Survivor (TV series)

Survivor is a popular reality television program produced in many countries throughout the world. The show consists of contestants isolated in a remote location competing for a cash prize. The format was created by Swedish production company Strix. It is now considered to be the father of reality TV, because since its premiere reality TV has gained a nationwide popularity, and other reality TV shows similar to Survivor have appeared.

Rules

(rules may vary in foreign versions of the series)

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• Conspiring to split winnings will result in immediate expulsion from the game.
• Except for the occasional challenges which involve wrestling or limited combat, any physical violence between players will result in immediate expulsion from the game.
• At Tribal Council, players are not permitted to vote for themselves, nor can they spoil their ballots or decline to cast a vote. Players must also show who they voted for to the camera inside the voting booth.
• Contestants may not skip any tribal councils, nor can they refuse to participate in an immunity or reward challenge except in the case of sitting out to even the numbers as described below.
• When one tribe has more players than the other tribe, it must designate players to sit out of tribal challenges so that equal numbers compete. This rule was relaxed only in the ' season because Jeff Probst felt neither team would be helped or hindered by the numeric disparity. Beginning with ', the rules specifically stated that any player who sits out a reward challenge cannot sit out the following immunity challenge. In ' episodes 7-8 the Koror tribe had 8 players while Ulong only had 3 (and then 2), which forced the show to allow various Koror players to sit out back-to-back challenges. The only qualification then was that the same 2-3 players could not participate in each concurrent challenge. Katie Gallagher and Janu Tornell, both of the Palau season, tie for the most sit-outs of any players (they each sat out 7 challenges over 8 episodes).
• Tribe members may not raid or visit the campsite of another tribe unless they are doing so as part of an immunity challenge, reward challenge or tribal merger activity with the other tribe. They also cannot visit the TV crew compound.
• Depending on which country the show takes place in, contestants may be barred from killing certain forms of wildlife and plantlife.