Survivor 15 China
Mount Lu West Sea, Jiujiang, China Sep 20 – Dec 16, 2007 Filmed Jun 25 – Aug 2, 2007
Tribes Fei LongZhan HuHae Da Fung
Format Kidnapping Tribe Switch Hidden Immunity Idol
Winner
Todd Herzog won 4-2-1 Survivor: China features 16 castaways competing in the Jiangxi Province, where they are divided into two tribes and provided with Sun Tzu's The Art of War to help navigate a game defined by cultural challenges and the introduction of a kidnapping twist.
Day one split the cast into two tribes: Fei Long and Zhan Hu. Everyone here was new to the game, and four of them would go on to play again.
Starting tribes
Full cast & placements
Days, tribes and votes are on each castaway's page.
| Place | Castaway | Result | Days | Tribes | Votes against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd Herzog | 4 of 7 jury votes
| 39 | Fei LongHae Da Fung | 5 |
| 2 |  Courtney Yates Also played S20 | 2 of 7 jury votes
| 39 | Fei LongHae Da Fung | 0 |
| 3 |  Amanda Kimmel Also played S16, S20 | 1 of 7 jury votes
| 39 | Fei LongHae Da Fung | 0 |
| 4 |  Denise Martin | 13th voted out | 38 | Fei LongHae Da Fung | 3 |
| 5 |  Peih-Gee Law Also played S31 | 12th voted out | 36 | Zhan HuHae Da Fung | 8 |
| 6 |  Erik Huffman | 11th voted out | 33 | Zhan HuHae Da Fung | 5 |
| 7 |  James Clement Also played S16, S20 | 10th voted out | 30 | Fei LongZhan HuHae Da Fung | 9 |
| 8 |  Michael Zernow | 9th voted out | 27 | Zhan HuFei LongHae Da Fung | 7 |
| 9 |  Jean-Robert Bellande | 8th voted out | 24 | Fei LongHae Da Fung | 12 |
| 10 |  Jaime Dugan | 7th voted out | 21 | Zhan HuHae Da Fung | 7 |
| 11 |  Sherea Lloyd | 6th voted out | 18 | Zhan HuFei Long | 6 |
| 12 |  Aaron Reisberger | 5th voted out | 15 | Fei LongZhan Hu | 3 |
| 13 |  Dave Cruser | 4th voted out | 12 | Zhan Hu | 6 |
| 14 |  Leslie Nease | 3rd voted out | 9 | Fei Long | 6 |
| 15 |  Ashley Massaro | 2nd voted out | 6 | Zhan Hu | 8 |
| 16 |  Steve Morris | 1st voted out | 3 | Zhan Hu | 5 |
Episode guide
All 13 episodes of Survivor 15: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.
| # | Episode | Aired | Reward | Immunity | Voted out | Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Chicken's a Little Bit Smarter | Sep 20 | Fei Long | Fei Long | Steve Morris | 15.3M |
| 2 | My Mom Is Going to Kill Me! | Sep 27 | Fei Long | Fei Long | Ashley Massaro | 14.2M |
| 3 | I Lost Two Hands and Possibly a Shoulder | Oct 4 | Zhan Hu | Zhan Hu | Leslie Nease | 14.1M |
| 4 | Ride the Workhorse Till the Tail Falls Off | Oct 11 | Fei Long | Fei Long | Dave Cruser | 14.2M |
| 5 | Love Is in the Air | Oct 18 | – | Fei Long | Aaron Reisberger | 14.0M |
| 6 | That's Love, Baby! It Makes You Strong! | Oct 25 | Fei Long | Zhan Hu | Sherea Lloyd | 14.2M |
| 7 | I'm Not as Dumb as I Look | Nov 1 | – | Michael Zernow | Jaime Dugan | 14.4M |
| 8 | High School Friend Contest | Nov 8 | Amanda Kimmel, James Clement, Jean-Robert Bellande, Todd Herzog | Courtney Yates | Jean-Robert Bellande | 14.9M |
| 9 | Just Don't Eat the Apple | Nov 15 | Amanda Kimmel, Courtney Yates, Erik Huffman, Michael Zernow | Peih-Gee Law | Michael Zernow | 14.7M |
| 10 | Ready to Bite the Apple | Nov 29 | Peih-Gee Law | Erik Huffman | James Clement | 13.6M |
| 11 | Going for the Oscar | Dec 6 | Denise Martin | Peih-Gee Law | Erik Huffman | 14.1M |
| 12 | Hello, I'm Still a Person | Dec 13 | Denise Martin | Amanda Kimmel | Peih-Gee Law | 13.9M |
| 13 | A Slippery Little Sucker | Dec 16 | Amanda Kimmel | Amanda Kimmel | Denise Martin | 15.2M |
Survivor 15 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.
Who got the edit
Confessional counts: the to-camera interviews the edit gave each castaway across Survivor 15. A rough proxy for who the season was built around.
- 1 Todd Herzog 60
- 2 Peih-Gee Law 43
- 3 Amanda Kimmel 40
- 4 Denise Martin 33
- 5 James Clement 31
- 6 Courtney Yates 23
- 7 Erik Huffman 21
- 8 Jean-Robert Bellande 19
- 9 Jaime Dugan 19
- 10 Michael Zernow 17
371 confessionals across the season. Top 10 of 16 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 Steve 5-2-1 | Ep 2 Ashley 6-1 | Ep 3 Leslie 6-2 | Ep 4 Dave 5-1 | Ep 5 Aaron 3-1-1 | Ep 6 Sherea 5-2 | Ep 7 Jaime 7-3 | Ep 8 Jean-Robert 5-3-1 | Ep 9 Michael 7-1 | Ep 11 James 5-1-1 | Ep 12 Erik 4-2 | Ep 13 Peih-Gee 4-1 | Ep 14 Denise 3-1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Herzog | Leslie | Sherea | Jaime | Jean-Robert | Michael | James | Erik | Peih-Gee | Denise | ||||
| Courtney Yates | Jean-Robert | Jean-Robert | Jaime | Jean-Robert | Michael | James | Erik | Peih-Gee | Denise | ||||
| Amanda Kimmel | Leslie | Sherea | Jaime | Jean-Robert | Michael | James | Erik | Peih-Gee | Denise | ||||
| Denise Martin | Leslie | Sherea | Jaime | Peih-Gee | Michael | James | Erik | Peih-Gee | Todd | ||||
| Peih-Gee Law | Steve | Ashley | Dave | Aaron | Jean-Robert | James | Michael | Todd | Todd | Todd | |||
| Erik Huffman | Steve | Ashley | Dave | Aaron | Jean-Robert | James | Michael | James | Todd | ||||
| James Clement | Leslie | Peih-Gee | Jaime | Jean-Robert | Michael | Peih-Gee | |||||||
| Michael Zernow | Steve | Ashley | Dave | Sherea | Jaime | Jean-Robert | Erik | ||||||
| Jean-Robert Bellande | Leslie | Sherea | Jaime | James | |||||||||
| Jaime Dugan | Steve | Ashley | Dave | Aaron | Jean-Robert | ||||||||
| Sherea Lloyd | Steve | Ashley | Dave | Jean-Robert | |||||||||
| Aaron Reisberger | Leslie | James | |||||||||||
| Dave Cruser | Ashley | Ashley | Sherea | ||||||||||
| Leslie Nease | Jean-Robert | ||||||||||||
| Ashley Massaro | Peih-Gee | Dave | |||||||||||
| Steve Morris | Ashley |
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