"Survivor Australia" and "Survivor: Australia" redirect here. For the Australian edition of the "Survivor" franchise, see
Australian Survivor
.
Season of television series
Survivor: The Australian Outback
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Presented by
| Jeff Probst
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No.
of days
| 42
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No.
of castaways
| 16
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Winner
| Tina Wesson
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Runner-up
| Colby Donaldson
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Location
| Goshen cattle station,
Herbert River
,
Kirrama
,
Queensland
,
Australia
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No.
of episodes
| 16
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Original network
| CBS
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Original release
| January 28
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2001-01-28
)
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May 3, 2001
(
2001-05-03
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Filming dates
| October 23
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2000-10-23
)
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December 3, 2000
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2000-12-03
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Survivor: The Australian Outback
(also referred to as
Survivor: Australia
) is the second season of the American
reality television
series
Survivor
. Broadcast by
CBS
, it was originally shown between January 28 and May 23, 2001. Filming took place at Goshen
cattle station
, on the bank of the
Herbert River
in northern
Queensland
from October 23 through December 3, 2000. The show was hosted by
Jeff Probst
and featured 16 participants competing over 42 days. It was the first and only season to have more than 39 days of gameplay.
Tina Wesson was named the Sole Survivor, defeating
Colby Donaldson
by a jury vote of 4?3 and winning a prize of US$1,000,000. Wesson became the first female winner of the series. The series was generally well received, with many outlets considering it one of the best
Survivor
series. The opening episode premiered after
Super Bowl XXXV
to 43.5 million viewers.
Overview
[
edit
]
Survivor
is a
reality television
show created by
Mark Burnett
and
Charlie Parsons
and based on the Swedish show
Expedition Robinson
.
[1]
The series follows a number of participants who are isolated in a remote location, where they must provide food, fire, and shelter for themselves.
[1]
Every three days, one participant is removed from the series by majority vote, with challenges being held to give a reward (ranging from living and food-related prizes to a car) and immunity from being voted off the show.
[2]
The last remaining player is awarded a prize of $1,000,000.
[2]
Filming of
Survivor: The Australian Outback
took place from October 23 through December 3, 2000, at Goshen Station, a
cattle station
on the bank of the
Herbert River
(approximately 3 hours southwest of
Cairns
) in northern
Queensland
.
[3]
The season premiered after
Super Bowl XXXV
on January 28, 2001, to 43.5 million viewers.
[4]
Contestants
[
edit
]
The cast consisted of 16 contestants, who were initially separated into two tribes: Ogakor, named after the word for "crocodile" in the
Kunjen language
, and Kucha, named after the word for "kangaroo" in the
Pakanha language
. Midway through the season, the remaining ten players merged into a single "Barramundi" tribe, named after
the river fish
. The final seven eliminated contestants comprised
the jury
that decided who would be the winner.
[2]
List of
Survivor: The Australian Outback
contestants
Contestant
|
Age
|
From
|
Tribe
|
Finish
|
Original
|
Merged
|
Placement
|
Day
|
Debb Eaton
|
45
|
Milan,
New Hampshire
|
Kucha
|
|
1st voted out
|
Day 3
|
Kel Gleason
|
32
|
Fort Hood,
Texas
|
Ogakor
|
2nd voted out
|
Day 6
|
Maralyn Hershey
|
51
|
Wakefield,
Virginia
|
3rd voted out
|
Day 9
|
Mitchell Olson
|
23
|
Union City,
New Jersey
|
4th voted out
|
Day 12
|
Kimmi Kappenberg
|
27
|
Ronkonkoma,
New York
|
Kucha
|
5th voted out
|
Day 15
|
Michael Skupin
|
38
|
White Lake,
Michigan
|
Medically
evacuated
|
Day 17
|
Jeff Varner
|
34
|
Manhattan,
New York
|
Barramundi
|
6th voted out
|
Day 21
|
Alicia Calaway
|
32
|
Manhattan,
New York
|
7th voted out
1st jury member
|
Day 24
|
Jerri Manthey
|
30
|
Los Angeles,
California
|
Ogakor
|
8th voted out
2nd jury member
|
Day 27
|
Nick Brown
|
23
|
Steilacoom,
Washington
|
Kucha
|
9th voted out
3rd jury member
|
Day 30
|
Amber Brkich
|
22
|
Beaver,
Pennsylvania
|
Ogakor
|
10th voted out
4th jury member
|
Day 33
|
Rodger Bingham
|
53
|
Crittenden,
Kentucky
|
Kucha
|
11th voted out
5th jury member
|
Day 36
|
Elisabeth Filarski
|
23
|
Newton,
Massachusetts
|
12th voted out
6th jury member
|
Day 39
|
Keith Famie
|
40
|
West Bloomfield,
Michigan
|
Ogakor
|
13th voted out
7th jury member
|
Day 41
|
Colby Donaldson
|
26
|
Dallas,
Texas
|
Runner-up
|
Day 42
|
Tina Wesson
|
40
|
Knoxville,
Tennessee
|
Sole Survivor
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Future appearances
[
edit
]
Tina Wesson,
Colby Donaldson
,
Jerri Manthey
, Alicia Calaway, and
Amber Brkich
returned to compete in
Survivor: All-Stars
.
[5]
Donaldson and Manthey would again return for
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
.
[6]
Michael Skupin
returned in
Survivor: Philippines
, while Wesson would also appear on
Survivor: Blood vs. Water
along with her daughter, Katie Collins (who appeared in
The Australian Outback
as a loved one via video chat).
[7]
Jeff Varner
and Kimmi Kappenberg returned for
Survivor: Cambodia
,
[8]
and Varner made his third
Survivor
appearance in
Survivor: Game Changers
.
[9]
Brkich, under her married name Mariano, competed again in
Survivor: Winners at War
.
[10]
[11]
Outside
Survivor
, Brkich competed on
The Amazing Race 7
with her fiance and fellow
Survivor
alumnus
Rob Mariano
. The couple then returned for
The Amazing Race 11
.
[12]
Varner and Calaway made an appearance on
Big Brother 2
.
[13]
Season summary
[
edit
]
The sixteen contestants were divided into two tribes, Kucha and Ogakor, named after
Aboriginal
words for Kangaroo and Crocodile, respectively.
Although Ogakor fared significantly worse in challenges, the tribes remained even after Kucha member
Michael Skupin
suffered third-degree burns from a campfire and had to be medically evacuated.
[14]
The tribes entered the merge with 5 members apiece, naming the merged tribe Barramundi after a
fish native to Australia
. The first vote after the merge saw a tie, but Kucha member Jeff Varner was eliminated due to previous votes being cast against him. Ogakor's majority alliance of
Colby Donaldson
,
Keith Famie
, and Tina Wesson alternated between eliminating former Kucha members and betraying former tribe-mates
Jerri Manthey
and
Amber Brkich
.
The three stayed together until the end of the game, and Donaldson took Wesson with him into the final Tribal Council. Tina's strategic plan was valued over Colby's prowess in challenges, and she was awarded the title of Sole Survivor by a jury vote of 4?3.
Episode
|
Challenge winner(s)
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Eliminated
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No.
|
Title
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Original air date
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Reward
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Immunity
|
Tribe
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Player
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1
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"
Stranded
"
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January 28, 2001
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Ogakor
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Kucha
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Debb
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2
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"
Suspicion
"
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February 1, 2001
|
Ogakor
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Kucha
|
Ogakor
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Kel
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3
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"
Trust No One
"
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February 8, 2001
|
Ogakor
|
Kucha
|
Ogakor
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Maralyn
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4
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"
The Killing Fields
"
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February 15, 2001
|
Kucha
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Kucha
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Ogakor
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Mitchell
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5
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"
The Gloves Come Off
"
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February 22, 2001
|
Kucha
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Ogakor
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Kucha
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Kimmi
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6
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"
Trial By Fire
"
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March 1, 2001
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Kucha
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None
[a]
|
Kucha
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Michael
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7
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"
The Merge
"
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March 8, 2001
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None
[b]
|
Keith
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Barramundi
|
Jeff
|
8
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"
Friends?
"
|
March 14, 2001
|
Jerri
[Amber]
|
Keith
|
Alicia
|
9
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"
The First 24 Days
"
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March 21, 2001
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Recap Episode
|
10
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"
Honeymoon or Not?
"
|
March 29, 2001
|
Colby,
Jerri
|
Nick
|
Barramundi
|
Jerri
|
11
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"
Let's Make a Deal
"
|
April 5, 2001
|
Survivor
Auction
|
Colby
|
Nick
|
12
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"
No Longer Just a Game
"
|
April 12, 2001
|
Colby
|
Colby
|
Amber
|
13
|
"
Enough Is Enough
"
|
April 19, 2001
|
Tina
|
Colby
|
Rodger
|
14
|
"
The Final Four
"
|
April 26, 2001
|
Colby
|
Colby
|
Elisabeth
|
15
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"
The Most Deserving
"
|
May 3, 2001
|
None
|
Colby
|
Keith
|
16
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"
The Reunion
"
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- In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
- ^
Due to Michael being medically evacuated from the game, there was no Immunity Challenge or Tribal Council vote.
- ^
There was no reward challenge due to the merge.
Episodes
[
edit
]
Voting history
[
edit
]
- Notes
- ^
a
b
The first Tribal Council vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those who tied.
- ^
a
b
c
d
After two tied votes between Keith and Mitchell, a Tribal Council countback was called as a tiebreaker. Keith had no previous votes but Mitchell had one, therefore Mitchell was eliminated.
- ^
a
b
c
d
After two tied votes between Colby and Jeff, a Tribal Council countback was called as a tiebreaker. Colby had no previous votes but Jeff had two, therefore Jeff was eliminated.
- ^
No vote; Michael was medically evacuated from the game.
- ^
a
b
Keith and Tina were not eligible to vote as the only eligible players they could vote for were each other.
- ^
a
b
Colby and Jeff were not eligible to vote in the second Tribal Council vote.
- ^
a
b
Keith and Mitchell were not eligible to vote in the second Tribal Council vote.
Reception
[
edit
]
The series was well received by critics. In 2013, both Andrea Reiher of
Zap2it
and Joe Reid of
The Wire
ranked
The Australian Outback
as the third greatest season of the series.
[16]
[17]
Ken Tucker, writing for
Entertainment Weekly
, gave the series a B+ grade, praising the evolution of the strategy used, but was less receptive to the editing used on the series.
[18]
Since 2012, the
Survivor
site "
Survivor
Oz" has consistently ranked
The Australian Outback
highly in its annual polls ranking every season of the series; it was third in 2012, fourth in 2013 and 2015, and sixth in 2014.
[19]
In the official issue of
CBS Watch
commemorating the 15th anniversary of
Survivor
in 2015,
The Australian Outback
was voted by viewers as the fourth greatest season in the series.
[20]
In another poll for the same magazine, Skupin's injury in the fire was voted as the ninth most memorable moment in the series.
[21]
[22]
In 2015, a poll by
Rob Has a Podcast
ranked
Australia
10th out of 30, although host
Rob Cesternino
ranked the season 22nd.
[23]
This was updated in 2021 during Cesternino's podcast,
Survivor All-Time Top 40 Rankings
, ranking 20th out of 40.
[24]
In 2020, this season was also ranked 17th out of 40 by "The Purple Rock Podcast", citing the good cast.
[25]
Later in the year,
Inside Survivor
ranked this season 15th out of 40, praising the cast and iconic moments but acknowledging that the season declined after the merge of the two teams.
[26]
Conversely, Dalton Ross of
Entertainment Weekly
called this season overrated, ranking it 24th out of 40.
[27]
Host Jeff Probst ranked it as the 8th-best season, citing such memorable contestants as "Colby, the prototype for a Survivor 'hero'; Jerri, the original 'black widow'; and Elisabeth 'The View' Filarski," as well as Michael Skupin's injury.
[28]
In 2021, Kristen Kranz of
Collider
also ranked
The Australian Outback
as the 8th best season of the series and praised it for having "no shortage of great players" as well as its introduction to, "some truly interesting characters to the
Survivor
world."
[29]
Controversy
[
edit
]
During a reward trip, contestant
Colby Donaldson
broke an Australian law by breaking off coral from the
Great Barrier Reef
which could have resulted in a fine of
A$
110,000. The helicopter pilot involved in the reward trip also broke an Australian law as he flew over sea bird
rookeries
.
[30]
Producer
Mark Burnett
apologized on behalf of Donaldson and the production team after the season had aired.
[31]
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edit
]
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b
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.
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.
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b
c
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ISBN
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.
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2021
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.
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.
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