The Amazon

Survivor: The Amazon · Season 6

Episode Guide

How Survivor: The Amazon unfolded, week by week.

  1. 1“Boys vs. Girls”Feb 13, 2003Sixteen players hit the Amazon split by gender, the men on Tambaqui and the women on Jaburu, with the guys strutting in as heavy favorites. The women promptly shock everyone by winning, and it's the men trudging to Tribal. Ryan Aiken, the youngest of the guys, lands on the wrong side of an early power struggle with the domineering Roger, and he's voted out first, 4-3-1.
  2. 2“Storms”Feb 20, 2003The women finally drop a challenge, and Jaburu sorts out its weaker links. Janet Koth, the oldest member and a step behind in the physical game, is voted out 5-1-1-1 in a scattered vote.
  3. 3“Girl Power”Feb 27, 2003Tambaqui is back at Tribal, and Roger Sexton's old-school alliance keeps its grip on the men's tribe. Daniel Lue, the odd man out, is voted off 6-1 as the guys fall in line behind their bossy leader.
  4. 4“Trapped”Mar 6, 2003Jaburu returns to Tribal, and JoAnna Ward, a strong-willed presence who'd clashed with the younger women, is the next to go, voted out 4-2-1.
  5. 5“Pick-up Sticks”Mar 13, 2003A swap shatters the gender divide, reshuffling everyone into two mixed tribes. Jeanne Hebert, stranded short on allies after the shake-up, can't find a foothold and is voted out 4-2.
  6. 6“More Than Meats the Eye”Mar 20, 2003The new mixed tribes settle in, and Shawna Mitchell, the young woman who'd been fading both physically and emotionally, is voted out 4-2 as the post-swap lines harden.
  7. 7“Girls Gone Wilder”Mar 27, 2003The merge arrives and the tribes fold into Jacaré, just as the season's most talked-about reward lands: offered peanut butter and chocolate in exchange for stripping down, Heidi Strobel and Jenna Morasca peel off their clothes to win the food, a moment that becomes Amazon's signature image. At the first merge vote, the group finally takes out Roger Sexton, the overbearing leader nobody much liked, sending him out 7-3.
  8. 8“Sleeping With the Enemy”Apr 3, 2003Rob Cesternino, the season's strategic engine, starts wheeling and dealing, brokering between factions and engineering moves nobody else sees coming. Dave Johnson is the next to fall, voted out 8-1 as the first member of the jury.
  9. 9“The Chain”Apr 10, 2003Deena Bennett, a hard-charging prosecutor running her own alliance, makes the mistake of announcing her plan to start cutting the men. Word gets to the wrong people, Rob C helps flip the script, and Deena is blindsided 6-2, taken out by the very move she'd set in motion.
  10. 10“Q and A”Apr 24, 2003Rob Cesternino keeps pulling strings, and his biggest rival is the strong, savvy Alex Bell. Rob builds a counter-alliance and springs the trap, and Alex is blindsided 4-3, sent to the jury never realizing how thoroughly Rob had outmaneuvered him.
  11. 11“Sour Grapes”May 1, 2003Christy Smith, the first deaf player in the show's history, had survived deep into the game as a swing vote, navigating a fast-talking tribe she couldn't always follow. With the numbers tightening, the alliance finally cuts her loose, and Christy is voted out 4-2 to the jury.
  12. 12“The Amazon Heats Up”May 8, 2003Down to five, the bonds start to fray. Heidi Strobel, half of the season's most visible duo alongside Jenna, is voted out 3-2, leaving a final four of Jenna, Matthew, Rob, and Butch.
  13. 13“...And Then There Were Four”FinaleMay 15, 2003Finale night belongs to Jenna Morasca. She wins the final-four immunity, forcing the men to turn on one another, and the genial Butch Lockley is voted out in fourth, 3-1. Then Jenna wins the final immunity too, and with the power in her hands she makes the savvy call to cut the dangerous Rob Cesternino at the final three, taking the quieter Matthew von Ertfelda to the end instead. At Final Tribal, the jury rewards Jenna over Matthew, who's dinged for riding other people's games, and she wins 6-1, with only Butch voting for Matthew.