Everyone who has been voted out of Survivor season 46 so far and who's still left

There are 9 castaways left with a chance to win Survivor season 46 after eight episodes

“Hide ‘N Seek” – In the aftermath of a blindside elimination, multiple castaways claim credit for their resume, stirring the pot among their fellow tribemates. In a classic SURVIVOR challenge, castaways must hold on for a shot at immunity from tribal council. Then, an innocent game of hide and seek becomes a revealing metaphor about every castaway’s SURVIVOR strategy, on SURVIVOR, Wednesday, April 17 (8:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and
“Hide ‘N Seek” – In the aftermath of a blindside elimination, multiple castaways claim credit for their resume, stirring the pot among their fellow tribemates. In a classic SURVIVOR challenge, castaways must hold on for a shot at immunity from tribal council. Then, an innocent game of hide and seek becomes a revealing metaphor about every castaway’s SURVIVOR strategy, on SURVIVOR, Wednesday, April 17 (8:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and /
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Survivor season 46 is more than halfway over! We're definitely loving that Survivor switched to 90-minute episodes for the remainder of the season. We also know that the season will come to an end and the winner will be revealed in the season finale on May 22, 2024.

For the season, our team at Surviving Tribal is tuning in weekly and covering the season. We've shared our list of the castaways who have been eliminated in season 46. We also shared the running list of the castaways still with a chance to win the $1 million grand prize and title of Sole Survivor for season 46.

Through eight episodes, only nine contestants remain in the game. In the new era of Survivor, it's a quick spring to the final five. We only have a few weeks remaining until the season finale, and there are multiple idols and advantages left in the game. It's going to be wild!

1. David "Jelinsky" Jelinsky

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David “Jelinsky” Jelinsky from the CBS Original Series SURVIVOR, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. -- Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. /

Jelinsky was the first person eliminated from Survivor season 46, and it's all because he read and played the game completely wrong. After losing the first challenge of the season with the Yanu tribe, Jelinsky and Q Burdette were chosen for the Sweat Challenge. They were forced to move water from the ocean to a giant tub. If they filled the tub in the alotted amount of time, which was four hours, they would receive flint and supplies for their tribe. The kicker was that each bucket had holes in it, so the bucket was pouring out as they walked up the beach to fill the giant tub. Jelinsky convinced Q to give up with a considerable amount of time remaining.

Then, after one member of each tribe was summoned to take a little boat ride to a private island, Jelinsky volunteered for the task. He played a game of "who's lying?" with Maria and Tevin, and Jelinsky just gave up! He told them he was the liar, and he lost his vote at tribal council! Then, he TOLD HIS TRIBE HE GAVE UP AND LOST THE VOTE TO HELP HIS OWN GAME DOWN THE LINE.

During the immunity challenge, Jelinsky and Jess were unable to complete the puzzle, which basically sealed his fate but he didn't know it. This quote from Q was basically Jelinsky's eviction notice: “Now I know, when the going gets tough, he’s going to tuck his tail and quit."

Ouch!

2. Jessica "Jess" Chong

Scorpio Energy
“Scorpio Energy” – One tribe struggles to keep their heads in the game after the first tribal council of the season. Another castaway will win the biggest and most intense music battle in SURVIVOR history, “Taylor Swift vs. Metallica.” Then, tribes must use teamwork and persistence during the immunity challenge to keep them from heading to tribal council, on a two-hour episode of SURVIVOR, Wednesday, March 6 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and /

Jess barely survived the first vote. She likely would have had a vote cast against her had Jelinsky had his vote. Easily, the tribe could have voted her out for being one of the weaker players physically and not necessarily bonding strategically with other members of the Yanu tribe.

Jess also struggled in the second immunity challenge, which resulted in several players from the tribe yelling at her. She failed to do the puzzle correctly in the first challenge and then she dropped some of the giant letter boxes as her tribe struggled to spell "persistence." To be fair, every other person dropped those boxes, though. Some more than others, sure, but it's not like anyone knocked that challenge out of the park. There were major mistakes across the board.

Then, things got wild back at camp. Kenzie and Tiff hatched a plan to get rid of Jess, and they tried to get her to find a fake idol to make sure she doesn't play her Shot in the Dark. But, Jess kind of knows Q gave her a fake idol, but then she doesn't know it and plays it anyway. Bhanu has an absolute meltdown of all meltdowns and barely holds it together to stay in the game.

In the end, Jess's idol is fake, and she goes home.

3. Randen Montalvo

Wackadoodles Win
“Wackadoodles Win” – Several castaways have some explaining to do after a fake idol was played at tribal council. A castaway attempts to fall on the sword for their tribe’s loss in the immunity challenge. Then, three castaways take a journey to compete for an advantage in the game, on SURVIVOR, Wednesday, March 13 (8:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential /

Randen was not voted off of Survivor, but he was forced to leave the game. He was the third person eliminated from Survivor season 46. After waking up and losing feeling down his arm and into his hand, Randen sat out the immunity challenge, which his tribe, Nami, won thanks to a Herculean effort from Hunter.

Unfortunately, Randen's symptoms and use of his hand did not improve, which forced Jeff, Will, the show's doctor, and the medical team to pull Randen from the game. The fear was that Randen had a bulging disc in his back or neck that was cutting off his radial nerve.

It was a devastating exit. Randen had positioned himself for a deep run into the game, especially after finding an advantage that could have led to a hidden immunity idol.

4. Bhanu Gopal

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Bhanu Gopal from the CBS Original Series SURVIVOR, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. -- Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. /

Bhanu is one of the true legends of Survivor. Unfortunately, he was eliminated fourth in season 46. He was voted out of the Yanu tribe after they lost their fourth straight immunity challenge, although they did win a reward challenge in the episode, too.

Bhanu's mistakes finally caught up with him after basically torching the first two immunity challenges, generally struggling to find a rhythm and ally in the game, and having a hard time handling his emotions, which led to a huge decision in the game. After the third immunity challenge, Bhanu was selected with Liz and Ben to travel to the island and try to win an advantage in the game. Bhanu broke down during the visit and basically sold his tribemates out. He told Liz and Ben that Kenzie was a "mastermind" and Tiffany and Q were in a strong alliance.

As the game moves toward the merge, this is was a huge mistake. After learning Randen was pulled from the game and he was safe, Bhanu revealed to his tribe what he did, and it didn't go well. They assured Bhanu he would be out of the game, and that's exactly what happened.

At tribal council, Bhanu told his story from growing up in poverty in India to his journey to America and Survivor. It was one of the most heartbreaking moments of the season, but Bhanu played the game on his terms. It just didn't work out this time.

5. Jem Hussain-Adams

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Jem Hussain-Adams from the CBS Original Series SURVIVOR, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. -- Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. /

Jem was playing a great game! I really thought she made a smart move with hiding the beware advantage, tricking her tribe into chaos, and making them realize that the game was still going on around the "Vibe Tribe."

Unfortunately, it really backfired for Jem. She denied that she hid the beware advantage, and it's clear that her tribe didn't really trust her after losing immunity. Jem found the hidden immunity idol, so she was able to kep her vote at tribal in addition to having the idol in her pocket. She overplayed the hand she was dealt, though, and she crashed out of the game right before the merge.

Maria used her extra vote that she won off Jelinsky to turn the tables on Jem and vote her out of the game. It was a rough way to exit, but Jem did get a nice souvenir.

6. Moriah Gaynor

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Moriah Gaynor from the CBS Original Series SURVIVOR, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. -- Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. /

Moriah had a really rough go the last few days with the Siga tribe and the pre-merge challenges. Moriah was left out of the vote to eliminate Jem, which she and the tribe downplayed when all three tribes came together before the official merge. Moriah, then, was the first name that Tim and Ben, who won the immunity and reward challenge, gave up as a possible person they'd vote off from the Siga tribe. That basically sealed Moriah's elimination when the former Nami and Yanu members jumped on that.

Q accused Moriah of being Aubry Bracco 2.0 because she told Q that Aubry was her favorite player. Oh, and she's nerdy. I'm sorry, but if those are the reasons to take someone out, no one is truly safe.

7. Tim Spicer

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Tim Spicer from the CBS Original Series SURVIVOR, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. -- Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. /

Tim, Tim, Tim, Tim, Tim, Tim. I thought Tim was positioning himself well for a long run in the game, and it's clear that the others saw him as a threat, too. He was a strong player in challenges, and he was forming good relationships with other players in the game. Tim, however, got on Q's bad side, which ultimately led to Q rallying the votes to get him out.

Q wanted to take out Ben, but Tim and Ben were in alliance together from their Siga days, although he was also in an alliance with Q and Hunter, who Tim wanted to target. Had Tim ended up in a group away from Q and Hunter, he's probably still in the game and in position for a deep run. He was eliminated right before becoming a member of the jury. Tim wasn't the only person voted out in episode 7 either!

8. Soda Thompson

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Soda Thompson from the CBS Original Series SURVIVOR, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. -- Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. /

Soda was voted out in episode 7, "Episode Several." She's the first member of the jury. Soda was too nice to everyone, and it made everyone nervous how well she was getting along with everyone. Liz claims to have been targetting Soda since the first day with the Nami tribe. Tevin kickstarted the move by mentioning it to Liz and then getting Charlie and Maria on board, although Venus took credit for the move at tribal council and beyond even though she was the last person to know about the plan.

Either way, Soda was blindsided! She had no idea her fellow Nami tribe members were targetting her.

9. Tevin Davis

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Tevin Davis from the CBS Original Series SURVIVOR, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. -- Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. /

Tevin was eliminated in episode 8, "Hide 'N Seek." After his plan to oust Soda worked and Hunter won immunity, Liz made a move to target Tevin. She spread the information around the tribe in a meaningful way, and the move made sense. Tevin had an extra vote advantage. He was feeling very good in the game. There was already a plan in place from Q to take out Tiffany, so Tevin had no idea he was even being considered.

Q, then, tried to cause chaos at tribal when one of his core alliance members was going to be voted out. Instead of warning Tevin and asking him to play his Shot in the Dark or use his extra vote, Q told everyone to vote for Q, which created one of the dumbest tribal councils in history. Not great, Q!

Tevin is the second member of the jury.

Who can win Survivor season 46?

Scorpio Energy
“Scorpio Energy” – One tribe struggles to keep their heads in the game after the first tribal council of the season. Another castaway will win the biggest and most intense music battle in SURVIVOR history, “Taylor Swift vs. Metallica.” Then, tribes must use teamwork and persistence during the immunity challenge to keep them from heading to tribal council, on a two-hour episode of SURVIVOR, Wednesday, March 6 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and /

Through eight weeks, there are only nine contestants still with a chance to win Survivor season 46.

We shared the list of all nine castaways who can still win the game:

  • Q Burdette
  • Kenzie Petty
  • Venus Vafa
  • Maria Shrime Gonzalez
  • Tiffany Nicole Ervin
  • Charlie Davis
  • Hunter McKnight
  • Liz Wilcox
  • Ben Katzman

It's anybody's game at this point. Obviously, Maria is playing a great game. She has multiple ways to the end. Charlie has also played a great game, and it appears he could be in a great position moving forward. I really like Hunter's chances. He's the strongest player by far, and he has an idol! There are only four votes left before the final five. Plus, Q might have just eliminated himself with his epic meltdown at tribal council.

I'm keeping an eye on Kenzie, Tiffany, and Ben, though. I don't think Liz has much of a chance to get all the way to the end. It doesn't feel like she has the relationships, but those three could be a force if they get aligned quickly against Maria and Charlie.

We'll continue to update this list of castaways eliminated each week! Survivor season 46 airs new episodes every Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. C on CBS and Paramount+.

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