Participants, Contestants, Photos, Videos: Star Plus - Survivor India

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About the show:

• Survivor India is the Indian version of the Survivor franchise, which was originally based from the show, Expedition Robinson created in 1997 by Charlie Parsons.
• The series was filmed in the summer of 2011 and premiered on 6 January 2012 on Star Plus.
  
• The show was hosted by Sameer Kochhar.
• The show is produced by Miditech Pvt. Ltd. and is aired on weekend nights.
  
• Like many of its counterparts, the show has a set number of contestants stranded on an isolated area for a pre-determined number of days until one remains and is given the title Sole Survivor.
  
• Aside from the title, the winner also receives 10 million.
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• Survivor India: Caramoan Islands is the first and only season of the series. It was shot on the islands of Caramoan in the Philippines, from mid September to October 2011.
• Raj Rani was named the winner in the final episode on 17 March 2012, defeating JD Majethia and Stithpragya in a 4–2–1 vote.
  

Participants/Contestants/Photos/Videos: Star Plus "Survivor India"



Winner:

• Samir Kochchar, the host of Survivor India welcomes the 3 finalists, JD, Raj Rani, and Sthitpragya along with the 7 jury members to the Grand Finale. The 22 survivors reunite to relive their experiences, rivalries and alliances on the show during the 45 days on the Caramoan Islands. The finalists make their speeches before the 7 jury members cast their votes.
  
• Raj Rani wins Survivor India and walks away with one crore rupees.

Test your Mettle, in the Ultimate Battle. A battle of wits, of integrity, of existence amongst most basic of elements. While few will falter and others will stumble, only One will make it across the path to blazing glory, to win ‘SURVIVOR INDIA – THE ULTIMATE BATTLE’.

‘Survivor’ is a reality television game show that enjoys popularity in several countries across the world. Premiered 11 years ago in the USA, it has completed 21 seasons there, and has been successfully produced in over 48 countries worldwide.





‘SURVIVOR INDIA – THE ULTIMATE BATTLE’ will test the spirit of 20 ordinary, yet extraordinary people, marooned on an uninhabited tropical island.






While the contestants will catch their own food, build their own shelter and order their own society, they will be pitted against each other in tests of strategy and guile. Every episode the contestants will gather to vote one from amongst them off the island. In never before seen conditions on Indian Television, nineteen competitors will leave the island, while One will emerge triumphant ...the sole SURVIVOR.

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Star Plus is gearing up for its next big ticket reality show Survivor India produced by Miditech. Survivor has been an extremely popular show abroad and now the format has been licensed to India. The makers of the show have approached the likes of John Abraham and Ajay Devgn to host the show and will also see 20 celebrity TV contestants battling it out. A few names like Rahul Vaidya, Aditya Redij and Abhishek Awasthi have already been reported about. While there is still time for the show come on air, the production house has started approaching a lot of TV actors for the show.

A source reveals,” We are approaching a lot of people. The latest ones to join the bandwagon are Kushal Punjabi, Payal Rohatgi, Amit Tandon, Pooja and Barkha Bisht. However nothing has been finalised yet; as we need not more than 20 contenders. Things will become a bit clearer in the next two weeks when the final list will be put together. The show needs to go on floors by the end of May.”

Kushal says,”Yes I have been approached but nothing has been finalised.” Meanwhile Tandon echoed the same words. Barkha Bisht remained unavailable to comment.

Few biggies like Aditya Redij, Rahul Vaidya, Abhishek Avasthi have been approached for Star Plus' next big reality, Survivor..




Survivor happens to be the next internationally formatted show which will see its Desi version. With news floating about the handsome hunk Rajeev Khandelwal approached to host the show, this has been touted to be the next big ticket show on Indian Television.

The show produced by Miditech will air on Star Plus. The channel and production house are looking to rope in some big names as contestants for the show. We hear that Rahul Vaidya of Indian Idol fame, Abhishek Avasti and Aditya Redij of Na Aana Is Desh Laado fame have been approached.

Our source states, "Though the contestants list has not been finalized, Aditya, Abhishek and Rahul Vaidya are the few names that are tipped to be part of the show". When contacted, Rahul Vaidya on his part said, "Yes, I have been approached for the show, but talks are on. I would actually love to take part though".

Abhishek Avasthi refused to comment while Aditya Redij seemed clueless about such a show coming up. Survivor is a show where the contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for cash and other prizes.

Guess this is just the beginning, and we would hear more about the show in the coming days..

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Survivor is a reality television game show format produced in many countries throughout the world. In the show, contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for cash and other prizes. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to vote off other tribe members until only one final contestant remains and wins the title of "Sole Survivor". The format for Survivor was created in 1992 by British television producer Charlie Parsons.



Concept history

The concept is credited to Charlie Parsons who co-owns Castaway Television Productions with Waheed Alli and Bob Geldof, and appeared first on the Swedish public service network SVT in 1997 as Expedition Robinson. Castaway Television Productions is the company that now manages the format for Survivor and Celebrity Survivor. Castaway Television was developed after the sale of Planet 24, a previous venture. The initial US series was a huge ratings success in 2000 and along with ABC's prime time franchise of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire sparked a reality-television revolution in the US. The popularity of these shows prompted networks to push sitcoms and conventional drama series aside and rush more reality shows into development. Even the Fox Network, which had vowed never to air a reality show again just months earlier following media outrage surrounding its Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? program broke its promise and launched several competitors of its own. Survivor's second season in the winter/spring of 2001 drew even larger audiences. Subsequent US versions have attracted smaller but still substantial audiences. There have also been British and Australian versions of the show in 2001 and 2002 respectively. Both were considered ratings failures (though ratings for the UK series were considerably lower than ITV had hoped for, it still regularly attracted six to eight million viewers, a decent rather than huge audience, but enough for ITV to commission a second series which appeared a year later). TF1 France has produced nine seasons of Koh-Lanta, a French version of Survivor, and a Japanese version was also produced for four seasons (namely Survivor Japan: Palau; Survivor Japan: Hokkaido; Survivor Japan: Philippines; and Survivor Japan: Rota) which achieved some success.^[1] Broadcast rights for the American version have been sold to various broadcasters and it is viewed in many countries around the world.


Format

The following description of the show is based primarily on the American version of Survivor, though the general format applies to all international versions.

Tribes



The tribe camp near the end of Survivor: Borneo. Tribes must build themselves basic shelters from natural resources and through reward items earned during the competition.

The show strands between sixteen and twenty strangers in a remote tropical location divided into two to four teams called tribes. According to the show's host, Jeff Probst, while it is preferential to use sixteen contestants to make it easier to distribute genders across tribes and to give the viewers fewer contestants to remember, at times there have been eighteen- and twenty-player seasons to allow for "wiggle room" in case players quit or are removed due to injury.^[2] Depending on the season, tribes are given a minimal number of tools with which to survive. These tools have included a machete, a pot, and water canteens to hold water from sources that vary each season. Tribes are encouraged to build shelters to protect themselves from the elements and to forage on the local flora and fauna for nourishment. In some seasons, tribes have started with food supplies (typically rice) provided by the show, while in other seasons tribes have been given no additional help at the start of the game. Earlier seasons allowed players to carry one luxury item with them. Several seasons have brought the players into the game without preparation, making them start with only the clothes on their backs along with whatever tools are provided. In this case players will often be given their running shoes for safety reasons.

Over the years, initial tribe divisions have been made in various ways. Early seasons tended to feature tribes whose members included, in roughly equal numbers, all ages and both genders. More recent seasons, however, have had tribes split by gender, by age, and/or by racial background. Divisions are generally made in advance by the production team, but in some seasons, after the game starts, tribe members have been chosen in various ways by one or more of the contestants themselves.
Tribes are given unique names and identifying colors which are used on tribe flags, challenge courses, on-screen text and various other items. Each player is given a buff, an elastic ring of material generally patterned with the logo for the current season, that can be worn as an armband, headband, tube top, mini skirt, durag or a bow tie. Players are required to wear a buff with the color of their tribe in a visible location at all times, allowing the audience to identify tribal affiliation. Upon switching tribes (due to a merge or tribe switch), players are required to give up their old buffs and obtain new ones in the new tribe's color.
The producers have generally made sure that all players will not back out prior to being stranded, and will generally have backup players on hand if they believe, from psychological profiles, that one or more will drop out. In the case of Survivor: Fiji, one contestant backed out the night before taping began. As producers were not prepared for this turn of events, Fiji was the first season to feature an odd number of players, and subsequently required the production team to alter how the tribes would initially be divided.


Challenges



Tribes compete frequently in both mental and physical challenges to win rewards or immunity, such as this race to pull cannons during the first episode of Survivor: Pearl Islands.

During the course of the game, players compete as tribes or individually in contests called challenges. Challenges consist of endurance, strength, agility, problem solving, teamwork, dexterity, and/or willpower, and are usually designed to fit the theme of the current season. A common style of challenge is a race through a series of obstacles to collect puzzle pieces which then must be assembled after all pieces have been collected. Challenges have also included disgusting food challenges (including foods eaten by the local population), and knowledge quizzes about the locale or players. Many seasons also include during individual challenges: a 'loved one' challenge where a family member, friend or significant other of each player participates or is part of the challenge reward; the 'Survivor Auction' in which contestants bid against each other on luxury items and strategic advantages; a challenge in which the winning contestant receives a car; and a challenge that includes components of previous challenges from that season. Endurance challenges typically require tribe members to stay balanced on a small perch or support their own weight in a precarious position for as long as possible. The degree of difficulty may be progressively increased during the course of an endurance challenge in order to arrive at a winner faster. Some challenges have had the tribes compete at their own beaches by constructing a shelter or an SOS signal. The results are then judged by an expert and the winning tribe notified by the receipt of a package dropped from a plane or delivered by boat.

Players are notified of when and where challenges are to take place via special messages left at a location near camp, dubbed treemail (a play on the word "email") by competitors, due to the fact that the messages were delivered to a basket hanging from a tree in Survivor: Borneo. In Survivor: Pearl Islands it was also called "seamail". These messages nearly always include a rhyme which gives hints to the nature of the challenge and sometimes include props that may be useful for the upcoming challenge, allowing tribes and players to attempt to form a strategy prior to the challenge. In some cases, the tribes have been given equipment to practice with or information they need to memorize prior to the challenge.

There are two types of Challenges: Reward Challenges and Immunity Challenges.

• In Reward Challenges, the contestants compete for luxuries that are not essential for survival but make their lives easier and/or more enjoyable. Examples of rewards have included food, flint, matches, rain gear, and even short trips away from camp.
• In Immunity Challenges, the contestants compete for immunity from an elimination ceremony known as Tribal Council. When the game is in its tribal stage, the tribe that wins immunity does not take part in Tribal Council. Following the merger of the two tribes, the individual who wins immunity cannot have votes cast against him or her. (see Tribal Council for more details)

There have been several combined Reward/Immunity challenges. These have come in two approaches:

• A tribe can be given both a reward and immunity for winning. This usually occurs in the first immunity challenge, as there is usually no reward challenge during the premiere episode. Usually flint or matches are given to the tribe which wins Immunity.
• In cases where there are more than two tribes, the reward may be given to the first place tribe, and immunity to all but the last place tribe.
• In later seasons, when there are two tribes left, there have been challenges which result in both tribes going to Tribal Council (one after another), but with either:
  • one person from each tribe winning individual immunity (as in Guatemala and Gabon),
  • the winning tribe getting an additional reward, such as a meal, while they watch the proceedings of the other tribe's Tribal Council (as in Palau, Cook Islands and Samoa), or
  • both (as in Vanuatu, Heroes vs. Villains, and Nicaragua)

Prior to the merge, all challenges are between tribes, resulting in tribal rewards and immunities. After the merge, contestants compete in challenges on an individual basis. Individual rewards have often included the option to select one or more other tribe members to participate in the reward. After merging, there have been reward challenges where two or more teams are created from the remaining players, with the winning team reaping the reward benefits.
In recent seasons of the US version, a special message, held in a bottle or by host Jeff Probst, has been given to the winners or the losers of the challenge, with instructions to either read the note immediately after the challenge, or to hold the note unread until Tribal Council. These notes have provided additional instructions to the tribe that holds it, such as deciding to avoid Tribal Council but requiring the tribe to move to a less desirable beach, or to vote off a second player immediately after voting off a first player at Tribal Council.

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. No person may sit out twice in a row or, if this is not possible, no person may compete twice in a row. In some challenges requiring the same number of men and women to compete from each tribe, a tribe may be required to sit out a certain gender as well. This rule applies only to challenges between two successive Tribal Councils (i.e., a typical single episode of the show); a player can sit out a challenge immediately preceding a Tribal Council and the challenge immediately following it.^[4]
The challenges are usually held in a 3 day cycle – one day for the reward challenge, one day of rest, and one day for the immunity challenge and Tribal Council.

Merges, tribe switches, and dissolves

In seasons which start with more than two tribes, there is a dissolve of the tribes down into two tribes after one to four Tribal Councils.
In many seasons, there has been a Tribe Switch at some point before the merge. In this, the members of each tribe are swapped around, typically not redistributing the tribal numbers. The mechanism for the Tribe Switch has varied from a random shuffle to a schoolyard pick by two tribe 'captains'. There has also been a Tribe Switch accomplished by allowing players to 'mutiny' from their present tribe to join the other. This process typically defeats many early alliances and strategies, and has cost some players the game while saving other players from being eliminated early.

When there are 8 to 12 players left in the game, the separate tribes merge into a single tribe. From this point, Challenges are won on an individual basis. In general, after the merge has been announced, the members of the newly merged tribe collocate to a single camp. The merged tribe also selects a new tribe name and designs a new tribal flag with materials provided by production. There was no technical merge in Palau, as the Koror tribe had "conquered" the Ulong tribe by winning every tribal immunity challenge, leaving them with only one member. This one member was then absorbed by Koror with no subsequent tribe name change. Ignoring this case, the tribe would have been equipped with an unused green buff.



Hidden immunity idol

In the most recent of the US versions, hidden immunity idols have been made available. These idols, typically a small object that fits with the theme of the Survivor location, are hidden near camp or located on Exile Island, with cumulative clues given to a select player (in Guatemala) or to exiled or kidnapped players (otherwise) as to its location. Once found, the player that possesses an idol may keep it or transfer it to another player before or during Tribal Council (in Cook Islands, it couldn't be transferred during tribal council), and it couldn't be stolen from that player.^[5] The player is not required to show this idol to other players, though may use it as a bargaining chip for alliance and voting purposes. Other players may discover the ownership of the idol via any means within the rules of the game, including peeking into other player's personal possessions. In the first few seasons of the twist, only one idol was ever in play, but in Survivor: Fiji, Survivor: China, and from Survivor: Tocantins to Survivor: Redemption Island, two hidden immunity idols were made available to the players (one located at each camp). Only two players; James Clement (Survivor: China) and Parvati Shallow (Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains) have held both idols at the same time. The hidden immunity idol can only be used up until and including the Tribal Council of the final four, five, or six players, depending on the season. In the most recent seasons, the idol is good until day 36.

The use of the idol by a player to become immune has changed through the seasons:

• In Guatemala, the player with the idol was required to show the idol prior to the vote in order to become immune. The other members of the tribe were then not allowed to vote for this player and were not allowed to communicate about possible changes in plans.
• In both Panama and Cook Islands, the player with the idol was required to show the idol after the votes were read to become immune. If the idol holder had received the most number of votes, the player with the next largest number of votes was then immediately voted out. If the idol holder was tied with the most votes with another player, that player was also immediately voted out. This rule has never happened.
• From Fiji onwards, the player with the idol was required to show it after the votes were cast, but before they were read. The idol could be given to another player at this time, allowing that player to use the idol if they so desired. The resolution remained the same as with Panama and Cook Islands. According to an interview with host Jeff Probst, this change achieved a "happy medium" of the previous idol/immunity mechanisms.^[6] This has resulted in players being voted out of the game without playing the idol, or playing the idol when they would have otherwise been safe from the vote.

In Guatemala, the hidden immunity idol was not returned to the game after its use. Since then, if the idol is played, or the player with the idol leaves the game without playing it, the idol is replaced at a new location to be found, as long as the means by which clues to the idol's location are still given out and that the idol can still be played at following Tribal Councils. In Gabon, the contestants unanimously decided to throw a hidden immunity idol into the sea. In this case it was not replaced at a new location. In some seasons, false hidden immunity idols have been fashioned by contestants; these have no value at Tribal Council. If a contestant plays a false hidden immunity idol, the host would toss it into the fire pit. Probst has stated that the production team indirectly encourage contestants to create these fakes by means of supplying the camp with many materials that could be used to fashion the idol.^[7]

During Survivor: Samoa, Russell Hantz is credited by many as the first player to find the idol without a clue, though technically Gary of Survivor: Guatemala found the first hidden immunity idol without a clue; between Survivor: Samoa and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, Hantz would go on to locate six idols with and without help of a clue. As a result, Survivor: Nicaragua would consider the "Russell factor", according to Probst, in hiding future hidden immunity idols.^[8] Coincidentally, the only other season where hidden immunity idols have been found without the aid of a clue, is Survivor: Redemption Island, in which two players found idols without help from a clue. Russell Hantz also participated in this season.

Exile twists

The concept of Exile was first introduced in Survivor: Palau, when a single contestant was made to stay alone on a beach as a result of forfeiting the Immunity Challenge. This "island" concept was later used in Survivor: Panama and was also used in Cook Islands, Fiji, Micronesia, Gabon and Tocantins. A selected player is exiled to a small island apart from the main tribe camps, typically for at least a day following a reward challenge and returning immediately before the following immunity challenge. The player selected may be either the first loser of a challenge (as was the case in Survivor: Palau), or a person selected by either the winning or losing tribe in the tribal phase, or an individual challenge winner in the individual phase. In Micronesia and Tocantins, one person from each tribe was sent to Exile Island. Unless stated otherwise, players who win the right to decide who goes to Exile Island may also choose to go themselves.
Also, whenever the number of contestants is uneven in formation of tribes (in initial division or switching, but not merging), the single-outed contestant will be treated as "tribeless" and sent to Exile Island immediately after formation (as in Survivor: Panama, Survivor: Fiji, and Survivor: Gabon). In this case, the contestant will return and join the tribe which loses a member at the following Tribal Council.
Once selected, the exiled contestant is immediately taken to the island by boat (or given a map to the "island"). On the island, there are few tools to survive with, typically a water canteen, a machete, a pot, and a limited amount of shelter. The two main disadvantages of being on Exile Island are the lack of food and water, which can weaken a player and make them less effective in challenges, and the isolation from other contestants, which can cause a player to become out of the loop and weaken their position in their tribe. Contestants are often sent to Exile Island for one or both of these strategic reasons.
The person exiled receives a consolation prize of sorts – a clue to the hidden immunity idol, which may or may not be located on the island, an "instant comfort" (as in Survivor: Gabon), or the right to change tribes (as in Survivor: Tocantins). If the exiled contestant is asked to return after the Tribal Council (whether they belong to a tribe or not), they will also be immune from being voted out at the respective Tribal Council.

The concept of Exile Island was also explored in the first season of Survivor South Africa, when eliminated contestants were exiled to "Dead Man's Island" and later given a chance to come back into the game. "Dead Man's Island" was known for its tough conditions and atmosphere of despair, as contestants had to survive there without real purpose until near the end of the game.
Only two seasons have used different Exile twists. In China, tribes who win reward challenges won the right to "kidnap" someone from the losing tribe, and that person would have to stay with them until the next immunity challenge. In Samoa, a reverse version of the kidnapping rule was used, called "spy expedition" (also known as "observing"). The winning tribe would have to send one of their own to accompany the other tribe until the immunity challenge. Both of these twists were retired after the merge.

Redemption Island

Is a twist introduced on Survivor: Redemption Island and is derived from the outcast twist on Survivor: Pearl Islands and the Exile Island twist introduced on Survivor: Exile Island. Contestants voted out will go to Redemption Island instead of immediately going home. There they will fend for themselves on limited supplies until the next person is voted out. Whenever there are two people on Redemption Island there is a duel where the winner remains on the island and the loser is eliminated and must remove their buff and throw it into a small fire pit upon exiting. At a predetermined day of the game the lone person remaining on Redemption Island returns to the game to compete for the million dollar prize and Sole Survivor title.

Tribal Council

Tribal Council is held at the end of each episode. Here, the tribemates vote one person out of their tribe. The first time any player visits Tribal Council, they are asked to take a torch and light it from the fire pit omnipresent at every Council. It is stated that "this is part of the ritual of Tribal Council because fire represents life. As long as you have fire, you are still in this game. When your fire's gone, so are you": a metaphor used commonly within the show's theme. If the formation of the Jury has started, they are asked to silently enter and watch the proceedings. The players are then questioned by the host, who often provokes revealing details from them of events and interactions since the tribe's previous tribal council. Immediately prior to the vote, if a player has been awarded individual immunity through an immunity challenge, he is then asked if he wants to transfer that to another player. Whoever has the immunity after this possible exchange cannot be voted out.
The players then vote for another player in secret and explain their vote at the voting confessional, and the player who receives the most votes must leave the game. Players cannot vote for themselves. Players are also required to write legibly, and to avoid the use of uncommon nicknames. During the Tribal Council portion of the episode as aired, these votes and confessionals are not all shown; this is done to maximize the suspense of the pending vote tally. However, the vote of each tribe member is revealed during the credits and the ousted player's confessional. When the votes are read, the order that the votes are pulled has also usually been manipulated by production to extract the most suspense from the players during the tally. All votes are final. Once the vote tally has exceeded the majority needed, the host will stop the vote tally, pronouncing that player eliminated from the game, keeping the remaining votes in secret to the players themselves.
As described previously, the player(s) with the Hidden Immunity Idol(s) are offered the chance to play the idol at specific points during this process.

The eliminated player's torch is extinguished (also dubbed as snuffing), and the host declares "The tribe has spoken. It's time for you to go." In Redemption Island, however, the host would declare "You will have a chance to redeem yourself from Redemption Island." The player then exits the Tribal Council area and delivers some final words that air at the end of the episode. In Redemption Island, however, the player would bring the torch to Redemption Island, which would air at the end of the episode, in case he/she gets back in the game. The remaining tribe members are then told to return to camp with their torches; in some seasons, this has allowed a tribe access to a source of fire, while in other seasons, the tribe is not allowed to return to camp with their torches lit if they do not yet have their own source of fire or method of starting one.
In the event of a tie before there are four contestants remaining, a revote among the non-tied contestants will occur, in which the only candidates for elimination are the tied players. If the revote does not resolve the tie, the tied players are granted immunity and the non-tied players (except anyone who has won individual immunity) are forced to choose rocks out of a bag without looking; the player who chooses the differently colored rock is eliminated. In earlier seasons, the tied players were asked how many votes they had received in the past and whoever had more was eliminated. In Africa, the tied players competed in a nature quiz challenge and whoever lost was eliminated.

Rare cases include:

• In the event of a tie at the final four, a revote will not occur, and the tied players will then face off in a challenge.
  • In Palau, Panama, Cook Islands, and Gabon, this challenge was a fire-making contest.
  • In Marquesas, the random rock tiebreaker was used at the final four, which host Jeff Probst later admitted was a mistake.^[9]
• If a tribe prior to the merge is down to two players, as in Palau, those two will also face off in a challenge to determine who is to leave the game. This has only happened once to date.
• A player may decide to quit the game. While this is disapproved of by the crew and contestants, the player's wish is granted, for whatever reasons. If a player quits at Tribal Council, as was the case in Pearl Islands, Palau, and Nicarugua, not only is the player's torch extinguished, but that player's torch is also laid down. Depending on the player's reasons for quitting, they may or may not get to deliver their final words.
• When players are forced out of the game due to injury, or completely leave the game on their own terms outside of Tribal Council, Tribal Council is usually not held, with the other tribe(s) being informed of the player's departure if still before the merge. However, there have been occasions where, after a player is evacuated, an immunity challenge and subsequent Tribal Council are still held. This is typically when the game begins with more than eighteen contestants.

The jury

All eliminated players except, generally, the Final 9, 10 or 12, leave the game altogether. The remaining players who leave the game, excluding the final two or three who will go on to the final vote, form the jury, a group of people who vote to determine the winner of the game. Once the Jury starts to form, the members are present at every Tribal Council, but are not allowed to speak or interact with the players still in the game; they are only there to observe the questioning and voting that occurs. Jury members are sequestered until the end of the final Tribal Council, and are not allowed to discuss their voting or issues with the remaining contestants, with other jury members, or the final players in order to prevent any possible cooperation or collusion from subgroups within the jury. This restriction continues through the game and up until the reveal of the winner of the game. However, this has been broken in some seasons:

• In Survivor: Marquesas, Paschal English collapsed and was unable to make it to the second-to-last Tribal Council. John Carroll, a registered nurse, discussed about his medical state.
• In Survivor: Micronesia, James Clement suffered an IV infection to his hand, and was evacuated. At the following Tribal Council, James joined the jury and discussed the hand infection. Additionally, he said "I've lost my reign as the dumbest Survivor ever" after Erik was voted out.

[edit] End of the game

The last two challenges (starting on the third to last day of the competition) before the Final Tribal Council have always followed a similar pattern:
Prior to the second-to-last challenge, the players are usually treated to a small food reward (a hearty breakfast or similar meal) for making it this far. The second-to-last immunity challenge tends to be an extremely grueling, multi-part challenge, and is usually the most elaborate challenge of the entire season, often combining elements from previous challenges. A Tribal Council is then held to vote off one player.
Prior to the last challenge, the remaining players partake in a memorial activity appropriate for the theme of the show, where they pay respect to the players who have been eliminated previously. Torches of the eliminated contestants are usually included in this segment. This usually leads directly into the final immunity challenge, which tends to focus on balance and/or endurance and which can last from minutes to almost half a day. In most seasons, with three players participating, winning immunity on this challenge allows that player to select whom he or she wants to go with to the Final Tribal Council, significantly improving their chance at winning the competition. Because of this, the challenges tend to allow players to talk and try to make last-minute deals, giving up immunity for assurance of being taken to the Final Two. A Tribal Council is then held to vote off the last eliminated player. Only the person with Immunity votes since the other two votes would cancel each other out. At this point, the game is no longer in the remaining players' control, as the next day they face the Final Tribal Council where their fate will be decided.
A similar pattern has been used in recent seasons in which three contestants attend the Final Tribal Council. The final challenges and rituals take place one vote earlier in the game. The final immunity challenge is held amongst the final four players, and the winner, while assured a place in the final three, does not unilaterally decide on his or her competition for the prize.^[10] More recently, in Heroes vs. Villains, the grueling and endurance challenges were reversed.


Final tribal council

On the last day of the competition, the surviving players generally either clean up, tear down, or burn down their camp as a tribute to surviving to the end of the game. They then make their way to the final Tribal Council.
During the final Tribal Council, the following events generally occur, though parts may be edited to fit within the time limitation for the show:

• Each of the final players makes an introductory statement to the jury about why they are deserving of the jury's vote.
• Each jury member, in turn, can ask each of the final players a question, which that player must respond to. In some cases, the juror may only be making a short speech which requires no answer but is meant to throw the player off guard.
• From Borneo to Panama, each final player made a closing statement, allowing them to respond generally to the jury's question and again explain why they would be the most deserving winner.
• Each jury member then votes for one of the final players, indicating which player he or she wants to win the game.

After this vote, the container with the votes is taken away by the host. The players are told that the vote will be revealed during the live finale, and the votes are secured until the live finale of the show when the votes are revealed and the winner is announced. On several occasions, such as in Africa and Thailand, the final Tribal Council and finale are edited together to make them seem like one event, until moments later the camera shows the studio audience. This is possible by re-creating on a studio the Tribal Council set from the location of filming.

With the use of a Final 2, the jury has almost always been odd-numbered, thus ensuring that no tie would be possible. However, with every Final 3 jury, or as in the case of Micronesia of an even-numbered jury for a Final 2, a tie may be possible; it is unknown what mechanism is used to resolve a tie should it occur. During the finale of Micronesia, Jeff had a white envelope that he claimed held the tie-breaker, but its contents were not revealed as no tie occurred.^[11]

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Audition dates & venues:

Chandigarh: May 8, 2011
St Soldier International Convent School, Phase VII, Mohali. Pin-160059

Delhi: May 10, 2011
Kalka public school, Alaknanda, near GK 2, New Delhi

Mumbai: May 14, 2011
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High school near Diamond Garden,
St.Anthony's Rd. Chembur, Mumbai-71.

PLEASE NOTE: Pre-requisites for applicants/auditions

Aspiring participants are requested to carry the following details while visiting the audition center:

(i) Latest passport size photographs (3 nos.)
(ii) PAN Card [for Indian Nationals] / Driver's license/ Equivalent Identification for non-Indians.
(iii) Valid passport (not expiring before 31st of December 2011)
(iv) Voter's ID Card/ Latest Electricity Bill as proof of residence (in case permanent address mentioned in passport is different from the current residential address)
(v) Medical certificate from a doctor i.e. general practitioner, dated not more than 7 days prior to Audition date, certifying applicant’s physical fitness.

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Pooja Bedi is now almost a veteran in this genre. And the feisty actress is said to be gearing up for yet another adventure based reality show. This time it’s the Indian version of the popular international reality show Survivor on Star Plus.


Our source says, “Pooja seems to be enjoying the taste of reality and hence she has been seen on all kinds of reality shows. Pooja was also a part of the adventure reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 1. Apart from Pooja, television actor Karan Grover was also approached for the same but he has turned down the offer. The shooting for Survivor is said to be in the scenic Panama Islands. The participants have been asked to set aside 40 days for the show. Recently Love Story 2050 actor Harman Baweja was also reportedly approached for the show.”
We tried contacting Pooja and Karan but they remained unavailable for comments.



Pooja was last seen in Maa Exchange a reality show on Sony.

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Karan Patel and Karishma Tanna approached to Star Plus' Survivor...

broke the news about the next big reality adaption in Indian television, Survivor, on Star Plus. We also gave the names approached for show that include Rahul Vaidya, Abhishek Avasthi, Aditya Redij.

The latest we hear is that Karishma Tanna, last seen in Imagine's Zor Ka Jhatka and Karan Patel, popularly known as Robbie from Kasturi, are approached for the show.

The news about Amit Tandon, Kushal Punjabi and Payal Rohatgi having been approached is already out in the media.

When contacted, Karan Patel told us, "Yes I have been approached for the show but nothing is confirmed yet."

We also contacted Kushal Punjabi and he said, "Yes, they had called me long time back, but after that there has been no response from them."

We tried calling Amit Tandon and Karishma Tanna, but they were unavailable for comments.

Watch out for the space on more updates on the show...