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Season 42 · 2022

Survivor 42

The New Era at its twistiest.

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Maryanne Oketch is the Sole Survivor

Maryanne Oketch won on a 7–1–0 jury vote, beating Mike Turner and Romeo Escobar at the final tribal council.

  1. 1Maryanne Oketchwinner
  2. 2Mike Turner
  3. 3Romeo Escobar
Mamanuca Islands
Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
26 days
13 episodes
18
castaways
Final 3
faced the jury

What made it different

Kept the hourglass from the season before and added Do or Die, which staked a player's place in the game on a gamble rather than a vote.

All 18 castaways, in boot order

  1. 1Maryanne OketchSole Survivor · 26 days
  2. 2Mike TurnerRunner-up · 26 days
  3. 3Romeo Escobar2nd runner-up · 26 days
  4. 4Jonathan Young2 seasons playedEliminated · 25 days · jury
  5. 5Lindsay Dolashewich13th voted out · 24 days · jury
  6. 6Omar Zaheer12th voted out · 23 days · jury
  7. 7Drea Wheeler11th voted out · 21 days · jury
  8. 8Hai Giang10th voted out · 19 days · jury
  9. 9Tori Meehan9th voted out · 17 days · jury
  10. 10Rocksroy Bailey8th voted out · 17 days · jury
  11. 11Chanelle Howell7th voted out · 16 days · jury
  12. 12Lydia Meredith6th voted out · 14 days
  13. 13Daniel Strunk5th voted out · 11 days
  14. 14Swati Goel4th voted out · 9 days
  15. 15Jenny Kim3rd voted out · 7 days
  16. 16Marya Sherron2nd voted out · 5 days
  17. 17Zach Wurtenberger1st voted out · 3 days
  18. 18Jackson FoxMedically removed · 3 days

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Played here, and came back for Season 50

The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 42 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.

Sources (2)

  1. “Survivor 42,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_42.
  2. “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.

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