Survivor: Africa

*Survivor: Africa*
Survivor: Africa
Presented by	Jeff Probst
No. of episodes	14
No. of days	39
No. of castaways	16
Winner	Ethan Zohn
Production
Production locations	Shaba National Reserve, Kenya
Filming dates	July 11 –; August 18, 2001
Original release
Release	October 11, 2001 –; January 10, 2002

Survivor: Africa was the third season of the United States reality show Survivor. It was filmed in 2001 and was shown on TV from October 11, 2001 - January 10, 2002 on CBS. It was set in Kenya's Shaba National Reserve on the African continent.

The two starting tribes were Boran and Samburu (named after the real-life Borana and Samburu tribes). In the fifth episode, after 12 days, three members from each team were sent to the other team, in what became known as the first twist in the Survivor series. The players then knew that they must be ready for the most sudden changes; future seasons would have similar twists. Later on, the two tribes merged (combined) into a new tribe, which the players named "Moto Maji" (Kiswahili for 'fire' and 'water').

This season was also the first to have a tiebreaker challenge: in the season before, the person that had most votes against them in earlier Tribal Councils was voted out in such a situation, but in Samburu's first tribal council, Carl Bilancione and Lindsey Richter each had four votes. The two competed in a nature quiz tiebreaker, the loser of which was eliminated.

During the finale (last episode), the producers made it look like the votes were being read at the Final Tribal Council right after the votes were cast. Jeff Probst went to get the voting urn and, when he returned, it appeared he had returned to the Tribal Council site to read the votes. However, he was actually on a CBS sound stage in Hollywood (with a live audience) that was made up to look like the site. This was told after he read the votes and said who won. The players were told to try to make themselves look like they were at the last Tribal Council and the audience was told to hold any cheering or clapping until after they said who won.

There were thirteen episode, plus a mid-season recap, a live reunion/interview with Bryant Gumbel after the finale, and a "where are they now" show. The winner, Ethan Zohn, was revealed on January 10, 2002, where he won against Kim Johnson by a vote of 5-2.

Ethan Zohn, Lex van den Berghe, and Tom "Big Tom" Buchanan returned in Survivor: All-Stars, where they placed 11th, 9th, and 5th.

Players

List of *Survivor: Africa* contestants
Contestant	Original tribe	Switched tribe	Merged tribe	Finish
Diane Ogden 42, Lincoln, Nebraska	Boran			1st voted out Day 3
Jessie Camacho 26, Orlando, Florida	Boran			2nd voted out Day 6
Carl Bilancione 46, Winter Springs, Florida	Samburu			3rd voted out Day 9
Linda Spencer 44, Cambridge, Massachusetts	Samburu			4th voted out Day 12
Silas Gaither 23, Germantown, Tennessee	Samburu	Boran		5th voted out Day 15
Lindsey Richter 26, Portland, Oregon	Samburu	Samburu		6th voted out Day 18
Clarence Black 24, Detroit, Michigan	Boran	Boran	Moto Maji	7th voted out Day 21
Kelly Goldsmith 22, Rancho Santa Fe, California	Boran	Samburu		8th voted out 1st jury member Day 24
Brandon Quinton 25, Dallas, Texas	Samburu	Samburu		9th voted out 2nd jury member Day 27
Frank Garrison 43, Odessa, New York	Samburu	Boran		10th voted out 3rd jury member Day 30
Kim Powers 29, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania	Samburu	Samburu		11th voted out 4th jury member Day 33
Teresa Cooper 42, Jackson, Georgia	Samburu	Boran		12th voted out 5th jury member Day 36
Tom Buchanan 45, Rich Valley, Virginia	Boran	Samburu		13th voted out 6th jury member Day 37
Lex van den Berghe 38, Santa Cruz, California	Boran	Samburu		14th voted out 7th jury member Day 38
Kim Johnson 56, Oyster Bay, New York	Boran	Boran		Runner-up
Ethan Zohn 27, Lexington, Massachusetts	Boran	Boran		Sole Survivor

The Total Votes is the number of votes a player got during Tribal Councils where the player is able to be voted out of the game. It does not count the votes they got during the final Tribal Council.

The game

Challenge winners and eliminations by episode
Episode title	Original air date	Challenge winner(s)^[1]		Eliminated	Finish
Episode title	Original air date	Reward	Immunity	Eliminated	Finish
"Question of Trust"	October 11, 2001	Samburu^[a]		Diane	1st voted out Day 3
"Who's Zooming Whom?"	October 18, 2001	Samburu	Samburu	Jessie	2nd voted out Day 6
"The Gods Are Angry"	October 25, 2001	Boran	Boran	Carl	3rd voted out Day 9
"The Young and Untrusted"	November 1, 2001	Samburu	Boran	Linda	4th voted out Day 12
"The Twist"	November 8, 2001	Boran	Samburu	Silas	5th voted out Day 15
"I'd Never Do It To You"	November 15, 2001	Samburu	Boran	Lindsey	6th voted out Day 18
"Will There Be a Feast Tonight?"	November 22, 2001	None^[b]	Teresa	Clarence	7th voted out Day 21
"Smoking Out the Snake"	December 6, 2001	Ethan [Lex]	Ethan	Kelly	8th voted out 1st jury member Day 24
"Dinner, Movie and a Betrayal"	December 13, 2001	Brandon, Frank	Lex	Brandon	9th voted out 2nd jury member Day 27
"We Are Family"	December 20, 2001	Survivor Auction	Lex	Frank	10th voted out 3rd jury member Day 30
"The Big Adventure"	December 27, 2001	Lex [Tom]	Tom	Kim P.	11th voted out 4th jury member Day 33
"Truth Be Told"	January 3, 2002	Lex	Lex	Teresa	12th voted out 5th jury member Day 36
"The Final Four: No Regrets"	January 10, 2002	None	Kim J.	Tom	13th voted out 6th jury member Day 37
"The Final Four: No Regrets"	January 10, 2002	None	Kim J.	Lex	14th voted out 7th jury member Day 38
"The Reunion"	January 10, 2002			Jury vote
				Kim J.	Runner-up
				Ethan	Sole Survivor

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.

↑ Combined reward and immunity challenge.
↑ There was no reward challenge due to tribal merge.

Voting history

	Starting tribes				Mixed tribes		Merged tribe
Episode #:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13		Reunion
Eliminated:	Diane 6/8 votes	Jessie 5/7 votes	Carl 4/8 votes¹	Linda 4/7 votes	Silas 5/6 votes	Lindsey 3/6 votes²	Clarence 8/10 votes	Kelly 5/9 votes	Brandon 6/8 votes	Frank 6/7 votes	Kim P. 4/6 votes	Teresa 4/5 votes	Tom 3/4 votes	Lex 1 vote	Kim J. 2/7 votes	Ethan 5/7 votes
Voter	Vote
Ethan	Diane	Jessie			Silas		Clarence	Kelly	Brandon	Frank	Kim P.	Teresa	Tom		Jury Vote
Kim J.	Diane	Jessie			Silas		Clarence	Kelly	Brandon	Frank	Kim P.	Teresa	Tom	Lex	Jury Vote
Lex	Diane	Jessie				Lindsey	Clarence	Kelly	Frank	Frank	Kim P.	Teresa	Tom			Ethan
Tom	Clarence	Clarence				Lindsey	Clarence	Kelly	Brandon	Frank	Kim P.	Teresa	Lex			Ethan
Teresa			Lindsey	Silas	Silas		Lex	Lex	Brandon	Frank	Lex	Tom				Ethan
Kim P.			Carl	Linda		Tom	Clarence	Lex	Brandon	Frank	Lex				Kim J.
Frank			Lindsey	Silas	Silas		Clarence	Lex	Brandon	Kim J.						Ethan
Brandon			Carl	Linda		Tom	Clarence	Kelly	Frank						Kim J.
Kelly	Diane	Jessie				Lindsey	Clarence	Lex								Ethan
Clarence	Diane	Jessie			Silas		Lex
Lindsey			Carl	Linda		Tom
Silas			Carl	Linda	Frank
Linda			Lindsey	Silas
Carl			Lindsey
Jessie	Diane	Clarence
Diane	Clarence

Note 1: Lindsey and Carl competed in a nature quiz tiebreaker, which Carl lost.
Note 2: Lindsey was eliminated because she had four previous votes against her.

Controversy

There was some controversy about an immunity challenge in the last episode. In a "Fallen Comrades" challenge, where the players were asked questions about players in the game who had been voted out, the last question was "Which female contestant has no piercings?" The official answer, given by Kim Johnson to earn the win, was Kelly Goldsmith. Lex van den Berghe answered the question with Lindsey Richter's name, who also had no piercings, but the producers did not know this. After the producers were told about mistake, both third place finisher van den Berghe and fourth place finisher Tom Buchanan were awarded the $100,000 runner-up prize instead of the usual third and fourth place earnings.

References

↑ Bindley, David (March 20, 2010). "Survivor: The Complete Challenge Guide (1st ed.)" (PDF). Retrieved December 16, 2010.

Other websites

Official CBS Survivor Africa Website

[combined-2] Combined reward and immunity challenge.

[merge-3] There was no reward challenge due to tribal merge.

[David_A._Bindley-1] Bindley, David (March 20, 2010). "Survivor: The Complete Challenge Guide (1st ed.)" (PDF). Retrieved December 16, 2010.

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