Survivor 20: Heroes vs. Villains
Twenty returnees sorted into who you rooted for and who you did not.
Sandra Diaz-Twine is the Sole Survivor
Sandra Diaz-Twine won on a 6–3–0 jury vote, beating Parvati Shallow and Russell Hantz at the final tribal council.
What made it different
Split a returning cast into Heroes and Villains, and produced the show's first two-time winner.
All 20 castaways, in boot order
- 1
Sandra Diaz-Twine4 seasons playedSole Survivor · 39 days - 2
Parvati Shallow4 seasons playedRunner-up · 39 days - 3
Russell Hantz3 seasons played2nd Runner-up · 39 days - 4
Jerri Manthey3 seasons played17th voted out · 38 days · jury - 5
Colby Donaldson4 seasons played16th voted out · 37 days · jury - 6
Rupert Boneham4 seasons played15th voted out · 36 days · jury - 7
Danielle DiLorenzo2 seasons played14th voted out · 33 days · jury - 8
Candice Cody3 seasons played13th voted out · 31 days · jury - 9
Amanda Kimmel3 seasons played12th voted out · 30 days · jury - 10
James "J.T." Thomas Jr.3 seasons played11th voted out · 27 days · jury - 11
Courtney Yates2 seasons played10th voted out · 24 days · jury - 12
Benjamin "Coach" Wade4 seasons played9th voted out · 21 days · jury - 13
Rob Mariano5 seasons played8th voted out · 18 days - 14
James Clement3 seasons played7th voted out · 15 days - 15
Tyson Apostol4 seasons played6th voted out · 15 days - 16
Tom Westman2 seasons played5th voted out · 14 days - 17
Cirie Fields5 seasons played4th voted out · 11 days - 18
Randy Bailey2 seasons played3rd voted out · 8 days - 19
Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick4 seasons played2nd voted out · 6 days - 20
Jessica "Sugar" Kiper2 seasons played1st voted out · 3 days
Photos: CBS
Played here, and came back for Season 50
Probst, on this season
Rupert, you're part of the problem!
To Rupert Boneham. Rupert explained at Tribal Council how his tribe kept avoiding Tribal Council.
We'll go when I'm ready, brother.
To Colby Donaldson. Colby tried to wave off the chocolate temptation and start the reward challenge.
Don't worry, Reid, he's been like this for 34 days.
To Colby Donaldson. To Colby's brother, at the loved-ones challenge, after Colby yelled at him.
Drop… your… expectations.
To The tribes. After letting both tribes believe they were about to merge.
Trivia from Survivor 20
Who was the first person to win Survivor twice?
Sandra Diaz-Twine — Sandra won Pearl Islands and then Heroes vs. Villains, making her the first two-time winner — hence "the Queen stays Queen".
Who won Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains?
Sandra Diaz-Twine — Sandra beat Parvati 6–3, making her the first — and for a decade the only — two-time winner.
The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 20 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.
Sources (3)
- “Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Heroes_vs._Villains.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
- Martin Holmes, “The 20 Greatest Jeff Probst Burns,” Inside Survivor, June 14, 2020, https://insidesurvivor.com/the-20-greatest-jeff-probst-burns-44459.