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Elisabeth DelPadre Filarski, later known as Elisabeth Hasselbeck, is a contestant from Survivor: The Australian Outback.

Elisabeth started the game as the self-appointed cheerleader of the Kucha tribe, and formed a close father-daughter relationship with Rodger Bingham, whom she deemed her "Outback Daddy". Despite the Kucha Alliance being down in numbers for the majority of the merge, she successfully avoided an early Pagonging by the rival Ogakor Alliance, contributing to the alliance's betrayal of a couple of its members and ultimately reaching the final four. However, the remaining members stuck together, and without the safety of the Immunity Necklace, she became the last original Kucha sent to the jury.

Following her stint on Survivor, Elisabeth had a successful run as a television host, notably on the daytime talk show The View.

Profile[]

Retrieved from CBS.com

NAME: ELISABETH FILARSKI
AGE: 23
MARITAL STATUS: Single
OCCUPATION: Footwear Designer
HOMETOWN: Boston, Massachusetts
LUXURY ITEM: Immunity Head Dress (self made)


Elisabeth Filarski is a recent graduate from Boston College living in Newton, Massachusetts. She is a footwear designer and spends her free time creating greeting cards and personalized planners, running and hanging out with her friends and family.

Prior to Boston, Filarski lived in Providence and Cranston, Rhode Island, spent time in Belize teaching in the rainforest and spent three weeks in Italy developing products for her job.

She describes herself as impulsive, intuitive, and devoted. Filarski enjoys watching football (particularly when her boyfriend Tim is playing), partaking in outdoor sports, and listening to her brother Kenny jam on his guitar. Filarski played softball while attending Boston College.

Her birth date is May 28, 1977.[1]

Survivor[]

Elisabeth was placed on the Kucha tribe. Her pleasant demeanor kept her in the good graces of her tribemates. Elisabeth built a strong bond with fellow contestant Rodger Bingham, even vowing never to vote against him. She voted in the majority at both of Kucha's Tribal Councils.

After both tribes merged into Barramundi on Day 20, the Kucha Alliance and the Ogakor Alliance targeted each other to become the majority. The following Tribal Council result was a deadlock tie, and Jeff Varner was eliminated due to having more prior votes than Colby Donaldson, putting Elisabeth and her alliance members into the minority. Elisabeth would attempt to get Tina Wesson to flip on Jerri Manthey due to her irritating the tribe. However, the plan didn't work, and Alicia Calaway was voted out next.

However, Elisabeth created bonds with Tina Wesson and Keith Famie, which got the Ogakor Alliance alliance to spare her and eliminate Jerri and Amber Brkich. At the final five, Elisabeth and Rodger knew that one of them would be voted off. Rodger was eliminated after asking to be voted out so Elisabeth would be spared, making her the last remaining Kucha member. After failing to win individual immunity, Elisabeth was voted off by the remaining Ogakor members.

At the Final Tribal Council, Elisabeth gave her jury vote to Tina, who would go on to win the game in a close 4-3 vote.

Episode Tribe
Affiliation
Challenge Challenge Type Sit-Out? Result
1 Kucha Bridging the Gap Reward/Immunity No Lost
2 Butch Cassidy Reward No Lost
Tucker'd Out Immunity No Won
3 Water Torture Reward No Lost
Lock Step Immunity No Won
4 Mastermind Reward No Won
True or Falls Immunity No Won
5 Triage Reward No Won
The Maze Immunity No Lost
6 Blind Leading the Blind Reward No Won
Tribes Merged, Day 20
7 Barramundi Perch Immunity Lost
8 Return to Sender Reward Lost
Don't Fence Me In Immunity Lost
10 Double Play Reward Lost
Hanging in the Balance Immunity Lost
11 Survivor Auction
Fire and Water Immunity Lost
12 End of the Line Reward Lost
Blue Plate Special Immunity Lost
13 Survivor.com Reward Lost
Fugitives Immunity Lost
14 Survivor Pentathlon Reward Lost
Memory Immunity Lost
Voted Out, Day 39

Episode Elisabeth's
Votes
Voted Against
Elisabeth
1 Debb -
2 Kucha Tribe Immune
3 Kucha Tribe Immune
4 Kucha Tribe Immune
5 Kimmi -
6 No Tribal Council
7 Colby;
Colby1
-
8 Jerri -
10 Jerri Amber, Jerri
11 Amber -
12 Amber -
13 Keith -
14 Keith Colby,
Keith, Tina
Voted Out, Day 39
Voted for
Sole Survivor
Tina

^1 In "The Merge", the vote ended with a 5-5 tie between Colby and Jeff, forcing a revote. Elisabeth did not change her vote on the revote.

Post-Survivor[]

  • On May 13, 2001, Elisabeth, along with castmate Colby and Jeff appeared on Rock & Roll Jeopardy!. Elisabeth won the game winning $5,000 for her charity which was for the breast cancer foundation.[2]
  • On July 6, 2002, Elisabeth married her college boyfriend, former professional football quarterback Tim Hasselbeck (brother of Tennessee Titans Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck). The couple has a daughter, Grace Elisabeth, born in April 2005, and two sons—Taylor Thomas, born in November 2007, and Isaiah Timothy, born in August 2009.
  • A registered Republican.[3], Elisabeth became the conservative host on ABC's The View from 2002 to 2013.
  • Elisabeth served as a host on Fox News's Fox & Friends from 2013 to 2015.[4]
  • Hasselbeck is a supporter of breast cancer awareness initiatives in the form of an internet-only PSA on breast cancer diagnosis.
  • Elisabeth portrayed herself in the 2008 film Made of Honor.[5]
  • Elisabeth appeared on the TVGuide special "Survivor Millionaires: Where Are They Now?" in a segment focused on non-Survivor winners.[6]
  • Elisabeth appeared in Surviving Survivor special where she revealed she was diagnosed with celiac disease and shared how appearing on Survivor improved her health. She later authored a best-selling book, The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide.

Trivia[]

  • Elisabeth is the youngest member of Kucha. 
  • Elisabeth's Luxury Item was a self-made headdress.
  • Elisabeth is the first contestant to reside in Massachusetts during filming.
  • After the merge, Elisabeth voted against every member of Ogakor, with the exception of Tina, twice in a row (for Colby in the same Tribal Council, then twice against Jerri, twice against Amber, and twice against Keith). Furthermore, in the Final Tribal Council, she voted for Tina, the only Ogakor member of Barramundi that she did not vote against.
  • Elisabeth and Keith Famie were the only contestants in Survivor history who reached 39 days, but did not make it to the Final Tribal Council, since the season was three days longer than the previous season and subsequent seasons.
  • Elisabeth is the only contestant to be voted out on Day 39.
  • Elisabeth is the only contestant to make it to Day 39 and come in fourth place.
  • Elisabeth is the first person to become a member of the jury on Day 39. She would be followed by Laurel Johnson.
  • Elisabeth was nominated in Survivor: America's Tribal Council in the "Hottest Female Contestant" category, but lost to Amber.
  • Eventual Cook Islands castaway Rebecca Borman used to work as Elisabeth's make-up artist on The View. When Rebecca revealed to Elisabeth that she competed, Rebecca claimed that Elisabeth "was literally floored".
  • Elisabeth was invited to return for All-Stars and considered to be a candidate for Cambodia, but declined both offers. Her supposed spot in All-Stars was given to Amber instead.

References[]

Survivor: The Australian Outback Castaways
 Alicia
Kucha
S2 alicia t
 Amber
Ogakor
S2 amber t
 Colby
Ogakor
S2 colby t
 Debb
Kucha
S2 debb t
 Elisabeth
Kucha
S2 elisabeth t
 Jeff
Kucha
S2 jeff t
 Jerri
Ogakor
S2 jerri t
 Keith
Ogakor
S2 keith t
 Kel
Ogakor
S2 kel t
 Kimmi
Kucha
S2 kimmi t
 Maralyn
Ogakor
S2 maralyn t
 Michael
Kucha
S2 michael t
 Mitchell
Ogakor
S2 mitchell t
 Nick
Kucha
S2 nick t
 Rodger
Kucha
S2 rodger t
 Tina
Ogakor
S2 tina t
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