Ultimate Survivor Champion 2016: Round 1: Season 17 - Malaysia

Survivor: Malaysia is the seventeenth season of Round 1 in the competition Ultimate Survivor Champion 2016. This season consisted of twenty-four former contestants returning for their shot at becoming the Ultimate Survivor Champion. The last twelve contestants remaining move on to the next round of competition, while the person in thirteenth place will compete in the Wild Card round.

The twenty-four castaways were divided into three tribes of eight. After five were voted out, the three tribes were dissolved into two. The two tribes merged at the Final 13. Penny Ramsey was the Wild Card representative from this season. Amy O'Hara, Burton Roberts, Christina Cha, Danielle DiLorenzo, Joe Anglim, Julia Sokolowski, Matt Elrod, Rebecca Borman, Rudy Boesch, Sherri Biethman, Tom Westman, and Tyrone Davis were the twelve moving on to Round 2.

This season was preceded bySeason 16: Baja and followed by Season 18: Pamukkale.