Survivor 16 Micronesia
Koror, Palau Feb 7 – May 11, 2008 Filmed Oct 29 – Dec 6, 2007
Format Fans vs. Favorites Schoolyard Pick Exile Island Returning Players Tribe Switch Hidden Immunity Idol
Winner
Parvati Shallow won 5-3 Who won Survivor 16?
Parvati Shallow won Survivor 16, defeating Amanda Kimmel by a 5-3 final jury vote.
- Cast
- 20 castaways
- Filmed in
- Koror, Palau
- Premiere
- Feb 7, 2008
- Finale
- May 11, 2008
Jump to the full cast and finish order or season voting history.
More winners: Survivor 15 winner Todd Herzog and Survivor 17 winner Robert Crowley. See every Survivor winner in order.
Survivor: Micronesia, also known as Fans vs. Favorites, features ten returning players competing against ten ultimate fans of the show in the Palau islands.
Day one split the cast into two tribes: Malakal and Airai. Ten castaways arrived with prior seasons played, and seven of this cast would go on to play again.
Starting tribes
Loved ones this season
Castaways from this cast with a documented bond off the island — read the story behind each pair.
Full cast & placements
Days, tribes and votes are on each castaway's page.
| Place | Castaway | Result | Days | Tribes | Votes against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parvati Shallow Returnee Also played S13, S20, S40 | 5 of 8 jury votes
| 39 | MalakalAiraiDabu | 4 |
| 2 |  Amanda Kimmel Returnee Also played S15, S20 | 3 of 8 jury votes
| 39 | MalakalDabu | 0 |
| 3 |  Cirie Fields Returnee Also played S12, S20, S34, S50 | 15th voted out | 38 | MalakalDabu | 3 |
| 4 |  Natalie Bolton | 14th voted out | 37 | AiraiDabu | 3 |
| 5 |  Erik Reichenbach Also played S26 | 13th voted out | 36 | AiraiMalakalDabu | 7 |
| 6 |  Alexis Jones | 12th voted out | 33 | AiraiDabu | 2 |
| 7 |  James Clement Returnee Also played S15, S20 | Medically evacuated | 31 | MalakalAiraiDabu | 3 |
| 8 |  Jason Siska | 11th voted out | 30 | AiraiDabu | 8 |
| 9 |  Oscar Lusth Returnee Also played S13, S23, S34, S50 | 10th voted out | 27 | MalakalDabu | 9 |
| 10 |  Eliza Orlins Returnee Also played S9 | 9th voted out | 24 | MalakalAiraiDabu | 8 |
| 11 |  Ami Cusack Returnee Also played S9 | 8th voted out | 21 | Malakal | 4 |
| 12 |  Tracy Hughes-Wolf | 7th voted out | 20 | AiraiMalakal | 7 |
| 13 |  Kathleen Sleckman | Quit | 19 | Airai | 0 |
| 14 |  Chet Welch | 6th voted out | 17 | AiraiMalakal | 12 |
| 15 |  Jonathan Penner Returnee Also played S13, S25 | Medically evacuated | 15 | MalakalAirai | 0 |
| 16 |  Joel Anderson | 5th voted out | 14 | AiraiMalakal | 6 |
| 17 |  Michael Bortone | 4th voted out | 11 | Airai | 6 |
| 18 |  Yau-Man Chan Returnee Also played S14 | 3rd voted out | 8 | Malakal | 6 |
| 19 |  Mary Sartain | 2nd voted out | 6 | Airai | 6 |
| 20 |  Jon Dalton Returnee Also played S7 | 1st voted out | 3 | Malakal | 9 |
Episode guide
All 14 episodes of Survivor 16: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.
| # | Episode | Aired | Reward | Immunity | Voted out | Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Guys Are Dumber than You Look | Feb 7 | Airai | Kathleen Sleckman, Yau-Man Chan Airai | Jon Dalton | 14.0M |
| 2 | The Sounds of Jungle Love | Feb 14 | Malakal | Malakal | Mary Sartain | 13.1M |
| 3 | I Should Be Carried on the Chariot-Type Thing! | Feb 21 | Malakal | Airai | Yau-Man Chan | 12.6M |
| 4 | That's Baked, Barbecued and Fried! | Feb 28 | Malakal | Malakal | Michael Bortone | 12.5M |
| 5 | He's a Ball of Goo! | Mar 6 | Airai | Airai | Joel Anderson | 12.1M |
| 6 | It Hit Everyone Pretty Hard | Mar 13 | Airai | Airai | Jonathan Penner Evacuated Chet Welch | 13.1M |
| 7 | Like a Wide-Eyed Kid in the Candy Store | Mar 19 | Malakal | Airai | Kathleen Sleckman Quit Tracy Hughes-Wolf | 11.3M |
| 8 | A Lost Puppy Dog | Apr 3 | Airai | Airai | Ami Cusack | 12.8M |
| 9 | I'm in Such a Hot Pickle! | Apr 10 | – | Jason Siska | Eliza Orlins | 11.7M |
| 10 | I Promise... | Apr 17 | Amanda Kimmel, Erik Reichenbach, Jason Siska, Oscar Lusth | Parvati Shallow | Oscar Lusth | 12.1M |
| 11 | I'm Ruthless... and Have a Smile on My Face | Apr 24 | – | Erik Reichenbach | Jason Siska | 13.0M |
| 12 | I'm Gonna Fix Her! | May 1 | Alexis Jones | Erik Reichenbach | James Clement Evacuated Alexis Jones | 12.5M |
| 13 | If It Smells Like a Rat, Give It Cheese | May 8 | Erik Reichenbach | Erik Reichenbach | Erik Reichenbach | 12.0M |
| 14 | Stir the Pot! | May 11 | – | Amanda Kimmel | Natalie Bolton Cirie Fields | 12.9M |
Episode, twist and location facts adapted from Survivor Fandom and Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-07-21. Licensed CC BY-SA.
Who got the edit
Confessional counts: the to-camera interviews the edit gave each castaway across Survivor 16. A rough proxy for who the season was built around.
- 1 Cirie Fields 52
- 2 Erik Reichenbach 39
- 3 Amanda Kimmel 33
- 4 Parvati Shallow 32
- 5 Oscar Lusth 31
- 6 Eliza Orlins 22
- 7 Jason Siska 21
- 8 James Clement 18
- 9 Kathleen Sleckman 18
- 10 Natalie Bolton 17
376 confessionals across the season. Top 10 of 20 castaways shown.
Voting history
Every tribal-council vote of the season. Rows are castaways by finish, columns are councils in order. Each cell is who that castaway voted for.
Key Vote matched the boot Struck through = vote nullified by an idol No vote cast (immune, absent, or already out)
| Voter | Ep 1 Jon 9-1 | Ep 2 Mary 6-2-2 | Ep 3 Yau-Man 6-2-1 | Ep 4 Michael 6-3 | Ep 5 Joel 6-2 | Ep 6 Chet 5-2 | Ep 7 Tracy 5-1 | Ep 8 Ami 4-1 | Ep 9 Eliza 8-2 | Ep 10 Oscar 5-4 | Ep 11 Jason 4-3-1 | Ep 12 Alexis 2 | Ep 13 Erik 4-1 | Ep 14 Natalie 3-1 | Ep 14 Cirie 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parvati Shallow | Jon | Yau-Man | Eliza | Oscar | Jason | Alexis | Erik | Natalie | |||||||
| Amanda Kimmel | Jon | Yau-Man | Joel | Chet | Tracy | Ami | Eliza | Jason | Jason | Alexis | Erik | Natalie | Cirie | ||
| Cirie Fields | Jon | Yau-Man | Joel | Chet | Tracy | Ami | Eliza | Oscar | Jason | Amanda | Erik | Natalie | |||
| Natalie Bolton | Mary | Michael | Eliza | Oscar | James | Amanda | Erik | Cirie | |||||||
| Erik Reichenbach | Mary | Michael | Chet | Chet | Tracy | Ami | Eliza | Jason | Jason | Amanda | Parvati | ||||
| Alexis Jones | Mary | Chet | Eliza | Oscar | James | Amanda | |||||||||
| James Clement | Jon | Yau-Man | Eliza | Jason | Parvati | ||||||||||
| Jason Siska | Chet | Chet | Oscar | Oscar | James | ||||||||||
| Oscar Lusth | Jon | Yau-Man | Joel | Chet | Tracy | Ami | Eliza | Jason | |||||||
| Eliza Orlins | Jon | Yau-Man | Oscar | ||||||||||||
| Ami Cusack | Jon | Cirie | Joel | Chet | Tracy | Erik | |||||||||
| Tracy Hughes-Wolf | Mary | Michael | Joel | Erik | Oscar | ||||||||||
| Kathleen Sleckman | Mary | Michael | |||||||||||||
| Chet Welch | Mary | Michael | Joel | Erik | |||||||||||
| Jonathan Penner | Jon | Parvati | |||||||||||||
| Joel Anderson | Tracy | Michael | Chet | ||||||||||||
| Michael Bortone | Chet | Chet | |||||||||||||
| Yau-Man Chan | Jon | Parvati | |||||||||||||
| Mary Sartain | Tracy | ||||||||||||||
| Jon Dalton | Oscar |
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