Survivor 37 David vs. Goliath

Mamanuca Islands, Fiji Sep 26 – Dec 19, 2018 Filmed Mar 29 – May 6, 2018

Tribes DavidGoliathJabeniTivaVukuKalokalo

Format Idol Nullifier debut Vote Steal Exile Island Tribe Switch Hidden Immunity Idol

20 Castaways all first-time players
39 Days
10 Jury
Winner Nick Wilson won 7-3-0

Survivor: David vs. Goliath features twenty new contestants divided into two tribes based on their level of success in life, pitting a group of underdogs against a group of overachievers in the Mamanuca Islands, Fiji.

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

Starting tribes

David

Nick Wilson, Davie Rickenbacker, Christian Hubicki, Gabby Pascuzzi, Carl Boudreaux, Elizabeth Olson, Lyrsa Torres, Bi Nguyen, Jessica Peet, Pat Cusack

Goliath

Mike White, Angelina Keeley, Kara Kay, Alison Raybould, Alec Merlino, Dan Rengering, John Hennigan, Natalie Cole, Natalia Azoqa, Jeremy Crawford

Full cast & placements

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

Place Castaway Result Days Tribes Votes against
1 Nick Wilson Also played S40
7 of 10 jury votes
39 DavidJabeniKalokalo 0
2 Mike White Also played S50
3 of 10 jury votes
39 GoliathJabeniKalokalo 1
3 Angelina Keeley Also played S50
0 of 10 jury votes
39 GoliathJabeniKalokalo 4
4 Kara Kay
Lost final 4 fire challenge
38 GoliathVukuKalokalo 0
5 Alison Raybould
14th voted out
37 GoliathTivaKalokalo 13
6 Davie Rickenbacker
13th voted out
36 DavidVukuKalokalo 5
7 Christian Hubicki Also played S50
12th voted out
35 DavidTivaKalokalo 6
8 Gabby Pascuzzi
11th voted out
32 DavidTivaKalokalo 2
9 Carl Boudreaux
10th voted out
30 DavidVukuKalokalo 6
10 Alec Merlino
9th voted out
28 GoliathVukuKalokalo 9
11 Dan Rengering
8th voted out
25 GoliathTivaKalokalo 6
12 John Hennigan
7th voted out
22 GoliathTivaKalokalo 3
13 Elizabeth Olson
6th voted out
20 DavidVukuKalokalo 13
14 Lyrsa Torres
5th voted out
17 DavidJabeni 9
15 Natalie Cole
4th voted out
15 GoliathJabeni 4
16 Natalia Azoqa
3rd voted out
11 GoliathVuku 3
17 Bi Nguyen
Quit
10 David 0
18 Jeremy Crawford
2nd voted out
9 Goliath 9
19 Jessica Peet
1st voted out
6 David 5
20 Pat Cusack
Medically evacuated
3 David 0

Episode guide

All 13 episodes of Survivor 37: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.

US viewers per episode

US viewers, episode by episode: 7.1M at the low point to 7.8M at the high. The dashed line is the season average of 7.5M. Episode 1 drew the biggest audience.
# Episode Aired Reward Immunity Voted out Viewers
1 Appearances Are Deceiving Sep 26 Reward DavidGoliath 7.8M viewers Sep 26 DavidGoliath Goliath Pat Cusack Evacuated 7.8M
2 The Chicken Has Flown the Coop Oct 3 Reward Goliath 7.3M viewers Oct 3 Goliath Goliath Jessica Peet 7.3M
3 I Am Goliath Strong Oct 10 7.7M viewers Oct 10 – – Jeremy Crawford 7.7M
4 Time to Bring About the Charmpocalypse Oct 17 Reward TivaJabeni 7.2M viewers Oct 17 TivaJabeni TivaJabeni Bi Nguyen Quit Natalia Azoqa 7.2M
5 Jackets and Eggs Oct 24 Reward VukuJabeni 7.4M viewers Oct 24 VukuJabeni VukuTiva Natalie Cole 7.4M
6 Aren't Brochachos Just Adorable? Oct 31 Reward TivaJabeni 7.1M viewers Oct 31 TivaJabeni TivaVuku Lyrsa Torres 7.1M
7 There's Gonna Be Tears Shed Nov 7 7.7M viewers Nov 7 – Alison Raybould Elizabeth Olson 7.7M
8 You Get What You Give Nov 14 Reward Alec Merlino, Alison Raybould, Christian Hubicki, Gabby Pascuzzi, John Hennigan, Nick Wilson 7.2M viewers Nov 14 Alec Merlino, Alison Raybould, Christian Hubicki, Gabby Pascuzzi, John Hennigan, Nick Wilson Dan Rengering John Hennigan 7.2M
9 Breadth-First Search Nov 21 Reward Alec Merlino, Dan Rengering, Davie Rickenbacker, Kara Kay, Mike White 7.1M viewers Nov 21 Alec Merlino, Dan Rengering, Davie Rickenbacker, Kara Kay, Mike White Alec Merlino Dan Rengering 7.1M
10 Tribal Lines Are Blurred Nov 28 Reward Alec Merlino, Alison Raybould, Christian Hubicki, Gabby Pascuzzi, Mike White, Carl Boudreaux, Davie Rickenbacker, Kara Kay 7.6M viewers Nov 28 Alec Merlino, Alison Raybould, Christian Hubicki, Gabby Pascuzzi, Mike White, Carl Boudreaux, Davie Rickenbacker, Kara Kay Christian Hubicki, Davie Rickenbacker Alec Merlino Carl Boudreaux 7.6M
11 So Smart They're Dumb Dec 5 Reward Angelina Keeley, Nick Wilson 7.5M viewers Dec 5 Angelina Keeley, Nick Wilson Kara Kay Gabby Pascuzzi 7.5M
12 Are You Feeling Lucky? Dec 12 Reward Davie Rickenbacker 7.8M viewers Dec 12 Davie Rickenbacker Mike White Christian Hubicki 7.8M
13 With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility Dec 19 Reward Nick Wilson 7.7M viewers Dec 19 Nick Wilson Nick Wilson Davie Rickenbacker Alison Raybould Kara Kay Eliminated 7.7M

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

  1. 1 Angelina Keeley 54
  2. 2 Nick Wilson 53
  3. 3 Mike White 47
  4. 4 Christian Hubicki 39
  5. 5 Davie Rickenbacker 34
  6. 6 Kara Kay 33
  7. 7 Gabby Pascuzzi 26
  8. 8 Alec Merlino 25
  9. 9 Dan Rengering 22
  10. 10 Alison Raybould 21

456 confessionals across the season. Top 10 of 20 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 2 Jessica 5-4 Ep 3 Jeremy 9-1 Ep 4 Natalia 3-1-1 Ep 5 Natalie 3-2 Ep 6 Lyrsa 3-1 Ep 7 Elizabeth 12-1 Ep 8 John 3 Ep 9 Dan 6-3-2 Ep 10 Alec 9-1 Ep 10 Carl 5-4 Ep 11 Gabby 2-1 Ep 12 Christian 3-2 Ep 13 Davie 4-2 Ep 13 Alison 4-1 Ep 13 Kara
Nick Wilson Jessica Natalie Lyrsa Elizabeth John Dan Alec Alison Christian Christian Alison Alison
Mike White Jeremy Natalie Lyrsa Elizabeth Christian Christian Alec Carl Gabby Davie Davie Alison
Angelina Keeley Jeremy Lyrsa Lyrsa Elizabeth Christian Christian Alec Alison Gabby Christian Davie Alison
Kara Kay Jeremy Davie Elizabeth Christian Angelina Alec Carl Christian Christian Davie Alison
Alison Raybould Jeremy Elizabeth Christian Alec Carl Christian Davie Davie Mike
Davie Rickenbacker Lyrsa Natalia Elizabeth John Dan Alec Alison Christian Alison Alison
Christian Hubicki Jessica Elizabeth John Dan Alec Carl Alison Alison
Gabby Pascuzzi Jessica Elizabeth Angelina Dan Alec Carl Christian
Carl Boudreaux Lyrsa Elizabeth Angelina Dan Alec Alison
Alec Merlino Jeremy Natalia Elizabeth Christian Angelina Carl
Dan Rengering Jeremy Elizabeth Christian Christian
John Hennigan Jeremy Elizabeth Christian
Elizabeth Olson Jessica Natalia Angelina
Lyrsa Torres Jessica Natalie Angelina
Natalie Cole Jeremy Lyrsa
Natalia Azoqa Jeremy Elizabeth
Bi Nguyen Lyrsa
Jeremy Crawford Natalie
Jessica Peet Lyrsa

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

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