| Survivor: Philippines | |
|---|---|
| Season 25 | |
 Region 1 DVD cover | |
| Presented by | Jeff Probst |
| No. of days | 39 |
| No. of castaways | 18 |
| Winner | Denise Stapley |
| Runners-up | Lisa Whelchel Michael Skupin |
| Location | Caramoan, Philippines |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 19 – December 16, 2012 |
| Additional information | |
| Filming dates | March 18 – April 25, 2012 |
| Season chronology | |
Survivor: Philippines is the twenty-fifth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season was filmed March 18 – April 25, 2012, and premiered on September 19, 2012, with a special 90-minute episode.[1][2] It is the first season since Survivor: All-Stars to begin with three tribes and the seventh season overall to feature returning castaways.[3]
Participants' applications were due on October 4, 2011, with approximately 800 chosen for interviews in various states. From there, 15 new contestants were selected. With filming beginning in March, it marked the earliest Survivor season filming to date since Survivor: Borneo.[4] The season featured the 15 new castaways competing with three returning castaways who were removed from their previous seasons due to illness or injury: Michael Skupin (passed out into a fire and suffered severe burns to his face and hands) of The Australian Outback, Jonathan Penner (removed due to a serious infection to his knee) originally from Cook Islands and later evacuated in Micronesia, and Russell Swan (removed after blacking out twice due to low blood pressure resulting from dehydration) of Samoa.[5]
Denise Stapley was named the winner in the final episode on December 16, 2012, defeating Lisa Whelchel and Michael Skupin in a 6–1–1 vote, marking the second time in Survivor history (after China exactly 10 seasons earlier) where all three finalists received at least one vote. Stapley is the oldest female winner in the show's history, and the only person to have attended and survived every Tribal Council in a single season. Whelchel won $100,000 as the "Sprint Player of the Season", narrowly beating out Malcolm Freberg by 0.7% of a voting margin; the closest margin in the history of the award.
- ^ Buan-Deveza, Reyma (March 27, 2012). "'Survivor' USA shoots in Camarines Sur". ABS-CBN News. ABS-CBN Corporation. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "CBS Announces 2012-2013 Premiere Dates". TheFutonCritic.com. July 11, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
- ^ Ross, Dalton (May 13, 2012). "'Survivor: Philippines': Jeff Probst explains the big twist for next season". EW.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ Andy Dehnart (September 27, 2011). "Survivor's 25th and 26th seasons will be filmed earlier than usual". Reality TV World.
- ^ Ross, Dalton (August 21, 2012). "'Survivor': Jonathan Penner, Russell Swan and Mike Skupin Return!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 21, 2012.