Survivor 40: Winners at War
Twenty winners. One more title.

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