Note: ^1 In the Survivor: All-Stars DVD, there was deleted scene showing that Mogo Mogo went to Tribal Council later on after Jenna quit during the Immunity Challenge.

Survivor: Heroes vs. VillainsEdit

Donaldson returned to play for a third time in the 20th installment/10th anniversary season Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. Due to his "heroic" (yet deemed by some fans as a dumb move) move of taking Jury vote threat Tina over the despised Keith Famie and his legendary challenge performances, he earned a place on the Heroes tribe.

Colby initially became an alliance outsider, along with ex-Palau players Tom Westman and Stephenie LaGrossa. Together with the stress of the competition, he surprisingly performed weak in challenges, with James Clement (who visibly idolized him) even calling him, "Superman in a fatsuit." Despite being an outsider, he and the rest of the Heroes won the next three Immunity Challenges, securing that the Heroes and the Villains would enter the merge with five members each. But after a bold move done by Villain Parvati Shallow of giving two Hidden Immunity Idols to be used by Sandra Diaz-Twine and Jerri Manthey (Colby's Outback arch-nemesis), the Heroes were systematically eliminated, one by one. After fellow former Hero Candice Woodcock voted along with the former Villains to vote out Amanda Kimmel, he claimed that he and Rupert Boneham were the only remaining heroes. After losing the Final 5 Immunity Challenge, Colby ultimately gave up and admitted defeat to the remaining Villains. However, a short time later, Colby attempted to strategize with Russell Hantz, who criticized Colby for giving up and then attempting to make a move. Colby was the last of the Heroes to be eliminated, being voted out on Day 37. In the final tribal council, Colby viewed Russell as delusional for saying he had no luck in getting to the final tribal council and felt that Parvati was riding Russell's coattails and voted for Sandra to win.

Voting HistoryEdit

Post-SurvivorEdit

After his stint on reality television, Donaldson turned to acting, appearing on such shows as Curb Your Enthusiasm (2004), Reba (2002), Joey (2004-2005), and Bones (2006). He starred in several commercials as the spokesman for Schick razors, had a minor role as a secret service agent in Wes Craven's Red Eye (2005).

He was on The Rachael Ray Show as one of Rachael's "buddies" (2007-2010). He's also been on various celebrity/news shows, often in relation to his Survivor stints. See the Internet Movie Database for details.

Currently, Donaldson is the host of Top Shot, a History Channel TV competition where 16 sharp shooters compete in teams and then individually using historic and contemporary weapons, until only one survives. The first season aired in June 2010. Season five, the All-Stars season is currently being aired. (June 2013) http://www.history.com/shows/top-shot

At the Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains Reunion Show, Colby was nominated for the Dumbest Move in Survivor History for taking Jury favorite Tina Wesson to the Final 2 over the despised chef Keith Famie in Survivor: The Australian Outback. Colby lost to his fellow Heroes tribemate J.T. Thomas. He owns a hot rod restoration business. He divides his time between California and the family ranch in Texas.

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Australian OutbackEdit

Colby Donaldson as a member of Ogakor.

Colby at Barramundi.

Colby in the tribal council.

Colby hugs Tina after she wins Survivor: The Australian Outback

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All-StarsEdit

Colby returned as an All Star.

Colby Donaldson is a member of Mogo Mogo.

Colby Blindsided

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Heroes vs. VillainsEdit

Colby Donaldson is the original Hero.

Colby at camp

Colby in the reward challenge, day 17.

Colby at the immunity challenge, day 36.

Colby at the tribal council.

Colby Voted Out

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TriviaEdit

• Colby was the first player in Survivor history to fall victim to the Survivor Car Curse.
• Colby's luxury item in Australia was the flag of Texas.
  • He is the first contestant from Texas, together with Kel Gleason.
• Colby is the only player to vote for Sandra Diaz-Twine and to have his vote count.
• Colby was the only male representative of Survivor: The Australian Outback to appear in Survivor: All-Stars, as well as the only runner-up to appear in this season.
• Colby is one of three players (along with Russell Hantz and Coach Wade) to compete in three seasons and not participate in a Tribe Shuffle .
  • A Tribe Shuffle did happen in All-Stars, but Colby was voted out 4 days before it happened.
• Along with fellow contestants Amber Mariano, Colby is the only other The Australian Outback contestant to appear in finale episodes of Survivor as both a finalist and a Jury member.
• Colby is one of four contestants to play the game three times, but become a Jury member only once (the others are Stephenie LaGrossa, Amanda Kimmel and Parvati Shallow).
  • Stephenie and Colby are the only contestants to be in different phases in the game every season they participated in (eliminated pre-Jury, part of the Jury, become a Finalist).
• Earned the title of "Sexiest Survivor Male" in America's Tribal Council.
• Survivor: Caramoan contestant Sherri Biethman has an autistic son named after Colby.
• Colby had his torch snuffed after Tina was announced the winner of Survivor: The Australian Outback.
• Colby has played all three seasons with rival and friend Jerri Manthey.
  • Jerri made it further in two of the three seasons, but Colby has played more days overall.
  • Colby voted for Jerri in all three seasons.
• Colby was born on April Fools Day. 

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