Season 12

Survivor 12 Panama

Pearl Islands, Panama Feb 2 – May 14, 2006 Filmed Oct 31 – Dec 8, 2005

Tribes BayonetaCasayaLa MinaViverosGitanos

Format Old vs. Young debut Battle of the Sexes Schoolyard Pick Exile Island Tribe Switch +1 more

16 Castaways all first-time players

39 Days

7 Jury

Winner Aras Baskauskas won 5-2

Survivor: Panama features sixteen castaways initially divided into four tribes based on age and gender who must navigate the introduction of Exile Island and a powerful hidden immunity idol.

Day one split the cast into four tribes: Viveros, Bayoneta, La Mina, and Casaya. Everyone here was new to the game, and four of them would go on to play again.

Starting tribes

Bayoneta

Danielle DiLorenzo, Courtney Marit, Sally Schumann, Misty Giles

Casaya

Cirie Fields, Ruth Marie Milliman, Melinda Hyder, Tina Scheer

La Mina

Terry Deitz, Shane Powers, Bruce Kanegai, Dan Barry

Viveros

Aras Baskauskas, Austin Carty, Nick Stanbury, Bobby Mason

Full cast & placements

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

Survivor 12: Panama cast results

Place	Castaway	Result	Days	Tribes	Votes against
1	Aras Baskauskas Also played S27	5 of 7 jury votes Winner	39	ViverosCasayaGitanos	9
2	Danielle DiLorenzo Also played S20	2 of 7 jury votes Finalist	39	BayonetaCasayaGitanos	4
3	Terry Deitz Also played S31	13th voted out Jury	38	La MinaGitanos	1
4	Cirie Fields Also played S16, S20, S34, S50	12th voted out Jury	36	CasayaGitanos	3
5	Shane Powers	11th voted out Jury	33	La MinaCasayaGitanos	9
6	Courtney Marit	10th voted out Jury	30	BayonetaCasayaGitanos	4
7	Bruce Kanegai	Medically evacuated Jury	25	La MinaCasayaGitanos	2
8	Sally Schumann	9th voted out Jury	24	BayonetaLa MinaGitanos	8
9	Austin Carty	8th voted out Jury	21	ViverosLa MinaGitanos	7
10	Nick Stanbury	7th voted out	18	ViverosLa MinaGitanos	6
11	Dan Barry	6th voted out	15	La Mina	3
12	Bobby Mason	5th voted out	14	ViverosCasaya	3
13	Ruth Marie Milliman	4th voted out	11	CasayaLa Mina	6
14	Misty Giles	3rd voted out	8	BayonetaLa Mina	5
15	Melinda Hyder	2nd voted out	6	Casaya	5
16	Tina Scheer	1st voted out	3	Casaya	3

Episode guide

All 14 episodes of Survivor 12: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.

US viewers per episode

19.2M 17.0M 14.8M

16.7M average

Ep 1 Ep 4 Ep 8 Ep 11 Ep 14

Survivor 12 episode guide: number, title, air date, reward and immunity winners, who left, and US viewers

#	Episode	Aired	Reward	Immunity	Voted out	Viewers
1	The First Exile Feb 2 Reward La MinaViverosCasaya 19.2M viewers	Feb 2	La MinaViverosCasaya	BayonetaLa MinaViveros	Tina Scheer	19.2M
2	Breakdown Feb 9 Reward La Mina 18.8M viewers	Feb 9	La Mina	La Mina	Melinda Hyder	18.8M
3	Crazy Fights, Snake Dinners Feb 16 Reward La Mina 17.0M viewers	Feb 16	La Mina	Casaya	Misty Giles	17.0M
4	Starvation and Lunacy Feb 23 Reward Casaya 14.8M viewers	Feb 23	Casaya	Casaya	Ruth Marie Milliman	14.8M
5	For Cod's Sake Mar 2 Reward Casaya 16.1M viewers	Mar 2	Casaya	La Mina	Bobby Mason	16.1M
6	Salvation and Desertion Mar 9 Reward Casaya 15.3M viewers	Mar 9	Casaya	Casaya	Dan Barry	15.3M
7	An Emerging Plan Mar 30 16.3M viewers	Mar 30	–	Terry Deitz	Nick Stanbury	16.3M
8	The Power of the Idol Apr 6 Reward Aras Baskauskas, Bruce Kanegai, Sally Schumann 16.4M viewers	Apr 6	Aras Baskauskas, Bruce Kanegai, Sally Schumann	Terry Deitz	Austin Carty	16.4M
9	Fight for Your Life or Eat Apr 13 Reward Bruce Kanegai, Courtney Marit, Sally Schumann, Terry Deitz 15.1M viewers	Apr 13	Bruce Kanegai, Courtney Marit, Sally Schumann, Terry Deitz	Terry Deitz	Sally Schumann	15.1M
10	Medical Emergency Apr 20 Reward Cirie Fields 16.3M viewers	Apr 20	Cirie Fields	–	Bruce Kanegai Evacuated	16.3M
11	Perilous Scramble Apr 27 Reward Courtney Marit, Danielle DiLorenzo, Terry Deitz 17.1M viewers	Apr 27	Courtney Marit, Danielle DiLorenzo, Terry Deitz	Terry Deitz	Courtney Marit	17.1M
12	Bamboozled May 4 Reward Terry Deitz 17.0M viewers	May 4	Terry Deitz	Terry Deitz	Shane Powers	17.0M
13	Call the Whambulence! May 11 Reward Aras Baskauskas 17.2M viewers	May 11	Aras Baskauskas	Aras Baskauskas	–	17.2M
14	The Final Showdown May 14 Reward Terry Deitz 17.1M viewers	May 14	Terry Deitz	Danielle DiLorenzo	Cirie Fields Eliminated Terry Deitz	17.1M

Survivor 12 also aired 1 recap or special broadcast, which sit outside this numbering.

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 13 tribal councils →

Survivor 12 voting history: each row is a castaway, each column a tribal council, and each cell shows who that castaway voted for.

Voter	Ep 1 Tina 3-1	Ep 2 Melinda 5-2	Ep 3 Misty 5-2	Ep 4 Ruth 4-2	Ep 5 Bobby 3-2-1-1	Ep 6 Dan 3-1	Ep 8 Nick 6-4	Ep 9 Austin 6-3	Ep 10 Sally 6-2	Ep 12 Courtney 3-2-1	Ep 13 Shane 3-1-1	Ep 14 Cirie 2-2	Ep 15 Terry 1
Aras Baskauskas		Melinda			Bruce		Nick	Austin	Sally	Courtney	Shane	Danielle
Danielle DiLorenzo		Melinda			Bobby		Nick	Austin	Sally	Courtney	Shane	Cirie	Terry
Terry Deitz			Misty	Ruth		Dan	Shane	Aras	Aras	Aras	Aras	Cirie
Cirie Fields	Tina	Shane			Bobby		Nick	Austin	Sally	Courtney	Shane	Danielle
Shane Powers		Melinda			Aras		Nick	Austin	Sally	Danielle	Danielle
Courtney Marit		Melinda			Bobby		Nick	Austin	Sally	Aras
Bruce Kanegai					Courtney		Nick	Austin	Sally
Sally Schumann			Ruth	Ruth			Shane	Aras	Aras
Austin Carty			Misty	Ruth		Dan	Shane	Aras
Nick Stanbury			Misty	Ruth		Dan	Shane
Dan Barry			Misty	Sally		Austin
Bobby Mason		Melinda			Bruce
Ruth Marie Milliman	Tina		Misty	Sally
Misty Giles			Ruth
Melinda Hyder	Tina	Shane
Tina Scheer	Cirie

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

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