Survivor V: Vanuathom

Survivor V: Vanuathom is the fifth season of the online reality game series Thomvivor, which is based on the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. Sign-ups commenced on July 17, 2015; there were 34 applicants and 20 contestants were chosen to participate. The cast was announced on July 19, 2015 and the season premiered on the same day.

Bruce Kanegai (Meh) was named the winner at the finale on September 23, 2015, defeating Hali Ford (anomis) and Sierra Reed (RunicOne25) in a 5–3–0 vote.

This season introduced a few major changes to the Thomvivor format. Firstly, the contestants were asked to complete confessionals each round logging their progress and giving an insight to the viewers about their game. These confessionals would be published at the end of the season. Another notable change is that Vanuathom is the first season to not have tribe leaders during the pre-merge phase. Additionally, Reward Challenges and Exile Island did not feature in this season for the first time. This was replaced with Camp Life, where each tribe was given a list of tasks to complete. If all of the tasks were not completed before the Immunity Challenge, the tribe would receive a severe disadvantage. During Camp Life the contestants had three options; they could either complete one of the compulsory tasks, maintain their energy by relaxing in the shelter (which would give them a small advantage in the upcoming Immunity Challenge) or search for the Hidden Immunity Idol hidden at their camp site. This was also the first season to not allow extensions or substitutes for challenges.

In another first, this season was the first to see a castaway who had been voted out of their tribe return to the game in the same season. In the seventh episode it was revealed that the two castaways voted out would compete in a Duel, and the winner would return to the game. Hope Driskill and Monica Padilla were voted out, and Padilla was able to win the Duel and return to the game at the final eleven.

Contestants
The cast is composed of 20 new players, initially split into two tribes based on their gender - Lopevi being the female tribe and Yasur being the male tribe.