Survivor: San Juan del Sur
| Survivor: San Juan del Sur | |
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| Presented by | Jeff Probst |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| No. of days | 39.5 |
| No. of castaways | 18 |
| Winner | Natalie Anderson |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua |
| Filming dates | June 2 – July 10, 2014 |
| Release | |
| Original release | September 24 – December 17, 2014 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Survivor: Cagayan |
| Followed by | Survivor: Worlds Apart |
Survivor: San Juan del Sur — Blood vs. Water is the twenty-ninth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor, which premiered on September 24, 2014. Similar to Survivor: Blood vs. Water, the season features pairs of loved ones competing against each other but, unlike Blood vs. Water, all the players are new. The season was filmed in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, the same location as Survivor: Nicaragua and Survivor: Redemption Island. The two-hour finale and one-hour reunion show aired on December 17, 2014, where Natalie Anderson was named the winner over Jaclyn Schultz and Missy Payne.
This season saw the return of Exile Island, which was last used in . In lieu of a reward challenge, a castaway and their loved one would square off in a duel. The loser is sent to Exile Island, while the winner earns reward for his or her tribe and must send one of their tribemates to Exile Island as well. The two castaways who are sent to Exile Island then have to choose one of two vases, where in only one has a clue to a hidden immunity idol located at their tribe's camp. Exile Island continued after the merge with one castaway exiled by the reward winners, where there would be a single urn with a clue to an idol hidden somewhere on Exile.
The season was originally set to have 20 castaways, but a pair of sisters dropped out before the game began due to a medical emergency. The season would continue with nine pairs, but with the first gender imbalance since Survivor: Fiji. One of the sisters, So Kim, eventually competed on the following season, Survivor: Worlds Apart. While this season initially included Redemption Island, production decided to ultimately not use it for the season, and instead replaced it with the return of Exile Island.
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