Season 7

Survivor 7 Pearl Islands

Pearl Islands, Panama Sep 18 – Dec 14, 2003 Filmed Jun 23 – Jul 31, 2003

Tribes DrakeMorganThe OutcastsBalboa

Format The Outcasts debut Buried Treasure debut Mock Vote debut Mutiny Kidnapping debut +2 more

16 Castaways all first-time players

39 Days

7 Jury

Winner Sandra Diaz-Twine won 6-1

The seventh season of the American series, set in Panama, features a pirate theme and begins with a surprise marooning where sixteen contestants must barter for supplies in a local village using only the clothes on their backs.

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

Starting tribes

Drake

Sandra Diaz-Twine, Jon Dalton, Burton Roberts, Christa Hastie, Rupert Boneham, Shawn Cohen, Trish Dunn, Michelle Tesauro

Morgan

Lillian Morris, Darrah Johnson, Tijuana Bradley, Ryan Opray, Andrew Savage, Osten Taylor, Ryan Shoulders, Nicole Delma

Full cast & placements

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

Survivor 7: Pearl Islands cast results

Place	Castaway	Result	Days	Tribes	Votes against
1	Sandra Diaz-Twine Also played S20, S34, S40	6 of 7 jury votes Winner	39	DrakeBalboa	0
2	Lillian Morris	1 of 7 jury votes Finalist	39	MorganThe OutcastsBalboa	10
3	Jon Dalton Also played S16	15th voted out Jury	38	DrakeBalboa	7
4	Darrah Johnson	14th voted out Jury	37	MorganBalboa	6
5	Burton Roberts	13th voted out Jury	36	DrakeThe OutcastsBalboa	10
6	Christa Hastie	12th voted out Jury	33	DrakeBalboa	7
7	Tijuana Bradley	11th voted out Jury	30	MorganBalboa	5
8	Rupert Boneham Also played S8, S20, S27	10th voted out Jury	27	DrakeBalboa	7
9	Ryan Opray	9th voted out Jury	24	MorganBalboa	8
10	Andrew Savage Also played S31	8th voted out	21	MorganBalboa	6
11	Osten Taylor	Quit	19	Morgan	6
12	Shawn Cohen	7th voted out	19	Drake	5
13	Trish Dunn	6th voted out	18	DrakeThe Outcasts	4
14	Michelle Tesauro	5th voted out	15	DrakeThe Outcasts	6
15	Ryan Shoulders	2nd voted out	6	MorganThe Outcasts	6
16	Nicole Delma	1st voted out	3	MorganThe Outcasts	7

Episode guide

All 14 episodes of Survivor 7: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.

US viewers per episode

25.2M 22.3M 19.4M

21.0M average

Ep 1 Ep 4 Ep 8 Ep 11 Ep 14

Survivor 7 episode guide: number, title, air date, reward and immunity winners, who left, and US viewers

#	Episode	Aired	Reward	Immunity	Voted out	Viewers
1	Beg, Barter, Steal Sep 18 21.5M viewers	Sep 18	–	Drake	Nicole Delma	21.5M
2	To Quit or Not to Quit Sep 25 Reward Drake 19.9M viewers	Sep 25	Drake	Drake	Ryan Shoulders	19.9M
3	United We Stand, Divided We...? Oct 2 Reward Drake 19.7M viewers	Oct 2	Drake	Drake	Lillian Morris	19.7M
4	Pick a Castaway... Any Castaway Oct 9 Reward Drake 20.0M viewers	Oct 9	Drake	Morgan	Burton Roberts	20.0M
5	Everyone's Hero Oct 16 Reward Morgan 19.4M viewers	Oct 16	Morgan	Morgan	Michelle Tesauro	19.4M
6	Me and My Snake Oct 23 Reward Drake 20.2M viewers	Oct 23	Drake	Morgan	Trish Dunn	20.2M
7	What the...? Oct 30 20.7M viewers	Oct 30	–	Outcasts	Shawn Cohen Osten Taylor Quit	20.7M
8	What the...? Nov 6 21.3M viewers	Nov 6	–	Burton Roberts	Michelle Tesauro Eliminated Andrew Savage	21.3M
9	Shocking! Simply Shocking! Nov 13 Reward Rupert Boneham 22.1M viewers	Nov 13	Rupert Boneham	Rupert Boneham	Ryan Opray	22.1M
10	Swimming with Sharks Nov 20 Reward Burton Roberts, Lillian Morris 19.9M viewers	Nov 20	Burton Roberts, Lillian Morris	Burton Roberts	Rupert Boneham	19.9M
11	The Great Lie Nov 26 Reward Jon Dalton 20.1M viewers	Nov 26	Jon Dalton	Darrah Johnson	Tijuana Bradley	20.1M
12	Would You Be My Brutus Today? Dec 4 Reward Darrah Johnson, Jon Dalton, Lillian Morris 22.2M viewers	Dec 4	Darrah Johnson, Jon Dalton, Lillian Morris	Darrah Johnson	Christa Hastie	22.2M
13	Mutiny Dec 11 Reward Burton Roberts, Jon Dalton 22.4M viewers	Dec 11	Burton Roberts, Jon Dalton	Darrah Johnson	Burton Roberts	22.4M
14	Flames and Endurance Dec 14 25.2M viewers	Dec 14	–	Lillian Morris	Darrah Johnson Jon Dalton	25.2M

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 16 tribal councils →

Survivor 7 voting history: each row is a castaway, each column a tribal council, and each cell shows who that castaway voted for.

Voter	Ep 1 Nicole 7-1	Ep 2 Ryan 5-2	Ep 3 Lillian 5-1	Ep 4 Burton 5-2	Ep 5 Michelle 6-1	Ep 6 Trish 4-2	Ep 7 Shawn 4-1	Ep 7 Osten 4	Ep 8 Andrew 6-4	Ep 9 Ryan 8-1	Ep 10 Rupert 5-2-1	Ep 11 Tijuana 5-2	Ep 12 Christa 4-2	Ep 13 Burton 3-2	Ep 14 Darrah 3-1	Ep 14 Jon 1
Sandra Diaz-Twine				Burton	Michelle	Trish	Shawn		Andrew	Ryan	Jon	Tijuana	Lillian	Burton	Darrah
Lillian Morris	Nicole	Osten	Darrah						Andrew	Ryan	Rupert	Tijuana	Christa	Burton	Darrah	Jon
Jon Dalton				Burton	Michelle	Rupert	Shawn		Andrew	Ryan	Rupert	Tijuana	Christa	Lillian	Darrah
Darrah Johnson	Nicole	Ryan	Lillian					Osten	Jon	Ryan	Rupert	Burton	Christa	Burton	Lillian
Burton Roberts				Christa					Andrew	Ryan	Rupert	Tijuana	Christa	Lillian
Christa Hastie				Burton	Michelle	Trish	Shawn		Andrew	Ryan	Darrah	Tijuana	Lillian
Tijuana Bradley	Nicole	Ryan	Lillian					Osten	Jon	Ryan	Rupert	Burton
Rupert Boneham					Michelle	Trish	Shawn		Andrew	Ryan	Darrah
Ryan Opray	Nicole	Ryan	Lillian					Osten	Jon	Christa
Andrew Savage	Nicole	Ryan	Lillian					Osten	Jon
Osten Taylor	Nicole	Ryan	Lillian
Shawn Cohen				Burton	Michelle	Trish	Jon
Trish Dunn				Burton	Michelle	Rupert
Michelle Tesauro				Christa	Shawn
Ryan Shoulders	Nicole	Osten
Nicole Delma	Ryan

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

Every castaway on this beach, mapped against 50 seasons.