Editing Survivor: Marquesas (section)

==Season summary==
[[File:Nuku Hiva - Baie de Hakapaa - 20061109.jpg|thumbnail|300px|right|The fourth season of ''Survivor'' filmed on [[Nuku Hiva]] in the [[Marquesas Islands]].]]
The sixteen contestants were divided into two preselected tribes of eight, Rotu and Maraamu. The Rotu tribe prospered as a unified, hard-working group, while the Maraamu tribe quickly became divided between those who worked, led by Hunter, and those who didn't, led by Rob. Rob's faction dominated the votes while Maraamu lost every single challenge in the first nine days. On Day 10, a random tribe shuffle sent Rob and his allies Sean and Vecepia to Rotu, while Paschal, Neleh, and Kathy joined Maraamu. While Rob seemed like an easy choice to eliminate, original Rotu member John aligned with fellow original Rotu members Tammy, Robert, and Zoe to eliminate Gabriel, the fifth remaining original Rotu member, for being strategically apathetic.

The tribes merged with ten players remaining: seven original Rotu and three original Maraamu. Rob attempted to align with Kathy, Paschal, and Neleh to overthrow John's alliance, but was unsuccessful and consequently eliminated. However, Paschal and Neleh later wisened up to their inferior positions within the Rotu alliance, aligning with Vecepia, Sean, and Kathy to take control of the game, systematically voting off John and his allies.

With only the five remaining, Kathy found herself caught between the two duos of Neleh and Paschal, and Vecepia and Sean. She aligned with the former to eliminate Sean, but Vecepia won immunity at the final four. Knowing Paschal and Neleh would not vote for each other, Kathy publicly approached Vecepia at Tribal Council about aligning and taking each other to the final Tribal Council. Vecepia agreed to the deal, and they agreed to both vote for Neleh that night. With the vote being tied and deadlocked for the first time, the new rules for breaking a tie came into effect as everyone (save for the immune Vecepia) would reach into a bag and pull out a colored rock, with the purple rock meaning elimination. Paschal drew the purple rock, resulting in his elimination despite having no votes cast against him throughout the game. At the final Immunity Challenge, Vecepia went back on her deal with Kathy, agreeing to let Neleh win immunity in exchange that Neleh would vote off Kathy. Neleh agreed and Kathy became the final member of the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, both Vecepia and Neleh were lambasted for hiding behind religion while still backstabbing the jurors. However, Paschal praised both finalists. Neleh was praised for her honesty and close strategic and personal bond with Paschal, but also criticized for not starting to play the game until day 24. Vecepia was praised for her under-the-radar strategic and social game despite being in the minority, but criticized for using religion to betray Kathy the night before. Ultimately, Vecepia was awarded the title of Sole Survivor in a 4–3 vote due to playing from day 1–39.

{| class="wikitable nowrap" style="margin:auto; text-align:center;"
|+Challenge winners and eliminations by episode
! scope="colgroup" colspan="3" | Episode
! scope="colgroup" colspan="2" | Challenge winner(s)
! scope="colgroup" colspan="2" | Eliminated
|-
! scope="col" | No.
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Original air date
! scope="col" | Reward
! scope="col" | Immunity
! scope="col" | Tribe
! scope="col" | Player
|-
! 1
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[#ep46|Back to the Beach]]"
| style="text-align:left;" | February 28, 2002
| {{stribe|none|''None''}}
| {{stribe|rotu}}
| {{stribe|maraamu}}
| Peter
|-
! 2
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[#ep47|Nacho Momma]]"
| style="text-align:left;" | March 7, 2002
| {{stribe|rotu}}
| {{stribe|rotu}}
| {{stribe|maraamu}}
| Patricia
|-
! 3
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[#ep48|No Pain, No Gain]]"
| style="text-align:left;" | March 13, 2002
| {{stribe|rotu}}
| {{stribe|rotu}}
| {{stribe|maraamu}}
| Hunter
|-
! 4
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[#ep49|The Winds Twist]]"
| style="text-align:left;" | March 20, 2002
| {{stribe|none|''None''}}{{efn|There was no reward challenge due to the tribe switch.}}
| {{stribe|rotu}}
| {{stribe|maraamu}}
| Sarah
|-
! 5
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[#ep50|The End of Innocence]]"
| style="text-align:left;" | March 28, 2002
| {{stribe|maraamu}}
| {{stribe|maraamu}}
| {{stribe|rotu}}
| Gabriel
|-
! 6
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[#ep51|The Underdogs]]"
| style="text-align:left;" | April 4, 2002
| {{stribe|maraamu}}
| {{stribe|rotu}}
| {{stribe|maraamu}}
| Gina
|-
! 7
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[#ep52|True Lies]]"
| style="text-align:left;" | April 11, 2002
| {{stribe|none|''None''}}{{efn|There was no reward challenge due to the merge.}}
| Kathy
| rowspan="2" {{stribe|soliantu}}
| Rob
|-
! 8
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[#ep53|Jury's Out]]"
| style="text-align:left;" | April 18, 2002
| Kathy
| Tammy
| John
|-
! 9
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[#ep54|Look Closer: The First 24 Days]]"
| style="text-align:left;" | April 24, 2002
| colspan="4" | ''Recap Episode''
|-
! 10
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[#ep55|Two Peas in a Pod]]"
| style="text-align:left;" | April 25, 2002
| Paschal,<br>Sean
| Tammy
| rowspan="6" {{stribe|soliantu}}
| Zoe
|-
! 11
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[#ep56|The Princess]]"
| style="text-align:left;" | May 2, 2002
| Paschal<br>[Neleh]
| Robert
| Tammy
|-
! 12
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[#ep57|Marquesan Vacation]]"
| style="text-align:left;" | May 9, 2002
| Kathy{{efn|In a twist, the Survivors' family members competed in a challenge on behalf of their loved ones. Kathy's son, Patrick, won the challenge and the right to spend 24 hours at the Soliantu camp.}}
| Vecepia
| Robert
|-
! 13
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[#ep58|A Tale of Two Cities]]"
| style="text-align:left;" | May 16, 2002
| Sean
| Kathy
| Sean
|-
! rowspan="2" | 14
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | "[[#ep59|The Sole Survivor]]"
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | May 19, 2002
| rowspan="2" {{stribe|none|''None''}}
| Vecepia
| Paschal
|-
| Neleh
| Kathy
|-
! 15
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[#ep60|The Reunion]]"
| colspan="4" style="background-color:darkgrey;" |
|}
:''In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.''
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