Survivor: All-Stars

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Survivor: All-Stars

Filming Location	Pearl Islands, Panama
Winner	Amber Brkich (4-3)
Season run	2004-02-01 – 2004-05-09
Filming Dates	2003-11-03 – 2003-12-09
Number of episodes	14
Number of days	39
Number of survivors	18
Tribes	Saboga (Yellow), Mogo Mogo (Green), Chapera (Red), Chaboga Mogo (Blue)
Season chronology
Previous season	Survivor: Pearl Islands
Next season	Survivor: Vanuatu

Survivor: All-Stars is the eighth installment of the popular television reality show Survivor. It was taped in 2003 and debuted in the United States on CBS on February 1, 2004. It was set on the Pearl Islands of Panama, where the previous Survivor: Pearl Islands had just finished. The winner of this series was Amber Brkich, whose 4-3 victory over Rob Mariano was announced on live television on May 9, 2004. At the end of the series a twist called America's Tribal Council was broadcast live on May 13, 2004. It involved the public voting for who they wanted to win a second million dollar prize. When the show was broadcast Rupert Boneham won the million dollars.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

This season of the series featured the return of eighteen players from previous seasons, divided into three teams: Chapera, Mogo Mogo, and Saboga. The three tribes each are named after various islands of the Pearl Islands. During the fifth episode, the Saboga tribe was dissolved and its members divided between the other two tribes. In the ninth episode, the ten remaining contestants randomly chose new tribal memberships; improbably, every contestant but Brkich swapped teams. One episode later, the two teams merged into a tribe called Chaboga Mogo, named by the Survivors for a combination of all three tribes (CHApera, SaBOGA, MOGO Mogo).

This season was released on DVD on September 14, 2004.

The tribe colors used were:

Chapera - Red
Mogo Mogo - Green
Saboga - Yellow
Chaboga Mogo - Blue

For the second and third times ever in Survivor, two contestants voluntarily quit the game for personal reasons rather than being voted off. Jenna Morasca left during episode three over mounting concern for the health of her mother, who succumbed to cancer eight days after Jenna's resignation. Sue Hawk left distraught in episode six, one day after an incident during an immunity challenge in which a naked Richard Hatch had brief but inappropriate bodily contact with her.

One unexpected aspect of this series was the transformation of the relationship between Amber Brkich and Rob Mariano from an alliance within the game to a romantic relationship. This climaxed during the live finale when just before the reading of the final votes, Mariano proposed marriage and Brkich accepted.

A second surprise at the reunion show was the announcement that a second million dollar prize would be awarded to the All-Star player who received the most votes from viewers who could call in or vote online. The winner, announced on May 13, was Rupert Boneham. Boneham won an overwhelming victory over the other seventeen players, receiving 85% of the 38 million votes cast (Tom Buchanan, Colby Donaldson and Rob Mariano also finished in the top four).

Spoilers end here.

1 Contestants
- 1.1 Elimination notes
- 1.2 Tribal council history
2 Other notes
3 External links

[edit] Contestants

Contestant		Previous season	Previous finish	Original tribe	Episode 5 tribe	Episode 9 tribe	Merged tribe	Finish
Tina Wesson	W	The Australian Outback	Winner	Saboga				Voted out 1st 3 days
Rudy Boesch	W	Borneo	Final 3	Saboga				Voted out 2nd 6 days
Jenna Morasca	W	The Amazon	Winner	Mogo Mogo				Resigned 9 days
Rob Cesternino	W	The Amazon	Final 3	Chapera				Voted out 4th 12 days
Richard Hatch	W	Borneo	Winner	Mogo Mogo	Mogo Mogo			Voted out 5th 15 days
Sue Hawk	W	Borneo	Final 4	Chapera	Chapera			Resigned 17 days
Colby Donaldson	W	The Australian Outback	Runner-up	Mogo Mogo	Mogo Mogo			Voted out 7th 19 days
Ethan Zohn	W	Africa	Winner	Saboga	Mogo Mogo			Voted out 8th 21 days
Jerri Manthey	W	The Australian Outback	Eliminated 9th	Saboga	Mogo Mogo	Chapera		Voted out 9th 24 days
Lex van den Berghe	W	Africa	Final 3	Mogo Mogo	Mogo Mogo	Chapera	Chaboga Mogo	Voted out 10th 26 days
Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien	W	Marquesas	Final 3	Mogo Mogo	Mogo Mogo	Chapera		Voted out 11th 28 days
Alicia Calaway	B	The Australian Outback	Eliminated 8th	Chapera	Chapera	Mogo Mogo		Voted out 12th 30 days
Shii Ann Huang	B	Thailand	Eliminated 7th	Mogo Mogo	Mogo Mogo	Chapera		Voted out 13th 33 days
Tom Buchanan	W	Africa	Final 4	Chapera	Chapera	Mogo Mogo		Voted out 14th 36 days
Rupert Boneham	B	Pearl Islands	Eliminated 10th	Saboga	Chapera	Mogo Mogo		Voted out 15th 37 days
Jenna Lewis	B	Borneo	Eliminated 9th	Saboga	Chapera	Mogo Mogo		Voted out 16th 38 days
Rob Mariano	B	Marquesas	Eliminated 7th	Chapera	Chapera	Mogo Mogo		Runner-up 39 days
Amber Brkich	B	The Australian Outback	Eliminated 11th	Chapera	Chapera	Chapera		Sole Survivor 39 days

W	Players who did worse than their previous finish
B	Players who did better than their previous finish

[edit] Elimination notes

Tina Wesson - Tina was voted off mainly because of her status as a previous winner. Jenna Lewis urged the non-winners in her group (Rupert, Jerri, Rudy, and herself) to eliminate the winners first. Between Tina and Ethan, Ethan was seen as more of a tribal challenge benefit.
Rudy Boesch - Rudy injured his foot in a challenge and was therefore seen as a detriment by his tribe. Despite a tight and loyal alliance with Rupert, he was eliminated by the other three within his tribe.
Jenna Morasca - Jenna left the game on Day 9, citing her reasoning as having felt "a vibe" that her mother (whom had long been battling cancer) needed her. Her mother died eight days later.
Rob Cesternino - Rob was voted off for a variety of reasons. Dubbed by Jeff Probst as "the smartest player to ever not win the game," Rob's sneaky strategy in the Amazon made the All-Stars perceive him as a threat. While discussing the vote, Amber explained to Tom that Rob was "too smart." Despite an agreement with Boston Rob, Rob Cesternino was blindsided. Boston Rob also didn't like that Rob took his stance as the best Rob to play the game.
Richard Hatch - Richard was voted off because several members of the tribe felt he couldn't be trusted, particularly Colby and he was the first winner of Survivor and was considered to be the best player ever to play. Though the original decision was to eliminate Ethan, Colby had a change of mind and decided it was Richard's time to go. Despite Jerri's rallying for Colby's overthrow, as well as Richard's, Richard was "bamboozled!"
Susan Hawk - Quit the game on day 17 because she allegedly felt she had been sexually violated by Richard in the previous immunity challenge. Others claimed that perhaps Sue was truly aiming for collection from a lawsuit.
Colby Donaldson - Voted off for being a possible challenge threat in a post-merge situation, as well as dismissing fellow player Shii-Ann's strategy as something he had no respect for.
Ethan Zohn - Voted off for being a past winner. Tribe leader Lex did not feel like Ethan fit into his game plan.
Jerri Manthey - The new Chapera tribe chose to send Jerri packing after Boston Rob asked Lex for a favor to save his girlfriend, Amber. Lex and Kathy, feeling Rob's favor would be beneficial, switched the vote.
Lex van den Berghe - Although Lex saved Rob's girlfriend during the previous tribal council, Rob chose to stick with his original Chapera tribe and sent Lex home.
Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien - Kathy was a part of the original Mogo Mogo tribe and was more of a threat than Shii Ann.
Alicia Calaway - After Shii Ann, the last remaining Mogo Mogo member, won immunity, the Chaperans had to turn on one of their own. Alicia did not fit into any of the alliances, was a physical threat, and had an abrasive personality.
Shii Ann Huang - Voted off for being the last remaining Mogo Mogo member.
Tom Buchanan - Despite having an alliance with Rob and Amber, they chose to give their loyalty to Jenna and Rupert instead and was seen as two faced by everyone else in the tribe.
Rupert Boneham - Rupert was unanimously voted out when his ally Jenna chose to vote for him instead of risking drawing a purple rock (which would not have been the tie breaker in this case; here the tie breaker would have been a fire-starting challenge; however, producers did not tell the contestants beforehand what the tie breaker would be until the next season, Survivor: Vanuatu; the castaways thought the purple rock would be used because it was used the last time there was a tie, in Survivor Marquesas, even though it was never intended to be used at the Final Four).
Jenna Lewis - Jenna's foot slipped during the final immunity challenge. Rob won immunity and, of course, chose to take his girlfriend, Amber, to the Final Two.
Rob Mariano - The jury saw him as a diabolical backstabber who chose winning over friendship. Gained the votes of Kathy, Rupert, and Jenna.
Amber Brkich - Seen as the lesser of two evils by the jury. Won in a close 4-3 decision with the votes of Lex, Alicia, Shii Ann, and Tom.

[edit] Tribal council history

Starting Tribes					First Merge				Swap	Second Merge
Episode:	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Episode 6	Episode 7	Episode 8	Episode 9	Episode 10	Episode 11	Episode 12	Episode 13	Episode 14	Episode 15	Episode 16	Runner-up	Sole Survivor
Voted Out:	Tina
Voted Out:	Tina	Rudy	Jenna M.	Rob C.	Richard	Sue	Colby	Ethan	Jerri	Lex	Kathy	Alicia	Shii Ann	Tom	Rupert	Jenna	Rob M.	Amber
Margin:	4/2 votes	3/2 votes	No Council¹	5/1 votes	6/1 votes	No Council²	3/2 votes	4/1 votes	4/1 votes	7/2 votes	6/2 votes	6/1 votes	5/1 votes	4/1 votes	3/1 votes	1 vote	3/7 votes	4/7 votes
Voter	Vote
Amber				Rob C.					Jerri	Lex	Kathy	Alicia	Shii Ann	Tom	Rupert		Jury Vote
Rob M.				Rob C.						Lex	Kathy	Alicia	Shii Ann	Tom	Rupert	Jenna	Jury Vote
Jenna L.	Tina	Rudy								Lex	Kathy	Alicia	Shii Ann	Tom	Rupert		Rob M.
Rupert	Tina	Ethan								Lex	Kathy	Alicia	Shii Ann	Tom	Rob M.		Rob M.
Tom				Rob C.						Lex	Kathy	Alicia	Shii Ann	Jenna L.				Amber
Shii Ann					Richard		Colby	Ethan	Jerri	Lex	Amber	Alicia	Amber					Amber
Alicia				Rob C.						Lex	Kathy	Rupert						Amber
Kathy					Richard		³	Ethan	Jerri	Amber	Amber						Rob M.
Lex					Richard		Colby	Ethan	Jerri	Amber								Amber
Jerri	Tina	Rudy			Richard		Colby	Ethan	Amber
Ethan	Jenna L.	Rudy			Richard		Jerri	Jerri
Colby					Richard		Jerri
Sue				Rob C.
Richard					Colby
Rob C.				Alicia
Jenna M.
Rudy	Tina	Ethan
Tina	Jenna L.

¹ Jenna M. left the game on day 9.

² Sue left the game on day 17

³ Kathy abstained from the vote, as she was chosen to enjoy the reward with the Chapera tribe.

[edit] Other notes

Jenna L and Rupert are the only contestants ever to have worn four buffs over the run of a single season: their original yellow, the red that came from being absorbed into another tribe, the green that came from the switch, and finally the blue from the merge.
Tom was eliminated at the 36-day mark, giving him a total of 73 days experience as a contestant. This record still stands.
Chaboga Mogo is, of course, a combination of all three original tribe names, just as Chuay Jai was for Thailand, Xhakum would be for Guatemala, and Aitutonga would be for Cook Islands.
Rob proposed to Amber before the votes were read during the finale. Amber said yes. About a year later, Rob and Amber competed in The Amazing Race 7, where they finished in second place, behind Uchenna and Joyce.
In Episode 9 during an ostensibly random tribe swap, Amber was the only contestant to remain on her original tribe, every other contestant switched to the opposite tribe.
At the end of the series Amber was presented with a chance to give another contestant a car. She chose Shii-Ann, the contestant whom she believed had been the swing vote.
Jeff Probst actually revealed the winner weeks before the final episode in an interview with Mancow. Mancow had read an ordered list of contestants that would be voted off, with Rob and Amber at the end of the list. Jeff added that "Amber wins by a 4-3 vote" which turned out to be true (the list that Mancow read was not exactly true, but near 80% correct). Whether Probst knowingly revealed the outcome or was just playing into the show is unknown.
This was the first and only time in Survivor history where the contracts signed were not followed. While it was stated no two people could conspire to share the money at the end of the game, runner up Rob Mariano stated in an episode that "Best case scenario I'm(Rob) spending my own money, worst case scenario I'm spending Amber's." This caused viewers to believe that the two had entered a pact to share the money. At the reunion, Rob proposed to Amber and she accepted, later they would wed in a television special. To this date fans of the show still debate if this was a violation of the contract, but nothing has ever been done.

[edit] External links

Survivor
Seasons
Borneo (2000) · Australia (2001) · Africa (2001) · Marquesas (2002) Thailand (2002) · Amazon (2003) · Pearl Islands (2003) · All-Stars (2004) Vanuatu (2004) · Palau (2005) · Guatemala (2005) · Panama (2006) Cook Islands (2006) · Survivor 14 (TBA) · Survivor 15 (TBA)
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