Survivor 30 Worlds Apart

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua Feb 25 – May 20, 2015 Filmed Aug 4 – Sep 11, 2014

Format Worlds Apart (White Collar vs. Blue Collar vs. No Collar) Tribe Leader Extra Vote debut Challenge Advantage Tribe Switch Hidden Immunity Idol

18 Castaways all first-time players

39 Days

8 Jury

Winner Mike Holloway won 6-1-1

Who won Survivor 30?

Mike Holloway won Survivor 30, defeating Carolyn Rivera and Will Sims II by a 6-1-1 final jury vote.

Cast: 18 castaways
Filmed in: San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
Premiere: Feb 25, 2015
Finale: May 20, 2015

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

More winners: Survivor 29 winner Natalie Anderson and Survivor 31 winner Jeremy Collins. See every Survivor winner in order.

Survivor: Worlds Apart features eighteen new contestants divided into three tribes based on their social backgrounds—White Collar, Blue Collar, and No Collar—as they compete in Nicaragua for the title of Sole Survivor.

Day one split the cast into three tribes: Escameca, Masaya, and Nagarote. Everyone here was new to the game, and four of them would go on to play again.

Loved ones this season

Castaways from this cast with a documented bond off the island — read the story behind each pair.

Joe Anglim & Sierra Dawn Thomas

Full cast & placements

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

Survivor 30: Worlds Apart cast results
Place	Castaway	Result	Days	Tribes	Votes against
1	Mike Holloway	6 of 8 jury votes	39	EscamecaMerica	0
2	Carolyn Rivera	1 of 8 jury votes	39	MasayaNagaroteMerica	5
3	Will Sims II	1 of 8 jury votes	39	NagaroteMerica	4
4	Rodney Lavoie Jr.	Lost fire challenge	38	EscamecaMerica	5
5	Sierra Dawn Thomas Also played S34	14th voted out	37	EscamecaMerica	6
6	Dan Foley	13th voted out	35	EscamecaMerica	9
7	Tyler Fredrickson	12th voted out	32	MasayaEscamecaMerica	5
8	Shirin Oskooi Also played S31	11th voted out	29	MasayaNagaroteMerica	7
9	Jenn Brown	10th voted out	27	NagaroteMerica	11
10	Joe Anglim Also played S31, S38	9th voted out	24	NagaroteEscamecaMerica	8
11	Hali Ford Also played S34	8th voted out	22	NagaroteMerica	8
12	Kelly Remington	7th voted out	19	EscamecaNagaroteMerica	4
13	Joaquin Souberbielle	6th voted out	16	MasayaEscameca	4
14	Max Dawson	5th voted out	14	MasayaNagarote	5
15	Lindsey Cascaddan	4th voted out	11	Escameca	5
16	Nina Poersch	3rd voted out	8	Nagarote	4
17	Vince Sly	2nd voted out	6	Nagarote	3
18	So Kim	1st voted out	3	Masaya	4

Episode guide

All 14 episodes of Survivor 30: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.

US viewers per episode

US viewers, episode by episode: 9.2M at the low point to 10.2M at the high. The dashed line is the season average of 9.6M. Episode 10 drew the biggest audience.

Survivor 30 episode guide: number, title, air date, reward and immunity winners, who left, and US viewers
#	Episode	Aired	Reward	Immunity	Voted out	Viewers
1	It's Survivor Warfare Feb 25 Reward Nagarote Escameca 10.0M viewers	Feb 25	Nagarote Escameca	Nagarote Escameca	So Kim	10.0M
2	It Will Be My Revenge Mar 4 Reward Masaya Escameca 9.8M viewers	Mar 4	Masaya Escameca	Masaya Escameca	Vince Sly	9.8M
3	Crazy Is as Crazy Does Mar 11 Reward Escameca Masaya 9.3M viewers	Mar 11	Escameca Masaya	Escameca Masaya	Nina Poersch	9.3M
4	Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner Mar 18 Reward Nagarote Masaya 9.6M viewers	Mar 18	Nagarote Masaya	Nagarote Masaya	Lindsey Cascaddan	9.6M
5	We're Finally Playing Some Survivor Mar 18 Reward Escameca 9.6M viewers	Mar 18	Escameca	Escameca	Max Dawson	9.6M
6	Odd Woman Out Mar 25 Reward Nagarote 9.6M viewers	Mar 25	Nagarote	Nagarote	Joaquin Souberbielle	9.6M
7	The Line Will Be Drawn Tonight Apr 1 9.6M viewers	Apr 1	–	Joe Anglim	Kelly Remington	9.6M
8	Keep It Real Apr 8 Reward Joe Anglim 9.8M viewers	Apr 8	Joe Anglim	Joe Anglim	Hali Ford	9.8M
9	Livin' on the Edge Apr 15 Reward Dan Foley, Mike Holloway, Shirin Oskooi, Sierra Dawn Thomas, Tyler Fredrickson 9.3M viewers	Apr 15	Dan Foley, Mike Holloway, Shirin Oskooi, Sierra Dawn Thomas, Tyler Fredrickson	Tyler Fredrickson	Joe Anglim	9.3M
10	Bring the Popcorn Apr 22 10.2M viewers	Apr 22	–	Mike Holloway	Jenn Brown	10.2M
11	Survivor Russian Roulette Apr 29 Reward Carolyn Rivera, Dan Foley, Tyler Fredrickson, Will Sims II 9.3M viewers	Apr 29	Carolyn Rivera, Dan Foley, Tyler Fredrickson, Will Sims II	Carolyn Rivera, Mike Holloway	Shirin Oskooi	9.3M
12	Holding On for Dear Life May 6 Reward Carolyn Rivera, Mike Holloway, Sierra Dawn Thomas 9.2M viewers	May 6	Carolyn Rivera, Mike Holloway, Sierra Dawn Thomas	Carolyn Rivera	Tyler Fredrickson	9.2M
13	My Word Is My Bond May 13 Reward Carolyn Rivera, Mike Holloway, Will Sims II 9.6M viewers	May 13	Carolyn Rivera, Mike Holloway, Will Sims II	Mike Holloway	Dan Foley	9.6M
14	It's a Fickle, Fickle Game May 20 Reward Mike Holloway 9.7M viewers	May 20	Mike Holloway	Mike Holloway	Sierra Dawn Thomas Rodney Lavoie Jr. Eliminated	9.7M

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

457 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)

Survivor 30 voting history: each row is a castaway, each column a tribal council, and each cell shows who that castaway voted for.
Voter	Ep 1 So 4-2	Ep 2 Vince 3-2-1	Ep 3 Nina 3-2	Ep 4 Lindsey 5-2-2	Ep 5 Max 5-2	Ep 6 Joaquin 4-3	Ep 7 Kelly 4-1	Ep 8 Hali 7-4	Ep 9 Joe 5-4-1	Ep 10 Jenn 5-3-1	Ep 11 Shirin 4-2-2	Ep 12 Tyler 3	Ep 13 Dan 2	Ep 14 Sierra 4-1	Ep 14 Rodney 2-2
Mike Holloway				Lindsey		Joaquin	Jenn	Hali	Joe	Jenn	Tyler	Tyler	Dan	Sierra	Rodney
Carolyn Rivera	So				Max		Jenn	Hali	Jenn	Jenn	Shirin	Tyler	Dan	Sierra	Rodney
Will Sims II		Vince	Nina		Max		Hali	Hali	Jenn	Jenn	Dan	Mike	Carolyn	Sierra	Carolyn
Rodney Lavoie Jr.				Sierra		Joe	Jenn	Hali	Joe	Shirin	Shirin	Mike	Carolyn	Sierra	Carolyn
Sierra Dawn Thomas				Rodney		Joaquin	Jenn	Hali	Joe	Shirin	Shirin	Tyler	Carolyn	Rodney
Dan Foley				Lindsey		Joaquin	Jenn	Hali	Joe	Shirin	Shirin	Mike	Carolyn
Tyler Fredrickson	So					Joe	Jenn	Hali	Jenn	Jenn	Dan	Mike
Shirin Oskooi	So				Will		Kelly	Dan	Joe	Jenn	Tyler
Jenn Brown		Vince	Nina		Max		Kelly	Dan	Dan	Carolyn
Joe Anglim		Nina	Nina			Joaquin	Kelly	Dan	Jenn
Hali Ford		Vince	Will		Max		Kelly	Dan
Kelly Remington				Sierra	Max		Jenn
Joaquin Souberbielle	Carolyn					Joe
Max Dawson	So				Will
Lindsey Cascaddan				Rodney
Nina Poersch		Jenn	Will
Vince Sly		Jenn
So Kim	Carolyn

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