Stranded

Stranded is the first episode of.

Day 1
16 new castaways landed on one of the most unforgiving places on Earth, the Australian Outback.

A DH-C4 Royal Australian Military Aircraft containing the survivors landed on the Herbert riverbanks. The survivors must not talk to each other until they land. Upon landing, the castaways (who were already assigned to two tribes) raced to their supply crates, and they were given only five minutes to empty their crates. After the allotted time, they would start their five-mile trek to their respective camps.

On their way to camp, the blue Kucha tribe found themselves annoyed by Michael and Debb, both of whom tried to take charge, stumbling the tribe longer than expected. Similarly, the green Ogakor tribe also had difficulties in finding their camp. Keith ran ahead of everyone else just to find the supposed encampment. Maralyn, the oldest of the Ogakors, found it hard to hide her fatigue. Kel, on the other hand, started to rub his tribe mates the wrong way with his militant method of communication.

After plunging to the cold Herbert river waters to celebrate their arrival at camp, the Kucha tribe started to build their shelter. Upon realizing that all of their clothes were wet, with no shelter and without fire, the tribe started to feel the harsh environment.

That afternoon, Rodger became secretly upset about Michael&apos;s bossy behavior while creating their shelter. "kucha"

- I have built plenty of homes in my time, but sometimes, especially in this situation, it's better to just keep quiet.

During the night, Kucha cuddled together to keep themselves warm. Kimmi&apos;s liberal nature became the focus point of the conversation. This made Jeff Varner, who was nauseous the whole day, irked by Kimmi's squeaky voice. Debb had this to say "kucha"

- Kimmi is a happy-go-lucky person; nothing is taboo with her, dignity is irrelevant.

On Ogakor, Colby revealed his luxury item, a Texas flag, and asked his tribemates if they could use the flag as their tarp. After everyone agreed, Jerri and Keith squabbled over how the flag should be placed.

Day 2
Fire was of utmost importance. At Ogakor, Keith was especially relentless in his attempt to start fire. A professional chef, he wanted to prove his worth and show that he is a necessary commodity to keep around.

Friendships were forming. Mitchell Olson, Amber Brkich, Jerri, and Colby had the most in common and spent most of the day learning more about each other, while Tina Wesson charmed her way into the hearts of the tribe and took on the role of den mother.

At Kucha, hunger was met by excitement when the tribe found figs to eat. To the tribe's disappointment, however, the figs were bug-infested, but the tribe decided to eat them anyway.

Later that afternoon, the contestants met Jeff Probst for their first challenge, a combined Reward/Immunity competition. Ogakor quickly took the lead, but it was a decisive victory once Kucha&apos;s raft flipped over in the river, extinguishing their flame. Team spirit prevailed, however, as they decided to finish the race nevertheless. But Debb, defeated by the loss, merely sat on the raft while her fellow tribe members pulled it to the finish.

And so the victorious Ogakor received the Immunity Idol—and fire—and returned to their camp. They would be safe for another three days. Kucha would have to return for another cold and dark night, and make the dangerous hike to Tribal Council.

Day 3
The Kucha tribe discussed their first three days with Jeff Probst. With the dreaded vote looming over them, the Kucha tribe began strategizing amongst its own. Debb informed Alicia and Rodger that Jeff didn&apos;t want to stay because he was too sick to continue. Unbeknown to Debb, Alicia relayed this information to Jeff, who vehemently denied ever having made such a declaration. Michael suggested that it could be Rodger who&apos;d be voted out because it would be difficult for anyone older to follow through on the challenges.

But ultimately, in a 7-1 vote, it was Debb Eaton who became the first Survivor to have her flame extinguished.

Reward/Immunity
Challenge: Bridging the Gap

Tribes must traverse certain obstacles, including a dilapidated bridge, and pull a raft across the river while keeping their torch lit. If at any time during the race one of the tribes&apos; flames is extinguished, that tribe automatically loses the challenge. The first team to climb to the top of a 30-foot tower and ignite it with their torch wins immunity.

Reward: 50 waterproof matches and Tribal Immunity

Winner: Ogakor

Voting Confessionals
Alicia, Jeff, Elisabeth, and Nick's confessionals are only available on DVD.

"kucha"

- I love this guy dearly, but I came here deciding that I was gonna vote on the strongest surviving. Jeff's been the sickest from all of us, and he's still not over it, so I'm gonna vote for Jeff. And I hate to do it. I love him.

"kucha"

- My vote is for Debb. Um, at this point, I think that Rodger would probably be the smarter vote, but I think that the group dynamics and people fitting in well together is important, and Debb is definitely on the outside with certain people. But no hard feelings.

"kucha"

- I'm voting for Debb. I like her very much, but she's very set in her ways. She doesn't like to be second-guessed, and it makes it very hard for us to deal with her in any kind of group dynamic. Um, I do respect her, though, for being very strong-willed, but it just doesn't work in this game.

"kucha"

- Basing all of my decisions on team dynamic and, today, Debb's morale was real low, and she separated herself. I think she's great, but we need a together team.

"kucha"

- Vote for Debb. No real reason actually. She's as hard a worker as anybody out there, and, uh, somebody had to go.

"kucha"

- I respect her greatly, I'll miss her stories and her candor.

"kucha"

- I'm voting for Debb because she's a great worker and everything, but she does feel isolated. Um, you know, when we're together all in the tent at night, she just chooses to be independent, and she's just a strong-willed person. It's not a bad thing, it's just not what I need.

Final Words
"kucha"

- I wouldn't mind getting voted off if I had fallen during a competition, if I was lazy, if I wasn't a team player. But, when I come here and I give all of that and I still get voted off? I betcha if Jeff read those votes it would've been seven to one and that's a shame. I still thought a lot of it boiled down to mental toughness and physical ability and none of that even mattered!

Trivia

 * In this episode, Rodger is revealed to have acrophobia (fear of heights).
 * This episode aired at 10:15 pm EST on a Sunday, following CBS's coverage of the Super Bowl. This makes the season the first to be a Super Bowl lead-out program.