Who won Survivor 44?
Yam Yam Arocho won Survivor 44, defeating Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt and Carolyn Wiger by a 7-1-0 final jury vote.
- Cast
- 18 castaways
- Filmed in
- Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
- Premiere
- Mar 1, 2023
- Finale
- May 24, 2023
Jump to the full cast and finish order or season voting history.
More winners: Survivor 43 winner Mike Gabler and Survivor 45 winner Dee Valladares. See every Survivor winner in order.
Set in the Mamanuca Islands of Fiji, Survivor 44 features 18 new castaways divided into three tribes navigating a fast-paced 26-day game defined by risky new advantages like birdcage hidden immunity idols.
Day one split the cast into three tribes: Tika, Soka, and Ratu. Everyone here was new to the game, and one of them would go on to play again.
Starting tribes
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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 |  Yam Yam Arocho | 7 of 8 jury votes
| 26 | TikaMergatoryVa Va | 6 |
| 2 |  Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt | 1 of 8 jury votes
| 26 | SokaMergatoryVa Va | 8 |
| 3 |  Carolyn Wiger | 0 of 8 jury votes
| 26 | TikaVa Va | 3 |
| 4 |  Carson Garrett | Lost final 4 fire challenge | 25 | TikaRatuVa Va | 0 |
| 5 |  Lauren Harpe | 12th voted out | 24 | RatuMergatoryVa Va | 3 |
| 6 |  Jaime Lynn Ruiz | 11th voted out | 23 | RatuSokaVa Va | 5 |
| 7 |  Danny Massa | 10th voted out | 21 | SokaMergatoryVa Va | 5 |
| 8 |  Frannie Marin | 9th voted out | 19 | SokaVa Va | 5 |
| 9 |  Kane Fritzler | 8th voted out | 17 | RatuMergatoryVa Va | 6 |
| 10 |  Brandon Cottom | 7th voted out | 15 | RatuVa Va | 4 |
| 11 |  Matt Blankinship | 6th voted out | 14 | SokaVa Va | 3 |
| 12 |  Josh Wilder | 5th voted out | 13 | SokaTikaMergatory | 7 |
| 13 |  Matthew Grinstead-Mayle | Medically evacuated | 11 | Ratu | 0 |
| 14 |  Sarah Wade | 4th voted out | 9 | Tika | 2 |
| 15 |  Claire Rafson | 3rd voted out | 7 | Soka | 4 |
| 16 |  Helen Li | 2nd voted out | 5 | Tika | 3 |
| 17 |  Maddy Pomilla | 1st voted out | 3 | Ratu | 1 |
| 18 |  Bruce Perreault Also played S45 | Medically evacuated | 1 | Tika | 0 |
Episode guide
All 13 episodes of Survivor 44: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.
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 44. A rough proxy for who the season was built around.
- 1 Yam Yam Arocho 83
- 2 Carolyn Wiger 68
- 3 Carson Garrett 62
- 4 Danny Massa 38
- 5 Jaime Lynn Ruiz 35
- 6 Frannie Marin 34
- 7 Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt 33
- 8 Lauren Harpe 31
- 9 Matt Blankinship 30
- 10 Brandon Cottom 27
548 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 Maddy 1 | Ep 2 Helen 3-1 | Ep 3 Claire 4 | Ep 4 Sarah 2 | Ep 6 Josh 7-3-1 | Ep 7 Matt 3-2 | Ep 8 Brandon 4 | Ep 9 Kane 5-3-1-1 | Ep 10 Frannie 5-2-1 | Ep 11 Danny 3-2 | Ep 12 Jaime 4-2 | Ep 13 Lauren 3-1-1 | Ep 13 Carson |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yam Yam Arocho | Helen | Josh | Josh | Matt | Frannie | Kane | Frannie | Danny | Jaime | Heidi | |||
| Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt | Claire | Josh | Brandon | Kane | Danny | Carson | Jaime | Lauren | |||||
| Carolyn Wiger | Helen | Sarah | Kane | Brandon | Kane | Heidi | Danny | Jaime | Lauren | ||||
| Carson Garrett | Helen | Josh | Frannie | Kane | Frannie | Danny | Jaime | Lauren | |||||
| Lauren Harpe | Josh | Yam | Frannie | Heidi | Frannie | Heidi | Carolyn | Yam | |||||
| Jaime Lynn Ruiz | Josh | Matt | Frannie | Heidi | Frannie | Heidi | Carolyn | ||||||
| Danny Massa | Claire | Josh | Brandon | Kane | Frannie | Carson | |||||||
| Frannie Marin | Claire | Josh | Brandon | Jaime | Heidi | ||||||||
| Kane Fritzler | Brandon | Yam | Frannie | Danny | |||||||||
| Brandon Cottom | Maddy | Yam | Matt | Frannie | |||||||||
| Matt Blankinship | Yam | ||||||||||||
| Josh Wilder | Claire | Sarah | Yam | ||||||||||
| Sarah Wade | Josh | ||||||||||||
| Helen Li | Carolyn | ||||||||||||
| Maddy Pomilla | Brandon |
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