Who won Survivor 35?
Ben Driebergen won Survivor 35, defeating Chrissy Hofbeck and Ryan Ulrich by a 5-2-1 final jury vote.
- Cast
- 18 castaways
- Filmed in
- Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
- Premiere
- Sep 27, 2017
- Finale
- Dec 20, 2017
Jump to the full cast and finish order or season voting history.
More winners: Survivor 34 winner Sarah Lacina and Survivor 36 winner Wendell Holland. See every Survivor winner in order.
The thirty-fifth season of the series features 18 new players divided into three tribes based on the positive traits of courage, compassion, and tenacity.
Day one split the cast into three tribes: Levu, Yawa, and Soko. Everyone here was new to the game, and two of them 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 |  Ben Driebergen Also played S40 | 5 of 8 jury votes
| 39 | LevuYawaSolewa | 2 |
| 2 |  Chrissy Hofbeck Also played S50 | 2 of 8 jury votes
| 39 | LevuSokoSolewa | 7 |
| 3 |  Ryan Ulrich | 1 of 8 jury votes
| 39 | YawaSokoSolewa | 0 |
| 4 |  Devon Pinto | Lost final 4 fire challenge | 38 | YawaLevuSolewa | 2 |
| 5 |  Mike Zahalsky | 14th voted out | 37 | SokoYawaSolewa | 7 |
| 6 |  Ashley Nolan | 13th voted out | 36 | LevuSolewa | 8 |
| 7 |  Lauren Rimmer | 12th voted out | 33 | YawaSolewa | 3 |
| 8 |  Joe Mena | 11th voted out | 30 | SokoLevuSolewa | 10 |
| 9 |  John Hilsabeck | 10th voted out | 27 | LevuSokoSolewa | 6 |
| 10 |  Cole Medders | 9th voted out | 24 | SokoYawaSolewa | 7 |
| 11 |  Desiree Williams | 8th voted out | 21 | SokoLevuSolewa | 11 |
| 12 |  Jessica Johnston | 7th voted out | 19 | SokoYawaSolewa | 7 |
| 13 |  Alexandrea Elliott | 6th voted out | 16 | YawaSoko | 3 |
| 14 |  Roark Luskin | 5th voted out | 14 | Soko | 3 |
| 15 |  Alan Ball | 4th voted out | 11 | Levu | 2 |
| 16 |  Patrick Bolton | 3rd voted out | 8 | Yawa | 5 |
| 17 |  Simone Nguyen | 2nd voted out | 6 | Yawa | 5 |
| 18 |  Katrina Radke | 1st voted out | 3 | Levu | 5 |
Episode guide
All 13 episodes of Survivor 35: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.
| # | Episode | Aired | Reward | Immunity | Voted out | Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'm Not Crazy, I'm Confident | Sep 27 | SokoLevu | SokoYawa | Katrina Radke | 8.3M |
| 2 | I'm a Wild Banshee | Oct 4 | SokoLevu | SokoLevu | Simone Nguyen | 8.2M |
| 3 | My Kisses Are Very Private | Oct 11 | LevuSoko | LevuSoko | Patrick Bolton | 8.0M |
| 4 | I Don't Like Having Snakes Around | Oct 18 | Yawa | YawaSoko | Alan Ball | 8.1M |
| 5 | The Past Will Eat You Alive | Oct 25 | LevuYawa | YawaLevu | Roark Luskin | 8.2M |
| 6 | This Is Why You Play Survivor | Nov 1 | SokoYawa | YawaLevu | Alexandrea Elliott | 7.7M |
| 7 | Get to Gettin' | Nov 8 | – | Desiree Williams | Jessica Johnston | 7.8M |
| 8 | Playing with the Devil | Nov 15 | Chrissy Hofbeck, Cole Medders, Devon Pinto, John Hilsabeck, Ryan Ulrich | Cole Medders | Desiree Williams | 8.8M |
| 9 | Fear of the Unknown | Nov 22 | Chrissy Hofbeck, Cole Medders, John Hilsabeck, Joe Mena, Mike Zahalsky | Lauren Rimmer | Cole Medders | 7.4M |
| 10 | Buy One, Get One Free | Nov 29 | Lauren Rimmer, Ashley Nolan, Ben Driebergen, Devon Pinto, Joe Mena | Ashley Nolan, Chrissy Hofbeck | John Hilsabeck Joe Mena | 8.3M |
| 11 | Not Going to Roll Over and Die | Dec 6 | Chrissy Hofbeck | Ashley Nolan | Lauren Rimmer | 9.0M |
| 12 | The Survivor Devil | Dec 13 | Chrissy Hofbeck, Devon Pinto | Chrissy Hofbeck | Ashley Nolan | 8.7M |
| 13 | Million Dollar Night | Dec 20 | Chrissy Hofbeck | Chrissy Hofbeck | Mike Zahalsky Devon Pinto Eliminated | 8.7M |
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 35. A rough proxy for who the season was built around.
- 1 Ben Driebergen 70
- 2 Chrissy Hofbeck 51
- 3 Ryan Ulrich 49
- 4 Devon Pinto 41
- 5 Lauren Rimmer 34
- 6 Mike Zahalsky 33
- 7 Joe Mena 28
- 8 Ashley Nolan 27
- 9 Cole Medders 21
- 10 Jessica Johnston 18
431 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 Katrina 5-1 | Ep 2 Simone 5-1 | Ep 3 Patrick 4-1 | Ep 4 Alan 2 | Ep 5 Roark 3-2 | Ep 6 Alexandrea 3-1 | Ep 7 Jessica 7-5 | Ep 8 Desiree 11-5-1-1 | Ep 9 Cole 7-1 | Ep 10 John 5-3-1 | Ep 10 Joe 4-2 | Ep 11 Lauren 1 | Ep 12 Ashley 5-1 | Ep 13 Mike 3-2 | Ep 13 Devon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Driebergen | Katrina | Jessica | Desiree | Cole | Mike | Joe | Lauren | Ashley | Devon | ||||||
| Chrissy Hofbeck | Katrina | Roark | Alexandrea | Jessica | Joe | Mike | Joe | Ashley | Ben | Ashley | Ben | ||||
| Ryan Ulrich | Simone | Patrick | Roark | Alexandrea | Jessica | Desiree | Cole | Mike | Ashley | Ben | Ashley | Ben | |||
| Devon Pinto | Simone | Patrick | Jessica | Desiree | Cole | John | Joe | Ben | Ashley | Mike | |||||
| Mike Zahalsky | Chrissy | Joe | Cole | John | Ryan | Ben | Ashley | Ben | |||||||
| Ashley Nolan | Katrina | Joe | Jessica | Joe | Cole | John | Joe | Ben | Mike | ||||||
| Lauren Rimmer | Simone | Patrick | Jessica | Cole | John | Joe | Ben | ||||||||
| Joe Mena | Alan | Chrissy | Ben | Cole | John | Ryan | |||||||||
| John Hilsabeck | Katrina | Roark | Alexandrea | Jessica | Desiree | Mike | Mike | ||||||||
| Cole Medders | Chrissy | Joe | Ben | ||||||||||||
| Desiree Williams | Alan | Chrissy | Lauren | ||||||||||||
| Jessica Johnston | Chrissy | ||||||||||||||
| Alexandrea Elliott | Simone | Patrick | Chrissy | John | |||||||||||
| Roark Luskin | Chrissy | ||||||||||||||
| Alan Ball | Katrina | Joe | |||||||||||||
| Patrick Bolton | Simone | Lauren | |||||||||||||
| Simone Nguyen | Patrick | ||||||||||||||
| Katrina Radke | Ashley |
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