A Greek Survivor contestant was seriously injured in the Dominican Republic after a tourist boat struck him while he was spearfishing outside the show’s competition process. The injury led to a partial amputation, and the broadcaster said the television broadcast of the program is being suspended until the causes of the incident are fully investigated.
Production company Acun Media said the team moved immediately to provide assistance and arrange the injured contestant’s rapid transfer to hospital. Stavros Floros is now hospitalized in serious but stable condition and is out of danger, while local coast guard authorities have opened an investigation into how the accident happened.
Floros’ father said the family was told that one leg had been partially amputated and the other had a severe ankle injury. “The situation was serious. One leg was partially amputated and the other leg has a severe ankle injury,” he said, adding that his son was spearfishing when a boat with two outboard engines passed by. He said Floros had a buoy with him, that the propellers hit both his son and the buoy, and that it took about 40 minutes to get him to hospital.
The broadcaster’s decision to halt the program puts the focus on what happened outside the game, not during it. Floros was injured during production in the Dominican Republic, but the accident took place beyond the competition itself, leaving investigators to determine how a routine outing turned into a life-changing injury. Another Greek broadcaster said a fellow contestant witnessed the incident and suffered a nervous breakdown.
Floros remains under medical monitoring in the Dominican Republic, where doctors have said his condition is under control. His father said family members will travel there to be by his side, and he described his son’s survival as a miracle.
For Survivor Greece, the next step is not another episode but the investigation itself. The show stays off the air until officials and the broadcaster can explain how a tourist boat struck a contestant during a production far from the field of play.
