Season 1

Survivor 1 Borneo

Pulau Tiga, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia May 31 – Aug 23, 2000 Filmed Mar 13 – Apr 20, 2000

Tribes PagongTagiRattana

Format Journey debut

16 Castaways all first-time players

39 Days

7 Jury

Winner Richard Hatch won 4-3

The inaugural season of the American reality series features sixteen strangers divided into two tribes on the remote island of Pulau Tiga, where they must balance physical survival with complex social politics to avoid being voted out.

Day one split the cast into two tribes: Tagi and Pagong. Everyone here was new to the game, and six of them would go on to play again.

Starting tribes

Pagong

Colleen Haskell, Gervase Peterson, Jenna Lewis-Dougherty, Greg Buis, Gretchen Cordy, Joel Klug, Ramona Gray, B.B. Andersen

Tagi

Richard Hatch, Kelly Wiglesworth, Rudy Boesch, Susan Hawk, Sean Kenniff, Dirk Been, Stacey Stillman, Sonja Christopher

Full cast & placements

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

Survivor 1: Borneo cast results

Place	Castaway	Result	Days	Tribes	Votes against
1	Richard Hatch Also played S8	4 of 7 jury votes Winner	39	TagiRattana	6
2	Kelly Wiglesworth Also played S31	3 of 7 jury votes Finalist	39	TagiRattana	0
3	Rudy Boesch Also played S8	14th voted out Jury	38	TagiRattana	8
4	Susan Hawk Also played S8	13th voted out Jury	37	TagiRattana	7
5	Sean Kenniff	12th voted out Jury	36	TagiRattana	9
6	Colleen Haskell	11th voted out Jury	33	PagongRattana	7
7	Gervase Peterson Also played S27	10th voted out Jury	30	PagongRattana	6
8	Jenna Lewis-Dougherty Also played S8, S50	9th voted out Jury	27	PagongRattana	11
9	Greg Buis	8th voted out Jury	24	PagongRattana	6
10	Gretchen Cordy	7th voted out	21	PagongRattana	4
11	Joel Klug	6th voted out	18	Pagong	4
12	Dirk Been	5th voted out	15	Tagi	4
13	Ramona Gray	4th voted out	12	Pagong	6
14	Stacey Stillman	3rd voted out	9	Tagi	6
15	B.B. Andersen	2nd voted out	6	Pagong	6
16	Sonja Christopher	1st voted out	3	Tagi	4

Episode guide

All 13 episodes of Survivor 1: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.

US viewers per episode

51.7M 33.6M 15.5M

26.4M average

Ep 1 Ep 4 Ep 7 Ep 10 Ep 13

Survivor 1 episode guide: number, title, air date, reward and immunity winners, who left, and US viewers

#	Episode	Aired	Reward	Immunity	Voted out	Viewers
1	The Marooning May 31 Reward Pagong 15.5M viewers	May 31	Pagong	Pagong	Sonja Christopher	15.5M
2	The Generation Gap Jun 7 Reward Pagong 18.1M viewers	Jun 7	Pagong	Tagi	B.B. Andersen	18.1M
3	Quest for Food Jun 14 Reward Tagi 23.3M viewers	Jun 14	Tagi	Pagong	Stacey Stillman	23.3M
4	Too Little, Too Late? Jun 21 Reward Tagi 24.2M viewers	Jun 21	Tagi	Tagi	Ramona Gray	24.2M
5	Pulling Your Own Weight Jun 28 Reward Pagong 24.0M viewers	Jun 28	Pagong	Pagong	Dirk Been	24.0M
6	Udder Revenge Jul 5 Reward Pagong 24.5M viewers	Jul 5	Pagong	Tagi	Joel Klug	24.5M
7	The Merger Jul 12 24.5M viewers	Jul 12	–	Greg Buis	Gretchen Cordy	24.5M
8	Thy Name Is Duplicity Jul 19 Reward Greg Buis 26.1M viewers	Jul 19	Greg Buis	Gervase Peterson	Greg Buis	26.1M
9	Old and New Bonds Jul 26 Reward Colleen Haskell 27.2M viewers	Jul 26	Colleen Haskell	Rudy Boesch	Jenna Lewis-Dougherty	27.2M
10	Crack in the Alliance Aug 2 Reward Gervase Peterson 27.4M viewers	Aug 2	Gervase Peterson	Richard Hatch	Gervase Peterson	27.4M
11	Long Hard Days Aug 9 Reward Sean Kenniff, Colleen Haskell 28.0M viewers	Aug 9	Sean Kenniff, Colleen Haskell	Kelly Wiglesworth	Colleen Haskell	28.0M
12	Death of an Alliance Aug 16 Reward Kelly Wiglesworth 28.7M viewers	Aug 16	Kelly Wiglesworth	Kelly Wiglesworth	Sean Kenniff	28.7M
13	The Final Four Aug 23 51.7M viewers	Aug 23	–	Kelly Wiglesworth	Susan Hawk Rudy Boesch	51.7M

Episode, twist and location facts adapted from Survivor Fandom and Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-07-21. Licensed CC BY-SA.

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)

Scroll to see all 14 tribal councils →

Survivor 1 voting history: each row is a castaway, each column a tribal council, and each cell shows who that castaway voted for.

Voter	Ep 1 Sonja 4-3-1	Ep 2 B.B. 6-2	Ep 3 Stacey 5-2	Ep 4 Ramona 4-2-1	Ep 5 Dirk 4-1-1	Ep 6 Joel 4-2	Ep 7 Gretchen 4-1-1-1-1-1-1	Ep 8 Greg 6-3	Ep 9 Jenna 4-3-1	Ep 10 Gervase 5-2	Ep 11 Colleen 4-2	Ep 12 Sean 4-1	Ep 13 Susan 4-2	Ep 13 Rudy 1
Richard Hatch	Stacey		Stacey		Dirk		Gretchen	Greg	Jenna	Gervase	Colleen	Sean	Susan
Kelly Wiglesworth	Rudy		Rudy		Dirk		Gretchen	Greg	Sean	Gervase	Sean	Sean	Richard	Rudy
Rudy Boesch	Sonja		Stacey		Dirk		Gretchen	Greg	Jenna	Gervase	Colleen	Sean	Susan
Susan Hawk	Sonja		Stacey		Dirk		Gretchen	Greg	Jenna	Gervase	Colleen	Sean	Richard
Sean Kenniff	Sonja		Stacey		Rudy		Colleen	Greg	Jenna	Gervase	Colleen	Susan
Colleen Haskell		B.B.		Ramona		Joel	Richard	Jenna	Richard	Sean	Sean
Gervase Peterson		B.B.		Colleen		Jenna	Susan	Jenna	Richard	Sean
Jenna Lewis-Dougherty		B.B.		Ramona		Joel	Gervase	Greg	Richard
Greg Buis		Ramona		Jenna		Joel	Jenna	Jenna
Gretchen Cordy		B.B.		Ramona		Joel	Rudy
Joel Klug		B.B.		Ramona		Jenna
Dirk Been	Sonja		Stacey		Susan
Ramona Gray		B.B.		Colleen
Stacey Stillman	Rudy		Rudy
B.B. Andersen		Ramona
Sonja Christopher	Rudy

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

Every castaway on this beach, mapped against 50 seasons.