Now, the 22-year-old is suing the show’s producers for $100 million.
“Survivor Greece” star Stavros Floros lost his left leg after a tourist boat hit him in a horrifying accident while filming.
His, fellow Survivor Greece contestant Emmanouil Malliaros confirmed that a passenger on board applied a temporary tourniquet to Floros’s leg. A tourist boat accidentally hit Floros. The severed part of his leg wasn’t recovered. Floros claims the show’s format required contestants to spearfish in open water. He also claims there were no safety boats, protected areas or proper warning markers.
Floros, 22, was competing in Season 13 of Survivor Greece when he went spearfishing with another contestant in the waters off the Dominican Republic on May 11, 2026.
The crash severed his left leg above the knee and badly injured his right leg, according to court documents cited by CBC . Stavros said his leg was lost in the ocean and that only a “tourniquet applied by a stranger aboard the offending tourist boat kept him alive,” per TMZ. He said the waters near the filming area had heavy tourist boat traffic. Malliaros said “it was common for tourist boats to travel close to shore. He also said Survivor Greece contestants were viewed as “entertainment.”
This was despite earlier close calls and even a death in the same waters.
