'Survivor' Season 48 recap: Who went home? See who was voted out first
The premiere episode of "Survivor" Season 48 kicked off with a bang, as the 18 excited castaways arrived on the Fijian beach, ready to lie, cheat and steal in the name of winning $1 million.
The first episode of the long-running reality competition series opened with shots of various cast members being told they had made the cut and would be part of the final cast. From there, they arrived at the beach, were placed into three tribes, and met longtime host Jeff Probst.
The premiere episode, titled "The Get to Know You Game," saw the 18 new players from all walks of life, from a surgeon from South Carolina and Massachusetts pizzeria manager to Florida flight attendant and others.
Throughout the 26-day game, players will build shelter, survive with meager food and hunt their own, compete in exhausting challenges and be forced to scheme and backstab to vote out other players.
Here's what to know about the season premiere of "Survivor" Season 48.
Who went home on 'Survivor' Season 48, Episode 1?
After the first challenge on the beach saw the Lagi tribe victorious, winning a machete, flint and a pot, the losing Vula and Civa tribes had to send to tribe members to compete for a chance to win those materials. After hurting his shoulder in the first challenge, Kevin Lenug was eager to prove himself to the Vula tribe, facing off against Kyle Fraser of the Civa tribe.
In the end, Kyle broke a glass jar, taking himself out of the challenge, and Kevin was able to bring back both the basic necessities and bragging rights to his tribe.
But after tribes built camp and got to know each other (making alliances and some finding immunity idols in the process), it was the immunity challenge that proved most consequential.
The three tribes had to work together over a long and complicated obstacle course that involved pulling a sled full of puzzle pieces, moving heavy sandbags, pulling the sled up a steep incline and solving a giant puzzle. In the end, the Lagi tribe was once again the first to finish, winning the consequential immunity. Second was Civa, barely scraping by and clinching the second, and final immunity.
That left the Vula tribal nothing but a date with Probst at the first tribal council of the season.
Heading into the tribal council, players grappled with either sending Sai Hughley or Stephanie Berger home. But Sai had found a hidden immunity idol earlier, and worked her already strong alliance to keep her place in the game.
Stephanie played her shot in the dark (a 1 in 6 chance at safety in exchange for a vote), but was unsuccessful and the 38-year-old tech product lead living in Brooklyn was the first person to be voted out of Season 48.
How to watch 'Survivor' Season 48
The Season 48 premiere episode of "Survivor," titled "The Get to Know You Game," will air Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and stream on Paramount+ for subscribers of the Paramount+ with Showtime plan.
Episodes can be streamed the next day for subscribers of any Paramount+ plan.
The first 47 seasons of the show are all available to stream with a Paramount+ subscription.
Watch every season of Survivor with Paramount+
Who is the host of 'Survivor'?
Jeff Probst has hosted all 48 seasons of the show, which has been on the air since 2000. He also serves as an executive producer.
Who won 'Survivor' Season 47?
Rachel Lamont won Season 47 of "Survivor," in a 7-1-0 vote against Sam Phalen, who got one vote, and Sue Smey.
Lamont, a 34-year-old graphic designer from Southfield, Michigan, was originally on the Gata tribe and became the fifth woman ever to win four individual Immunity Challenges in a season.
Where is 'Survivor' filmed?
While "Survivor" previously took contestants to remote locations around the world, from the Pearl Islands to the Philippines and Guatemala, the show has been filmed in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji for the past 15 seasons.
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