Surv!vor: Thailand

Surv!vor: Thailand was the second season in Ashley Neleh's "Surv!vor" series, following the unexpected success of Surv!vor: All Stars.
Unlike the first season where the game mirrored the CBS edition closely, the production and filming of Surv!vor: Thailand took place when no CBS season was airing, and therefore became the first off-season edition in the series. The twists in the game as well as the cast roster were original and were not done according to CBS' Survivor: Thailand. This has been the only season so far where even the CBS-picked original tribe names were modified; tribes Sook Jai and Chuay Gahn were separated into 4 distinct tribes of Sook, Jai, Chuay and Gahn, meaning Happy, Heart, Help and Hand in the Thai language.
The game kicked off with one of the most unorthodox twists so far in the series. The 16 castaways competed for unknown tribes, and only through the course of Tribal Councils could they logically figure out who was on which team. Two tribes would attend each Tribal Council at a time. By Episode 3, the mystery of the tribes was solved, and players were subsequently absorbed into either the Sook Jai or Chuay Gahn tribes.
Just like on the CBS edition of Survivor: Thailand, the merge did not happen at the Final 10, although castaways could predict by now that "two tribes living together on the same beach" did not necessarily mean a merge. What they did not count on was another tribal shake-up at the Final 9 for one round, and an eventual merge at the Final 8.
In the end, Kelly Wiglesworth / amitooshacham triumphed over the quieter Colleen Haskell / noknowno to take the title of Sole Surv!vor, and both of them were seen as good girls throughout the game.
==Contestants==
Contestant 	Original Tribe	Absorbed Tribes	Switched Tribes	Merged Tribe 	Finish 	Total Votes
Greg Buiscoolboy66 	 	 	 	 	1st Voted Out 	
Darrah Johnsonnobodysnobody / the submarine man 	 	 	 	 	2nd Voted Out 	
Trish DunntoxXxic x 	 	 	 	 	3rd Voted Out 	
Christa HastieTeresa / pagonglover 	 	 	 	 	4th Voted Out 	
Richard HatchJasmaniac V1.0 / stanleyolee 	 	 	 	 	5th Voted Out 	
Lex Van Den BergheApril's Goodies / Sambr23 	 	 	 	 	6th Voted Out 	
Penny RamseyPagonged101 	 	 	 	 	7th Voted Out 	
Clay Jordanshoomrat 	 	 	 	 	8th Voted Out1st Jury Member	
Jake BillingsleyRebby / Rebnik222 	 	 	 	rowspan=8 	9th Voted Out2nd Jury Member	
Rob CesterninoPrinceMallowSaboga / PrinceMallowNimbus	 	 	 	10th Voted Out3rd Jury Member	 	
Burton RobertsThe Black Ranger / chillfact0r7 	 	 	 	11th Voted Out4th Jury Member	 	
Ramona GrayI LUV CINDY / I LUV TIJUANA 	 	 	 	12th Voted Out5th Jury Member	 	
Gervase PetersonAfrican Shadow / Africalover333 	 	 	 	13th Voted Out6th Jury Member	 	
Kim PowersElisabeths Revenge / Jacare15 	 	 	 	14th Voted Out7th Jury Member	 	
Colleen Haskellfingerscroxx / noknowno 	 	 	 	Runner-up 	 	
Kelly WiglesworthAmit / amitooshacham 	 	 	 	Sole Survivor 	 	
===Future appearances===
Kim and Jake returned in Surv!vor: Borneo - Second Chances with Kelly and Colleen returning in Surv!vor: Heroes vs. Villains. Gervase returned in Surv!vor: The Commemorative Season.