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Season 40 · 2020

Survivor 40: Winners at War

Twenty winners. One more title.

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Tony Vlachos is the Sole Survivor

Tony Vlachos won on a 12–4–0 jury vote, beating Natalie Anderson and Michele Fitzgerald at the final tribal council.

  1. 1Tony Vlachoswinner
  2. 2Natalie Anderson
  3. 3Michele Fitzgerald
Mamanuca Islands
Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
39 days
14 episodes
20
castaways
Final 3
faced the jury

What made it different

An all-winners season played for a doubled prize, with fire tokens as an in-game currency.

All 20 castaways, in boot order

  1. 1Tony Vlachos3 seasons playedSole Survivor · 39 days
  2. 2Natalie Andersonreturned to the game2 seasons playedRunner-up · 39 days
  3. 3Michele Fitzgerald2 seasons played2nd runner-up · 39 days
  4. 4Sarah Lacina3 seasons playedEliminated · 38 days · jury
  5. 5Ben Driebergen2 seasons played18th voted out · 37 days · jury
  6. 6Denise Stapley2 seasons played17th voted out · 36 days · jury
  7. 7Nick Wilson2 seasons played16th voted out · 34 days · jury
  8. 8Jeremy Collins3 seasons played15th voted out · 31 days · jury
  9. 9Kim Spradlin-Wolfe2 seasons played14th voted out · 29 days · jury
  10. 10Sophie Clarke2 seasons played13th voted out · 28 days · jury
  11. 11Tyson Apostolreturned to the game4 seasons played12th voted out · 25 days · jury
  12. 12Adam Klein2 seasons played11th voted out · 23 days · jury
  13. 13Wendell Holland2 seasons played10th voted out · 21 days · jury
  14. 14Yul Kwon2 seasons played9th voted out · 18 days · jury
  15. 15Sandra Diaz-Twine4 seasons played8th voted out · 16 days
  16. 16Parvati Shallow4 seasons played7th voted out · 16 days · jury
  17. 17Rob Mariano5 seasons played6th voted out · 14 days · jury
  18. 18Ethan Zohn3 seasons played4th voted out · 9 days · jury
  19. 19Danni Boatwright2 seasons played3rd voted out · 6 days · jury
  20. 20Amber Mariano3 seasons played2nd voted out · 3 days · jury

Photos: CBS

Probst, on this season

  • I'm just looking at you.

    To Wendell Holland. Refusing to let Wendell off the hook after he brought a challenge argument to Tribal.

Trivia from Survivor 40

  • Who won Survivor: Winners at War?

    Tony Vlachos — Tony won the 40th season and its $2 million prize, becoming a two-time winner after Cagayan.

  • What was the prize for winning Winners at War?

    $2 million — The 40th season doubled the usual prize for its all-winners cast — the largest in the show’s history.

  • Which season was the first to feature a cast of only previous winners?

    Winners at War — Season 40 put twenty former winners on the same beach, with fire tokens as an in-game currency.

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The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 40 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.

Sources (3)

  1. “Survivor: Winners at War,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Winners_at_War.
  2. “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
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