Survivor 44
season of television series
Survivor 44 is the forty-fourth season of the American competitive reality television series Survivor. This season, filmed from June 5 through June 30, 2022, is the twelfth consecutive season filmed in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji. It premiered on March 1, 2023, on CBS in the United States and Global in Canada. The season concluded on May 24, 2023, when Yamil "Yam Yam" Arocho was named the winner of the season, defeating Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt and Carolyn Wiger in a 7–1–0 vote. Arocho became the second Puerto Rican winner (and overall third Hispanic winner) after two-time winner Sandra Diaz-Twine from both Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, in addition to being the first Latino male winner and the third gay male winner after Richard Hatch from Survivor: Borneo and Todd Herzog from Survivor: China.
Production
CBS renewed Survivor for its forty-third and forty-fourth seasons on March 9, 2022. As with every season since season 41, Survivor 44 features 26 days of gameplay, pitting eighteen contestants against one another in three initial tribes. Filming began on June 5, 2022, and concluded on June 30, 2022.
Contestants
The cast was announced on January 31, 2023, and consists of 18 new players divided into three tribes: Ratu, Soka, and Tika.
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