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Season 32 · 2016

Survivor 32: Kaôh Rōng

Brains, brawn and beauty again — and the heat nearly ended it.

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Michele Fitzgerald is the Sole Survivor

Michele Fitzgerald won on a 5–2–0 jury vote, beating Aubry Bracco and Tai Trang at the final tribal council.

  1. 1Michele Fitzgeraldwinner
  2. 2Aubry Bracco
  3. 3Tai Trang
Koh Rong
Koh Rong, Cambodia
39 days
15 episodes
18
castaways
Final 3
faced the jury

What made it different

The second Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty season, played by Chan Loh, Gondol and To Tang on Cambodia's Koh Rong.

All 18 castaways, in boot order

  1. 1Michele Fitzgerald2 seasons playedSole Survivor · 39 days
  2. 2Aubry Bracco4 seasons playedRunner-up · 39 days
  3. 3Tai Trang2 seasons played2nd runner-up · 39 days
  4. 4Cydney Gillon12th voted out · 37 days · jury
  5. 5Joe Del CampoMedically evacuated · 34 days · jury
  6. 6Kyle Jason11th voted out · 32 days · jury
  7. 7Julia Sokolowski10th voted out · 29 days · jury
  8. 8Scot Pollard9th voted out · 27 days · jury
  9. 9Debbie Wanner2 seasons played8th voted out · 24 days · jury
  10. 10Nick Maiorano7th voted out · 22 days · jury
  11. 11Neal GottliebMedically evacuated Removed from jury · 19 days

    On Day 38, for winning the final reward challenge, Michele earned the power to eliminate one of the jurors. She chose Neal.

  12. 12Peter Baggenstos6th voted out · 16 days
  13. 13Anna Khait5th voted out · 13 days
  14. 14Alecia Holden4th voted out · 11 days
  15. 15Caleb Reynolds2 seasons playedMedically evacuated · 9 days
  16. 16Liz Markham3rd voted out · 8 days
  17. 17Jennifer Lanzetti2nd voted out · 6 days
  18. 18Darnell Hamilton1st voted out · 3 days

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Played here, and came back for Season 50

Trivia from Survivor 32

  • Who received the first Sia Prize?

    Tai Trang — Sia gave Tai $50,000 at the Kaôh Rōng reunion. The prize ended after Survivor 46: eight years, 14 seasons, 19 players and over $1,000,000 (Probst, via TheWrap, 2024).

  • Who won Survivor: Kaôh Rōng?

    Michele Fitzgerald — Michele beat Aubry 5–2, a result argued about by fans for years afterwards.

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The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 32 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.

Sources (2)

  1. “Survivor: Kaôh Rōng,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Kaôh_Rōng.
  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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