<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Survivor: Cagayan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Survivor: Worlds Apart </Td> </Tr> <P> Survivor: San Juan del Sur--Blood vs. Water is the twenty - ninth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor, which premiered on September 24, 2014 . Similar to Survivor: Blood vs. Water, the season features pairs of loved ones competing against each other but, unlike Blood vs. Water, all the players are new . The season was filmed in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, the same location as Survivor: Nicaragua and Survivor: Redemption Island . The two - hour finale and one - hour reunion show aired on December 17, 2014, where Natalie Anderson was named the winner over Jaclyn Schultz and Missy Payne . </P> <P> This season saw the return of Exile Island, which was last used in Survivor: Tocantins . In lieu of a reward challenge, a castaway and their loved one would square off in a duel . The loser is sent to Exile Island, while the winner earns reward for his or her tribe and must send one of their tribemates to Exile Island as well . The two castaways who are sent to Exile Island then have to choose one of two vases, where in only one has a clue to a hidden immunity idol located at their tribe's camp . Exile Island continued after the merge with one castaway exiled by the reward winners, where there would be a single urn with a clue to an idol hidden somewhere on Exile . </P>

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