Survivor Philippines: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Survivor Philippines is the Philippine version of the television series Survivor, which was originally based from the show, Expedition Robinson created in 1997 by Charlie Parsons. The series premiered on September 15, 2008 on GMA Network until ended on February 19, 2012. The show is currently hosted by Richard Gutierrez. The first two seasons were hosted by Paolo Bediones. It is aired by GMA Network on weekday nights during the primetime Telebabad timeslot. Since season 2, it is shown internationally through GMA Pinoy TV except in North America, due to Castaway Television's contract with CBS that prevents other countries' versions of the series to be aired in that region. Following the basic premise of other international versions of the format, it features a group of contestants who are marooned in an isolated location, where they must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted out by their fellow contestants, until only one remains and is given the title of Pinoy Sole Survivor (Celebrity Sole Survivor for the celebrity editions) and is awarded a grand prize of P3,000,000 (around US$65,000), the largest ever cash prize in the history of Philippine reality game shows.

Series details

• Title: Survivor Philippines
• Format: Reality
• Language: Tagalog
• Premiere date: 2008-09-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-02-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: GMA
• Network country: Philippines
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 31128
• IMDb ID: tt1290482

Cast and credited roles

• Paolo Bediones — Presenter S01 - S02
• Richard Gutierrez — Presenter S03 - S04

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-09-15; final listed air date 2008-12-14; episode order: 65.
• Season 2: premiered 2009-08-17; final listed air date 2009-11-15; episode order: 65.
• Season 3: premiered 2010-08-30; final listed air date 2010-12-05; episode order: 70.
• Season 4: premiered 2011-11-14; final listed air date 2012-02-19; episode order: 65.

Source and licence

Adapted from Survivor Philippines on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.