Survivor: Marquesas
Survivor: Marquesas was the fourth installment of the popular
United States reality show Survivor. Hosted by
Jeff Probst, it aired from
February 28 -
May 19,
2002 on
CBS. Thirteen episodes 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.
The contestants were divided into two tribes: Maraamu and Rotu (Marquesan for 'Southern Wind' and 'Rain' respectively). They later merged into the Soliantu tribe (Marquesan for "Sacred Alliance to the Sun").
| 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
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Peter Harkey - Voted out by five members of Maraamu
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Patricia Jackson - Voted out in a close 4-3 Maraamu vote
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Hunter Ellis - Rob Mariano conspired with three of his tribemates in order to vote Hunter out in a 4-2 vote in Maraamu's third straight tribal council.
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Sarah Jones - A tribal swap rewarded Gina with three allies while depriving Sarah of her entire alliance. Sarah was voted out 4-1.
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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, Gabriel left after a 7-1 vote.
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Gina Crews - The last original member of Maraamu was voted out 3-1.
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Rob Mariano - Left after a 7-2-1 vote.
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John Carroll - After an immunity challenge, Neleh and Pashcal agreed to ally with Kathy, Vecepia and Sean. Carroll left after a 6-3 vote.
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Zoe Zanadakis - She left after a 7-1 vote.
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Tammy Leitner - Voted out 5-2.
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Robert DeCanio - As the last remaining member of his alliance, he left after a 5-1 vote.
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Sean Rector - Kathy sided with Neleh and Paschal, voting out Sean 3-2.
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Paschal English - After Vecepia won immunity, a tie vote led to a random elimination. Paschal was eliminated, even though he had never received a previous vote.
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Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien - Vecepia gave up in the immunity challenge after Neleh agreed to vote out Kathy.
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Neleh Dennis - Neleh earned votes from Kathy, Zoe and Paschal.
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Vecepia Towery - Vecepia won thanks to the votes of John, Robert, Tammy and Sean.
*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 Marramu Tribe set a record for fewest wins by tribe (two reward challenges, one immunity challenge). The Ulong Tribe in
Survivor: Palau later won 3
reward challenges.
*Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien and
Rob Mariano were selected as contestants on
Survivor All Stars, with Mariano finishing second.
*Paschal's elimination marked a change in Survivor's rules. Previously, if a tie could not be broken after a revote, previuos votes against served as a tiebreaker and if a tie remained, those involved in the tie would face off in a sudden-death trivia contest to determine who would be eliminated. In this vote, Neleh and Kathy each received two votes. All three tribe members without immunity pulled rocks out of a sack and the person who pulled a purple rockwas eliminated. When a similar situation arose in Survivor: Palau, the two contestants tied in the voting competed in a challenge to determine an elimination.
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