Where Are All 45 Survivor Winners Now? A Look at Their Lives Today After Earning the Coveted $1 Million Prize

Throughout its 25-year run, Survivor has seen hundreds of contestants get their torches snuffed, and only 45 people have become Sole Survivors.

On May 21, the long-running CBS show will wrap up its 48th season. Season 50 — which fans have been voting on throughout the series’ most recent run — will be the first since 2020 to feature returning players, meaning that another player could potentially join Sandra Diaz-Twine and Tony Vlachos’ elite club of two-time winners.

The series, hosted by Jeff Probst, follows contestants through a series of challenges, twists and the dreaded Tribal Council, where a group anonymously votes out one of their members at the end of every episode.

Yet the best twist of the show happens when the remaining players reach the final Tribal Council and must earn winning votes from the jury a.k.a. the players that were most recently voted out of the game.

Since its May 2000 premiere, Survivor has produced dozens of memorable winners — including “Boston” Rob Mariano, Parvati Shallow and Richard Hatch — many of whom have gone on to compete on other competition series, like The Traitors, The Challenge and Deal or No Deal Island.

Here’s everything to know about every Survivor winner and where they are now.

Richard Hatch

Hatch became the first-ever Sole Survivor in August 2000, gaining recognition for forming the show’s first alliance.

He returned to play Survivor for 2004’s All-Stars season and later appeared in shows like The Celebrity Apprentice and The Biggest Loser. Most recently, he starred in the second season of E!’s House of Villains, where he came in tenth place.

In 2006, Hatch was convicted on two counts of attempted tax evasion and one count of signing a fraudulent tax return after failing to report his $1 million Survivor prize and other smaller sums. He served over four years in federal prison, then was sent back to prison for nine months after he failed to amend his previous tax returns, per Entertainment Weekly.

In 2017, Hatch and his partner, Emiliano Cabral, split after 14 years of marriage, according to Extra.

Tina Wesson

Tina Wesson won Survivor season 2, The Australian Outback, in May 2001.

Wesson went on to play again in 2013 with her daughter Katie Collins for the show’s first Blood vs. Water season.

After Survivor, Wesson built a cabin in the woods of North Carolina, occasionally teaching survival classes. She remains married to her husband Dale.

“Survivor was the greatest experience,” she previously told PEOPLE. “It was never about the money. It was about the adventure.”

Ethan Zohn

Ethan Zohn won season 3 Survivor: Africa in January 2002.

He competed again in 2004 on All-Stars and in 2020 on Winners at War — a triumphant return after getting diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2009. (In 2012, he announced he was cancer-free.)

After the show, Zohn dated season 6 winner Jenna Morasca for a decade, and the two competed on The Amazing Race together before separating in 2013. He married New York City interior designer Lisa Heywood in 2016.

With his winnings, Zohn co-founded the organization Grassroot Soccer, which works to combat the AIDS epidemic in Africa.

Vecepia Towery

Vecepia Towery won season 4 Survivor: Marquesas in May 2002.

During the show, she formed a close bond with fellow castaway and “Survivor brother” Sean Rector, who later became her son Jordan’s godfather.

She is the first of only two Black women to ever win the game, though she never returned to play again. Towery has largely stayed out of the spotlight since her win and works at a health company in California, per Entertainment Weekly.

Brian Heidik

Brian Heidik won season 5 Survivor: Thailand in December 2002.

Heidik and his wife Courtney Heidik live in Georgia, where they raise three children. Heidik also shares a son with ex-wife Charmaine Costigan. He currently works at a car dealership.

Jenna Morasca

Morasca, then 21, became the youngest person to ever be crowned Sole Survivor on season 6 Survivor: The Amazon in May 2003 — and is still the youngest woman to win.

Morasca went on to date Zohn for a decade, with the two competing on season 19 of The Amazing Race together.

She now works as a veterinary nurse in Pennsylvania, she told Entertainment Weekly in 2021.

Sandra Diaz-Twine

Diaz-Twine was the first person to be crowned Sole Survivor twice: She first won season 7 Survivor: Pearl Islands in 2003 and returned in 2010 to win Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.

After her back-to-back wins, Diaz-Twine played the game two more times — in season 34’s Game Changers in 2016 and 2020’s Winners at War — and appeared as a mentor alongside Mariano on 2019’s Island of the Idols. She also starred on Australian Survivor: Blood vs. Water with her daughter Nina Twine in 2022.

Thanks to her $2 million in winnings, Diaz-Twine joked to PEOPLE that she “doesn’t do a damn thing” and instead focused on her family life in North Carolina with her husband Marcus and their two kids. She recently placed fifth in season 2 of Peacock’s The Traitors.

Amber Brkich Mariano

Amber Brkich (now Mariano) won season 8 Survivor: All-Stars in May 2004 after first appearing on season 2 Survivor: The Australian Outback in 2001.

Fans watched Amber fall in love with “Boston Rob” Mariano during her winning season, with Rob proposing to her during the show’s live finale before she beat him out for the $1 million prize.

Amber returned to play for a third time in 2020’s Winners at War. She also appeared on The Amazing Race with Rob twice, once in 2005 and again in 2007, where they placed second and eighth.

The couple, who married in 2005, now live in Florida and share four daughters.

Chris Daugherty

Chris Daugherty won season 9 Survivor: Vanuatu in December 2004.

After Survivor, Daugherty went back to his life in Ohio, marrying his wife, Lorie Groves-Daugherty, in 2005. He went on to use his winnings to build a house.

“Everyone said my life would change, but life returned to normal,” he told PEOPLE. “I have the same friends, live in the same town and am really happy with where I am.”

Tom Westman

Tom Westman won season 10 Survivor: Palau in May 2005, tying the record for most individual immunity wins on his way to the million-dollar prize. He later returned for Heroes vs. Villains in 2010, where he came in 16th place.

After his season, Westman retired from firefighting and got a job as an insurance salesman — though he doesn’t tell clients about his stints on reality TV.

“I want them to know I’m an honest guy, and saying I won Survivor will make them think I’m a backstabber,” he told PEOPLE.

Danni Boatwright

Dannie Boatwright won season 11 Survivor: Guatemala in May 2005.

Since taking home the crown, Boatwright married NFL player Casey Wiegmann and welcomed two sons. She now works as a television personality on KCTV in Kansas City, Mo. She has also started a clothing line and written a series of children’s books, she said to In Kansas City in 2018.

“Winning a million dollars is wonderful, of course, but I still live a very normal life,” she previously told PEOPLE.

Aras Baskauskas

Aras Baskauskas won season 12 Survivor: Panama – Exile Island in May 2006.

He later returned to Survivor for the show’s first Blood vs. Water season in 2013 alongside his brother Vytas.

After his return from Blood vs. Water, Baskauskas proposed to his girlfriend Christy Petersen. The two welcomed son River Juozas Baskauskas in May 2014 and married in 2015. They welcomed a second son named Sage Tiger Baskauskas in 2018.

He has since released an album and a book under the name “Odd Us,” per CBS News. He and his wife have also have their own clothing line.

Yul Kwon

Yul Kwon won season 13 Survivor: Cook Islands in December 2006. He later returned for 2020’s Winners at War, where he came in 14th place.

Since his time on Survivor, Kwon, a laywer, has worked as an instructor at the F.B.I. Academy and the owner of a frozen-yogurt chain, per his 2025 interview on Freakonomics. He has also served as the the deputy chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau. In 2022, he appeared on USA Network’s Snake in the Grass alongside fellow winner Earl Cole.

Kwon married his wife Sophie Tan in 2009. They share two daughters.

Earl Cole

Earl Cole won season 14 Survivor: Fiji in May 2007.

After his win, Cole told Entertainment Weekly that he traveled to over 40 countries, got married and founded the nonprofit pertheskids.org. Though he’s never played Survivor again, Cole revealed that he’d been asked back four times, but couldn’t make it work with his schedule.

In 2022, he appeared on USA Network’s Snake in the Grass alongside Kwon. That same year, he appeared on Shark Tank as the founder and CEO of the Smart Tire Company, a startup creating airless bicycle tires that is currently working on a project with NASA.

Todd Herzog

Todd Herzog won season 15 Survivor: China in December 2007.

After his win, Herzog dated Survivor contestant Spencer Duhm before marrying Jess Hermansen in 2020. He now works as a toy maker, often turning Survivor players into Funko Pop! dolls.

Parvati Shallow

After appearing on 2006’s Cook Islands, Shallow won season 16 Survivor: Micronesia – Fans vs. Favorites in May 2008.

A four-time player, she went on to appear on 2010’s Heroes vs. Villains, where she placed second, and 2020’s Winners at War, where she placed 15th. Most recently, she appeared on The Traitors season 2.

Outside of TV, Shallow is a life coach and has one daughter. In December 2023, she revealed she is in a relationship with comedian Mae Martin.

Bob Crowley

Bob Crowley, then 57, won season 17 Survivor: Gabon in December 2008, becoming the oldest person to ever nab the title of Sole Survivor.

After his win, the retired science teacher and his family built a year-round campground in Maine, where they live. Crowley also started the nonprofit the Durham Warriors Project, which supports disabled veterans.

“It was tremendously fun and a learning experience,” he told PEOPLE of his time on the show.

J.T. Thomas

J.T. Thomas won season 18 Survivor: Tocantins in May 2009.

Thomas returned to play in season 2010’s Heroes vs. Villains, where he placed 10th, and 2017’s Game Changers, where he placed 16th.

Thomas now lives in Alabama with his wife. Their wedding was officiated by Tocantins contestant Stephen Fishbach, he told Entertainment Weekly.

Natalie White

Natalie White won season 19 Survivor: Samoa in December 2009 in a controversial victory over villain Russell Hantz.

White has stayed out of the public eye since her win.

Jud “Fabio” Birza

Jud “Fabio” Birza, then 21, became the youngest winner when he was crowned Sole Survivor on the show’s 21st season Survivor: Nicaragua in December 2010.

An actor, Birza appeared in 90210 Shark Attack in 2014 and modeled as Jace in the book cover for Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments: City of Heavenly Fire.

In 2012, he confirmed that he got married and had a child.

“Boston” Rob Mariano

Boston Rob finally got his win on season 22 Survivor: Redemption Island in May 2011 after first appearing in 2002’s Marquesas, 2004’s All-Stars and 2010’s Heroes vs. Villains.

Following his win, he returned as mentor on season 39 Island of the Idols and played again with his wife Amber on 2020’s Winners at War, where he placed 17th.

After getting married in 2005, Rob and Amber went on to welcome four daughters. Today, they live in Florida, where Rob is a professional poker player.

Rob has appeared in several other reality shows, including The Amazing Race with Amber twice and Deal or No Deal Island. He also appeared on season 3 of The Traitors.

Sophie Clarke

Sophie Clarke on season 23 Survivor: South Pacific in December 2011.

She returned to play in 2020’s Winners at War, where she placed 10th.

A medical student when she first played, Clarke is now the president of the healthcare company Carelon Care Navigation, per her LinkedIn. She got married to husband Bobby Shady in 2019, welcoming son Robinson in 2021 and daughter Teal in 2023.

Kim Spradlin-Wolfe

Kim Spradlin-Wolfe won season 24 Survivor: One World in May 2012.

She returned to the show in 2020 for Winners at War, where she placed ninth.

Kim married Bryan Wolfe in 2013 and has since welcomed three children, two sons and a daughter.

Since the show, Kim has pivoted from owning a bridal shop to a career in home design and renovation. She hosted two seasons of the HGTV show Why the Heck Did I Buy This House?, which ended in 2024, per TV Insider.

Kim and her husband continue to run their Wolfe Home design firm in Texas.

Denise Stapley

Denise Stapley won season 25 Survivor: Philippines in December 2012.

She returned for Winners at War in 2020, placing sixth.

Stapley currently lives in Iowa, where she is one of three AASECT-certified sex therapists practicing in the state, per her website.

John Cochran

John Cochran won season 26 Survivor: Caramoan — the series’ second Fans vs. Favorites season — in May 2013 after first appearing on South Pacific in 2011.

Though he went to Harvard Law School, Cochran decided to pursue a career in television instead, becoming a writer on the CBS show The Millers in 2013. He’s also worked on Star Trek: Lower Decks and Kevin Can Wait.

“[TV writing] been some of the most fulfilling fun I’ve ever had, and it never would’ve happened without Survivor,” he told Entertainment Weekly in 2021.

Tyson Apostol

Tyson Apostol won season 27 Survivor: Blood vs. Water in December 2013 after first appearing on Tocantis in 2009 and Heroes vs. Villains in 2010. He went on to compete in Winners at War in 2020, placing 11th.

Apostol and Rachel Foulger got married in 2015 and have since welcomed two daughters together.

Since Survivor, Apostol was a finalist on the first season of The Challenge: USA in 2022, hosts a podcast with The Ringer and is a pickleball influencer partnering with brands like Fila.

Tony Vlachos

Vlachos is the second and only other two-time Survivor winner. He first won season 28 Cagayan – Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty in May 2014 and later won the special $2 million prize on season 40 Winners at War in May 2020. He also appeared on Game Changers in 2017.

Outside of the show, Vlachos is a police officer in New Jersey, a dad of two and married to wife Marissa. In 2025, Vlachos competed on season 3 of The Traitors.

Natalie Anderson

Natalie Anderson won season 29 Survivor: San Juan del Sur — Blood vs. Water in December 2014. She competed with her twin sister Nadiya, who was first voted out on day 3.

Anderson returned to play in 2020’s Winners at War, where she came in second place.

In 2021, she competed on MTV’s The Challenge: Double Agent, but had to leave the game early after finding out she was 8 weeks pregnant. She sadly had a “heartbreaking” miscarriage just a week later.

Anderson lives in New Jersey, posting training videos and snaps with her nieces on her social media.

Mike Holloway

Mike Holloway won season 30 Survivor: Worlds Apart — White Collar vs. Blue Collar vs. No Collar in May 2015.

After his win, Holloway began dating Big Brother 17 contestant Meg Maley, who appeared on the other CBS show the same year he was on Survivor. The two got engaged in 2020 and married in 2021. They are foster parents and share a dog, Wally.

Jeremy Collins

Jeremy Collins won season 31 Survivor: Cambodia — Second Chance in December 2015 after first appearing on 2014’s Blood vs. Water alongside his wife Val.

The firefighter returned in 2020’s Winners at War, where he placed eighth.

Collins still works as a firefighter in Massachusetts, where he and Val raise their four children. In 2025, Collins appeared on season 3 of The Traitors.

Michele Fitzgerald

Michele Fitzgerald won season 32 Survivor: Kaôh Rōng — Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty in May 2016. She returned in 2020 for Winners at War, where she placed third.

After Survivor, Fitzgerald has competed on five seasons of MTV’s The Challenge franchise. The New Jersey native is currently dating fellow The Challenge star Devin Walker.

Adam Klein

Adam Klein won season 33 Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X in December 2016. He returned to play in 2020’s Winners at War, where he placed 12th.

Klein now works as a casting coach to help people get on reality TV shows, per his website. Klein married his wife Kailey in April 2024 at a ceremony officiated by fellow season 33 player David Wright.

Sarah Lacina

Sarah Lacina won season 34 Survivor: Game Changers in May 2017 after first competing in 2014’s Cagayan. She later came in fourth on 2020’s Winners at War.

Outside of Survivor, Lacina competed on the first season of The Challenge: USA in 2022, where she became the female winner, and on The Challenge: World Championship in 2023, where she placed fourth.

Lacina and her husband Wyatt Wardenburg live in Iowa, where they raise their son Knox.

Ben Driebergen

Ben Driebergen won season 35 Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers in December 2017. He returned in 2020’s Winners at War, where he placed fifth.

Driebergen and Lacina faced off against each other in 2022’s The Challenge: USA and 2023’s The Challenge: World Championship. He was medically removed from the competition in both seasons.

Driebergen lives in Idaho with his wife Kelly and their two children, Wyatt and Gracie. He is a stay-at-home dad, he told Entertainment Weekly in 2020.

Wendell Holland

Wendell Holland won season 36 Survivor: Ghost Island in May 2018 — the first season to end in a tie. Holland later returned for 2020’s Winners at War, where he placed 13th.

Holland now hosts Survivor watch parties and other fan events with season 28 player Brice Izyah Johnston. He welcomed his first child, son Wendell Carter Holland, in May 2023 with ex-girlfriend Chelsea Brooks.

Nick Wilson

Nick Wilson won season 37 Survivor: David vs. Goliath in December 2018. He returned for 2020’s Winners at War, where he placed seventh.

Since the show, Wilson has been focused on his political career as a lawmaker in the Kentucky House of Representatives.

Chris Underwood

Chris Underwood won season 38 Survivor: Edge of Extinction in May 2019.

Since Survivor, Underwood competed and won the men’s prize on season 2 of The Challenge: USA in 2023. He now works as a sales coach and lives with his wife, Kate Underwood, and their two children in Charleston, S.C.

Tommy Sheehan

Tommy Sheehan won season 39 Survivor: Island of the Idols in December 2019. He proposed to his now-wife Nicole the day he returned from the game, and the two wed in 2022.

Sheehan later competed on season 37 of The Challenge in 2021, but the fourth-grade teacher announced his retirement from reality TV after appearing on the show. “I love my life and career too much to leave again,” he told Entertainment Weekly that year.

Erika Casupanan

Erika Casupanan won Survivor 41 in December 2021.

Since then, the first Canadian winner of the show appeared on The Traitors Canada in 2023. She now hosts the Happy to See Me podcast, where she speaks to “people who have been overlooked or underestimated.”

Maryanne Oketch

Maryanne Oketch won Survivor 42 in May 2022. She is the second Black woman to win the game after Vecepia Towery in 2002, and the second Canadian.

After the show, Oketch married Konner Howell during the total solar eclipse in April 2024. She began attending medical school at Ontario’s Western University four months later in August 2024.

Mike Gabler

Mike Gabler won Survivor 43 in December 2022. He later announced that he’d the $1 million prize to 25 charities.

Gabler, a heart valve specialist, lives in Idaho with his wife Joanna and their two daughters.

Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho

Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho won Survivor 44 in May 2023, becoming the show’s first Puerto Rican winner.

Outside of the show, Arocho owns a beauty salon in Puerto Rico, where he lives with his husband Karim Sáenz. The couple had a second wedding in Mexico City five months after Arocho’s win.

Dee Valladares

Dee Valladares won Survivor 45 in December 2023.

Valladares lives in Miami, Fla., where she works as an influencer, appearing in ads for the movie A Quiet Place: Day One and Brooks Running. She co-hosted the On Fire with Jeff Probst podcast during season 46.

Kenzie Petty

Kenzie Petty won Survivor 46 in May 2024.

After delaying her wedding to compete on the show, she married Jackson Petty in September 2023. The couple welcomed their first child, son Beau, in September 2024.

She lives in Charlotte, N.C., where she owns a hair salon.

Rachel LaMont

Rachel LaMont earned the title of Sole Survivor in December 2024.

Since then, the Michigan native has co-hosted the On Fire with Jeff Probst podcast during season 48.