Survivor: The Amazon

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Elimination notes

• Ryan Aiken - Along with Daniel, was given most of the blame for losing immunity for Tambaqui on the balance beam. He was also viewed (again along with Daniel) as being too lazy around camp, but since Daniel was considered the lesser of two evils, Ryan was voted off (4-3-1).
• Janet Koth - Janet struggled with feeling ill during the very first episode, and it seemed to carry into the second. Additionally, a granola bar was discovered at camp, and Janet was accused(by tribemate Jeanne) of smuggling it into camp (5-1-1-1).
• Daniel Lue - He didn't get along with Roger and some of the other men. He never redeemed himself from the lazy image he had garnered in the first episode (6-1).
• Joanna Ward - An alliance of four was spawned (Jenna-Heidi-Shawna-Deena) that didn't include Joanna. Some of the younger girls felt they were being persecuted by Joanna for being good-looking, while Deena considered her a physical threat. Her religious preaching and rudeness to Christy annoyed some tribe members. Even though Shawna implored her alliance to vote her out, Joanna took the fall (4-2-1).
• Jeanne Hebert - The tribes were shuffled and the new Tambaqui tribe lost immunity. It appeared that the women were sticking together to vote off Butch and the men planned on ousting Jeanne. Though Heidi had agreed to vote with the girls, Dave convinced Heidi to join the men in voting off Jeanne, whom Heidi felt she could not trust (4-2).
• Shawna Mitchell - Shawna's demise truly began when she wanted to throw in the towel. This seemed to diminish the loyalty Jenna, Heidi and Deena had for her. Though she recovered at the tribal switch, she was beginning to form a relationship with Alex with the objective of eliminating Matt. Deena and Rob formed an alliance, voting out Shawna (4-2).
• Roger Sexton - Before the merge, the new Jaburu tribe made an alliance (also to include Heidi) to take out the Tambaqui men. When both tribes merged, Roger irritated the women with his sexist views and annoyed many of the men with his arrogance. Even though Dave was the first target, Jenna and Heidi convinced Deena to take out Roger due to the fact that he may not vote for a woman in a man/woman final two scenario. Therefore, he was voted off (7-3).
• Dave Johnson - One of the remaining two who didn't vote for Roger, Dave was both outside the alliance and seen as an incredible physical and social threat. He was the first member of the jury (8-1).
• Deena Bennett - Though she was part of the majority alliance, and the group planned on voting for Matt, Deena plotted against Alex to have him voted out. This angered Jenna, Heidi and Alex. She threw the final round of the immunity challenge to Matt, and was voted off and the second member of the jury (6-2)
• Alex Bell - In a final four alliance with Rob, Jenna, and Heidi, Alex told Rob that when it got down to four, Alex would join the women and vote off Rob. In response, Rob got together with Matt, Christy, and Butch to take out his former alliance. He was seen as a threat, was voted off and became the third member of the jury (4-3).
• Christy Smith - Christy refused to quickly commit to either the men or the women. When Jenna gave Heidi immunity at tribal council, Matt and Rob decided to side with the girls to vote out the wild card. To her surprise, Christy was voted off and was the fourth member of the jury (4-2).
• Heidi Strobel - Neither of the women helped the men rebuilding the burned shelter, which angered the men. However, Heidi appeared to be better in the challenges than an increasingly sick Jenna. Heidi was voted off and became the fifth member of the jury (3-2).
• Butch Lockley - When Jenna won immunity, Matt and Rob decided to stick to their alliance and vote for Butch. Even though Jenna said that she was interested in siding with Butch, she turned to the two other men and ousted Butch to be the sixth member of the jury (3-1).
• Rob Cesternino - Jenna won the final immunity despite Rob's attempts to make a deal with her. She professed she was "taking the threat with her," as she wanted the jury to believe she was bold, but she eliminated Rob on the grounds that she knew he would beat her. Jenna took Matt to the finals while Rob became the seventh and final member of the jury (1-0).
• Matthew von Ertfelda - Matt was considered by the jury to be dependent on Rob and played more of a survival game than a strategic one. His responses to most of the questions weren't direct or well-spoken. Only Butch voted for him.
• Jenna Morasca - The jury considered Jenna to be the smarter, more strategic player. Her responses to the questions were strong and clear. She won in an overwhelming 6-1 victory with the votes of Rob, Heidi, Christy, Alex, Deena, and Dave.

Trivia

• With four individual immunity challenge wins, winner Jenna Morasca is tied with runner-up Kelly Wiglesworth from Borneo for the most immunity wins by a female contestant in one season.
• Former castaways Jake Billingsley, Rudy Boesch, Amber Mariano, Hunter Ellis, Richard Hatch, Clay Jordan, Penny Ramsey, and Ethan Zohn can be seen in the audience during the reunion episode.