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Season 20 · 2010

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.

  1. 1Sandra Diaz-Twinewinner
  2. 2Parvati Shallow
  3. 3Russell Hantz
Upolu
Upolu, Samoa
39 days
15 episodes
20
castaways
Final 3
faced the jury

What made it different

Split a returning cast into Heroes and Villains, and produced the show's first two-time winner.

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.

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Source

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.