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Season 12 · 2006

Survivor 12: Panama

Banished to a beach of your own.

Aras Baskauskas is the Sole Survivor

Aras Baskauskas won on a 5–2 jury vote, beating Danielle DiLorenzo at the final tribal council.

  1. 1Aras Baskauskaswinner
  2. 2Danielle DiLorenzo
Pearl Islands
Pearl Islands, Panama
39 days
16 episodes
16
castaways
Final 2
faced the jury

What made it different

Built around Exile Island, where a castaway was sent alone between challenges.

A twist that debuted here

  • Exile Island

    A player is sent away from camp alone, usually with a shot at an idol clue.

Every twist that could return in Survivor 51 →

Played here, and came back for Season 50

Trivia from Survivor 12

  • Which twist sent players to a separate island, away from their tribe?

    Exile Island — Exile Island debuted in Panama and paired isolation with the chance to hunt for an idol.

Play the full Survivor trivia quiz →

Source

The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 12 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.