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Survivor: Dominican Republic

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Survivor: Dominican Republic
Season 5
Presented byBojan Perić
Mario Mlinarić
No. of days72
No. of castaways25
WinnersStefan Nevistić
Nevena Blanuša
Runners-upMilica Dabović
Goran Špaleta
LocationDominican Republic
No. of episodes69
Release
Original networkNova BH (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Nova TV (Croatia)
Nova M (Montenegro)
Nova S (Serbia)
Original release14 March 2022 (2022-03-14) –
June 5, 2022 (2022-06-05)
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Survivor: Dominican Republic (Serbo-Croatian: Survivor: Dominikanska Republika) is a joint Croatian and Serbian season of the international reality game show Survivor. It's the fifth season of the show's Serbian version and the third season of the Croatian version (counting the co-produced fourth season of the Serbian version). It premiered on 14 March 2022 on Nova BH in Bosnia and Herzegovina,[1] Nova TV in Croatia,[2] Nova M in Montenegro, and Nova S in Serbia.[3]

In October 2021, United Media announced that they would be rebooting Survivor Srbija/Croatia after a 10-year hiatus.[4] The season was filmed in the Dominican Republic.[5]

Contestants

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The season originally consisted of 20 contestants, with 9 Croatians and 1 Bosnian on one tribe (Azua), and 8 Serbians and 2 Montenegrins on the other (Mao). 4 contestants were added later (2 Croats (Hrvoje Habdija, Nevena Blanuša) and 2 Serbs (Jovana Tomić, Ramiz Gusinac)).[6] Ivana Peček entered the game later to replace Ivana Banfić, who was medically evacuated.[7] Contestants were eliminated through duels. The participants of said duels were decided by nominations at Tribal Council, which would be held after Immunity Challenges two nights in a row every week. Notable contestants include the aforementioned Croatian singer Ivana Banfić,[8] Montenegrin hip hop artist Niggor (who also competed on the Serbian version of The Farm),[9] Serbian actress Mina Nikolić,[10] Serbian basketball player Milica Dabović,[11] and Serbian rugby player Stevan Stevanović.[12] The cast also includes Big Brother Croatia alumna Sanja Močibob.[13]

Contestant Tribe Finish
Sanja Močibob
37, Umag, Croatia
Azua 1st eliminated
Day 5
Igor Lazić "Niggor"
52, Kotor, Montenegro
Mao 2nd eliminated
Day 12
Ivana Banfić
52, Velika Gorica, Croatia
Azua Medically evacuated
Day 13
Ivona Koković
31, Prokuplje, Serbia
Mao 3rd eliminated
Day 18
Kristian Rauch
27, Zagreb, Croatia
Azua 4th eliminated
Day 23
Hrvoje Habdija
30, Zagreb, Croatia
Joined on
day 14
Azua 5th eliminated
Day 28
Ramiz Gusinac
52, Novi Pazar, Serbia
Joined on
day 14
Mao 6th eliminated
Day 33
Viktor Bobić
35, Jablanovec, Croatia
Azua Medically evacuated
Day 34
Јovana Tomić
24, Belgrade, Serbia
Joined on
day 14
Mao 7th eliminated
Day 38
Ivana Peček
24, Zagreb, Croatia
Joined on
day 26
Azua 8th eliminated
Day 43
Mina Nikolić
29, Belgrade, Serbia
Mao 9th eliminated
1st jury member
Day 49
Branko Milošev
30, Novi Sad, Serbia
Mao 10th eliminated
2nd jury member
Day 52
Roko Simić
27, Split, Croatia
Azua 11th eliminated
3rd jury member
Day 56
Sumejja Šejto
27, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Azua 12th eliminated
4th jury member
Day 60
Vladimir Govedarica
30, Belgrade, Serbia
Mao 13th eliminated
5th jury member
Day 64
Maša Kuprešanin
25, Novi Sad, Serbia
Mao 14th eliminated
6th jury member
Day 67
Тomislav Rubinjoni
32, Zagreb, Croatia
Azua 15th eliminated
7th jury member
Day 69
Nika Rakić
25, Kerestinec, Croatia
Azua 16th eliminated
8th jury member
Day 70
Stevan Stevanović
30, Belgrade, Serbia
Mao 17th eliminated
9th jury member
Day 70
Nađa Erić
21, Belgrade, Serbia
Mao 18th eliminated
Day 71
Tena Tomljanović
23, Zagreb, Croatia
Azua 19th eliminated
Day 71
Goran Špaleta
36, Zagreb, Croatia
Azua Runners-up
Day 72
Milica Dabović
40, Cetinje, Montenegro
Mao
Nevena Blanuša
27, Zagreb, Croatia
Joined on
day 14
Azua Dual Survivors
Day 72
Stefan Nevistić
28, Kraljevo, Serbia
Mao

Season summary

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20 castaways; 9 from Croatia, 1 from Bosnia & Herzegovina, 8 from Serbia and 2 from Montenegro, were split into two tribes, with the Croats and Bosnian on one, and the Serbs and Montenegrins on the other. Their names were originally "Blue tribe" and "Red tribe". At the first Tribal Council, they were named Azua and Mao respectively. The Mao tribe displayed more dominance than Azua in the challenges, and were in high spirits. The Azua tribe was less dominant and took the game much more seriously, even getting into altercations at camp. They also took different approaches at Tribal Council. While Mao was focused on nominating the weaker members, Azua was fine with nominating some of their strongest players if it meant they could win in a duel and come back to the tribe.

On day 12, the tribes were informed that, along with their 2 islands, there was a third island in play. The third island's contents were revealed on day 14 when four new castaways joined the game. Hrvoje Habdija and Nevena Blanuša joined Azua while Jovana Tomić and Ramiz Gusinac joined Mao. On day 24, Ivana Peček replaced Ivana Banfić, who was medically evacuated.

With 15 players still in the game, the tribes were invited to a merge party. However, this would not be a regular merge; both tribes would live together on a new beach, but they would still remain split, competing against each other in challenges and fending for themselves, in a similar vein to the One World twist from the American version. This is also when the jury phase began, with every following eliminated contestant becoming a juror. After Mina Nikolić became the first to join the jury, the game changed once again. After a Reward Challenge was held on day 50, the tribes naturally expected another Reward on day 51, but instead, it was an Immunity Challenge, and the tribe that lost would nominate two players; one would be nominated by the tribe, and the other would nominated by the winner of Individual Immunity. The first victim of this change was Branko Milošev, who became the second juror. This pattern continued, with another Reward the next round, followed by another Immunity Challenge where the same rules applied, resulting in Roko Simić becoming the third juror.

At the final 9, the castaways were informed that they were approaching the quarter-finals, but to decide who would be reaching them, a series of tribal duels would be held. Mao competed for a "strategic advantage", though they weren't told what the advantage would be. The advantage was won by Stefan Nevistić. Azua competed for Individual Immunity to ensure that the tribes would enter the quarter-finals even. Immunity was won by Goran Špaleta, who nominated Nevena Blanuša, while the tribe nominated Tomislav Rubinjoni. The latter was eliminated in the duel.

Throughout the game, Azua managed to reverse their fortune by defeating Mao in many challenges, but they weren't safe from dysfunction. An alliance was formed to protect their female members, but as the ethics were questioned, several tribe members were turned against each other. Along with this, they suffered another medical evacuation with Viktor Bobić. Meanwhile, at Mao, the drama primarily came from them trying to out-do Azua, often claiming their nominations were non-sensical and calling them poor sportsmen. Along with that, the "Big Five" alliance of Maša Kuprešanin, Milica Dabović, Stefan Nevistić, Stevan Stevanović, and Vladimir Govedarica struggled to take out their weak link Nađa Erić, as she won every duel she was sent into, despite her weakness in tribal challenges, wittling the alliance down to three. All three of them and Nađa made it to the final week, along with Azua's "golden boy" Goran Špaleta, newbie Nevena Blanuša, energetic and strong Nika Rakić, and original leader Tena Tomljanović.

At the semi-finals, Goran and Stefan won immunity and advanced to the final. Milica, Nađa, Nevena, and Tena had to plead their case to the jury, and the person from each tribe who got the most jury votes would advance to the final along with Goran and Stefan. Milica went through Tribal Council unscathed, but she was called out for her perceived manipulativeness; Nađa was criticized for her social unawareness and bad challenge performances; Nevena was called out for her scheming; and Tena was berated for her choice to nominate her friend Sumejja Šejto, which led to her losing in the duel to Nika, instead of voting against Nika, which would've landed all three of them in the duel. When the jury had to vote for a member of Mao to enter the final, Milica beat Nađa in a 7–2 vote. When the time came to vote for a member of Azua to advance to the final, Nevena unanimously beat Tena in a 9–0 vote.

Goran and Nevena were left as the Croatian Final Two, meaning one of them would get the title of Croatian Sole Survivor, while Milica and Stefan were left as the Serbian Final Two, meaning one would get the title of Serbian Sole Survivor. In the end, Stefan beat Milica for the title of Serbian Sole Survivor, while Nevena beat Goran for the title of Croatian Sole Survivor.

Challenge winners and eliminations by episode

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Episodes air five days a week. Two episodes are dedicated to two Reward Chaellnges, and the other three episodes are dedicated to the Immunity Challenges, Tribal Councils, along with the Individual Immunity Challenges for the losing tribe. The last episode of each week is dedicated to the elimination duel that decides who gets eliminated. This format was changed starting with episode 47, when the patter was changed to Reward-Immunity-Reward-Immunity, and the last episode of each week was dedicated to Individual Immunity, Tribal Council and the duel. The final 5 episodes all aired from May 30 until June 5, with Friday being skipped.

Main game (Days 1–69)
Cycle Challenge winners Nominated Eliminated Finish
No. Air dates
(2022)
Rewards Immunities
#1 #2 Tribal Individual
#1 #2 #1 #2 #1 #2
1 14–18 March Mao Mao Azua Mao Stefan Viktor Niggor,
Ivona
[a]
Sanja Sanja 1st eliminated
Day 5
2 21–25 March Mao Azua Mao Azua Kristian Branko Roko Niggor Niggor 2nd eliminated
Day 12
3[b] 28 March–1 April Azua Mao Azua Azua Ramiz[c] Ivona Jovana Ivana B. Medically evacuated
Day 13
Ivona 3rd eliminated
Day 18
4 4–8 April Mao Mao Mao Azua Sumejja Mina Kristian Nađa Kristian 4th eliminated
Day 23
5[d] 11–15 April Mao Azua Mao Azua Nevena Branko Hrvoje Nađa Hrvoje 5th eliminated
Day 28
6 18–22 April Azua Azua Mao[e] Azua Tomislav Maša Goran Ramiz Ramiz 6th eliminated
Day 33
7 25–29 April Azua Azua Mao[e] Azua Sumejja Nađa Ivana P. Jovana Viktor Medically evacuated
Day 34
Jovana 7th eliminated
Day 38
8 2–6 May Azua Azua Mao Mao Nika[c] Ivana P. Nevena Ivana P. 8th eliminated
Day 43
9[f] 9–13 May Azua Azua Azua Mao Vladimir Nevena Mina Roko Mina 9th eliminated
1st jury member
Day 49
10 16–20 May Azua Mao Azua Mao Stefan Nika Nađa Branko Branko 10th eliminated
2nd jury member
Day 52
Roko Tomislav Roko 11th eliminated
3rd jury member
Day 56
11 23–27 May Azua Azua Mao Azua Nevena Nađa Sumejja Nika Sumejja 12th eliminated
4th jury member
Day 60
Vladimir Stefan Vladimir 13th eliminated
5th jury member
Day 64
12 30 May–1 June Azua[g] Azua[h] Stefan Stefan[i] Nađa Maša Maša 14th eliminated
6th jury member
Day 67
Goran[i] Tomislav Nevena Tomislav 15th eliminated
7th jury member
Day 69

Notes

  1. ^ The vote ended in a deadlock tie, nominating both contestants
  2. ^ Hrvoje Habdija, Jovana Tomić, Nevena Blanuša and Ramiz Gusinac join the game
  3. ^ a b Since the tribe lost both Immunity Challenges, the Individual Immunity winner got to keep it at both Tribal Councils
  4. ^ Ivana Peček joins the game
  5. ^ a b Mao also won the reward that went along with this challenge
  6. ^ The tribes don't officially merge, but they do move to one camp and live together
  7. ^ Only one reward challenge was held this cycle
  8. ^ Only one immunity challenge was held this cycle
  9. ^ a b Also won an advantage in the next challenge

Voting history

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References

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