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September, 2023
Episode 1: Survivor déja vu
Survivor 45 Episode 1 recap/ analysis
By Damnbueno | Published: September 28, 2023
Damnbueno recounts the drama, collapses, misplays, oversharing, occasional triumphs, general chaos, and downer ending of the season premiere of Survivor 45. Featuring a few players who look like ones you may remember (especially Bruce).
Pre-season: The (lack of) evolution of the Survivor alpha male
Survivor Multi-season analysis
By Damnbueno | Published: September 5, 2023
Damnbueno looks back on the pitfalls and obvious but frequently ignored lessons of attempting to play Survivor as an alpha male. With fewer attempts in the new era, has the archetype finally run its course?
Other months/ seasons
- Survivor 46
- Survivor 45
- Survivor 44
- Survivor 43
- SurvivorSA 9: Return of the Outcasts
- Survivor 42
- Survivor 41
- SurvivorAU 6: Brains v Brawn
- SurvivorSA 8: Immunity Island
- Survivor 40: Winners at War
- SurvivorAU 5: All-Stars
- Survivor 39: Island of the Idols
- Survivor 38: Edge of Extinction
- Survivor 37: David vs. Goliath
- Survivor SA 6: Philippines
- Survivor NZ 2: Thailand
- Survivor 36: Ghost Island
- Survivor 35: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers
- Survivor NZ 1: Nicaragua
- Survivor 34: Game Changers
- Survivor 33: Millennials vs. Gen X
- Survivor 32: Kaoh Rong
- Survivor 19: Samoa (2021 rewatch)
- Survivor 17: Gabon (2020 rewatch)
- Survivor 15: China (rewatch)
- Survivor 14: Fiji (2020 rewatch)
- Survivor 12: Panama (2021-2022 rewatch)
- Survivor 10: Palau (2021 rewatch)
- Survivor 4: Marquesas (2020 rewatch)
Of general interest
Survivor seasons index
Our coverage of every Survivor season.
Contestants A-Z
Survivor cast stats and pictures, sorted by name.
Contestants by season
That one person? From that season? Ah, there they are.
Survivor record holders
Single-season and all-time Survivor individual scoring leaders.
Survivor scoring data
Full-season individual contestant performance stats.