Survivor 39: Island of the Idols
Two former winners, coaching from a neighbouring island.
Tommy Sheehan is the Sole Survivor
Tommy Sheehan won on a 8–2–0 jury vote, beating Dean Kowalski and Noura Salman at the final tribal council.
What made it different
Stationed two previous winners on a separate island as mentors to visiting castaways.
All 20 castaways, in boot order
- 1
Tommy SheehanSole Survivor · 39 days - 2
Dean KowalskiRunner-up · 39 days - 3
Noura Salman2nd runner-up · 39 days - 4
Lauren BeckEliminated · 38 days · jury - 5
Janet Carbin15th voted out · 37 days · jury - 6
Dan SpiloEjected · 36 days - 7
Elaine Stott14th voted out · 35 days · jury - 8
Karishma Patel13th voted out · 32 days · jury - 9
Elizabeth Beisel12th voted out · 30 days · jury - 10
Missy Byrd11th voted out · 27 days · jury - 11
Aaron Meredith10th voted out · 27 days · jury - 12
Jamal Shipman9th voted out · 24 days · jury - 13
Kellee Kim8th voted out · 22 days · jury - 14
Jack Nichting7th voted out · 19 days · jury - 15
Jason Linden6th voted out · 16 days - 16
Tom Laidlaw5th voted out · 14 days - 17
Chelsea Walker4th voted out · 11 days - 18
Vince Moua3rd voted out · 8 days - 19
Molly Byman2nd voted out · 6 days - 20
Ronnie Bardah1st voted out · 3 days
Photos: CBS
A twist that debuted here
Idol Nullifier
Cancels another player’s idol, making their immunity play useless.
Trivia from Survivor 39
Who holds the record for the most votes cast against one player in a single season?
Karishma Patel — Karishma survived vote after vote in Island of the Idols and finished 8th with 22 against her, breaking Laura Morett’s 19 (Survivor Wiki).
The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 39 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.
Sources (2)
- “Survivor: Island of the Idols,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Island_of_the_Idols.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.