Portrait of Susan Hawk

Susan Hawk

Let it be as Mother Nature intended: for the snake to eat the rat. Survivor 1, E13

Played on

54 days played

Game record

Vote alignment91%of 11 ballots

94th percentile of 423 castaways

Immunity record0career immunity wins

No wins to rank

Days played69%of 78 possible days

Share of days available, not a rank

Occupation at casting Truck Driver Hometown Las Vegas, Nevada

Played with 29 castaways across 2 seasons See every connection ↓

Hawk has shared a beach with twenty-nine other castaways.

Biography

Susan Hawk, the plain-spoken truck driver from Wisconsin, is the author of the most famous speech in Survivor history. A member of the original Tagi alliance in Survivor: Borneo (Season 1), she delivered a scorching final Tribal Council address comparing finalists Richard Hatch and Kelly Wiglesworth to a "snake" and a "rat," siding with the snake and helping hand Hatch the first million-dollar prize.

Hawk returned for Survivor: All-Stars (Season 8), where an uncomfortable incident led to one of the show's most memorable voluntary exits, cementing her reputation as one of the franchise's most unfiltered personalities.

Blunt, funny and fiercely honest, Susan Hawk helped define what a Survivor jury speech could be. Decades later, "snakes and rats" is still quoted whenever a bitter jury takes the stand.

Get to know Susan Hawk

Born in Waukesha, Wisconsin The hometown on their cast bio, Las Vegas, Nevada, is where they were living when they were picked for the show.

Susan Hawk's own answers from the pre-game cast profile CBS published before the season aired.

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“Thank goodness I'm getting out of the cold!”
Susan Hawk, in that same pre-game profile

Alliances fans have named

Survivor never names an alliance on screen. These names, and who counts as a member, are how the fan community records the game rather than an official record of it.

Birthplace, pre-game profile and alliance facts adapted from Survivor Fandom and Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-07-21. Licensed CC BY-SA.

Fan poll Players

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Seasons

Season Result Days Tribes Votes against Confessionals
Borneo Season 1, 2000 13th voted out Tagi Rattana 7 71
All-Stars Season 8, 2004 Quit Chapera 0 7

The vote that ended Susan Hawk's best run

Two of the four ballots named Susan Hawk on day 37 of Survivor 1: Borneo.

Richard Hatch and Rudy Boesch

Susan Hawk voted for Richard Hatch.

Castaway network

Susan Hawk’s connections

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29
castaway connections
14
tribemates
3
repeat castmates
6
winners

Connections worth exploring

Repeat pairings, other-show overlaps, tribe overlap, winners and Survivor veterans rise to the top.

Survivor 1 & 8

Richard Hatch

2 Survivor seasons

2 seasons together Shared a tribe Winner

Survivor 1 & 8

Rudy Boesch

2 Survivor seasons

2 seasons together Shared a tribe

Survivor 8

Rob Mariano

5 Survivor seasons

Shared a tribe Winner

Every castaway, by season

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Borneo Season 1, 2000 15 castaways 1 winner 5 returning players View cast

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All-Stars Season 8, 2004 17 castaways 6 winners 17 returning players View cast

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