Survivor 35: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
Courage, compassion and tenacity, sorted into tribes.

Ben Driebergen is the Sole Survivor
Ben Driebergen won on a 5–2–1 jury vote, beating Chrissy Hofbeck and Ryan Ulrich at the final tribal council.
What made it different
Divided eighteen new players into three tribes by a dominant perceived trait — Levu, Soko and Yawa.
All 18 castaways, in boot order
- 1
Ben Driebergen2 seasons playedSole Survivor · 39 days - 2
Chrissy Hofbeck2 seasons playedRunner-up · 39 days - 3
Ryan Ulrich2nd runner-up · 39 days - 4
Devon PintoEliminated · 38 days · jury - 5
Dr. Mike Zahalsky14th voted out · 37 days · jury - 6
Ashley Nolan13th voted out · 36 days · jury - 7
Lauren Rimmer12th voted out · 33 days · jury - 8
Joe Mena11th voted out · 30 days · jury - 9
John Paul "JP" Hilsabeck10th voted out · 27 days · jury - 10
Cole Medders9th voted out · 24 days · jury - 11
Desiree "Desi" Williams8th voted out · 21 days · jury - 12
Jessica Johnston7th voted out · 19 days - 13
Alexandrea "Ali" Elliott6th voted out · 16 days - 14
Roark Luskin5th voted out · 14 days - 15
Alan Ball4th voted out · 11 days - 16
Patrick Bolton3rd voted out · 8 days - 17
Simone Nguyen2nd voted out · 6 days - 18
Katrina Radke1st voted out · 3 days
Photos: CBS
A twist that debuted here
Fire-Making Challenge
At final four, the immunity winner picks who goes to the end and the rest make fire for the last spot.
Played here, and came back for Season 50
Probst, on this season
Mike, everybody is wondering — who married you?!
To Mike Zahalsky. At the family visit challenge.
Trivia from Survivor 35
From which season did final four start ending in a forced fire-making challenge?
Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers — Season 35. The final-immunity winner picks one person to sit beside them and the other two make fire for the last seat.
The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 35 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.
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- “Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Heroes_vs._Healers_vs._Hustlers.
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- Rotem Rusak, “Survivor: Jeff Probst’s 10 Snarkiest Quotes,” Screen Rant, April 22, 2020, https://screenrant.com/survivor-jeff-probst-snarkiest-quotes-cbs-host-reality-show/.