{
  "season": 51,
  "title": "Survivor 51: The Open Era",
  "network": "CBS",
  "streaming": "Paramount+",
  "premiere": "2026-09-23T20:00:00-04:00",
  "location": "Mamanuca Islands, Fiji",
  "host": "Jeff Probst",
  "updated": "2026-10-01",
  "tribes": [
    {
      "name": "Toka",
      "color": "yellow"
    },
    {
      "name": "Savu",
      "color": "purple"
    }
  ],
  "castaways": [
    {
      "name": "Aaliyah Puglia",
      "age": 24,
      "hometown": "Providence, RI",
      "occupation": "Chef",
      "tribe": "Toka",
      "status": "Voted out, episode 1"
    },
    {
      "name": "Alexis Levine",
      "age": 34,
      "hometown": "Atlanta, GA",
      "occupation": "Criminal defense attorney",
      "tribe": "Savu",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ana Sani",
      "age": 34,
      "hometown": "Toronto, ON",
      "occupation": "Voice actress",
      "tribe": "Savu",
      "status": "Voted out, episode 2"
    },
    {
      "name": "Brady Booker",
      "age": 27,
      "hometown": "Knoxville, TN",
      "occupation": "Pro wrestler",
      "tribe": "Toka",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Carter Krull",
      "age": 24,
      "hometown": "Sioux Falls, SD",
      "occupation": "Livestock farmer",
      "tribe": "Savu",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Cristian Chavez",
      "age": 26,
      "hometown": "Salt Lake City, UT",
      "occupation": "Head of HR",
      "tribe": "Savu",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Danny \"Kilby\" Kilby",
      "age": 30,
      "hometown": "London, ON",
      "occupation": "Game designer",
      "tribe": "Toka",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Devin Way",
      "age": 33,
      "hometown": "Los Angeles, CA",
      "occupation": "Actor",
      "tribe": "Toka",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Eric Macksoud",
      "age": 34,
      "hometown": "Windsor Locks, CT",
      "occupation": "Mental health counselor",
      "tribe": "Savu",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Angelica \"Jelly\" Loblack",
      "age": 29,
      "hometown": "Bloomington, IN",
      "occupation": "Sociology professor",
      "tribe": "Toka",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jenna Doore",
      "age": 30,
      "hometown": "Toledo, OH",
      "occupation": "Wedding photographer",
      "tribe": "Toka",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kristin Flickinger",
      "age": 49,
      "hometown": "Santa Barbara, CA",
      "occupation": "Crisis management",
      "tribe": "Savu",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lewis Kelly",
      "age": 28,
      "hometown": "Corozal, PR",
      "occupation": "Farmer",
      "tribe": "Exile",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Linnea Capobianco",
      "age": 25,
      "hometown": "Jersey City, NJ",
      "occupation": "Entrepreneur",
      "tribe": "Savu",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Maggie Nestor",
      "age": 40,
      "hometown": "Charles Town, WV",
      "occupation": "Farmer",
      "tribe": "Toka",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mike Pinsky",
      "age": 32,
      "hometown": "New York, NY",
      "occupation": "Yankees baseball ops",
      "tribe": "Toka",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ori Jean-Charles",
      "age": 27,
      "hometown": "Spring Valley, NY",
      "occupation": "Model & fitness coach",
      "tribe": "Savu",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Patt Cannaday",
      "age": 33,
      "hometown": "Washington, DC",
      "occupation": "Federal prosecutor",
      "tribe": "Toka",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rob Antonson",
      "age": 40,
      "hometown": "Cumberland, RI",
      "occupation": "Airline gate agent",
      "tribe": "Savu",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sharonda Cox",
      "age": 34,
      "hometown": "Richmond, KY",
      "occupation": "OB/GYN resident",
      "tribe": "Savu",
      "status": "In the game"
    },
    {
      "name": "Thien An Nguyen",
      "age": 24,
      "hometown": "Fort Worth, TX",
      "occupation": "Medical student",
      "tribe": "Toka",
      "status": "In the game"
    }
  ],
  "boots": [
    {
      "name": "Aaliyah Puglia",
      "episode": 1,
      "day": 3,
      "tribe": "Toka",
      "vote": "6–2",
      "summary": "Toka lost the first immunity challenge. The plan was to vote out Jenna until Patt tipped her off. Jenna told Brady that Aaliyah was targeting him, and Brady flipped the vote. Aaliyah and Jenna both played their Shots in the Dark, and both came up \"Not safe.\" Only Devin and Jelly voted with Aaliyah."
    },
    {
      "name": "Ana Sani",
      "episode": 2,
      "tribe": "Savu",
      "vote": "6–4",
      "summary": "Savu lost the immunity challenge for the second week in a row. Ana told Alexis who she wanted to vote out, then told Carter and Cristian the same thing. Alexis found out and warned Sharonda and Linnea, so they turned on Ana. At Tribal Council, Rob tried to vote for himself to protect Eric, but producers stepped in to stop him and he voted for Eric instead. The vote split between Ana and Eric before two more votes for Ana came out, sending her home 6–4."
    }
  ],
  "twists": [
    {
      "name": "Exile Island",
      "episode": 1,
      "text": "The castaways had to send one player away before the game started. Lewis Kelly volunteered. On Exile he had one hour to chop down a mast and grab an idol from the top. He ran out of time. He was safe at the first Tribal Council."
    },
    {
      "name": "The coin flip",
      "episode": 1,
      "text": "The coin flip from Season 50 is now a permanent twist. A player who calls it right gets safety and adds $1 million to the prize. A player who calls it wrong is out, and the money rolls over to the next season. Nobody flipped in episode 1."
    },
    {
      "name": "Firemaking stays",
      "episode": 1,
      "text": "The castaways voted on whether to scrap the final-four firemaking challenge. Only 5 of 20 voted to scrap it, so it stays."
    },
    {
      "name": "First idol",
      "episode": 1,
      "text": "Rob Antonson found a hidden immunity idol at Savu camp. It has no catch and works until the final five."
    }
  ]
}