Susan Hawk

Susan "Sue" Hawk is a contestant from and .
In Borneo, Susan was part of the dominant Tagi Alliance, which allowed her to make it to the final four. However, after a tie at Tribal Council between her and Richard Hatch, her close friend Kelly Wiglesworth changed her vote to her during the revote, eliminating her from the game. As a juror at the Final Tribal Council, Susan lashed out at both Kelly and Richard with her infamously impassioned "rats and snakes" speech.
In All-Stars, Susan made enemies within the Chapera tribe, especially with Tom Buchanan, due to her abrasive personality. However, she hit her breaking point when she felt that she was sexually violated by fellow Borneo castaway Richard Hatch during a challenge. Emotionally distraught by the incident, she lashed out and quit the game two days later.
==Profile==
Retrieved from CBS.com
<tabber>Borneo=
Born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Susan attended Waukesha South Campus High School. Currently employed as a truck driver, she previously owned and operated a hunting and fishing camp in N.W. Ontario, Canada. Prior to that, she worked as a horse trainer and a waitress/bartender.
Susan's three favorite hobbies are hunting, swimming and fishing. She enjoys hunting birds with her dogs, Ellie and Stinky. She describes herself as motivated, resourceful, and flexible. Her favorite television shows are "The Drew Carey Show" and "Whose Line is It Anyway?" Her favorite feature film is "Papillion" (starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman) and she prefers to listen to 60's and 70's rock and roll music.
A perfect day for Susan begins at 2:00 AM to walk the dogs. She would be at work by 5:00 AM delivering concrete, and be home by 6:00 PM for a quick run in the woods with husband, Tim, and of course Ellie and Stinky, who would be looking for pheasants. Returning home, they would eat dinner and retreat to the hot tub for a romantic evening.
Susan currently resides in Palmyra, Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin Road Team, an organization of truck drivers that travel throughout the state to teach student drivers how to share the road safely with big trucks. Her birth date is August 17, 1961.http://web.archive.org/web/20221207165049/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/20782/
==Survivor==
===Borneo===
Susan seemed to get far in the game by using her secret alliance with Richard Hatch, Kelly Wiglesworth, and Rudy Boesch during a time when other cast members did not yet use alliances, and several even considered allied voting to be "cheating." Susan liked being viewed as a stupid redneck during the game and kept her intelligence hidden in order to throw off her opponents.
As the fourth-place finisher, she became a member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council she launched into her infamous "snakes and rats" speech about the Final Two, Richard and Kelly. In her speech, she said there are only two things on the entire island: rats and snakes. Richard was a snake scouring the jungle for prey and Kelly a rat, who just aimlessly wanders around the jungle trying to avoid the snake. Susan told the jury members that they should obey the laws of nature by letting the snake eat the rat. She also told Kelly that if she ever saw her in a desert, dying of thirst, she would not stop to give her a sip of water and that she'd like to see the vultures get her and devour her. This resulted in angering Colleen Haskell and Gervase Peterson, who voted for Kelly. Nevertheless, Richard still won 4-3.
The "rats and snakes" moment is arguably the most remembered moment in history, as the season one finale was the highest rated episode of Survivor to date and it was the first time in Survivor that anyone had ever expressed such bitterness and anger. put it on its end-of-the-decade "best-of" list.
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out? 	Result
1 	rowspan="11" 	Quest for Fire 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	
2 	Water Torture 	Reward 	Unknown 	 	
2 	Buggin' Out 	Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Treasure Chest 	Reward 	No 	 	
3 	Rescue Mission 	Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	SOS Signal 	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Buried Treasure 	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	Choose Your Weapon 	Reward 	No 	 	
5 	Shipwrecked 	Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	Abandoned Barracks 	Reward 	No 	 	
6 	The Obstacle Course 	Immunity 	No 	 	
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7 	rowspan="13" 	Snake Island Relay 	Immunity 	 	
8 	Survivor Archery 	Reward 	 	 	
8 	End of the Line 	Immunity 	 	 	
9 	 	Reward 	 	 	
9 	Squared Off 	Immunity 	 	 	
10 	Bamboozled 	Reward 	 	 	
10 	Fast Fire 	Immunity 	 	 	
11 	Survivor Quiz Show 	Reward 	 	 	
11 	Unaired 	Reward 	 	 	
11 	Walk the Plank 	Immunity 	 	 	
12 	Mud Pack 	Reward 	 	 	
12 	Witch Hunt 	Immunity 	 	 	
13 	Fallen Comrades 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
Notes: An unaired Reward Challenge was held on Day 4. According to the season's DVD release, an unaired second Reward Challenge was held on Day 32. The winner, Colleen, shared her reward with the rest of the tribe.	Notes: An unaired Reward Challenge was held on Day 4. According to the season's DVD release, an unaired second Reward Challenge was held on Day 32. The winner, Colleen, shared her reward with the rest of the tribe.	Notes: An unaired Reward Challenge was held on Day 4. According to the season's DVD release, an unaired second Reward Challenge was held on Day 32. The winner, Colleen, shared her reward with the rest of the tribe.	Notes: An unaired Reward Challenge was held on Day 4. According to the season's DVD release, an unaired second Reward Challenge was held on Day 32. The winner, Colleen, shared her reward with the rest of the tribe.	Notes: An unaired Reward Challenge was held on Day 4. According to the season's DVD release, an unaired second Reward Challenge was held on Day 32. The winner, Colleen, shared her reward with the rest of the tribe.	Notes: An unaired Reward Challenge was held on Day 4. According to the season's DVD release, an unaired second Reward Challenge was held on Day 32. The winner, Colleen, shared her reward with the rest of the tribe.
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Voting History=
Episode 	Susan'sVotes 	Voted AgainstSusan
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Notes: In , the vote ended with a 2-2 tie between Susan and Richard, forcing a revote. Kelly changed her vote to Susan on the revote, eliminating her from the game.	Notes: In , the vote ended with a 2-2 tie between Susan and Richard, forcing a revote. Kelly changed her vote to Susan on the revote, eliminating her from the game.	Notes: In , the vote ended with a 2-2 tie between Susan and Richard, forcing a revote. Kelly changed her vote to Susan on the revote, eliminating her from the game.
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===All-Stars===
Susan was one of 18 previous castaways who returned for . Being a member of the dominant Chapera tribe, Susan enjoyed a long winning streak, although she was targeted by her tribemates for being opinionated and lonesome. Despite this, she managed to survive Chapera's first Tribal Council on Day 12. After a game-changing twist, where a rival tribe Saboga lost a particular Reward Challenge, their members were transferred to Chapera and to the other opposing tribe Mogo Mogo. Chapera chose Rupert Boneham and Susan's fellow castmate Jenna Lewis to join the tribe, much to Susan's delight.
Susan's confidence was completely shattered during the following Immunity Challenge, where they were to traverse a series of balance beams. Her Borneo tribemate Richard Hatch (a member of Mogo Mogo) rubbed up against her while naked during the challenge, leaving her totally distraught, despite her tribe winning the challenge. In the subsequent episode, Susan seemed to become more and more angered, embarrassed, and upset over the incident. At the next Reward Challenge, Survivor host Jeff Probst made a passing reference to the incident, which prompted Susan to respond with a furious speech, accusing Probst of making light of something that Susan viewed as harassment. Due to the nature of the show, Susan's competitors were unsure how much of her emotion was real and how much was part of the game. Despite the fact that Richard had been eliminated in the prior episode, Susan claimed that "her mind left the game 24 hours ago" and decided to remove herself from the stress of the game in order to be with her husband again.
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1 	rowspan=8 	Quest for Fire	Immunity 	No 	
2 	Stairway to the Stars 	Reward 	No 	 	
2 	Float Your Boat 	Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Better Homes and Island Living	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Match Maker 	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Blind Cube Crisis 	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	Shipwrecked Raft Rescue 	Reward 	No 	 	
5 	Pilfering Pirates 	Immunity 	No 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
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Episode	Susan'sVotes	Voted AgainstSusan
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==Post-Survivor==
* Susan and her husband currently live in a 60-acre (240,000 m2) ranch near Clever, Missouri.
* In 2000, Susan co-hosted Live with Regis and interviewed during his first presidential campaign.
* Susan appeared in the 2001 film as a waitress.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0369996/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t49
* On May 10, 2001, Susan appeared on a edition of along with castaways Gretchen Cordy, Joel Klug, Ramona Gray, Richard Hatch, and Sean Kenniff. She was the second voted out. She received a house minimum of $10,000 for her charity.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEr-62CFax8
* In 2001, Susan, Alicia Calaway, Gervase Peterson, and Jeff Varner appeared on Big Brother 2. The former castaways competed against the final four houseguests in a luxury competition and won $15,000 between them.https://youtu.be/jseHkf5ls8g?list=PLbkYrk13yG1TU9gBySyoJOKUI8HddwNoB
* On May 19, 2002, the day the finale aired, Susan appeared live going into commercial break chatting with during the finale episode, .
* Susan competed with fellow Borneo contestant Richard Hatch on the short-lived 2002 game show . She ended up winning and won the top prize of $25,000.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iCIduLr6QY
* Susan attended the Survivor: Thailand Reunion Show.
* In 2005, Susan appeared as a contestant in a "Castaway Special" episode of , where she competed with Christa Hastie, Jenna Morasca, Shii Ann Huang, and Tijuana Bradley. The five competed against Ethan Zohn, Jon Dalton, Richard Hatch, Rudy Boesch, and Rupert Boneham.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77FDuebx9J4
* In the summer of 2005, Susan, along with Burton Roberts, Gervase Peterson, Jerri Manthey, and Richard Hatch, competed on the Bravo reality show . She was on the green tribe.
* On January 9, 2010, Susan attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ5_o4vGO6g
==Trivia==
* Susan and Dirk Been are the first contestants to reside in Wisconsin.
** Susan is also the first contestant to reside in Nevada, being a resident of that state by the time she competed on . This makes Susan one of three first contestants to represent two different states (the others are Colby Donaldson and Jenna Lewis who had moved to California from Texas and New Hampshire, respectively).
* Susan's luxury item in was a pair of tweezers.
* Susan is the first contestant ever to cast a vote at Tribal Council. She voted against Sonja Christopher.
* Susan was known for her poor spelling when casting votes (i.e. "Souna", "Derk", "Grechen", "Jeanne", and "Gervis").
* Susan is the first contestant to be voted out after a revote caused by a tie.
* Susan's "rats and snakes" speech became widely memorable as the first time any juror had expressed bitterness and anger towards the finalists. Since Borneo, many jurors have done the same and berated the finalists.
** Her "rats and snakes" speech was nominated as "Most Memorable Moment" in Survivor: America's Tribal Council, but lost to Rupert Boneham stealing the opposing tribe's luxuries in .
* Susan is the third person to quit the game, following Osten Taylor and Jenna Morasca.
** Susan's quit in All-Stars marked the first time that two castaways left a season without being voted out.
* According to Lex van den Berghe, Susan reconsidered her decision to quit and wanted back into the game, which Production considered letting her do so, but her tribe unanimously said no when they were asked if they would be okay with allowing her to do so.https://www.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/3b4m8h/comment/csiusfu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
==References==
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Category:Borneo Contestants
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Category:Tagi Tribe
Category:Rattana Tribe
Category:Chapera Tribe
Category:4th Place
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Category:Quitters
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
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Category:Survivor: Borneo
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Category:1961 births
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