Survivor: Samoa
| Survivor: Samoa | |
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| Presented by | Jeff Probst |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| No. of days | 39 |
| No. of castaways | 20 |
| Winner | Natalie White |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Upolu, Samoa |
| Filming dates | June 11 – July 19, 2009 |
| Release | |
| Original release | September 17 – December 20, 2009 |
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| Followed by | Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains |
Survivor: Samoa is the 19th season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season premiered on Thursday, September 17, 2009. Participant applications were due by January 14, 2009. Approximately 800 were invited to be interviewed in several states. Following this, approximately 48 semi-finalists were invited to Los Angeles in April 2009 for final interviews with the producers. From there, 20 finalists were selected to be contestants in the show, which was scheduled to occur between mid June and mid-July 2009 in Samoa. Similar to , the minimum age requirement for this season was 18 for most states.
In the end, Natalie White defeated Russell Hantz and Mick Trimming with a vote of 7–2–0. Hantz ended up winning the "Sprint Player of the Season" Award, earning the fans' vote over the next highest vote getters, Shannon "Shambo" Waters and Brett Clouser. This was the first season when the tribes merged at 12 players.
On November 18, 2014, the season was released in a DVD set including all episodes and numerous special features, including unaired scenes and the Life at Ponderosa webseries. It is only made available through online purchase, manufactured by Amazon.com's CreateSpace.
Russell Hantz later appeared as a contestant in the following season, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, where he finished in 3rd place. He then returned to compete again in Survivor: Redemption Island, and finished in 17th place. Russell Swan returned in Survivor: Philippines and finished in 15th place. Laura Morett returned in Survivor: Blood vs. Water alongside her daughter Ciera Eastin, where she placed 6th. Monica Padilla returned for Survivor: Cambodia and finished in 16th place.
The twenty contestants were assigned tribes at the start of the game and, based only on appearances, were instructed to elect a leader who would make critical decisions at challenges for the first half of the game. The leader of the tribe that won the reward challenge would also choose a member of their tribe to observe the other tribe for a day, receiving a clue to the hidden immunity idol at the other tribe's camp. Mick was chosen as Foa Foa's leader, and Russell S. as Galu's.
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