[1] The show was shot in a remote island in Zanzibar in the country of Tanzania east of Africa, with 18 celebrity contestants known as "castaways".

[4][5][6][7] Survivor received mixed to positive reviews from critics and fans who praised the season's crew members and makers for giving out challenging tasks and blindsiding twists to the contestants.

Before the show started Zee Tamil revealed 8 out of the 16 contestants, some of the notable celebrities joining the show as contestants such as Narayan Lucky, Vijayalakshmi Feroz, Nandha Durairaj, Vikranth, Besant Ravi, V. J. Parvathy, Gayathri Reddy, Umapathy Ramaiah, Srushti Dange and Lady Kash.

Although the main format is the same, this season introduced several notable differences from the American version of Survivor: Daily after the airing of the episode on television, Zee5 releases Survivor Uncut, which provides the unseen events or footage taken place that wasn't aired on television, which has a longer episode running time.

Sixteen castaways embarked on the journey of a lifetime in the pristine yet treacherous island in Zanzibar in the country of Tanzania.

Kaadarkal's first inaugural victory in the reward challenge caused them to underestimate their opposing tribe's mettle.

At the first tribal council faced by the Kaadarkal tribe, Gayathri was blindsided by her fellow mates and was voted off.

However the first 12 people voted out in tribal council will be sent to a mysterious dead island called Moondram Ulagam where they formed a new tribe, competing for a chance to return to the game.

The final eleven players merged into the Kombarkal tribe, represented by an elephant and the color blue.

After each tribe got back they had to dig around a circle to find a map that would lead them to the good island (which provides food and basic needs) or a flint for fire (which offers them heat and for cooking meals).

Once the Vedarkal tribe reached their good island they found a mystery box that had a knife to cut vegetables up for food and rice to cook for their meal.

On the 71st episode Arjun Sarja made a announcement saying that the next 7 contestants to get eliminated from the game will immediately become jury members and eventually vote for the "Sole Survivor" at the end of the show.

Survivor Tamil managed to garner a TRP of 5.02 on its opening and an average of 4.06 for its first week, leaving behind debuts of some of India's popular reality shows such as Bigg Boss, Cooku with Comali, MasterChef India - Tamil and Super Singer.

On 6 October 2021, Lady Kash made a three-minute statement on YouTube, talking about the production team not giving enough care about the health of the contestants participating.

[34][35][36] Saran Shakthi was accused and proven guilty of using a mobile phone from which he borrowed from a crew member in the island to connect to his girlfriend who is overseas.