Survivor: All-Stars

Survivor: All-Stars
Season Information
Version	United States
Season No.	8
Filming Location	Pearl Islands, Panama
Filming Dates	November 3, 2003 - December 11, 2003
Season Run	February 1, 2004 - May 9, 2004
No. of Episodes	18
No. of Days	39
No. of Castaways	18
Winner	Amber Brkich
Runner(s)-Up	Rob Mariano
Tribes	Chapera Mogo Mogo Saboga Chaboga Mogo
Viewership (in Millions)	21.49
Opening Sequence
Season Chronology
Previous	Pearl Islands
Next	Vanuatu

Survivor: All-Stars is the eighth season of Survivor.

In a change to previous installments, the contestants are returning contestants from the seven previous seasons.

Development

Producer Mark Burnett has confirmed that two people turned down formal offers to appear on the All-Stars edition of Survivor — Elisabeth Hasselbeck from Survivor: The Australian Outback, who had recently started co-hosting 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." Survivor: Pearl Islands winner Sandra Diaz-Twine also confirmed that she turned down an offer to return for this season, saying that she was still recovering from parasites that she received during her season. Neleh Dennis from Survivor: Marquesas revealed that she went through the interviewing process and was set to go, but was ultimately cut at the last minute. Jenna Morasca revealed that her fellow tribemate Heidi Strobel had also turned down the offer to appear on the show. Sean Rector has claimed that he went through the interviewing process and was set to go, but was ultimately cut at the last minute. Rodger Bingham also claimed that he and Michael Skupin were considered but not chosen. Kelly Goldsmith of Survivor: Africa was an alternative for Jenna Morasca and Teresa Cooper of the same season states she was cut and replaced by Tina Wesson. Gervase Peterson participated in casting, but was not chosen.

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."

Twists/Changes

• Expanded Cast: For the first time in the series, there are eighteen contestants. They are split into three tribes.
• All-Stars: All the contestants are players from previous seasons.
• Tribe Dissolve: On Day 13, the tribe that loses the Reward Challenge will be dissolved, with its remaining members to be absorbed by the other two tribes.
• Kidnapping: After Chapera won the Day 19 combined Reward/Immunity Challenge, they were given the option to pick one member from Mogo Mogo to join them in their reward. That player will also skip his tribe's Tribal Council.
• Tribe Switch: A tribal switch right before the merge.
• Pre-merge Individual Challenge: On the Day 25 Reward Challenge, the two still-separate tribes competed in an individual Reward Challenge, where the winner may pick two people from either tribe.
• Delayed Merge: A late merge with only nine remaining players.
• Two Immunity Necklaces: For the first time, there were two Immunity Necklaces available at the first individual Immunity Challenge. One for a man and one for a woman.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation				Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Absorbed Tribe	Shuffled Tribe	Merged Tribe
File:S8 tina t.jpg	Tina Wesson 42, Knoxville, TN The Australian Outback	Saboga				1st Voted Out Day 3	4
File:S8 rudy t.jpg	Rudy Boesch 75, Virginia Beach, VA Borneo	Saboga				2nd Voted Out Day 6	3
File:S8 jennam t.jpg	Jenna Morasca 22, Bridgeville, PA The Amazon	Mogo Mogo				Quit Day 9	0
File:S8 robc t.jpg	Rob Cesternino 25, Wantagh, NY The Amazon	Chapera				3rd Voted Out Day 12	5
File:S8 richard t.jpg	Richard Hatch 42, Newport, RI Borneo	Mogo Mogo	Mogo Mogo			4th Voted Out Day 15	6
File:S8 susan t.jpg	Susan Hawk 42, Palmyra, WI Borneo	Chapera	Chapera			Quit Day 17	0
File:S8 colby t.jpg	Colby Donaldson 29, Christoval, TX The Australian Outback	Mogo Mogo	Mogo Mogo			5th Voted Out Day 19	4
File:S8 ethan t.jpg	Ethan Zohn 30, Lexington, MA Africa	Saboga	Mogo Mogo			6th Voted Out Day 21	6
File:S8 jerri t.jpg	Jerri Manthey 33, Los Angeles, CA The Australian Outback	Saboga	Mogo Mogo	Chapera		7th Voted Out Day 24	7
File:S8 lex t.jpg	Lex van den Berghe 40, Santa Cruz, CA Africa	Mogo Mogo	Mogo Mogo	Chapera	Chaboga Mogo	8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 27	7
File:S8 kathy t.jpg	Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien 49, Burlington, VT Marquesas	Mogo Mogo	Mogo Mogo	Chapera		9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 28	6
File:S8 alicia t.jpg	Alicia Calaway 35, New York City, NY The Australian Outback	Chapera	Chapera	Mogo Mogo		10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30	7
File:S8 shiiann t.jpg	Shii Ann Huang 29, New York City, NY Thailand	Mogo Mogo	Mogo Mogo	Chapera		11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33	5
File:S8 tom t.jpg	Tom Buchanan 48, Rich Valley, VA Africa	Chapera	Chapera	Mogo Mogo		12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36	4
File:S8 rupert t.jpg	Rupert Boneham 39, Indianapolis, IN Pearl Islands	Saboga	Chapera	Mogo Mogo		13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37	4
File:S8 jennal t.jpg	Jenna Lewis 26, Franklin, NH Borneo	Saboga	Chapera	Mogo Mogo		14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38	4
File:S8 robm t.jpg	Rob Mariano 27, Canton, MA Marquesas	Chapera	Chapera	Mogo Mogo		Runner-Up	1
File:S8 amber t.jpg	Amber Brkich 25, Beaver, PA The Australian Outback	Chapera	Chapera	Chapera		Sole Survivor	6

Season Summary

The eighteen returning castaways are divided into three competing tribes: Chapera, Saboga, and Mogo Mogo. They were not given any additional supplies or food rations except for a machete and a cooking pot. They were also given no information about who will be their competition nor the existence of three tribes until the first challenge.

Since the beginning, Chapera proved to be a powerhouse, coming first in every challenge, while Mogo Mogo routinely came in second. Saboga on the other hand went to dissension due to losing challenges and being divided into three conflicting alliances (older members Rupert Boneham and Rudy Boesch, Jenna Lewis, and Jerri Manthey, who wanted to get rid of the winners, and Tina Wesson and Ethan Zohn, who aligned due to obvious necessity). At their first Tribal Council, Tina was eliminated. Being in a precarious position for being a former winner, Ethan became indispensable for his needed strength in challenges. At Saboga's second successive Tribal Council, Ethan was spared, as the tribe chose to eliminate Rudy, who injured his leg and became a liability. Despite not yet visiting Tribal Council, Mogo Mogo lost their first member, as Jenna Morasca announced that she decided to quit because she became more concerned with her mother who was dying of cancer. Despite being the most dominant of the three tribes, Chapera lost immunity for the first time at the fourth Immunity Challenge. Rob Cesternino was considered a threat, and was next to go.

At the Day 13 Reward Challenge, Jeff Probst announced that the losing team will be dissolved and its remaining members will be absorbed by the other two tribes. Mogo Mogo and Chapera secured their existence. Saboga lost for the final time, and was dissolved. Jenna L. and Rupert transferred to Chapera, while Jerri and Ethan moved to Mogo Mogo. Chapera proved that they were still strong in challenges, winning immunity once again. Mogo Mogo planned to vote out Ethan because he was a past winner, however, when Richard Hatch decided that Colby Donaldson should go, the tribe turned against him and he was eliminated. Despite enjoying their winning streak, Chapera received a heavy blow when an enraged Susan Hawk wanted to leave the game after she felt she was sexually abused by Richard at the previous Immunity Challenge. After Sue's departure, Chapera continued dominating the game, winning three consecutive challenges. Mogo Mogo lost Colby and Ethan in back-to-back Tribal Councils.

With ten players remaining, a tribe switch was held where players drew new buffs out of a pot. By chance, each player drew a buff of the opposite tribe color except Amber Brkich. This left her in the Chapera name, but with Mogo Mogo members, much to Rob Mariano's dismay. During their time on Chapera, Rob and Amber became close allies and fell in love with each other. When Chapera lost the next Immunity Challenge, Rob made a deal with Lex van den Berghe and asked him 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.

On Day 26, the nine remaining players were merged under the tribe name Chaboga Mogo. Rob's first order of business was to dispose of Lex and his allies. Lex and Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien were angered and felt betrayed by Rob. This did not stop the Chapera alliance to vote off Lex, and then Kathy, leaving Shii Ann Huang as the last member of Mogo Mogo. With Shii Ann as the next intended target, her impending elimination was postponed after she won the next Immunity Challenge, forcing the Chapera alliance to turn on each other. Rob targeted Alicia Calaway, sending her to the jury. After not winning the next Immunity Challenge, Shii Ann, the last former Mogo Mogo, was voted out. The final five put Tom Buchanan in a the middle between two pairs - Boston Rob and Amber, and Jenna and Rupert. Rob incited an argument between Rupert and Tom, which created an excuse for betraying the farmer from Virginia.

Despite agreeing to end the vote in a 2-2 tie (even accepting the possibility of the still-probable existence of the infamous purple rock tiebreaker from Marquesas), Jenna decided to vote Rupert, thinking that she cannot beat him at the Final Tribal Council. Rob won the last Immunity Challenge, and this sealed Jenna's fate in the game, as it was obvious he and Amber were inseparable.

At the Final Tribal Council, most of the jury members expressed their disgust towards Rob for his numerous deceptions, while Amber was castigated for riding Rob's coattails. At the live show, prior to the reading of the votes, Rob surprisingly proposed to Amber, and she agreed to marry him. Eventually, Amber was crowned the All-Star Sole Survivor in a close 4-3 vote.

Episode Guide

Episode		Air date	Challenges		Eliminated (Vote)	Finish	Viewers (in millions)	Ratings/Share (18-49)
			Reward	Immunity
1	"They're Back!"	February 1, 2004	None	Chapera	Tina (4-2)	1st Voted Out Day 3	33.27	14.9/37
				Mogo Mogo
2	"Panicked, Desperate, Thirsty as Hell"	February 5, 2004	Saboga1	Chapera	Rudy (3-2)	2nd Voted Out Day 6	23.07	8.9/22
				Mogo Mogo
3	"Shark Attack"	February 12, 2004	Chapera	None2	Jenna M. (no vote)	Quit Day 9	22.35	8.0/20
			Mogo Mogo
4	"Wipe Out!"	February 19, 2004	Chapera	Saboga	Rob C. (5-1)	3rd Voted Out Day 12	22.80	8.7/22
			Saboga	Mogo Mogo
5	"I've Been Bamboozled!"	February 26, 2004	Mogo Mogo	Chapera	Richard (6-1)	4th Voted Out Day 15	22.19	8.6/23
			Chapera
6	"Outraged"	March 4, 2004	Mogo Mogo	None	Susan (no vote)3	Quit Day 17	23.22	8.7/23
7	"Sorry... I Blew It"	March 11, 2004	Chapera4		Colby (3-2)	5th Voted Out Day 19	22.63	8.7/23
			[Kathy]5
8	"Pick a Tribemate"	March 17, 2004	Chapera	Chapera	Ethan (4-1)	6th Voted Out Day 21	21.89	8.5/22
9	"A Closer Look"	March 24, 2004	Recap Episode				N/A	N/A
10	"Mad Scramble and Broken Hearts"	April 1, 2004	None	Mogo Mogo	Jerri (4-1)	7th Voted Out Day 24	21.70	8.3/23
11	"Anger, Tears and Chaos"	April 8, 2004	Rupert [Amber, Jenna L.]6	Kathy	Lex (7-2)	8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 27	20.76	7.9/24
				Rob M.
12	"A Thoughtful Gesture or a Deceptive Plan"	April 15, 2004	Alicia, Amber, Rob M., Shii Ann7	Rob M.7	Kathy (6-2)	9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 28	20.78	7.5/21
13	"Stupid People, Stupid, Stupid People"	April 22, 2004	Rupert	Shii Ann	Alicia (6-1)	10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30	20.99	7.6/22
14	"A Chapera Surprise"	April 29, 2004	Tom [Rob M.]	Tom	Shii Ann (5-1)	11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33	20.78	7.5/21
15	"The Instigator"	May 6, 2004	Rob M. [Amber]	Rob M.	Tom (4-1)	12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36	19.21	7.2/20
16	"The Sole Surviving All-Star"	May 9, 2004	None	Amber	Rupert (3-1)	13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37	24.8	8.2/23
				Rob M.	Jenna L. (1-0)	14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38
			Jury Vote		Rob M. (4-3)	Runner-Up
					Amber (4-3)	Sole Survivor
17	"Reunion"						28.36	12.8/29
18	"America's Tribal Council"	May 13, 2004					N/A	N/A
Notes: ^1 In an act of goodwill, Saboga forfeited half of their reward so that the other two tribes also receive flint. ^2 Jenna M. quit the game before the Immunity Challenge, thus canceling the challenge. However, Mogo Mogo still went to Tribal Council to discuss Jenna's situation. ^3 Sue quit the game after a controversial incident with Richard during the previous Immunity Challenge. ^4 Combined Reward/Immunity Challenge. ^5 As part of Chapera's reward, they selected a member of Mogo Mogo to join them in their prize, thus exempting that castaway from Tribal Council. They chose Kathy. ^6 Pre-merge individual Reward Challenge; the tribes remained separate yet they competed in an individual challenge where the winner may pick two companions to join him on the reward, regardless of tribe. ^7 The Chaboga Mogo tribe was first divided into two teams of four, which then competed for a group reward, after which the winning team competed as individuals, this time for individual immunity.

Voting History

		Original Tribe				Absorbed Tribes				Switched Tribes	Merged Tribe
Episode		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Voted Out		Tina	Rudy	Jenna M.	Rob C.	Richard	Susan	Colby	Ethan	Jerri	Lex	Kathy	Alicia	Shii Ann	Tom	Rupert	Jenna L.	Rob M.	Amber
Vote		4-2	3-2	No vote1	5-1	6-1	No vote2	3-2	4-1	4-1	7-2	6-2	6-1	5-1	4-1	3-1	1-04	4-3
►►►	Amber	—	—	—	Rob C.	—	—	—	—	Jerri	Lex	Kathy	Alicia	Shii Ann	Tom	Rupert	None	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	None	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	—	Kidnapped3	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
►	Susan	—	—	—	Rob C.	—	Quit
►	Richard	—	—	—	—	Colby
	Rob C.	—	—	—	Alicia
	Jenna M.	—	—	Quit
	Rudy	Tina	Ethan
	Tina	Jenna L.
Notes: ^1 Jenna M. elected to quit the game to be with her ailing mother. No vote occurred for her removal. ^2 Susan elected to quit the game for personal reasons. No vote occurred for her removal. ^3 Chapera was given the opportunity to kidnap one member of Mogo Mogo, making them immune from Tribal Council. They selected Kathy. ^4 Amber and Jenna L. did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the Final Immunity Challenge, only Rob M. voted.

Reception

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it.

Trivia

• This is the first season to feature returning contestants.
  • With eighteen castaways in its roster, Survivor: All-Stars is the first season to exceed the standard number of contestants (16).
• This is the first season to feature three starting tribes at the beginning of the season. To follow this format, the tribal Immunity Idol needed to be split into two parts, to give the two winning tribes immunity.
• Jenna Lewis and Rupert Boneham landed on all four tribes during their time in the game.
• For the second time, Jerri Manthey had the highest total number votes against (she received 12 in The Australian Outback, and received 7 along with Lex van den Berghe and Alicia Calaway this season).
• This is the first season to have two people quit.
• The final six are all returning players that played in different past seasons, the only season not represented being The Amazon.
• Lex stated on Rob Has a Podcast that before Survivor: All-Stars began filming, all of the contestants were filmed having their torches snuffed to prevent spoilers.
• This is only season to feature returning players from Africa, Thailand, and The Amazon.
• This season has the most episodes of any season, with 16.
• This season is the only one comprised of players from every season before it.
• This is the first season to have the first person voted out of the merged tribe to be the first juror of the season.