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Season 4 · 2002
Survivor 4: Marquesas
The season that proved a majority could be broken.

Vecepia Towery is the Sole Survivor
Vecepia Towery won on a 4–3 jury vote, beating Neleh Dennis at the final tribal council.
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Vecepia Towerywinner - 2
Neleh Dennis
Nuku Hiva
Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
39 days
15 episodes
16
castaways
Final 2
faced the jury
What made it different
Introduced the purple rock tiebreaker to a deadlocked vote.
All 16 castaways, in boot order
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Vecepia TowerySole Survivor · 39 days - 2
Neleh DennisRunner-up · 39 days - 3
Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien2 seasons played13th voted out · 38 days · jury - 4
Paschal EnglishEliminated · 37 days · juryDue to a tied vote with only four players remaining and the castaways being unable to come up with a unanimous decision to vote out either Kathy or Neleh, Kathy, Neleh and Paschal drew rocks to resolve the vote. Paschal drew the purple rock and was eliminated from the game.
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Sean Rector12th voted out · 36 days · jury - 6
Robert DeCanio11th voted out · 33 days · jury - 7
Tammy Leitner10th voted out · 30 days · jury - 8
Zoe Zanidakis9th voted out · 27 days · jury - 9
John Carroll8th voted out · 24 days · jury - 10
Rob Mariano5 seasons played7th voted out · 21 days - 11
Gina Crews6th voted out · 18 days - 12
Gabriel Cade5th voted out · 15 days - 13
Sarah Jones4th voted out · 12 days - 14
Hunter Ellis3rd voted out · 9 days - 15
Patricia Jackson2nd voted out · 6 days - 16
Peter Harkey1st voted out · 3 days
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The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 4 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.
Sources (2)
- “Survivor: Marquesas,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Marquesas.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.