Survivor: The Australian Outback
| Survivor: The Australian Outback | |
|---|---|
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| Presented by | Jeff Probst |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| No. of days | 42 |
| No. of castaways | 16 |
| Winner | Tina Wesson |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Herbert River at Goshen Station (South-west of Cairns, Queensland, Australia) |
| Filming dates | October 23 – December 3, 2000 |
| Release | |
| Original release | January 28 – May 3, 2001 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Survivor: Borneo |
| Followed by | Survivor: Africa |
Survivor: The Australian Outback (also referred to as Survivor: Australia in later seasons) is the second season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. Filming took place at Goshen Station in northern Queensland from October 23, 2000, through December 3, 2000, eventually premiering on January 28, 2001. Hosted by Jeff Probst, it consisted of 42 days of gameplay with 16 competitors. The location used was within a three-hour drive of the coastal city of Cairns and located in a wet, tropical area.
The sixteen contestants were initially separated into two tribes, named Kucha and Ogakor. When ten players remained, they merged into one tribe, named Barramundi. Tina Wesson won the season and was named the Sole Survivor, defeating Colby Donaldson by a jury vote of 4–3.
It was the top-rated show of 2001, according to Nielsen Ratings with an average of 30 million viewers tuning each week. The entire season was released in DVD format on April 26, 2005.
Elisabeth Filarski, now Hasselbeck, went on to host on the ABC talk show The View. Tina Wesson, Colby Donaldson, Jerri Manthey, Alicia Calaway, and Amber Brkich returned to compete in Survivor: All-Stars. Wesson, Donaldson, Manthey, and Calaway placed 18th, 12th, 10th, and 7th, respectively, and Brkich won the season. Brkich also competed on The Amazing Race 7 with her fiancé and fellow Survivor alumnus Rob Mariano, placing 2nd; the couple, now married, returned for The Amazing Race 11, where they placed 8th.
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