Season 18: Yucatan

Survivor: Yucatan is the eighteenth season of the first round of competition to determine the Ultimate Survivor Champion. The final nine contestants from this season will move on to the next round of competition.

This season consisted of twenty former castaway returning for their chance to be the Ultimate Survivor Champion. These twenty were divided into two tribes of nine. These tribes were swapped after five had been voted out. For the first time in the Ultimate Survivor Championship, these two tribes were switched again at the Final 11. The two tribes merged at the Final 9. In the end, the Final 3 faced the jury of nine to determine who would be the winner. Candice Woodcock defeated Frosti Zernow and Josh Canfield in the final vote.

Candice Woodcock, Frosti Zernow, Jeff Wilson, Josh Canfield, Kristina Kell, Malcolm Freberg, Rob Mariano, Ryan Opray, and Sabrina Thompson are the nine contestants moving on to the next round.

This season was preceded by Survivor: Indonesia and followed by Survivor: Zanzibar.