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Season 4 · 2002

Survivor 4: Marquesas

The season that proved a majority could be broken.

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Vecepia Towery is the Sole Survivor

Vecepia Towery won on a 4–3 jury vote, beating Neleh Dennis at the final tribal council.

  1. 1Vecepia Towerywinner
  2. 2Neleh 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

  1. 1Vecepia TowerySole Survivor · 39 days
  2. 2Neleh DennisRunner-up · 39 days
  3. 3Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien2 seasons played13th voted out · 38 days · jury
  4. 4Paschal EnglishEliminated · 37 days · jury

    Due 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.

  5. 5Sean Rector12th voted out · 36 days · jury
  6. 6Robert DeCanio11th voted out · 33 days · jury
  7. 7Tammy Leitner10th voted out · 30 days · jury
  8. 8Zoe Zanidakis9th voted out · 27 days · jury
  9. 9John Carroll8th voted out · 24 days · jury
  10. 10Rob Mariano5 seasons played7th voted out · 21 days
  11. 11Gina Crews6th voted out · 18 days
  12. 12Gabriel Cade5th voted out · 15 days
  13. 13Sarah Jones4th voted out · 12 days
  14. 14Hunter Ellis3rd voted out · 9 days
  15. 15Patricia Jackson2nd voted out · 6 days
  16. 16Peter Harkey1st voted out · 3 days

Photos: CBS

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)

  1. “Survivor: Marquesas,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Marquesas.
  2. “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.

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