Survivor: Marquesas

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Elimination notes

• Peter Harkey - Eliminated as a result of his strange behavior and his plotting against Patricia.
• Patricia Jackson - Eliminated because she was considered to be too bossy and was the weakest in Maraamu.
• Hunter Ellis - He was voted out by Rob, Vecepia, Sarah, and Sean because he was considered a physical threat. In addition, Rob felt that he was more deserving of the leadership role that Hunter had assumed.
• Sarah Jones - A tribal swap rewarded Gina with three allies while depriving Sarah of her entire alliance. Sarah was eliminated because of her laziness (a clip from the first episode featuring Sarah lounging on the raft as her tribemates pushed it to shore, complete with a Cleopatra-esque headdress and Egyptian-themed music, is frequently used to demonstrate this point) and was weaker physically than Gina.
• Gabriel Cade - After losing their first immuntiy challenge, the original Rotu members planned to vote out one of the new arrivals (Boston Rob, Sean or Vecepia), but Gabriel refused to make any promises. Although he did ultimately vote for Rob, the rest of the original Rotu members felt that they couldn't trust him.
• Gina Crews - Was the last original Maraamu member left on the tribe.
• Rob Mariano - Left after he stirred the pot at Soliantu, revealing to Kathy that she was the first target and attempting to expose Zoe as a liar to Kathy. Was also a challenge threat.
• John Carroll - After winning an immunity challenge, the alliance of the four original Rotu Members (which became known as the "Rotu Four") openly congratulated each other for their victory. Neleh and Paschal, two of their key allies, felt isolated by this move, so they joined Kathy, Sean, and Vecepia to form a new alliance. In a transition of power, the five new allies voted off the members of the "Rotu Four" alliance, beginning with John, who proclaimed himself the leader. Zoe also voted against John.
• Zoe Zanidakis - The next member of the "Rotu Four" to be voted off, Zoe was considered to be stronger than Robert and was considered manipulative and deceitful (Tammy was the orginial choice, but had immunity).
• Tammy Leitner - Was considered to be stronger than Robert and was the person second in charge with the "Rotu Four". Robert won immunity, which left her as the only target left.
• Robert DeCanio - The last remaining member of the "Rotu Four", Robert was offered a chance to go further by joining with Kathy and others against Neleh and Paschal, but he refused to vote against them, so he was doomed.
• Sean Rector - Kathy sided with Neleh and Paschal, voting out Sean because of all the fighting he was causing at camp and at tribal council.
• Paschal English - After Vecepia won immunity, a tied vote led to a random elimination. The three castaways who were not immune were forced to draw colored rocks from a bag. Paschal drew the infamous purple rock, which led to his elimination, despite never having had a vote cast against him. This method of tie-breaking would never be used again.
• Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien - Vecepia gave up in the immunity challenge after Neleh agreed to vote out Kathy. She was seen as the person that no one could beat at the final tribal council. Tammy later stated that Kathy was indeed the one who truly deserved to win.
• Neleh Dennis - She was considered to have ridden coat-tails, played the game too late, was a hypocrite, didn't really play a strategic game, and was a "Bible-thumper" (according to Tammy). Earned the votes of Kathy, Paschal, and Zoe.
• Vecepia Towery - Vecepia won because she played the game from the beginning and was seen as the more strategic player out of the two. Won with the votes of Sean, Robert, Tammy, and John.

"Purple Rock" controversy

• In Thailand, Penny Ramsey turned on Erin Collins and voted her out when Jake Billingsley wanted to keep Ken Stafford instead. (3-1)
• In All-Stars, Rob Mariano convinced Jenna Lewis to vote out her ally Rupert Boneham (3-1)
• In Vanuatu when Eliza Orlins changed alliances to vote out Ami Cusack (4-2)
• In Palau when Katie Gallagher joined the alliance of Tom Westman, Ian Rosenberger, and Caryn Groedel to vote out her ally Gregg Carey (4-2).

Trivia

• The Marquesas was only selected as a backup location- the original location was Jordan, but the September 11 terrorist attacks prompted CBS to move it from the Middle East.
• The Maraamu Tribe set a record for fewest wins by tribe (two reward challenges, one immunity challenge). The Ulong Tribe in Survivor: Palau later set an all-time low by winning 3 reward challenges and no immunity challenges. Ravu on Fiji set an even lower low by winning only one challenge, a reward challenge in episode 7.
• Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien and Rob Mariano were selected as contestants on Survivor: All-Stars, with Mariano finishing second, and Vavrick-O'Brien finishing 8th.
• This was the last season that doesn't feature Jeff Probst as the host of the reunion show. Rosie O'Donnell hosted.
• Survivor winner Richard Hatch can be seen in the audience.
• This was the only season not to be aired in Australia, as the Nine Network instead aired Australian Survivor, which later turned out to fail due to poor production, compared with the well-rating American version which returned the following year.