Season 1: Maldives

Survivor: Maldives is the first season of the first round of competition to find the Ultimate Survivor Champion. The last nine castaways left standing this season will move on to the next round of Survivor competition.

The cast is comprised of twenty former contestants returning for their shot at becoming the Ultimate Survivor. These twenty are divided into two tribes of ten. At the final 14, the tribes were switched up and they remained in the new groupings until the merge at the final 11. The last three remaining faced the jury of 9 until Tracy Hughes-Wolf was declared the winner over Ian Rosenberger and Rebecca Borman.

Amanda Kimmel, Edgardo Rivera, Ian Rosenberger, Jerry Sims, Julie Berry, Keith Nale, Mike Chiesl, Rebecca Borman, and Tracy Hughes-Wolf are the nine contestants moving on to the next round.

This season was followed by Survivor: Patagonia.