Survivor: Africa

Survivor: Africa is the third season of the reality program Survivor.

Production
It was filmed in Kenya, and the contestants had to put up with extreme heats, dangerous wildlife, and dangerous insects. Because there were man-killing animals in the area, the tribes lived in thorny enclosures like local tribal Kenyans do, for safety. The series later returned to Africa in the country of Gabon, but the title Survivor: Africa stands. Delayed due to September 11, the series continued the high-ratings trend into 2002. This season featured the first tribe swap, which came as a complete shock to all contestants.

Although Lex van den Berghe dominated at challenges, in the end, Ethan Zohn was crowned the victor and won $1,000,000. This was the first season in which the runner-up, Kim Johnson, was separated by more than one vote from the winner.

Twist/Changes
previous season, that was filmed 3 days longer.
 * Tribe Switch: Three tribe members were switched to the rival tribe until the merger.
 * 39-Day Format: The season was filmed under the standard 39 days, unlike the

Castaways
 Notes: 
 * The Votes Against is the number of votes a castaway has received during Tribal Councils where the castaway is eligible to be voted out of the game. It does not include the votes received during the final Tribal Council. This tally includes votes that are cast during a re-vote because of a tie.
 * Lindsey and Carl competed in a nature quiz tiebreaker, which Carl lost.
 * Lindsey was eliminated because she had four previous votes against her.

Season Summary
16 new castaways were marooned in the outskirts of the Shaba National Reserve, Kenya, Africa. The group was divided into two tribes named after two real-life Kenyan tribes, Samburu and Boran. During the first six days, Samburu dominated in challenges, while the depeleted Boran already lost two members. Despite their early winning streak, Samburu was divided into two existing voting alliances defined by age, the younger members (Silas, Kim P., Brandon and Lindsey) and the older members (Frank, Teresa, Carl and Linda). After losing the third Immunity Challenge, Samburu's age-defined voting blocs resulted into a 4-4 deadlock tie vote between Carl and Lindsey. Since it was the tribe's first Tribal Council, and previous votes will be counted to beak the tie, a nature quiz tiebreaker commenced. In the end, Lindsey edged out Carl, sending him home, and giving power to the younger Samburu alliance. Because of Samburu's lack of unity, momentum changed, as Boran won another Immunity Challenge. Linda was eliminated by the younger Samburus, thus evening up the tribes with six members each.

Despite their rise to power over the Samburu tribe, a new twist shook things up in the younger Samburu alliance. In Day 13, both tribes were given the vaguest Tree Mail yet, asking them to send half of their tribe "to a quest." Boran chose Kelly Big Tom and Lex, while Silas' (the leader of the younger Samburu alliance) sent himself, Frank and Teresa (the only two remaining members of the older alliance) to represent Samburu. Everything turned on its head when Jeff announced that the sent castaways will be switching tribes. When the new Boran tribe lost the fifth Immunity Challenge, Frank and Teresa made a plea to the original Borans that Silas must go. And in that night's Tribal Council, Frank and Teresa did their revenge on Silas, who was unanimously eliminated. Silas' elimination caused a big surprise for remnants of the younger Samburu alliance, who wanted to target on of their new members to even up original tribe members at five each. When Samburu lost the sixth Immunity Challenge, the former Borans turned on Lindsey, and with her previous votes behind her, she was sent home, leaving a 6-4 deficit between the original tribes.

On Day 19, the two tribes gathered at the Immunity Challenge, where they merged into one tribe. They later decided on the name Moto Maji. The former Samburu members, Teresa, Frank, Kim P, and Brandon entered into the merge in a precarious position being down 4 members to Boran's 6. However, Teresa hatched a plan to turn the former Boran members against each other. First, the entire tribe agreed to vote off Clarence, fearing his physical prowess at challenges. However, unknown to anyone else, Teresa voted with Clarence against Lex. Angered by this mystery vote, Lex swore to track down whoever had cast that vote against him and promptly vote them off. He mistakenly suspected Kelly of treachery and swayed his alliance of Tom, Ethan, and Kim J. to vote against her. In order to save herself, Kelly sided with the former Samburu members and voted against Lex, but Lex managed to convince Brandon to also vote against Kelly, thus eliminating her. Brandon's actions made both his old and new allies, minus Lex, lose trust in him, and the six other people banded together to vote him out. However, this put the former Samburu members in jeopardy, as they were subsequently picked off one-by-one by the original Borans. Teresa, the last original Samburu left, tried to shake things up, but was also eliminated, but not before telling Lex that she was the caster of the mystery vote and not Kelly.

At the final Immunity Challenges, Kim J shocked everyone by winning both times, causing the men to have to turn on each other. Tom, who had been conspiring to have others vote off Lex earlier, was voted off unanimously. The next day, Lex awoke very sick, and this heavily affected his challenge performance.At Tribal Council, she voted off Lex and subsequently brought Ethan with her to the Final Two.

At the Final Tribal Council, Kim J. was met with mixed criticism from the Jury. She was praised by the jury for lasting all 39 days, in spite of her age. However, she was perceived as riding the coattails of Ethan, Lex, and Tom for the entirety of the game. The Jury voted 5-2 for Ethan to win due to his more active strategy and congenial personality and was named the third Sole Survivor.

Episode Guide
 Notes: 
 * In the case of multiple 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.


 * Lindsey and Carl competed in a nature quiz tiebreaker, which Carl lost, thus eliminating him.
 * Lindsey was eliminated because she had four previous votes against her.

Voting History
Notes:
 * All votes with an asterisk (*) resemble votes that are cast during a revote (if tied).