Survivor: VIP (2012 Israeli season)

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Survivor: VIP
Season 6
Presented byGuy Zu-Aretz
No. of days40
No. of castaways16
WinnerItai Segev
LocationKo Jum, Krabi Province, Thailand
No. of episodes31
Release
Original releaseMay 2 (2012-05-02) –
August 29, 2012 (2012-08-29)
Additional information
Filming datesJuly 2011
Season chronology
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Survivor: VIP (Hebrew: הישרדות VIP, Hisardut VIP) is the sixth season of the Israeli reality program Survivor. The show features 16 celebrity contestants, competing against each other for the 1 million NIS prize and the title of "Sole Survivor". At the live reunion on August 29, 2012, Itai Segev was named the winner over Anat Harel, and Yulia Plotkin was named the audience's favorite player by winning a public vote.

Several new twists were introduced this season. This season introduced the Negotiation Cabin, where two contestants, one from each tribe, met to negotiate deals, such as allocating resources or picking castaways to switch tribes. This season also introduced Hope Island, in which voted out contestants were exiled to a secluded beach where they would compete against other voted out contestants for a chance to return to the game, similar to the Island of the Dead from the first and fourth season. Unlike the Island of the Dead, the voted out contestants had to choose a representative from their old tribe to compete in their stead, with the winning representative earning a clue to the hidden immunity idol; after the merge, the voted out contestants competed for themselves. Additionally, the contestant who placed last in the veto challenge received a penalty vote at the next Tribal Council.

Contestants[edit]

Contestant Original tribe Switched tribe Merged tribe Main game[a] Hope Island
Iris Bar-On
56, Kfar Saba
Sexologist, radio host 		None[b] Eliminated[b]
Day 1 		Lost duel 2
Day 8
Michael Lewis
24, Tel Aviv
Model, actor 		Dạng Medically evacuated
Day 2
Doron Jamchi
50, Tel Aviv
Former basketball player 		Dạng 1st voted out
Day 3 		Lost duel 1
Day 5
Harel Moyal
30, Gedera
Singer 		Thī̀ Niym 2nd voted out
Day 6 		Lost duel 5
Day 17
Inbal Gavrieli
36, Kfar Sirkin
Former Knesset member 		Thī̀ Niym Thī̀ Niym 3rd voted out
Day 9 		Lost duel 3
Day 11
Michal Zoharetz
43, Tel Aviv
TV host, actress 		Dạng Thī̀ Niym 4th voted out
Day 12 		Lost duel 4
Day 14
Oshri Cohen
Returned to game 		Dạng Dạng 5th voted out
Day 15 		2nd returnee
Day 21
Nataly Dadon
Returned to game 		Dạng Dạng 6th voted out
Day 18 		1st returnee
Day 21
Moshe Ferster
48, Givatayim
Comedian, actor 		Thī̀ Niym Dạng 7th voted out
Day 19 		Lost duel 11
5th jury member
Day 36
Azzam Azzam
48, Maghar
Former prisoner 		Thī̀ Niym Thī̀ Niym S̄eǹh̄̒ 8th voted out
Day 22 		Lost duel 7
1st jury member
Day 24
Oshri Cohen
28, Tel Aviv
Actor 		Dạng Dạng 9th voted out
Day 25 		Lost duel 8
2nd jury member
Day 27
Yulia Plotkin
23, Tel Aviv
Model 		Dạng Dạng 10th voted out
Day 28 		Lost duel 9
3rd jury member
Day 30
Nataly Dadon
28, Kiryat Bialik
Model 		Dạng Dạng 11th voted out
Day 31 		Lost duel 10
4th jury member
Day 33
Itay Turgeman
28, Tel Aviv
Actor 		Thī̀ Niym Thī̀ Niym 12th voted out
Day 34 		Lost duel 12
6th jury member
Day 38
Anat Harel
Returned to game 		Thī̀ Niym Thī̀ Niym 13th voted out
Day 37 		3rd returnee
Day 38
Buki Nae
54, Ramat Gan
Journalist 		Dạng Dạng 14th voted out
7th jury member
Day 40
Anna Aronov
29, Tel Aviv
Dancer 		Thī̀ Niym Thī̀ Niym Eliminated[c]
8th jury member
Finale
Anat Harel
41, Tel Aviv
Sports coach, TV host 		Thī̀ Niym Thī̀ Niym Runner-up
Itai Segev
39, Rehovot
Comedian, actor 		Dạng Dạng Sole Survivor
  1. ^ Elimination order is based on when the contestant was voted out at Tribal Council.
  2. ^ a b For not finding a statue in the opening task, Iris was immediately sent to Hope Island.
  3. ^ Anna was eliminated by a public vote during the live finale.

Future appearances[edit]

Michael Lewis returned for the 2021 season of Survivor: VIP.

Season summary[edit]

Pre-merge challenge winners and eliminations by cycle
Episode(s) Original air date(s) Hope Island Challenge winner(s) Voted out Finish
Winner(s) Loser(s) Reward Tribal
immunity 		Individual
immunity
1 & 2 May 2 & 5, 2012 None Iris Eliminated[a]
Day 1
None None[b] Thī̀ Niym None Michael Evacuated
Day 2
Doron 1st voted out
Day 3
3 & 4 May 12 & 16, 2012 Iris Doron Thī̀ Niym Dạng Inbal Harel 2nd voted out
Day 6
Azzam Oshri
5 & 6 May 19 & 23, 2012 Harel Iris Thī̀ Niym Dạng Itay T. Inbal 3rd voted out
Day 9
Azzam Inbal
7 & 8 May 30 &
June 2, 2012 		Harel Inbal Thī̀ Niym Dạng Itay T. Michal 4th voted out
Day 12
Moshe Michal Azzam[c]
9 & 10 June 6 & 9, 2012 Harel Michal Dạng Thī̀ Niym Yulia Oshri 5th voted out
Day 15
Azzam Itay T.
11 & 12 June 13 & 16, 2012 Oshri Harel Thī̀ Niym Thī̀ Niym Yulia Nataly 6th voted out
Day 18
Yulia Azzam
13 June 20, 2012 None[d] Thī̀ Niym[e] Itai S.[e] Moshe 7th voted out
Day 19
Post-merge challenge winners and eliminations by cycle
Episode(s) Original air date(s) Hope Island Challenge winner(s) Voted out Finish
Winner(s) Loser(s) Reward Immunity Veto
15 & 16[f] June 27 & 30, 2012 Nataly[g] Moshe[h] Itay T.
[Anat] 		Anat Anat Azzam 8th voted out
Day 22
Oshri[g] Nataly[i]
17 & 18 July 4 & 7, 2012 Moshe Azzam Survivor
Auction 		Nataly Itay T. Oshri 9th voted out
Day 25
19 & 20 July 11 & 14, 2012 Moshe Oshri Itai S.
[Nataly] 		Nataly Anat Yulia 10th voted out
Day 28
21 & 22 July 21 & 25, 2012 Moshe Yulia Anna
[Anat] 		Anat Anat Nataly 11th voted out
Day 31
23 & 24 August 1 & 4, 2012 Moshe Nataly Itai S.
[Itay T.] 		Anat Anna Itay T. 12th voted out
Day 34
25 & 26 August 8 & 11, 2012 Itay T. Moshe Anat
[Anna,
Buki,
Itai S.] 		Itai S. Itai S. Anat 13th voted out
Day 37
27 & 28 August 15 & 18, 2012 Anat[g] Itay T. Anna Anat None Buki 14th voted out
7th jury member
Day 40
31[j] August 29, 2012 Anna Eliminated[k]
8th jury member
Finale
Jury vote
Anat Runner-up
Itai S. Sole Survivor
  1. ^ For not finding a statue in the opening task, Iris was immediately sent to Hope Island.
  2. ^ Due to Michael's evacuation, the reward challenge was not completed.
  3. ^ Azzam and Moshe were temporarily sent to the other tribes as their "servants"; as a result, Azzam was not sent to Thī̀ Niym's Tribal Council, while an immune Moshe voted in his stead.
  4. ^ There was no Hope Island duel due to the impending merge.
  5. ^ a b In addition to winning immunity, the Thī̀ Niym tribe earned the right to sit in on Dạng's Tribal Council and vote to give immunity to one player from their tribe; they chose Itai S.
  6. ^ Episode 14, which aired on June 23, 2012, was a recap episode.
  7. ^ a b c Returned to game after winning Hope Island duel.
  8. ^ Moshe was not eliminated for losing this duel.
  9. ^ For placing first in the previous Hope Island duel, Nataly won immunity at the next Tribal Council.
  10. ^ Episodes 29 and 30, which aired respectively on August 22 and 25, 2012, were recap episodes.
  11. ^ Anna was eliminated during the live finale by a public vote.

Episode Summaries[edit]

Episode 01-02 (Days 1-3)[edit]

Upon arriving to the island, the 16 celebrities had to scramble to find 14 immunity idols buried in mud. After a long struggle, several stars who had already claimed their immunity went back to help others. Azzam went back to help and when he pulled up an idol, no one claimed it until Anat ran and snatched it away. This upset everyone, who wanted the idol to be given out in a fair way. Each box contained a small totem and Harel ended up with two, meaning he could save either Nataly or Iris (who had nothing). He chose to save Nataly, eliminating Iris from the game. The 15 remaining celebrities then moved onto the beach and were nervous because the host had not shown up. Finally, at their first Immunity Challenge, Oshri and Itay T. (who are best friends in real life) were split up and made team captains. Oshri picked the Dạng (Thai for "famous") and Itay's tribe was Tinyum ("popular"). The first challenge commenced until model Michael fell to the ground screaming that his chest was hurting. Medical immediately rushed in and the challenge was stopped while Michael was carried away. Another celebrity revealed that Michael had a heart condition that prevented him from serving in the military. Upon his removal, both tribes were sent home. Later, Inbal and Buki entered the negotiation hut to fight for rice and flint. Inbal left with the better deal, putting Buki in trouble with his tribe. Tinyum won the first Immunity, sending Dạng to Tribal Council. While Buki's loud and aggressive personality rubbed people the wrong way, Doron was viewed as a bully and childish. His final tirade at Tribal Council, insulting the younger generation and calling Buki "disgusting," sealed his fate and Dạng voted out Doron, arguably their strongest player.

Episode 03-04 (Days 4-6)[edit]

Inbal went into the negotiation hut for the second time and, again, left with a great deal for her team. Despite this, Tinyum members continued to voice their distaste for Inbal's constant talking and apparent attempts to control camp life. A twist was revealed, called Hope Island, and the two eliminated players Iris and Doron returned to select a player from each tribe to compete on behalf of them for a chance to stay on Hope Island and eventually reenter the game. Iris chose Azam, while Doron picked Oshri. At the duel, Oshri was about to win but lost on purpose in order to send Doron home permanently, which is what his tribe wanted. At Dạng, Buki's sexual remarks began to bother model Nataly. At Tinyum, Harel accused Itay T. of creating alliances, which led to a very heated confrontation during which personal remarks were made. Itay T. later sat out of the Immunity Challenge, in hopes that his tribe would lose and they could send Harel home. His plan worked and they lost. Ana and Anat wanted to get rid of Inbal, while Itay T. wished to eliminate Harel. At the Individual Immunity challenge, Inbal won, shifting the focus to Harel. Inbal tried to get Azam and Moshe to join her and Harel in voting out Itay T., who she saw as the leader of the "Tel Aviv" alliance with Ana and Anat. At Tribal Council, Harel said that he was too emotional for the game and wasn't prepared for the social intrigues. Inbal was attacked by her entire tribe for being too controlling and not listening to others. Inbal admitted that she talks too much but still felt hurt. Apparently wanting to go, Inbal got up and took off her Immunity Necklace, giving it to Harel instead. He said he didn't want it and the tribe convinced Inbal to take it back and not to quit. After a long conversation, she took it back and the Tinyum tribe voted out Harel.

Episode 05-06 (Days 7-9)[edit]

Inbal cried on the beach after being attacked at Tribal Council the night before but admitted that her teammates were right about her aggressive personality. At the Negotiation Hut, Anat from Tinyum and Nataly from Dạng met and received raincoats with their tribe colors on them. However, each woman had an extra coat with the opposing team's color, meaning that they would have to give up one tribemate each. Anat gave up Moshe while Nataly gave up Michal. Nataly returned to Dạng very emotional and revealed the news that Michal would be sent away. Moshe was relieved to be joining the other team, since he felt disrespected by Tinyum. Upon arriving at Tinyum, Michal was informed by Itay T. of the three-person alliance between him, Ana and Anat. When Michal asked to join their group, he blatantly refused and told her to "wait a day." Tinyum won the Reward Challenge and got a BBQ. At Dạng, Nataly accused Yulia of warming up to her only because Michal (her friend) was gone. This led to a huge fight between them in front of the entire team, during which both girls accused the other of being two-faced. Buki took Yulia's side, calling Nataly a bully. Meanwhile, Moshe expressed his anger at Itai S.'s belittling of him, albeit in a playful way, and worried what his family would think. At the Immunity Challenge, Inbal dropped out early claiming her hands were too numb to carry a rope, infuriating Tinyum. Iris and Harel (the evictees on Hope Island) chose Inbal and Azzam to compete for them, with Azzam winning and Iris being eliminated for good. During Tinyum's Individual Immunity challenge, Inbal again opted out of the game, refusing to even try. Inbal's poor attitude caused further shouting matches back at camp. Inbal realized that Michal's presence at Tinyum could help her and Azzam force a tie at Tribal Council, due to Itay T.'s arrogance with Michal upon her arrival. At Tribal Council, the attacks on Inbal continued and she said that Itay, Ana and Anat were tyrants. The alliance continued to express their distaste for Inbal and resented being attacked for what they claimed was "friendship" and not an alliance. The votes were read and to everyone's surprise, it was 3-3 between Inbal and Ana. The two were forced to partake in a fire-building tiebreaker and Ana won, sealing Inbal's fate. Before leaving, Inbal defended Azzam's honor while fighting with Ana and Itay T. Inbal became the fourth person voted out of the game.

Episode 07-08 (Days 10-12)[edit]

Azzam attacked Turgi (Itay T.) after Tribal Council, accusing him of being a liar. Turgi was angry that Azzam shook his hand and flipped his vote at Tribal Council. At Team Dạng, Yulia wept after being told off by Nataly after Michal was swapped over to Tinyum. When it came time for the tribes to pick a Negotiator, a huge altercation took place between Azzam and Turgi, during which Azzam made a threat of physical violence. At the Negotiation Hut, Itai S. and Michal had to pick a teammate to send to the opposing camp to be their servant. Itai S. picked Moshe, which upset Moshe, who was afraid his children would be ashamed to see their father being a servant on television. Michal chose to send Azzam because he wanted nothing to do with his team. However, when he discovered the twist, he once again flew into a rage and refused to be the team's servant. (There are racial/political implications involved, since Azzam is a Druze and the others are not). On Hope Island, Inbal was eliminated. At the Immunity Challenge, Guy reveals that Moshe and Azzam will remain part of their teams until after the next vote and will be immune. Michal regrets sending Azzam to the opposing team because now she is the only target at Tinyum. Ana and Turgi have a romantic alliance forming, which makes their alliance mate Anat nervous. She started the alliance with Ana and now Turgi has taken over as the leader. Turgi wins Personal Immunity and at Tribal Council, Michal begs Anat to save her because they are both mothers with children back home. Moshe admits that the "Tel Aviv" alliance is hard to be around, but in the end, Michal is the only vote that will ruffle the least feathers and she is eliminated.

Voting history[edit]

No tribes Original tribes Switched tribes Merged tribe
Episode #: 1 3 4 6 8 10 12 13 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 31
Day #: 1 2 3 6 9 12 15 18 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 Finale
Eliminated: Iris Michael Doron Harel Inbal Michal Oshri Nataly Moshe Azzam Oshri Yulia Nataly Itay T. Anat Buki Anna
Votes: Eliminated[a] Evacuated[b] 5–2 5–2 3–3[c] 4–1 5–1 2–0[d] 2–2[e] 6–3 5–2–1 4–2–1 3–1–1–1 1–0[f] 2–1 3–1 Public vote
Voter Vote
Itai S. Doron Oshri Buki Buki Azzam Oshri Yulia Anna Itay T. Anat Buki
Anat Harel Inbal Michal Azzam Oshri Yulia Nataly Buki None[g] Buki
Anna Harel Inbal Michal Azzam Oshri Yulia Nataly Buki Buki Buki
Buki Doron Oshri Nataly Moshe Azzam Oshri None[g] None[g] None[g] Anat Itai S.
Itay T. Harel Inbal Michal Itai S. Yulia Buki Nataly Buki
Nataly Doron Oshri Buki None[g] None[g] Buki Itay T.
Yulia Doron Oshri Nataly Moshe Azzam Oshri Itai S.
Oshri Doron Buki Azzam Yulia
Azzam Harel Anna None[h] Itai S.
Moshe Harel Michal[h] Oshri Buki Buki
Michal Buki Anna Anat
Inbal Itay T. Anna
Harel Itay T.
Doron Buki
Michael
Iris
Penalty[i] Itai S. Buki Yulia Itai S. Buki
Jury vote
Episode #: 33
Finalist Anat Itai S.
Votes 5–3
Juror Vote
Anna Anat
Buki Itai S.
Itay T. Anat
Moshe Itai S.
Nataly Itai S.
Yulia Itai S.
Oshri Anat
Azzam Itai S.
Notes
  1. ^ No vote; for not finding a statue in the opening task, Iris was immediately sent to Hope Island.
  2. ^ No vote; Michael was medically evacuated from the game.
  3. ^ The initial vote resulted in a tie between Anna and Inbal; as such, the tie was resolved by a firemaking competition, which Anna won.
  4. ^ Yulia used a hidden immunity idol on Buki, therefore the three votes cast against him were not counted.
  5. ^ The initial vote resulted in a tie between Buki and Moshe; as such, the tie was resolved by a firemaking competition, which Buki won.
  6. ^ Buki used a hidden immunity idol, therefore the four votes cast against him were not counted.
  7. ^ a b c d e f This castaway was given the veto bracelet, and was therefore not eligible to vote.
  8. ^ a b Azzam and Moshe were temporarily sent to the other tribes as their "servants"; as a result, Azzam was not sent to Thī̀ Niym's Tribal Council, while an immune Moshe voted in his stead.
  9. ^ The player who came in last place during the veto challenge automatically received a penalty vote at the next Tribal Council.

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