Survivor Enderron: Ko Lanta

Survivor Enderron: Ko Lanta is the ninth season of the Enderronian competitive reality television series Survivor Enderron. Filming took place on the island of Ko Lanta Yai, Thailand from TBA to TBA 2016. The season premiered on TBA 2016, and aired weekly until the live finale on TBA 2016.

For the first time ever, the season comprised only 16 contestants instead of the usual 18 to 20, and a Final Two instead of a Final Three. This format is identical to the one used in early US Survivor seasons. The contestants were initially separated into two tribes: Chani (Thai for "gibbon") and Khangkhaw (Thai for "bat"). When ten contestants remained, the two tribes merged into the Samakkhi tribe (Thai for "harmony").

In the final episode, Ian Sulisto was named the "Sole Survivor", defeating Hugh Wilson in a 4–3 vote.

Contestants
Notable contestants this season include Olympic rowing coach Joyce Tillett.

Future appearances
Sarah Hunter returned for Survivor Enderron: Australia.

Season summary
The sixteen players were split into two tribes, Chani and Khangkhaw, prior to the game. Khangkhaw quickly proved to be by far the stronger tribe, handily winning the first five challenges. Chani was plagued by a combination of tribal disunity, exacerbated by Haishan's domineering leadership, and a number of injuries. As the tribe rapidly dwindled to a roster of five, a core alliance between Dave, Ian and Sophie formed. At Khangkhaw, two factions formed, split along gender lines.

On Day 10, with 13 players remaining, a tribe switch was announced, evening up the tribe numbers at six each. Dave, Ian and Sophie remained at Chani with new members Hugh, Kyle and Michelle, while Brie and Sarah were sent to Khangkhaw. The new Chani lost the first post-switch immunity challenge, and went to Tribal Council for the fourth time in a row. Hugh aligned with the original Chani to eliminate physical liability Kyle. Rif, who was randomly selected to go to Exile Island temporarily at the tribe switch, joined the tribe. Chani broke its losing streak and won the Day 13 reward challenge, but Khangkhaw came back to win following immunity challenge. With the numbers split evenly at three apiece, the vote became deadlocked between Dave and Rif. Dave lost the subsequent fire-making tiebreaker. Chani won the Day 18 immunity challenge, finally sending Khangkhaw to Tribal Council for the first time in the game. The four original Khangkhaws stuck together and split the vote against Chanis Brie and Sarah. Brie was eliminated after Sarah played her hidden immunity idol.

The tribes merged at the final ten. With the women outnumbering the men, the original Khangkhaw women's alliance aligned with Sarah and Sophie to blindside Rif. With such a large numerical advantage, the Khangkhaw alliance split into two factions: a core of Joyce, Michelle and Nelly, and Rowena, Sarah and Sophie on the outside. A vote between Michelle and Sophie fell through when Hugh changed his vote, and Kenny was voted out. Him and Ian, the two remaining men in the game, next aligned with the Khangkhaw outsiders to blindside strategic powerhouse Joyce, but their plan was foiled by Joyce playing her hidden immunity idol, and Rowena was eliminated instead, followed by Sarah. At the final six, Hugh and Ian turned on each other but were thwarted by their idols, and Joyce was blindsided by her former allies Michelle and Nelly. Hugh then realigned with the tight pair of original Chanis, Ian and Sophie, against the remnants of the Khangkhaw alliance, and became the final three. Hugh won the final immunity challenge, eliminating Sophie and bringing Ian to the Final Tribal Council.

Both Hugh and Ian were met with heavy criticism from the jury. Hugh was lambasted for his callousness and frequently backstabbing his allies throughout the game, but he was praised for his strategic prowess and ability to position himself as the swing vote on many occasions. Ian was condemned for being out of the loop for much of the early post-merge period, but he was perceived to have better social connections and was instrumental in infiltrating the dominant Khangkhaw alliance. Ultimately, the jury felt that Ian's quieter, adaptive gameplay and underdog status for much of the game was more well-rounded and deserving of a win than Hugh's strategically aggressive game. Ian was named the Sole Survivor in a close 4–3 vote.