Survivor: Cagayan

Survivor: Cagayan
Season 28
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Presented by	Jeff Probst
No. of days	39
No. of castaways	18
Winner	Tony Vlachos
Runner-up	Yung "Woo" Hwang
Location	Palaui Island, Philippines[1]
No. of episodes	14
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	February 26 (2014-02-26) – May 21, 2014 (2014-05-21)
Additional information
Filming dates	July 11 (2013-07-11) – August 18, 2013 (2013-08-18)[2]
Season chronology
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List of episodes

Survivor: Cagayan — Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty is the 28th season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season was filmed in Cagayan from July 11 to August 18, 2013,^[3] and premiered on February 26, 2014, with a two-hour episode,^[4] featuring 18 new players (nine men and nine women), divided into three tribes of six based on their dominant attribute: "Brawn", "Brains" and "Beauty".^[5][6] For the first time since Survivor: Thailand, the finale and reunion did not take place on a Sunday but instead aired on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in the show's regular time slot. That night, Tony Vlachos was named the Sole Survivor by a vote of 8–1 over Yung "Woo" Hwang.

Cagayan was the fourth consecutive season to be filmed in the Philippines, making it the second most-used country for filming as of 2014^[update], tied with Samoa. This season features the return of a special hidden immunity idol that can be used at Tribal Council after the votes have been read (similar to Survivor: Panama and Survivor: Cook Islands), which was hidden once the tribes merged, except this idol came without a clue.^[7] This is in addition to hidden immunity idols that must be played after the votes are cast but before they are read, as seen in Survivor: Fiji onward. This is also the first time in ten seasons, since Survivor: Tocantins, to feature two finalists, instead of three, facing the jury vote for the winner.