Tina Marie Wesson is the Sole Survivor of Survivor: The Australian Outback.
Playing the role of the motherly figure at camp, Tina utilized an under-the-radar gameplay to take control of the Ogakor Alliance and convince Colby Donaldson to take her to the Final Two, becoming the first female Sole Survivor in a close 4-3 jury vote.
Profile[]
Retrieved from CBS.com
Name: Tina Wesson
Age: 40
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Nurse
Hometown: Knoxville, Tennessee
Luxury Item: Backgammon Set
Tina Wesson currently works as a private duty C.N.A. nurse while also working as a full-time mom. Formerly, she worked as a community education director, flight attendant, substitute teacher and a swimming instructor. Wesson obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in therapeutic recreation from the University of Tennessee in 1983. An avid athlete, she is most proud of having completed the Dublin, Ireland Marathon, placed first in the Tennessee State Racquetball Tournament and placed first in her age division in her hometown mini-triathlon, all in the same year (1998). Her quest in life continues to be to "live the life less ordinary."
Wesson describes herself as happy, content, adventurous, outgoing, and very much in love. Her favorite hobbies are racquetball, paddleball, running, swimming, and motorcycling. Her favorite television show is Rosie, while her favorite feature films are Out of Africa and Shadowlands. She prefers classic, contemporary Christian, and pop rock music, citing Match Box 20 as her favorite band. While rooting for the University of Tennessee Volunteers, she's always game for a round of Balderdash. Her perfect day consists of eating a good breakfast followed by a ride on her motorcycle to the mountains with her husband and her best friend. After a hike, she'd play racquetball, take a shower, have dinner, see a movie while eating a big bag of popcorn and then head home to bed. She's an early riser.
Born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, Wesson currently resides there with her husband, Dale, and her two children, Katie and Taylor. She is a member of the Outstanding Young Women of America and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Her birth date is December 26.[1]
Survivor[]
As part of the Ogakor tribe, Tina was not targeted in the beginning of the game, seeming to mesh well with all her tribemates and was not seen as a physical liability, despite losing the Day 6 Immunity Challenge for Ogakor.
When Ogakor lost immunity on Day 15, Tina proved to be a strategic player when she managed to convince allies Colby Donaldson and Keith Famie to force a tie between Keith and Mitchell Olson (who was aligned with Amber Brkich and Jerri Manthey), whereby Mitchell would be voted out due to his previous vote at the Day 12 Tribal Council. Tina's plan worked, eliminating Mitchell and allowing her, Colby, and Keith to wrestle control of the Ogakor Alliance from Amber and Jerri.
When the tribes merged into the Barramundi tribe on Day 20, the tribe was evenly divided between the original members of Ogakor and Kucha. Facing a tie at the first Tribal Council as a merged tribe, Tina threw the first individual Immunity Challenge to Keith, thereby preventing the Kucha Alliance from being able to vote against him, preventing the possibility of Keith being eliminated due to previous votes if the vote resulted in a deadlock. The Ogakor Alliance then voted for Kucha's Jeff Varner; the vote indeed resulted in a deadlock and Jeff was eliminated by virtue of his previous votes, effectively handing control of the tribe to the Ogakor Alliance. Tina's subsequent strategic prowess then allowed the Ogakor Alliance success over the Kucha Alliance by systematically eliminating them, while having a perfect timing to eliminate two of their own, Jerri and Amber, when needed.
After Amber's departure, Tina, Colby, and Keith took control and eliminated the remaining two Kuchas, Rodger Bingham and then Elisabeth Filarski, at the next two Tribal Councils. After Colby won the Final Immunity Challenge, he chose to eliminate the unpopular Keith instead of Tina, a move that would ultimately cost him the win.
At the Final Tribal Council, Tina became the Sole Survivor in a narrow 4-3 vote, in which she gained the votes of Elisabeth, Jerri, Keith, and Alicia Calaway, making history by becoming the first woman to win the game.
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ogakor | Bridging the Gap | Reward/Immunity | No | Won |
| 2 | Butch Cassidy | Reward | No | Won | |
| Tucker'd Out | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 3 | Water Torture | Reward | No | Won | |
| Lock Step | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 4 | Mastermind | Reward | No | Lost | |
| True or Falls | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 5 | Triage | Reward | No | Lost | |
| The Maze | Immunity | No | Won | ||
| 6 | Blind Leading the Blind | Reward | No | Lost | |
| Tribes Merged, Day 20 | |||||
| 7 | Barramundi | Perch | Immunity | Lost | |
| 8 | Return to Sender | Reward | Lost | ||
| Don't Fence Me In | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 10 | Double Play | Reward | Lost | ||
| Hanging in the Balance | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 11 | Survivor Auction | ||||
| Fire and Water | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 12 | End of the Line | Reward | Lost | ||
| Blue Plate Special | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 13 | Survivor.com | Reward | Won | ||
| Fugitives | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 14 | Survivor Pentathlon | Reward | Lost | ||
| Memory | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 15 | Fallen Comrades | Immunity | Lost | ||
| Sole Survivor, Day 42 | |||||
| Episode | Tina's Votes |
Voted Against Tina |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ogakor Tribe Immune | |
| 2 | Kel | - |
| 3 | Maralyn | - |
| 4 | Mitchell; Mitchell1 |
- |
| 5 | Ogakor Tribe Immune | |
| 6 | No Tribal Council | |
| 7 | Jeff; Jeff2 |
- |
| 8 | Alicia | - |
| 10 | Jerri | - |
| 11 | Nick | - |
| 12 | Amber | - |
| 13 | Rodger | - |
| 14 | Elisabeth | - |
| 15 | Ineligible | - |
| Jury Votes for Tina |
Alicia, Elisabeth, Jerri, Keith | |
| Sole Survivor, Day 42 | ||
^1 In "The Killing Fields", the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Keith and Mitchell, forcing a revote. Tina did not change her vote on the revote.
^2 In "The Merge", the vote ended with a 5-5 tie between Colby and Jeff, forcing a revote. Tina did not change her vote on the revote.
References[]
| Preceded by Borneo  Richard Hatch |
Sole Survivor Titleholder The Australian Outback  Tina Wesson |
Succeeded by Africa  Ethan Zohn |
| Survivor: The Australian Outback Castaways | |||||||||||||||
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