16 new Survivors, 39 days, $1 million up for grabs, and a new location - the vast savannah of Kenya. Survivor: Africa is here! The players are split into two tribes: Brandon Quinton, "Doc" Carl Bilancione, Frank Garrison, Kim Powers, Linda Spencer, Lindsay Richter, Silas Gaither and Teresa "T-Bird" Cooper on the Samburu tribe (wearing red), and Clarence Black, Ethan Zohn, Diane Ogden, Jessie Camacho, Kelly Goldsmith, Kim Johnson, Lex van den Berghe and "Big" Tom Buchanan on the Boran tribe (wearing gold). Frank's bosiness gets him on the wrong side of his tribemates, while Diane and Clarence cause a major blow-up in the Boran camp when they eat a can of beans while the others are away collecting water. As the Survivors make an unpleasant discovery about the state of their watering hole, and Samburu manages to light a fire with the aid of a telescope, wild animals begin to surface, and Boran loses the first African Immunity Challenge, an obstacle course involving fire, sending them to Tribal Council, where Diane is voted out of Africa as the first casualty of the game. The tribe has spoken.
Season 3 Episode 2 of Survivor resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
s03e01 - Survivor: Countdown to Africa
s03e02 - Question of Trust
s03e03 - Who's Zooming Whom?
s03e04 - The Gods Are Angry
s03e05 - The Young and Untrusted
s03e06 - The Twist
s03e07 - I'd Never Do It To You
s03e08 - Will There Be a Feast Tonight?
s03e09 - The First 21 Days (a.k.a. Look Closer)
s03e10 - Smoking Out the Snake
s03e11 - Dinner, Movie and a Betrayal
s03e12 - We Are Family
s03e13 - The Big Adventure
s03e14 - Truth Be Told
s03e15 - Survivor: Africa Reunion
s03e16 - Survivor: Africa
s03e17 - Survivor: Back From Africa
The rules of this game are simple: average Americans are abandoned in the middle of some of the most unforgiving places on earth. Divided into teams, they particiapte in challenges and every three days, the losing tribe must trek to Tribal Council to vote out one of their own. Halfway through the game, the game shifts to individual competitions when the tribes merge and become one, making the game every man for himself.
The game is simple: Outwit, Outplay, Outlast, by winning Immunity, thus not being eligible to have votes cast against yourself. However, the players must be careful about who they send packing - after the merge, a jury of seven begins to form, and each week they return to watch the Tribal Council ceremony. At the end of the game, they vote for one of the members of the final two to win One Million Dollars. Who will become the next Survivor?
Generally, each season begins with a twist - something different to surprise the new castaways. Survivor is a game of adaptation, and the final two of each season, listed below, were the players most able to adapt to their surroundings and to the people they are playing with. Survivor focuses on the people, and the social commentary that surrounds them. How can these players Outwit, Outplay, and Outlast is the question that the game revolves around.