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Season 5 · 2002

Survivor 5: Thailand

Two players picked the teams before anyone had played a minute.

Brian Heidik is the Sole Survivor

Brian Heidik won on a 4–3 jury vote, beating Clay Jordan at the final tribal council.

  1. 1Brian Heidikwinner
  2. 2Clay Jordan
Ko Tarutao
Ko Tarutao, Satun Province, Thailand
39 days
15 episodes
16
castaways
Final 2
faced the jury

What made it different

Opened by handing the two eldest castaways the power to choose the tribes themselves, schoolyard-style, on day one — Chuay Gahn and Sook Jai.

Probst, on this season

  • In the future, write a name down. No more nicknames.

    To Clay Jordan. Clay wrote "Goodbye Denver Diva" on his parchment instead of a name.

Source

The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 5 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.