With Survivor season 46 now concluded, who had what it took to outwit, outplay and outlast the others for the $1 million prize?
As always, Jeff Probst returned to host Survivor season 46, helping to guide the castaways as they deal with immunity and reward challenges and tribal councils. The castaways are also once again went to Fiji, the place where Survivor has been calling home for many years now. They all will be split up into three tribes of six people at the start of the season, community for immunity as one by one they were voted off the island.
So who won Survivor season 46? It was none other than...
Kenzie Petty
Kenzie beat out Charlie Davis and Ben Katzman in the final tribal council vote, earning five winning votes to Charlie's three and none for Ben.
Who's been eliminated on Survivor season 46
David "Jelinsky" Jelinsky (Yanu)
Jelinsky described himself as a "legend" in the first episode of Survivor season 46. The rest of his Yanu tribe members clearly thought he was a weak link as his effort was questionable in then challenges. Time will tell if Jelinsky's brief stay was enough to make him a Survivor legend (tough ask).
Jessica "Jess" Chong (Yanu)
Jess attempted to get her fellow Yanu tribemates to go after Kenzie, whose strong social game could make her dangerous later on. When that didn't work, she attempted to use an idol she found to ensure she sticks around with another week, but unfortunately the idol is fake (fashioned by Kenize) and offers her no protection. That led to her being officially voted off the island.
Randen Montalvo (Nami)
Despite Yanu losing a third straight immunity challenge and Bhanu all but certain he was going to be voted out at the next tribal council, they were all granted a stay of elimination as Randen had to removed from the game for medical reasons. Survivor doctors revealed that a bulging disc in his neck could require surgery and further medical attention was needed.
Bhanu Gopal (Yanu)
Bhanu got a stay of execution in after a medical emergency saved Yanu from voting out their third player in as many episodes, but the tribe's bad luck continued as they lost their fourth straight immunity challenge. And just as Bhanun predicted back in episode 3, he was the target and was ultimately voted off the island.
Jemila "Jem" Hussain-Adams (Siga)
At long last, someone from a tribe other than Yanu has been eliminated, as Siga's first trip to tribal council saw them vote out Jem. After their first loss, Jem managed to find a hidden immunity idol and was busy working her tribemates to put herself in the best position, but as Probst said, tribal council can often bring blindsides. With Jem opting not to play her idol, four votes go against her and she is ousted from the game.
Moriah Gaynor
Moriah was the first castaway voted as a result of the merged tribes, but the second straight person voted off for began in Siga, as others are hoping to chip away at the group that has boasted they are "Siga strong" the entire season.
Tim Spicer
Tim had some confidence going into his last tribal council with this +1 allegiance that he helped orchestrate. However, as is common in Survivor, the best laid plans don't always work out. His reluctance to go with where others were thinking ultimately made him the target and the next person voted off.
Soda Thompson
A second surprising elimination in the April 10 episode of Survivor was Soda, who became the target of Tevin and Venus and was unable to maneuver her way to safety.
Tevin Davis
After claiming to be then mastermind behind Soda's surprising exit then previous week, Tevin became the one to see his time on the island end.
Hunter McKnight
Hunter had been racking up immunity challenge wins to help him stay in the game, but when he finally lost one and became vulnerable, his fellow tribemates didn't want to give him the chance to redeem himself and keep smoothing through tribal councils, voting him out.
Tiffany Nicole Ervin
Even with an idol burning in her pocket, Tiffany refused to play the advantage when she needed to and as a result was eliminated from the game. She will now head to the jury to help determine the ultimate winner of the season.
Venus Vafa
Venus becomes the fifth jury member, just missing out on making it to the final six and penultimate episode of the season.
Q Burdette
Q was eliminated in the penultimate episode of the season, just missing out of the final five. But the interesting thing is he could have easily prevented it by just playing the secret immunity idol that he found previously. But like many other players this season, Q opted not to play it safe and use his "get out of jail free card" and instead now joins the jury.
Maria Gonzalez
Liz Wilcox
Ben Katzman
Charlie Davis
Survivor season 46 airs Wednesdays at 8 pm ET/PT on CBS. Its stream on-demand on Paramount Plus the next day.
