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Episode 13 of ‘Survivor 46’ decided the winner, along with immunity challenge history and a fire-making face-off.
May 22 2024, Updated 9:50 p.m. ET
Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for the finale of Survivor 46.
One of the things that makes Survivor so engaging is that it isn't just a game of surviving the wilderness but also about surviving socially and strategically. To win, one has to form (seemingly) genuine connections with fellow players while vying for the million-dollar grand prize.
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Each week during Season 46, at least one person is voted off the island during tribal council. With two-hour episodes, 26 days, 18 castaways, and a whole bunch of new twists, this season is the most unpredictable yet.
So, who was voted off Survivor 46?
The final three were Kenzie Petty, Ben Katzman, and Charlie Davis.
Heading into the final tribal council, the final three arguing their case to the jury are Kenzie Petty, Ben Katzman, and Charlie Davis, who have made it through the game thanks to their good vibes and social strategies. But who will be the winner?
Fourth Place — Liz Wilcox
After Ben shockingly won the final immunity challenge, he believed Liz was the biggest target and decided to put her in the Final Four fire-making challenge. He was torn on whether to bring Charlie or Kenzie with him, but ultimately decided to stick with his “Dumb and Dumber” alliance partner from Day One and bring Charlie, sending Kenzie into fire. Although Kenzie was feeling the pressure at first, she ultimately built a wild fire that sent Liz home.
Fifth Place — Maria Shrime Gonzalez
Going into the finale, fans expected the target to be on Maria — the only thing that could possibly move that target would be if Maria won immunity. So after Kenzie finished her puzzle, Liz opted to help Kenzie beat Maria, and together, they ensured Kenzie’s safety and Maria’s vulnerability. Although Maria hustled to find an idol or try to sway the votes to Ben, she was unsuccessful and was unanimously voted out.
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Episode 12 — Quintavius “Q” Burdette
Q has been the smokescreen vote for the last four Tribal Councils, but it’s finally time for him to be voted out of the game. He found an idol early in the episode and became the next victim voted out with an idol in his pocket. Charlie won the reward and brought Liz and Kenzie to keep them in his good graces, but Maria and Q got co*cky, thinking they had the swing votes on their side.
Even though Charlie brought Maria into his plan, she tried (and failed) to blindside him, and Q was finally voted out.
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Episode 11 — Venus Vafa
The “Mother” of Survivor 46 has sadly been voted out … with an idol in her pocket! The idol-in-the-pocket blindside has quickly become the disappointing trademark of the season after Venus secretly found it early in the episode. But when Maria won immunity and reward, her power in the game couldn’t be fought as Charlie wrestled with turning on his number one ally. In the end, no one wanted to go against The Godmother, and Venus was sent home.
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Episode 10 — Tiffany Nicole Ervin
From the get-go, everybody could see how strong and strategic Tiffany is. After she threatened to play her idol in the previous episode and didn’t, she was still on everyone’s radar. While Kenzie and Tiff were set on taking out Q even after he brought them on the reward, Maria decided to use Q as a number to quietly target Tiff. She, Charlie, and Ben pulled in Liz, despite her personal vendetta against Q, and together, they blindsided Tiffany.
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Episode 9 — Hunter McKnight
As everyone aired their frustrations and grievances over Q’s chaotic move at the previous Tribal Council, they were ready to take him out. However, when Charlie won immunity, everyone saw the opportunity to blindside someone instead. As the plan landed on Tiffany, she promised she’d play her idol to get rid of the target on her, so the blindside shifted to Hunter.
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He felt uneasy, but when Q acted out again at Tribal Council, he was sure enough people would vote Q out. The vote landed in a 4-4 tie between Hunter and Q, with one vote on Ben. In the revote, everyone voted for Hunter after he didn’t play his idol, and his immunity loss turned out to be his game loss.
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Episode 8 — Tevin Davis
“The Six” planned to vote out Tiffany after she told Q that Maria was a better target than Venus. After the immunity challenge, Liz wanted to target Tevin so that he wouldn’t get credit for voting out Soda, which mixed up The Six’s initial plan. But at Tribal Council, Q asked to be voted out, which caused chaos and a “Live Tribal.” The vote flipped back to Tevin and he was blindsided as he left the game with an extra vote in his pocket.
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Episode 7 — Tim Spicer and Sodasia “Soda” Thompson
(1st Tribal) — In a New Era staple, the merged tribe was split into two groups competing for individual immunity. Kenzie won immunity, but couldn’t outlast the second group, meaning they didn’t win the reward and whoever’s voted out wouldn’t make the jury. After Tim pushed too hard to take out Hunter instead of Ben, the former Yanu tribe realized that Tim was playing two games so they decided to blindside him instead.
(2nd Tribal) — In the second group, it seemed like a clear vote from the outside. Charlie was the only vulnerable former Siga member, but the cracks on Yanu were “more like oceans between continents,” as Charlie put it. Soda wanted to blindside Venus, Venus wanted to blindside Soda or Tevin, and Tevin wanted to blindside Soda. In the end, Maria and Charlie ended up controlling the vote and deciding to take out Soda because of her status as a social threat.
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Episode 6 — Moriah Gaynor
In a wild twist of events after the “Mergatory,” two very unevenly matched teams were forced to face one another. By the powers of a rock draw, one team had five men and one woman, while the other team had one man and five women.
Expectations were correct and the latter team lost, making them vulnerable at Tribal Council. The “stronger” team asked Siga and Nami to each put one of their members on a chopping block. Because of Siga’s hesitation, Yanu decided to swing the votes towards Moriah.
She played her shot-in-the-dark to no avail and was sent home.
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Episode 5 — Jemila “Jem” Hussain-Adams
Finally, Yanu has won an immunity challenge! Well, they came in second place with just moments between them and the Siga Tribe. This makes Episode 5 the first time that Siga would lose a member of their tribe, but because they’ve been the “vibes tribe” up until this point, no one knew which way the votes would go. However, Charlie and Maria’s secret alliance trumped the vote as they decided to take out Jem instead of Ben. Because Jem thought she was aligned with Maria and Moriah, she decided not to play her idol and ended up going home.
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Episode 4 —Bhanu Gopal
As a surprise to no one, the Yanu tribe lost the immunity challenge once again, even after winning a nourishing food reward. Bhanu was already on the bottom, but when he revealed the ins and outs of the tribe on his journey to Ben and Liz, he sealed his fate.
He then lost his vote, and at this point, no one is willing to work with him and he knows it. So instead of a traditional tribal council, Bhanu said his last words and he was sent home without even voting.
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Episode 3 — Randen Montalvo (Medevaced)
In a surprise twist ending, a member of the winning tribe went home in Episode 3. After Yanu lost the challenge (again), Bhanu went on a journey with Liz and Ben. While on the journey, Bhanu emotionally leaked everything about his tribe before losing his vote. Later, Q and Tiffany strategized about potentially voting out Kenzie instead of Bhanu. But because Randen's nerve issue could be a misplaced disk, he got medevaced from the game for an MRI, so tribal council was canceled.
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Episode 2 — Jess Chong
The Yanu tribe lost again, and they've turned into the official "losers" of the season. While it seemed like a cut-and-dry vote against Jess at the beginning, things got complicated when Kenzie overworked her social strategy. She tried to form an alliance with Jess and Bhanu, but they told Q about Kenzie's move. Q realized he may not be able to trust Kenzie, but that he could work with Jess and Bhanu against her. Even still, Jess's weaknesses in the challenges ultimately cost her the game.
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Episode 1 — David Jelinsky
After the Yanu tribe lost the Immunity Challenge, the first tribal council came down to a race between David Jelinsky and Jess Chong. Throughout the episode, the Yanu tribe proved a bit of a mess as Jess had trouble getting her head in the game, while Jelinsky quit the Sweat challenge an hour and a half in. While Jelinsky formed an alliance with Kenzie, Tiffany, and Q, his repeated volunteering combined with his failure to follow through led to his ultimate downfall as the first boot.
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New episodes of Survivor 46 air on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. EST on CBS.
