Survivor 9 Vanuatu

Efate, Vanuatu Sep 16 – Dec 12, 2004 Filmed Jun 26 – Aug 3, 2004

Tribes LopeviYasurAlinta

Format Battle of the Sexes Double Tribal Council Tribe Switch

18 Castaways all first-time players
39 Days
7 Jury
Winner Chris Daugherty won 5-2

The ninth season of Survivor features eighteen castaways divided by gender into the Lopevi and Yasur tribes as they compete on the volcanic islands of Vanuatu.

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

Starting tribes

Lopevi

Chris Daugherty, James Crittenden, Lea Masters, Rory Freeman, John Kenney, Travis Sampson, Brady Finta, John Palyok, Brook Geraghty

Yasur

Twila Tanner, Scout Cloud Lee, Eliza Orlins, Julie Berry, Ami Cusack, Leann Slaby, Lisa Keiffer, Mia Galeotalanza, Dolly Neely

Full cast & placements

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

Place Castaway Result Days Tribes Votes against
1 Chris Daugherty
5 of 7 jury votes
39 LopeviAlinta 3
2 Twila Tanner
2 of 7 jury votes
39 YasurLopeviAlinta 6
3 Scout Cloud Lee
16th voted out
38 YasurAlinta 3
4 Eliza Orlins Also played S16
15th voted out
37 YasurAlinta 9
5 Julie Berry
14th voted out
36 YasurLopeviAlinta 4
6 Ami Cusack Also played S16
13th voted out
33 YasurAlinta 8
7 Leann Slaby
12th voted out
30 YasurAlinta 8
8 James Crittenden
11th voted out
27 LopeviAlinta 7
9 Lea Masters
10th voted out
24 LopeviAlinta 7
10 Rory Freeman
9th voted out
21 LopeviYasurAlinta 14
11 John Kenney
8th voted out
18 Lopevi 5
12 Lisa Keiffer
7th voted out
15 Yasur 4
13 Travis Sampson
6th voted out
12 LopeviYasur 6
14 Brady Finta
5th voted out
10 Lopevi 6
15 Mia Galeotalanza
4th voted out
7 Yasur 5
16 John Palyok
3rd voted out
7 Lopevi 5
17 Dolly Neely
2nd voted out
6 Yasur 5
18 Brook Geraghty
1st voted out
3 Lopevi 5

Episode guide

All 14 episodes of Survivor 9: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.

US viewers per episode

US viewers, episode by episode: 16.5M at the low point to 20.7M at the high. The dashed line is the season average of 19.6M. Episode 8 drew the biggest audience.
# Episode Aired Reward Immunity Voted out Viewers
1 They Came at Us with Spears! Sep 16 Reward Yasur 20.1M viewers Sep 16 Yasur Yasur Brook Geraghty 20.1M
2 Burly Girls, Bowheads, Young Studs, and the Old Bunch Sep 23 Reward Yasur 19.1M viewers Sep 23 Yasur Lopevi Dolly Neely 19.1M
3 Double Tribal, Double Trouble Sep 30 Reward Lopevi 19.9M viewers Sep 30 Lopevi Lopevi John Palyok Mia Galeotalanza 19.9M
4 Now That's a Reward! Oct 7 Reward Yasur 19.5M viewers Oct 7 Yasur Yasur Brady Finta 19.5M
5 Earthquakes and Shake-Ups! Oct 14 Reward Lopevi 19.2M viewers Oct 14 Lopevi Lopevi Travis Sampson 19.2M
6 Hog Tied Oct 21 Reward Lopevi 19.2M viewers Oct 21 Lopevi Lopevi Lisa Keiffer 19.2M
7 Anger, Threats, Tears... and Coffee Oct 28 Reward Yasur 20.2M viewers Oct 28 Yasur Yasur John Kenney 20.2M
8 Now the Battle Really Begins Nov 4 Reward Lopevi 20.7M viewers Nov 4 Lopevi Lea Masters Rory Freeman 20.7M
9 Gender Wars... It's Getting Ugly Nov 11 Reward Leann Slaby 20.1M viewers Nov 11 Leann Slaby Ami Cusack Lea Masters 20.1M
10 Culture Shock and Violent Storms Nov 18 Reward Ami Cusack, James Crittenden, Chris Daugherty, Eliza Orlins 20.7M viewers Nov 18 Ami Cusack, James Crittenden, Chris Daugherty, Eliza Orlins Twila Tanner James Crittenden 20.7M
11 Surprise and… Surprise Again! Nov 25 Reward Eliza Orlins 16.5M viewers Nov 25 Eliza Orlins Ami Cusack Leann Slaby 16.5M
12 Now Who's in Charge Here?! Dec 2 Reward Eliza Orlins, Ami Cusack, Chris Daugherty 19.7M viewers Dec 2 Eliza Orlins, Ami Cusack, Chris Daugherty Chris Daugherty Ami Cusack 19.7M
13 Eruption of Volcanic Magnitude Dec 9 Reward Julie Berry 20.3M viewers Dec 9 Julie Berry Eliza Orlins Julie Berry 20.3M
14 Spirits and the Final Four Dec 12 19.7M viewers Dec 12 – Chris Daugherty Eliza Orlins Scout Cloud Lee 19.7M

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

  1. 1 Chris Daugherty 71
  2. 2 Eliza Orlins 54
  3. 3 Twila Tanner 39
  4. 4 Ami Cusack 38
  5. 5 Lea Masters 31
  6. 6 Rory Freeman 31
  7. 7 Scout Cloud Lee 25
  8. 8 Julie Berry 25
  9. 9 Leann Slaby 22
  10. 10 James Crittenden 15

419 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 Brook 5-3-1 Ep 2 Dolly 5-4 Ep 3 John 5-3 Ep 3 Mia 5-3 Ep 4 Brady 6-1 Ep 5 Travis 6-1 Ep 6 Lisa 4-2 Ep 7 John 5-1 Ep 8 Rory 6-4 Ep 9 Lea 7-1-1 Ep 10 James 6-2 Ep 11 Leann 4-3 Ep 12 Ami 4-2 Ep 13 Julie 3-2 Ep 14 Eliza 3-1 Ep 14 Scout 1
Chris Daugherty Brook John Brady John Ami Lea Eliza Leann Ami Julie Eliza Scout
Twila Tanner Dolly Mia John Rory Lea James Leann Ami Julie Eliza
Scout Cloud Lee Dolly Mia Travis Rory Rory Lea James Leann Ami Julie Eliza
Eliza Orlins Dolly Twila Travis Lisa Rory Lea James Leann Ami Twila Twila
Julie Berry Leann Twila John Rory Lea James Eliza Scout Twila
Ami Cusack Dolly Mia Travis Lisa Rory Lea James Eliza Scout
Leann Slaby Dolly Mia Travis Lisa Rory Lea James Eliza
James Crittenden Brook John Brady John Ami Julie Eliza
Lea Masters Brook John Brady John Ami Eliza
Rory Freeman Brook John Brady Travis Lisa Ami
John Kenney Chris Rory Brady James
Lisa Keiffer Leann Mia Travis Rory
Travis Sampson Brook John Brady Rory
Brady Finta Rory Rory Rory
Mia Galeotalanza Leann Twila
John Palyok Chris Rory
Dolly Neely Leann
Brook Geraghty Chris

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

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