Survivor: Africa

Survivor: Africa is the third season of the CBS reality show Survivor.

Season Summary
This season, the two tribes of Boran and Samburu squared-off in the harsh, unforgiving African safari. On Boran, Charlie and Phillip butt-heads over Boran's leadership, while Samburu took the unified approach with the men working on shelter and women on fire. However, they still lost the immunity challenge, prompting the Samburu women to align and vote out Larry, the weakest member of the tribe. The tribe also took another hit on day six, where Amanda fainted and was subsequently medically evacuated. After losing the challenge, Boran was perfectly split into two: Charlie, Tyler, Brittney, and Nicole on one side, with Phillip, Thomas, Carrie, and Janet on the other. The vote first ended in a tie vote between Charlie and Phillip, and in the re-vote, Brittney played it safe by flipping on Charlie and eliminating him. This left Nicole and Tyler on the outs of the tribe, with Nicole being voted out in the next episode. Tyler vowed to win it all, however.

In episode 5, both tribes were instructed to send three representatives for an unknown duty. Phillip, who had taken over Boran, elected himself, Thomas, and Brittney. Samburu, who had just recently split along gender lines, sent their men (Evan, Jack, and Zane). In a game-changing twist, it was then revealed that the thrtee members selected would be switching tribes! Tyler immediately joined his new male Boran tribemates, much to Carrie and Janet's dismay. Phillip attempted to keep the new Samburu members together, but couldn't stop Brittney from ruthlessly dumping him and Thomas to join the Samburu women. In the following two Tribal Councils, Phillip and Thomas were eliminated as the women's alliance planned to rule the game with an iron fist.

The following episode, Samburu and Boran merged into Moto Maji. Brittney quickly worked over Carrie and Janet, solidifying an alliance of six women. Quickly, the alliance began eliminating the men one-by-one, first Tyler, followed by Zane and Jack. Although Evan put up an amazing fight, he still lost in the end after losing immunity to Abigail, who was seen as the leader of the women's alliance by most (when it was really Marsha pulling the strings). The original four women decided to betray Carrie and Janet at their point, and Marsha even targeted Brittney, who won immunity. Abigail was voted out on the rebound, and when Brittney won immunity again, Marsha pulled out all the stops, accusing her of verbally abusing both her and Merideth, which Brittney angrily denied, voting Marsha out. Before the Final Tribal Council, Marsha continued her web of lies at Ponderosa, convincing all the female jurors that Brittney had actually done so. In the end, Marsha's gambit worked, with Brittney winning the three male jurors' votes and Merideth winning the four women's. Merideth was rewarded the $1,000,000.