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Tina Wesson
3 seasons · 83 days

Tina Wesson

Ogakor's steady-handed matriarch, who won the Outback with votes she never missed and a pitch Colby couldn't refuse.

Sole Survivor

3
seasons played
83 days
on the island
1st
best finish
1
final tribal council

Known for

Tina got the Australian Outback call as an alternate a week before filming and made it count. She played den mother on Ogakor and formed a tight pair with Colby Donaldson, and every single vote she cast that season landed on the person who went home. She never won individual immunity, and she didn't need to: at the end, with Colby holding all the power, she persuaded him to bring her to the Final Two over Keith, against his own interests. The two had even made a side bet over who would keep the Barramundi tribe flag, and Tina got that too.

Returning as a champion was harder. In All-Stars her winner's badge made her an instant target and she was out at the first vote. Blood vs. Water was a much longer ride: she fought her way back from Redemption Island and became the last person voted out before the Final Tribal Council.

Background: Survivor Wiki

Season by season

  1. Tina Wesson, Survivor 2: The Australian Outback
    1Survivor 2: The Australian Outbackage 40, Knoxville, Tennessee1st of 16 · 42 days
  2. Tina Wesson, Survivor 8: All-Stars
    18Survivor 8: All-Starsage 42, Knoxville, Tennessee18th of 18 · 3 days
  3. Tina Wesson, Survivor 27: Blood vs. Water
    4Survivor 27: Blood vs. Waterreturned to the gameage 52, Robbinsville, North Carolina4th of 20 · 38 days · jury

Photos and logos: CBS

Seasons played, finishing positions, day counts, jury status, ages and hometowns come from the contestant table in each season's Wikipedia article, cross-checked against the series overview before publication.

Sources (5)

  1. “Survivor: The Australian Outback,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_The_Australian_Outback.
  2. “Survivor: All-Stars,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_All-Stars.
  3. “Survivor: Blood vs. Water,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Blood_vs._Water.
  4. “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
  5. “Tina Wesson,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Tina_Wesson.

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