Survivor: Marquesas

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Survivor: Marquesas was the fourth installment of the popular United States reality show Survivor. It was filmed in 2001 and aired weekly from February 28 - May 19, 2002 on CBS. It was set on the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas. The two initial tribes were Maraamu and Rotu. They were eventually merged into the Soliantu tribe.

Thirteen episodes were aired, plus a mid-season recap and live interview with Rosie O'Donnell after the finale. The winner, Vecepia Towery, was revealed on May 19, 2002.

Contestants

Contestant	Original tribe	Episode 4 tribe	Merged tribe	Finish
Peter Harkey	Maraamu			Voted out 1st - Day 3
Patricia Jackson	Maraamu			Voted out 2nd - Day 6
Hunter Ellis	Maraamu			Voted out 3rd - Day 9
Sarah Jones	Maraamu	Maraamu		Voted out 4th - Day 12
Gabriel Cade	Rotu	Rotu		Voted out 5th - Day 15
Gina Crews	Maraamu	Maraamu		Voted out 6th - Day 18
Rob Mariano	Maraamu	Rotu	Soliantu	Voted out 7th - Day 21
John Carroll	Rotu	Rotu		Voted out 8th - Day 24
Zoe Zanidakis	Rotu	Rotu		Voted out 9th - Day 27
Tammy Leitner	Rotu	Rotu		Voted out 10th - Day 30
Robert "The General" DeCanio	Rotu	Rotu		Voted out 11th - Day 33
Sean Rector	Maraamu	Rotu		Voted out 12th - Day 36
Paschal English	Rotu	Maraamu		Voted out 13th - Day 37
Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien	Rotu	Maraamu		Voted out 14th - Day 38
Neleh Dennis	Rotu	Maraamu		Runner-up
Vecepia Towery	Maraamu	Rotu		Sole Survivor

Elimination notes

• Peter Harkey - Voted out by five members of Maraamu for never quite fitting in with the tribe, and his annoying conversation with the rest of the tribe about waste elimination.
• Patricia Jackson - Voted out in a close 4-3 Maraamu vote for being the perceived weaklink in the tribe, and for being bossy around camp.
• Hunter Ellis - "Boston Rob" conspired with three of his tribemates in order to vote Hunter out in a 4-2 vote in Maraamu's third straight tribal council.
• Sarah Jones - A tribal swap rewarded Gina with three allies while depriving Sarah of her entire alliance. Since she had not changed her ways, Sarah was voted out 4-1.
• Gabriel Cade - The original Rotu members planned to vote out new arrivals Boston Rob, Sean or Vecepia, but Gabriel refused to make any promises. Although he did ultimately vote for Rob, he left with a 7-1 vote.
• Gina Crews - the last original member of Maraamu, she was voted out by Kathy, Paschal and Neleh.
• Rob Mariano - although he attempted to stir up trouble by telling Kathy that Rotu wanted her out, he still left with a 7-2-1 vote.
• John Carroll - a coconut chop immunity challenge made Neleh and Pashcal listen to Kathy/Vee/Sean's pleas to band together. Carroll left with a 6-3 vote.
• Zoe Zanadakis - Tammy won immunity, and Zoe was seen as the next target. She left in a 7-1 vote.
• Tammy Leitner - Tammy was viewed as stronger than other alliance member Robert, due to her immunity wins (and because he had immunity). Voted out 5-2.
• Robert DeCanio - Robert was the last remaining member of his alliance, and left with a 5-1 vote.
• Sean Rector - Vecepia/Sean and Neleh/Paschal clashed, at times along racial lines. Kathy was the swing vote, and ultimately sided with Neleh and Paschal.
• Paschal English - Vecepia, the next target, won immunity, and a tie vote led to the Purple Rock. Paschal drew the rock, and even though he had never received a previous vote, he was eliminated.
• Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien - Neleh won immunity and Vecepia broke her final 2 deal with Kathy in order to take the more unpopular Neleh.
• Neleh Dennis - Neleh was raked over the coals for hypocrisy and piousness. She garnered the votes of Kathy, Zoe and Paschal.
• Vecepia Towery - Vecepia won thanks to the votes of John, Robert, Tammy and Sean.

A notable moment in Survivor history was when the policy on a tie was revealed to have changed for this season. Previously, if a tie could not be broken after a revote, the person with the most past tribal council votes was voted out; if that still did not break the tie, the two people involved in the tie would face off in a sudden-death trivia contest, with the person who answered the least questions correctly losing, and being "voted off". In this season, a vote between the final four was tied between Neleh and Kathy, after some last-minute bartering with Vecepia (the immunity holder) by Kathy. After a consensus was unable to be reached, the three tribe members without immunity were asked to pull rocks out of a sack; two of them were regular-colored rocks, while one of them was purple. The person who pulled the purple rock was "voted out", which happened to be Paschal.

Probst later revealed that Paschal's elimination was somewhat caused by lack of producer foresight. Normally, in the tiebreaker the two people who were tied on the voting would then become safe, while the others would draw rocks to determine an elimination. This works every time except when there are four people remaining, as one of the two who would draw rocks has immunity, and can't be eliminated. In Marquesas, the producers failed to account for this and thus Probst modified the tiebreaker on the spot, leading to Paschal's elimination. When the same situation arose in Survivor: Palau, the two contestants tied in the voting competed in a challenge to determine an elimination.

Two of the contestants, Kathy Vavrick-O' Brien and "Boston Rob" Mariano were selected as contestants on Survivor All Stars. Kathy finished in eighth place, and Mariano was the runner-up, losing to his fiancee Amber Brkich.

External link

• Survivor My Pad
• Official CBS website