Survivor 5 Thailand
Ko Tarutao, Thailand Sep 19 – Dec 19, 2002 Filmed Jun 10 – Jul 18, 2002
Tribes Chuay GahnSook JaiChuay Jai
Format Fake Merge debut Mutiny debut One World debut Schoolyard Pick debut
Winner
Brian Heidik won 4-3 Set in the Ko Tarutao archipelago, this fifth season features a historic first where the two eldest contestants select their own tribes, leading to a complex battle of wits and several new gameplay twists like the fake merge and an offer of mutiny.
Day one split the cast into two tribes: Chuay Gahn and Sook Jai. Everyone here was new to the game, and one 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 | Brian Heidik | 4 of 7 jury votes
| 39 | Chuay GahnChuay Jai | 0 |
| 2 |  Clay Jordan | 3 of 7 jury votes
| 39 | Chuay GahnChuay Jai | 3 |
| 3 |  Jan Gentry | 14th voted out | 38 | Chuay GahnChuay Jai | 5 |
| 4 |  Helen Glover | 13th voted out | 37 | Chuay GahnChuay Jai | 5 |
| 5 |  Ted Rogers Jr. | 12th voted out | 36 | Chuay GahnChuay Jai | 7 |
| 6 |  Jake Billingsley | 11th voted out | 33 | Sook JaiChuay Jai | 7 |
| 7 |  Penny Ramsey | 10th voted out | 30 | Sook JaiChuay Jai | 5 |
| 8 |  Ken Stafford | 9th voted out | 27 | Sook JaiChuay Jai | 6 |
| 9 |  Erin Collins | 8th voted out | 24 | Sook Jai | 3 |
| 10 |  Shii Ann Huang Also played S8 | 7th voted out | 21 | Sook Jai | 10 |
| 11 |  Robert Zbacnik | 6th voted out | 18 | Sook Jai | 5 |
| 12 |  Stephanie Dill | 5th voted out | 15 | Sook Jai | 5 |
| 13 |  Ghandia Johnson | 4th voted out | 12 | Chuay Gahn | 5 |
| 14 |  Jed Hildebrand | 3rd voted out | 9 | Sook Jai | 5 |
| 15 |  Tanya Vance | 2nd voted out | 6 | Chuay Gahn | 5 |
| 16 |  John Raymond | 1st voted out | 3 | Chuay Gahn | 6 |
Episode guide
All 13 episodes of Survivor 5: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.
| # | Episode | Aired | Reward | Immunity | Voted out | Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Importance of Being Eldest | Sep 19 | – | Sook Jai | John Raymond | 23.1M |
| 2 | The Great Divide | Sep 26 | Sook Jai | Sook Jai | Tanya Vance | 21.7M |
| 3 | Family Values | Oct 3 | Chuay Gahn | Chuay Gahn | Jed Hildebrand | 21.5M |
| 4 | Gender Bender | Oct 10 | Sook Jai | Sook Jai | Ghandia Johnson | 21.2M |
| 5 | The Ocean's Surprise | Oct 17 | – | Chuay Gahn | Stephanie Dill | 22.7M |
| 6 | The Power of One | Oct 24 | Sook Jai | Chuay Gahn | Robert Zbacnik | 20.9M |
| 7 | Assumptions | Oct 31 | – | Chuay Gahn | Shii Ann Huang | 18.8M |
| 8 | Sleeping with the Enemy | Nov 7 | – | Chuay Gahn | Erin Collins | 19.1M |
| 9 | Desperate Measures | Nov 14 | Brian Heidik | Clay Jordan | Ken Stafford | 21.6M |
| 10 | While the Cats Are Away | Nov 21 | Brian Heidik | Helen Glover | Penny Ramsey | 19.6M |
| 11 | A Big Surprise... and Another | Dec 5 | Helen Glover | Ted Rogers Jr. | Jake Billingsley | 21.4M |
| 12 | The Tides Are Turning | Dec 12 | Ted Rogers Jr. | Brian Heidik | Ted Rogers Jr. | 19.0M |
| 13 | Slip Through Your Fingers | Dec 19 | – | Brian Heidik | Helen Glover Jan Gentry | 24.1M |
Survivor 5 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 5. A rough proxy for who the season was built around.
- 1 Clay Jordan 65
- 2 Helen Glover 64
- 3 Brian Heidik 56
- 4 Ted Rogers Jr. 51
- 5 Jake Billingsley 41
- 6 Jan Gentry 36
- 7 Shii Ann Huang 33
- 8 Penny Ramsey 30
- 9 Robert Zbacnik 27
- 10 Ken Stafford 22
491 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 John 6-1-1 | Ep 2 Tanya 5-2 | Ep 3 Jed 5-3 | Ep 4 Ghandia 4-2 | Ep 5 Stephanie 5-2 | Ep 6 Robert 5-1 | Ep 7 Shii 4-1 | Ep 8 Erin 3-1 | Ep 9 Ken 5-3 | Ep 10 Penny 4-2-1 | Ep 12 Jake 5-1 | Ep 13 Ted 4-1 | Ep 14 Helen 3-1 | Ep 14 Jan 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Heidik | John | Tanya | Ghandia | Ken | Penny | Jake | Ted | Helen | Jan | |||||
| Clay Jordan | John | Tanya | Ghandia | Ken | Jake | Jake | Ted | Helen | ||||||
| Jan Gentry | John | Tanya | Clay | Ken | Penny | Jake | Ted | Helen | ||||||
| Helen Glover | Clay | Tanya | Ghandia | Ken | Penny | Jake | Ted | Jan | ||||||
| Ted Rogers Jr. | John | Tanya | Ghandia | Ken | Penny | Jake | Jan | |||||||
| Jake Billingsley | Jed | Stephanie | Robert | Shii | Erin | Ted | Jan | Jan | ||||||
| Penny Ramsey | Jed | Stephanie | Robert | Shii | Erin | Ted | Jake | |||||||
| Ken Stafford | Jed | Stephanie | Robert | Shii | Erin | Ted | ||||||||
| Erin Collins | Jed | Stephanie | Robert | Shii | Ken | |||||||||
| Shii Ann Huang | Jed | Stephanie | Robert | Penny | ||||||||||
| Robert Zbacnik | Shii | Shii | Shii | |||||||||||
| Stephanie Dill | Shii | Shii | ||||||||||||
| Ghandia Johnson | John | Helen | Clay | |||||||||||
| Jed Hildebrand | Shii | |||||||||||||
| Tanya Vance | John | Helen | ||||||||||||
| John Raymond | Ghandia |
See how every season's jury and boot votes compare on the final votes hub.
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