# Survivor (German TV series) season 1

Survivor: Überwinde. Überliste. Überlebe! (Survivor: Overcome. Outsmart. Survive!) is the first season of the German version of the reality television series Survivor. It was broadcast by the Prosieben network in 2007 and hosted by Sascha Kalupke. The prize for the winner was €250,000.
From its premiere, the show struggled to gain an audience comparable to the previous seasons. After the second week, the ratings dropped significantly and the show was relegated to an early morning timeslot. Volker Kreuzner, the oldest participant of the season, won by becoming sole survivor. Kreuzner wrote and published the book Crusoe 2.0 - Survivor Malaysia. Abgerechnet wird am Ende about his survivor adventures.

## Format

A group of eighteen contestants were marooned on a desert island for 50 days and split into two tribes: Gunung and Tasik. For the first half of the game, the two tribes competed against each other in reward and immunity challenges. The tribe that won the reward challenge received a special treat that made their life on the island more comfortable. The tribe that won the immunity challenge was completely safe from any eliminations for three days.
Meanwhile, the tribe that lost the immunity challenge was forced to vote one of their own members off the island, eliminating them from the competition. Contestants were free to discuss how they wished to vote, and many alliances were made and broken as the series progressed.
After the first half of the game, the remaining members of the two tribes merged into a single tribe. They then competed in reward and immunity challenges on an individual basis. After the tribal merger, every contestant who was eliminated would join a jury that decided which of the two finalists won the €250,000 prize.

## Contestants

| Contestant | Original Tribe | Merged Tribe | Finish |
| Hadnet 27, Berlin | Gunung | | 1st Voted out Day 3 |
| Heiko de Lange 28, Osnabrück | Tasik | | 2nd Voted out Day 6 |
| Barbara 46, Heinsberg | Gunung | | Evacuated Day 8 |
| Michael Stich 43, Darmstadt | Tasik | | 3rd Voted out Day 10 |
| Kima 24, Düsseldorf | Tasik | | 4th Voted out Day 14 |
| Markus Rieger 26, Munich | Gunung | | Quit Day 18 |
| Eike Returned to game | Gunung | | 5th Voted out Day 18 |
| Susanne 48, Haltern am See | Tasik | | 6th Voted out Day 22 |
| Eva 26, Tübingen | Tasik | | 7th Voted out Day 26 |
| Eike 32, Berlin | Gunung | Api | Voted back in Day 18 8th Voted out Day 29 1st Jury member |
| Philipp 27, Erlangen | Tasik | Api | 9th Voted out Day 33 2nd Jury member |
| Andreas 42, Hennef | Gunung | Api | 10th Voted out Day 37 3rd Jury member |
| Markus S 28, Cologne | Gunung | Api | Eliminated Day 38 4th Jury member |
| Arno 47, Cologne | Gunung | Api | 11th Voted out Day 42 5th Jury member |
| Sonja 21, Cologne | Tasik | Api | Lost challenge Day 46 6th Jury member |
| Elina 26, Mainz | Gunung | Api | 12th Voted out Day 47 7th Jury member |
| Jasmin 25, Cologne | Gunung | Api | Lost challenge Day 48 8th Jury member |
| Hendrik 23, Kiel | Tasik | Api | 14th Voted out Day 49 9th Jury member |
| Bilgi 35, Cologne | Gunung | Api | Runner-up Day 50 |
| Volker Kreuzner 50, Windhagen | Tasik | Api | Sole Survivor Day 50 |

## Season summary

Challenge winners and eliminations by episode :
| Episode title | Original air date | Challenge winner(s) | Challenge winner(s) | Eliminated | Finish |
| Episode title | Original air date | Reward | Immunity | Eliminated | Finish |
| "Landung auf der Insel" | August 14, 2007 | Tasik | Tasik | Hadnet | 1st voted out Day 3 |
| "Die ersten Nächte" | August 21, 2007 | Tasik | Gunung | Heiko | 2nd voted out Day 6 |
| "Der Floßbau" | August 28, 2007 | Gunung | Gunung | Barbara | Evacuated Day 8 |
| "Der Floßbau" | August 28, 2007 | Gunung | Gunung | Michael | 3rd voted out Day 10 |
| "Geschlechterkampf auf der Insel" | September 4, 2007 | Tasik | Gunung | Kima | 4th voted out Day 14 |
| "Die erste Einzel-Challenge" | September 11, 2007 | Jasmin | Tasik | Markus R | Quit Day 18 |
| "Die erste Einzel-Challenge" | September 11, 2007 | Jasmin | Jasmin | Eike | 5th voted out Day 18 |
| "Für Gunung wird es eng" | September 18, 2007 | Gunung | Gunung | Susanne | 6th voted out Day 22 |
| "Endlich wieder duschen!" | September 25, 2007 | Gunung | Gunung | Eva | 7th voted out Day 26 |
| "Halbzeit bei Survivor!" | October 6, 2007 | Sonja [Elina, Hendrik, Markus S, Philipp, Volker] | Markus S (Elina) | Eike | 8th voted out 1st jury member Day 29 |
| "Zum ersten, zum zweiten, zum dritten!" | October 13, 2007 | Survivor Auction | Volker | Philipp | 9th voted out 2nd jury member Day 33 |
| "Beach-Party am "Survivor"-Strand" | October 20, 2007 | Arno [Jasmin, Elina] | Markus S | Andreas | 10th voted out 3rd jury member Day 37 |
| "Unerwartete Regeländerung" | October 27, 2007 | None | Bilgi | Markus S | Eliminated 4th jury member Day 38 |
| "Blanke Nerven" | November 3, 2007 | Elina | Elina | Arno | 11th voted out 5th jury member Day 43 |
| "Blanke Nerven" | November 3, 2007 | Elina, [Sonja] | Elina | Arno | 11th voted out 5th jury member Day 43 |
| "Hold your breath" | November 10, 2007 | Jasmin | Hendrik | Sonja | Lost challenge 6th jury member Day 46 |
| "Hold your breath" | November 10, 2007 | Jasmin | Hendrik | Elina | 12th voted out 7th jury member Day 47 |
| "Showdown am Strand!" | November 17, 2007 | None | Bilgi | Jasmin | 13th voted out 8th jury member Day 48 |
| "Showdown am Strand!" | November 17, 2007 | None | Bilgi | Hendrik | 14th voted out 9th jury member Day 49 |
| "Showdown am Strand!" | November 17, 2007 | None | | Jury vote | Jury vote |
| "Showdown am Strand!" | November 17, 2007 | None | | Bilgi | Runner-up |
| "Showdown am Strand!" | November 17, 2007 | None | | Volker | Sole Survivor |

## Voting history

| | Original Tribes | Original Tribes | Original Tribes | Original Tribes | Original Tribes | Original Tribes | Original Tribes | Original Tribes | Original Tribes | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe |
| Episode: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Eliminated: | Hadnet 5–2–1–1 | Heiko 5–3–1 | Barbara No vote | Michael 6–2 | Kima 6–1 | Markus R No vote | Eike 4–3 | Susanne 5–1 | Eva 4–1 | Eike 8–2–1 | Philipp 6-4 | Andreas 5–4 | Markus S Eliminated | Arno 6–1 | Sonja Challenge | Elina 5–1 | Tie 2–2 | Jasmin Challenge | Hendrik 1–0 | Bilgi 3 votes | Volker 6 votes |
| Voter | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote |
| Volker | | Heiko | | Michael | Kima | | | Susanne | Eva | Eike | Arno | Andreas | Sonja | Arno | | Elina | Jasmin | Win | | Jury Vote | Jury Vote |
| Bilgi | Hadnet | | | | | | Eike | | | Eike | Philipp | Elina | Jasmin | Arno | | Elina | Volker | | Hendrik | Jury Vote | Jury Vote |
| Hendrik | | Kima | | Michael | Kima | | | Susanne | Eva | Eike | Arno | Andreas | Elina | Arno | | Elina | Jasmin | | | | Volker |
| Jasmin | Hadnet | | | | | | Eike | | | Eike | Philipp | Elina | Arno | Arno | Win | Elina | Volker | Lose | | Bilgi | |
| Jasmin | Hadnet | | | | | | Eike | | | Eike | Philipp | Elina | Arno | Arno | Win | Elina | Volker | Lose | | Bilgi | |
| Elina | Barbara | | | | | | Andreas | | | Hendrik | Philipp | Andreas | No vote | Arno | | Volker | | | | | Volker |
| Sonja | | Kima | | Michael | Kima | | | Susanne | Eva | Eike | Arno | Andreas | Hendrik | Arno | Lose | | | | | | Volker |
| Arno | Hadnet | | | | | | Eike | | | Eike | Philipp | Elina | Volker | Sonja | | | | | | Bilgi | |
| Markus S | Hadnet | | | | | | Andreas | | | Sonja | Philipp | Andreas | No vote | | | | | | | | Volker |
| Andreas | Not on the island | Not on the island | Not on the island | | | | Eike | | | Eike | Philipp | Elina | | | | | | | | Bilgi | |
| Philipp | | Heiko | | Michael | Kima | | | Susanne | Eva | Eike | Arno | | | | | | | | | | Volker |
| Eike | Jasmin | | | | | | Andreas | | | Sonja | | | | | | | | | | | Volker |
| Eva | | Heiko | | Michael | Kima | | | Susanne | Volker | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Susanne | | Heiko | | Kima | Kima | | | Sonja | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Markus R | Bilgi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kima | | Eva | | Michael | Susanne | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Michael | | Heiko | | Kima | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barbara | Hadnet | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Heiko | | Kima | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hadnet | Jasmin | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |