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Season 19 · 2009
Survivor 19: Samoa
The season that made idol-hunting a strategy — and still lost with it.
Natalie White is the Sole Survivor
Natalie White won on a 7–2–0 jury vote, beating Russell Hantz and Mick Trimming at the final tribal council.
Upolu
Upolu, Samoa
39 days
16 episodes
20
castaways
Final 3
faced the jury
What made it different
Foa Foa against Galu, and the season Russell Hantz turned finding hidden idols without clues into a repeatable play.
All 20 castaways, in boot order
- 1
Natalie WhiteSole Survivor · 39 days - 2
Russell Hantz3 seasons playedRunner-up · 39 days - 3
Mick Trimming2nd runner-up · 39 days - 4
Brett Clouser15th voted out · 38 days · jury - 5
Jaison Robinson14th voted out · 37 days · jury - 6
Shannon "Shambo" Waters13th voted out · 36 days · jury - 7
Monica Padilla2 seasons played12th voted out · 33 days · jury - 8
Dave Ball11th voted out · 31 days · jury - 9
John Fincher10th voted out · 30 days · jury - 10
Laura Morett2 seasons played9th voted out · 27 days · jury - 11
Kelly Sharbaugh8th voted out · 24 days · jury - 12
Erik Cardona7th voted out · 21 days · jury - 13
Elizabeth "Liz" Kim6th voted out · 18 days - 14
Russell Swan2 seasons playedMedically evacuated · 15 days - 15
Ashley Trainer5th voted out · 14 days - 16
Yasmin Giles4th voted out · 11 days - 17
Ben Browning3rd voted out · 8 days - 18
Betsy Bolan2nd voted out · 6 days - 19
Mike BorassiMedically evacuated · 5 days - 20
Marisa Calihan1st voted out · 3 days
Photos: CBS
The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 19 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.
Sources (2)
- “Survivor: Samoa,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Samoa.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.