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Season 6 · 2003
Survivor 6: The Amazon
Men against women, and the women were written off early.
Jenna Morasca is the Sole Survivor
Jenna Morasca won on a 6–1 jury vote, beating Matthew von Ertfelda at the final tribal council.
Rio Negro
Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil
39 days
15 episodes
16
castaways
Final 2
faced the jury
What made it different
The first season to divide the starting tribes by gender — Jaburu against Tambaqui.
All 16 castaways, in boot order
- 1
Jenna Morasca2 seasons playedSole Survivor · 39 days - 2
Matthew von ErtfeldaRunner-up · 39 days - 3
Rob Cesternino2 seasons played14th voted out · 38 days · jury - 4
Butch Lockley13th voted out · 37 days · jury - 5
Heidi Strobel12th voted out · 36 days · jury - 6
Christy Smith11th voted out · 33 days · jury - 7
Alex Bell10th voted out · 30 days · jury - 8
Deena Bennett9th voted out · 27 days · jury - 9
Dave Johnson8th voted out · 24 days · jury - 10
Roger Sexton7th voted out · 21 days - 11
Shawna Mitchell6th voted out · 18 days - 12
Jeanne Hebert5th voted out · 15 days - 13
JoAnna Ward4th voted out · 12 days - 14
Daniel Lue3rd voted out · 9 days - 15
Janet Koth2nd voted out · 6 days - 16
Ryan Aiken1st voted out · 3 days
Photos: CBS
Probst, on this season
Which one?
To Heidi Strobel. After Heidi named her two strongest assets at Tribal Council: athletic ability and intelligence.
Why didn't that intelligence come out on the show?
To Heidi Strobel. At the reunion, after revealing Heidi had one of the highest IQs on the cast.
The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 6 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.
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