Survivor 13: Cook Islands
The first Final Three.
Yul Kwon is the Sole Survivor
Yul Kwon won on a 5–4–0 jury vote, beating Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth and Becky Lee at the final tribal council.
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Yul Kwonwinner - 2
Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth - 3
Becky Lee
What made it different
The first season to end with three finalists facing the jury rather than two.
All 20 castaways, in boot order
- 1Yul Kwon2 seasons playedSole Survivor · 39 days
- 2Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth5 seasons playedRunner-up · 39 days
- 3Becky Lee2nd runner-up · 39 days
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Sundra OakleyEliminated · 38 days · jury - 5
Adam Gentry16th voted out · 37 days · jury - 6
Parvati Shallow4 seasons played15th voted out · 36 days · jury - 7
Jonathan Penner3 seasons played14th voted out · 33 days · jury - 8
Candice Cody3 seasons played13th voted out · 30 days · jury - 9
Nate Gonzalez12th voted out · 27 days · jury - 10
Jenny Guzon-Bae11th voted out · 24 days · jury - 11
Rebecca Borman10th voted out · 24 days · jury - 12
Brad Virata9th voted out · 21 days · jury - 13
Jessica Smith8th voted out · 18 days - 14
Cristina Coria7th voted out · 15 days - 15
Anh-Tuan "Cao Boi" Bui6th voted out · 15 days - 16
Stephannie Favor5th voted out · 14 days - 17
John Paul "J.P." Calderon4th voted out · 11 days - 18
Cecilia Mansilla3rd voted out · 8 days - 19
Billy Garcia2nd voted out · 6 days - 20
Sekou Bunch1st voted out · 3 days
Photos: CBS
Played here, and came back for Season 50
Probst, on this season
A kiss is nice — maybe if it was love, he'd have given you immunity.
To Candice Cody. While snuffing her torch, after Adam kissed her and kept the necklace.
Trivia from Survivor 13
In which season did two players accept a mutiny offer and walk over to the other tribe?
Cook Islands — Candice Woodcock and Jonathan Penner mutinied from Aitutaki to Rarotonga on Day 20. The twist was first offered in Thailand, where nobody took it, and they remain the only US players ever to accept.
Who first pitched splitting the votes to flush out a hidden immunity idol?
Cao Boi Bui — Cao Boi called it "Plan Voodoo" in Cook Islands. It never ran: Yul, secretly holding the idol, turned the tribe on him instead. The first split vote actually cast came the next season, in Fiji.
Who won Survivor: Cook Islands?
Yul Kwon — Yul beat Ozzy 5–4, using the hidden immunity idol as a bargaining chip rather than just a shield.
The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 13 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.
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- “Survivor: Cook Islands,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Cook_Islands.
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