Survivor: Pearl Islands (Israeli season) explained

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Num Days:	52
Num Survivors:	20
Winner:	Arik Alper
Runner Up:	Mirit Vaknin

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Network:

Channel 10

Film Start:

June

Film End:

July, 2008

Prev Season:

Caribbean Islands

Survivor: Pearl Islands (he|הישרדות איי הפנינה|Hisardut Iyey HaPnina) is the second season of the Israeli edition of Survivor. The season was filmed during June and July 2008, in the Pearl Islands, Panama. It was aired on Channel 10 from December 24, 2008 until May 23, 2009, when Arik Alper was named the Sole Survivor over Mirit Vaknin. Vaknin was named the audience's favorite player by winning a public vote.

Format changes

This season largely retained the format from the previous season, with several changes:

Hidden immunity idols: A concept from the American production, hidden immunity idols are small trinkets that, when played on a castaway after the votes were cast at Tribal Council but before they were read, negated all votes cast against them at that Tribal Council.
Exile Island: Another concept from the American production, Exile Island is a secluded location where castaways were banished from their tribemates for a night or two; in this version, following each Immunity Challenge, two castaways were sent to Exile Island, where they competed in a duel for a clue to a hidden immunity idol.
Individual immunity challenge and veto challenge: The Double-Power challenge from the previous season was changed. Instead, before the merge, the members of the tribe that lost the immunity challenge competed in a challenge for individual immunity in that night's Tribal Council. After the merge, the castaways competed for the power to block a tribemate from voting in that night's Tribal Council, in the form of a veto bracelet that they would give to the player whose vote they are blocking.
Endgame: At the end of the game, the remaining castaways were subjected to a public vote. During the live finale months after the game's conclusion, the player with the fewest votes was eliminated, automatically joining the jury. The now-completed jury then cast their votes for the winner, which were read immediately afterward.

Contestants

Contestant	Original tribe	Post-mutiny	Switched tribe	Merged tribe	Finish
Irit Virag 35, Tel Aviv
Nasrin Ghandour 27, Haifa
Gal Erez 43, Arsuf
Sivan Rauch-Kahlon 23, Neve Yamin
Meir Tzarfati 28, Tel Aviv
Natan Bashevkin 28, Nili
Maayan Porter 26, Eilat
Diva Hatami-Goldwasser 40, Kefar Vitkin
Michal Siani 30, Tel Aviv
Mirit Vaknin Returned to game
Efrat Yekutiel 27, Manhattan, United States
Guy Geyor 28, Tel Aviv
Idan Haviv 28, Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
Anastasia Mirkin 24, Tirat Carmel
Igor Tigner 28, Herzliya
Ofir Dallal 33, Tel Aviv
Itay Haephrati 23, Tel Mond
Yoav Caspi 26, London, UK
Neta-Li Zelcerman 27, Tel Aviv
Mirit Vaknin 26, Lod
Arik Alper 34, Tel Aviv

Future appearances

Mirit Vaknin, Maayan Porter and Natan Bashevkin returned for Survivor: Fans vs. Survivors. Idan Haviv returned for the 2020 season of Survivor: VIP.

Guy Geyor became the "Bachelor" on the Israeli edition of The Bachelor

Season summary

Episodes! colspan="3"
No.	Original air date	Reward	Eliminated	Finish	Loser
Challenge winner(s)	Exile Island duel		Eliminated	Finish
1 & 2	December 24 & 26, 2008	None			1st voted out Day 3
3 & 4	December 31, 2008 & January 2, 2009				2nd voted out Day 6
5 & 6	January 14 & 17, 2009				Medically evacuated Day 7
7 & 8	January 21 & 24, 2009				3rd voted out Day 12
9 & 10	January 28 & 31, 2009		Disqualified Day 13
9 & 10	January 28 & 31, 2009		4th voted out Day 15
11 & 12	February 4 & 7, 2009				5th voted out Day 18
13 & 14	February 11 & 14, 2009				6th voted out Day 21
15 & 16	February 18 & 21, 2009				7th voted out Day 24
17 & 18	February 25 & 28, 2009				8th voted out Day 27

Episodes! colspan="3"
No.	Original air date	Reward	Eliminated	Finish	Immunity	Veto	Winner	Loser
Challenge winner(s)	Exile Island duel		Eliminated	Finish
20, 21 & 22	March 7, 11 & 14, 2009		9th voted out 1st jury member Day 31
20, 21 & 22	March 7, 11 & 14, 2009
23 & 24	March 21 & 25, 2009							10th voted out 2nd jury member Day 34
25 & 26	March 28 &<br />April 4, 2009							11th voted out 3rd jury member Day 37
27 & 28	April 11 & 15, 2009					None		12th voted out 4th jury member Day 40
29 & 30	April 18 & 22, 2009	Survivor Auction				None		13th voted out 5th jury member Day 43
31 & 32	April 25 & 29, 2009							14th voted out 6th jury member Day 46
33 & 34	May 2 & 6, 2009					None		15th voted out 7th jury member Day 49
35 & 37	May 9 & 16, 2009				None			Bribed 8th jury member Day 52
38	May 23, 2009							Eliminated 9th jury member Finale
							Jury vote
								Runner-up
								Sole Survivor

Survivor Auction

Contestants	Item(s)
Arik	Buffalo wings,French fries
Igor	Coconuts, The service of Alejandro
Itay	Falafel and Tahina, Baby doll (gave to Neta-Lee)
Mirit	Huge American waffle
Neta-Li	A bottle of rum
Ofir	Fishing kit,Cold Pinacolada
Yoav	Israeli sand & water

Episode summaries

No. in series	Episode No.	Title	Original air date

Voting history

	Original tribes			Post-mutiny				Switched tribes			Merged tribe
Episode #	2	4	6	8	9	11	12	14	16	18	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	37	38
Day #	3	6	7	12	13	15	18	21	24	27	31	34	37	40	43	46	49	52	Finale
Eliminated
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Voter	Vote

External links

Official Survivor 10 website