[4] Raj Rani was named the winner in the final episode on 17 March 2012, defeating JD Majethia and Stithpragya in a 4–2–1 vote.

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

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

From the tenth day on wards, Tayak dominated in challenges, while the depleted Catan lost Priyanka, Karan, Rishi and Shilpa.

Karan, due to his worsening health problems, became the first contestant in the history of Survivor India to quit.

Rajesh and Evelyn were blindsided by their members at Tayak and Michael got voted out for engaging in too many verbal fights with fellow castaways.

After an endurance challenge among the five of them, Michael emerged as the winner and was given the choice to pick one of the four remaining members to join the game again.

Deprived of, almost, all of the rewards offered in the challenges, Tayak tribe members suffered from starvation while Catan enjoyed consecutive feasts.

Initially, the Catan tribe consisted of 11 celebrities and Tayak of 11 non-famous people chosen from all over India.

Sameer Kochchar, the host of Survivor India, welcomes 22 competitors who are to be marooned for 45 days in the exotic yet dangerous Caramoan islands in Philippines, without food, drinking water, shelter, technology and civilization.

The 22 competitors are divided into two tribes of eleven, celebrities against ordinary people, and they will reside in two separate islands.

The Catan tribe, with the yellow bandana, consists of Payal, Karan, Shilpa, Rohit, Rajesh, Sangram, Abhinav, JD, Priyanka, Munisha and Sylvie.

The Tayak tribe, with the red bandana, consists of Raj, Rishi, Shivam, Michael, Preeti, Gisele, Sanober, Harrison, Evelyn, Sthitpragya and Sai.

Gisele was conflicted about leaving the competition for her sick grandmother, but eventually refused to quit the show.

Day eleven in Tayak tribe, Michael finds sweet potatoes growing on the island.

While Shilpa, JD and Payal rejoice Priyanka's departure, Karan forms a group with Rajesh and Abhinav.

Munisha's bad performance in challenges and Karan's deteriorating health, made them ideal candidates for the vote out, however, Karan's inability to cope with the living conditions that developed because of losing two reward challenges in a row leading to Catan running short of food forced him to quit the game, hence, no vote occurred for his removal.

Formation of new Tayak and Catan tribes evokes mixed feelings in the Survivor India contestants.

Shivam's deceit by voting Rishi off the island leaves Raj Rani and Sthitpragya distressed.

Like Rishi, Shilpa was also marooned on the discrete island of Ayunan and told to await further clues about her survival there.

For the first time in the history of Survivor India, a tie resulted at the council after which a tie-breaker re-voting occurred between Rajesh and Michael.

In Catan tribe, while JD forms an alliance with the non celebrities, Payal and Sangram's friendship grows stronger.

Evelyn's proud nature despite her failing attempts at the challenges made her underestimate Munisha's bonding with her tribe members.

JD and Shivam play strong at the challenge accompanied by a score from Harrison from Tayak who accidentally threw the ball in Catan's basket.

While watching Tayak's sixth straight Tribal Council, Catan tribe hungrily consumed the kebabs without any compunction.

To win back Rajrani's alliance, Sangram apologizes for voting against Sthitpragiya in the previous tribal council.

Raj Rani, JD, Shivam, and Sthitpragya remain loyal to their group and vote against Abhinav at the tribal council.

Samir Kochchar, the host of Survivor India welcomes the 3 finalists, JD, Raj Rani, and Sthitpragya along with the 7 jury members to the Grand Finale.

What caught everyone’s attention is that the Star Plus reality show, adapted from the popular American format, scored high without any big Bollywood names on board.

The show started on 6 January and its opening numbers beat the figures scored by the likes of Hrithik Roshan (3.7), Preity Zinta (3.3), Akshay Kumar (3.0) and Shah Rukh Khan (2.6) over the last year with their shows Just Dance, Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega, Khatron Ke Khiladi Torchaar and Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout respectively.