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Season 44 · 2023

Survivor 44

Proof that losing early is not the same as losing.

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Yamil "Yam Yam" Arocho is the Sole Survivor

Yamil "Yam Yam" Arocho won on a 7–1–0 jury vote, beating Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt and Carolyn Wiger at the final tribal council.

  1. 1Yamil "Yam Yam" Arochowinner
  2. 2Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt
  3. 3Carolyn Wiger
Mamanuca Islands
Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
26 days
13 episodes
18
castaways
Final 3
faced the jury

All 18 castaways, in boot order

  1. 1Yamil "Yam Yam" ArochoSole Survivor · 26 days
  2. 2Heidi Lagares-GreenblattRunner-up · 26 days
  3. 3Carolyn Wiger2nd runner-up · 26 days
  4. 4Carson GarrettEliminated · 25 days · jury
  5. 5Lauren Harpe12th voted out · 24 days · jury
  6. 6Jaime Lynn Ruiz11th voted out · 23 days · jury
  7. 7Danny Massa10th voted out · 21 days · jury
  8. 8Frannie Marin9th voted out · 19 days · jury
  9. 9Kane Fritzler8th voted out · 17 days · jury
  10. 10Brandon Cottom7th voted out · 15 days · jury
  11. 11Matt Blankinship6th voted out · 14 days · jury
  12. 12Josh Wilder5th voted out · 13 days
  13. 13Matthew Grinstead-MayleQuit (Injury) · 11 days
  14. 14Sarah Wade4th voted out · 9 days
  15. 15Claire Rafson3rd voted out · 7 days
  16. 16Helen Li2nd voted out · 5 days
  17. 17Maddy Pomilla1st voted out · 3 days
  18. 18Bruce Perreault2 seasons playedMedically evacuated · 1 days

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Trivia from Survivor 44

  • Whose three straight sit-outs in Survivor 44 led Probst to tighten the sit-out rule?

    Claire Rafson — Claire sat out the first three immunity challenges and was voted out on Day 7. In Survivor 45 Probst announced: "You cannot sit out of back-to-back challenges, period."

  • Who was the first player whose Shot in the Dark came up Safe?

    Jaime Lynn Ruiz — Jaime Lynn in Season 44 — with the twist that nobody had voted for her, so the safety saved her from nothing.

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The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 44 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.

Sources (2)

  1. “Survivor 44,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_44.
  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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