Survivor: All-Stars
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Survivor: All-Stars is the eighth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. It was filmed from November 3, 2003 through December 11, 2003 and premiered on February 1, 2004 after Super Bowl XXXVIII. It was set on the Pearl Islands of Panama, where the previous season Survivor: Pearl Islands had just wrapped up. Hosted by Jeff Probst, it consisted of the usual 39 days of gameplay with, for the first time, 18 competitors instead of the usual 16, and three tribes instead of the usual two.
The winner was Amber Brkich, who was declared the Sole Survivor after a victory over Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano with a 4–3 jury vote. At the end of the live reunion show, a twist called America's Tribal Council was announced. It involved the public voting to award a second million-dollar prize. Rupert Boneham won the million dollars over runners up Mariano, Colby Donaldson, and Tom Buchanan.
This season was released on DVD on September 14, 2004.
Casting
Several former castaways claimed to have either declined the offer to return for All-Stars or been cut from the cast.
Mark Burnett confirmed that two people turned down formal offers to appear on the All-Stars edition of Survivor: Elisabeth Filarski Hasselbeck from The Australian Outback, who had recently taken a job as a co-host of The View, and Colleen Haskell of the show's premiere season, who "had moved on with her life" and "just genuinely didn't want to go through that again." In an interview on The Early Show, Survivor: Pearl Islands winner Sandra Diaz-Twine also confirmed that she turned down an offer to join the show, saying that she was still recovering from parasites that she received during Pearl Islands, while Survivor: Thailand winner Brian Heidik claimed that he would have returned only if he had been given a participation stipend, a condition to which the producers did not agree.[1] Diaz-Twine would later return for Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. Jenna Morasca, winner of Survivor: The Amazon stated that her fellow tribemate Heidi Strobel had also declined the offer to appear on All-Stars.[2] Hunter Ellis from Survivor: Marquesas also claims to have turned down an offer to appear on the show,[3] as did Jon "Jonny Fairplay" Dalton of Pearl Islands;[4] Fairplay later returned for Survivor: Micronesia.
Castaways who were purportedly cut include Rodger Bingham from The Australian Outback;[5] Gina Crews,[6] Sean Rector,[7] Neleh Dennis,[8] and Vecepia Towery[9] from Marquesas; and Clay Jordan and Helen Glover from Thailand.[10] Ken Stafford from Thailand was cast as an alternate, and Kelly Goldsmith from Africa said that she was cast as alternate for Jenna Morasca or Shii Ann Huang, but both were able to participate.[11] Teresa Cooper from Africa stated that she was cut and replaced by Tina Wesson;[12] Cooper was later included in the poll to return for Survivor: Cambodia, but was ultimately not selected.
Burnett jokingly said that "the casting was really, really scientific. I got a yellow legal pad and wrote down 24 names, and [then] cut down to 18. It was that quick."[13]
Contestants
| Contestant | Original tribe | Absorbed tribe | Switched tribe | Merged tribe | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tina Wesson 42, Knoxville, Tennessee The Australian Outback |
Saboga | 1st voted out Day 3 | |||
| Rudy Boesch 75, Virginia Beach, Virginia Borneo |
Saboga | 2nd voted out Day 6 | |||
| Jenna Morasca 22, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania The Amazon |
Mogo Mogo | Quit Day 9 | |||
| Rob Cesternino 25, Wantagh, New York The Amazon |
Chapera | 3rd voted out Day 12 | |||
| Richard Hatch 42, Newport, Rhode Island Borneo |
Mogo Mogo | Mogo Mogo | 4th voted out Day 15 | ||
| Susan "Sue" Hawk 42, Palmyra, Wisconsin Borneo |
Chapera | Chapera | Quit Day 17 | ||
| Colby Donaldson 29, Christoval, Texas The Australian Outback |
Mogo Mogo | Mogo Mogo | 5th voted out Day 19 | ||
| Ethan Zohn 30, Lexington, Massachusetts Africa |
Saboga | Mogo Mogo | 6th voted out Day 21 | ||
| Jerri Manthey 33, Los Angeles, California The Australian Outback |
Saboga | Mogo Mogo | Chapera | 7th voted out Day 24 | |
| Lex van den Berghe 40, Santa Cruz, California Africa |
Mogo Mogo | Mogo Mogo | Chapera | Chaboga Mogo | 8th voted out 1st jury member Day 27 |
| Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien 49, Burlington, Vermont Marquesas |
Mogo Mogo | Mogo Mogo | Chapera | 9th voted out 2nd jury member Day 28 | |
| Alicia Calaway 35, New York City, New York The Australian Outback |
Chapera | Chapera | Mogo Mogo | 10th voted out 3rd jury member Day 30 | |
| Shii Ann Huang 29, New York City, New York Thailand |
Mogo Mogo | Mogo Mogo | Chapera | 11th voted out 4th jury member Day 33 | |
| Tom Buchanan 48, Rich Valley, Virginia Africa |
Chapera | Chapera | Mogo Mogo | 12th voted out 5th jury member Day 36 | |
| Rupert Boneham 39, Indianapolis, Indiana Pearl Islands |
Saboga | Chapera | Mogo Mogo | 13th voted out 6th jury member Day 37 | |
| Jenna Lewis 26, Franklin, New Hampshire Borneo |
Saboga | Chapera | Mogo Mogo | 14th voted out 7th jury member Day 38 | |
| Rob Mariano 27, Canton, Massachusetts Marquesas |
Chapera | Chapera | Mogo Mogo | Runner-up | |
| Amber Brkich 25, Beaver, Pennsylvania The Australian Outback |
Chapera | Chapera | Chapera | Sole Survivor |
Future appearances
Rob Mariano, Rupert Boneham, Jerri Manthey and Colby Donaldson returned to Survivor again in the show's 20th season, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, where they finished 13th, 6th, 4th and 5th, respectively. Mariano again played in Survivor: Redemption Island, which he won. Boneham and Tina Wesson returned for Survivor: Blood vs. Water; Boneham returned with his wife, Laura, who appeared on this season as loved one; whereas Wesson returned with her daughter, Katie Collins. Boneham finished 20th and Wesson placed 4th.
Several of the cast also later competed in other reality competition shows. Mariano and Amber Brkich competed together on The Amazing Race 7, placing 2nd, and on The Amazing Race 11, placing 8th. Richard Hatch competed in the eleventh season of The Apprentice, and finished in 11th place. Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca competed together on The Amazing Race 19, placing 10th. Hatch later competed on the seventeenth season of The Biggest Loser, and finished in 13th place.[14]
Season summary
Eighteen players from previous seasons were divided into three tribes of six: Chapera, Mogo Mogo, and Saboga. Saboga lost the first two immunity challenges and, during a shelter-building challenge, built a shelter that quickly flooded. Saboga's poor conditions caught up to them and, after losing a crucial reward challenge, the four remaining members were divided between the other two tribes. Chapera accepted the newcomers, Rupert and Jenna L., and the two entered a solid majority alliance with de facto leader Rob M. and his closest ally and romantic interest Amber. Rob and Amber also had alliances with the other members of the tribe, however a winning streak ensured that they never had to break any of them. Mogo Mogo struggled after Lex decided to vote out the stronger members of the tribe in order to cement his control, causing Mogo Mogo to continually lose challenges and approach the merge in the minority.
Two players voluntarily left the game. Jenna Morasca, fearing for her mother's health, decided to drop out on Day 9 and return to her mother's side; her mother would die eight days later from cancer. Sue Hawk also left, distraught after an incident during an immunity challenge in which a naked Richard Hatch had brief but inappropriate bodily contact with her.
With ten players remaining, a tribal switch was held where players drew new buffs out of a bag. In an unorthodox twist of fate, each player simply drew a buff of the opposite tribe color except Amber, with the net effect of having Amber forced into the old Mogo Mogo tribe under the Chapera name. After Chapera lost the next immunity challenge, Rob whispered a deal to Lex to save Amber, promising that he will make it up to him later in the game. With regards to their friendship, Lex convinced the rest of his tribe to vote out Jerri instead. The next day, the remaining players were merged into the Chaboga Mogo tribe and Rob went back on his deal and led the charge to vote out Lex, who he believed was his greatest rival and leader of the minority alliance, much to the heart-break of the latter for breaking the friendship.
Rob and his former tribe mates continued to dominate the rest of the game, systematically eliminating the rest of Lex's alliance. Rob and Amber then honored their deal with Rupert and Jenna L., eliminating the rest of the original Chapera tribe. After convincing Jenna to vote Rupert out in order to avoid a tie, Rob won the final immunity challenge and took Amber into the final two. It was recognized by the jury that the finalists played as a pair, however Rob's strategic gameplay was deemed more outwardly vicious than Amber's quieter and more social game. The jury decided that Rob had been too aggressive in his handling of the jury, choosing Amber as the winner in a vote of 4–3.
| Episode title | Air date | Challenge winner(s) | Eliminated | Finish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reward | Immunity | ||||
| "They're Back!" | February 1, 2004 | None | Chapera | Tina | 1st voted out Day 3 |
| Mogo Mogo | |||||
| "Panicked, Desperate, Thirsty as Hell" | February 5, 2004 | Saboga[a] | Chapera | Rudy | 2nd voted out Day 6 |
| Mogo Mogo | |||||
| "Shark Attack" | February 12, 2004 | Chapera | None[b] | Jenna M. | Quit Day 9 |
| Mogo Mogo | |||||
| "Wipe Out!" | February 19, 2004 | Chapera | Saboga | Rob C. | 3rd voted out Day 12 |
| Saboga | Mogo Mogo | ||||
| "I've Been Bamboozled!" | February 26, 2004 | Mogo Mogo[c] | Chapera | Richard | 4th voted out Day 15 |
| Chapera[c] | |||||
| "Outraged" | March 4, 2004 | Mogo Mogo | None[d] | Sue | Quit Day 17 |
| "Sorry...I Blew It" | March 11, 2004 | Chapera[e] | Colby | 5th voted out Day 19 | |
| "Pick A Tribemate" | March 17, 2004 | Chapera | Chapera | Ethan | 6th voted out Day 21 |
| "Mad Scramble and Broken Hearts" | April 1, 2004 | None[f] | Mogo Mogo | Jerri | 7th voted out Day 24 |
| "Anger, Tears and Chaos" | April 8, 2004 | Rupert [Jenna L., Amber][g] |
Kathy[h] | Lex | 8th voted out 1st jury member Day 27 |
| Rob M.[h] | |||||
| "A Thoughtful Gesture or a Deceptive Plan" | April 15, 2004 | Alicia, Amber, Rob M., Shii Ann |
Rob M.[i] | Kathy | 9th voted out 2nd jury member Day 28 |
| "Stupid People, Stupid, Stupid People" | April 22, 2004 | Rupert | Shii Ann | Alicia | 10th voted out 3rd jury member Day 30 |
| "A Chapera Surprise" | April 29, 2004 | Tom [Rob M.] |
Tom | Shii Ann | 11th voted out 4th jury member Day 33 |
| "The Instigator" | May 6, 2004 | Rob M. [Amber] |
Rob M. | Tom | 12th voted out 5th jury member Day 36 |
| "The Sole Surviving All-Star" | May 9, 2004 | None | Amber | Rupert | 13th voted out 6th jury member Day 37 |
| Rob M. | Jenna L. | 14th voted out 7th jury member Day 38 | |||
| "The Reunion" | May 9, 2004 | Jury vote | |||
| Rob M. | Runner-up | ||||
| Amber | Sole Survivor | ||||
- In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.
- ^ Saboga chose to give a smaller reward to the other two tribes.
- ^ There was no immunity challenge due to Jenna M. quitting from the game.
- ^ a b Saboga, having placed last in the reward challenge, was dissolved, with the members redistributed to the two remaining tribes. For coming in first, Mogo Mogo got the first pick.
- ^ There was no immunity challenge due to Sue quitting from the game.
- ^ Combined reward and immunity challenge.
- ^ There was no reward challenge due to the tribe switch.
- ^ While no merge had yet occurred, the challenge was individual.
- ^ a b The men and women competed separately for immunity
- ^ Rob M. received an additional reward for winning immunity, which he gave up to the rest of the tribe.
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | CBS recap | Rating/share (18-49) | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | 1 | "They're Back!" | Recap | 14.9/37 | February 1, 2004 | 33.27 |
| 107 | 2 | "Panicked, Desperate, Thirsty as Hell" | Recap | 8.9/22 | February 5, 2004 | 23.07 |
| 108 | 3 | "Shark Attack" | Recap | 8.0/20 | February 12, 2004 | 22.35 |
| 109 | 4 | "Wipe Out!" | Recap | 8.7/22 | February 19, 2004 | 22.80 |
| 110 | 5 | "I've Been Bamboozled!" | Recap | 8.6/23 | February 26, 2004 | 22.19 |
| 111 | 6 | "Outraged" | Recap | 8.7/23 | March 4, 2004 | 23.22 |
| 112 | 7 | "Sorry...I Blew It" | Recap | 8.7/23 | March 11, 2004 | 22.63 |
| 113 | 8 | "Pick A Tribemate" | Recap | 8.5/22 | March 17, 2004 | 21.89 |
| 114 | 9 | "A Closer Look (All Star Redux)" | N/A | TBA | March 24, 2004 | N/A |
| 115 | 10 | "Mad Scramble and Broken Hearts" | Recap | 8.3/23 | April 1, 2004 | 21.69 |
| 116 | 11 | "Anger, Tears and Chaos" | Recap | 7.9/24 | April 8, 2004 | 20.76 |
| 117 | 12 | "A Thoughtful Gesture or a Deceptive Plan" | Recap | 7.5/21 | April 15, 2004 | 20.78 |
| 118 | 13 | "Stupid People, Stupid, Stupid People" | Recap | 7.6/22 | April 22, 2004 | 20.99 |
| 119 | 14 | "A Chapera Surprise" | Recap | 7.5/21 | April 29, 2004 | 20.78 |
| 120 | 15 | "The Instigator" | Recap | 7.2/20 | May 6, 2004 | 19.21 |
| 121 | 16 | "The Sole Surviving All-Star" | Recap | 10.0/25 | May 9, 2004 | 24.76 |
| 122 | 17 | "Reunion" | N/A | 12.8/29 | May 9, 2004 | 28.36 |
Voting history
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- ^ No vote; Jenna M. chose to quit the game due to a family emergency.
- ^ No vote; Sue chose to quit the game.
- ^ a b Amber and Jenna L. were not eligible to vote as the only eligible players they could vote for were each other.
- ^ Kathy was "kidnapped" by the opposing tribe, granting her exemption from her tribe's Tribal Council.
Reception
America's Tribal Council
Survivor: America's Tribal Council was a special episode that was broadcast live on CBS on May 13, 2004, several days after the All-Stars finale. The special was announced at the All-Stars finale in lieu of the typical announcement of the upcoming Survivor season, and revealed in tandem with an additional million-dollar prize awarded to the All-Stars contestant who received the most votes from the public, which was awarded at the end of the special. Throughout the special, Rupert Boneham, Tom Buchanan, Colby Donaldson, and Rob Mariano were revealed to be the top four votegetters, with Boneham ultimately being revealed as the winner with over 26% of the approximately 38 million votes cast. In addition to the million dollar prize, viewers voted on several other awards, the results of which were also revealed throughout the special.[15]
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- ^ "America's Tribal Council". Survivor. May 13, 2004. CBS.
External links
| Preceded by Alias 2003 |
Survivor: All-Stars Super Bowl lead-out program 2004 |
Succeeded by The Simpsons and American Dad! 2005 |