Survivor: Africa

This article is about the third season of the American version of . For the African version of the series, see Survivor Africa.
Survivor: Africa is the third season of the reality TV show . Ethan Zohn was crowned the winner defeating Kim Johnson by a vote of 5-2. To date, it has produced three returning players (Ethan Zohn, Lex van den Berghe, and Tom Buchanan) for subsequent seasons.
==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 as 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.
==Twists/Changes==
* 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	Contestant 	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Finish	VotesAgainst
Contestant	Contestant 	Original Tribe 	Switched Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Finish	VotesAgainst
 	Diane Ogden42, Lincoln, NEMail Carrier 	 	rowspan="4" 	rowspan="6" 	 	6
 	Jessie Camacho26, Orlando, FLSheriff 	 	 	5 	 	
 	Carl Bilancione46, Winter Springs, FLDentist 	 	 	7 	 	
 	Linda Spencer44, Boston, MACareer Counselor 	 	 	4 	 	
 	Silas Gaither23, Los Angeles, CABartender 	 	 	 	8 	
 	Lindsey Richter26, Portland, ORAdvertising Executive 	 	 	 	12 	
 	Clarence Black24, Detroit, MIBasketball Coach 	 	 	rowspan="10" 	 	12
 	Kelly Goldsmith22, San Diego, CABehavior Analyst 	 	 	 	5 	
 	Brandon Quinton25, Dallas, TXBartender 	 	 	 	6 	
 	Frank Garrison42, Odessa, NYTelephone Technician 	 	 	 	9 	
 	Kim Powers29, Conshohocken, PAFreelance Marketer 	 	 	 	4 	
 	Teresa Cooper42, Jackson, GAFlight Attendant 	 	 	 	4 	
 	Tom Buchanan45, Rich Valley, VAGoat Farmer 	 	 	 	9 	
 	Lex van den Berghe38, Santa Cruz, CAMarketing Manager 	 	 	 	10 	
 	Kim Johnson56, Oyster Bay, NYRetired Teacher 	 	 	Runner-Up 	1 	
 	Ethan Zohn27, New York City, NYProfessional Soccer Player	 	 	Sole Survivor 	0 	
==Season Summary==
The 16 new castaways were divided into two tribes named after two real-life Kenyan tribes: Samburu and Boran. During the first six days, Samburu dominated in challenges, but was divided into two alliances defined by age: One led by Silas and the other led by Frank. Boran on the other hand, despite losing the first two Immunity Challenges, became a unified front and went on to win the next two. At Samburu's first Tribal Council the two competing alliances ended up in a 4-4 stalemate, causing a tiebreaker challenge between Carl and Lindsey. Carl lost, giving control of the tribe to the younger alliance. By Day 12, both tribes had six members each.
On Day 13, a vague Tree Mail tasked both tribes to elect three members to converge, only to learn they will be subjected to the first Tribe Switch. Silas, who volunteered to go for Samburu, was switched to Boran with Frank and Teresa, while Kelly, Lex and Tom were switched to Samburu much to their chagrin as their new camp was poorly maintained. Vengeful of Silas for mistreating them back in the original Samburu, Frank and Teresa plotted with the original Borans to throw the next Immunity Challenge, promptly voting out Silas. The next day, Teresa later secretly signaled to Kelly, implying Lindsey had past votes, which Kelly, Lex and Tom used to eliminate Lindsey. The tribes merged on Day 19 to form the Moto Maji tribe, with the original Boran outnumbering the original Samburu, 6-4. 
Once again on the outs, Teresa hatched a plan to turn the former Boran members against each other by casting a mystery vote against Lex at Tribal Council when the tribe had unanimously decided to vote out the unpopular and physical threat Clarence. Angered by this mystery vote, Lex went on a witch hunt but had mistakenly suspected Kelly. To save herself, Kelly sided with the Samburu minority, but after a last-minute strategy talk with Brandon, Kelly was voted out. 
Brandon's betrayal of Samburu deemed him untrustworthy by both sides and voted him out next. Outnumbered, the remaining Samburu members were systematically eliminated by the Boran Alliance of Ethan, Kim J., Lex and Tom. Despite having a final three deal with each other, Ethan, Lex and Tom were forced to turn on each other after Kim J. won the remaining Immunity Challenges. Tom and Lex were voted out, leaving Ethan and Kim J. as the Final Two. 
At the Final Tribal Council, Kim J. was praised by the jury for making to the end despite her age, but was perceived as riding the coattails of Ethan, Lex, and Tom for the entirety of the game, in which she received the votes of Brandon and Kim P. It was Ethan's clean, yet strategic game and congenial personality won him the title of Sole Survivor, earning the votes of Kelly, Frank, Teresa, Tom and Lex.
==Voting History==
==Trivia==
* Africa is the first season to feature two castaways with the same first name: Kim Johnson and Kim Powers.
* Africa is the first season in which the first two eliminated contestants are of the same gender.
* Africa is the first season to be set on the African continent.
* 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.
* Africa is the only season to use the trivia quiz tiebreaker.
* Africa marks the first tribe switch.
* Africa is the only season with a Loved Ones Challenge where the loved ones were not on location.
* 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 .
* Africa is the first season in which the winner was not decided by one vote.
*Africa is the only season to air across two calendar years.
==References==
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