Survivor: Borneo

Survivor: Borneo
Season Information
Season No.	1
Filming Dates	March 13, 2000 - April 20, 2000
Season Run	May 31, 2000 - August 23, 2000
Winner	Richard Hatch
Tribes	Pagong Tagi Rattana
Viewership (in Millions)	28.30

Survivor: Borneo was the first season of the United States version Survivor. It was originally broadcast under the name Survivor but its official title has been changed to Survivor: Borneo to distinguish it from its future seasons. Prior to the change to Survivor: Borneo, the season was retroactively known as Survivor: Pulau Tiga. The change of name became official in Survivor: All-Stars.

Among Survivor fans, the term "Pagonging" has been used to describe the systematic elimination of the other tribe.

The show was released on DVD on May 11, 2004.

Development

Due to overwhelming interest in the show's format, more than 6,000 people applied for it. 800 of them were interviewed in 16 cities. 48 made it to the shortlist, which was whittled down to the final 16 players and 2 replacements.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation		Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Merged Tribe
File:S1 sonja t.jpg	Sonja Christopher 63, Walnut Creek, CA	Tagi		1st Voted Out Day 3	4
File:S1 bb t.jpg	B.B. Andersen 64, Mission Hills, KS	Pagong		2nd Voted Out Day 6	6
File:S1 stacey t.jpg	Stacey Stillman 27, San Francisco, CA	Tagi		3rd Voted Out Day 9	6
File:S1 ramona t.jpg	Ramona Gray 29, Edison, NJ	Pagong		4th Voted Out Day 12	6
File:S1 dirk t.jpg	Dirk Been 23, Spring Green, WI	Tagi		5th Voted Out Day 15	4
File:S1 joel t.jpg	Joel Klug 27, Sherwood, AR	Pagong		6th Voted Out Day 18	4
File:S1 gretchen t.jpg	Gretchen Cordy 38, Clarksville, TN	Pagong	Rattana	7th Voted Out Day 21	4
File:S1 greg t.jpg	Greg Buis 24, Gold Hill, CO	Pagong		8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24	6
File:S1 jenna t.jpg	Jenna Lewis 22, Franklin, NH	Pagong		9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27	11
File:S1 gervase t.jpg	Gervase Peterson 30, Willingboro, NJ	Pagong		10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30	6
File:S1 colleen t.jpg	Colleen Haskell 23, Miami Beach, FL	Pagong		11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33	7
File:S1 sean t.jpg	Sean Kenniff 30, Brooklyn, NY	Tagi		12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36	9
File:S1 susan t.jpg	Susan Hawk 38, Palmyra, WI	Tagi		13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37	7
File:S1 rudy t.jpg	Rudy Boesch 72, Richmond, VA	Tagi		14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38	8
File:S1 kelly t.jpg	Kelly Wiglesworth 22, Las Vegas, NV	Tagi		Runner-Up	0
File:S1 richard t.jpg	Richard Hatch 39, Middletown, RI	Tagi		Sole Survivor	6

Season Summary

The series premiere began with sixteen people divided into two tribes, Pagong and Tagi. After 18 days of competition, the tribes found themselves alternating visits to Tribal Council. Tagi sacrificed Sonja, Stacey and Dirk for being old, weak and lacking work ethic respectively; while Pagong eliminated B.B., Ramona and Joel for abrasiveness, illness and perceived egotism respectively.

By Day 20, the ten remaining castaways were merged into one tribe - Rattana, and began competing as individuals. When the merge came around, a voting alliance made by ex-Tagi members, Richard, Kelly, Rudy and Sue, solidified. This proved fatal for the other six survivors, who were eliminated one by one, starting with the five ex-Pagong members, Gretchen, Greg, Jenna, Gervase and Colleen, and Sean, the only Tagi member who was not a member of the alliance. As the alliance neared victory, Richard, Sue and Rudy saw Kelly as trying to look more favorable in front of the jury, which seats were filled by mostly former Pagong members. However, Kelly dominated in the Immunity Challenges, denying the three of any chance to vote her off.

On Day 37, Richard and Sue received two votes each, forcing a revote. As Kelly and Rudy voted again, Kelly switched her vote from Richard to Sue, and Sue became the sixth member of the jury. At the Final Immunity Challenge on Day 38, Richard voluntarily stepped out of the challenge on the assumption that whoever was to win would take him to the Final Tribal Council. After Kelly won immunity yet again, Richard's assumptions were proven correct when she voted Rudy to be the seventh and final member of the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, Kelly was accused of being two-faced and manipulative, while Richard was barbed for his perceived arrogance and duplicitous game play for establishing an alliance. But with four votes to three, Richard Hatch's strategy won him the very first Sole Survivor title.

Episode Guide

Episode		Air date	Challenges		Eliminated (Vote)	Finish	Viewers (in millions)	Rating/Share (18-49)
			Reward	Immunity
1	"The Marooning"	May 31, 2000	Pagong1		Sonja (4-3-1)	1st Voted Out Day 3	15.51	6.1/20
2	"The Generation Gap"	June 7, 2000	Pagong2	Tagi	B.B. (6-2)	2nd Voted Out Day 6	18.10	7.5/25
3	"Quest for Food"	June 14, 2000	Tagi	Pagong	Stacey (5-2)	3rd Voted Out Day 9	23.25	9.4/29
4	"Too Little, Too Late?"	June 21, 2000	Tagi	Tagi	Ramona (4-2-1)	4th Voted Out Day 12	24.20	9.8/33
5	"Pulling Your Own Weight"	June 28, 2000	Pagong	Pagong	Dirk (4-1-1)	5th Voted Out Day 15	23.98	9.6/31
6	"Udder Revenge"	July 5, 2000	Pagong	Tagi	Joel (4-2)	6th Voted Out Day 18	24.50	10.6/33
7	"The Merger"	July 12, 2000	None	Greg	Gretchen (4-1-1-1-1-1-1)	7th Voted Out Day 21	24.50	10.4/34
8	"Thy Name Is Duplicity"	July 19, 2000	Greg	Gervase	Greg (6-3)	8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24	26.15	11.4/35
9	"Old and New Bonds"	July 26, 2000	Colleen [Jenna]	Rudy	Jenna (4-3-1)	9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27	27.18	11.9/36
10	"Crack in the Alliance"	August 2, 2000	Gervase	Richard	Gervase (5-2)	10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30	24.41	11.9/38
11	"Long Hard Days"	August 9, 2000	Sean [Richard]	Kelly	Colleen (4-2)	11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33	28.00	12.1/38
			Colleen3 [all]
12	"Death of an Alliance"	August 16, 2000	Kelly	Kelly	Sean (4-1)	12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36	22.67	12.7/38
13	"The Final Four"	August 23, 2000	None	Kelly	Susan (2-2; 2-0)4	13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37	51.69	22.8/54
				Kelly	Rudy (1-0)	14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38
			Jury Vote		Kelly (4-3)	Runner-Up
					Richard (4-3)	Sole Survivor
14	"Survivor: The Reunion"						N/A	N/A
Notes: ^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge. ^2 An unaired Reward Challenge was held on Day 4, where the tribes competed for a map to a closer water hole. ^3 According to the season's DVD release, an unaired Reward Challenge was held on Day 32. The winner, Colleen, shared her reward to the rest of the tribe. ^4 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence.

Voting History

		Original Tribes						Merged Tribe
Episode		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Voted Out		Sonja	B.B.	Stacey	Ramona	Dirk	Joel	Gretchen	Greg	Jenna	Gervase	Colleen	Sean	Tie	Susan	Rudy	Kelly	Richard
Vote		4-3-1	6-2	5-2	4-2-1	4-1-1	4-2	4-1-1-1-1-1-1	6-3	4-3-1	5-2	4-2	4-1	2-21	2-0	1-02	4-3
►	Richard	Stacey	—	Stacey	—	Dirk	—	Gretchen	Greg	Jenna	Gervase	Colleen	Sean	Susan	None	None	Jury Vote
►	Kelly	Rudy	—	Rudy	—	Dirk	—	Gretchen	Greg	Sean	Gervase	Sean	Sean	Richard	Susan	Rudy
►	Rudy	Sonja	—	Stacey	—	Dirk	—	Gretchen	Greg	Jenna	Gervase	Colleen	Sean	Susan	Susan	None		Richard
►	Susan	Sonja	—	Stacey	—	Dirk	—	Gretchen	Greg	Jenna	Gervase	Colleen	Sean	Richard	None			Richard
►	Sean	Sonja	—	Stacey	—	Rudy	—	Colleen	Greg	Jenna	Gervase	Colleen	Susan					Richard
►	Colleen	—	B.B.	—	Ramona	—	Joel	Richard	Jenna	Richard	Sean	Sean					Kelly
►	Gervase	—	B.B.	—	Colleen	—	Jenna	Susan	Jenna	Richard	Sean						Kelly
►	Jenna	—	B.B.	—	Ramona	—	Joel	Gervase	Greg	Richard							Kelly
►	Greg	—	Ramona	—	Jenna	—	Joel	Jenna	Jenna									Richard
►	Gretchen	—	B.B.	—	Ramona	—	Joel	Rudy
	Joel	—	B.B.	—	Ramona	—	Jenna
	Dirk	Sonja	—	Stacey	—	Susan
	Ramona	—	B.B.	—	Colleen
	Stacey	Rudy	—	Rudy
	B.B.	—	Ramona
	Sonja	Rudy
Notes: ^1 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie. ^2 Richard and Rudy did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the Final Immunity Challenge, only Kelly voted.

Trivia

• Survivor: Borneo were referenced numerous times in the Disney show Lizzie McGuire. In one episode, the tribe names Pagong and Tagi were used as team names at an outdoor camp. In another episode, Lizzie's mother claims she knew Richard Hatch would win the series.
• This is the first season in which both tribes alternated winning immunity before the merge. This would later happen in Survivor: The Amazon and Survivor: South Pacific.
• This was the only season in which the final jury votes were revealed immediately after being cast, rather than months later in front of a live television studio audience.
• Borneo was the only season to air on Wednesdays until Survivor: Nicaragua.
• In 2006, Richard was found guilty of tax evasion connected with his $1,000,000 prize and sentenced to 51 months in prison. Because of this, he was unable to participate in seasons such as Survivor: Micronesia, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, and Survivor: Redemption Island.
• The Survivor: Borneo finale received the highest ratings of any Survivor episode to date, with more than 50 million viewers.
• This season holds the record for the least unanimous eliminations, with one. Sean is the only castaway who was unanimously eliminated.
• This is the only season to have castaways that were born in the 1920's and 1930's: Rudy, B.B. and Sonja.
• During the Day 36 Immunity Challenge, Jeff Probst noted that since the merge, every eliminated player had the fire in their torches blown out by the wind prior to being voted out.
• In a poll that was taken during the reunion show asking viewers who they would've voted for to win, 45% of the people said Rudy, 42% said Kelly, 11% said Rich, and 2% said Sue.
• The font used for the tribe flags is "Template Gothic."
• As of Survivor: Cambodia, all of the castaways from this season have been voted out at some point. This was the first season to gain this distinction, followed by Cambodia itself.