This is the first (and possibly only) season to have 42 days, as opposed to the normal 39.
There are four people from the cast who went on to compete in Survivor All-Stars a few seasons later (Colby, Jerri, Tina, and Alicia).
This is the first time that we saw a voting tie, which ultimately resulted in the person with the most PREVIOUS votes cast against him or her would be the person leaving. I'm not sure that this tie-breaker was used in any other season.
Most importantly, it seemed like there were so many great people on this season. The casting team definitely did a great job with the selection process. Everyone had his/her own strengths and weaknesses that it could have been easily justified if anyone won the game.
This tribe worked really well together. Other than Kimmi, there really was no inner turmoil going on. I remember the first time that I watched this season, I didn't really like this tribe. That is normally because I tend to root for the underdogs - - and Kucha was definitely not the underdogs. They were a really strong tribe that should have gone all of the way. The thing that sealed the fate of this tribe was one of the most shocking situations ever to occur on reality TV. Michael was the leader of the tribe. He was a really good provider - - even going to extremes to stalk and kill a boar in order to secure that his tribe had food to eat. It was right before the merge that Michael had a horrendous accident. While he was tending to the campfire, he inhaled too much smoke and passed out into the fire. His skin was literally hanging off of his hands. He was air-evaced out of the camp, and the two tribes merged with equal numbers. If this would not have happened, I can almost guarantee that one of the Kucha members would have won a million bucks. Probably the most successful person from this season is Elisabeth Filarski (Hasselbeck) - - the ultra-conservative talk-show hostess of "The View."
You knew what kind of player Jerri was going to be at the very beginning of the season. She lied to her tribe, accusing Kel of sneaking beef jerky into camp in order to get him evicted from the game. She ruffled so many feathers throughout the season - - constantly butting heads with Tina and Keith. I thought that she had some of the better gameplay of the season, but obviously pissed way too many people off in order to win. Most of the people on this season wanted to play with honor and respect and bring the good people to the end, which is why Jerri did not make it as far as she probably should have. Also, even though Colby is one of the most popular people to ever play the game - - he was never that good at actually playing the game. In all three seasons that Colby played, he never made any big moves. He just did what he thought was right - - didn't want to piss too many people off - - and just went with the flow.
I think the most notable things that happened after the merge were when the tribe had to give up part of their shelter in exchange for some extra rice because they had a dangerously low supply left due to a lack of rationing skills. Also, there was a flood that came through and swept away pretty much everything that the tribe had. I've always dreamed about going to Australia, but this seasond did the landscape absolutely no justice. They were next to a dirty river the entire time - - not the ocean, and it seemed like it rained the entire time. This cast definitely had it worse off than probably any cast ever did.
| Contestant | Original Tribe | Merged Tribe | Finish | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deborah "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, Vermillion, SD | Ogakor | 4th Voted Out Day 12 | 4 | |
| Kimmi Kappenberg 27, 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, Greensboro, NC | 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, Christoval, TX | Ogakor | Runner-up | 5 | |
| Tina Wesson 39, Knoxville, TN | Ogakor | Sole Survivor | 0 |
Order of elmination: Debb, Kel, Maralyn, Mitchell, Kimmi, Michael, Jeff, Alicia, Jerri, Nick, Amber, Rodger, Elisabeth, and Keith. The final two were Colby and Tina with Tina being the Sole Survivor in a 4 to 3 vote.
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