Survivor: Pulau Tiga (U.K.)

Survivor: Pulau Tiga is the first season of the British reality TV show, . It was broadcast on ITV1 from May 21 to July 25, 2001. The prize for the winner was £1,000,000, which was, at the time, the joint-highest amount of money ever won on British television. Adjusted for inflation, the prize is roughly equal to US$2,200,000 in 2023.
After 40 days in Malaysia, Charlotte Hobrough defeated Jackie Carey in a 7-0 jury vote to become the Ultimate Survivor.
==Production ==
The first season was filmed on the Malaysian island of Pulau Tiga in the South China Sea, which was also the filming location used in Survivor: Borneo, the first U.S. Survivor season, which was broadcast the previous year. The season heavily followed the format of Borneo, with similar challenges, graphics and a documentary-style format in an attempt to emulate its success.
==Format== 
*Tribe Composition: The sixteen castaways were divided into two tribes of eight.
*40-Day Format: The game lasted 40 days, one day longer than Survivor: Borneo. This was due to the fact that the first Tribal Council occurred on Day 4 instead of Day 3. The remainder of the game followed the same format as the American franchise.
*Past Votes Tiebreaker: In the event of a tied vote, votes cast against the players in question at previous Tribal Councils would also be counted. The castaway that had received more votes would be eliminated from the game. If the tied vote occurred at a pre-merged tribe's first Tribal Council - and thus no previous votes could be counted - the tribe would have a discussion in a separate location without the castaways involved in the tie. A revote would then occur, and the castaway who received the most votes would be voted out.
*Merge: The merged tribe was comprised of ten members.
==Castaways==
Contestant	Contestant 	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Finish	VotesAgainst
Contestant	Contestant 	Original Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Finish	VotesAgainst
 	Nick Carter38, Gedling, NottinghamshirePharmaceutical Company Manager 	 	 	 	5
 	J.J. Adams37, Barry, Vale of GlamorganTemporary Worker 	 	 	 	8
 	Uzma Bashir Sheikh30, Croxley Green, HertfordshireEntrepreneur 	 	 	 	10
 	Sarah Odell30, Fulham, LondonModel 	 	 	 	5
 	Jayne Meyler47, Steyning, West SussexPersonal Trainer 	 	 	 	7
 	Adrian Bauckham22, Gravesend, KentBarrister's Clerk 	 	 	 	4
 	Simon Dunkley35, Sutton Coldfield, BirminghamFinancial Service Manager	 	rowspan="10" 	 	6
 	Andy Fairfield41, Syresham, NorthamptonshireLonghaul Pilot 	 	 	6 	
 	James Stroud40, Wimbledon, LondonProperty Developer 	 	 	9 	
 	Pete Farrar30, Stockport, CheshireModel 	 	 	5 	
 	Zoe Lyons29, London, EnglandBartender 	 	 	8 	
 	Eve Holding30, Wantage, OxfordshireFence Installer 	 	 	6 	
 	Mick Easton55, Dartford, KentField Technical Officer 	 	 	4 	
 	Richard Owen33, Cardiff, WalesClinical Research Fellow 	 	 	5 	
 	Jackie Carey31, Woking, SurreyAirline Industry Buyer 	 	Runner-Up 	7 	
 	Charlotte Hobrough24, Rhoose, Vale of GlamorganPolice Officer 	 	Ultimate Survivor	4 	
==Season Summary==
The season premiere began with sixteen people divided into two tribes. They were Helang, wearing yellow, and Ular, wearing blue. Throughout the pre-merge portion of the game, Ular proved to be the superior tribe and only attended Tribal Council on two occasions, with the first being a disqualification after initially winning the Immunity Challenge. At these Tribal Councils, they eliminated Nick Carter for trying to control the game and Sarah Odell for being closely associated with Eve Holding, who had been causing rifts in the tribe. Helang, on the other hand, was not so fortunate when it came to challenges, winning just two of the six Immunity Challenges and two of the five Reward Challenges. The tribe's failures sent them to Tribal Council four times, where they voted out J.J. Adams for being too domineering, Uzma Bashir Sheikh for being considered physically weak and falling ill, Jayne Meyler for feeling homesick and being considered physically weak, and Adrian Bauckham for being perceived as lazy.
On Day 21, the ten remaining castaways were merged into one tribe - Sekutu. Before the merge, the Ular tribe had decided to form an alliance and vote off the original members of Helang. The alliance followed through with their original plan at the first three Tribal Councils, and voted out the three remaining men of Helang: Simon Dunkley, Andy Fairfield and James Stroud. In these three Tribal Councils, the Helang tribe members spread their votes among members of Ular, in case a tie occurred between a Helang member and previous votes would be counted in order to break the tie.
At this point, it looked as if Charlotte Hobrough, the last remaining member of Helang, would be voted out next. However, Ular decided that it would be a prime opportunity to eliminate the biggest physical threat in the game, Pete Farrar, and Charlotte was spared as Pete was voted out. At the next Tribal Council, Charlotte was targeted once again, but Richard Owen defected from his alliance with Eve, Zoe Lyons and Mick Easton, forming a new counter-alliance with the two outsiders of the tribe, Charlotte and Jackie Carey. The vote was tied 3-3, but as Zoe had five votes previously cast against her, and Charlotte had only one, Zoe was eliminated from the game. Eve, angered by the surprise of the vote, began stealing items from the tribe. Due to Eve's "inhumane" behaviour, the tribe voted her out next. Mick, the last remaining member of his alliance, was eliminated at the following Tribal Council after quitting the previous Immunity Challenge alongside Charlotte. At the Final Immunity Challenge, Charlotte came out victorious and had the power to decide who would sit next to her in the Final Two. The decision seemed fairly clear to Charlotte, and she cast the deciding vote against Richard, who was thought to be much better liked by the jury than Jackie.
At the Final Tribal Council, the jury praised Charlotte for overcoming so many obstacles to get to the Final Two, and criticised Jackie for being "carried" through the game. By a unanimous vote of 7-0, Charlotte became the UK's first Ultimate Survivor, as well as the first winner of an international English-speaking season of the Survivor franchise.
== Voting History==
==Trivia==
*Survivor: Pulau Tiga and Survivor: Borneo, the first season of the American franchise, have various similarities:
**Both were set in Pulau Tiga, Sabah, Malaysia.
**Both followed the basic format of .
**Both featured orange and yellow tribes.
**Both featured a female runner-up.
** Both featured tribes living at the Pagong beach.
**Both yellow starting tribes were Pagonged after the merge.
** However, unlike in , the Pagonging was not successful, where the remaining member of the Pagonged tribe reached the Final Tribal Council and won.
**Both featured contestants named "Richard" who reached the Final 3.
** Both featured contestants called by two letters, "B.B." and "J.J.", that were eliminated in the second episode.
**Both castaways in the Final Two of each season were aged in their 30s and 20s.
*The two tribes this season both had an identical age average of 34.5.
*This is the first English-speaking season of Survivor broadcast outside of the United States.
*Adjusted for inflation, this season offered the largest prize for the winner ever seen in the Survivor franchise.
==References==
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