Survivor: Pearl Islands

Survivor: Pearl Islands is the seventh installment of the popular television reality show Survivor. It was filmed in 2003 and debuted in the United States on CBS on September 18, 2003.

The show takes place on the Pearl Islands, off the coast of Panama. The two original tribes were Drake and Morgan.

The contestants include (in order of how they finished, starting from the first one eliminated and ending with the winner):

• Nicole Delma, 25, massage therapist from Hermosa Beach, California (Morgan)
• Ryan Shoulders, 23, produce clerk from Clarksville, Tennessee (Morgan)
• Michelle Tesaurio, 22, student from Pittstown, New Jersey (Drake)
• Trish Dunn, 42, sales executive from Annapolis, Maryland (Drake)
• Shawn Cohen, 28, advertising sales rep from New York City (Drake)
• Osten Taylor, 27, equity trade manager from Boston, Massachusetts (Morgan)
• Andrew Savage, 40, attorney from Chicago, Illinois (Morgan)
• Ryan Opray, 31, electrician from Los Gatos, California (Morgan)
• Rupert Boneham, 39, troubled teen mentor from Indianapolis, Indiana (Drake)
• Tijuana Bradley, 27, pharmaceutical sales rep from St. Louis, Missouri (Morgan)
• Christa Hastie, 24, computer programmer from Los Angeles, California (Drake)
• Burton Roberts, 31, marketing executive from San Francisco, California (Drake)
• Darrah Johnson, 22, mortician from Liberty, Mississippi (Morgan)
• Jon Dalton, 29, art consultant from Danville, Virginia (Drake)
• Lillian Morris, 51, Scout troop leader from Cincinnati, Ohio (Morgan) Won $100,000 US
• Sandra Diaz-Twine, 29, office assistant from Fort Lewis, Washington (Drake) Won $1,000,000 US

Note: This series of Survivor had an surprise feature where the first six contestants voted off were given an opportunity to win their way back on to the show. Lillian Morris (who was originally the third person voted off) and Burton Roberts (who was the fourth) rejoined the contest in this manner.

Survivor: Pearl Islands was preceded by Survivor: The Amazon.