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The second series of Survivor, commonly referred to as Survivor: Panama, premiered on 13 March 2002 and ran until 29 May 2002. The series was presented by cricket presenter Mark Nicholas and consisted of 37 days of gameplay, with 12 castaways competing for a prize of £1,000,000. The season was filmed in the Bocas del Toro archipelago of Panama.

The 12 contestants were initially separated into two tribes, named North Island and South Island. On Day 17, the eight remaining players merged into one tribe, Columbus, named after explorer Christopher Columbus. The six players voted off from Columbus formed the jury, who along with the British public - as the 7th juror - decided who would be the "Ultimate Survivor". After 37 days of competition, police detective Jonny Gibb was named the "Ultimate Survivor", defeating teacher Susannah Moffat in a 7–0 jury vote. Moffat complained the show portrayed her as an "arty farty teacher with a posh accent".

Production

Despite the lack of success the first series experienced, ITV decided to renew Survivor for a second series, but with an overhaul. These changes included fewer contestants, audience participation and replacing presenters Mark Austin and John Leslie, with a single presenter, Channel 4 cricket presenter Mark Nicholas.

The series was broadcast weekly on Wednesday nights at 9:45 pm and episodes were repeated on Fridays at 8:30 pm. The second series was also accompanied by Survivor: The Last Word, a televised interview with evictees, as well as a supporting series, Survivor: Raw, broadcast on sister channel ITV2. Survivor: Raw was presented by "Ultimate Survivor" of Survivor: Pulau Tiga Charlotte Hobrough, as well as Ed Hall. It included extra footage not aired on the main series, discussions, interviews with evictees and phone-ins and emails from viewers.

Contestants

1. The Columbus tribe did not have an official tribe colour, they simply had a flag resembling the flag of Panama with the frog and turtle replacing the red and blue stars.

Season summary

1. Combined reward and immunity challenge.
2. Although South Island finished first, one of their tribe members failed to complete the obstacle course, resulting in them being disqualified, and North Island winning the challenge.
3. No vote occurred. The Day 16 Tribal Council was used to reveal the British public's jury vote.

Voting history

Jury vote
Episode	12
Day	37
Finalist	Jonny	Susannah
Votes	7–0
Juror	Vote
John
Bridget
Dave
Drew
Alastair
Helen
British public

Notes

1. The first Tribal Council vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for the two tied.
2. ^ As the second Tribal Council vote remained a tie, there was a challenge between Bridget and Helen in order to stay in the game. Bridget won, therefore, Helen was eliminated.
3. ^ John and Jonny were not eligible to vote as the only eligible players they could vote for were each other.
4. ^ Bridget and Helen were not eligible to vote in the second round of voting.
5. Jonny won the British public's jury vote, receiving 89% of the vote. Susannah received 11% of the vote.

References

1. "Jonny scoops £1m Survivor prize". BBC. 30 May 2002. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
2. "Survivor proves a TV dinosaur". BBC. 25 July 2001. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
3. "Survivor returns with new look". BBC. 13 March 2002. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
4. "Survivor 2: ITV releases scheduling details". Digital Spy. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
5. Bindley, David (20 March 2010). "Survivor: The Complete Challenge Guide (1st ed.)" (PDF). Retrieved 16 December 2010.

• 2002 British television seasons
• Survivor (franchise) seasons
• Television shows filmed in Panama
• Television shows set in Central America
• Survivor (British TV series)