Who Won Survivor 48 & How Much Did the Winner Get?
The 48 finale has aired on CBS, and fans want to know who won the long-running reality competition series. Created by Charlie Parsons and hosted by Jeff Probst, Survivor premiered on May 31, 2000. The 48th season debuted on February 26, 2025, with 18 contestants split into three tribes of six: Siva, Lagi, and Vula. The five participants who made it to finale night were Mitch Guerra, Kyle Fraser, Kamilla Karthigesu, Joe Hunter, and Eva Erickson—and the winner was one of them.
Here's who won Survivor 48 and how much prize money they received.
Kyle Fraser, a 30-year-old attorney from Brooklyn, New York, won Survivor 48.
As with the past fifteen seasons, Survivor 48 took place in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji.
On finale night, Karthigesu came out on top in the first immunity challenge. During the tribal council, Guerra was eliminated. Erickson had an immunity idol and was safe from votes. Fraser then won the final immunity challenge and secured a spot in the final three. He chose Hunter to join him, leaving Karthigesu and Erickson to compete in a fire-making challenge. Erickson won the showdown, eliminating Karthigesu.
The jury for this season included Cedrek McFadden, Chrissy Sarnowsky, David Kinne, Star Toomey, Mary Zheng, Shauhin Davari, Mitch Guerra, and Kamilla Karthigesu. McFadden voted for Hunter, Toomey and Zheng voted for Erickson, and the remaining five jury members—Chrissy, David, Shauhin, Mitch, and Kamilla—voted for Fraser. As a result, Fraser was announced as the winner of Survivor 48.
After winning Survivor 48 with a 5-2-1 jury vote, Fraser received the $1 million prize.
He began the season as a member of the Siva tribe but later switched to Vula. Fraser is the first Guyanese individual and the sixth contestant of African descent to win Survivor and take home the prize.
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