Season 51, Episode 2: What I'm Smelling is Stinky

Aired: October 7, 2026

Synopsis: In the wake of a rocky tribal council, a castaway makes a shocking move; a mysterious Tree Mail delivers a game-changing twist; two castaways secretly bond at tribal council in an attempt to change the course of the vote.

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Season 51, Episode 2: What I'm Smelling is Stinky

Aired: October 7, 2026

Synopsis: In the wake of a rocky tribal council, a castaway makes a shocking move; a mysterious Tree Mail delivers a game-changing twist; two castaways secretly bond at tribal council in an attempt to change the course of the vote.

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Comments are fair game for spoilers (excluding production spoilers), so read at your own risk!

West Coasters, chat about the episode as it airs live on the West Coast! There will be a separate thread at 7:45 PM Pacific Time.

Season 51, Episode 2: Weaponized Honesty

Aired: September 30, 2026

Synopsis: An injury threatens to send one player home; two tribes face off in a daunting immunity challenge at sea where one tribe struggles to keep afloat; tribal council takes a wild turn when one player attempts a never-before-seen move to save an ally.

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Season 51, Episode 2: Weaponized Honesty

Aired: September 30, 2026

Synopsis: An injury threatens to send one player home; two tribes face off in a daunting immunity challenge at sea where one tribe struggles to keep afloat; tribal council takes a wild turn when one player attempts a never-before-seen move to save an ally.

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West Coasters, chat about the episode as it airs live on the West Coast! There will be a separate thread at 7:45 PM Pacific Time.

Season 51, Episode 1: Permanent Uncertainty

Aired: September 23, 2026

Synopsis: Castaways marooned in remote Fiji embark upon the Open Era of SURVIVOR and battle to win $1 million. The catchphrase of the season, "permanent uncertainty," comes into play as soon as the castaways reach the beach and discover that one player must leave to go on a mysterious journey. Then, the first tribal council pits two allies against each other in a dramatic battle of wills.

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Season 51, Episode 1: Permanent Uncertainty

Aired: September 23, 2026

Synopsis: Castaways marooned in remote Fiji embark upon the Open Era of SURVIVOR and battle to win $1 million. The catchphrase of the season, "permanent uncertainty," comes into play as soon as the castaways reach the beach and discover that one player must leave to go on a mysterious journey. Then, the first tribal council pits two allies against each other in a dramatic battle of wills.

Read our spoiler policy here.

Please keep new submission titles spoiler-free until Friday morning. If you are submitting an image or post that might spoil people, include "Spoiler" in the title so that reddit tags it appropriately.

Comments are fair game for spoilers (excluding production spoilers), so read at your own risk!

West Coasters, chat about the episode as it airs live on the West Coast! There will be a separate thread at 7:45 PM Pacific Time.

Welcome to "Previously On, /r/Survivor," a weekly thread intended for anyone to ask any question about Survivor, without judgement.

This community contains many superfans who know too much about the show. And it also contains many up-and-coming fans, who may have questions about Survivor that they're hesitant to ask for various reasons. This is the thread for those questions.

Or any Survivor questions from anyone, really.

There are no dumb questions in this thread. Please do not downvote questions unless they're obvious trolling/shitposting. Otherwise, ask away, and those of us who know the answers will provide insight.

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A huge welcome to u/theyoungknight, who will be joining us on Sunday, August 23 at 1:30 PM EST/10:30 AM PST for an AMA!

Users are welcome to begin getting their questions in now so that Owen can dive right in at the appointed time! Would you like to know Owen's thoughts on anything having to do with Survivor or beyond? Now is your chance to ask!

r/survivor will be incredibly fortunate to welcome Survivor 43's Owen Knight (u/theyoungknight) for an AMA! He will be joining us this Sunday, August 23 at 1:30 PM EST/10:30 AM PST. All questions about Survivor and beyond will be welcome!

THIS POST IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT, NOT THE AMA ITSELF! PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS IN THIS POST!

Make sure to join in and submit your questions when the AMA post opens on Saturday, August 22!

Welcome to "Previously On, /r/Survivor," a weekly thread intended for anyone to ask any question about Survivor, without judgement.

This community contains many superfans who know too much about the show. And it also contains many up-and-coming fans, who may have questions about Survivor that they're hesitant to ask for various reasons. This is the thread for those questions.

Or any Survivor questions from anyone, really.

There are no dumb questions in this thread. Please do not downvote questions unless they're obvious trolling/shitposting. Otherwise, ask away, and those of us who know the answers will provide insight.

Welcome to "Previously On, /r/Survivor," a weekly thread intended for anyone to ask any question about Survivor, without judgement.

This community contains many superfans who know too much about the show. And it also contains many up-and-coming fans, who may have questions about Survivor that they're hesitant to ask for various reasons. This is the thread for those questions.

Or any Survivor questions from anyone, really.

There are no dumb questions in this thread. Please do not downvote questions unless they're obvious trolling/shitposting. Otherwise, ask away, and those of us who know the answers will provide insight.

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A huge welcome to u/RachelLaMont, who will be joining us on Sunday, August 2 at 12:00 PM EST/9:00 AM PST for an AMA!

Users are welcome to begin getting their questions in now so that Rachel can dive right in at the appointed time! Would you like to know Rachel's thoughts on anything having to do with Survivor, her game Puzzle Hungry: Umami Rush, or something else? Now is your chance to ask!

EDIT: Keep an eye on this post for more answers in the coming days! Rachel is signing off for now with the following:

"Hey everyone! It's been over 4 hours and somehow I feel like I haven't made a dent on these questions. I have to sign off for now, but I will try to come back and answer more when I can. Part of why this took so long is because you guys asked really awesome questions that took a lot of time to respond to! I appreciate it so much.

• If you want to keep up with me, please follow me on Instagram
• Check out Puzzle Hungry, the competitive puzzle board game I designed, which is available NOW!
• Check out Sidepiece, my new FREE daily jigsaw puzzle race (think Wordle/Pips but for jigsaws!)

I've lived and lurked and commented in r/Survivor for nearly a decade and it's things like this that really take me back to being the huge fan that wanted nothing more than to play (and win!) Survivor. THANK YOUU!"

r/survivor will be incredibly fortunate to welcome Survivor 47's Rachel LaMont (u/RachelLaMont) for an AMA! She will be joining us this Sunday, August 2 at 12:00 PM EST/9:00 AM PST. All questions about Survivor, her game Puzzle Hungry: Umami Rush, and beyond will be welcome!

THIS POST IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT, NOT THE AMA ITSELF! PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS IN THIS POST!

Make sure to join in and submit your questions when the AMA post opens on Saturday, August 1!

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A huge welcome to u/AlsoDino, who will be joining us on Sunday, July 26 at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST/7:00 PM South Africa Standard for an AMA!

Users are welcome to begin getting their questions in now so that Dino can dive right in at the appointed time! Would you like to know Dino's thoughts on anything having to do with Survivor, escape rooms, skydiving, or something else? Now is your chance to ask!

r/survivor is keeping the AMAs rolling with an incredibly special guest, Survivor South Africa's very own two-time player and winner of its most recent season, Dino Paulo (u/AlsoDino)! He will be joining us this Sunday July 26 at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST (that's 7:00 PM South Africa Standard Time, for our friends from South Africa!). All questions about Survivor, escape rooms, skydiving, and beyond will be welcome!

THIS POST IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT, NOT THE AMA ITSELF! PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS IN THIS POST!

Make sure to join in and submit your questions when the AMA post opens on Saturday, July 25!

Welcome to "Previously On, /r/Survivor," a weekly thread intended for anyone to ask any question about Survivor, without judgement.

This community contains many superfans who know too much about the show. And it also contains many up-and-coming fans, who may have questions about Survivor that they're hesitant to ask for various reasons. This is the thread for those questions.

Or any Survivor questions from anyone, really.

There are no dumb questions in this thread. Please do not downvote questions unless they're obvious trolling/shitposting. Otherwise, ask away, and those of us who know the answers will provide insight.

Welcome to our first ever edition of Australian What Season Should You Watch!

With fourteen seasons of Australian Survivor, there's never been a better and yet more confusing time to dive into the US show's acclaimed cousin. We get frequent questions about what the best seasons are from Australian Survivor, and where to start. This is your chance to weigh in with all your opinions about these seasons and to encourage newbies to take the dive.

Though only twelve seasons are considered part of the modern Australian Survivor canon, we have included the two earlier seasons as part of our surveys. If these surveys do not receive enough responses, we will not include them as part of the overall rankings. We will however still do 'unranked' countdown posts for these two seasons to give you the chance to give your longer opinions on these seasons.

For this iteration of WSSYW we will be continuing the format of WSSYW 12.0. In each parent comment, there is a link to a Google Form where you will be asked to rate how watchable the season is for a new Survivor fan. For example, if you think a season is extremely watchable and highly recommended for a new fan, you might score it a 9 or a 10. If you think a season is dense, predictable, unfun or disappointing, you might score it a 1 or a 2. We will then calculate the average scores given to each season and use these to create a ranking of seasons. VOTING A SEASON UP OR DOWN ON REDDIT HAS NO EFFECT ON THE SEASON RANKINGS. To emphasise this, we will keep this thread in contest mode during voting.

Voting on WSSYW 12.0 will close at midnight EST at the end of Friday July 24th. At this point, we will collect and average the data so that we may publish the results over the next few weeks, as part of a series of countdown posts.

There will also be additional questions in these forms. These questions are not mandatory - they are merely a gauge of your opinion on specific aspects of each season, such as challenges, twists and the ending. The results that they produce will also be included in this thread, and in the daily countdowns, at a later date.

Once you’ve voted, you are encouraged to leave a review. Any comments that contain major spoilers will be removed. This especially includes any comments that could give away the winner or F2/F3. It also means no major plot points like boot order, rock draws, medevacs, or twists. Mentioning tribe swaps is ok, but discussing specific results from them is not (e.g. someone getting swap screwed). When describing boot order, please be vague, with words like "bad" or "disappointing" instead of "all the likable players are booted pre-merge." It is ok to discuss spoilers in vague terms as long as you don't reveal the specific results. For instance, “Champions vs. Contenders has a bananas post-merge, with tons of awesome drama” is okay, but “One player runs a train over her overmatched competitors this post-merge” is not.

We encourage a 1,250-character limit on comments to keep replies short and on point. Newbies who use this thread said that they want to be able to quickly peruse short non-spoiler descriptions of seasons, rather than read essay-length responses.

But there will also be a place for those essays. After a few days has passed and this thread has established an order of seasons, we will begin a second series: a countdown series of the rankings that allows spoilers and has no character limit, beginning with whatever season came in last. They will run for the next two weeks after voting closes.

The thread is not trying to establish the perfect order for watching seasons. It's meant as an easy-to-read, spoiler-free reference tool for anyone who wants help figuring out why they should watch a certain season, and which seasons are considered the best. We refer to this thread throughout the year whenever someone posts something like, “I’m new to Australian Survivor! What seasons should I watch?” We get a ton of these posts.

To emphasise that voting seasons up or down has no effect, this thread will be sorted in contest mode at first and will later move to sorting by the order of the seasons.

TL;DR:

1. Click on the link in each parent comment to vote on seasons.
2. Do not upvote or downvote seasons; this has no effect.
3. Leave short, spoiler free reviews for each season, with a suggested character limit of 1,250
4. Write in-depth reviews with no spoiler restrictions for a daily countdown of the rankings

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A huge welcome to u/SurvivorEthan, who will be joining us on Saturday, July 18 at 3:00 PM EST/12:00 PM PST for an AMA!

Users are welcome to begin getting their questions in now so that Ethan can dive right in at the appointed time! Would you like to know Ethan's thoughts on anything having to do with Survivor, the ongoing World Cup, his new web series Kicking Back, or something else? Now is your chance to ask!

>Thanks again to Ethan for being here today! He has wrapped up with the following message:
> >"THANK YOU!!! I had so much fun hanging out and sharing my stories of Survivor. I have a new web series called Kicking Back on High Times YouTube! Check it out if you get a chance. Link To Playlist: https://linktw.in/oZZDAU > >We went to Boston, Philly, NYC, ATL, LA, KC, Dallas and Miami! The epsides are WILD - short, fun, lighthearted, travel, food, soccer. We literally showed up and hunted for the coolest stuff to film! > >KICKING BACK is an unscripted series presented by High Times Magazine and hosted by ME, Ethan Zohn - I traveled to the 8World Cup host cities to tap into local cannabis culture, meet the sport’s biggest names and uncover communities that give the game its soul - raw, real, and wildly entertaining. > >Kicking Back here...love to hear your thoughts! https://linktw.in/oZZDAU"