Will you take the opportunity to participate in a survival reality series where you will have a chance to win prize money if you are the last standing person to not give up? A reality series titled Survivors is based on a similar concept, where a group of contestants are stranded on an island with clothes and some essentials to survive until only one remains.
Presented by Jeff Probst, the new season has 18 contestants fighting to make it to the end including Hannah Rose, Austin Li Coon, Brandon Meyer, Brandon Donlon, Bruce Perreault, Dee Valladares, Drew Basile, Emily Flippen, Janani Maya, Jake O’ Kane, Julie Alley, Kaleb Gebrewold, Katurah Topps, Kellie Nalbandian, Kendra McQuarrie, Sabiyah Broderick, Sean Edwards, and Nicholas Alsup.
Released on May 31, 2000, by CBS Network, the survival reality series is a spin-off version of the Swedish version and follows the same format and rules. The contestants have to go through several physical and mental challenges without breaking down or giving up to win the ultimate prize money. Charlie Parson developed the idea for the survival series named Castaways for the viewers to enjoy.
The series focuses on 16 or more contestants splitting into smaller tribes and making a group before being taken to an island where they get forced to live on the location with meager supplies for 39 days.
After a while, both tribes merge to compete against each other to win individual immunity that helps the participants avoid being voted out by the tribal council. In the end, the jury votes for the person they consider the lone survivor to walk out with the cash prize.
Survivor Season 45 Episode 1: Recap
The episode started with the eighteen contestants starting their survival journey and had their first reward challenge, where the team members had to move sandbags and rope out of a crate to retrieve a key, with the final pair using those keys to unlock two poles that they used to retrieve a flint. The first team to complete their challenge was set to win a pot and machete.
Reba and her team won the first challenge, with Brandon needing medical attendance after the challenge. Brandon and Jake volunteered for Belo, and Kaleb & Sabiyah volunteered for Lulu to participate in the Savvy and Sweat challenge. The pairs needed to do two challenges within a time crunch where they had to transport logs to the beach and then free a flint from a puzzle structure.
The teams then performed the immunity challenge, where the tribe members had to complete an obstacle course that involved a mud pit and dropping a crate by throwing coconut in a net. In the end, they had to complete a jigsaw puzzle of the survivor logo, and the winner would get the immunity while the losing team would have to give up their flint.
Reba and Belo won the immunity challenge while Emily tried to convince others to vote Kaleb out. Still, the remaining survivors wanted to vote Emily out first due to his abrasive nature. Hannah became the first person to leave the show after deciding to walk out with her tribemates support.
Survivors Season 45 Episode 2 – Preview
The new episode of Survivors will follow the same format, with the contestants having to win the immunity challenge. The episode will have one person from the tribe hopping on a boat and making a decision that will impact their game. The teams will have to compete in an immunity challenge to unlock a fishing gear reward for their tribe.
Survivor Season 45 Episode 2 – Release Date
Survivors Season 45 Episode 2 will be released on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at 8:00 PM [E.T.] on CBS. The survival reality series will have 13 episodes with a run time of 47 minutes. The new episode is released every Wednesday.
- In the U.S. – at 8:00 PM [E.T.] on October 4 2023
- In the U.K. – at 12:00 AM [G.M.T.] on October 5 2023
- In Korea – at 9:00 AM [K.S.T.] on 5 October 2023
- In Japan – at 9:00 AM [J.S.T.] on 5 October 2023
- In India – at 5:30 AM [I.S.T.] on October 5 2023
- In Austrilia – at 11:00 AM [A.C.T.] on 5 October 2023
Survivor Season 45 Episodes: Streaming Guide
Ardent fans of the survival reality series can access the episodes on the CBS Network and app, so if you have a friend living in the U.S., ask them to lend their passwords to you. VPN is helpful for people living outside of the U.S. Currently, no other platform except Hulu has acquired the right to air the episodes.
