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Survivor: Africa is the third season of the reality TV show Survivor. Ethan Zohn was crowned the winner defeating Kim Johnson by a vote of 5-2.

Production

The season was filmed in Kenya, where the contestants had to put up with extreme heat conditions and dangerous wildlife. Because there were man-killing animals in the area, the tribes lived in thorny enclosures like local tribal Kenyans do.

The series later returned to the African continent for its seventeenth season, which was filmed in Gabon.

Because of the September 11, 2001 attacks, this season's premiere was delayed. As a result, this became the first season to be aired over multiple calendar years.

Format

  • Game Length: The game returned to the standard 39-day format.
  • Tribe Composition: The sixteen castaways were divided into two tribes of eight.
  • Tribe Switch: Three members from both tribes were selected to join the other tribe.
  • Merged Tribe Composition: The merged tribe was composed of ten members.
  • Final Tribal Council Format: Two finalists faced a jury of seven. The jurors individually addressed the finalists.

Castaways

Contestant Tribe Affiliation Finish Votes
Against
Original Tribe Switched Tribe Merged Tribe
S3 diane t Diane Ogden
42, Lincoln, NE
Mail Carrier 		Boran 1st Voted Out
Day 3 		6
S3 jessie t Jessie Camacho
27, Orlando, FL
Sheriff 		Boran 2nd Voted Out
Day 6 		5
S3 carl t Carl Bilancione
46, Winter Springs, FL
Dentist 		Samburu 3rd Voted Out
Day 9 		7
S3 linda t Linda Spencer
44, Boston, MA
Career Counselor 		Samburu 4th Voted Out
Day 12 		4
S3 silas t Silas Gaither
23, Los Angeles, CA
Bartender 		Samburu Boran 5th Voted Out
Day 15 		8
S3 lindsey t Lindsey Richter
26, Portland, OR
Advertising Executive 		Samburu Samburu 6th Voted Out
Day 18 		12
S3 clarence t Clarence Black
24, Detroit, MI
Basketball Coach 		Boran Boran Moto Maji 7th Voted Out
Day 21 		12
S3 kelly t Kelly Goldsmith
22, San Diego, CA
Behavior Analyst 		Boran Samburu 8th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 24 		5
S3 brandon t Brandon Quinton
25, Dallas, TX
Bartender 		Samburu Samburu 9th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 27 		6
S3 frank t Frank Garrison
43, Odessa, NY
Telephone Technician 		Samburu Boran 10th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 30 		9
S3 kimp t Kim Powers
29, Conshohocken, PA
Freelance Marketer 		Samburu Samburu 11th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 33 		4
S3 teresa t Teresa Cooper
42, Jackson, GA
Flight Attendant 		Samburu Boran 12th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 36 		4
S3 tom t Tom Buchanan
45, Rich Valley, VA
Goat Farmer 		Boran Samburu 13th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 37 		9
S3 lex t Lex van den Berghe
38, Santa Cruz, CA
Marketing Manager 		Boran Samburu 14th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 38 		10
S3 kimj t Kim Johnson
56, Oyster Bay, NY
Retired Teacher 		Boran Boran Runner-Up 1
S3 ethan t Ethan Zohn
27, New York City, NY
Professional Soccer Player 		Boran Boran Sole Survivor 0

Season Summary

Sixteen new castaways were marooned on 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 depleted Boran lost two members. Despite their early winning streak, Samburu was divided into two existing voting alliances defined by age: the younger members and the older members. The younger Samburus gained power after a tiebreaker during their first Tribal Council.

On Day 13, host Jeff Probst announced that they would be switching tribes. When the new Boran lost the Immunity Challenge, the older ex-Samburu members voted out Silas Gaither. The new Samburu tribe lost the final pre-merge Immunity Challenge, and sent Silas' ally Lindsey home.

On Day 19, the two tribes merged to form the Moto Maji tribe. The former Samburu members entered into the merge in a precarious position being down 4 members to Boran's 6. However, Teresa Cooper hatched a plan to turn the former Boran members against each other by voting against Lex van den Berghe at Tribal Council. Angered by this mystery vote, Lex swore to track down whoever had cast the vote against him and promptly vote them out. He mistakenly suspected Kelly Goldsmith of treachery and swayed his alliance of Ethan Zohn, Kim Johnson, and Tom Buchanan 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 Quinton 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.

Kim J. shocked everyone by winning the final two Immunity Challenges, causing the men to have to turn on each other. Tom, who had been conspiring to have others vote out Lex earlier, was voted out unanimously. At the final three Tribal Council, Kim J. voted out Lex and 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 he was named the third Sole Survivor.

Episode Air Date Challenges Eliminated
(vote) 		Finish Viewers
(in millions)[2] 		Rating/Share
(18-49)
Reward Immunity
1 "Question of Trust" October 11, 2001 Samburu1 Diane
(6-2) 		1st Voted Out
Day 3 		23.84 10.4/23
2 "Who's Zooming Whom?" October 18, 2001 Samburu Samburu Jessie
(5-2) 		2nd Voted Out
Day 6 		19.59 7.9/20
3 "The Gods Are Angry" October 25, 2001 Boran Boran Carl
(4-4;
3-3;
Tiebreaker2) 		3rd Voted Out
Day 9 		20.43 8.0/20
4 "The Young and Untrusted" November 1, 2001 Samburu Boran Linda
(4-3) 		4th Voted Out
Day 12 		18.73 7.8/18
5 "The Twist" November 8, 2001 Boran Samburu Silas
(5-1) 		5th Voted Out
Day 15 		20.55 8.3/20
6 "I'd Never Do It to You" November 15, 2001 Samburu Boran Lindsey
(3-3;
2-2;
Tiebreaker)3 		6th Voted Out
Day 18 		19.71 8.1/21
7 "Will There Be a Feast Tonight?" November 22, 2001 None Teresa Clarence
(8-2) 		7th Voted Out
Day 21 		17.70 6.6/18
8 "The First 21 Days" November 29, 2001 Recap Episode N/A N/A
9 "Smoking Out the Snake" December 6, 2001 Ethan
[Lex] 		Ethan Kelly
(5-4) 		8th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 24 		19.28 7.9/21
10 "Dinner, Movie and a Betrayal" December 13, 2001 Brandon,
Frank 		Lex Brandon
(6-2) 		9th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 27 		20.41 8.1/21
11 "We Are Family" December 20, 2001 Survivor
Auction 		Lex Frank
(6-1) 		10th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 30 		19.60 7.7/22
12 "The Big Adventure" December 27, 2001 Lex
[Tom] 		Tom Kim P.
(4-2) 		11th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 33 		18.92 7.5/20
13 "Truth Be Told" January 3, 2002 Lex Lex Teresa
(4-1) 		12th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 36 		21.31 8.7/20
14 "The Final Four: No Regrets" January 10, 2002 None Kim J. Tom
(3-1) 		13th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 37 		27.26 11.3/25
Kim J. Lex
(1-0) 		14th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 38
Jury Vote Kim J.
(5-2) 		Runner-Up
Ethan
(5-2) 		Sole Survivor
15 "Reunion" 30.94 13.1/30
Notes:

^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge
^2 With a deadlock tie between Carl and Lindsey and no previous votes to take into account, a quiz trivia was held, eliminating Carl.
^3 With a deadlock tie between Lindsey and Tom, Lindsey's past votes were taken into account, eliminating her.

Voting History

Survivor: Africa Voting History
Original Tribes Switched Tribes Merged Tribe
Episode #: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14
Voted out: S3 diane t
Diane 		S3 jessie t
Jessie 		Tie Deadlock S3 carl t
Carl 		S3 linda t
Linda 		S3 silas t
Silas 		Tie Deadlock S3 lindsey t
Lindsey 		S3 clarence t
Clarence 		S3 kelly t
Kelly 		S3 brandon t
Brandon 		S3 frank t
Frank 		S3 kimp t
Kim P. 		S3 teresa t
Teresa 		S3 tom t
Tom 		S3 lex t
Lex 		S3 kimj t
Kim J. 		S3 ethan t
Ethan
Vote: 6-2 5-2 4-41 3-32 Tiebreaker3 4-3 5-1 3-31 2-24 Past votes5 8-2 5-4 6-2 6-1 4-2 4-1 3-1 1-06 5-2
►► Ethan Diane Jessie — — Silas — Clarence Kelly Brandon Frank Kim P. Teresa Tom None Jury Vote
►► Kim J. Diane Jessie — — Silas — Clarence Kelly Brandon Frank Kim P. Teresa Tom Lex
►► Lex Diane Jessie — — — Lindsey Lindsey — Clarence Kelly Frank Frank Kim P. Teresa Tom None Ethan
►► Tom Clarence Clarence — — — Lindsey None — Clarence Kelly Brandon Frank Kim P. Teresa Lex Ethan
►► Teresa — — Lindsey Lindsey — Silas Silas — Lex Lex Brandon Frank Lex Tom Ethan
►► Kim P. — — Carl Carl — Linda — Tom Tom — Clarence Lex Brandon Frank Lex Kim J.
►► Frank — — Lindsey Lindsey — Silas Silas — Clarence Lex Brandon Kim J. Ethan
►► Brandon — — Carl Carl — Linda — Tom Tom — Clarence Kelly Frank Kim J.
►► Kelly Diane Jessie — — — Lindsey Lindsey — Clarence Lex Ethan
►► Clarence Diane Jessie — — Silas — Lex
► Lindsey — — Carl None — Linda — Tom None Voted out
► Silas — — Carl Carl — Linda Frank
Linda — — Lindsey Lindsey — Silas
Carl — — Lindsey None Voted out
Jessie Diane Clarence
Diane Clarence A6a6a6 A6a6a6 A6a6a6 A6a6a6

Notes:

^1 Tribal Council 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 involved in the tie.
^2 A deadlock tie occurred, but because it was the tribe's first Tribal Council, no previous votes may taken into account. With this, a nature quiz challenge was held between the tied players to determine the elimination.
^3 Carl lost the tiebreaker to Lindsey, eliminating him from the game.
^4 Per the rules at the time, in case of a deadlock tie, past votes were taken into account. The player with more past votes got eliminated.
^5 Lindsey had more past votes than Tom, eliminating her from the game.
^6 Ethan and Lex did not vote as they could only vote for were each other. By virtue of winning the final Immunity Challenge, only Kim J. voted.

Trivia

  • This is the first season to feature multiple castaways with the same first name. There were two contestants named Kim: Kim Johnson and Kim Powers.
  • This is the first season in which the first two eliminated contestants are of the same gender.
  • This is the first season to be set in the African continent.
  • This is the only season to use the trivia quiz tiebreaker.
  • This season marks the first tribe switch. 
  • During the finale, after host Jeff Probst collected the final votes, the producers made it appear as if he returned to the original Tribal Council site to read them. After he read them and announced Ethan Zohn as the winner, it was revealed that the votes were actually read live on the CBS sound stage made to look like the site. This would be repeated two seasons later in Thailand.
  • This is the first season in which the winner was not decided by one vote.
  • The area that the contestants were living in was so dangerous (due to the constant threat of lions and other wild animals) that armed soldiers regularly patrolled the area around the campsites as a precaution.

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120514150640/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2002/jan02/jan14/3_wed/news1wednesday.html
  2. ↑ http://www.spottedratings.com/2011/12/spotvault-survivor-cbs-fall-2001.html

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