The two initial tribes were Boran and Samburu (named for the real-life Borana and Samburu tribes). In the fifth episode, after 12 days, three members from each team were switched to the other team, in what became known as the first "twist" in the Survivor series. This emphasized that the players must be ready for the most sudden changes; future seasons would have similar twists. Eventually the two tribes merged into the Moto Maji tribe.
There was some controversy surrounding an immunity challenge in the finale episode. In a "Fallen Comrades" challenge, in which the contestants were quizzed on trivia regarding other players in the game who had been voted out, the final question was "Which female contestant has no piercings?" The official answer was Kelly Goldsmith, which eventual runner-up Kim Johnson answered and received the win for. Unbeknownst to the producers, however, contestant Lindsey Richter fit the question as well, which eventual third-place finisher Lex van den Berghe answered and was incorrectly marked wrong for. After this producer mistake had been found out, both van den Berghe and fourth place finisher Tom Buchanan were awarded with the $100,000 runner-up fee instead of the traditional third and fourth place earnings.
Thirteen episodes were aired, plus a mid-season recap, a live reunion/interview with Bryant Gumbel after the finale, and a "where are they now" show. The winner, Ethan Zohn, was revealed on January 10, 2002.
This is also the first season in which Jeff didn't read all of the votes right before the winner was revealed (5-2).
Note 1: Lindsey and Carl competed in a nature quiz tiebreaker, and Carl lost.
Note 2: Lindsey was eliminated because she had four previous votes against her.
Elimination notes
Diane Ogden - was voted off for being seriously dehydrated especially during the immunity challenge. The vote was 6-2.
Jessie Camacho - was voted off for the same reasons as Diane. The vote was 5-2.
Carl Bilancione - The Samburu tribe divided 4-4 with the older Carl, Linda, Teresa and Frank deadlocked with younger Lindsey, Brandon, Kim P and Silas at Tribal Council. Unlike Season 2 where previous votes broke the tie, this was the first tribal council for Samburu. So Lindsey and Carl competed in a nature quiz tiebreaker, and Carl lost.
Linda Spencer - was voted off for being seen as a weak link. And the fact that she was part of the old Samburu alliance played as another contribution to her departure, making her an easy target for the young Samburu alliance. The vote was 4-3.
Silas Gaither - The first ever Survivor switch sent Silas, Frank and Teresa to a new team. Boran deliberately lost the immunity challenge and voted out Silas 5-1.
Lindsey Richter - Samburu had 3 original Boran and 3 original Samburu. Their votes deadlocked and Lindsey was eliminated because she had four previous votes against her. Lex, Kelly, and Tom voted for Lindsey because Kim J. had sent them a signal at a challenge that Lindsey had votes against her.
Clarence Black - His threat status finally got the best of him, and in the first tribal council for Moto Maji, he was voted off in an 8-2 vote. He also sealed his fate in the first episode when, while feeding Diane beans to try to combat her dehydration, he helped himself to some as well and was caught by Tom. Tom also saw him eat some canned cherries as well. From then until Clarence was eliminated, Tom would always cast a vote for Clarence as a message for his stealing food. The only reason Clarence was kept around as long as he was was his usefulness to his tribe in challenges.
Kelly Goldsmith - In the previous Tribal Council, Lex received two votes against him. He thought Kelly had cast the vote and targeted her as a threat. Kelly made a pact with Kim P, Frank and Teresa, but Brandon sided with Ethan, Kim J, Tom and Lex to vote out Kelly 5-4.
Brandon Quinton - Brandon alienated his tribemates following his decision to side against Kelly and his former original Boran tribemates in the previous tribal council. Even the people that he sided with saw this. He was voted off in a 6-2 vote.
Frank Garrison - was an original member of the Samburu tribe, and also he wanted to go. He was voted off in a 6-1 vote.
Kim Powers - was an original member of the Samburu tribe. She was voted off in a 4-2 vote.
Teresa Cooper - was the last remaining member of the original Samburu tribe. She was voted off in a 4-1 vote.
Tom Buchanan - was too untrustworthy. He was voted off in a 3-1 vote.
Lex Van Der Berghe - His threat status finally caught up with him when he lost the final immunity challenge. He was voted off by the final immunity winner, Kim Johnson.
Kim Johnson - She wasn't seen too much as a more deserving winner. Gained the votes of Brandon and Kim Powers.
Ethan Zohn - Won 5-2, with the votes of Frank, Teresa, Tom, Lex and Kelly.
Spoilers end here.
Trivia
This is the first and only time that the temperature is shown in any challenge. This was done in the final immunity challenge.
The final immunity challenge was also used as the final immunity challenge in Survivor: All Stars.
Ethan is currently dating Jenna Morasca, the winner of Survivor: Amazon.
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