Survivor 29 San Juan del Sur

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua Sep 24 – Dec 17, 2014 Filmed Jun 1 – Jul 10, 2014

Tribes CoyopaHunahpuHuyopa

Format Blood vs. Water Day Zero Exile Island Challenge Advantage Tribe Switch +1 more

18 Castaways all first-time players
39 Days
8 Jury
Winner Natalie Anderson won 5-2-1

The twenty-ninth season features a Blood vs. Water theme where pairs of loved ones compete against each other in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.

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

Starting tribes

Coyopa

Jaclyn Schultz, Baylor Wilson, Alec Christy, Wes Nale, Josh Canfield, Dale Wentworth, John Rocker, Val Collins, Nadiya Anderson

Hunahpu

Natalie Anderson, Missy Payne, Keith Nale, Jon Misch, Reed Kelly, Jeremy Collins, Julie McGee, Kelley Wentworth, Drew Christy

Full cast & placements

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

Place Castaway Result Days Tribes Votes against
1 Natalie Anderson Also played S40
5 of 8 jury votes
39 HunahpuHuyopa 0
2 Jaclyn Schultz
2 of 8 jury votes
39 CoyopaHuyopa 3
3 Missy Payne
1 of 8 jury votes
39 HunahpuCoyopaHuyopa 3
4 Keith Nale Also played S31
14th voted out
38 HunahpuCoyopaHuyopa 13
5 Baylor Wilson
13th voted out
37 CoyopaHuyopa 17
6 Jon Misch
12th voted out
35 HunahpuCoyopaHuyopa 4
7 Alec Christy
11th voted out
32 CoyopaHunahpuHuyopa 4
8 Reed Kelly
10th voted out
29 HunahpuHuyopa 10
9 Wes Nale
9th voted out
26 CoyopaHunahpuHuyopa 2
10 Jeremy Collins Also played S31, S40
8th voted out
24 HunahpuHuyopa 5
11 Josh Canfield
7th voted out
21 CoyopaHunahpuHuyopa 6
12 Julie McGee
Quit
18 HunahpuHuyopa 2
13 Dale Wentworth
6th voted out
15 Coyopa 8
14 Kelley Wentworth Also played S31, S38
5th voted out
13 HunahpuCoyopa 4
15 Drew Christy
4th voted out
10 Hunahpu 5
16 John Rocker
3rd voted out
8 Coyopa 5
17 Val Collins
2nd voted out
6 Coyopa 9
18 Nadiya Anderson
1st voted out
3 Coyopa 5

Episode guide

All 14 episodes of Survivor 29: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.

US viewers per episode

US viewers, episode by episode: 8.7M at the low point to 9.8M at the high. The dashed line is the season average of 9.3M. Episode 9 drew the biggest audience.
# Episode Aired Reward Immunity Voted out Viewers
1 Suck It Up and Survive Sep 24 Reward Hunahpu 9.8M viewers Sep 24 Hunahpu Hunahpu Nadiya Anderson 9.8M
2 Method to This Madness Oct 1 Reward Hunahpu 9.5M viewers Oct 1 Hunahpu Hunahpu Val Collins 9.5M
3 Actions vs. Accusations Oct 8 Reward Coyopa 9.7M viewers Oct 8 Coyopa Hunahpu John Rocker 9.7M
4 We're a Hot Mess Oct 15 Reward Jon Misch, Drew Christy, Jaclyn Schultz 9.3M viewers Oct 15 Jon Misch, Drew Christy, Jaclyn Schultz Coyopa Drew Christy 9.3M
5 Blood Is Blood Oct 22 9.2M viewers Oct 22 – Hunahpu Kelley Wentworth 9.2M
6 Make Some Magic Happen Oct 29 Reward Hunahpu 9.1M viewers Oct 29 Hunahpu Hunahpu Dale Wentworth 9.1M
7 Million Dollar Decision Nov 5 9.3M viewers Nov 5 – Keith Nale Julie McGee Quit 9.3M
8 Wrinkle in the Plan Nov 12 Reward Jeremy Collins, Keith Nale, Natalie Anderson, Reed Kelly, Wes Nale 9.5M viewers Nov 12 Jeremy Collins, Keith Nale, Natalie Anderson, Reed Kelly, Wes Nale Jeremy Collins Josh Canfield 9.5M
9 Gettin' to Crunch Time Nov 19 Reward Alec Christy, Baylor Wilson, Jeremy Collins, Natalie Anderson, Reed Kelly 9.8M viewers Nov 19 Alec Christy, Baylor Wilson, Jeremy Collins, Natalie Anderson, Reed Kelly Baylor Wilson Jeremy Collins 9.8M
10 This Is Where We Build Trust Nov 26 Reward Alec Christy, Jaclyn Schultz, Jon Misch, Reed Kelly 8.9M viewers Nov 26 Alec Christy, Jaclyn Schultz, Jon Misch, Reed Kelly Reed Kelly Wes Nale 8.9M
11 Kind of Like Cream Cheese Dec 3 Reward Missy Payne 8.7M viewers Dec 3 Missy Payne Keith Nale Reed Kelly 8.7M
12 Still Holdin' On Dec 3 Reward Natalie Anderson 8.7M viewers Dec 3 Natalie Anderson Jon Misch Alec Christy 8.7M
13 Let's Make a Move Dec 10 Reward Jon Misch, Keith Nale, Missy Payne 9.5M viewers Dec 10 Jon Misch, Keith Nale, Missy Payne Natalie Anderson Jon Misch 9.5M
14 This Is My Time Dec 17 Reward Keith Nale, Jaclyn Schultz 9.8M viewers Dec 17 Keith Nale, Jaclyn Schultz Keith Nale, Jaclyn Schultz Baylor Wilson Keith Nale 9.8M

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

  1. 1 Jon Misch 56
  2. 2 Keith Nale 47
  3. 3 Natalie Anderson 46
  4. 4 Jeremy Collins 46
  5. 5 Baylor Wilson 36
  6. 6 Josh Canfield 36
  7. 7 Jaclyn Schultz 31
  8. 8 Missy Payne 31
  9. 9 Reed Kelly 22
  10. 10 Alec Christy 17

445 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 Nadiya 5-3-1 Ep 2 Val 9-5 Ep 3 John 5-2 Ep 4 Drew 5-2-1-1 Ep 5 Kelley 3-2-2 Ep 6 Dale 3-2-1 Ep 8 Josh 6-5 Ep 9 Jeremy 5-3-2 Ep 10 Wes 2 Ep 11 Reed 7-1 Ep 12 Alec 4-3 Ep 13 Jon 4-3-2 Ep 14 Baylor 2 Ep 14 Keith 3-1
Natalie Anderson Drew Josh Keith Keith Reed Alec Jon Baylor Keith
Jaclyn Schultz Dale Baylor John Kelley Dale Josh Jeremy Wes Reed Keith Keith Baylor Keith
Missy Payne Drew Kelley Keith Josh Jeremy Keith Reed Alec Jaclyn Jaclyn Keith
Keith Nale Julie Dale Dale Baylor Reed Jon Reed Alec Jon Jaclyn Missy
Baylor Wilson Nadiya Val John Kelley Keith Josh Jeremy Keith Reed Alec Jaclyn Jaclyn
Jon Misch Keith Dale Dale Josh Jeremy Wes Reed Keith Keith
Alec Christy Nadiya Baylor John Baylor Reed Jon Reed Keith
Reed Kelly Julie Baylor Jeremy Jon Missy
Wes Nale Nadiya Val John Baylor Reed Jon
Jeremy Collins Drew Josh Keith
Josh Canfield Baylor Val John Baylor
Julie McGee Drew
Dale Wentworth Nadiya Val Baylor Baylor Missy
Kelley Wentworth Drew Baylor
Drew Christy Kelley
John Rocker Nadiya Baylor Baylor
Val Collins Dale Baylor
Nadiya Anderson Dale

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

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