Survivor 43

Mamanuca Islands, Fiji Sep 21 – Dec 14, 2022 Filmed May 2 – May 27, 2022

Tribes BakaCocoVesiGaia

Format Knowledge is Power Advantage Tribe Raid Earn the Merge Beware Advantage Split Tribal Council +5 more

18 Castaways all first-time players
26 Days
8 Jury
Survivor castaway portrait Winner Mike Gabler won 7-1-0

Who won Survivor 43?

Mike Gabler won Survivor 43, defeating Cassidy Clark and Owen Knight by a 7-1-0 final jury vote.

Cast
18 castaways
Filmed in
Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
Premiere
Sep 21, 2022
Finale
Dec 14, 2022

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

More winners: Survivor 42 winner Maryanne Oketch and Survivor 44 winner Yam Yam Arocho. See every Survivor winner in order.

Eighteen new castaways compete in Fiji's Mamanuca Islands, navigating a shortened 26-day game defined by risky 'Beware Advantages' and shifting tribal alliances.

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

Starting tribes

Baka

Mike Gabler, Owen Knight, Sami Layadi, Jeanine Zheng, Elie Scott, Morriah Young

Coco

Cassidy Clark, Karla Cruz Godoy, Ryan Medrano, James Jones, Geo Bustamante, Lindsay Carmine

Vesi

Jesse Lopez, Cody Assenmacher, Noelle Lambert, Dwight Moore, Nneka Ejere, Justine Brennan

Full cast & placements

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

Place Castaway Result Days Tribes Votes against
1 Mike Gabler portrait Mike Gabler
7 of 8 jury votes
26 BakaGaia 0
2 Cassidy Clark portrait Cassidy Clark
1 of 8 jury votes
26 CocoGaia 5
3 Owen Knight portrait Owen Knight
0 of 8 jury votes
26 BakaGaia 3
4 Jesse Lopez portrait Jesse Lopez
Lost final 4 fire challenge
25 VesiGaia 0
5 Karla Cruz Godoy portrait Karla Cruz Godoy
14th voted out
24 CocoGaia 6
6 Cody Assenmacher portrait Cody Assenmacher
13th voted out
23 VesiGaia 5
7 Sami Layadi portrait Sami Layadi
12th voted out
21 BakaGaia 7
8 Noelle Lambert portrait Noelle Lambert
11th voted out
19 VesiGaia 6
9 Ryan Medrano portrait Ryan Medrano
10th voted out
17 CocoGaia 9
10 James Jones portrait James Jones
9th voted out
17 CocoGaia 8
11 Jeanine Zheng portrait Jeanine Zheng
8th voted out
16 BakaGaia 9
12 Dwight Moore portrait Dwight Moore
7th voted out
14 VesiGaia 7
13 Elie Scott portrait Elie Scott
6th voted out
13 BakaGaia 7
14 Geo Bustamante portrait Geo Bustamante
5th voted out
11 Coco 4
15 Lindsay Carmine portrait Lindsay Carmine
4th voted out
9 Coco 4
16 Nneka Ejere portrait Nneka Ejere
3rd voted out
7 Vesi 5
17 Justine Brennan portrait Justine Brennan
2nd voted out
5 Vesi 3
18 Morriah Young portrait Morriah Young
1st voted out
3 Baka 5

Episode guide

All 13 episodes of Survivor 43: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.

US viewers per episode

US viewers, episode by episode: 4.6M at the low point to 5.3M at the high. The dashed line is the season average of 5.0M. Episode 12 drew the biggest audience.
# Episode Aired Reward Immunity Voted out Viewers
1 LIVIN Sep 21 Reward Vesi 5.0M viewers Sep 21 Vesi CocoVesi Survivor castaway portrait Morriah Young 5.0M
2 Lovable Curmudgeon Sep 28 Reward BakaCoco 4.6M viewers Sep 28 BakaCoco BakaCoco Survivor castaway portrait Justine Brennan 4.6M
3 I'll Sign the Divorce Papers Oct 5 Reward BakaCoco 5.2M viewers Oct 5 BakaCoco BakaCoco Survivor castaway portrait Nneka Ejere 5.2M
4 Show No Mercy Oct 12 Reward Vesi 5.0M viewers Oct 12 Vesi VesiBaka Survivor castaway portrait Lindsay Carmine 5.0M
5 Stop with All the Niceness Oct 19 Reward VesiBaka 4.9M viewers Oct 19 VesiBaka VesiBaka Survivor castaway portrait Geo Bustamante 4.9M
6 Mergatory Oct 26 Reward Dwight Moore, Jeanine Zheng, Jesse Lopez, Karla Cruz Godoy, Mike Gabler, Ryan Medrano 5.2M viewers Oct 26 Dwight Moore, Jeanine Zheng, Jesse Lopez, Karla Cruz Godoy, Mike Gabler, Ryan Medrano Dwight Moore, Jeanine Zheng, Jesse Lopez, Karla Cruz Godoy, Mike Gabler, Ryan Medrano Survivor castaway portrait Elie Scott 5.2M
7 Bull in a China Shop Nov 2 4.6M viewers Nov 2 – Mike Gabler Survivor castaway portrait Dwight Moore 4.6M
8 Proposterous Nov 9 4.7M viewers Nov 9 – Owen Knight Survivor castaway portrait Jeanine Zheng 4.7M
9 What About the Big Girls Nov 16 Reward Karla Cruz Godoy, Cody Assenmacher 5.2M viewers Nov 16 Karla Cruz Godoy, Cody Assenmacher Karla Cruz Godoy, Cody Assenmacher Survivor castaway portrait James Jones Survivor castaway portrait Ryan Medrano 5.2M
10 Get That Money, Baby Nov 23 Reward Noelle Lambert 4.9M viewers Nov 23 Noelle Lambert Cassidy Clark Survivor castaway portrait Noelle Lambert 4.9M
11 Hiding in Plain Sight Nov 30 5.3M viewers Nov 30 – Karla Cruz Godoy, Owen Knight Survivor castaway portrait Sami Layadi 5.3M
12 Telenovela Dec 7 Reward Cody Assenmacher, Karla Cruz Godoy, Owen Knight 5.3M viewers Dec 7 Cody Assenmacher, Karla Cruz Godoy, Owen Knight Cassidy Clark Survivor castaway portrait Cody Assenmacher 5.3M
13 Snap Some Necks and Cash Some Checks Dec 14 Reward Owen Knight 5.0M viewers Dec 14 Owen Knight Owen Knight, Cassidy Clark Survivor castaway portrait Karla Cruz Godoy Survivor castaway portrait Jesse Lopez Eliminated 5.0M

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

  1. 1 Jesse Lopez 60
  2. 2 Owen Knight 53
  3. 3 Karla Cruz Godoy 53
  4. 4 Cody Assenmacher 50
  5. 5 Mike Gabler 45
  6. 6 Cassidy Clark 44
  7. 7 Sami Layadi 35
  8. 8 Jeanine Zheng 27
  9. 9 Elie Scott 26
  10. 10 James Jones 22

502 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 Morriah 5-1 Ep 2 Justine 3-1-1 Ep 3 Nneka 4-1 Ep 4 Lindsay 4-1-1 Ep 5 Geo 3-2 Ep 6 Elie 7-2-1-1 Ep 7 Dwight 7-3-2 Ep 8 Jeanine 9-2 Ep 9 James 4-1 Ep 9 Ryan 4-1 Ep 10 Noelle 5-2-1 Ep 11 Sami 6 Ep 12 Cody 4 Ep 13 Karla 4 Ep 13 Jesse
Survivor castaway portrait Mike Gabler Morriah Elie Ryan Jeanine Ryan Noelle Sami Cody Karla
Survivor castaway portrait Cassidy Clark Lindsay Geo Elie Dwight Ryan Ryan Noelle Sami Cody Karla
Survivor castaway portrait Owen Knight Morriah James Ryan Jeanine Karla Sami Cody Karla
Survivor castaway portrait Jesse Lopez Justine Nneka Dwight Jeanine Ryan Noelle Sami Cody Karla
Survivor castaway portrait Karla Cruz Godoy Lindsay Geo Owen Dwight Jeanine James Noelle Sami Owen Jesse
Survivor castaway portrait Cody Assenmacher Justine Nneka Elie Dwight Jeanine Ryan Noelle Sami Karla
Survivor castaway portrait Sami Layadi Morriah Elie Dwight Jeanine James Karla
Survivor castaway portrait Noelle Lambert Nneka Nneka Cassidy James Jeanine James Sami
Survivor castaway portrait Ryan Medrano Lindsay Cassidy Elie Dwight Jeanine Cassidy
Survivor castaway portrait James Jones Lindsay Geo Elie Dwight Jeanine Owen
Survivor castaway portrait Jeanine Zheng Morriah Ryan Ryan
Survivor castaway portrait Dwight Moore Nneka Elie James
Survivor castaway portrait Elie Scott Morriah James
Survivor castaway portrait Geo Bustamante Cassidy Cassidy
Survivor castaway portrait Lindsay Carmine Geo
Survivor castaway portrait Nneka Ejere Justine Noelle
Survivor castaway portrait Justine Brennan Cody
Survivor castaway portrait Morriah Young Owen

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