As the years go by, more and more players join the league of records set over the years. We now have six men and six women who hold the record for most individual immunity challenge wins in a single season. That’s 1.59% of all players, which is still an incredible feat. But what’s even crazier? The fact that only 0.2% of Survivor players hold a different individual season record.
Only two players in Survivor history did not receive any votes all season.
There are obviously a few ways to go out on Survivor that don’t include being voted off. So we’re not counting the no-votes players who quit the game or were medically evacuated. We’re talking about the players who were able to play through the game without receiving any votes against them during the season on top of not getting any votes at Final Tribal Council.
The first person to earn this record-breaking title was Sugar Kiper in Survivor: Gabon. Almost every player on that beach didn’t see Sugar as a threat despite the fact that, by the end, she was the only player who found a hidden immunity idol and kept it hidden for the entire game—without having to use it. The second idol of the season was found by the tribe and thrown into the ocean, and the third idol of the season was never even found.
Sugar was continuously sent to Exile Island, but, because she already had the idol after her first visit, she spent all subsequent visits lounging in the covered shelter, eating fruit. She was the most well taken care of player that entire season, making it to the end without receiving any votes because people didn’t think twice about Sugar being the mastermind she really was. Unfortunately, after making it to Final Tribal Council, her lack of strong social relationships with the jury kept her from getting any votes. That ultimately put her higher in the history books than any other player that season, though.
And then, 18 years later, Joe Hunter returned to the game for Survivor 50 after being a finalist in Survivor 48. While he received one vote against him and one vote for him at Final Tribal Council in his original season, he managed to lower that number even further for his second chance season. Throughout the entirety of Survivor 50, Joe—along with runner-up Jonathan Young—did not receive a single vote against them before getting to Final Tribal Council.
Where Jonathan went on to get three jury votes from his pre-game alliance friends, the rest of the votes went to winner Aubry Bracco, leaving Joe as the second player (and first man) in Survivor history to never have their name written down in an entire season.
Of course, when people make it to the end without receiving any votes, it always invites a discussion of whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing. What do you think? Is this an incredible record to hold?
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