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Season 3 · 2001

Survivor 3: Africa

The first one that left the island behind.

Ethan Zohn is the Sole Survivor

Ethan Zohn won on a 5–2 jury vote, beating Kim Johnson at the final tribal council.

  1. 1Ethan Zohnwinner
  2. 2Kim Johnson
Shaba National Reserve
Shaba National Reserve, Kenya
39 days
15 episodes
16
castaways
Final 2
faced the jury

What made it different

The show's first season in Africa, played across Kenya's Shaba National Reserve by the Boran and Samburu tribes.

A twist that debuted here

  • Tribe Swap

    Tribes are redrawn mid-game, scrambling every alliance formed so far.

Every twist that could return in Survivor 51 →

Source

The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 3 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.