Survivor 19 Samoa

Upolu, Samoa Sep 17 – Dec 20, 2009 Filmed Jun 11 – Jul 19, 2009

Tribes Foa Foa Galu Aiga

Format Joint Tribal Council debut Tribe Leader debut Kidnapping Double Tribal Council Challenge Advantage +1 more

20 Castaways all first-time players

39 Days

9 Jury

Winner Natalie White won 7-2-0

Who won Survivor 19?

Natalie White won Survivor 19, defeating Russell Hantz and Mick Trimming by a 7-2-0 final jury vote.

Cast: 20 castaways
Filmed in: Upolu, Samoa
Premiere: Sep 17, 2009
Finale: Dec 20, 2009

Jump to the full cast and finish order or season voting history.

More winners: Survivor 18 winner J.T. Thomas and Survivor 20 winner Sandra Diaz-Twine. See every Survivor winner in order.

The nineteenth season of the series features 20 castaways divided into two tribes in Upolu, Samoa, where they must elect a 'chief' to make critical decisions for their group while navigating the strategic play of one of the show's most notorious villains.

Day one split the cast into two tribes: Foa Foa and Galu. Everyone here was new to the game, and four of them would go on to play again.

Full cast & placements

Days, tribes and votes are on each castaway's page.

Survivor 19: Samoa cast results
Place	Castaway	Result	Days	Tribes	Votes against
1	Natalie White	7 of 9 jury votes	39	Foa FoaAiga	8
2	Russell Hantz Also played S20, S22	2 of 9 jury votes	39	Foa FoaAiga	2
3	Mick Trimming	0 of 9 jury votes	39	Foa FoaAiga	4
4	Brett Clouser	15th voted out	38	GaluAiga	3
5	Jaison Robinson	14th voted out	37	Foa FoaAiga	7
6	Shannon Waters	13th voted out	36	GaluAiga	6
7	Monica Padilla Also played S31	12th voted out	33	GaluAiga	7
8	Dave Ball	11th voted out	31	GaluAiga	8
9	John Fincher	10th voted out	30	GaluAiga	7
10	Laura Morett Also played S27	9th voted out	27	GaluAiga	10
11	Kelly Sharbaugh	8th voted out	24	GaluAiga	4
12	Erik Cardona	7th voted out	21	GaluAiga	10
13	Elizabeth Kim	6th voted out	18	Foa Foa	5
14	Russell Swan Also played S25	Medically evacuated	15	Galu	0
15	Ashley Trainer	5th voted out	14	Foa Foa	9
16	Yasmin Giles	4th voted out	11	Galu	8
17	Ben Browning	3rd voted out	8	Foa Foa	7
18	Betsy Bolan	2nd voted out	6	Foa Foa	7
19	Mike Borassi	Medically evacuated	5	Foa Foa	0
20	Marisa Calihan	1st voted out	3	Foa Foa	7

Episode guide

All 14 episodes of Survivor 19: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.

US viewers per episode

US viewers, episode by episode: 11.5M at the low point to 14.0M at the high. The dashed line is the season average of 12.4M. Episode 14 drew the biggest audience.

Survivor 19 episode guide: number, title, air date, reward and immunity winners, who left, and US viewers
#	Episode	Aired	Reward	Immunity	Voted out	Viewers
1	The Puppet Master Sep 17 Reward Foa Foa 11.7M viewers	Sep 17	Foa Foa	Galu	Marisa Calihan	11.7M
2	Taking Candy from a Baby Sep 24 Reward Galu 11.7M viewers	Sep 24	Galu	Galu	Mike Borassi Evacuated Betsy Bolan	11.7M
3	It's Called a Russell Seed Oct 1 Reward Galu 11.5M viewers	Oct 1	Galu	Galu	Ben Browning	11.5M
4	Hungry for a Win Oct 8 Reward Galu 11.7M viewers	Oct 8	Galu	Foa Foa	Yasmin Giles	11.7M
5	Walking on Thin Ice Oct 15 Reward Galu 11.8M viewers	Oct 15	Galu	Galu	Ashley Trainer	11.8M
6	This Is the Man Test Oct 22 12.9M viewers	Oct 22	–	–	Russell Swan Evacuated	12.9M
7	Houdini Magic Oct 29 Reward Galu 12.2M viewers	Oct 29	Galu	Galu	Elizabeth Kim	12.2M
8	All Hell Breaks Loose Nov 5 12.4M viewers	Nov 5	–	John Fincher, Laura Morett	Erik Cardona	12.4M
9	Tastes Like Chicken Nov 12 Reward Dave Ball, John Fincher, Kelly Sharbaugh, Monica Padilla, Shannon Waters 12.9M viewers	Nov 12	Dave Ball, John Fincher, Kelly Sharbaugh, Monica Padilla, Shannon Waters	Laura Morett	Kelly Sharbaugh	12.9M
10	The Day of Reckoning Nov 19 Reward Brett Clouser, Dave Ball, Laura Morett, Natalie White, Russell Hantz 12.3M viewers	Nov 19	Brett Clouser, Dave Ball, Laura Morett, Natalie White, Russell Hantz	Mick Trimming	Laura Morett	12.3M
11	Off with Their Heads! Dec 3 12.8M viewers	Dec 3	–	Jaison Robinson	John Fincher	12.8M
12	Damage Control Dec 10 13.3M viewers	Dec 10	–	Jaison Robinson, Brett Clouser	Dave Ball Monica Padilla	13.3M
13	Two Brains Are Better than One Dec 17 Reward Jaison Robinson, Russell Hantz, Shannon Waters 12.5M viewers	Dec 17	Jaison Robinson, Russell Hantz, Shannon Waters	Brett Clouser	Shannon Waters	12.5M
14	This Game Ain't Over Dec 20 14.0M viewers	Dec 20	–	Brett Clouser, Russell Hantz	Jaison Robinson Brett Clouser	14.0M

Survivor 19 also aired 1 recap or special broadcast, which sit outside this numbering.

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 19. A rough proxy for who the season was built around.

391 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)

Survivor 19 voting history: each row is a castaway, each column a tribal council, and each cell shows who that castaway voted for.
Voter	Ep 1 Marisa 7-3	Ep 2 Betsy 7-1	Ep 3 Ben 6-1	Ep 4 Yasmin 8-2	Ep 5 Ashley 5-1	Ep 7 Elizabeth 4-1	Ep 8 Erik 10-2	Ep 9 Kelly 4	Ep 10 Laura 10-8	Ep 12 John 7-1-1	Ep 13 Dave 7-1	Ep 13 Monica 5-2	Ep 14 Shannon 5-1	Ep 15 Jaison 4-1	Ep 15 Brett 3-1
Natalie White	Marisa	Betsy	Ben		Ashley	Elizabeth	Erik	Kelly	Laura	John	Dave	Monica	Shannon	Jaison	Brett
Russell Hantz	Marisa	Betsy	Ben		Ashley	Elizabeth	Erik	Kelly	Laura	John	Dave	Monica	Shannon	Jaison	Brett
Mick Trimming	Ashley	Betsy	Ben		Ashley	Elizabeth	Erik	Kelly	Laura	John	Dave	Monica	Shannon	Jaison	Brett
Brett Clouser				Yasmin			Erik	Russell	Natalie	John	Dave	Russell	Shannon	Jaison	Mick
Jaison Robinson	Marisa	Betsy	Ben		Ashley	Elizabeth	Erik	Kelly	Laura	John	Dave	Monica	Shannon	Mick
Shannon Waters				Monica			Jaison	Russell	Laura	Dave	Dave	Monica	Mick
Monica Padilla				Yasmin			Erik	Russell	Natalie	John	Dave	Russell
Dave Ball				Yasmin			Erik	Russell	Natalie	John	Shannon
John Fincher				Yasmin			Erik	Russell	Natalie	Mick
Laura Morett				Yasmin			Erik	Russell	Natalie
Kelly Sharbaugh				Yasmin			Erik	Russell
Erik Cardona				Yasmin			Jaison
Elizabeth Kim	Marisa	Betsy	Ben		Ashley	Jaison
Russell Swan				Yasmin
Ashley Trainer	Marisa	Betsy	Ben		Elizabeth
Yasmin Giles				Monica
Ben Browning	Marisa	Betsy	Ashley
Betsy Bolan	Ashley	Ben
Mike Borassi	Marisa
Marisa Calihan	Ashley

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