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Season 23 · 2011
Survivor 23: South Pacific
Two returning players, one per tribe, and a duel arena out back.
Sophie Clarke is the Sole Survivor
Sophie Clarke won on a 6–3–0 jury vote, beating Benjamin "Coach" Wade and Albert Destrade at the final tribal council.
Upolu
Upolu, Samoa
39 days
16 episodes
18
castaways
Final 3
faced the jury
What made it different
Brought Redemption Island back for a second run, with Upolu and Savaii each seeded with one returning castaway.
All 18 castaways, in boot order
- 1
Sophie Clarke2 seasons playedSole Survivor · 39 days - 2
Benjamin "Coach" Wade4 seasons playedRunner-up · 39 days - 3
Albert Destrade2nd runner-up · 39 days - 4
Oscar "Ozzy" Lusthreturned to the game5 seasons played17th voted out · 38 days · jury - 5
Rick Nelson16th voted out · 37 days · jury - 6
Brandon Hantz2 seasons played15th voted out · 35 days - 7
Edna Ma14th voted out · 32 days - 8
John Cochran2 seasons played13th voted out · 30 days - 9
Whitney Duncan12th voted out · 27 days - 10
Dawn Meehan2 seasons played11th voted out · 27 days - 11
Jim Rice10th voted out · 24 days - 12
Keith Tollefson8th voted out · 21 days - 13
Mikayla Wingle6th voted out · 16 days - 14
Elyse Umemoto5th voted out · 14 days - 15
Stacey Powell4th voted out · 11 days - 16
Mark "Papa Bear" Caruso3rd voted out · 8 days - 17
Christine Shields-Markoski2nd voted out · 5 days - 18
Semhar Tadesse1st voted out · 3 days
Photos: CBS
Played here, and came back for Season 50
The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 23 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.
Sources (2)
- “Survivor: South Pacific,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_South_Pacific.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.