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Season 48 · 2025

Survivor 48

A season remembered for the player who finished second.

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Kyle Fraser is the Sole Survivor

Kyle Fraser won on a 5–2–1 jury vote, beating Eva Erickson and Joe Hunter at the final tribal council.

  1. 1Kyle Fraserwinner
  2. 2Eva Erickson
  3. 3Joe Hunter
Mamanuca Islands
Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
26 days
13 episodes
18
castaways
Final 3
faced the jury

What made it different

Included Eva Erickson, the first openly autistic person to compete on the show.

All 18 castaways, in boot order

  1. 1Kyle Fraser2 seasons playedSole Survivor · 26 days
  2. 2Eva EricksonRunner-up · 26 days
  3. 3Joe Hunter2 seasons played2nd runner-up · 26 days
  4. 4Kamilla Karthigesu2 seasons playedEliminated · 25 days · jury
  5. 5Mitch Guerra14th voted out · 24 days · jury
  6. 6Shauhin Davari13th voted out · 23 days · jury
  7. 7Mary Zheng12th voted out · 21 days · jury
  8. 8Star Toomey11th voted out · 19 days · jury
  9. 9David Kinne10th voted out · 17 days · jury
  10. 10Chrissy Sarnowsky9th voted out · 15 days · jury
  11. 11Cedrek McFadden8th voted out · 14 days · jury
  12. 12Saiounia Hughley7th voted out · 14 days
  13. 13Charity Nelms6th voted out · 13 days
  14. 14Bianca Roses5th voted out · 11 days
  15. 15Thomas Krottinger4th voted out · 9 days
  16. 16Justin Pioppi3rd voted out · 7 days
  17. 17Kevin Leung2nd voted out · 5 days
  18. 18Stephanie Berger1st voted out · 3 days

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Played here, and came back for Season 50

Trivia from Survivor 48

  • Who won Survivor 48?

    Kyle Fraser — Kyle won Season 48, and returned as one of only three former winners in the Season 50 cast.

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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 48 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.

Sources (2)

  1. “Survivor 48,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_48.
  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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