Survivor: The Australian Outback

***Survivor: The Australian Outback*** was the second season of the United States reality show _Survivor_. It was filmed at Goshen Station in northern Queensland during 2000 and was shown on TV from January 28, 2001 to May 3, 2001 on CBS. The location used was within a three hour drive from the city of Cairns and was in a wet, sub-tropical area. Nielsen Ratings says it was the highest rated show of 2001.

Fourteen episode were shown, one every week. The winner, Tina Wesson, was announced on May 3, 2001 where she won against Colby Donaldson by a vote of 4-3.

The entire season was made available on DVD on April 26, 2005.

## Well-known events

Although the first episode was shown right after Super Bowl XXXV, the late hour made CBS want to show the first episode again later that week.

The elimination of player Michael Skupin during the sixth episode is well known for being the first case where a _Survivor_ player has had to be removed because of an injury. While trying to start a fire, Skupin breathed in smoke and fainted, falling into the fire getting really bad burns to his hands. After being cared for by medical personnel, a helicopter was brought in and Skupin was removed from the game. Because of his removal, there was no Immunity Challenge, so there was no Tribal Council. Because of this, the Ogakor and Kucha tribes merged (combined) with the same number of tribe members, instead of the possible six to four (which would have happened if Ogakor lost the Immunity Challenge and gone to Tribal Council). At the first merged Tribal Council, Jeff Varner was voted off after a tie vote between the two old tribes.

During a reward trip, player and future runner-up Colby Donaldson broke an Australian law by breaking off coral from the Great Barrier Reef which could have gave him a fine of AU$110,000. The helicopter pilot in the reward trip also broke an Australian law as he flew over sea bird rookeries. Survivor's producer Mark Burnett said sorry on behalf of Colby and the production team after the season had been shown.

The game lasted 42 days, instead of 39 days. This seson also started the Survivor tradition of showing who won live, so that none of the players would know who won until the finale (last episode).

During a reward on Day 34 where the five players left were allowed to talk with their family members, old Ogakor member Keith Famie asked his girlfriend to marry him, and she said yes.

## After filming

After the show, fourth-place finisher Elisabeth Filarski went on to co-host talk show _The View_. She, Tina Wesson, Colby Donaldson, Jerri Manthey, Alicia Calaway and Amber Brkich were asked to return in _Survivor: All-Stars_. Filarski was the only one who didn't return in the _All-Stars_ season. She wanted to focus on hosting _The View_, while Wesson, Donaldson, Manthey, Calaway, and Brkich placed 18th, 12th, 10th, 7th, and 1st. Brkich won against fellow player and future husband Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano who had played before in the series' fourth season, _Survivor: Marquesas_  in a 4-3 vote. Donaldson and Manthey would return again in the _Heroes vs. Villains_ season where they placed 5th, and 4th. Michael Skupin returned in the _Philippines_ season, where he tied for 2nd. Wesson would return in the _Blood vs. Water_ season, where she played with her daughter, Katie Collins, and placed 4th. Jeff Varner and Kimmi Kappenberg were voted into the _Cambodia_ season, where they finished 16th, and 6th. Varner later played in the _Game Changers_ season.

## Players

|align="left"|Player|Starting tribe|Merged tribe|Finish|Total votes|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|**Debb Eaton** <small>45, Milan, NH</small>|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kucha||1st Voted Out Day 3|7||
|align="left"|**Kel Gleason** <small>32, Fort Hood, TX</small>|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Ogakor||2nd Voted Out Day 6|7||
|align="left"|**Maralyn Hershey** <small>51, Wakefield, VA</small>|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Ogakor||3rd Voted Out Day 9|5||
|align="left"|**Mitchell Olson** <small>23, Union City, NJ</small>|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Ogakor||4th Voted Out Day 12|4||
|align="left"|**Kimmi Kappenberg** <small>27, Ronkonkoma, NY</small>|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kucha||5th Voted Out Day 15|6||
|align="left"|**Michael Skupin** <small>38, White Lake, MI</small>|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kucha||Removed Due to Injury Day 17|0||
|align="left"|**Jeff Varner** <small>34, New York, NY</small>|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kucha|bgcolor="#FF7518" align="center" rowspan=10|Barramundi|6th Voted Out Day 21|7|
|align="left"|**Alicia Calaway** <small>32, New York, NY</small>|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kucha|7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24|5|||
|align="left"|**Jerri Manthey** <small>30, Los Angeles, CA</small>|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Ogakor|8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27|12|||
|align="left"|**Nick Brown** <small>23, Steilacoom, WA</small>|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kucha|9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30|4|||
|align="left"|**Amber Brkich** <small>22, Beaver, PA</small>|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Ogakor|10th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33|6|||
|align="left"|**Rodger Bingham** <small>53, Crittenden, KY</small>|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kucha|11th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36|5|||
|align="left"|**Elisabeth Filarski** <small>23, Boston, MA</small>|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kucha|12th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 39|5|||
|align="left"|**Keith Famie** <small>40, West Bloomfield, MI</small>|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Ogakor|13th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 41|8|||
|align="left"|**Colby Donaldson** <small>26, Dallas, TX</small>|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Ogakor|Runner-up|5|||
|align="left"|**Tina Wesson** <small>39, Knoxville, TN</small>|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Ogakor|Sole Survivor|0|||

- _The **Total Votes** is the number of votes a player got during Tribal Councils where the player was 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 title|rowspan=2|Air date|colspan=2|Challenges|rowspan=2|Eliminated|rowspan=2|Vote|rowspan=2|Finish|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|"Stranded"|align="left"|January 28, 2001|bgcolor="#A7FC00" colspan=2|Ogakor<span style="color:black"><sup>1</sup></span>|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Debb|7-1|1st Voted Out Day 3|||
|align="left"|"Suspicion"|align="left"|February 1, 2001|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Ogakor|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kucha|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Kel|7-1|2nd Voted Out Day 6|
|align="left"|"Trust No One"|align="left"|February 8, 2001|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Ogakor|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kucha|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Maralyn|5-1-1|3rd Voted Out Day 9|
|align="left"|"The Killing Fields"|align="left"|February 15, 2001|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kucha|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kucha|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Mitchell|3-3|4th Voted Out Day 12|
|align="left"|"The Gloves Come Off"|align="left"|February 22, 2001|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kucha|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Ogakor|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kimmi|6-1|5th Voted Out Day 15|
|align="left"|"Trial By Fire"|align="left"|March 1, 2001|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kucha|None<span style="color:black"><sup>2</sup></span>|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Michael|No Vote|Removed Due to Injury Day 17||
|align="left"|"The Merge"|align="left"|March 8, 2001|None<span style="color:black"><sup>3</sup></span>|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Keith|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jeff|5-5|6th Voted Out Day 21||
|align="left"|"Friends?"|align="left"|March 15, 2001|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jerri [Amber]|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Keith|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Alicia|5-4|7th Voted Out Day 24|
|align="left"|"The First 24 Days"|align="left"|March 22, 2001|colspan=5|_Recap Episode_|||||||
|align="left"|"Honeymoon Or Not?"|align="left"|March 29, 2001|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby, Jerri|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Nick|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jerri|6-2|8th Voted Out Day 27|
|align="left"|"Let's Make A Deal"|align="left"|April 5, 2001|Survivor Auction|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Nick|4-2-1|9th Voted Out Day 30||
|align="left"|"No Longer Just A Game"|align="left"|April 12, 2001|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Amber|4-2|10th Voted Out Day 33|
|align="left"|"Enough Is Enough"|align="left"|April 19, 2001|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Tina|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Rodger|3-2|11th Voted Out Day 36|
|align="left"|"The Final Four"|align="left"|April 26, 2001|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Elisabeth|3-1|12th Voted Out Day 39|
|align="left"|"The Most Deserving"|align="left"|May 3, 2001|None|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Keith|1-0|13th Voted Out Day 41||
|rowspan=2 align="left"|"The Reunion"|rowspan=2 align="left"|May 3, 2001|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Jury Vote|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby|rowspan=2|4-3|Runner-Up||
|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Tina|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 if one player won and invited others, the players they invited are in brackets._

<small> Combined Reward and Immunity challenge.</small>

<small> No immunity was given in Ep. 6 because of Michael's injury.</small>

<small> There was no Reward Challenge due to tribal merge.</small>

## Voting history

||colspan=6|Starting tribes|colspan=10|Merged tribe||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Episode #:|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|colspan=2|Reunion|||||||||||||||||
|align="left"|Eliminated:|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Debb 7/8 votes|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Kel 7/8 votes|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Maralyn 5/7 votes|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Mitchell 3/6 votes<span style="color:black"><sup>2</sup></span>|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kimmi 6/7 votes|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Michael No vote<span style="color:black"><sup>3</sup></span>|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jeff 5/10 votes<span style="color:black"><sup>4</sup></span>|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Alicia 5/9 votes|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jerri 6/8 votes|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Nick 4/7 votes|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Amber 4/6 votes|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Rodger 3/5 votes|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Elisabeth 3/4 votes|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Keith 1 vote|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby 3/7 votes|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Tina 4/7 votes|
|align="left" bgcolor="#FF7518"|Tina||bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Kel|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Maralyn|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Mitchell|||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jeff|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Alicia|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jerri|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Nick|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Amber|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Rodger|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Elisabeth||colspan=2 rowspan=2|Jury Vote|||||||
|align="left" bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby||bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Kel|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Maralyn|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Mitchell|||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jeff|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Alicia|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jerri|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Nick|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Rodger|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Rodger|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Elisabeth|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Keith||||||||
|align="left" bgcolor="#FF7518"|Keith||bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Kel|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Mitchell|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Mitchell|||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jeff|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Alicia|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jerri|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Nick|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Amber|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Rodger|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Elisabeth|||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Tina||||||
|align="left" bgcolor="#FF7518"|Elisabeth|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Debb||||bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kimmi||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jerri|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jerri|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Amber|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Amber|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Keith|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Keith|bgcolor="darkgray"|||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Tina||||||
|align="left" bgcolor="#FF7518"|Rodger|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Debb||||bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kimmi||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jerri|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jerri|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Amber|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Amber|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Keith|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=2||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby|||||||||
|align="left" bgcolor="#FF7518"|Amber||bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Kel|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Maralyn|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Keith|||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jeff|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Alicia|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Elisabeth|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Nick|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Rodger|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=3||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby||||||||||
|align="left" bgcolor="#FF7518"|Nick|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Debb||||bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kimmi||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jerri|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jerri|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Keith|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=4||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby|||||||||||||
|align="left" bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jerri||bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Kel|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Maralyn|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Keith|||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jeff|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Alicia|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Elisabeth|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=5|||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Tina|||||||||||||
|align="left" bgcolor="#FF7518"|Alicia|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Debb||||bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kimmi||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby|bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jerri|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=6|||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Tina||||||||||||||||
|align="left" bgcolor="#FF7518"|Jeff|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Debb||||bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kimmi||bgcolor="#FF7518"|Colby|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=9||||||||||||||||||||||
|align="left" bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Michael|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Debb||||bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kimmi||bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=10||||||||||||||||||||||||
|align="left" bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Kimmi|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Debb||||bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Jeff|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=11|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|align="left" bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Mitchell||bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Kel|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Maralyn|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Keith|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=12|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|align="left" bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Maralyn||bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Kel|bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Jerri|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=13|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|align="left" bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Kel||bgcolor="#A7FC00"|Jerri|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=14|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|align="left" bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Debb|bgcolor="#08E8DE"|Jeff|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=15||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

<small> Keith and Mitchell were tied 3-3 at Tribal Council. In earlier Tribal Councils, Keith had no votes, but Mitchell had one; so he was eliminated.</small>

<small> On Day 17 Michael fell into a fire and had to be removed due to injuries, as a result he was the sixth person to leave the game meaning no Tribal Council was held.</small>

<small>Colby and Jeff were tied 5-5 at Tribal Council and in earlier Tribal Councils,  Jeff had two votes, therefore, Jeff was eliminated</small>

## Other websites

- Official CBS Survivor The Australian Outback Website

## Infobox (television survivor)

- **season name**: Survivor: The Australian Outback
- **filming started**: October 23, 2000
- **filming completed**: December 3, 2000
- **location**: Herbert River at Goshen Station (South-west of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns, Queensland, Australia)
- **winner**: Tina Wesson
- **final vote**: 4-3
- **number survivors**: 16
- **number days**: 42
- **number episodes**: 15
- **previous season**: Survivor: Borneo
- **next season**: Survivor: Africa
- **tribes**: Kucha
 Ogakor
 Barramundi
- **all stars**: Tina Wesson,
Colby Donaldson,
Jerri Manthey,
Alicia Calaway,
Amber Mariano, Amber Brkich
- **heroes versus villains**: Colby Donaldson,
Jerri Manthey