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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.
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Brian Heidikwinner - 2
Clay 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.
All 16 castaways, in boot order
- 1Brian HeidikSole Survivor · 39 days
- 2Clay JordanRunner-up · 39 days
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Jan Gentry14th voted out · 38 days · jury - 4
Helen Glover13th voted out · 37 days · jury - 5
Ted Rogers Jr.12th voted out · 36 days · jury - 6
Jake Billingsley11th voted out · 33 days · jury - 7
Penny Ramsey10th voted out · 30 days · jury - 8
Ken Stafford9th voted out · 27 days · jury - 9
Erin Collins8th voted out · 24 days · jury - 10
Shii Ann Huang2 seasons played7th voted out · 21 days - 11
Robb Zbacnik6th voted out · 18 days - 12
Stephanie Dill5th voted out · 15 days - 13
Ghandia Johnson4th voted out · 12 days - 14
Jed Hildebrand3rd voted out · 9 days - 15
Tanya Vance2nd voted out · 6 days - 16
John Raymond1st voted out · 3 days
Photos: CBS
Probst, on this season
In the future, write a name down. No more nicknames.
To Clay Jordan. Clay wrote "Bye Bye Denver Diva" on his parchment instead of Ghandia's name.
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.
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