Survivor 29 San Juan del Sur
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua Sep 24 – Dec 17, 2014 Filmed Jun 1 – Jul 10, 2014
Format Blood vs. Water Day Zero Exile Island Challenge Advantage Tribe Switch +1 more
Winner
Natalie Anderson won 5-2-1 Who won Survivor 29?
Natalie Anderson won Survivor 29, defeating Jaclyn Schultz and Missy Payne by a 5-2-1 final jury vote.
- Cast
- 18 castaways
- Filmed in
- San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
- Premiere
- Sep 24, 2014
- Finale
- Dec 17, 2014
Jump to the full cast and finish order or season voting history.
More winners: Survivor 28 winner Tony Vlachos and Survivor 30 winner Mike Holloway. See every Survivor winner in order.
The twenty-ninth season features a Blood vs. Water theme where pairs of loved ones compete against each other in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.
Day one split the cast into two tribes: Hunahpu and Coyopa. Everyone here was new to the game, and four of them 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 | Natalie Anderson Also played S40 | 5 of 8 jury votes
| 39 | HunahpuHuyopa | 0 |
| 2 |  Jaclyn Schultz | 2 of 8 jury votes
| 39 | CoyopaHuyopa | 3 |
| 3 |  Missy Payne | 1 of 8 jury votes
| 39 | HunahpuCoyopaHuyopa | 3 |
| 4 |  Keith Nale Also played S31 | 14th voted out | 38 | HunahpuCoyopaHuyopa | 13 |
| 5 |  Baylor Wilson | 13th voted out | 37 | CoyopaHuyopa | 17 |
| 6 |  Jon Misch | 12th voted out | 35 | HunahpuCoyopaHuyopa | 4 |
| 7 |  Alec Christy | 11th voted out | 32 | CoyopaHunahpuHuyopa | 4 |
| 8 |  Reed Kelly | 10th voted out | 29 | HunahpuHuyopa | 10 |
| 9 |  Wes Nale | 9th voted out | 26 | CoyopaHunahpuHuyopa | 2 |
| 10 |  Jeremy Collins Also played S31, S40 | 8th voted out | 24 | HunahpuHuyopa | 5 |
| 11 |  Josh Canfield | 7th voted out | 21 | CoyopaHunahpuHuyopa | 6 |
| 12 |  Julie McGee | Quit | 18 | HunahpuHuyopa | 2 |
| 13 |  Dale Wentworth | 6th voted out | 15 | Coyopa | 8 |
| 14 |  Kelley Wentworth Also played S31, S38 | 5th voted out | 13 | HunahpuCoyopa | 4 |
| 15 |  Drew Christy | 4th voted out | 10 | Hunahpu | 5 |
| 16 |  John Rocker | 3rd voted out | 8 | Coyopa | 5 |
| 17 |  Val Collins | 2nd voted out | 6 | Coyopa | 9 |
| 18 |  Nadiya Anderson | 1st voted out | 3 | Coyopa | 5 |
Episode guide
All 14 episodes of Survivor 29: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.
| # | Episode | Aired | Reward | Immunity | Voted out | Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suck It Up and Survive | Sep 24 | Hunahpu | Hunahpu | Nadiya Anderson | 9.8M |
| 2 | Method to This Madness | Oct 1 | Hunahpu | Hunahpu | Val Collins | 9.5M |
| 3 | Actions vs. Accusations | Oct 8 | Coyopa | Hunahpu | John Rocker | 9.7M |
| 4 | We're a Hot Mess | Oct 15 | Jon Misch, Drew Christy, Jaclyn Schultz | Coyopa | Drew Christy | 9.3M |
| 5 | Blood Is Blood | Oct 22 | – | Hunahpu | Kelley Wentworth | 9.2M |
| 6 | Make Some Magic Happen | Oct 29 | Hunahpu | Hunahpu | Dale Wentworth | 9.1M |
| 7 | Million Dollar Decision | Nov 5 | – | Keith Nale | Julie McGee Quit | 9.3M |
| 8 | Wrinkle in the Plan | Nov 12 | Jeremy Collins, Keith Nale, Natalie Anderson, Reed Kelly, Wes Nale | Jeremy Collins | Josh Canfield | 9.5M |
| 9 | Gettin' to Crunch Time | Nov 19 | Alec Christy, Baylor Wilson, Jeremy Collins, Natalie Anderson, Reed Kelly | Baylor Wilson | Jeremy Collins | 9.8M |
| 10 | This Is Where We Build Trust | Nov 26 | Alec Christy, Jaclyn Schultz, Jon Misch, Reed Kelly | Reed Kelly | Wes Nale | 8.9M |
| 11 | Kind of Like Cream Cheese | Dec 3 | Missy Payne | Keith Nale | Reed Kelly | 8.7M |
| 12 | Still Holdin' On | Dec 3 | Natalie Anderson | Jon Misch | Alec Christy | 8.7M |
| 13 | Let's Make a Move | Dec 10 | Jon Misch, Keith Nale, Missy Payne | Natalie Anderson | Jon Misch | 9.5M |
| 14 | This Is My Time | Dec 17 | Keith Nale, Jaclyn Schultz | Keith Nale, Jaclyn Schultz | Baylor Wilson Keith Nale | 9.8M |
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 29. A rough proxy for who the season was built around.
- 1 Jon Misch 56
- 2 Keith Nale 47
- 3 Natalie Anderson 46
- 4 Jeremy Collins 46
- 5 Baylor Wilson 36
- 6 Josh Canfield 36
- 7 Jaclyn Schultz 31
- 8 Missy Payne 31
- 9 Reed Kelly 22
- 10 Alec Christy 17
445 confessionals across the season. Top 10 of 18 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 Nadiya 5-3-1 | Ep 2 Val 9-5 | Ep 3 John 5-2 | Ep 4 Drew 5-2-1-1 | Ep 5 Kelley 3-2-2 | Ep 6 Dale 3-2-1 | Ep 8 Josh 6-5 | Ep 9 Jeremy 5-3-2 | Ep 10 Wes 2 | Ep 11 Reed 7-1 | Ep 12 Alec 4-3 | Ep 13 Jon 4-3-2 | Ep 14 Baylor 2 | Ep 14 Keith 3-1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natalie Anderson | Drew | Josh | Keith | Keith | Reed | Alec | Jon | Baylor | Keith | |||||
| Jaclyn Schultz | Dale | Baylor | John | Kelley | Dale | Josh | Jeremy | Wes | Reed | Keith | Keith | Baylor | Keith | |
| Missy Payne | Drew | Kelley | Keith | Josh | Jeremy | Keith | Reed | Alec | Jaclyn | Jaclyn | Keith | |||
| Keith Nale | Julie | Dale | Dale | Baylor | Reed | Jon | Reed | Alec | Jon | Jaclyn | Missy | |||
| Baylor Wilson | Nadiya | Val | John | Kelley | Keith | Josh | Jeremy | Keith | Reed | Alec | Jaclyn | Jaclyn | ||
| Jon Misch | Keith | Dale | Dale | Josh | Jeremy | Wes | Reed | Keith | Keith | |||||
| Alec Christy | Nadiya | Baylor | John | Baylor | Reed | Jon | Reed | Keith | ||||||
| Reed Kelly | Julie | Baylor | Jeremy | Jon | Missy | |||||||||
| Wes Nale | Nadiya | Val | John | Baylor | Reed | Jon | ||||||||
| Jeremy Collins | Drew | Josh | Keith | |||||||||||
| Josh Canfield | Baylor | Val | John | Baylor | ||||||||||
| Julie McGee | Drew | |||||||||||||
| Dale Wentworth | Nadiya | Val | Baylor | Baylor | Missy | |||||||||
| Kelley Wentworth | Drew | Baylor | ||||||||||||
| Drew Christy | Kelley | |||||||||||||
| John Rocker | Nadiya | Baylor | Baylor | |||||||||||
| Val Collins | Dale | Baylor | ||||||||||||
| Nadiya Anderson | Dale |
See how every season's jury and boot votes compare on the final votes hub.
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