Survivor 26: Caramoan
Fans against favourites, round two.
John Cochran is the Sole Survivor
John Cochran won on a 8–0–0 jury vote, beating Dawn Meehan and Sherri Biethman at the final tribal council.
What made it different
The second Fans vs. Favorites season: ten returning players on Bikal against ten newcomers on Gota.
All 20 castaways, in boot order
- 1
John Cochran2 seasons playedSole Survivor · 39 days - 2
Dawn Meehan2 seasons playedCo-runners-up · 39 days - 3
Sherri BiethmanCo-runners-up · 39 days - 4
Eddie Fox15th voted out · 38 days · jury - 5
Erik Reichenbach2 seasons playedMedically evacuated · 36 days · jury - 6
Brenda Lowe2 seasons played14th voted out · 36 days · jury - 7
Andrea Boehlke3 seasons played13th voted out · 33 days · jury - 8
Reynold Toepfer12th voted out · 31 days · jury - 9
Malcolm Freberg3 seasons played11th voted out · 30 days · jury - 10
Phillip Sheppard2 seasons played10th voted out · 28 days · jury - 11
Michael Snow9th voted out · 25 days · jury - 12
Corinne Kaplan2 seasons played8th voted out · 22 days - 13
Julia Landauer7th voted out · 19 days - 14
Matt Bischoff6th voted out · 16 days - 15
Brandon Hantz2 seasons played5th voted out · 13 days - 16
Laura Alexander4th voted out · 10 days - 17
Shamar ThomasMedically evacuated · 10 days - 18
Hope Driskill3rd voted out · 7 days - 19
Allie Pohevitz2nd voted out · 5 days - 20
Francesca Hogi2 seasons played1st voted out · 3 days
Photos: CBS
Trivia from Survivor 26
What job did John Cochran land soon after winning Caramoan?
Writer on the CBS sitcom The Millers — Greg Garcia hired him onto the writing staff of The Millers after the 2013 reunion (The Hollywood Reporter).
Which former Survivor contestant later returned and won Caramoan?
John Cochran — Cochran went from an early-boot-adjacent superfan in South Pacific to a unanimous 8–0 winner in Caramoan.
The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 26 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.
Sources (2)
- “Survivor: Caramoan,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Caramoan.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.