Survivor 39 Island of the Idols

Mamanuca Islands, Fiji Sep 25 – Dec 18, 2019 Filmed Mar 21 – Apr 28, 2019

Tribes Lairo Vokai Lumuwaku

Format Island of the Idols debut Idol Nullifier Advantage Menu Safety Without Power debut Vote Blocker +4 more

20 Castaways all first-time players

39 Days

10 Jury

Winner Tommy Sheehan won 8-2-0

Who won Survivor 39?

Tommy Sheehan won Survivor 39, defeating Dean Kowalski and Noura Salman by an 8-2-0 final jury vote.

Cast: 20 castaways
Filmed in: Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
Premiere: Sep 25, 2019
Finale: Dec 18, 2019

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

More winners: Survivor 38 winner Chris Underwood and Survivor 40 winner Tony Vlachos. See every Survivor winner in order.

Survivor legends Boston Rob and Sandra Diaz-Twine return to the Mamanuca Islands of Fiji to serve as non-competing mentors for twenty new castaways in a season also marked by the series' first-ever contestant ejection.

Day one split the cast into two tribes: Vokai and Lairo. Everyone here was new to the game, and none has returned since, so every connection this season made stays inside it.

Loved ones this season

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

Elizabeth Beisel & Jack Nichting

Full cast & placements

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

Survivor 39: Island of the Idols cast results
Place	Castaway	Result	Days	Tribes	Votes against
1	Tommy Sheehan	8 of 10 jury votes	39	VokaiLumuwaku	2
2	Dean Kowalski	2 of 10 jury votes	39	LairoLumuwaku	0
3	Noura Salman	0 of 10 jury votes	39	VokaiLairoLumuwaku	6
4	Lauren Beck	Lost final 4 fire challenge	38	VokaiLumuwaku	1
5	Janet Carbin	15th voted out	37	VokaiLairoLumuwaku	2
6	Dan Spilo	Ejected	36	VokaiLumuwaku	5
7	Elaine Stott	14th voted out	35	LairoVokaiLumuwaku	8
8	Karishma Patel	13th voted out	32	LairoLumuwaku	15
9	Elizabeth Beisel	12th voted out	30	LairoVokaiLumuwaku	8
10	Missy Byrd	11th voted out	27	LairoVokaiLumuwaku	3
11	Aaron Meredith	10th voted out	27	LairoVokaiLumuwaku	5
12	Jamal Shipman	9th voted out	24	VokaiLairoLumuwaku	6
13	Kellee Kim	8th voted out	22	VokaiLairoLumuwaku	8
14	Jack Nichting	7th voted out	19	VokaiLairo	2
15	Jason Linden	6th voted out	16	Vokai	6
16	Tom Laidlaw	5th voted out	14	Lairo	6
17	Chelsea Walker	4th voted out	11	Lairo	6
18	Vince Moua	3rd voted out	8	Lairo	7
19	Molly Byman	2nd voted out	6	Vokai	7
20	Ronnie Bardah	1st voted out	3	Lairo	7

Episode guide

All 13 episodes of Survivor 39: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.

US viewers per episode

US viewers, episode by episode: 6.1M at the low point to 6.9M at the high. The dashed line is the season average of 6.6M. Episode 4 drew the biggest audience.

Survivor 39 episode guide: number, title, air date, reward and immunity winners, who left, and US viewers
#	Episode	Aired	Reward	Immunity	Voted out	Viewers
1	I Vote You Out and That's It Sep 25 Reward Vokai 6.3M viewers	Sep 25	Vokai	Vokai	Ronnie Bardah	6.3M
2	YOLO, Let's Play! Oct 2 Reward Lairo 6.6M viewers	Oct 2	Lairo	Lairo	Molly Byman	6.6M
3	Honesty Would Be Chill Oct 9 Reward Vokai 6.5M viewers	Oct 9	Vokai	Vokai	Vince Moua	6.5M
4	Plan Z Oct 16 Reward Vokai 6.9M viewers	Oct 16	Vokai	Vokai	Chelsea Walker	6.9M
5	Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds You Oct 23 Reward Vokai 6.8M viewers	Oct 23	Vokai	Vokai	Tom Laidlaw	6.8M
6	Suck It Up Buttercup Oct 30 Reward Vokai 6.4M viewers	Oct 30	Vokai	Lairo	Jason Linden	6.4M
7	I Was Born at Night, but Not Last Night Nov 6 Reward Vokai 6.8M viewers	Nov 6	Vokai	Vokai	Jack Nichting	6.8M
8	We Made It to the Merge! Nov 13 Reward Dan Spilo, Dean Kowalski, Elaine Stott, Elizabeth Beisel, Noura Salman, Tommy Sheehan 6.1M viewers	Nov 13	Dan Spilo, Dean Kowalski, Elaine Stott, Elizabeth Beisel, Noura Salman, Tommy Sheehan	Aaron Meredith, Missy Byrd	Kellee Kim Jamal Shipman	6.1M
9	Two for the Price of One Nov 20 Reward Noura Salman, Elaine Stott 6.6M viewers	Nov 20	Noura Salman, Elaine Stott	Noura Salman, Elaine Stott	Aaron Meredith Missy Byrd	6.6M
10	Bring on the Bacon Nov 27 6.5M viewers	Nov 27	–	Noura Salman	Elizabeth Beisel	6.5M
11	A Very Simple Plan Dec 4 Reward Janet Carbin, Tommy Sheehan 6.9M viewers	Dec 4	Janet Carbin, Tommy Sheehan	Lauren Beck	Karishma Patel	6.9M
12	Just Go for It Dec 11 Reward Tommy Sheehan 6.8M viewers	Dec 11	Tommy Sheehan	Dean Kowalski	Elaine Stott Dan Spilo Ejected	6.8M
13	Mama, Look at Me Now Dec 18 Reward Dean Kowalski, Noura Salman 6.5M viewers	Dec 18	Dean Kowalski, Noura Salman	Dean Kowalski, Noura Salman	Janet Carbin Lauren Beck Eliminated	6.5M

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

457 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)

Survivor 39 voting history: each row is a castaway, each column a tribal council, and each cell shows who that castaway voted for.
Voter	Ep 1 Ronnie 7-2	Ep 2 Molly 7-2-1	Ep 3 Vince 5-3-1	Ep 4 Chelsea 6-2	Ep 5 Tom 5-2	Ep 6 Jason 4-3	Ep 7 Jack 2	Ep 8 Kellee 8-5	Ep 8 Jamal 6-3	Ep 9 Aaron 5-1	Ep 9 Missy 3-2	Ep 10 Elizabeth 8-1	Ep 11 Karishma 5-3	Ep 12 Elaine 5-2	Ep 13 Janet 1
Tommy Sheehan		Molly				Elaine		Kellee	Jamal		Missy	Karishma	Karishma	Elaine	Janet
Dean Kowalski	Ronnie		Karishma	Karishma	Karishma		Jack	Kellee	Jamal	Aaron		Karishma	Karishma	Elaine	Janet
Noura Salman		Molly					Jack	Dan	Jamal	Aaron		Karishma	Karishma	Elaine	Janet
Lauren Beck		Molly				Elaine		Kellee	Karishma	Aaron		Karishma	Karishma	Elaine	Janet
Janet Carbin		Molly			Tom		Dean	Dan	Jamal	Aaron		Karishma	Noura	Elaine	Lauren
Dan Spilo		Molly				Elaine		Kellee	Jamal	Aaron		Elizabeth	Noura	Noura
Elaine Stott	Ronnie		Vince	Chelsea		Jason		Kellee	Karishma		Missy	Karishma	Karishma	Noura
Karishma Patel	Ronnie		Vince	Chelsea	Tom		Dean	Dan	Janet		Missy	Janet	Noura
Elizabeth Beisel			Vince	Chelsea		Jason		Kellee	Karishma		Tommy	Karishma
Missy Byrd	Ronnie		Vince	Chelsea		Jason		Kellee	Janet		Tommy
Aaron Meredith	Vince		Karishma	Chelsea		Jason		Kellee	Jamal	Janet
Jamal Shipman		Jason			Tom		Dean	Dan
Kellee Kim		Molly			Tom		Dean	Dan
Jack Nichting		Jason			Tom		Dean
Jason Linden		Molly
Tom Laidlaw	Ronnie		Karishma	Chelsea	Karishma
Chelsea Walker	Ronnie		Vince	Karishma
Vince Moua	Ronnie		Tom
Molly Byman		Noura
Ronnie Bardah	Vince

See how every season's jury and boot votes compare on the final votes hub.

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