Season 20

Survivor 20 Heroes vs. Villains

Upolu, Samoa Feb 11 – May 16, 2010 Filmed Aug 9 – Sep 16, 2009

Tribes HeroesVillainsYin Yang

Format Heroes vs. Villains (tribe division) debut Double Tribal Council Returning Players Hidden Immunity Idol

20 Castaways 20 returning

39 Days

9 Jury

Winner Sandra Diaz-Twine won 6-3-0

Celebrating the show's tenth anniversary, this twentieth season features twenty iconic returning contestants divided into two tribes based on their previous reputations for either integrity or deception.

Day one split the cast into two tribes: Villains and Heroes. Twenty castaways arrived with prior seasons played, and twelve of this cast would go on to play again.

Starting tribes

Heroes

Colby Donaldson, Rupert Boneham, Candice Cody, Amanda Kimmel, J.T. Thomas, James Clement, Tom Westman, Cirie Fields, Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick, Jessica Kiper

Villains

Sandra Diaz-Twine, Parvati Shallow, Russell Hantz, Jerri Manthey, Danielle DiLorenzo, Courtney Yates, Benjamin Wade, Rob Mariano, Tyson Apostol, Randy Bailey

Full cast & placements

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

Survivor 20: Heroes vs. Villains cast results

Place	Castaway	Result	Days	Tribes	Votes against
1	Sandra Diaz-Twine Also played S7, S34, S40	6 of 9 jury votes Winner	39	VillainsYin Yang	1
2	Parvati Shallow Also played S13, S16, S40	3 of 9 jury votes Finalist	39	VillainsYin Yang	4
3	Russell Hantz Also played S19, S22	0 of 9 jury votes Finalist	39	VillainsYin Yang	5
4	Jerri Manthey Also played S2, S8	17th voted out Jury	38	VillainsYin Yang	4
5	Colby Donaldson Also played S2, S8, S50	16th voted out Jury	37	HeroesYin Yang	7
6	Rupert Boneham Also played S7, S8, S27	15th voted out Jury	36	HeroesYin Yang	10
7	Danielle DiLorenzo Also played S12	14th voted out Jury	33	VillainsYin Yang	4
8	Candice Cody Also played S13, S27	13th voted out Jury	31	HeroesYin Yang	5
9	Amanda Kimmel Also played S15, S16	12th voted out Jury	30	HeroesYin Yang	10
10	J.T. Thomas Also played S18, S34	11th voted out Jury	27	HeroesYin Yang	5
11	Courtney Yates Also played S15	10th voted out Jury	24	Villains	9
12	Benjamin Wade Also played S18, S23, S50	9th voted out Jury	21	Villains	4
13	Rob Mariano Also played S4, S8, S22, S40	8th voted out	18	Villains	5
14	James Clement Also played S15, S16	7th voted out	15	Heroes	6
15	Tyson Apostol Also played S18, S27, S40	6th voted out	15	Villains	3
16	Tom Westman Also played S10	5th voted out	14	Heroes	5
17	Cirie Fields Also played S12, S16, S34, S50	4th voted out	11	Heroes	3
18	Randy Bailey Also played S17	3rd voted out	8	Villains	9
19	Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick Also played S10, S11, S50	2nd voted out	6	Heroes	6
20	Jessica Kiper Also played S17	1st voted out	3	Heroes	9

Episode guide

All 14 episodes of Survivor 20: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.

US viewers per episode

14.2M 12.7M 11.2M

12.4M average

Ep 1 Ep 4 Ep 8 Ep 11 Ep 14

Survivor 20 episode guide: number, title, air date, reward and immunity winners, who left, and US viewers

#	Episode	Aired	Reward	Immunity	Voted out	Viewers
1	Slay Everyone, Trust No One Feb 11 Reward Heroes 14.2M viewers	Feb 11	Heroes	Villains	Jessica Kiper	14.2M
2	It's Getting the Best of Me Feb 18 Reward Villains 11.9M viewers	Feb 18	Villains	Villains	Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick	11.9M
3	That Girl Is Like a Virus Feb 25 Reward Heroes 11.6M viewers	Feb 25	Heroes	Heroes	Randy Bailey	11.6M
4	Tonight, We Make Our Move Mar 4 Reward Villains 12.7M viewers	Mar 4	Villains	Villains	Cirie Fields	12.7M
5	Knights of the Round Table Mar 11 Reward Villains 12.2M viewers	Mar 11	Villains	Villains	Tom Westman	12.2M
6	Banana Etiquette Mar 24 11.2M viewers	Mar 24	–	–	Tyson Apostol James Clement	11.2M
7	I'm Not a Good Villain Apr 1 Reward Heroes 11.3M viewers	Apr 1	Heroes	Heroes	Rob Mariano	11.3M
8	Expectations Apr 8 Reward Heroes 12.4M viewers	Apr 8	Heroes	Heroes	Benjamin Wade	12.4M
9	Survivor History Apr 15 Reward Villains 12.3M viewers	Apr 15	Villains	Heroes	Courtney Yates	12.3M
10	Going Down in Flames Apr 22 11.9M viewers	Apr 22	–	Danielle DiLorenzo	J.T. Thomas	11.9M
11	Jumping Ship Apr 29 Reward Amanda Kimmel, Colby Donaldson, Danielle DiLorenzo 12.7M viewers	Apr 29	Amanda Kimmel, Colby Donaldson, Danielle DiLorenzo	Jerri Manthey	Amanda Kimmel	12.7M
12	A Sinking Ship May 6 13.1M viewers	May 6	–	Parvati Shallow, Russell Hantz	Candice Cody Danielle DiLorenzo	13.1M
13	Loose Lips Sink Ships May 13 Reward Jerri Manthey 13.3M viewers	May 13	Jerri Manthey	Parvati Shallow	Rupert Boneham	13.3M
14	Anything Could Happen May 16 13.5M viewers	May 16	–	Parvati Shallow, Russell Hantz	Colby Donaldson Jerri Manthey	13.5M

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 17 tribal councils →

Survivor 20 voting history: each row is a castaway, each column a tribal council, and each cell shows who that castaway voted for.

Voter	Ep 1 Jessica 9-1	Ep 2 Stephenie 6-3	Ep 3 Randy 9-1	Ep 4 Cirie 3-2	Ep 5 Tom 5-2	Ep 6 Tyson 3-2	Ep 6 James 4-1	Ep 7 Rob 4-3-1	Ep 8 Benjamin 4-3	Ep 9 Courtney 5-1	Ep 10 J.T. 5	Ep 11 Amanda 6-3	Ep 12 Candice 5-3	Ep 12 Danielle 4-3	Ep 13 Rupert 4	Ep 14 Colby 4-1	Ep 14 Jerri 3-1
Sandra Diaz-Twine			Randy			Russell		Russell	Benjamin	Courtney	J.T.	Amanda	Candice	Rupert	Rupert	Colby	Jerri
Parvati Shallow			Randy			Tyson		Rob	Benjamin	Courtney	J.T.	Amanda	Rupert	Rupert	Rupert	Colby	Jerri
Russell Hantz			Randy			Tyson		Rob	Courtney	Courtney	J.T.	Amanda	Candice	Danielle	Rupert	Colby	Jerri
Jerri Manthey			Randy			Parvati		Rob	Courtney	Courtney	J.T.	Amanda	Candice	Danielle	Rupert	Colby	Parvati
Colby Donaldson	Jessica	Amanda		Cirie	James		James				Jerri	Parvati	Candice	Danielle	Sandra	Sandra
Rupert Boneham	Jessica	Stephenie		Colby	Tom		James				Jerri	Parvati	Candice	Danielle	Sandra
Danielle DiLorenzo			Randy			Tyson		Rob	Benjamin	Courtney	J.T.	Amanda	Rupert	Rupert
Candice Cody	Jessica	Stephenie		Tom	Tom		James				Jerri	Amanda	Rupert
Amanda Kimmel	Jessica	Stephenie		Tom	Tom						Jerri	Parvati
J.T. Thomas	Jessica	Stephenie		Cirie	Tom		James				Jerri
Courtney Yates			Randy			Parvati		Russell	Benjamin	Jerri
Benjamin Wade			Randy			Parvati		Courtney	Courtney
Rob Mariano			Randy			Russell		Russell
James Clement	Jessica	Stephenie		Colby	Tom		Colby
Tyson Apostol			Randy			Parvati
Tom Westman	Jessica	Amanda		Cirie	James
Cirie Fields	Jessica	Stephenie		Tom
Randy Bailey			Rob
Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick	Jessica	Amanda
Jessica Kiper	Amanda

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