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Survivor: Marquesas
Image:Survivor.marquesas.logo.png
Filming location Nuka Hiva,
Marquesas Islands
Winner Vecepia Towery (4-3)
Original run February 28, 2002
May 19, 2002
Filming dates November 12, 2001
December 21, 2001
No. of episodes 13
No. of days 39
No. of survivors 16
Tribes Maraamu
Rotu
Soliantu
All-Stars Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien,
Rob Mariano
Season chronology
Previous Survivor: Africa
Next Survivor: Thailand

Survivor: Marquesas was the fourth installment of the popular United States reality show Survivor. Hosted by Jeff Probst, it aired from February 28 - May 19, 2002 on CBS. Thirteen episodes aired, plus a mid-season recap and live interview with Rosie O'Donnell after the finale. The winner, Vecepia Towery, was revealed on May 19 2002, where she defeated Neleh Dennis by a vote of 4-3.

The contestants were divided into two tribes: Maraamu and Rotu (Marquesan for 'Southern Wind' and 'Rain' respectively). They later merged into the Soliantu tribe (Marquesan for "Sacred Alliance to the Sun").

Sommaire

Contestants

Contestant Starting Tribe Episode 4 Tribe Merged Tribe Finish Total Votes
Peter Harkey
45, Millis, MA
Maraamu
1st Voted Out
Day 3
<center>5
Patricia Jackson
49, Lugoff, SC
<center>Maraamu 2nd Voted Out
Day 6
<center>5
Hunter Ellis
33, La Jolla, CA
<center>Maraamu 3rd Voted Out
Day 9
<center>4
Sarah Jones
24, Newport Beach, CA
<center>Maraamu <center>Maraamu 4th Voted Out
Day 12
<center>11
Gabriel Cade
23, Celo, NC
Rotu Rotu 5th Voted Out
Day 15
<center>7
Gina Crews
28, Gainesville, FL
<center>Maraamu <center>Maraamu 6th Voted Out
Day 18
<center>3
Rob Mariano
26, Canton, MA
<center>Maraamu <center>Rotu Soliantu 7th Voted Out
Day 21
<center>8
John Carroll
36, Omaha, NE
<center>Rotu <center>Rotu 8th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 24
<center>8
Zoe Zanidakis
35, Monhegan Island, ME
<center>Rotu <center>Rotu 9th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 27
<center>8
Tammy Leitner
29, Mesa, AZ
<center>Rotu <center>Rotu 10th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 30
<center>5
Robert DeCanio
38, Queens, NY
<center>Rotu <center>Rotu 11th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 33
<center>6
Sean Rector
30, Harlem, NY
<center>Maraamu <center>Rotu 12th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 36
<center>7
Paschal English
57, Thomaston, GA
<center>Rotu <center>Maraamu Eliminated
6th Jury Member
Day 371
<center>0
Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien
47, Burlington, VT
<center>Rotu <center>Maraamu 13th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 38
<center>5
Neleh Dennis
21, Layton, UT
<center>Rotu <center>Maraamu Runner-Up <center>4
Vecepia Towery
36, Portland, OR
<center>Maraamu <center>Rotu Sole Survivor <center>2

Note 1: Paschal was not voted out. The purple rock determined who would be eliminated. He drew the purple rock and he became the 6th jury member.

The Total Votes is the number of votes a castaways has received during Tribal Councils where the castaway is eligible to be voted out of the game. It does not include the votes received during the final Tribal Council.

The game

Episode title Air date Challenges Eliminated Vote Finish
Reward Immunity
Back to the Beach February 282002 None Rotu Peter 5-2-1 1st Voted Out
Day 3
Nacho Momma March 072002 Rotu Rotu Patricia 4-3 2nd Voted Out
Day 6
No Pain, No Gain March 132002 Rotu Rotu Hunter 4-2 3rd Voted Out
Day 9
The Winds Twist March 202002 None Rotu Sarah 4-1 4th Voted Out
Day 12
The End of Innocence March 282002 Maraamu Maraamu <center>Gabriel 7-1 5th Voted Out
Day 15
The Underdogs April 42002 Maraamu Rotu <center>Gina 3-1 6th Voted Out
Day 18
True Lies April 112002 None Kathy <center>Rob 7-2-1 7th Voted Out
Day 21
Jury's Out April 182002 Kathy Tammy <center>John 6-3 8th Voted Out
Day 24
Two Peas in a Pod April 252002 Sean & Paschal Tammy <center>Zoe 7-1 9th Voted Out
Day 27
The Princess May 22002 Paschal Robert <center>Tammy 5-2 10th Voted Out
Day 30
Marquesan Vacation May 92002 Kathy Vecepia <center>Robert 5-1 11th Voted Out
Day 33
A Tale of Two Cities May 162002 Sean Kathy <center>Sean 3-2 12th Voted Out
Day 36
The Sole Survivor May 192002 None Vecepia <center>Paschal 2-2 Eliminated
Day 37
Neleh <center>Kathy 1-0 13th Voted Out
Day 38
The Reunion May 192002 <center>Jury Vote <center>Neleh 4-3 Runner-Up
Vecepia Sole Survivor

Voting history

Starting tribes Switched tribes Merged tribe
Episode #: <center>1 <center>2 <center>3 <center>4 <center>5 <center>6 <center>7 <center>8 <center>9 <center>10 <center>11 <center>12 <center>13 <center>Reunion
Eliminated: Peter
5/8 votes
Patricia
4/7 votes
Hunter
4/6 votes
Sarah
4/5 votes
Gabriel
7/8 votes
Gina
3/4 votes
Rob
7/10 votes
John
6/9 votes
Zoe
7/8 votes
Tammy
5/7 votes
Robert
5/6 votes
Sean
3/5 votes
Paschal
0/4 votes
Kathy
1 Vote
Neleh
3/7 votes
Vecepia
4/7 votes
VoterVote
Vecepia <Center>Sarah <Center>Patricia <Center>Hunter <Center>Gabriel <Center>Rob <Center>John <Center>Zoe <Center>Tammy <Center>Robert <Center>Neleh <Center>Neleh Jury Vote
Neleh <Center>Sarah <Center>Gina <Center>Rob <Center>John <Center>Zoe <Center>Tammy <Center>Robert <Center>Sean <Center>Kathy <Center>Kathy
Kathy <Center>Sarah <Center>Gina <Center>Zoe <Center>John <Center>Zoe <Center>Tammy <Center>Robert <Center>Sean <Center>Neleh <Center>Neleh
Paschal <Center>Sarah <Center>Gina <Center>Rob <Center>John <Center>Zoe <Center>Tammy <Center>Robert <Center>Sean <Center>Kathy <Center>Neleh
Sean <Center>Sarah <Center>Patricia <Center>Hunter <Center>Gabriel <Center>John <Center>John <Center>Zoe <Center>Tammy <Center>Robert <Center>Neleh <Center>Vecepia
Robert <Center>Gabriel <Center>Rob <Center>Sean <Center>Zoe <Center>Vecepia <Center>Sean <Center>Vecepia
Tammy <Center>Gabriel <Center>Rob <Center>Sean <Center>Zoe <Center>Vecepia <Center>Vecepia
Zoe <Center>Gabriel <Center>Rob <Center>John <Center>Robert <Center>Neleh
John <Center>Gabriel <Center>Rob <Center>Sean <Center>Vecepia
Rob <Center>Peter <Center>Patricia <Center>Hunter <Center>Gabriel <Center>John
Gina <Center>Peter <Center>Sarah <Center>Sarah <Center>Sarah <Center>Kathy
Gabriel <Center>Rob
Sarah <Center>Peter <Center>Patricia <Center>Hunter <Center>Kathy
Hunter <Center>Peter <Center>Sarah <Center>Sarah
Patricia <Center>Peter <Center>Sarah
Peter <Center>Patricia

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Elimination notes

  • Peter - Eliminated as a result of his strange behavior and his plotting against Patricia.
  • Patricia - Eliminated because she was considered to be too bossy and was the weakest in Maraamu.
  • Hunter - He was voted out by Rob, Vecepia, Sarah, and Sean because he was considered a physical threat. In addition, Rob felt that he was more deserving of the leadership role that Hunter had assumed.
  • Sarah - A tribal swap rewarded Gina with three allies while depriving Sarah of her entire alliance. Sarah was eliminated because of her laziness (a clip from the first episode featuring Sarah lounging on the raft as her tribemates pushed it to shore, complete with a Cleopatra-esque headdress and Egyptian-themed music, is frequently used to demonstrate this point) and was weaker physically than Gina.
  • Gabriel - After losing their first immuntiy challenge, the original Rotu members planned to vote out one of the new arrivals (Boston Rob, Sean or Vecepia), but Gabriel refused to make any promises. Although he did ultimately vote for Rob, the rest of the original Rotu members felt that they couldn't trust him, and unanimously voted him out.
  • Gina - Was the last original Maraamu member left on the tribe.
  • Rob - Left after he stirred the pot at Soliantu, revealing to Kathy that she was the first target and attempting to expose Zoe as a liar to Kathy. Was also a challenge threat.
  • John - After winning an immunity challenge, the alliance of the four original Rotu Members (which became known as the "Rotu Four") openly congratulated each other for their victory. Neleh and Paschal, two of their key allies, felt isolated by this move, so they joined Kathy, Sean, and Vecepia to form a new alliance. In a transition of power, the five new allies voted off the members of the "Rotu Four" alliance, beginning with John, who proclaimed himself the leader. Zoe also voted against John.
  • Zoe - The next member of the "Rotu Four" to be voted off, Zoe was considered to be stronger than Robert and was considered manipulative and deceitful (Tammy was the orginial choice, but had immunity).
  • Tammy - Was considered to be stronger than Robert and was the person second in charge with the "Rotu Four". Robert won immunity, which left her as the only target left.
  • Robert - The last remaining member of the "Rotu Four", Robert was offered a chance to go further by joining with Kathy and others against Neleh and Paschal, but he refused to vote against them, so he was doomed.
  • Sean - Kathy sided with Neleh and Paschal, voting out Sean because of all the fighting he was causing at camp and at tribal council.
  • Paschal - After Vecepia won immunity, a tied vote led to a random elimination. The three castaways who were not immune were forced to draw colored rocks from a bag. Paschal drew the infamous purple rock, which led to his elimination, despite never having had a vote cast against him. This method of tie-breaking would never be used again.
  • Kathy - Vecepia gave up in the immunity challenge after Neleh agreed to vote out Kathy. She was seen as the person that no one could beat at the final tribal council. Tammy later stated that Kathy was indeed the one who truly deserved to win.
  • Neleh - She was considered to have ridden coat-tails, played the game too late, was a hypocrite, didn't really play a strategic game, and was a "Bible-thumper" (according to Tammy). Earned the votes of Kathy, Paschal, and Zoe.
  • Vecepia - Vecepia won because she played the game from the beginning and was seen as the more strategic player out of the two. Won with the votes of Sean, Robert, Tammy, and John.

Note: The "Rotu Four" alliance consisted of John, Robert, Tammy, and Zoe.

"Purple Rock" controversy

Paschal's elimination marked a large controversy in the game of Survivor. In this vote, Neleh and Kathy each received two votes while Vecepia was immune. To break the tie, the three without immunity -- Kathy, Neleh, and Paschal -- each pulled a rock (two yellow, one purple) out of a sack and Paschal pulled out a purple rock. Though he received no votes in the entire game, he was eliminated due to chance. Probst has admitted that using the purple rock tie-breaker was a mistake because the formula behind it was impossible to apply fairly with only four survivors left. [1]

No tie occurred on the show until 6 seasons later on Palau. It was during that season that the tie-breaker was revealed to be a fire-making challenge. However, Survivors who took part in the show between the Marquesas and Palau seasons believed that the "Purple Rock" challenge was still intact. As a result, many contestants would change alliances in order to avoid another tie and another chance of drawing the "Purple Rock".

Since Palau, there have been other tie situations that were settled with fire-making challenges: between Cirie and Danielle during Exile Island (won by Danielle to advance to the final 3) and between Becky and Sundra during Cook Islands (won by Becky, also to advance to the final 3).

Records and firsts

  • The Marquesas was only selected as a backup location- the original location was Jordan, but the September 11 terrorist attacks prompted CBS to move it from the Middle East. [2]
  • The Maraamu Tribe set a record for fewest wins by tribe (two reward challenges, one immunity challenge). The Ulong Tribe in Survivor: Palau later set an all-time low by winning 3 reward challenges and no immunity challenges. Ravu on Fiji set an even lower low by winning only one challenge, a reward challenge in episode 7.
  • This was the only season not to be aired in Australia, as the Nine Network instead aired Australian Survivor, which later turned out to fail due to poor production, compared with the well-rating American version which returned later that year.

External links


Survivor
Seasons
Borneo (2000) · Australia (2001) · Africa (2001) · Marquesas (2002) · Thailand (2002)
Amazon (2003) · Pearl Islands (2003) · All-Stars (2004) · Vanuatu (2004) · Palau (2005)
Guatemala (2005) · Panama (2006) · Cook Islands (2006) · Fiji (2007) · China (2007)
Micronesia (2008) · 17 (2008) · 18 (2009)
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