Survivor 4 Marquesas

Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia Feb 28 – May 19, 2002 Filmed Nov 12 – Dec 20, 2001

Tribes MaraamuRotuSoliantu

Format Tribe Raid debut Journey Tribe Switch

16 Castaways all first-time players
39 Days
7 Jury
Winner Vecepia Towery won 4-3

Survivor: Marquesas is the fourth season of the American reality series, featuring sixteen contestants on the island of Nuku Hiva who faced the first-ever 'purple rock' tie-breaker and the debut of legendary player Rob Mariano.

Day one split the cast into two tribes: Maraamu and Rotu. Everyone here was new to the game, and two of them would go on to play again.

Starting tribes

Maraamu

Vecepia Towery, Sean Rector, Rob Mariano, Gina Crews, Sarah Jones, Hunter Ellis, Patricia Jackson, Peter Harkey

Rotu

Neleh Dennis, Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien, Paschal English, Robert DeCanio, Tammy Leitner, Zoe Zanidakis, John Carroll, Gabriel Cade

Full cast & placements

Days, tribes and votes are on each castaway's page.

Place Castaway Result Days Tribes Votes against
1 Vecepia Towery
4 of 7 jury votes
39 MaraamuRotuSoliantu 2
2 Neleh Dennis
3 of 7 jury votes
39 RotuMaraamuSoliantu 4
3 Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien Also played S8
13th voted out
38 RotuMaraamuSoliantu 5
4 Paschal English
Eliminated
37 RotuMaraamuSoliantu 0
5 Sean Rector
12th voted out
36 MaraamuRotuSoliantu 7
6 Robert DeCanio
11th voted out
33 RotuSoliantu 6
7 Tammy Leitner
10th voted out
30 RotuSoliantu 5
8 Zoe Zanidakis
9th voted out
27 RotuSoliantu 8
9 John Carroll
8th voted out
24 RotuSoliantu 8
10 Rob Mariano Also played S8, S20, S22, S40
7th voted out
21 MaraamuRotuSoliantu 8
11 Gina Crews
6th voted out
18 Maraamu 3
12 Gabriel Cade
5th voted out
15 Rotu 7
13 Sarah Jones
4th voted out
12 Maraamu 11
14 Hunter Ellis
3rd voted out
9 Maraamu 4
15 Patricia Jackson
2nd voted out
6 Maraamu 5
16 Peter Harkey
1st voted out
3 Maraamu 5

Episode guide

All 13 episodes of Survivor 4: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.

US viewers per episode

US viewers, episode by episode: 19.1M at the low point to 25.9M at the high. The dashed line is the season average of 21.3M. Episode 13 drew the biggest audience.
# Episode Aired Reward Immunity Voted out Viewers
1 Back to the Beach Feb 28 23.2M viewers Feb 28 – Rotu Peter Harkey 23.2M
2 Nacho Momma Mar 7 Reward Rotu 23.4M viewers Mar 7 Rotu Rotu Patricia Jackson 23.4M
3 No Pain, No Gain Mar 13 Reward Rotu 20.5M viewers Mar 13 Rotu Rotu Hunter Ellis 20.5M
4 The Winds Twist Mar 20 22.8M viewers Mar 20 – Rotu Sarah Jones 22.8M
5 The End of Innocence Mar 28 Reward Maraamu 20.5M viewers Mar 28 Maraamu Maraamu Gabriel Cade 20.5M
6 The Underdogs Apr 4 Reward Maraamu 22.2M viewers Apr 4 Maraamu Rotu Gina Crews 22.2M
7 True Lies Apr 11 19.3M viewers Apr 11 – Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien Rob Mariano 19.3M
8 Jury's Out Apr 18 Reward Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien 19.9M viewers Apr 18 Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien Tammy Leitner John Carroll 19.9M
9 Two Peas in a Pod Apr 25 Reward Paschal English, Sean Rector 19.4M viewers Apr 25 Paschal English, Sean Rector Tammy Leitner Zoe Zanidakis 19.4M
10 The Princess May 2 Reward Paschal English, Neleh Dennis 19.6M viewers May 2 Paschal English, Neleh Dennis – Tammy Leitner 19.6M
11 Marquesan Vacation May 9 Reward Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien 20.8M viewers May 9 Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien Vecepia Towery Robert DeCanio 20.8M
12 A Tale of Two Cities May 16 Reward Sean Rector 19.1M viewers May 16 Sean Rector Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien Sean Rector 19.1M
13 The Sole Survivor May 19 25.9M viewers May 19 – Vecepia Towery, Neleh Dennis Paschal English Eliminated Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien 25.9M

Survivor 4 also aired 1 recap or special broadcast, which sit outside this numbering.

Episode, twist and location facts adapted from Survivor Fandom and Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-07-21. Licensed CC BY-SA.

Who got the edit

Confessional counts: the to-camera interviews the edit gave each castaway across Survivor 4. A rough proxy for who the season was built around.

  1. 1 Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien 82
  2. 2 Sean Rector 54
  3. 3 Paschal English 48
  4. 4 Neleh Dennis 39
  5. 5 Gina Crews 39
  6. 6 Vecepia Towery 36
  7. 7 John Carroll 34
  8. 8 Tammy Leitner 32
  9. 9 Rob Mariano 32
  10. 10 Robert DeCanio 28

473 confessionals across the season. Top 10 of 16 castaways shown.

Voting history

Every tribal-council vote of the season. Rows are castaways by finish, columns are councils in order. Each cell is who that castaway voted for.

Key Vote matched the boot Struck through = vote nullified by an idol No vote cast (immune, absent, or already out)

Voter Ep 1 Peter 5-2-1 Ep 2 Patricia 4-3 Ep 3 Hunter 4-2 Ep 4 Sarah 4-1 Ep 5 Gabriel 7-1 Ep 6 Gina 3-1 Ep 7 Rob 7-2-1 Ep 8 John 6-3 Ep 10 Zoe 7-1 Ep 11 Tammy 5-2 Ep 12 Robert 5-1 Ep 13 Sean 3-2 Ep 14 Paschal 2-2 Ep 14 Kathy 1
Vecepia Towery Sarah Patricia Hunter Gabriel Rob John Zoe Tammy Robert Neleh Neleh
Neleh Dennis Sarah Gina Rob John Zoe Tammy Robert Sean Kathy Kathy
Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien Sarah Gina Zoe John Zoe Tammy Robert Sean Neleh
Paschal English Sarah Gina Rob John Zoe Tammy Robert Sean Kathy
Sean Rector Sarah Patricia Hunter Gabriel John John Zoe Tammy Robert Neleh
Robert DeCanio Gabriel Rob Sean Zoe Vecepia Sean
Tammy Leitner Gabriel Rob Sean Zoe Vecepia
Zoe Zanidakis Gabriel Rob John Robert
John Carroll Gabriel Rob Sean
Rob Mariano Peter Patricia Hunter Gabriel John
Gina Crews Peter Sarah Sarah Sarah Kathy
Gabriel Cade Rob
Sarah Jones Peter Patricia Hunter Kathy
Hunter Ellis Peter Sarah Sarah
Patricia Jackson Peter Sarah
Peter Harkey Patricia

See how every season's jury and boot votes compare on the final votes hub.

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