Survivor 25 Philippines

Caramoan, Camarines Sur, Philippines Sep 19 – Dec 16, 2012 Filmed Mar 18 – Apr 25, 2012

Tribes KalabawMatsingTandangDangrayne

Format Returning Players Challenge Advantage Tribe Switch Hidden Immunity Idol

18 Castaways 3 returning
39 Days
8 Jury
Winner Denise Stapley won 6-1-1

Survivor: Philippines features fifteen new contestants and three returning players medically evacuated from previous seasons competing in three tribes for the title of Sole Survivor.

Day one split the cast into three tribes: Matsing, Tandang, and Kalabaw. Three castaways arrived with prior seasons played, and three of this cast would go on to play again.

Starting tribes

Kalabaw

Carter Williams, Jonathan Penner, Jeff Kent, Katie Hanson, Sarah Dawson, Dana Lambert

Matsing

Denise Stapley, Malcolm Freberg, Russell Swan, Angie Layton, Roxanne Morris, Zane Knight

Tandang

Michael Skupin, Lisa Whelchel, Abi-Maria Gomes, Peter Yurkowski, Artis Silvester, Roberta Saint-Amour

Full cast & placements

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

Place Castaway Result Days Tribes Votes against
1 Denise Stapley Also played S40
6 of 8 jury votes
39 MatsingKalabawDangrayne 6
2 Michael Skupin Returnee Also played S2
1 of 8 jury votes
39 TandangDangrayne 0
3 Lisa Whelchel
1 of 8 jury votes
39 TandangDangrayne 0
4 Malcolm Freberg Also played S26, S34
14th voted out
38 MatsingTandangDangrayne 6
5 Abi-Maria Gomes Also played S31
13th voted out
36 TandangDangrayne 6
6 Carter Williams
12th voted out
33 KalabawDangrayne 5
7 Jonathan Penner Returnee Also played S13, S16
11th voted out
30 KalabawDangrayne 9
8 Peter Yurkowski
10th voted out
27 TandangDangrayne 9
9 Artis Silvester
9th voted out
25 TandangDangrayne 5
10 Jeff Kent
8th voted out
22 KalabawDangrayne 5
11 Roberta Saint-Amour
7th voted out
19 TandangDangrayne 4
12 Katie Hanson
6th voted out
16 Kalabaw 4
13 Sarah Dawson
5th voted out
13 Kalabaw 5
14 Dana Lambert
Quit
12 Kalabaw 0
15 Russell Swan Returnee Also played S19
4th voted out
10 Matsing 4
16 Angie Layton
3rd voted out
8 Matsing 4
17 Roxanne Morris
2nd voted out
6 Matsing 4
18 Zane Knight
1st voted out
3 Matsing 5

Episode guide

All 14 episodes of Survivor 25: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.

US viewers per episode

US viewers, episode by episode: 9.4M at the low point to 11.5M at the high. The dashed line is the season average of 10.4M. Episode 14 drew the biggest audience.
# Episode Aired Reward Immunity Voted out Viewers
1 Survivor Smacked Me in the Chops Sep 19 Reward KalabawTandang 11.4M viewers Sep 19 KalabawTandang KalabawTandang Zane Knight 11.4M
2 Don't Be Blinded by the Headlights Sep 26 Reward TandangKalabaw 10.3M viewers Sep 26 TandangKalabaw TandangKalabaw Roxanne Morris 10.3M
3 This Isn't a 'We' Game Oct 3 Reward KalabawTandang 10.4M viewers Oct 3 KalabawTandang KalabawTandang Angie Layton 10.4M
4 Create a Little Chaos Oct 10 Reward TandangKalabaw 9.8M viewers Oct 10 TandangKalabaw TandangKalabaw Russell Swan 9.8M
5 Got My Swag Back Oct 17 Reward Tandang 10.4M viewers Oct 17 Tandang Tandang Dana Lambert Quit Sarah Dawson 10.4M
6 Down and Dirty Oct 24 Reward Kalabaw 10.2M viewers Oct 24 Kalabaw Tandang Katie Hanson 10.2M
7 Not the Only Actor on This Island Oct 31 9.8M viewers Oct 31 – Carter Williams, Denise Stapley Roberta Saint-Amour 9.8M
8 Dead Man Walking Nov 7 Reward Denise Stapley, Jeff Kent, Jonathan Penner, Lisa Whelchel, Malcolm Freberg 10.3M viewers Nov 7 Denise Stapley, Jeff Kent, Jonathan Penner, Lisa Whelchel, Malcolm Freberg Jonathan Penner Jeff Kent 10.3M
9 Little Miss Perfect Nov 14 Reward Carter Williams, Denise Stapley, Jonathan Penner, Malcolm Freberg 10.1M viewers Nov 14 Carter Williams, Denise Stapley, Jonathan Penner, Malcolm Freberg Michael Skupin Artis Silvester 10.1M
10 Whiners Are Wieners Nov 21 Reward Abi-Maria Gomes, Carter Williams, Malcolm Freberg, Peter Yurkowski 9.4M viewers Nov 21 Abi-Maria Gomes, Carter Williams, Malcolm Freberg, Peter Yurkowski Carter Williams Peter Yurkowski 9.4M
11 Hell Hath Frozen Over Nov 28 10.4M viewers Nov 28 – Abi-Maria Gomes Jonathan Penner 10.4M
12 Shot into Smithereens Dec 5 Reward Malcolm Freberg, Lisa Whelchel, Michael Skupin 10.6M viewers Dec 5 Malcolm Freberg, Lisa Whelchel, Michael Skupin Malcolm Freberg Carter Williams 10.6M
13 Gouge My Eyes Out Dec 12 Reward Michael Skupin, Lisa Whelchel, Malcolm Freberg 10.4M viewers Dec 12 Michael Skupin, Lisa Whelchel, Malcolm Freberg Malcolm Freberg Abi-Maria Gomes 10.4M
14 Million Dollar Question Dec 16 Reward Malcolm Freberg 11.5M viewers Dec 16 Malcolm Freberg Michael Skupin Malcolm Freberg 11.5M

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 25. A rough proxy for who the season was built around.

  1. 1 Malcolm Freberg 66
  2. 2 Lisa Whelchel 58
  3. 3 Jonathan Penner 49
  4. 4 Michael Skupin 40
  5. 5 Denise Stapley 37
  6. 6 Abi-Maria Gomes 30
  7. 7 Jeff Kent 28
  8. 8 Peter Yurkowski 21
  9. 9 Roberta Saint-Amour 21
  10. 10 Russell Swan 21

435 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 Zane 5-1 Ep 2 Roxanne 4-1 Ep 3 Angie 3-1 Ep 4 Russell 2-1 Ep 5 Sarah 5-1 Ep 6 Katie 4-1 Ep 7 Roberta 4-2 Ep 8 Jeff 5-4-1 Ep 9 Artis 5-4 Ep 10 Peter 3-2 Ep 11 Jonathan 4-3 Ep 12 Carter 5-1 Ep 13 Abi-Maria 4-1 Ep 14 Malcolm 3-1
Denise Stapley Zane Roxanne Angie Russell Sarah Katie Jonathan Peter Artis Abi-Maria Jonathan Carter Abi-Maria Malcolm
Michael Skupin Jonathan Jeff Artis Abi-Maria Jonathan Carter Abi-Maria Malcolm
Lisa Whelchel Jonathan Jeff Jonathan Abi-Maria Jonathan Carter Abi-Maria Malcolm
Malcolm Freberg Zane Roxanne Angie Russell Jonathan Peter Artis Peter Jonathan Carter Abi-Maria Denise
Abi-Maria Gomes Jonathan Jeff Jonathan Malcolm Denise Carter Denise
Carter Williams Sarah Katie Roberta Peter Artis Peter Denise Abi-Maria
Jonathan Penner Sarah Katie Peter Abi-Maria Artis Peter Denise
Peter Yurkowski Roberta Jeff Jonathan Malcolm
Artis Silvester Roberta Jeff Jonathan
Jeff Kent Sarah Katie Roberta Peter
Roberta Saint-Amour Peter
Katie Hanson Sarah Jonathan
Sarah Dawson Denise
Russell Swan Zane Roxanne Angie Malcolm
Angie Layton Zane Roxanne Russell
Roxanne Morris Zane Angie
Zane Knight Russell

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

Fan poll Seasons

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