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CBS
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.
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.
All 16 castaways, in boot order
- 1
Aras Baskauskas2 seasons playedSole Survivor · 39 days - 2
Danielle DiLorenzo2 seasons playedRunner-up · 39 days - 3
Terry Deitz2 seasons played12th voted out · 38 days · jury - 4
Cirie Fields5 seasons playedEliminated · 36 days · jury - 5
Shane Powers11th voted out · 33 days · jury - 6
Courtney Marit10th voted out · 30 days · jury - 7
Bruce KanegaiMedically evacuated · 25 days · jury - 8
Sally Schumann9th voted out · 24 days · jury - 9
Austin Carty8th voted out · 21 days · jury - 10
Nick Stanbury7th voted out · 18 days - 11
Dan Barry6th voted out · 15 days - 12
Bobby Mason5th voted out · 14 days - 13
Ruth Marie Milliman4th voted out · 11 days - 14
Misty Giles3rd voted out · 8 days - 15
Melinda Hyder2nd voted out · 6 days - 16
Tina Scheer1st voted out · 3 days
Photos: CBS
A twist that debuted here
Exile Island
A player is sent away from camp alone, usually with a shot at an idol clue.
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.
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.
Sources (2)
- “Survivor: Panama,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Panama.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.