Survivor 20 Heroes vs. Villains
Upolu, Samoa Feb 11 – May 16, 2010 Filmed Aug 9 – Sep 16, 2009
Format Heroes vs. Villains (tribe division) debut Double Tribal Council Returning Players Hidden Immunity Idol
Winner
Sandra Diaz-Twine won 6-3-0 Who won Survivor 20?
Sandra Diaz-Twine won Survivor 20, defeating Parvati Shallow and Russell Hantz by a 6-3-0 final jury vote.
- Cast
- 20 castaways
- Filmed in
- Upolu, Samoa
- Premiere
- Feb 11, 2010
- Finale
- May 16, 2010
Jump to the full cast and finish order or season voting history.
More winners: Survivor 19 winner Natalie White and Survivor 21 winner Jud Birza. See every Survivor winner in order.
Celebrating the show's tenth anniversary, this twentieth season features twenty iconic returning contestants divided into two tribes based on their previous reputations for either integrity or deception.
Day one split the cast into two tribes: Villains and Heroes. Twenty castaways arrived with prior seasons played, and twelve of this cast would go on to play again.
Starting tribes
Full cast & placements
Days, tribes and votes are on each castaway's page.
| Place | Castaway | Result | Days | Tribes | Votes against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Diaz-Twine Also played S7, S34, S40 | 6 of 9 jury votes
| 39 | VillainsYin Yang | 1 |
| 2 |  Parvati Shallow Also played S13, S16, S40 | 3 of 9 jury votes
| 39 | VillainsYin Yang | 4 |
| 3 |  Russell Hantz Also played S19, S22 | 0 of 9 jury votes
| 39 | VillainsYin Yang | 5 |
| 4 |  Jerri Manthey Also played S2, S8 | 17th voted out | 38 | VillainsYin Yang | 4 |
| 5 |  Colby Donaldson Also played S2, S8, S50 | 16th voted out | 37 | HeroesYin Yang | 7 |
| 6 |  Rupert Boneham Also played S7, S8, S27 | 15th voted out | 36 | HeroesYin Yang | 10 |
| 7 |  Danielle DiLorenzo Also played S12 | 14th voted out | 33 | VillainsYin Yang | 4 |
| 8 |  Candice Cody Also played S13, S27 | 13th voted out | 31 | HeroesYin Yang | 5 |
| 9 |  Amanda Kimmel Also played S15, S16 | 12th voted out | 30 | HeroesYin Yang | 10 |
| 10 |  J.T. Thomas Also played S18, S34 | 11th voted out | 27 | HeroesYin Yang | 5 |
| 11 |  Courtney Yates Also played S15 | 10th voted out | 24 | Villains | 9 |
| 12 |  Benjamin Wade Also played S18, S23, S50 | 9th voted out | 21 | Villains | 4 |
| 13 |  Rob Mariano Also played S4, S8, S22, S40 | 8th voted out | 18 | Villains | 5 |
| 14 |  James Clement Also played S15, S16 | 7th voted out | 15 | Heroes | 6 |
| 15 |  Tyson Apostol Also played S18, S27, S40 | 6th voted out | 15 | Villains | 3 |
| 16 |  Tom Westman Also played S10 | 5th voted out | 14 | Heroes | 5 |
| 17 |  Cirie Fields Also played S12, S16, S34, S50 | 4th voted out | 11 | Heroes | 3 |
| 18 |  Randy Bailey Also played S17 | 3rd voted out | 8 | Villains | 9 |
| 19 |  Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick Also played S10, S11, S50 | 2nd voted out | 6 | Heroes | 6 |
| 20 |  Jessica Kiper Also played S17 | 1st voted out | 3 | Heroes | 9 |
Episode guide
All 14 episodes of Survivor 20: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.
| # | Episode | Aired | Reward | Immunity | Voted out | Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slay Everyone, Trust No One | Feb 11 | Heroes | Villains | Jessica Kiper | 14.2M |
| 2 | It's Getting the Best of Me | Feb 18 | Villains | Villains | Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick | 11.9M |
| 3 | That Girl Is Like a Virus | Feb 25 | Heroes | Heroes | Randy Bailey | 11.6M |
| 4 | Tonight, We Make Our Move | Mar 4 | Villains | Villains | Cirie Fields | 12.7M |
| 5 | Knights of the Round Table | Mar 11 | Villains | Villains | Tom Westman | 12.2M |
| 6 | Banana Etiquette | Mar 24 | – | – | Tyson Apostol James Clement | 11.2M |
| 7 | I'm Not a Good Villain | Apr 1 | Heroes | Heroes | Rob Mariano | 11.3M |
| 8 | Expectations | Apr 8 | Heroes | Heroes | Benjamin Wade | 12.4M |
| 9 | Survivor History | Apr 15 | Villains | Heroes | Courtney Yates | 12.3M |
| 10 | Going Down in Flames | Apr 22 | – | Danielle DiLorenzo | J.T. Thomas | 11.9M |
| 11 | Jumping Ship | Apr 29 | Amanda Kimmel, Colby Donaldson, Danielle DiLorenzo | Jerri Manthey | Amanda Kimmel | 12.7M |
| 12 | A Sinking Ship | May 6 | – | Parvati Shallow, Russell Hantz | Candice Cody Danielle DiLorenzo | 13.1M |
| 13 | Loose Lips Sink Ships | May 13 | Jerri Manthey | Parvati Shallow | Rupert Boneham | 13.3M |
| 14 | Anything Could Happen | May 16 | – | Parvati Shallow, Russell Hantz | Colby Donaldson Jerri Manthey | 13.5M |
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 20. A rough proxy for who the season was built around.
- 1 Russell Hantz 68
- 2 Parvati Shallow 40
- 3 Rupert Boneham 38
- 4 Benjamin Wade 32
- 5 J.T. Thomas 28
- 6 Sandra Diaz-Twine 27
- 7 Colby Donaldson 24
- 8 Amanda Kimmel 23
- 9 Jerri Manthey 21
- 10 Rob Mariano 20
396 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 Jessica 9-1 | Ep 2 Stephenie 6-3 | Ep 3 Randy 9-1 | Ep 4 Cirie 3-2 | Ep 5 Tom 5-2 | Ep 6 Tyson 3-2 | Ep 6 James 4-1 | Ep 7 Rob 4-3-1 | Ep 8 Benjamin 4-3 | Ep 9 Courtney 5-1 | Ep 10 J.T. 5 | Ep 11 Amanda 6-3 | Ep 12 Candice 5-3 | Ep 12 Danielle 4-3 | Ep 13 Rupert 4 | Ep 14 Colby 4-1 | Ep 14 Jerri 3-1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandra Diaz-Twine | Randy | Russell | Russell | Benjamin | Courtney | J.T. | Amanda | Candice | Rupert | Rupert | Colby | Jerri | |||||
| Parvati Shallow | Randy | Tyson | Rob | Benjamin | Courtney | J.T. | Amanda | Rupert | Rupert | Rupert | Colby | Jerri | |||||
| Russell Hantz | Randy | Tyson | Rob | Courtney | Courtney | J.T. | Amanda | Candice | Danielle | Rupert | Colby | Jerri | |||||
| Jerri Manthey | Randy | Parvati | Rob | Courtney | Courtney | J.T. | Amanda | Candice | Danielle | Rupert | Colby | Parvati | |||||
| Colby Donaldson | Jessica | Amanda | Cirie | James | James | Jerri | Parvati | Candice | Danielle | Sandra | Sandra | ||||||
| Rupert Boneham | Jessica | Stephenie | Colby | Tom | James | Jerri | Parvati | Candice | Danielle | Sandra | |||||||
| Danielle DiLorenzo | Randy | Tyson | Rob | Benjamin | Courtney | J.T. | Amanda | Rupert | Rupert | ||||||||
| Candice Cody | Jessica | Stephenie | Tom | Tom | James | Jerri | Amanda | Rupert | |||||||||
| Amanda Kimmel | Jessica | Stephenie | Tom | Tom | Jerri | Parvati | |||||||||||
| J.T. Thomas | Jessica | Stephenie | Cirie | Tom | James | Jerri | |||||||||||
| Courtney Yates | Randy | Parvati | Russell | Benjamin | Jerri | ||||||||||||
| Benjamin Wade | Randy | Parvati | Courtney | Courtney | |||||||||||||
| Rob Mariano | Randy | Russell | Russell | ||||||||||||||
| James Clement | Jessica | Stephenie | Colby | Tom | Colby | ||||||||||||
| Tyson Apostol | Randy | Parvati | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Westman | Jessica | Amanda | Cirie | James | |||||||||||||
| Cirie Fields | Jessica | Stephenie | Tom | ||||||||||||||
| Randy Bailey | Rob | ||||||||||||||||
| Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick | Jessica | Amanda | |||||||||||||||
| Jessica Kiper | Amanda |
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