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Season 35 · 2017

Survivor 35: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers

Courage, compassion and tenacity, sorted into tribes.

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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.

  1. 1Ben Driebergenwinner
  2. 2Chrissy Hofbeck
  3. 3Ryan Ulrich
Mamanuca Islands
Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
39 days
14 episodes
18
castaways
Final 3
faced the jury

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. 1Ben Driebergen2 seasons playedSole Survivor · 39 days
  2. 2Chrissy Hofbeck2 seasons playedRunner-up · 39 days
  3. 3Ryan Ulrich2nd runner-up · 39 days
  4. 4Devon PintoEliminated · 38 days · jury
  5. 5Dr. Mike Zahalsky14th voted out · 37 days · jury
  6. 6Ashley Nolan13th voted out · 36 days · jury
  7. 7Lauren Rimmer12th voted out · 33 days · jury
  8. 8Joe Mena11th voted out · 30 days · jury
  9. 9John Paul "JP" Hilsabeck10th voted out · 27 days · jury
  10. 10Cole Medders9th voted out · 24 days · jury
  11. 11Desiree "Desi" Williams8th voted out · 21 days · jury
  12. 12Jessica Johnston7th voted out · 19 days
  13. 13Alexandrea "Ali" Elliott6th voted out · 16 days
  14. 14Roark Luskin5th voted out · 14 days
  15. 15Alan Ball4th voted out · 11 days
  16. 16Patrick Bolton3rd voted out · 8 days
  17. 17Simone Nguyen2nd voted out · 6 days
  18. 18Katrina 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.

Every twist that could return in Survivor 51 →

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.

Play the full Survivor trivia quiz →

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.

Sources (3)

  1. “Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Heroes_vs._Healers_vs._Hustlers.
  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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