Survivor: Pearl Islands is the seventh season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season was filmed on the Pearl Islands, off the coast of Panama, and had a pirate culture theme. The start of the game was announced as a surprise to the contestants, most of whom believed that they were on their way to a photo shoot. After being told they would begin the game with only the clothes on their back, they were divided into two tribes of eight, Morgan and Drake, and were given some money and sent to a small village to barter and buy supplies for their camps in lieu of being given them as in seasons past.