | | Leora | None | Hanoch | Talco | Riki | Avigail | Ohad | Liad | Hadas | |
| | | Tom | | | Riki | | | | | Talco | | Ziv | | Tal E. | Hanoch | Ziv | Riki | None | None | None | Hadas | |
| | | Leora | | | Riki | | | Inna | | | | | Avi | Tal E. | Hanoch | Ziv | Riki | Avigail | Liad | Liad | Hadas | Immune |
| | | Talco | | | | | | | | Tal B. | | Tal B. | | Tal E. | Hanoch | Tom | Riki | Avigail | Ohad | Tom | Hadas | |
| | | Hadas | Meital | Noa | | Yael | | Inna | | | | | Avi | Avigail | Hanoch | Ziv | None | Avigail | Ohad | Liad | None | |
| | | Liad | | | | | | | | Tal B. | | Tal B. | | Tal E. | Hanoch | Tom | Tom | Avigail | Ohad | Tom | | |
| | | Ohad | | | Riki | | | | | Talco | | Ziv | | Tal E. | Hanoch | Ziv | Riki | Avigail | Shay | | | |
| | | Avigail | | | Crispel | | | | | Talco | | Tal B. | | Tal E. | Ziv | Ziv | Riki | Shay | | | | |
| | | Riki | | | Crispel | | | Leora | | | | | Leora | Leora | None | Ziv | Leora | | | | | |
| | | Ziv | Meital | Noa | | Yael | | | | Tal B. | | Tal B. | | Tal E. | Hanoch | None | | | | | | |
| | | Hanoch | Meital | Ziv | | Yael | | Inna | | | | | Avi | Ziv | Ziv | | | | | | | |
| | | Tal E. | | | Riki | | | Inna | | | | | Avi | Ziv | | | | | | | | |
| | Avi | Avi | Meital | Yael | | Yael | | Leora | | | | | Riki | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tal B. | Tal B. | | | Riki | | | | | Talco | | Ziv | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Natalie | Natalie | Meital | Noa | | Hadas | | | | Tal B. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Avital | Avital | | | | | | Inna | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Inna | Inna | | | Crispel | | | Leora | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Crispel | Crispel | | | Riki | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yael | Yael | Yael | Meital | Noa | | Hadas | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Noa | Noa | Noa | Ziv | Ziv | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Meital | Meital | Meital | Ziv | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Jury vote :
| Episode # | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| Finalist | Leora | Tom | Shay |
| Votes | 6–3–0 | 6–3–0 | 6–3–0 |
| Juror | Vote | Vote | Vote |
| Talco | | | Shay |
| Hadas | | Tom | |
| Liad | | | Shay |
| Ohad | | Tom | |
| Avigail | | Tom | |
| Riki | | | Shay |
| Ziv | | | Shay |
| Hanoch | | | Shay |
| Tal E. | | | Shay |
* ↑ Talco was eliminated during the live finale by a public vote.
* ↑ The initial vote resulted in a tie between Tal B. and Talco; the tie was to be resolved by a firemaking competition, but Natalie chose to quit the game instead, thus cancelling the tiebreaker.
* ↑ No vote; Crispel was medically evacuated from the game.
* ↑ No vote; Avital was medically evacuated from the game.
* ↑ No vote; Natalie chose to quit the game.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 This castaway was given the veto bracelet, and was therefore not eligible to vote.
* ↑ Tom was given the veto bracelet for the double Tribal Council, and was therefore not eligible to vote for either ballot.
* ↑ Leora won the final immunity, therefore, was immune at the live finale public vote.

### Hidden Island voting history

Hidden Island :
| Episode # | HI1 | HI2 | HI3 | HI4 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Day # | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Eliminated | Ori | Eitan | Liran | Noa | Meital | Yael | Merav |
| Votes | 3–0 | None | 3–0 | 3–1 | None | None | None |
| Voter | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Result | Result | Result |
| Talco | Ori | | – | None | Return | Return | Return |
| Liad | Ori | | Liran | Noa | Win | Win | Return |
| Riki | | | | Noa | Win | Win | Return |
| Avital | – | | Liran | – | Win | Win | Return |
| Merav | None | | Liran | Noa | Win | Win | Lose |
| Yael | | | | | Lose | Lose | |
| Meital | | | None | Talco | Lose | Lose | |
| Noa | | | – | None | | | |
| Liran | Ori | | None | | | | |
| Eitan | – | | | | | | |
| Ori | None | | | | | | |
* ↑ No vote; Eitan chose to quit the game.
* ↑ The seven final Hidden Island residents competed in a two-stage challenge to return to the game.
* 1 2 3 4 5 As three votes had already been cast against one of the nominees for banishment, there was no need for this castaway to vote.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 This castaway was a nominee for banishment, and was thus ineligible to vote.
* ↑ The seven final Hidden Island residents were asked to designate among them the "best social player". They chose Talco, who automatically returned to the game as a result.
* 1 2 3 Returned to game upon winning final Hidden Island challenge.