Survivor: The Australian Outback
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| Survivor: The Australian Outback | |
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| Filming location | Herbert River at Gleneagle Cattle Ranch (South-west of Cairns, Queensland, Australia) |
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| Winner | Tina Wesson (4-3) |
| Original run | January 28, 2001 – May 03, 2001 |
| Filming dates | October 23, 2000 – December 3, 2000 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| No. of days | 42 |
| No. of survivors | 16 |
| Tribes | Kucha Ogakor Barramundi |
| All-Stars | Tina Wesson, Colby Donaldson, Jerri Manthey, Alicia Calaway, Amber Brkich |
| Season chronology | |
| Previous | Survivor: Borneo |
| Next | Survivor: Africa |
Survivor: The Australian Outback was the second installment of the popular United States reality show Survivor. Filming took place at the Gleneagle Cattle Ranch in northern Queensland during 2000 and aired from January 28, 2001 to May 3, 2001 on CBS. It garnered the highest average Nielsen rating for the 2000-2001 season. The location used was within a three hour drive of the coastal city of Cairns and located in a wet, semi-tropical area. The two initial tribes were Kucha and Ogakor, the Aboriginal words for "kangaroo" and "crocodile", respectively.
Fourteen episodes aired weekly, the first one airing immediately after the Super Bowl, also airing on CBS. The elimination of contestant Michael Skupin during the sixth episode is noteworthy for being the first case where a Survivor contestant has had to be evacuated due to injuries. Michael Skupin, while attempting to start a fire, breathed in smoke and momentarily fainted, falling into the fire and suffering severe burns to his hands. After being cared for by medical personnel, a helicopter was brought in and Skupin was evacuated. As a result of his evacuation, no Immunity Challenge and no Tribal Council were held. As a result, the Ogakor and Kucha tribes merged with an equal number of tribe members, instead of the possible six to four (had Ogakor lost the Immunity Challenge and gone to Tribal Council). At the first merged Tribal Council, Jeff Varner was eliminated after a tie vote along former tribal lines. The winner, Tina Wesson, was announced on May 3, 2001 where she defeated Colby Donaldson by a vote of 4-3.
Gameplay changes between the first two seasons included the game being the first and only season to last 42 days instead of 39, meaning that the rapid-fire elimination of a "Final Four" turned into a "Final Three". This series also began the Survivor tradition of revealing the results live, so that none of the castaways would know who won until the finale.
During a reward on Day 34 where the remaining five contestants were permitted to communicate with their family members, Ogakor/Barramundi member Keith Famie asked his girlfriend to marry him. She said yes.
The entire season was released in DVD format on April 26, 2005.
Survivor: The Australian Outback, along with CBS' then-breakout hit CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, was instrumental in CBS becoming a major competitor on Thursday nights. It was announced on December 19, 2000 that CBS was going to move Survivor (from Wednesdays) and CSI (from Fridays) to Thursday nights starting in February 2001 to challenge NBC's long-standing and popular Must See TV lineup, which included the hit shows, Friends and Will & Grace.
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Contestants
| Contestant | Original Tribe | Merged Tribe | Finish | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debb Eaton 45, Milan, NH | Kucha | 1st Voted Out Day 3 | 7 | |
| Kel Gleason 32, Fort Hood, TX | Ogakor | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 | 7 | |
| Maralyn Hershey 51, Wakefield, VA | Ogakor | 3rd Voted Out Day 9 | 5 | |
| Mitchell Olson 23, Union City, NJ | Ogakor | 4th Voted Out Day 12 | 4 | |
| Kimmi Kappenberg 28, Ronkonkoma, NY | Kucha | 5th Voted Out Day 15 | 6 | |
| Michael Skupin 38, White Lake, MI | Kucha | Removed Due to Injury Day 17 | 0 | |
| Jeff Varner 34, New York, NY | Kucha | Barramundi | 6th Voted Out Day 21 | 7 |
| Alicia Calaway 32, New York, NY | Kucha | 7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24 | 5 | |
| Jerri Manthey 30, Los Angeles, CA | Ogakor | 8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27 | 12 | |
| Nick Brown 23, Steilacoom, WA | Kucha | 9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30 | 4 | |
| Amber Brkich 22, Beaver, PA | Ogakor | 10th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33 | 6 | |
| Rodger Bingham 53, Crittenden, KY | Kucha | 11th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36 | 5 | |
| Elisabeth Filarski 23, Boston, MA | Kucha | 12th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 39 | 5 | |
| Keith Famie 40, West Bloomfield, MI | Ogakor | 13th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 41 | 8 | |
| Colby Donaldson 26, Dallas, TX | Ogakor | Runner-up | 5 | |
| Tina Wesson 40, Knoxville, TN | Ogakor | Sole Survivor | 0 |
- 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 | |||||
| Stranded | January 282001 | Ogakor | Debb | 7-1 | 1st Voted Out Day 3 | |
| Suspicion | February 012001 | Ogakor | Kucha | Kel | 7-1 | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
| Trust No One | February 082001 | Ogakor | Kucha | Maralyn | 5-1-1 | 3rd Voted Out Day 9 |
| The Killing Fields | February 152001 | Kucha | Kucha | Mitchell | 3-3 | 4th Voted Out Day 12 |
| The Gloves Come Off | February 222001 | Kucha | Ogakor | Kimmi | 6-1 | 5th Voted Out Day 15 |
| Trial By Fire | March 012001 | Kucha | None 1 | Michael | No Vote | Removed Due to Injury Day 17 |
| The Merge | March 082001 | None | Keith | Jeff | 5-5 | 6th Voted Out Day 21 |
| Friends? | March 152001 | Jerri [Amber] | Keith | Alicia | 5-4 | 7th Voted Out Day 24 |
| The First 24 Days | March 222001 | |||||
| Honeymoon Or Not? | March 292001 | Colby, Jerri | Nick | Jerri | 6-2 | 8th Voted Out Day 27 |
| Let's Make A Deal | April 052001 | Survivor Auction | Colby | Nick | 4-2-1 | 9th Voted Out Day 30 |
| No Longer Just A Game | April 122001 | Colby | Colby | Amber | 4-2 | 10th Voted Out Day 33 |
| Enough Is Enough | April 192001 | Tina | Colby | Rodger | 3-2 | 11th Voted Out Day 36 |
| The Final Four | April 262001 | Colby | Colby | Elisabeth | 3-1 | 12th Voted Out Day 39 |
| The Most Deserving | May 032001 | None | Colby | Keith | 1-0 | 13th Voted Out Day 41 |
| The Reunion | May 032001 | <Center>Jury Vote | Colby | 4-3 | Runner-Up | |
| Tina | Sole Survivor | |||||
- In the case of multiple tribes or people who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one player won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
Note 1: No immunity was given in Ep. 6 because of Michael's injury.
Voting history
| Starting Tribes | Merged Tribe | ||||||||||||||||
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| Episode #: | | <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>14 | <center>Reunion | ||
| Eliminated: | Debb 7/8 Votes | Kel 7/8 Votes | Maralyn 5/7 Votes | Mitchell 3/6 Votes2 | Kimmi 6/7 Votes | Michael No Vote3 | Jeff 5/10 Votes4 | Alicia 5/9 Votes | Jerri 6/8 Votes | Nick 4/7 Votes | Amber 4/6 Votes | Rodger 3/5 Votes | Elisabeth 3/4 Votes | Keith 1 Vote | Colby 3/7 Votes | Tina 4/7 Votes | |
| Voter | Vote | ||||||||||||||||
| Tina | <Center>Kel | <Center>Maralyn | <Center>Mitchell | <Center>Jeff | <Center>Alicia | <Center>Jerri | <Center>Nick | <Center>Amber | <Center>Rodger | <Center>Elisabeth | <Center>Jury Vote | ||||||
| Colby | <Center>Kel | <Center>Maralyn | <Center>Mitchell | <Center>Jeff | <Center>Alicia | <Center>Jerri | <Center>Nick | <Center>Rodger | <Center>Rodger | <Center>Elisabeth | <Center>Keith | ||||||
| Keith | <Center>Kel | <Center>Mitchell | <Center>Mitchell | <Center>Jeff | <Center>Alicia | <Center>Jerri | <Center>Nick | <Center>Amber | <Center>Rodger | <Center>Elisabeth | <Center>Tina | ||||||
| Elisabeth | <Center>Debb | <Center>Kimmi | <Center>Colby | <Center>Jerri | <Center>Jerri | <Center>Amber | <Center>Amber | <Center>Keith | <Center>Keith | <Center>Tina | |||||||
| Rodger | <Center>Debb | <Center>Kimmi | <Center>Colby | <Center>Jerri | <Center>Jerri | <Center>Amber | <Center>Amber | <Center>Keith | <Center>Colby | ||||||||
| Amber | <Center>Kel | <Center>Maralyn | <Center>Keith | <Center>Jeff | <Center>Alicia | <Center>Elisabeth | <Center>Nick | <Center>Rodger | <Center>Colby | ||||||||
| Nick | <Center>Debb | <Center>Kimmi | <Center>Colby | <Center>Jerri | <Center>Jerri | <Center>Keith | <Center>Colby | ||||||||||
| Jerri | <Center>Kel | <Center>Maralyn | <Center>Keith | <Center>Jeff | <Center>Alicia | <Center>Elisabeth | <Center>Tina | ||||||||||
| Alicia | <Center>Debb | <Center>Kimmi | <Center>Colby | <Center>Jerri | <Center>Tina | ||||||||||||
| Jeff | <Center>Debb | <Center>Kimmi | <Center>Colby | ||||||||||||||
| Michael | <Center>Debb | <Center>Kimmi | |||||||||||||||
| Kimmi | <Center>Debb | <Center>Jeff | |||||||||||||||
| Mitchell | <Center>Kel | <Center>Maralyn | <Center>Keith | ||||||||||||||
| Maralyn | <Center>Kel | <Center>Jerri | |||||||||||||||
| Kel | <Center>Jerri | ||||||||||||||||
| Debb | <Center>Jeff | ||||||||||||||||
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Note 2: Keith and Mitchell were tied 3-3 at Tribal Council and in a Tribal Council countback Keith had no previous votes, but Mitchell had one, Mitchell was eliminated.
Note 3: On Day 17 Michael fell into a fire and had to be evacuated due to injuries, as a result he was the sixth person to leave the game meaning no Tribal Council was held.
Note 4: Colby and Jeff were tied 5-5 at Tribal Council and in a Tribal Council countback Colby had no previous votes, but Jeff had two, Jeff was eliminated
Elimination notes
- Debb - Debb proved to be socially inept and her personality quickly grated on the nerves of her Kucha tribemates. Finding herself unable to fit in and unable to convince the tribe that Jeff was a weak link, Debb was eliminated by a unanimous vote. (voted out 7-1)
- Kel - Kel proved to be the outcast of the Ogakor tribe, never truly bonding with anyone else. He was accused by Jerri of smuggling beef jerky into the game, and despite being one of the stronger members of the tribe, was voted off in a unanimous decision. (voted out 7-1)
- Maralyn - Despite being well-liked by her tribe, "Mad Dog" Maralyn proved to be too much of a challenge liability to keep around. Her stumble in the Episode 3 Immunity Challenge confirmed her to be a weak link, and she was voted off by even her closest allies. (voted out 5-1-1)
- Mitchell - Mitchell had made a strong alliance with Jerri and Amber, who believed Colby was with them in the vote. However, Keith and Tina proved to have stronger ties to the Texan, and Colby sided with them in the vote, creating a deadlocked tie. As Mitchell admitted he was ready to leave the game (having been targeted in the first place for being too weak), a past vote cast against him at the previous Tribal Council voted him out of the tribe (Keith, voted for by the Jerri/Amber/Mitchell alliance, had no previous votes). (voted out 3-3)
- Kimmi - Kimmi, who had a hard time fitting in with her tribe, found herself on the oustide of Kucha when she argued with Alicia over treatment of chickens won on a Reward Challenge. When Kucha finally ended their winning streak, it was Kimmi who paid the price. (voted out 6-1)
- Michael - Leader of the tribe, Michael fell into a fire he was tending at camp. Suffering serious burns on his hands, he was airlifted out of the game, and could not return. This was the first time anyone had left Survivor due to injury. [1]
- Jeff - Once the merge arrived, the 5 Ogakors and the 5 Kuchas found themselves deadlocked in the vote. Ogakor voted for Jeff, who had been revealed earlier in the game by Kimmi to have had previous votes cast against him. Kucha voted for Colby, who had no previous votes to his name. With the tie decided by previous votes, it was Jeff who was voted out. (voted out 5-5)
- Alicia - Secure with their alliance, the Ogakor tribe eliminated the strongest remaining member of Kucha, Alicia. The former Kucha members targeted Jerri, but did not have the votes to turn the game around. (voted out 5-4).
- Jerri - With Nick winning a crucial Immunity Challenge, Colby, Tina, and Keith from the Ogakor alliance finally decided to take out one of their own. Jerri, who got along with very few members of her tribe, received votes from everyone except her close ally, Amber. (voted out 6-2)
- Nick - Nick was targeted by Ogakor as the strongest remaining member of Kucha, as well as one who was becoming progressively more sick. (voted out 4-2-1)
- Amber - Deciding that Elisabeth and Rodger deserved to stay in the game, Tina and Keith turned on the Ogakors for the second time as they voted out Amber, whose game had ended the moment her close ally, Jerri, had been voted out. They used her as the scapegoat when they lost most of their rice in a flash flood. (voted out 4-2)
- Rodger - Outnumbered by Ogakor's 3-person alliance, Elisabeth and Rodger found themselves with no place to turn. Rodger volunteered to go before Elisabeth, as she needed the money more than he did. (voted out 3-2)
- Elisabeth - As the last remaining member of Kucha, Elisabeth was unanimously voted out by the Ogakor alliance. (voted out 3-1)
- Keith - When Colby proceeded to win the final Immunity Challenge (his 5th IC win in a row), it was Keith who was voted off by the dominant Texan, who decided he'd rather face Tina than Keith in the Final 2, despite the fact that Keith would have been an easy player to defeat.
- Colby - Colby's final vote proved to be a fatal one, as Tina narrowly defeated him in the jury vote. Colby received votes from Amber, Nick, and Rodger, all of which felt they had developed more of a friendship with Colby than Tina (Rodger felt Colby played a more dominant game as well). He ultimately lost the votes of the other jury members, who considered Tina the better strategic player.
- Tina - Tina received four votes from the jury giving her the million dollars and title of Sole Survivor of the Australian Outback. Deemed the more adept strategic player by the jury, Keith, Elisabeth, Alicia, and Jerri admitted they had Tina's vote 100%, and they would never have voted for a physical contestant. Tina never received a vote against her during the entire season.
Tina, Colby, Jerri, Alicia, and Amber were all later cast in Survivor: All-Stars.
Records and firsts
- At the reward known as "The Great Barrier Reef Visit" Colby Donaldson took coral from the island and gave it to the other tribe members as a gift. When this episode aired in Australia, during the commercial break an ad stated it was illegal to take coral from the Great Barrier Reef. According to the rules of Survivor, Colby should have been eliminated from the game immediately for breaking the local law. He was fined approximately AU$100,000.
- The "Great Barrier Reef" Reward Challenge was actually located on an island a few miles off the Australian mainland, and not actually on the true reef.
External links
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