Survivor: The Amazon

***Survivor: The Amazon*** was the sixth season of the American reality show _Survivor_. It was filmed in 2002. There were thirteen episodes, one was shown each week on CBS from February 13 - May 11, 2003.

Sixteen players were sent to the Amazon to compete to win one million dollars. For the first time ever, the starting tribes were divided by gender. The two starting tribes were the all-female Jaburu (named after a native stork) and the all-male Tambaqui (a native fish). They later merged (combined into one tribe), which the players named "Jacaré" (Portuguese for "alligator"). It started and ended as a battle of the genders. The winner of Survivor: The Amazon was Jenna Morasca, a 21-year-old swimsuit model from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who won against Matthew Von Ertfelda by a vote of 6-1. The season finale (last episode) included the announcement of the winner and a live reunion of all the season's players at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, on David Letterman's Late Show stage which was decorated to look like the set in the Amazon.

The season is well known for having the first reality show player with a disability, the hearing impaired Christy Smith.

Another well-known moment in this season was an immunity challenge where the players would have to stand on a pole longer than everyone else. While all the players were standing on a pole, the players were told that they'd be given a bunch of different rewards for hopping off on purpose. Right away, Jenna Morasca and Heidi Strobel said that they would take off all of their clothes if they were given chocolate and peanut butter. Probst said yes, and a very naked Jenna and Heidi left the challenge and ate a plate of Oreo cookies and peanut butter. This got them a cover shot and a nude picture in a _Playboy_ spread.

Jenna Morasca and Rob Cesternino returned in Survivor: All-Stars, where they placed 16th and 15th.

## Players

|Player|Starting tribe|Switched tribe|Merged tribe|Finish|Total Votes|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|**Ryan Aiken** <small>23, Ellicott City, MD</small>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|||1st Voted Out Day 3|4|||
|align="left"|**Janet Koth** <small>46, Manchester, MO</small>|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|||2nd Voted Out Day 6|5|||
|align="left"|**Daniel Lue** <small>26, Houston, TX</small>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|||3rd Voted Out Day 9|7|||
|align="left"|**Joanna Ward** <small>31, Orangeburg, SC</small>|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|||4th Voted Out Day 12|4|||
|align="left"|**Jeanne Hebert** <small>40, North Attleboro, MA</small>|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>||5th Voted Out Day 15|5||
|align="left"|**Shawna Mitchell** <small>23, Redwood City, CA</small>|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu||6th Voted Out Day 18|6||
|align="left"|**Roger Sexton** <small>56, Valencia, CA</small>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|bgcolor="red" align="center" rowspan=10|<span style="color:white;">Jacaré</span>|7th Voted Out Day 21|11|
|align="left"|**Dave Johnson** <small>23, Pasadena, CA</small>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24|8|||
|align="left"|**Deena Bennett** <small>35, Riverside, CA</small>|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27|6|||
|align="left"|**Alex Bell** <small>32, Los Angeles, CA</small>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30|6|||
|align="left"|**Christy Smith** <small>24, Basalt, CO</small>|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33|9|||
|align="left"|**Heidi Strobel** <small>24, Buffalo, MO</small>|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36|3|||
|align="left"|**Butch Lockley** <small>50, Olney, IL</small>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37|5|||
|align="left"|**Rob Cesternino** <small>24, Wantagh, NY</small>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38|4|||
|align="left"|**Matthew Von Ertfelda** <small>33, Washington, D.C.</small>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|Runner-Up|6|||
|align="left"|**Jenna Morasca** <small>21, Pittsburgh, PA</small>|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|Sole Survivor|3|||

- _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

|rowspan=2|Episode name|rowspan=2|Date shown on TV|colspan=2|Challenges|rowspan=2|Eliminated|rowspan=2|Vote|rowspan=2|Finish|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|"Boys vs. Girls"|align="left"|February 13, 2003|None|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Ryan</span>|4-3-1|1st Voted Out Day 3||
|align="left"|"Storms"|align="left"|February 20, 2003|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|bgcolor="yellow"|Janet|5-1-1-1|2nd Voted Out Day 6|
|align="left"|"Girl Power"|align="left"|February 27, 2003|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Daniel</span>|6-1|3rd Voted Out Day 9|
|align="left"|"Trapped"|align="left"|March 6, 2003|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|bgcolor="yellow"|Joanna|4-2-1|4th Voted Out Day 12|
|align="left"|"Pick-up Sticks"|align="left"|March 13, 2003|None|bgcolor="yellow"|Jaburu|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Jeanne</span>|4-2|5th Voted Out Day 15||
|align="left"|"More Than Meats the Eye"|align="left"|March 19, 2003|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Tambaqui</span>|bgcolor="yellow"|Shawna|4-2|6th Voted Out Day 18|
|align="left"|"Girls Gone Wilder"|align="left"|March 26, 2003|None|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Deena</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Roger</span>|7-3|7th Voted Out Day 21||
|align="left"|"Sleeping With the Enemy"|align="left"|April 3, 2003|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Dave [Deena]</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Jenna</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Dave</span>|8-1|8th Voted Out Day 24|
|align="left"|"The Chain"|align="left"|April 10, 2003|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Alex [Jenna]</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Matthew</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Deena</span>|6-2|9th Voted Out Day 27|
|align="left"|"The First 27 Days"|align="left"|April 17, 2003|colspan="6" align="center"|_Recap Episode_|||||||
|align="left"|"Q and A"|align="left"|April 24, 2003|Survivor Auction|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Rob</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Alex</span>|4-3|10th Voted Out Day 30||
|align="left"|"Sour Grapes"|align="left"|May 1, 2003|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Matthew</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">~~Jenna~~ [Heidi]</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Christy</span>|4-2|11th Voted Out Day 33|
|align="left"|"The Amazon Heats Up"|align="left"|May 8, 2003|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Matthew <span style="color:white;">[Rob]</span></span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Matthew</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Heidi</span>|3-2|12th Voted Out Day 36|
|rowspan=2 align="left"|"...And Then There Were Four"|rowspan=2 align="left"|May 11, 2003|rowspan=2|None|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Jenna</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Butch</span>|3-1|13th Voted Out Day 37|
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Jenna</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Rob</span>|1-0|14th Voted Out Day 38|||||||
|rowspan=2 align="left"|"The Reunion"|rowspan=2 align="left"|May 11, 2003|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Jury Vote|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Matthew</span>|rowspan=2|6-1|Runner-Up||
|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Jenna</span>|Sole Survivor||||||||||
- _If more than one tribe or player wins reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically if it was teamwork, or where one player won and invited others, the players they invited are in brackets._

There was no Reward Challenge.

There was no Reward Challenge due to tribal switch.

There was no Reward Challenge due to tribal merge.

Jenna won immunity but gave it to Heidi during tribal council.

## Voting history

||colspan=4|Starting tribes|colspan=2|Switched tribes|colspan=10|Merged tribe||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Episode #:|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|colspan=2|13|colspan=2|Reunion|||||||||||||||||
|align="left"|Eliminated:|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Ryan 4/8 votes</span>|bgcolor="yellow"|Janet 5/8 votes|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Daniel 6/7 votes</span>|bgcolor="yellow"|Joanna 4/7 votes|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Jeanne 4/6 votes</span>|bgcolor="yellow"|Shawna 4/6 votes|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Roger 7/10 votes</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Dave 8/9 votes</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Deena 6/8 votes</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Alex 4/7 votes</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Christy 4/6 votes</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Heidi 3/5 votes</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Butch 3/4 votes</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Rob 1 vote</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Matthew 1/7 votes</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Jenna 6/7 votes</span>|
|bgcolor="red" align="left"|<span style="color:white;">Jenna</span>||bgcolor="yellow"|Janet||bgcolor="yellow"|Joanna||bgcolor="yellow"|Shawna|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Roger</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Dave</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Deena</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Matthew</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Christy</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Rob</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Butch</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Rob</span>|colspan=2 rowspan=2|Jury Vote||||||
|bgcolor="red" align="left"|<span style="color:white;">Matthew</span>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Roger</span>||bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Daniel</span>|||bgcolor="yellow"|Shawna|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Roger</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Dave</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Deena</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Alex</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Christy</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Heidi</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Butch</span>||||||||||
|bgcolor="red" align="left"|<span style="color:white;">Rob</span>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Ryan</span>||bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Daniel</span>|||bgcolor="yellow"|Shawna|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Roger</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Dave</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Deena</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Alex</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Christy</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Heidi</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Butch</span>|||bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Jenna</span>||||||
|bgcolor="red" align="left"|<span style="color:white;">Butch</span>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Ryan</span>||bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Daniel</span>||bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Jeanne</span>||bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Christy</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Dave</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Deena</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Alex</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Jenna</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Heidi</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Rob</span>|bgcolor="darkgray"||bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Matthew</span>||||||
|bgcolor="red" align="left"|<span style="color:white;">Heidi</span>||bgcolor="yellow"|Janet||bgcolor="yellow"|Joanna|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Jeanne</span>||bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Roger</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Dave</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Deena</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Matthew</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Christy</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Rob</span>|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=2|||bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Jenna</span>|||||||
|bgcolor="red" align="left"|<span style="color:white;">Christy</span>||bgcolor="yellow"|Jenna||bgcolor="yellow"|Joanna|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Butch</span>||bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Roger</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Dave</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Alex</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Alex</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Jenna</span>|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=3|||bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Jenna</span>|||||||||
|bgcolor="red" align="left"|<span style="color:white;">Alex</span>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Ryan</span>||bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Daniel</span>|||bgcolor="yellow"|Matthew|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Roger</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Dave</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Deena</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Matthew</span>|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=4|||bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Jenna</span>|||||||||||
|bgcolor="red" align="left"|<span style="color:white;">Deena</span>||bgcolor="yellow"|Janet||bgcolor="yellow"|Joanna||bgcolor="yellow"|Shawna|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Roger</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Dave</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Alex</span>|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=5|||bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Jenna</span>|||||||||||||
|bgcolor="red" align="left"|<span style="color:white;">Dave</span>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Daniel</span>||bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Daniel</span>||bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Jeanne</span>||bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Christy</span>|bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Matthew</span>|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=6|||bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Jenna</span>|||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="red" align="left"|<span style="color:white;">Roger</span>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Ryan</span>||bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Daniel</span>||bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Jeanne</span>||bgcolor="red"|<span style="color:white;">Christy</span>|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=9|||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="yellow" align="left"|Shawna||bgcolor="yellow"|Janet||bgcolor="yellow"|Christy||bgcolor="yellow"|Matthew|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=10|||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#3366FF" align="left"|<span style="color:white;">Jeanne</span>||bgcolor="yellow"|Janet||bgcolor="yellow"|Shawna|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Butch</span>|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=11||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="yellow" align="left"|Joanna||bgcolor="yellow"|Christy||bgcolor="yellow"|Shawna|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=12||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#3366FF" align="left"|<span style="color:white;">Daniel</span>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Roger</span>||bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Roger</span>|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=13|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="yellow" align="left"|Janet||bgcolor="yellow"|Jeanne|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=14|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#3366FF" align="left"|<span style="color:white;">Ryan</span>|bgcolor="#3366FF"|<span style="color:white;">Roger</span>|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=15||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

## Other websites

- Official CBS Survivor The Amazon Website

## Infobox (television survivor)

- **season name**: Survivor: The Amazon
- **filming started**: November 7, 2002
- **filming completed**: December 15, 2002
- **location**: Rio Negro (Amazon), Rio Negro,
Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas, Brazil
- **winner**: Jenna Morasca
- **final vote**: 6-1
- **number survivors**: 16
- **number days**: 39
- **number episodes**: 14
- **previous season**: Survivor: Thailand
- **next season**: Survivor: Pearl Islands
- **tribes**: Jaburu
 Tambaqui
 Jacaré
- **all stars**: Jenna Morasca,
Rob Cesternino