Survivor: All-Stars

Survivor: All-Stars
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No. of episodes	16
No. of days	39
No. of castaways	18
Winner	Amber Brkich
Production
Production locations	Pearl Islands, Panama
Filming dates	November 3 – December 11, 2003
Original release
Release	February 1 (2004-02-01) – May 9, 2004 (2004-05-09)

Survivor: All-Stars was the eighth season of the American reality show Survivor. It was filmed in 2003 and started to be shown on TV on February 1, 2004 after Super Bowl XXXVIII. It was set on the Pearl Islands of Panama, the same place where the last season, Survivor: Pearl Islands had just finished. The winner of this season was Amber Brkich, who won against Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano, fellow player and future husband in a 4-3 vote. At the end of the season a twist called America's Tribal Council was shown live on May 13, 2004. It involved the public voting for whom they wanted to win a second million-dollar prize. Rupert Boneham won the million dollars.

Rob Mariano, Rupert Boneham, Jerri Manthey and Colby Donaldson returned in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, each on Survivor for a third time. Their places are unknown because the season has not been shown on TV yet.

This season became available on DVD on September 14, 2004.

Choosing the players

Producer Mark Burnett has said that two people said no when they were asked to return in the All-Stars season of Survivor — Elisabeth Filarski Hasselbeck from The Australian Outback, who had just taken a job as a co-host of The View, and Colleen Haskell of the show's first season, who "had moved on with her life and just genuinely didn't want to go through that again." There was a rumor that Brian Heidik, from Thailand was asked to return, but he would only return if he would be paid a certain amount of money for returning, no matter how far he got into the game. Survivor: Pearl Islands winner Sandra Diaz-Twine also says that she said no, saying that she was still recovering from parasites that she got at Pearl Islands. Jon Dalton has says that he said no. Jenna Morasca, winner Survivor: The Amazon said that her fellow tribemate, Heidi Strobel, had also said no.

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."

Season summary

Eighteen players returned this season from earlier seasons. In the beginning, they were divided into three tribes: Chapera, Mogo Mogo, and Saboga. Each tribe was named after an island of the Pearl Islands. During the fifth episode Reward Challenge, the Saboga tribe lost the award, and its members divided between the other two tribes (called "dissolving"). During this period, an alliance between Rob M, Amber (who already had their own alliance early in the game), Rupert and Jenna L. would become dominate for Chapera. Also, during this time, two players chose to leave the game. Jenna Morasca, who was worried about her mother's health, chose to leave the game. Her mother died eight days later from cancer. Susan "Sue" Hawk left angry in episode six, one day after a problem during an immunity challenge where a naked Richard Hatch had quick but inappropriate bodily contact with her.

When ten players were left, the tribes were switched. The players grabbed a random new buff out of a bag. By chance, each player drew a buff of the opposite tribe color except Amber. When Chapera lost the next immunity challenge, Rob M. whispered a deal to Lex to save Amber, promising that he will make it up to him later in the game. Lex convinced the rest of Chapera to vote out Jerri instead of Amber. The next day, the players that were left merged (combined) into one tribe, which they named "Chaboga Mogo" (a combination of the old tribe names), and Rob M. decided to vote off Lex, even though he was breaking his promise.

Rob's four-player alliance continued to dominate the rest of the game. When there were five players left, Rob M., Amber, Rupert, Jenna L., and Big Tom, Rob M. started an argument between Rupert and Big Tom, leading to Big Tom being voted off at the next Tribal Council, and Rupert at the next one. Rob M. won the last immunity challenge and took Amber into the final two with him. The members of the jury had different opinions, some saying that Rob M. played a strong game to get this far, while others, such as Lex, didn't like him because of his strategies. At the live show, before the reading of the votes, Rob M. proposed to Amber for her hand in marriage, and she said yes. Amber won the last vote, 4-3. As winner, Amber was given the chance to give a car to another player, and she chose Shii Ann, At the reunion, Survivor: The Australian Outback player Jerri Manthey tried to put herself into the controversial discussion between Tom Buchanan and Mariano. The 5000 person audience booed, so she left the reunion show angry during a commercial break.

A week later, Rupert won the "America Votes" contest, getting 85% of the 38 million votes cast, winning a million dollars himself.

Players

Contestant	Starting tribe	Dissolved tribe	Switched tribe	Merged tribe	Finish	Total Votes
Tina Wesson 42, Knoxville, TN Survivor: The Australian Outback	Saboga				1st Voted Out Day 3	4
Rudy Boesch 75, Virginia Beach, VA Survivor: Borneo	Saboga				2nd Voted Out Day 6	3
Jenna Morasca 22, Bridgeville, PA Survivor: The Amazon	Mogo Mogo				Left the Game Day 9	0
Rob Cesternino 25, Plainview, NY Survivor: The Amazon	Chapera				3rd Voted Out Day 12	5
Richard Hatch 42, Middletown, RI Survivor: Borneo	Mogo Mogo	Mogo Mogo			4th Voted Out Day 15	6
Susan "Sue" Hawk 42, Las Vegas, NV Survivor: Borneo	Chapera	Chapera			Quit Day 17	0
Colby Donaldson 29, Los Angeles, CA Survivor: The Australian Outback	Mogo Mogo	Mogo Mogo			5th Voted Out Day 19	4
Ethan Zohn 30, New York City, NY Survivor: Africa	Saboga	Mogo Mogo			6th Voted Out Day 21	6
Jerri Manthey 33, Los Angeles, CA Survivor: The Australian Outback	Saboga	Mogo Mogo	Chapera		7th Voted Out Day 24	7
Lex van den Berghe 40, Santa Cruz, CA Survivor: Africa	Mogo Mogo	Mogo Mogo	Chapera	Chaboga Mogo	8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 27	7
Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien 49, Burlington, VT Survivor: Marquesas	Mogo Mogo	Mogo Mogo	Chapera		9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 28	6
Alicia Calaway 35, New York City, NY Survivor: The Australian Outback	Chapera	Chapera	Mogo Mogo		10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30	7
Shii Ann Huang 29, New York City, NY Survivor: Thailand	Mogo Mogo	Mogo Mogo	Chapera		11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33	5
Tom "Big Tom" Buchanan 48, Williamsburg, KY Survivor: Africa	Chapera	Chapera	Mogo Mogo		12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36	4
Rupert Boneham 39, Indianapolis, IN Survivor: Pearl Islands	Saboga	Chapera	Mogo Mogo		13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37	4
Jenna Lewis 26, Burbank, CA Survivor: Borneo	Saboga	Chapera	Mogo Mogo		14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38	4
Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano 27, Canton, MA Survivor: Marquesas	Chapera	Chapera	Mogo Mogo		Runner-Up	1
Amber Brkich 25, Beaver, PA Survivor: The Australian Outback	Chapera	Chapera	Chapera		Sole Survivor	6

The Total Votes is the number of votes a player got during Tribal Councils where the player is able to be voted out of the game. It does not count the votes they got during the final Tribal Council.

The game

Episode name	Date shown on TV	Challenges		Eliminated	Vote	Finish
		Reward	Immunity
"They're Back!"	February 1, 2004	None	Chapera	Tina	4-2	1st Voted Out Day 3
			Mogo Mogo
"Panicked, Desperate, Thirsty as Hell"	February 5, 2004	Saboga1	Chapera	Rudy	3-2	2nd Voted Out Day 6
			Mogo Mogo
"Shark Attack"	February 12, 2004	Chapera	None2	Jenna M.	No Vote	Quit Day 9
"Wipe Out!"	February 19, 2004	Chapera	Saboga	Rob C.	5-1	3rd Voted Out Day 12
			Mogo Mogo
"I've Been Bamboozled!"	February 26, 2004	Mogo Mogo3	Chapera	Richard	6-1	4th Voted Out Day 15
		Chapera3
"Outraged"	March 4, 2004	Mogo Mogo4	None	Sue	No Vote	Quit Day 17
"Sorry...I Blew It"	March 11, 2004	Chapera		Colby	3-2	5th Voted Out Day 19
		Kathy5
"Pick A Tribemate"	March 17, 2004	Chapera	Chapera	Ethan	4-1	6th Voted Out Day 21
"A Closer Look"	March 24, 2004	Recap Episode
"Mad Scramble and Broken Hearts"	April 1, 2004	None6	Mogo Mogo	Jerri	4-1	7th Voted Out Day 24
"Anger, Tears and Chaos"	April 8, 2004	Rupert [Jenna L., Amber]7	Kathy8	Lex	7-2	8th Voted Out Day 27
			Rob M.8
"A Thoughtful Gesture or a Deceptive Plan"	April 15, 2004	Alicia, Amber, Rob M., Shii Ann	Rob M.9	Kathy	6-2	9th Voted Out Day 28
"Stupid People, Stupid, Stupid People"	April 22, 2004	Rupert	Shii Ann	Alicia	6-1	10th Voted Out Day 30
"A Chapera Surprise"	April 29, 2004	Tom [Rob M.]	Tom	Shii Ann	5-1	11th Voted Out Day 33
"The Instigator"	May 6, 2004	Rob M. [Amber]	Rob M.	Tom	4-1	12th Voted Out Day 36
"The Sole Surviving All-Star"	May 9, 2004	None	Amber	Rupert	3-1	13th Voted Out Day 37
			Rob M.	Jenna L.	1-0	14th Voted Out Day 38
"The Reunion"	May 9, 2004	Jury Vote		Rob M.	4-3	Runner-Up
				Amber		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 where one player won and invited others, the players they invited are in brackets.

Note 1: Saboga chose to give some taste of reward to the other two tribes. They gave a flint and pot to all the tribes.
Note 2: Since Jenna M. left the game, no immunity challenge and no tribal council were shown during the episode.
Note 3: Saboga, having lost the reward challenge, was dissolved, so two members were sent to each of the Chapera and Mogo Mogo tribes.
Note 4: Although Sue quit the game, a reward challenge was still held.
Note 5: The challenge was combined Reward and Immunity. Chapera was able to choose one Mogo Mogo member for their reward. They chose Kathy, who was not allowed to go to tribal council with her tribe.
Note 6: A tribe switch took place instead of a reward challenge. By chance, Amber was the only one who did not switch tribes, but had new tribemates.
Note 7: Black is used to show that the reward challenge is individual and not tribal. No merge color was given out at this time in the episode.
Note 8: Two were given immunity at the night's tribal council.
Note 9: Rob M. saw his video from home. He gave everybody their letters from home.

Voting history

	Starting tribes				Dissolved tribes				Switch	Merged tribe
Episode #:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15		Reunion
Eliminated:	Tina 4/6 votes	Rudy 3/5 votes	Jenna M. No vote10	Rob C. 5/6 votes	Richard 6/7 votes	Sue No vote11	Colby 3/5 votes	Ethan 4/5 votes	Jerri 4/5 votes	Lex 7/9 votes	Kathy 6/8 votes	Alicia 6/7 votes	Shii Ann 5/6 votes	Tom 4/5 votes	Rupert 3/4 votes	Jenna L. 1 vote	Rob M. 3/7 votes	Amber 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 L.
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		Kidnapped12	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.

Note 10: Jenna M. quit the game on day 9 to return home to her dying mother.
Note 11: Sue quit the game on day 17 after being angry with Richard due to what happened at the previous challenge.
Note 12: Kathy could not vote, as she was chosen to enjoy the reward with the Chapera tribe.

Other websites

• Official CBS Survivor All Stars Website