Survivor 36 Ghost Island
Mamanuca Islands, Fiji Feb 28 – May 23, 2018 Filmed Jun 5 – Jul 13, 2017
Tribes MaloloNavitiYanuyaLavita
Format Ghost Island debut Legacy Advantage Tribe Leader Split Tribal Council debut Extra Vote +3 more
Winner
Wendell Holland won 6-5-0 Who won Survivor 36?
Wendell Holland won Survivor 36, defeating Domenick Abbate and Laurel Johnson by a 6-5-0 final jury vote.
- Cast
- 20 castaways
- Filmed in
- Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
- Premiere
- Feb 28, 2018
- Finale
- May 23, 2018
Jump to the full cast and finish order or season voting history.
More winners: Survivor 35 winner Ben Driebergen and Survivor 37 winner Nick Wilson. See every Survivor winner in order.
The thirty-sixth season of Survivor features a cast of twenty new players in Fiji and a central theme involving a separate island filled with cursed advantages and relics from the show's past.
Day one split the cast into two tribes: Naviti and Malolo. Everyone here was new to the game, and one 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 | Wendell Holland Also played S40 | 6 of 11 jury votes
| 39 | NavitiYanuyaLavita | 5 |
| 2 |  Domenick Abbate | 5 of 11 jury votes
| 39 | NavitiLavita | 1 |
| 3 |  Laurel Johnson | 0 of 11 jury votes
| 39 | MaloloNavitiYanuyaLavita | 2 |
| 4 |  Angela Perkins | Lost final 4 fire challenge | 38 | NavitiMaloloLavita | 3 |
| 5 |  Donathan Hurley | 16th voted out | 37 | MaloloNavitiLavita | 10 |
| 6 |  Sebastian Noel | 15th voted out | 36 | NavitiMaloloYanuyaLavita | 5 |
| 7 |  Kellyn Bechtold | 14th voted out | 35 | NavitiMaloloLavita | 8 |
| 8 |  Chelsea Townsend | 13th voted out | 32 | NavitiMaloloLavita | 5 |
| 9 |  Michael Yerger | 12th voted out | 29 | MaloloLavita | 8 |
| 10 |  Jenna Bowman | 11th voted out | 29 | MaloloYanuyaLavita | 3 |
| 11 |  Desiree Afuye | 10th voted out | 27 | NavitiMaloloLavita | 10 |
| 12 |  Libby Vincek | 9th voted out | 25 | MaloloNavitiLavita | 8 |
| 13 |  Chris Noble | 8th voted out | 22 | NavitiYanuyaLavita | 10 |
| 14 |  Bradley Kleihege | 7th voted out | 19 | NavitiMalolo | 8 |
| 15 |  James Lim | 6th voted out | 17 | MaloloNaviti | 6 |
| 16 |  Stephanie Johnson | 5th voted out | 14 | Malolo | 7 |
| 17 |  Brendan Shapiro | 4th voted out | 12 | Malolo | 5 |
| 18 |  Morgan Ricke | 3rd voted out | 9 | Naviti | 4 |
| 19 |  Jacob Derwin | 2nd voted out | 6 | Malolo | 5 |
| 20 |  Stephanie Gonzalez | 1st voted out | 3 | Malolo | 8 |
Episode guide
All 13 episodes of Survivor 36: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.
| # | Episode | Aired | Reward | Immunity | Voted out | Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can You Reverse the Curse? | Feb 28 | MaloloNaviti | Naviti | Stephanie Gonzalez Jacob Derwin | 8.2M |
| 2 | Only Time Will Tell | Mar 7 | Malolo | Malolo | Morgan Ricke | 8.2M |
| 3 | Trust Your Gut | Mar 14 | Naviti | Naviti | Brendan Shapiro | 8.4M |
| 4 | A Diamond in the Rough | Mar 21 | Naviti | Naviti | Stephanie Johnson | 8.6M |
| 5 | Fate Is the Homie | Mar 28 | – | YanuyaNaviti | James Lim | 8.2M |
| 6 | Gotta Risk It for the Biscuit | Apr 4 | NavitiYanuya | YanuyaMalolo | Bradley Kleihege | 8.4M |
| 7 | Fear Keeps You Sharp | Apr 11 | – | Kellyn Bechtold | Chris Noble | 8.0M |
| 8 | The Sea Slug Slugger | Apr 18 | Angela Perkins, Chelsea Townsend, Donathan Hurley, Laurel Johnson, Libby Vincek, Wendell Holland | Angela Perkins | Libby Vincek | 7.7M |
| 9 | It's Like the Perfect Crime | Apr 25 | Chelsea Townsend, Jenna Bowman, Kellyn Bechtold, Michael Yerger, Sebastian Noel | Chelsea Townsend | Desiree Afuye | 7.8M |
| 10 | The Finish Line Is in Sight | May 2 | – | Chelsea Townsend, Domenick Abbate | Jenna Bowman Michael Yerger | 7.8M |
| 11 | A Giant Game of Bumper Cars | May 9 | Sebastian Noel | Domenick Abbate | Chelsea Townsend | 7.7M |
| 12 | Always Be Moving | May 16 | Domenick Abbate, Wendell Holland | Laurel Johnson | Kellyn Bechtold | 7.5M |
| 13 | It Is Game Time Kids | May 23 | Wendell Holland | Wendell Holland, Domenick Abbate | Sebastian Noel Donathan Hurley Angela Perkins Eliminated | 7.3M |
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 36. A rough proxy for who the season was built around.
- 1 Domenick Abbate 68
- 2 Kellyn Bechtold 41
- 3 Wendell Holland 39
- 4 Donathan Hurley 33
- 5 Michael Yerger 32
- 6 Laurel Johnson 27
- 7 Chris Noble 26
- 8 Angela Perkins 15
- 9 Jacob Derwin 15
- 10 Desiree Afuye 14
393 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 Stephanie 8-1 | Ep 1 Jacob 5-2-1 | Ep 2 Morgan 4-3-1 | Ep 3 Brendan 5-4 | Ep 4 Stephanie 7-1 | Ep 5 James 4-1 | Ep 6 Bradley 4-1 | Ep 7 Chris 10-2 | Ep 8 Libby 4-1 | Ep 9 Desiree 8-2 | Ep 10 Jenna 3-1 | Ep 10 Michael 5-2-1-1 | Ep 11 Chelsea 5-3 | Ep 12 Kellyn 7-4-1 | Ep 13 Sebastian 4-1 | Ep 13 Donathan 4 | Ep 13 Angela |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Holland | Angela | Chris | Michael | Desiree | Michael | Chelsea | Kellyn | Sebastian | Donathan | ||||||||
| Domenick Abbate | Angela | Bradley | Chris | Michael | Desiree | Michael | Chelsea | Kellyn | Sebastian | Donathan | |||||||
| Laurel Johnson | Stephanie | Jacob | Morgan | Chris | Libby | Desiree | Kellyn | Chelsea | Kellyn | Sebastian | Donathan | ||||||
| Angela Perkins | Libby | James | Libby | Michael | Jenna | Wendell | Donathan | Sebastian | Donathan | ||||||||
| Donathan Hurley | Stephanie | Morgan | Bradley | Chris | Michael | Desiree | Sebastian | Chelsea | Domenick | Domenick | Laurel | ||||||
| Sebastian Noel | Brendan | Stephanie | Chris | Michael | Desiree | Jenna | Chelsea | Donathan | Donathan | ||||||||
| Kellyn Bechtold | Brendan | Stephanie | James | Chris | Libby | Desiree | Laurel | Wendell | Donathan | ||||||||
| Chelsea Townsend | Brendan | Stephanie | Bradley | Chris | Libby | Michael | Jenna | Wendell | |||||||||
| Michael Yerger | Stephanie | James | Bradley | Stephanie | James | Chris | Wendell | Desiree | Wendell | ||||||||
| Jenna Bowman | Stephanie | Jacob | Bradley | Stephanie | Chris | Michael | Desiree | Donathan | |||||||||
| Desiree Afuye | Brendan | Stephanie | James | Libby | Libby | Michael | |||||||||||
| Libby Vincek | Stephanie | James | Morgan | Bradley | Chris | Michael | |||||||||||
| Bradley Kleihege | Brendan | Stephanie | Libby | ||||||||||||||
| James Lim | Stephanie | Jacob | Morgan | Desiree | |||||||||||||
| Stephanie Johnson | Stephanie | Jacob | Bradley | Desiree | |||||||||||||
| Brendan Shapiro | Stephanie | Jacob | Bradley | ||||||||||||||
| Morgan Ricke | Angela | ||||||||||||||||
| Jacob Derwin | Michael | ||||||||||||||||
| Stephanie Gonzalez | Donathan |
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