Tina Wesson

Tina Marie Wesson is the Sole Survivor of. She later competed on and.

In the Australian Outback, She is remembered most for being the motherly figure at camp, her under the radar gameplay, convincing Colby Donaldson to take her to the Final Two, winning the title of sole Survivor in a close 4-3 jury vote, and becoming the first female Sole Survivor.

Her time in All Stars was cut short as she was a target for being a previous winner. When her tribe lost the season's First Immunity Challenge, she was voted out at the season's first Tribal Council for being a previous winner and the weakest link. She placed 18th

She returned in Blood Vs Water with her daughter Katie Collins. Despite being voted out at the final 9, she managed to get back in the game by winning the Redemption Island Duels. However, when she failed to win the Final Immunity Challenge, she was voted out just one day before the Final Tribal Council.

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The Australian Outback
As part of the Ogakor tribe, Wesson was not targeted in the beginning of the game, seeming to mesh well with all the contestants and was not seen as a physical liability, despite losing the Day 6 Immunity Challenge for Ogakor.

Wesson proved to be a strategic player when she managed to convince allies Keith Famie and Colby Donaldson to force a tie between Mitchell Olson (who was aligned with Amber Brkich and Jerri Manthey) and Keith, whereby Mitchell would be voted off due to his previous vote at the Day 12 Tribal Council. She eventually made it to the merge, where her strategic prowess was believed to be the reason of the ex-Ogakors subsequent success over the ex-Kuchas by systematically eliminating them, while having a perfect timing to eliminate two of their own at the same time, in that case, Jerri and Amber.

After Amber's departure, Tina, Colby, and Kieth took control and eliminated the remaining two Kuchas, Rodger Bingham and then Elisabeth Filarski, at the next two Tribal Councils. After the Final 3 Immunity Challenge, Colby continued his winning streak and chose to eliminate the unpopular Keith instead of Tina, a move that would ultimately cost him the win.

At Final Tribal Council, Tina became the Sole Survivor in a 4-3 vote, in which she gained the votes of Keith, Elisabeth, Jerri, and Alicia Calaway.

Voting History
In The Killing Fields, the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Keith and Mitchell, forcing a revote. Tina did not change her vote on the revote. In The Merge, the vote ended with a 5-5 tie between Colby and Jeff, forcing a revote. Tina did not change her vote on the revote.

All-Stars
"saboga"

- It's our game now, get off our playing field!

As part of the Saboga tribe who lost immunity in the first episode, Tina, a previous winner, was immediately targeted. She was chosen to be eliminated over winner Ethan Zohn, as he was needed for strength in challenges. Tribemate Jenna Lewis, who showed disdain for the possibility of a former winner winning again, and Jerri Manthey, who had conflicts with Wesson in their first season orchestrated Tina's elimination. With the very first votes against her, Tina was the first voted out of Survivor: All-Stars, by a 4-2 vote.

Blood vs. Water
Tina was on the Galang tribe. At the First Impressions, she joined the majority in sending Candice Cody to Redemption Island. However, her tribemate Rupert Boneham decided to go to Redemption Island in place of his wife Laura Boneham, so Laura joined Galang in his place. Galang dominated in immunity challenges. On day 5, she became part of the Galang Alliance led by Aras Baskauskas. When Galang finally lost immunity, Tina joined the majority in blindsiding Laura Morett.

She, along with Monica Culpepper, Kat Edorsson and Laura B. remained on Galang after the Tribe Switch. They were joined by Tadhana members Katie Collins (Tina's daughter) and Vytas Baskauskas. When Tadhana lost immunity, it appeared that Vytas who was the only male member on Tadhana would be the target. However, after Kat said she wanted Monica out, Tina questioned her loyalty and told Monica. At Tribal Council, Tina joined the majority in blindsiding Kat. When Tadhana lost immunity again, it appeared Vytas would be the target. However, Laura's decision to tell Vytas he was the target made Tina and the other women wary of her. Consequentially, Tina joined the majority in blindsiding Laura.

Tina managed to make the merge. After the immunity challenge, Aras suggested that they split their votes between Laura and Ciera Eastin. Vytas, Tina and Katie were on board. However, Tyson Apostol rallied the others against Aras. Tina voted for Ciera at Tribal Council, but Aras was blindsided. Upon returning to camp after the vote, Tina called out Monica and Tyson for the blindside, but several of the tribe members defended themselves by telling Tina that Aras had several alliances. At the next Tribal Council, Tina joined the majority in voting out Vytas. Tina was voted out in a 7-1-1 vote at the final 9, and was sent to Redemption Island.

On Redemption Island, Tina managed to win or come in second in all the Duels. After winning the Final Duel, she returned to the game. Tyson won immunity at the final 5. At camp, Tina and Ciera tried to convince Monica to side with them. Tina and Ciera voted for Gervase Peterson, but Monica stayed loyal to Tyson and Gervase and Tyson played a Hidden Immunity Idol on Gervase, so Ciera was voted out, thus leaving Tina on the outs. Tyson won the Final Immunity Challenge. Tina tried to convince Monica that she should make a big move and vote for Gervase, forcing a fire making tiebreaker, but Monica decided to stick to her original alliance and Tina became the last member of the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, Tina asked the finalists to pick one word to describe themselves. Tina was one of the seven jurors who voted for Tyson to win.

Voting History
In It's My Night, Tyson used a Hidden Immunity Idol on Gervase, negating Tina's vote against him.

Post-Survivor

 * In May 2001, Tina was featured as a panelist on  along with the other Australian Outback castaways for Survivor Week. Tina appeared in three episodes, two as an individual and one where she was paired with Maralyn.
 * In 2001, Tina also graced the cover of the July–August issue of Racquetball magazine.
 * On January 6, 2002, Tina, along with Gervase Peterson, appeared on a celebrity edition of The Weakest Link. She was the fourth one voted out, but did receive the house minimum of $10,000 for her charity.Tina's book.jpg
 * On January 10, 2002, Tina was seen in the audience at the Reunion Show, sitting beside  castaway Rudy Boesch.
 * On May 19, 2002, Tina, along with winner Ethan Zohn, appeared live going into commercial break chatting with  during the  finale episode . Rosie asked Tina who she thinks would win Marquesas and Tina said Neleh Dennis would win while Ethan said Vecepia Towery would win.
 * Tina wrote an inspirational book entitled, "Out Live, Out Laugh, Out Love". that was published in 2006.
 * In Summer of 2009, Tina, along with the other first eighteen Survivor winners, appeared on a TVGuide special "Survivor Millionaires: Where Are They Now?"
 * On December 3, 2013, Tina's son, Taylor Lee Collins, died in a car accident.
 * Tina, along with Rob Mariano, Rupert Boneham, Cirie Fields, Woo Hwang, Natalie Anderson, Jeremy Collins, Kelley Wentworth, and Joe Anglim, competed on a Survivor edition of The Price Is Right primetime special that aired on May 23, 2016. Tina and her partner, Donna, did not make it up on stage.
 * Tina was inducted to the Survivor Hall of Fame in 2016.

Trivia

 * Tina's luxury item in The Australian Outback was a backgammon board.
 * Tina is the first winner to not get a single vote against her in Tribal Council.
 * Tina was the first winner to win Survivor without winning individual immunity. She would be followed by Sandra Diaz-Twine, Yul Kwon, Earl Cole, Todd Herzog, Natalie White, Tony Vlachos, Sarah Lacina, and Ben Driebergen.
 * Tina currently owns the old Barramundi tribe flag after a deal with Colby Donaldson that whoever won would have the right to own the flag. She claimed that it still smelled as it did during the game.
 * As revealed at the Reunion Show, Tina was not originally chosen to compete in . She was an alternate, who was called to the show only a week before filming began.
 * Tina is the first former finalist to return in a future season and be voted off.
 * Tina is the first contestant to finish in 18th place in a season of Survivor.
 * Tina is the oldest castaway in.
 * After the tribe switch on Blood vs. Water, Tina is the only person to have a relative on their same tribe, as her daughter Katie was assigned to be on Galang.
 * Tina is the only castaway to play in multiple seasons of Survivor that were longer than 39 days.
 * She is the only castaway to play in a season with 39 days, 39.5 days, and 42 days.
 * Tina is third winner to become a member of the jury on a subsequent attempt. She follows J.T. Thomas and fellow Blood vs. Water castaway Aras Baskauskas. Tina is also the only former winner to return from Redemption Island.
 * Tina lost 18 lbs. (8 kg) during her time in Blood vs. Water.
 * Tina, along with Colby Donaldson, Jerri Manthey, Rob Mariano, Rupert Boneham, and Coach Wade are the only six castaways to compete in seasons with 16, 18, and 20 castaways.
 * Tina, along with Stephenie LaGrossa, Cirie Fields, Parvati Shallow, Amanda Kimmel, James Clement, Rob Mariano, Russell Hantz, Coach, Candice Cody, Rupert, Tyson Apostol, and Ozzy Lusth competed in an all-new-players season, an all-returning-players season and a season with both new and returning players.
 * Tina is one of the six castaways that experienced all the phases of all the game, being voted out pre-merge, post-merge, and making it to Final Tribal Council. She was voted out pre-merge on, post-merge on , and made it to Final Tribal Council on . Her fellow Outback finalist Colby Donaldson, Rob Mariano, Stephenie LaGrossa, Tyson Apostol, and J.T. Thomas are the others.
 * Tina is one of five returning players who has competed on at least three seasons but has never won individual immunity. The others are Cirie Fields, James Clement, Jeff Varner, and Sandra Diaz-Twine.
 * Tina is one of three winners who returned twice after winning. The others are J.T. Thomas and Sandra Diaz-Twine.
 * She has only received elimination votes at tribal councils where she was voted off.