Survivor 3: Africa

What made it different

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

All 16 castaways, in boot order

1. 1Ethan Zohn3 seasons playedSole Survivor · 39 days
2. 2Kim JohnsonRunner-up · 39 days
3. 3Lex van den Berghe2 seasons played14th voted out · 38 days · jury
4. 4Tom Buchanan2 seasons played13th voted out · 37 days · jury
5. 5Teresa Cooper12th voted out · 36 days · jury
6. 6Kim Powers11th voted out · 33 days · jury
7. 7Frank Garrison10th voted out · 30 days · jury
8. 8Brandon Quinton9th voted out · 27 days · jury
9. 9Kelly Goldsmith8th voted out · 24 days · jury
10. 10Clarence Black7th voted out · 21 days
11. 11Lindsey Richter6th voted out · 18 days
12. 12Silas Gaither5th voted out · 15 days
13. 13Linda Spencer4th voted out · 12 days
14. 14Carl Bilancione3rd voted out · 9 days
15. 15Jessie Camacho2nd voted out · 6 days
16. 16Diane Ogden1st voted out · 3 days

A twist that debuted here

• Tribe Swap

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

Trivia from Survivor 3

• A trivia question at Survivor: Africa’s final four was scored wrong. What did CBS pay Lex and Tom once it was discovered?

  $100,000 each — Asked which woman had no piercings, Lex answered Lindsey, which was also correct but was not counted. CBS paid Lex and Tom $100,000 each, the runner-up prize, calling it "an honest mistake" (Reality Blurred, 2002).