# Survivor 48

Survivor 48 is the forty-eighth season of the American competitive reality television series Survivor. It premiered on February 26, 2025, on CBS in the United States, and is the sixteenth consecutive season to be filmed in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji.

## Production

On December 15, 2023, Manoa Kamikamica, the Fijian Minister of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport, announced that the Fijian Parliament had renewed its contract with Survivor for an additional two years. A preview for the season was released on December 18, 2024, right after the finale of Survivor 47 aired. Survivor 48 and The Amazing Race 37 retain the 90-minute runtime; the premiere episode of Survivor 48 ran for two hours.

## Contestants

The 18 castaways competing on Survivor 48 were officially announced on January 29, 2025, with the eighteen castaways were divided into three tribes: Civa, Lagi, and Vula.
List of Survivor 48 contestants :
| Contestant | Age | From | Tribe | Tribe | Finish | Finish |
| Contestant | Age | From | Original | Switched | Placement | Day |
| Stephanie Berger | 38 | Brooklyn, New York | Vula | | 1st voted out | Day 3 |
| Kevin Leung | 34 | Livermore, California | Vula | | 2nd voted out | Day 5 |
| Justin Pioppi | 29 | Winthrop, Massachusetts | Vula | | 3rd voted out | Day 7 |
| Shauhin Davari | 38 | Costa Mesa, California | Lagi | TBD | | |
| Eva Erickson | 24 | Providence, Rhode Island | Lagi | TBD | | |
| Kyle Fraser | 31 | Brooklyn, New York | Civa | TBD | | |
| Mitch Guerra | 34 | Waco, Texas | Civa | TBD | | |
| Saiounia Hughley | 30 | Simi Valley, California | Vula | TBD | | |
| Joe Hunter | 45 | West Sacramento, California | Lagi | TBD | | |
| Kamilla Karthigesu | 31 | Foster City, California | Civa | TBD | | |
| David Kinne | 39 | Buena Park, California | Civa | TBD | | |
| Thomas Krottinger | 34 | Los Angeles, California | Lagi | TBD | | |
| Cedrek McFadden | 46 | Greenville, South Carolina | Vula | TBD | | |
| Charity Nelms | 34 | St. Petersburg, Florida | Civa | TBD | | |
| Bianca Roses | 33 | Arlington, Virginia | Lagi | TBD | | |
| Chrissy Sarnowsky | 55 | Chicago, Illinois | Civa | TBD | | |
| Star Toomey | 28 | Augusta, Georgia | Lagi | TBD | | |
| Mary Zheng | 31 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Vula | TBD | | |

## Season summary

Survivor 48 season summary :
| Episode | Episode | Episode | Challenge winner(s) | Challenge winner(s) | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| No. | Title | Air date | Reward | Immunity | Tribe | Player |
| 1 | "The Get to Know You Game" | February 26, 2025 | Lagi | Lagi | Vula | Stephanie |
| 1 | "The Get to Know You Game" | February 26, 2025 | Lagi | Civa | Vula | Stephanie |
| 2 | "Humble Traits" | March 5, 2025 | Civa | Civa | Vula | Kevin |
| Kevin ||
| 3 | "Committing to the Bit" | March 12, 2025 | Lagi | Lagi | Vula | Justin |
| Justin ||
| 4 | "The House Party’s Over" | March 19, 2025 | | | | |
| 5 | "Master Class in Deception" | March 26, 2025 | | | | |

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Rating/share (18–49) | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 689 | 1 | "The Get to Know You Game" | 0.7/9 | February 26, 2025 (2025-2-26) | 4.27 |
| The 18 new castaways began their adventure. Marooning Challenge: Each tribe formed 3 pairs. Each pair sprinted down the beach and crawled through a mud pit under a heavy cargo net and then ran to retrieve a heavy chest and carry it back to their mat before the next pair could go. After retrieving all three chests, three tribe members climbed a steep slide to the top of a platform. Using a pole, they knocked off a key ring used to open the chest. They retrieved sandbags from the chest and tossed sand bags onto three small high platforms. The first tribe to land all three sandbags on the platforms won a pot, machete, and flint. Lagi won the challenge. Kyle from Civa and Kevin from Vula were selected to compete for their tribes' supplies. Supply Challenge: Following a buried rope that had a machete locked to the end, they used the machete to chop open a coconut to retrieve a key to unlock the machete. They then had to retrieve a pot from the top of a tall pole by any means possible. They filled the pot with seawater and used that to fill a large glass jug to float a key to the top that would unlock a flint. The one who unlocked the flint won the supplies. Kevin won when Kyle accidentally broke his jug. Kyle, in a demonstration of sportsmanship, then helped Kevin finish filling his bottle. At Civa, Kyle & Kamilla bonded and brought David & Chrissy into a majority, while the whole tribe tried to decipher the meaning of numbers and animal symbols at camp. At Lagi, the men aligned and debated whether to bring Eva (who Joe bonded with) or Bianca (who Thomas bonded with) into a majority. Feeling the odd person out, Star searched for an advantage, but her extended absence was noticed by everyone. At Vula, Saiounia’s frustration with Mary and Stephanie’s disinterest in strategizing led her to align with the men. She discovered a Beware Advantage and, with the help of her alliance, cracked the cypher to earn an idol. Immunity Challenge: Survivors raced over a massive net ramp and through a net tunnel. One player used a Fijian war club to smash a mask, releasing a box with a key in it. The key unlocked a heavy sled that the team moved down a track, then over some sandbags and finally up an incline to the top of a tall platform. Two players then used the pieces inside the sled to assemble a Survivor logo puzzle. The first two teams to finish won immunity plus a large shelter-building kit for first place and a smaller toolkit for second place while the losing tribe had to forfeit their flint. Lagi and Civa won the challenge. Stephanie was targeted by Saiounia for her puzzle performance; Mary and Stephanie in turn targeted Saiounia, feeling threatened by her aggressive gameplay. Kevin and Justin debated turning on Saiounia despite their wariness of her idol. At Tribal Council, Saiounia and Stephanie clashed over their differing approaches to the game. Ultimately, everyone except Mary voted out Stephanie, who attempted a failed Shot in the Dark. ||||||
| 690 | 2 | "Humble Traits" | 0.6/8 | March 5, 2025 (2025-3-5) | 4.31 |
| Despite Saiounia's insistence that Mary be the next to go, Kevin told Cedrek and Justin he hoped to blindside Saiounia. At Lagi, Star found the Beware Advantage and asked everyone except Eva to help her decipher it; Thomas tried to convince Shauhin to ditch the advantage clue and stall long enough to vote Star out, making Shauhin wary of Thomas. Journey: Mary, Mitch, and Thomas went on a journey where they had to solve a timed puzzle involving arranging numbered wooden blocks. If they failed to complete the puzzle in the time allotted, they lost their vote; if completed in time, they received an advantage. Mitch won a Block A Vote advantage and Thomas won a Steal A Vote advantage. Mary lost her vote. Back at Vula, Mary confessed to losing her vote. Thomas told Lagi he protected his vote by not playing, while Mitch told Civa he won a Block a Vote, to Charity’s elation. The other four on Civa searched for an advantage, which Kyle found and Kamilla helped decode, earning Kyle an idol. Reward/Immunity Challenge: Starting on a floating platform, one survivor climbed a ladder to the top of the platform and dove into the water to swim under a platform and release two buoys. They placed the buoys in trays on the platform and then swam under a second platform over to a third. Once there, the remaining survivors swam in pairs to the first platform and, working together, transported the buoys over a balance beam using poles. Once all players had reached the final platform with their buoys, they took turns shooting the buoys into a basket. The first two tribes to land all five buoys won immunity and a fishing kit. Thomas was injured when Bianca accidentally jabbed her pole into his eye, but continued. Despite making some initial headway, Vula stalled when Cedrek and Kevin repeatedly failed to transport their buoy and Civa and Lagi won immunity, with Mitch's free-throwing skills being praised by Jeff. Saiounia rallied against Mary, who appeared helpless without a vote, but Kevin continued to target Saiounia. Cedrek urged Saiounia to play her idol, making Saiounia target Kevin instead, though Cedrek and Justin were reluctant to vote out their strongest member. At Tribal Council, Saiounia played her idol to negate Kevin’s vote, and everyone except Mary blindsided a devastated Kevin. ||||||
| 691 | 3 | "Committing To The Bit" | 0.7/9 | March 12, 2025 (2025-3-12) | 4.63 |
| At Vula, Saiounia followed Mary around to stop her finding an advantage, while Mary made repeated attempts to evade her. Tipped off by Joe about Star's unsolved Beware Advantage, Eva decided to test Star's honesty by appearing to talk strategy, but this backfired when Star told Bianca and Thomas that Eva had thrown their names out as possible sacrifices. Shauhin and Thomas were also wary of Eva’s close bond with Joe, which she made no secret of in front of the rest of the tribe. At Civa, David and Kyle weighed their options after Mitch approached them for an alliance with himself and Charity. Reward/Immunity Challenge: A caller for each tribe directed their three blindfolded tribemates around and through obstacles, searching for three key bags that were used to unlock a slide puzzle. The caller then led the blindfolded members to the puzzle table and directed a still-blindfolded tribemate in solving the puzzle. The first two tribes to complete their puzzle won immunity and a large comfort kit for first place and a smaller tarp for second place. Lagi and Civa won yet again. Immediately following the challenge, Lagi were asked to choose one person from each tribe to go on a journey; Bianca, Justin, and Kamilla were chosen. Journey: The players were taken to Monu Island where they each had to roll seven dice with flames and skulls until they got four of either; four flames won the advantage, while four skulls cost them their vote at the next tribal. Bianca and Justin lost their vote, while Kamilla won an extra vote. Following Mitch's example, Kamilla reluctantly told the rest of Civa about her extra vote, while Bianca confided in Thomas after keeping it from her other tribemates. At Vula, Justin pretended he had played for a tribe reward and hadn't risked his vote, even when speaking one-on-one with Cedrek. Mary intentionally refrained from searching for an advantage to give Saiounia the perception she had already found it. Saiounia felt uneasy about Mary’s behavior and tried to convince Cedrek to split the vote on Justin; both Cedrek and Justin argued that Mary was bluffing, which Mary played up when Saiounia directly confronted her. At Tribal Council, Mary played her Shot in the Dark and successfully negated the two votes against her. On the revote, Saiounia voted Justin while Cedrek voted Saiounia; neither changed their vote on the second revote, leading to an unprecedented deadlock. Cedrek, the only person who had not been voted for, was left with the final decision. Saiounia passionately argued that Justin's hiding his lost vote was a sign of his dishonesty. Cedrek, on the condition that Saiounia and Mary learn to work together, chose to send a resigned Justin home. ||||||
| 692 | 4 | "The House Party’s Over" | TBA | March 19, 2025 (2025-3-19) | TBD |
| Reward/Immunity Challenge: ||||||
| 693 | 5 | "Master Class in Deception" | TBA | March 26, 2025 (2025-3-26) | TBD |
| Reward/Immunity Challenge: ||||||

## Voting history

Survivor 48 voting history :
| | Original tribes | Original tribes | Original tribes | Original tribes | Original tribes | Original tribes | Switched tribes |
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Day | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| Tribe | Vula | Vula | Vula | Vula | Vula | Vula | |
| Eliminated | Stephanie | Kevin | None | Tie | Tie | Justin | |
| Votes | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | Consensus | |
| Voter | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote | Vote |
| Bianca | | | | | | | |
| Cedrek | Stephanie | Kevin | Mary | Saiounia | Saiounia | Justin | |
| Charity | | | | | | | |
| Chrissy | | | | | | | |
| David | | | | | | | |
| Eva | | | | | | | |
| Joe | | | | | | | |
| Kamilla | | | | | | | |
| Kyle | | | | | | | |
| Mary | Saiounia | None | None | None | None | None | |
| Mitch | | | | | | | |
| Saiounia | Stephanie | Kevin | Mary | Justin | Justin | None | |
| Shauhin | | | | | | | |
| Star | | | | | | | |
| Thomas | | | | | | | |
| Justin | Stephanie | Kevin | None | None | None | None | |
| Kevin | Stephanie | Saiounia | | | | | |
| Stephanie | None | | | | | | |

### Notes

* 1 2 Mary successfully played her Shot in the Dark; therefore, both votes against her did not count. As there were no counted ballots, and Justin was not eligible to cast a vote, both eligible castaways then re-voted between those who weren't immune.
* ↑ The vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held. As one of the castaways involved in the tie had lost voting privileges, all the remaining castaways with votes were eligible to vote for those players who tied.
* ↑ After three rounds of voting, Tribal Council remained tied. Normally, per the rules, the non-tied castaways who had the ability to vote must come to a unanimous decision as to whom to eliminate between the tied castaways, or else the tied castaways would then become immune and every remaining non-immune player would draw rocks. However, as Cedrek was the only non-tied castaway eligible to vote and the only castaway that would remain non-immune if a unanimous decision was not made due to Mary sacrificing her vote to successfully play her Shot in the Dark, he had to come to a consensus decision by himself to vote out either Justin or Saiounia, or else he would be eliminated without a rock draw.
* ↑ Saiounia played a hidden immunity idol on herself; therefore one vote for Sai was not counted.
* 1 2 Due to a deadlocked tie, the only non-tied castaway eligible to vote, Cedrek, had to come to a consensus decision by himself to vote out either Justin or Saiounia, or else he would be eliminated without a rock draw. Cedrek decided to eliminate Justin.
* 1 2 This player lost a vote attempting to gain an advantage.
* 1 2 This player played the Shot in the Dark, and as a result, had to sacrifice that night's vote.
* ↑ Per the rules, if a tied vote between castaways occurs, and one of the castaways voted the tie does not have a vote to begin with, their votes do not cancel each other out, and the castaway that was eligible to vote (Saiounia) still retains their vote within the revote(s), although Saiounia could only vote for Justin on the second revote.

## Reception

Viewership and ratings per episode of Survivor 48 :
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "The Get to Know You Game" | February 26, 2025 | 0.7/9 | 4.27 | 0.3 | 1.77 | 1.0 | 6.04 |
| 2 | "Humble Traits" | March 5, 2025 | 0.6/8 | 4.31 | 0.3 | 1.42 | 0.8 | 5.73 |
| 3 | "Committing To The Bit" | March 12, 2025 | 0.7/9 | 4.63 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |