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Season 34 · 2017

Survivor 34: Game Changers

Twenty returnees cast for making big moves, doing exactly that.

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Sarah Lacina is the Sole Survivor

Sarah Lacina won on a 7–3–0 jury vote, beating Brad Culpepper and Troy "Troyzan" Robertson at the final tribal council.

  1. 1Sarah Lacinawinner
  2. 2Brad Culpepper
  3. 3Troy "Troyzan" Robertson
Mamanuca Islands
Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
39 days
13 episodes
20
castaways
Final 3
faced the jury

What made it different

An all-returnee season of twenty players across Mana and Nuku, opening on the series' 500th episode.

All 20 castaways, in boot order

  1. 1Sarah Lacina3 seasons playedSole Survivor · 39 days
  2. 2Brad Culpepper2 seasons playedRunner-up · 39 days
  3. 3Troy "Troyzan" Robertson2 seasons played2nd runner-up · 39 days
  4. 4Tai Trang2 seasons played16th voted out · 38 days · jury
  5. 5Aubry Bracco4 seasons played15th voted out · 37 days · jury
  6. 6Cirie Fields5 seasons playedEliminated · 36 days · jury

    After all other remaining castaways became immune — Brad by winning the immunity challenge; Aubry, Tai and Troyzan by playing hidden immunity idols; and Sarah by playing the legacy advantage — Cirie was eliminated by default.

  7. 7Michaela Bradshaw2 seasons played14th voted out · 35 days · jury
  8. 8Andrea Boehlke3 seasons played13th voted out · 33 days · jury
  9. 9Sierra Dawn Thomas2 seasons played12th voted out · 32 days · jury
  10. 10Zeke Smith2 seasons played11th voted out · 29 days · jury
  11. 11Debbie Wanner2 seasons played10th voted out · 26 days · jury
  12. 12Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth5 seasons played9th voted out · 24 days · jury
  13. 13Hali Ford2 seasons played8th voted out · 21 days · jury
  14. 14Jeff Varner3 seasons playedSuspended · 18 days
  15. 15Sandra Diaz-Twine4 seasons played6th voted out · 16 days
  16. 16James "J.T." Thomas Jr.3 seasons played5th voted out · 13 days
  17. 17Malcolm Freberg3 seasons played4th voted out · 11 days
  18. 18Caleb Reynolds2 seasons played3rd voted out · 9 days
  19. 19Tony Vlachos3 seasons played2nd voted out · 6 days
  20. 20Ciera Eastin3 seasons played1st voted out · 3 days

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A twist that debuted here

  • Split Tribal Council

    One Tribal Council is run as two separate votes, often with the other group watching.

Every twist that could return in Survivor 51 →

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

Sources (2)

  1. “Survivor: Game Changers,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Game_Changers.
  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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