Survivor - Season 1
Season 1
Survivor: Borneo
Survivor: Borneo is the first season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. Over 6,000 people applied for the show; 800 were then interviewed in 16 cities. Forty-eight people were then chosen, and after background checks and psychological evaluations done by the producers, the final 16 contestants and two alternates were picked. As the survivors awaited the game's start, Survivor crews prepared the island for reward and immunity challenges, removing harmful items, checking for harmful animals in specific locations, and building a Tribal Council set. Camera and other crews were sent to the island three weeks in advance for testing. On the opposite side of the island from the tribes, headquarters were set up for the producers and crew to live in. This facility included traditional trailers with running water, televisions, and a phone line. The Tribal Council set was built 200 yards from the crew's facility. The first 16 survivor contestants were initially separated into two tribes, Tagi and Pagong, which represented the names of their beaches.
Episodes
The Marooning
Sixteen contestants row two rafts to the jungle island of Pulau Tiga in the South China Sea. Once there, they divide into two tribes (Pagong, Tagi) and go head-to-head in an Immunity Challenge called "Quest for Fire." The contest requires the tribes to light a series of torches in the water while holding onto a raft. The losing team attends Tribal Council and votes out one of its members.
The Generation Gap
Generational difficulties arise, as do conflicts over varying work ethics, as the castaways try to adapt to life on the island. "Buggin' Out," the Immunity Challenge, involves eating live beetle larvae. The first tribe member who refuses to eat the squirming grubs loses Immunity for his or her tribe.
Quest for Food
The two tribes desperately search for food and compete in a Reward Challenge that requires them to drag a sunken treasure chest to shore. The winning team receives fishing equipment. "Rescue Mission" is the Immunity Challenge. The tribes must rescue an "injured" player out in the jungle and bring him or her back to the beach on a stretcher. The third contestant is voted off the island.
Too Little Too Late?
The contestants endure a powerful storm, replete with high winds and lightning. For Immunity, the castaways participate in "Buried Treasure," a relay race that includes digging up a treasure chest. A fourth person is voted off the island.
Pulling Your Own Weight
Conflicts arise among some teammates when their food supply runs low. The contestants participate in a Reward Challenge using blowdarts, slingshots and spears to win fresh fruit and live chickens. The Immunity Challenge is "Shipwrecked." A fifth person is voted off the island.
Udder Revenge
The tribes compete for Immunity on an obstacle course built by Green Berets, and the winning team then has to retrieve the Immunity Idol from Snake Island; the contestants are tempted with a domestic food not normally associated with humans; one team's chemistry implodes after losing a Reward Challenge; one of the men makes a rude comment about women that affects life on the island; a sixth person is voted off.
The Merger
In Week 7, the Tagi and Pagong tribes merge into one, with a person from each tribe attending a summit meeting on the sand spit to determine at which camp they will live. Also, the contestants compete in an underwater swimming event for Immunity; and a seventh person is voted off the island.
Thy Name is Duplicity
The contestants participate in an archery competition for a videotape from home. Later, in the Immunity Challenge "End of the Line," they race through the jungle following a rope course; an eighth person is voted off the island.
Old and New Bonds
The contestants participate in a Reward Challenge for a barbecue by swinging along a rope course. For Immunity, they become pieces on a huge board game called "Squared Off." "It's the equivalent of playing chess with eight people," says host Jeff Probst. Also, one of the contestants celebrates a birthday "by running around in [his or her] birthday suit all day long, which causes a lot of excitement," says Probst. And a ninth person is voted off the island.
Crack in the Alliance
The castaways participate in "Fast Fire" to earn Immunity, which requires them to build a fire on the beach. "Bamboozled" is the Reward Challenge, in which the seven tribemates must race on bamboo structures over the ocean. The winner gets to make two calls on a cell phone. One is to order a slice of pizza that's delivered by helicopter; the other is a call home. The 10th person is voted off the island.
Long Hard Days
The Immunity Challenge is "Walk the Plank," in which the players must balance on a narrow board over the ocean. For a Reward, the castaways answer questions about survival on the island. The winner spends a night in luxury aboard a yacht. The 11th person is voted off the island.
Death of an Alliance
The number of contestants is whittled down to the Final Four after the players compete in "Witch Hunt" for Immunity. The castaways are each given a video camera and must search through the jungle for hand-carved masks and answer questions on the back of them. For a Reward---a night at a bar with a hot meal and a cold beer---the tribemates see who can collect the most mud on their bodies and transfer it to a designated area in a given time.
The Final Four
The Final Four players endure two Immunity Challenges and three Tribal Councils before the $1 million winner is chosen by the Jury. The first Immunity Challenge is "Fallen Comrades," in which the four finalists answer personal questions about their fellow castaways. The second Challenge is one of endurance, as the remaining three contestants hold onto an idol. Later, the Final Tribal Council is convened and the winner is selected.
Survivor: Borneo Reunion
In this special reunion of all castaways, Bryant Gumbel poses questions to the castaways about their 39 days on the island.
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