Survivor Philippines (season 1)

Survivor Philippines (season 1)
Logo of Survivor Philippines
Presented by
No. of episodes	65 + 1 Reunion Special
No. of days	39
No. of castaways	18
Winner	JC Tiuseco
Production
Location(s)	Ko Tarutao, Satun Province, Thailand
Filming dates	July 21 – August 29, 2008
Release
Original release	September 15 – December 14, 2008
Chronology
Followed by	Survivor Philippines: Palau

The first season of Survivor Philippines premiered on September 15, 2008, and ended its run on December 14 of the same year. Auditions for this season were held in six Philippine cities in May 2008. From these auditions, 18 contestants (up from the originally announced 16) were selected to participate on the show in June 2008. The show was shot in Ko Tarutao, the same island where Survivor: Thailand took place, from July to August, 2008.

The names of the tribes were derived from the Thai language: Naak (นาค), Jarakay (จระเข้) and Chalam (ฉลาม), meaning snake, crocodile and shark respectively. The tribes were initially divided by gender, with Jarakay composed of the nine male contestants, and Naak of the females. On Day 19, the two tribes were merged into Chalam, composed of the ten remaining castaways.

The season was won by John Carlo "JC" Tiuseco, defeating Robert Vincent "Rob" Sy, 7-2, with the seventh vote resulting from him winning the popularity vote mentioned above. JC's win was already leaked months earlier after a showbiz-oriented website published the alleged results of the Final Tribal Council in October 2008 after two of the show's staff were overheard in a coffee shop about the show's outcome. Bediones labeled that website's report as a spoiler and insisted that only the program manager knew the identity of the winner, as the results would be revealed live on its finale.

Even though this is the first season of the Philippine version, several twists and changes were already incorporated into the game.

Cycles in this article refer to the three-day periods in the game (unless indicated), composed of at least the Immunity Challenge and the subsequent Tribal Council. Except on the first cycle, every cycle begins at the end of the previous Tribal Council. So any events that occurred after a Tribal Council will be chronicled in the next cycle.

^C1 The original Jarakay tribe composed by male castaways won the first reward challenge.
^C2 Because Kiko was kidnapped by Jarakay and his tribe did not win immunity, he was in essence immune because of the stipulation attached.
^C3 There was no reward challenge because of the merge.
^C4 Instead of a Reward Challenge, there was a Survivor Auction where JC won a trip for four to a "secret location"; he took Zita, Kiko, and Rob with him.
^C5 An additional reward was given to the winner. JC won Immunity alone, but shared his reward with Cris and Marlon.
^C6 JC won the challenge, but gave immunity to Rob in exchange for an alternate prize, which was a car.