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Janelle's Survivor: Aruba

Janelle's Survivor - Aruba
Season 5
Genre Reality competition
Winner LeQuisha L. (LusciousLips) (5-2)
No. of episodes 12
No. of days 15
No. of castaways 16
Tribes      Bataya
     Madiki
     Arashi
Returning castaways
All-Stars Conor P. (11th Place)
JG Z. (5th Place)
Oliver L. (Runner-up)
El Salvador Shawn D. (7th Place)
Production
Filming Location Aruba, Lesser Antilles, Netherlands
Season Run May 30, 2013–
June 14, 2013
Chronology
Previous season Survivor: New Zealand
Next season Survivor: Germany

Survivor: Aruba is the fifth season of Janelle's Survivor Series, which began on May 30, 2013.

The season featured 16 castaways. For the first time in the series the "Back to Basics" format was introduced, meaning the whole season there were no twists or tribal swaps, just 16 contestants playing the game of Survivor.

There were two tribes: Bataya, wearing cyan-blue colored buffs, and Madiki, wearing pale-orange type colored buffs. Bataya translated in Papiamentu as "Battle". Papiamento is the main language of Arubans as well as Dutch. Madiki was named after Madiki, Aruba, a village which sits upon the west coast of the island. The name also comes from the Latin word Madilicka which means "small majestic land". On Day 6, the tribes merged and became Arashi, the name being chosen by LeQuisha named after a beach in Aruba. The merged tribe wore lime-green colored buffs.

In the end, LeQuisha was crowned the winner over Rafael in a 5-2 vote.

Contestants[]

Contestant Original Tribe Merged Tribe Voted Out Total Votes
Snow F. Snow F.
17, Silver
Madiki 1st Voted Out
Day 1
5
Joshua R. Joshua R.
14, Orange
Bataya 2nd Voted Out
Day 2
5
James D. James D.
14, Orange
Madiki 3rd Voted Out
Day 3
7
Fred N. Fred N.
17, Light Green
Bataya 4th Voted Out
Day 3
6
Link M. Link M.
25, Black
Madiki Quit
Day 4
0
Shawn D. Shawn D.
17, Black
Bataya 5th Voted Out
Day 5
21
Blake L. Blake L.
18, Light Green
Bataya Arashi 6th Voted Out
Day 6
8
Jake H. Jake H.
15, Gold
Bataya 7th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 7
7
Jeff T. Jeff T.
15, Black
Bataya 8th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 8
7
Conor P. Conor P.
16, Yellow
Madiki 9th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 9
4
Jake B. Jake B.
13, Orange
Madiki 10th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 10
9
Oliver L. Oliver L.
18, Red
Madiki 11th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 11
3
JG Z. JG Z.
15, Brown
Bataya 12th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 12
42
Sandra J. Sandra J.
18, Black
Madiki 13th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 14
3
Rafael A. Rafael A.
19, Black
Madiki Runner-up 6
LeQuisha L. LeQuisha L.
17, Orange
Bataya Sole Survivor 5

The Total Votes is the number of votes a castaway received during Tribal Councils where the castaway was eligible to be voted out of the game, excluding tiebreakers. It does not include the votes received during the final Tribal Council.

^1  Three additional votes were cast against Shawn during a tie-breaker vote.
^2 JG played the Hidden Immunity Idol on himself, therefore three votes cast against him did not count.

The Game[]

Episode title Immunity Eliminated Vote Voted Out
"Testing the Waters" Bataya Snow 5-3 1st Voted Out
Day 1
"Weary About His Allegiances" Madiki Joshua 5-1-1-1 2nd Voted Out
Day 2
"Shoot All These Bitches" None1 James 7-0 3rd Voted Out
Day 3
Fred 5-2 4th Voted Out
Day 3
"Tribal Lines" Bataya Link No vote2 Quit
Day 4
"We Really Needed A Morale Boost" Madiki Shawn 2-2-23
3-0
5th Voted Out
Day 5
"Bataya vs. Madiki" Oliver Blake 5-4-1 6th Voted Out
Day 6
"Cross My Fingers" Conor Jake H. 6-2-1 7th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 7
"Keep Myself Clear of Danger" JG Jeff 4-3-1 8th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 8
"Make The Strategic Logic Choice" JG Conor 4-3 9th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 9
"Eddie Style 'till Final Four" Oliver Jake B. 2-14 10th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 10
"Extremely Frustrating" JG Oliver 3-2 11th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 11
Finale None5 JG 3-1 12th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 12
LeQuisha Sandra TBA 13th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 14
Jury Vote Rafael 5-2 Runner-up
LeQuisha Sole Survivor

In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.

^1  Bataya and Madiki both volunteered to go to Tribal Council in Episode 3.
^2  Link chose to leave voluntarily during the fifth Tribal Council in Episode 4.
^3  Due to the tie, there was a re-vote between the tied players.
^4 JG played the Hidden Immunity Idol on himself, therefore three vote cast against him did not count.
^5 No contestants were able to complete the challenge in Episode 12, therefore nobody went to Tribal Council with Immunity.

Episode 1: "Testing the Waters"[]

  • Immunity Challenge: Pass The Torch – Players had to pass a torch to their fellow tribemates, and the first tribe to have passed the torch around the whole tribe and successfully light it on the fire win.

Episode 2: "Weary About His Allegiances"[]

  • Immunity Challenge: Pilfering Pirates – The tribes had to steal ten items from a boat without being tackled into the water by their teammates. The first tribe to manage to steal all ten items on their boat first won immunity.

Episode 3: "Shoot All These Bitches"[]

  • Immunity Challenge: Matchmaker – The tribes had to work together to find tiles that matched each other on a life-size board. The first tribe to match four pairs won immunity.

Episode 4: "Tribal Lines"[]

  • Immunity Challenge: Turf Wars – There were eight territories which closed at random intervals during the challenge. Whichever tribe was the last to claim the territory won a certain amount of points. The tribes with the most points won immunity.

Episode 5: "We Really Needed A Morale Boost"[]

  • Immunity Challenge: QUAD – The tribes were given a letter and they had to be the first to say a proper word (object, noun) that began with the posted letter. The first person to answer correctly won a point for their tribe.

Episode 6: "Bataya vs. Madiki"[]

  • Immunity Challenge: Poll Wars – The newly merged tribemates participated in a poll where the person with the highest percentage won the first Individual Immunity competition.

Episode 7: "Cross My Fingers"[]

  • Immunity Challenge: Happy Hour – The players participated in an endurance challenge where they had to post once every hour. Whoever posted the most times before the deadline won immunity.

Episode 8: "Keep Myself Clear of Danger"[]

  • Immunity Challenge: Time Out – The players had to say how long they could endure in a challenge. The person who says the fastest time will take on the challenge, where if they fail they will be eliminated, and if they pass they will advance and the person who said the slowest time will be eliminated in their place.

Episode 9: "Make The Strategic Logic Choice"[]

  • Immunity Challenge: Karma Seeker – The players were given a number of Karma, and in order to win a point they had to find a user with or near to this amount of Karma and have the closest answer.

Episode 10: "Eddie Style 'till Final Four"[]

  • Immunity Challenge: Chain Reaction – The contestants had to make a chain of Survivor (U.S.) contestants with the last letter of the previous name being the first letter of the next name and so on. The person to create the longest chain won immunity.

Episode 11: "Extremely Frustrating"[]

  • Immunity Challenge: Black Jacks – The contestants had to make a chain of Survivor (U.S.) contestants with the last letter of the previous name being the first letter of the next name and so on. The person to create the longest chain won immunity.

Episode 12: Finale[]

  • Immunity Challenge: Mission Impossible – The final four contestants had to endure several challenges, the winner being the first to complete all three challenges set.
  • Immunity Challenge: Log Jam – The person to survive the longest on their logs by posting a phrase in a 5-minute or under time limit all throughout the night, won the final immunity competition, and the ultimate decision in who gets third place.

Voting history[]

Original Tribes Merged Tribe
Episode #: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Eliminated: Snow
5/8 votes
Joshua
5/8 votes
James
7/7 votes
Fred
5/7 votes
Link
No vote1
Tie Shawn
3/3 votes
Blake
5/10 votes
Jake H.
6/9 votes
Jeff
5/8 votes
Conor
4/7 votes
Jake B.
2/3 votes3
Oliver
3/5 votes
JG
3/4 votes
Sandra
1/1 votes
Voter Vote
LeQuisha Joshua Fred Shawn Tied2 JG Jake H. Jeff Conor Jake B. Oliver JG Sandra
Rafael S-V James Blake Jake H. S-V Conor JG Sandra JG
Sandra Rafael James Blake Jake H. Jeff Conor Jake B. Oliver JG
JG Joshua Fred LeQuisha Shawn Jake B. Jake B. Jake B. LeQuisha Sandra Oliver Rafael
Oliver Snow James Blake Jake H. Jeff Conor JG Sandra
Jake B. Snow James Blake Jake H. S-V LeQuisha JG
Conor Snow James Blake Jake H. Jeff LeQuisha
Jeff Joshua S-V Blake Shawn Jake B. Rafael Jake B.
Jake H. S-V Fred Shawn Shawn Jake B. Jake B.
Blake S-V Fred S-V Tied2 Jake B.
Shawn Joshua Fred LeQuisha Tied2
Link Snow James
Fred S-V Jeff
James Rafael S-V
Joshua S-V
Snow S-V

^1 Link chose to leave voluntarily during the fifth Tribal Council in Episode 4.
^2  Due to the tie, there was a re-vote between the tied players.
^3  JG played the Hidden Immunity Idol on himself, therefore three votes cast against him did not count.

Jury vote
Finalist: Rafael
2/7 votes
LeQuisha
5/7 votes
Voter Vote
Sandra LeQuisha
JG LeQuisha
Oliver LeQuisha
Jake B. LeQuisha
Conor LeQuisha
Jeff Rafael
Jake H. Rafael

Trivia[]

  • Survivor: Aruba was the first season not to include any twists. This format was known as "Back to Basics".
  • This was the first season since Survivor: Cayman Islands to have sixteen contestants.
  • This was the first time that both tribes volunteered to go to Tribal Council, and the second time there has been a Double Tribal. (Survivor: Tanzania)
  • For the second time in the show's running, a contestant had chosen to leave the show off their own back. DJ previously quit the show in Survivor: Tanzania.
    • This is the first time however, someone has opted to leaving just before the votes were revealed, meaning that any votes were voided and the person with the most votes remained in the game.
  • This is the first time a tie has occurred in three seasons, since Survivor: Cayman Islands.
  • For the first time, there were no winners of an Individual Immunity Necklace, due to challengers being unable to finish the challenge. This meant that nobody went to Tribal Council with safety.
  • Like Tanzaniathe final two for this season (LeQuisha and Rafael) were highly criticized.

Returning castaways[]

Conor, JG, and Oliver returned in Survivor: All-Stars; and Shawn returned in Survivor: Pros vs. Joes.

Links[]

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