Survivor România 2020 Explained

Survivor România 2020 is the first season of Survivor România, a Romanian television series based on the popular reality game show Survivor. The season featured 20 contestants divided into two tribes: "Faimoșii", composed of ten high-achievers who excelled in their fields, and "Războinicii", composed of ten everyday Romanians.

The season premiered on 18 January 2020, and concluded on 30 May 2020, where Elena Ionescu was named the winner over Emanuel Neagu, Iancu Sterp and Lola Crudu, winning the grand prize of 250.000 lei and title of Sole Survivor.

It was the first season to air on Kanal D and be hosted by Dan Cruceru, and was filmed in La Romana, Dominican Republic from January to May 2020.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Contestants

Faimoșii tribe include a former elite gymnast, Asiana Peng, a former FCSB player, Mihai Onicaș and a professional boxer, Cezar Juratoni. Războinicii tribe include Ultimul trib contestant, Lola Crudu, Îmi place dansul finalist, Emanuel Neagu, Vocea României, X Factor România and Ninja Warrior România contestant, Andrei Ciobanu and Insula Iubirii tempter, Andi Constantin.^[5] Ioana Filimon, Miss Romania 2016 was originally cast but she dropped out before the game began due to a medical emergency. Filimon was replaced by former Mandinga member, Elena Ionescu.^[6]

During the game, nine new contestants joined the remaining original contestants.

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Age	From	Occupation	Tribe			Finish
Original			None	Placement	Day	Votes Against	Procentage
	39	Bucharest	Actor			Medically evacuated	Day 4	0	0%
	35	Ungheni, Moldova	Journalist			1st Voted Out	Day 8	6	0%
	31	Medgidia, Constanța	Dance-pop singer			2nd Voted Out	Day 15	2	15%
	27	Bucharest	Fitness instructor			Quit	Day 18	0	25%
	22	Brașov, Brașov	Hip-hop and rap singer			3rd Voted Out	Day 22	2	13%
	40	Bucharest	Model			4th Voted Out	Day 25	7	19%
	24	Bucharest	Tennis player			Medically evacuated	Day 29	0	60%
	26	Bacău, Bacău	MMA fighter			Ejected	Day 32	0	59%
	28	Beclean, Bistrița-Năsăud	Cleaner			5th Voted Out	Day 32	9	67%
	24	Baia Mare, Maramureș	Fitness instructor			Medically evacuated	Day 39	4	60%
	41	Bucharest	Pilot			6th Voted Out	Day 39	17	51%
	30	Bucharest	Rugby player			7th Voted Out	Day 46	4	65%
	28	Băicoi, Prahova	Fitness model			8th Voted Out	Day 53	8	45%
	33	Bucharest	Actress			9th Voted Out	Day 67	11	42%
	27	Bucharest	Restaurant manager			10th Voted Out	Day 74	7	50%
Sonny Flame	33	Ploiești, Prahova	Singer			11th Voted Out	Day 81	7	30%
	30	Cluj-Napoca, Cluj	Footballer			12th Voted Out	Day 88	12	50%
	23	Bucharest	Fitness instructor			13th Voted Out	Day 95	12	38%
	20	Deva, Hunedoara	Former elite gymnast			14th Voted Out	Day 100	17	40%
	24	Craiova, Dolj	Student			15th Voted Out	Day 102	7	62%
	29	Bacău, Bacău	Music teacher			16th Voted Out	Day 107	9	59%
	30	Reșița, Caraș-Severin	Accountant		17th Voted Out	Day 114	12	50%
Ghiță Balmuș	27	Arad, Arad	Basketballer			18th Voted Out	Day 116	16	54%
	21	Bucharest	Trapper			19th Voted Out	Day 127	3	53%
	31	Deva, Hunedoara	Professional boxer			20th Voted Out	Day 128	9	48%
	33	Chișinău, Moldova	Fitness instructor and insurance agent			3rd Runner-up	Day 132	21	61%
	21	Tuștea, Hunedoara	Student			2nd Runner-up	Day 132	7	53%
	23	Cocorăștii Colț, Prahova	Dancer			Runner-up	Day 132	1	58%
Elena Ionescu	32	Caracal, Olt	Pop singer			Sole Survivor	Day 132	28	38%

Future appearances

Ana Maria Pal, Andrei Ciobanu, Lola Crudu, Iancu Sterp and Elena Ionescu competed on Survivor România All Stars.

International appearances

Emanuel Neagu and Emy Alupei competed on MTV's .^[7] In the summer of 2023, Neagu competed on MTV's . He became the sole winner of the season.

Season summary

Nomination mechanism

The tribe(s) attend Tribal Council to nominate a certain number of players.

• Cycle 1 - Cycle 4: There was only one Tribal Immunity Challenge, the losing tribe would have three nominees, one by vote and two chosen by the Individual Immunity winners.
• Cycle 5 - Cycle 16: Two Tribal Immunity Challenges are performed, after each challenge the losing tribe must attend Tribal Council and nominate one of its members by vote. If a tribe wins both challenges, the losing tribe must attend the Tribal Council and two of its members will be nominated, but if each tribe wins a challenge, then both tribes will have one nominees. Also, Individual Immunity Challenge are no more.

Episode(s)		Challenge winner(s)			Nominated (vote)	Eliminated (public vote)	Finish
No.	Original air date	Reward	Tribal immunity	Individual immunity
1–5	January 18 – 21, 2020 January 25, 2020		Evacuated Day 4
			1st voted out Day 8
6-9	January 26 – 29, 2020 February 1, 2020			2nd voted out Day 15
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10-13	February 2–4, 2020 February 8, 2020				Quit Day 18
			3rd voted out Day 22
14–16	February 9 – 11, 2020			4th voted out Day 25
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17–20	February 15 – 18, 2020			None			Evacuated Day 29
					Ejected Day 32
					5th voted out Day 32
21-24	February 22 – 25, 2020						Evacuated Day 39
							6th voted out Day 39
25-28	February 29 – March 3, 2020					7th voted out Day 46
29-32	March 7 – 10, 2020					8th voted out Day 53
33-36	March 14 – 17, 2020		None		No elimination on Cycle 9
37-40	March 21 – 24, 2020					9th voted out Day 67
41-44	March 28 – 31, 2020					10th voted out Day 74
45-48	April 4 – 7, 2020					11th voted out Day 81
49-52	April 11–14, 2020					12th voted out Day 88
53-56	April 18 – 21, 2020					13th voted out Day 95
57-60	April 25–28, 2020	None				14th voted out Day 100
					15th voted out Day 102
		None
61-64	May 2 – 4, 2020				16th voted out Day 108
			None		No elimination on episode 63 and episode 64 due tu individual phase of the game
65-68	May 9 – 12, 2020	None				17th voted out Day 114
						18th voted out Day 116
69-72	May 23 – 26, 2020			No elimination on Cycle 18
73-74	May 23 – 26, 2020	None			19th voted out Day 127
							20th voted out Day 129
75	May 30, 2020	Public vote				Public vote
							3rd runner-up
							2nd runner-up
							Runner-up
							Sole Survivor

Voting history

		Original tribes																																																					No tribes
Week #		1				2			3				4			5					6				7			8			10			11			12			13			14			15						16			17						19
Episode #		4			5	8		9	12			13	14		15	17		18	20		22	23	24		25	26	28	29	30	32	37	38	40	41	42	44	45	46	48	51	52		55	56		57	58		59	60		61	62		66			68			73			74		75
Votes		No vote	7-2	1-1-0	Public vote	7-2-1	1-1-0	Public vote	No vote	4-4-2	1-1-0	Public vote	4-2-1-1	1-1-0	Public vote	No vote	9-1	9-1	No vote	Public vote	8-1	7-2	No vote	Public vote	6-2	4-2-1-1	Public vote	5-1-1	5-1	Public vote	4-3-1	5-3	Public vote	5-2-1	4-3-1	Public vote	4-3-1	5-3	Public vote	4-2	5-1	Public vote	4-3	6-1	Public vote	4-1	3-2	Public vote	3-1	3-3	Public vote	3-1-1	3-2	Public vote	4-4	1-0	Public vote	3-3-1	1-0	Public vote	3-3	1-0	Public vote	No vote	Public vote	Public vote
Voter		Vote
	—			Saved			Saved	—			—			Saved	—	—		—	—	—		—	—	—			—		—			—	—					Saved			Saved	—					Saved			Saved	—					—			—			Saved		Saved	Sole Survivor
	—	—			—			—	—			—			—			—	—			—	—			—		—	—	—					—	—			—					—	—			—		—			—			—			—			—	Finalist		Runner-up
		—					—	—			—					—	—			—		—			Saved			Saved			Saved			—	Immune		Third place
	—	—			—			—	—			—			—			—	—				Saved			Saved		—	—	—					—	—			—					Saved	—			—		Saved			—			—			—			—	Finalist		Fourth place
	—			—			—	—			—			—	—	—		—	—	—		—	—	—			—		—			—	—					—			—	—					—		—	—	—					Saved			Saved			Saved		Voted Out
				—	—					—			—	—					—		—	—	—					—			—			Voted Out
				—	—			—			—	—	—		—	—	—		—	—	—			—		—			Saved	—					—			—	—					—		—	—	—					Saved			Voted out
	—	—			—			—	—			—			—			—	—			—	—			—		—	—	—					—	—			—					—	—			—		—			—			Voted out
—		—			—			—	—			—			—			—	—			—	—			—		—	—	—					Saved	—			—					—	—			—		—			Voted Out
—		—			—			—	—			—			—			—	—			—	—			—		—	—	—					—	—			—					—	—			—		Voted Out
—				Saved			—	—			Saved			Saved	—	—		—	—	—		—	—	—			—		—			—	—					—			—	—					Voted Out
	—					—	—			—					Voted Out
—				—			—	—			—			—	—	—		—	—	—		—	—	—			—		—			—	—					—			Voted Out
			—	—					Voted Out
—		—			—			—	—			—			—			—	—			—	—			—		—	—	—					Voted Out
—				—			—	—			—			—	—	—		—	—	—		—	—	—			—		Saved			Voted Out
—		—			—			—	—			—			—			—	—			—	—			—			Voted Out
—		—			—			—	—			—			—			—	—			—	—			Voted Out
—		—			—			—	—			—			—				Saved				Voted Out
			—	—			Saved			—	—	—		—	—	—
—		—			—			—	—			—			—				Voted Out
	—			—			—	—	—
	—	—			—
—				—			—	—			Saved			Voted Out
—				—			Saved	—			Voted Out
	—
—				—			Voted Out
—				Voted Out

Notes and References

1. Web site: Show-ul Survivor se întoarce, dar la un alt post. În ce țară va fi filmat. Pagina de Media. 13 November 2019. 1 January 2020.
2. Web site: Mai curând decât credeați. Când începe show-ul Survivor la Kanal D, cu Ruby, Lino Golden sau Augustin Viziru?. Pagina de Media. 14 January 2020. 15 January 2020.
3. Web site: Dan Cruceru a facut ANUNTUL! Care este valoarea marelui PREMIU de la Survivor Romania. Kanal D. 25 January 2020. 25 January 2020.
4. Web site: AUDIENȚE TV. Kanal D și finala Survivor, câștigată de Elena Ionescu (ex-Mandinga): Lider în toată țara și la orașe, dar sub Pro TV și Antena 1 pe comercial. paginademedia.ro. 2020-06-01.
5. Web site: FOTO. Concurenții "obișnuiți" de la Survivor: O contabilă, o vloggeriță, o femeie de serviciu sau un profesor de canto, printre nume. Pagina de Media. 13 January 2020. 15 January 2020.
6. Web site: FOTO. Cine sunt cei 10 concurenți în show-ul Survivor România. Ioana Filimon, înlocuită de o nouă concurentă. Pagina de Media. 7 January 2020. 7 January 2020.
7. Web site: ‘The Challenge 37’ Cast and Theme Revealed — Plus, Watch the Steamy First Trailer. usmagazine.com. 2021-07-14.