Survivor România 2020
Season of television series
Survivor România 2020 Presented by Dan Cruceru No. of days132 No. of castaways29 Winner Elena Ionescu Runner-up Emanuel Neagu Location La Romana , Dominican Republic
No. of episodes75 Original network Kanal D Original release 18 January (2020-01-18 ) – 30 May 2020 (2020-05-30 ) Filming dates 16 January – 30 May 2020
Survivor România 2020 is the first season of Survivor România , a Romanian television series based on the popular reality game show Survivor . The season featured 20 contestants divided into two tribes: "Faimoșii", composed of ten high-achievers who excelled in their fields, and "Războinicii", composed of ten everyday Romanians.
The season premiered on 18 January 2020, and concluded on 30 May 2020, where Elena Ionescu was named the winner over Emanuel Neagu, Iancu Sterp and Lola Crudu, winning the grand prize of 250.000 lei and title of Sole Survivor.
It was the first season to air on Kanal D and be hosted by Dan Cruceru, and was filmed in La Romana , Dominican Republic from January to May 2020.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Contestants
Faimoșii tribe include a former elite gymnast, Asiana Peng, a former FCSB player, Mihai Onicaș and a professional boxer, Cezar Juratoni. Războinicii tribe include Ultimul trib contestant, Lola Crudu, Îmi place dansul finalist, Emanuel Neagu, Vocea României , X Factor România and Ninja Warrior România contestant, Andrei Ciobanu and Insula Iubirii tempter, Andi Constantin.[ 5] Ioana Filimon, Miss Romania 2016 was originally cast but she dropped out before the game began due to a medical emergency. Filimon was replaced by former Mandinga member, Elena Ionescu .[ 6]
During the game, nine new contestants joined the remaining original contestants.
List of Survivor Romania 2020 contestants
Contestant
Age
From
Occupation
Tribe
Finish
Original
None
Placement
Day
Votes Against
Procentage
Augustin Viziru
39
Bucharest
Actor
Faimoșii
Medically evacuated
Day 4
0
0%
Cristina Șișcanu
35
Ungheni , Moldova
Journalist
Faimoșii
1st Voted Out
Day 8
6
0%
Claudia "Ruby" Grigore
31
Medgidia , Constanța
Dance-pop singer
Faimoșii
2nd Voted Out
Day 15
2
15%
Cornel Chirică
27
Bucharest
Fitness instructor
Războinicii
Quit
Day 18
0
25%
Lino Golden
22
Brașov , Brașov
Hip-hop and rap singer
Faimoșii
3rd Voted Out
Day 22
2
13%
Bogdan Vlădău
40
Bucharest
Model
Faimoșii
4th Voted Out
Day 25
7
19%
Alexandra Soare
24
Bucharest
Tennis player
Războinicii
Medically evacuated
Day 29
0
60%
Ana Maria Pal
26
Bacău , Bacău
MMA fighter
Faimoșii
Ejected
Day 32
0
59%
Claudia Rostaș
28
Beclean , Bistrița-Năsăud
Cleaner
Războinicii
5th Voted Out
Day 32
9
67%
Raul Cormoș
24
Baia Mare , Maramureș
Fitness instructor
Faimoșii
Medically evacuated
Day 39
4
60%
Remus Mihai
41
Bucharest
Pilot
Războinicii
6th Voted Out
Day 39
17
51%
Adriana Popescu
30
Bucharest
Rugby player
Războinicii
7th Voted Out
Day 46
4
65%
Andi Constantin
28
Băicoi , Prahova
Fitness model
Războinicii
8th Voted Out
Day 53
8
45%
Grațiela Teohari Duban
33
Bucharest
Actress
Faimoșii
9th Voted Out
Day 67
11
42%
Cristian Ioniță
27
Bucharest
Restaurant manager
Războinicii
10th Voted Out
Day 74
7
50%
Sonny Flame
33
Ploiești , Prahova
Singer
Faimoșii
11th Voted Out
Day 81
7
30%
Mihai Onicaș
30
Cluj-Napoca , Cluj
Footballer
Faimoșii
12th Voted Out
Day 88
12
50%
Alice Andrucă
23
Bucharest
Fitness instructor
Războinicii
13th Voted Out
Day 95
12
38%
Asiana Peng
20
Deva , Hunedoara
Former elite gymnast
Faimoșii
14th Voted Out
Day 100
17
40%
Karina Fetica
24
Craiova , Dolj
Student
Războinicii
15th Voted Out
Day 102
7
62%
Andrei Ciobanu
29
Bacău , Bacău
Music teacher
Războinicii
16th Voted Out
Day 107
9
59%
Carmen Emanuela "Ema" Huruială
30
Reșița , Caraș-Severin
Accountant
Războinicii
None[ a]
17th Voted Out
Day 114
12
50%
Ghiță Balmuș
27
Arad , Arad
Basketballer
Faimoșii
18th Voted Out
Day 116
16
54%
Emy Alupei
21
Bucharest
Trapper
Faimoșii
19th Voted Out
Day 127
3
53%
Cezar Juratoni
31
Deva , Hunedoara
Professional boxer
Faimoșii
20th Voted Out
Day 128
9
48%
Lola Crudu
33
Chișinău , Moldova
Fitness instructor and insurance agent
Războinicii
3rd Runner-up
Day 132
21
61%
Iancu Sterp
21
Tuștea , Hunedoara
Student
Războinicii
2nd Runner-up
Day 132
7
53%
Emanuel Neagu
23
Cocorăștii Colț , Prahova
Dancer
Războinicii
Runner-up
Day 132
1
58%
Elena Ionescu
32
Caracal , Olt
Pop singer
Faimoșii
Sole Survivor
Day 132
28
38%
^ There was no official tribal designation at this point in the game.
Future appearances
Ana Maria Pal, Andrei Ciobanu, Lola Crudu, Iancu Sterp and Elena Ionescu competed on Survivor România All Stars .
International appearances
Emanuel Neagu and Emy Alupei competed on MTV's The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies .[ 7] In the summer of 2023, Neagu competed on MTV's The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion . He became the sole winner of the season.
Season summary
Nomination mechanism
The tribe(s) attend Tribal Council to nominate a certain number of players.
Cycle 1 - Cycle 4 : There was only one Tribal Immunity Challenge, the losing tribe would have three nominees, one by vote and two chosen by the Individual Immunity winners.
Cycle 5 - Cycle 16 : Two Tribal Immunity Challenges are performed, after each challenge the losing tribe must attend Tribal Council and nominate one of its members by vote. If a tribe wins both challenges, the losing tribe must attend the Tribal Council and two of its members will be nominated, but if each tribe wins a challenge, then both tribes will have one nominees. Also, Individual Immunity Challenge are no more.
Episode(s)
Challenge winner(s)
Nominated (vote)
Eliminated (public vote)
Finish
No.
Original air date
Reward
Tribal immunity
Individual immunity
1–5
January 18 – 21, 2020 January 25, 2020
Războinicii
Războinicii
Lino, Ruby
Cristina (7-2)
Augustin
Evacuated Day 4
Războinicii
Războinicii
Asiana, Elena (1-1-0)
Cristina
1st voted out Day 8
Războinicii
6-9
January 26 – 29, 2020 February 1, 2020
Faimoșii
Războinicii
Asiana, Cezar [Ghiță, Raul][ a]
Elena (7-2-1)
Ruby
2nd voted out Day 15
Faimoșii
Lino, Ruby (1-1-0)
Războinicii
10-13
February 2–4, 2020 February 8, 2020
Faimoșii
Războinicii
Cezar, Elena [Ana Maria][ b]
Asiana, Raul (4-4-2)
Cornel
Quit Day 18
Războinicii
Bogdan, Lino (1-1-0)
Lino
3rd voted out Day 22
Războinicii
14–16
February 9 – 11, 2020
Războinicii
Războinicii
Ana Maria, Cezar
Bogdan (4-2-1-1)
Bogdan
4th voted out Day 25
Faimoșii[ c]
Elena, Asiana (1-1-0)
Războinicii
17–20
February 15 – 18, 2020
Războinicii
Faimoșii
None[ d]
Claudia (9-1)
Alexandra
Evacuated Day 29
Faimoșii[ c]
Faimoșii
Remus (9-1)
Ana Maria
Ejected Day 32
Războinicii
Claudia
5th voted out Day 32
21-24
February 22 – 25, 2020
Faimoșii
Faimoșii
Remus (8-1)
Raul
Evacuated Day 39
Războinicii
Faimoșii
Lola (7-2)
Remus
6th voted out Day 39
25-28
February 29 – March 3, 2020
Războinicii
Faimoșii
Lola (6-2)
Adriana
7th voted out Day 46
Războinicii
Faimoșii
Adriana (4-2-1-1)
29-32
March 7 – 10, 2020
Faimoșii
Războinicii
Andi (5-1-1)
Andi
8th voted out Day 53
Războinicii
Faimoșii
Grațiela (5-1)
33-36
March 14 – 17, 2020
Faimoșii
None
No elimination on Cycle 9
Războinicii
Faimoșii
Războinicii
37-40
March 21 – 24, 2020
Războinicii
Războinicii
Grațiela (4-3-1)
Grațiela
9th voted out Day 67
Faimoșii
Războinicii
Ghiță (5-3)
41-44
March 28 – 31, 2020
Faimoșii
Faimoșii
Andrei (5-2-1)
Cristian
10th voted out Day 74
Războinicii
Faimoșii
Cristian (4-3-1)
45-48
April 4 – 7, 2020
Războinicii
Războinicii
Sonny (4-3-1)
Sonny
11th voted out Day 81
Faimoșii
Războinicii
Elena (5-3)
49-52
April 11–14, 2020
Războinicii
Războinicii
Elena (4-2)
Mihai
12th voted out Day 88
Războinicii
Războinicii
Mihai (5-1)
53-56
April 18 – 21, 2020
Faimoșii
Faimoșii
Lola (4-3)
Alice
13th voted out Day 95
Războinicii
Faimoșii
Alice (6-1)
57-60
April 25–28, 2020
None
Războinicii
Elena (4-1)
Asiana
14th voted out Day 100
Războinicii
Asiana (3-2)
Războinicii[ e]
Elena (3-1)
Karina
15th voted out Day 102
None
Faimoșii
Karina, Lola (3-3)
61-64
May 2 – 4, 2020
Faimoșii[ e]
Andrei (3-1-1)
Andrei
16th voted out Day 108
Faimoșii[ e]
Iancu (3-2)
Cezar, Lola
None
No elimination on episode 63 and episode 64 due tu individual phase of the game
Ema, Iancu [Emanuel, Lola]
65-68
May 9 – 12, 2020
None
Iancu[ f]
Ema, Ghiță (4-4)
Ema
17th voted out Day 114
Emy
Cezar (1–0)
Emanuel[ g]
Cezar, Iancu (3–3–1)
Ghiță
18th voted out Day 116
Lola
Ghiță (1–0)
69-72
May 23 – 26, 2020
Cezar, Emanuel, Iancu
Emanuel, Lola [ h]
No elimination on Cycle 18
Elena, Emy, Lola
73-74
May 23 – 26, 2020
None
Iancu[ f]
Cezar, Emy (3-3)
Emy
19th voted out Day 127
Elena (1–0)
Iancu
Cezar, Elena (No vote)[ i]
Cezar
20th voted out Day 129
75
May 30, 2020
Public vote
Public vote
Lola
3rd runner-up
Iancu
2nd runner-up
Emanuel
Runner-up
Elena
Sole Survivor
^ As new contestants, Ghiță and Raul were immune for the week. They could not compete in the Individual Immunity Challenge but could vote at Tribal Council .
^ As new contestant, Ana was immune for the week. She could not compete in the Individual Immunity Challenge but could vote at Tribal Council.
^ a b Mini game
^ There was no Individual Immunity due to new format.
^ a b c Combined reward and immunity challenge.
^ a b Iancu won Individual Immunity and the power to nominate a member at Tribal Council.
^ Emanuel won Individual Immunity and the power to nominate a member at Tribal Council.
^ Emanuel and Lola won immunity by winning Week 18's Special Challenge. Part of the rewards allowed both of them to attend Tribal Council with no risk of being voted off until The Grand Final.
^ After Iancu won the Final Immunity Challenge, Cezar and Elena were automatically nominated for elimination.
Voting history
Original tribes
No tribes
Week #
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
19
Episode #
4
5
8
9
12
13
14
15
17
18
20
22
23
24
25
26
28
29
30
32
37
38
40
41
42
44
45
46
48
51
52
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
66
68
73
74
75
Voted Out
Augustin
Nomination vote
Cristina
Nomination vote
Ruby
Cornel
Nomination vote
Lino
Nomination vote
Bogdan
Alexandra
Nomination vote
Ana Maria
Claudia
Nomination vote
Raul
Remus
Nomination vote
Adriana
Nomination vote
Andi
Nomination vote
Grațiela
Nomination vote
Cristian
Nomination vote
Sonny
Nomination vote
Mihai
Nomination vote
Alice
Nomination vote
Asiana
Nomination vote
Karina
Nomination vote
Andrei
Nomination vote
Ema
Nomination vote
Ghiță
Nomination vote
Emy
Nomination vote
Cezar
Lola
Iancu
Emanuel
Elena
Nominated
Cristina
Asiana & Elena
Elena
Lino & Ruby
Asiana & Raul
Bogdan & Lino
Bogdan
Asiana & Elena
Claudia
Remus
Remus
Lola
Lola
Adriana
Andi
Grațiela
Grațiela
Ghiță
Andrei
Cristian
Sonny
Elena
Elena
Mihai
Lola
Alice
Elena
Asiana
Elena
Lola & Karina
Andrei
Iancu
Ema & Ghiță
Cezar
Cezar & Iancu
Ghiță
Cezar & Emy
Elena
Cezar & Elena
Votes
No vote[ a]
7-2
1-1-0[ b]
Public vote
7-2-1
1-1-0[ b]
Public vote
No vote[ c]
4-4-2
1-1-0[ b]
Public vote
4-2-1-1
1-1-0[ b]
Public vote
No vote[ d]
9-1
9-1
No vote[ e]
Public vote
8-1
7-2
No vote[ f]
Public vote
6-2
4-2-1-1
Public vote
5-1-1
5-1
Public vote
4-3-1
5-3
Public vote
5-2-1
4-3-1
Public vote
4-3-1
5-3
Public vote
4-2
5-1
Public vote
4-3
6-1
Public vote
4-1
3-2
Public vote
3-1
3-3
Public vote
3-1-1
3-2
Public vote
4-4
1-0[ b]
Public vote
3-3-1
1-0[ b]
Public vote
3-3
1-0[ b]
Public vote
No vote[ g]
Public vote
Public vote
Voter
Vote
Elena
—
Cristina
—
Saved
Ruby
Nominated
Saved
—
Bogdan
Bogdan
—
Bogdan
—
Saved
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Grațiela
—
Grațiela
Ghiță
—
—
Asiana
Ghiță
Saved
Mihai
Mihai
Saved
—
Cezar
Asiana
Saved
Cezar
Nominated
Saved
—
Ema
—
—
Iancu
—
—
Cezar
—
Saved
Nominated
Saved
Sole Survivor
Emanuel
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Claudia
Remus
—
—
Remus
Lola
—
—
Lola
Ema
—
Andi
—
—
—
Andrei
Karina
—
—
—
Alice
Alice
—
—
—
Karina
—
Andrei
Iancu
—
Ghiță
—
—
Cezar
Ghiță
—
Emy
—
—
Finalist [ h]
Runner-up
Iancu
Not in Game
—
Andrei
Cristian
—
—
—
Lola
Alice
—
—
—
Lola
—
Ema
Ema
Saved
Ghiță
Cezar
Saved
Cezar
Nominated
Saved
Cezar
Elena
—
Immune
Third place
Lola
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Claudia
Remus
—
—
Remus
Andi
Nominated
Saved
Ema
Andi
Saved
Andi
—
—
—
Andrei
Karina
—
—
—
Alice
Alice
Saved
—
—
Karina
Saved
Andrei
Iancu
—
Ghiță
—
—
Cezar
—
—
Emy
—
—
Finalist [ h]
Fourth place
Cezar
—
Cristina
—
—
Mihai
Ruby
—
—
Asiana
Lino
—
Ghiță
Asiana
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Grațiela
—
Ghiță
Ghiță
—
—
Sonny
Elena
—
Elena
Mihai
—
—
Elena
Ghiță
—
Elena
—
—
—
Ema
Nominated
Saved
Iancu
Nominated
Saved
Emy
Nominated
Saved
Nominated
Voted Out
Emy
Not in Game
Sonny
Mihai
—
—
Asiana
Asiana
—
Mihai
Mihai
—
—
Elena
Asiana
—
Elena
—
—
—
Ema
—
—
Elena
—
—
Cezar
Nominated
Voted Out
Ghiță
Not in Game
Elena
—
—
—
Asiana
—
—
Bogdan
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Grațiela
—
Sonny
Mihai
Saved
—
Sonny
Elena
—
Elena
Mihai
—
—
Elena
Asiana
—
Elena
—
—
—
Ema
—
Saved
Iancu
—
Voted out
Ema
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Claudia
Remus
—
—
Remus
Lola
—
—
Lola
Adriana
—
Emanuel
—
—
—
Andrei
Alice
—
—
—
Alice
Alice
—
—
—
Karina
—
Andrei
Iancu
—
Ghiță
Nominated
Voted out
Andrei
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Claudia
Remus
—
—
Remus
Lola
—
—
Lola
Adriana
—
Andi
—
—
—
Alice
Cristian
Saved
—
—
Lola
Alice
—
—
—
Lola
—
Lola
Ema
Voted Out
Karina
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Claudia
Remus
—
—
Remus
Lola
—
—
Lola
Adriana
—
Andi
—
—
—
Alice
Cristian
—
—
—
Lola
Alice
—
—
—
Lola
Voted Out
Asiana
—
Cristina
—
Saved
Elena
Lino
—
—
Raul
Nominated
Saved
Grațiela
—
Saved
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Grațiela
—
Grațiela
Ghiță
—
—
Sonny
Elena
—
Elena
Mihai
—
—
Elena
Ghiță
Voted Out
Alice
Not in Game
—
Karina
Cristian
—
—
—
Lola
Iancu
Voted Out
Mihai
—
Cristina
—
—
Elena
—
—
—
Asiana
—
—
Grațiela
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Grațiela
—
Grațiela
Ghiță
—
—
Sonny
Elena
—
Elena
Ghiță
Voted Out
Sonny
Not in Game
Grațiela
Ghiță
—
—
Asiana
Asiana
Voted Out
Cristian
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Claudia
Remus
—
—
Remus
Lola
—
—
Lola
Adriana
—
Andi
—
—
—
Andrei
Karina
Voted Out
Grațiela
—
Cristina
—
—
Elena
—
—
—
Asiana
—
—
Mihai
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Cezar
Saved
Sonny
Mihai
Voted Out
Andi
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Claudia
Remus
—
—
Remus
—
—
Lola
Cristian
—
Andrei
Nominated
Voted Out
Adriana
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Claudia
Remus
—
—
Remus
Lola
—
—
Ema
Ema
Voted Out
Remus
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Claudia
Ema
Nominated
Saved
Cristian
Andi
Nominated
Voted Out
Raul
Not in Game
Elena
—
—
—
Bogdan
Nominated
Saved
Bogdan
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Evacuated
Claudia
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Cristian
Remus
Nominated
Voted Out
Ana Maria
Not in Game
—
Raul
—
—
Bogdan
Elena
—
—
—
Ejected
Alexandra
Not in Game
—
—
—
Evacuated
Bogdan
—
Cristina
—
—
Elena
—
—
—
Raul
—
Saved
Elena
Nominated
Voted Out
Lino
—
Cristina
Asiana
—
Elena
—
Saved
—
Raul
—
Voted Out
Cornel
Not in Game
—
Quit
Ruby
—
Asiana
Elena
—
Elena
—
Voted Out
Cristina
—
Asiana
Nominated
Voted Out
Augustin
Evacuated
^ No vote; Augustin was medically evacuated from the game due to an injury sustained in the second reward challenge.
^ a b c d e f g The winner(s) of the Individual Immunity had to directly nominate a member of the tribe.
^ No vote; Cornel left the game after a minor injury.
^ No vote; Alexandra was medically evacuated from the game due to an injury sustained in the challenge.
^ No vote; Ana Maria was ejected from the game due to her aggressive behavior (she headbutting Andrei during a challenge).
^ No vote; Raul was medically evacuated from the game due to an injury sustained in the challenge.
^ No vote; After Iancu won the last immunity challenge, Cezar and Elena were automatically nominated for elimination.
^ a b Emanuel and Lola won immunity by winning Week 18's Special Challenge. Part of the rewards allowed both of them to attend Tribal Council with no risk of being voted off until The Grand Final.
References
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^ "Mai curând decât credeați. Când începe show-ul Survivor la Kanal D, cu Ruby, Lino Golden sau Augustin Viziru?" . Pagina de Media . 14 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020 .
^ "Dan Cruceru a facut ANUNTUL! Care este valoarea marelui PREMIU de la Survivor Romania " . Kanal D . 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020 .
^ "AUDIENȚE TV. Kanal D și finala Survivor, câștigată de Elena Ionescu (ex-Mandinga): Lider în toată țara și la orașe, dar sub Pro TV și Antena 1 pe comercial" . paginademedia.ro. 2020-06-01.
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