Survivor 6 The Amazon

Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil Feb 13 – May 11, 2003 Filmed Nov 4 – Dec 12, 2002

Tribes JaburuTambaquiJacare

Format Battle of the Sexes debut Schoolyard Pick Journey Tribe Switch

16 Castaways all first-time players
39 Days
7 Jury
Survivor castaway portrait Winner Jenna Morasca won 6-1

Who won Survivor 6?

Jenna Morasca won Survivor 6, defeating Matthew von Ertfelda by a 6-1 final jury vote.

Cast
16 castaways
Filmed in
Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil
Premiere
Feb 13, 2003
Finale
May 11, 2003

Jump to the full cast and finish order or season voting history.

More winners: Survivor 5 winner Brian Heidik and Survivor 7 winner Sandra Diaz-Twine. See every Survivor winner in order.

Survivor: The Amazon is the sixth season of the series and the first to initially divide the sixteen contestants into tribes based on gender.

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

Starting tribes

Jaburu

Jenna Morasca, Heidi Strobel, Christy Smith, Deena Bennett, Shawna Mitchell, Jeanne Hebert, JoAnna Ward, Janet Koth

Tambaqui

Matthew von Ertfelda, Rob Cesternino, Butch Lockley, Alex Bell, Dave Johnson, Roger Sexton, Daniel Lue, Ryan Aiken

Full cast & placements

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

Place Castaway Result Days Tribes Votes against
1 Jenna Morasca portrait Jenna Morasca Also played S8
6 of 7 jury votes
39 JaburuJacare 3
2 Matthew von Ertfelda portrait Matthew von Ertfelda
1 of 7 jury votes
39 TambaquiJaburuJacare 6
3 Rob Cesternino portrait Rob Cesternino Also played S8
14th voted out
38 TambaquiJaburuJacare 4
4 Butch Lockley portrait Butch Lockley
13th voted out
37 TambaquiJacare 5
5 Heidi Strobel portrait Heidi Strobel
12th voted out
36 JaburuTambaquiJacare 3
6 Christy Smith portrait Christy Smith
11th voted out
33 JaburuTambaquiJacare 9
7 Alex Bell portrait Alex Bell
10th voted out
30 TambaquiJaburuJacare 6
8 Deena Bennett portrait Deena Bennett
9th voted out
27 JaburuJacare 6
9 Dave Johnson portrait Dave Johnson
8th voted out
24 TambaquiJacare 8
10 Roger Sexton portrait Roger Sexton
7th voted out
21 TambaquiJacare 11
11 Shawna Mitchell portrait Shawna Mitchell
6th voted out
18 Jaburu 6
12 Jeanne Hebert portrait Jeanne Hebert
5th voted out
15 JaburuTambaqui 5
13 JoAnna Ward portrait JoAnna Ward
4th voted out
12 Jaburu 4
14 Daniel Lue portrait Daniel Lue
3rd voted out
9 Tambaqui 7
15 Janet Koth portrait Janet Koth
2nd voted out
6 Jaburu 5
16 Ryan Aiken portrait Ryan Aiken
1st voted out
3 Tambaqui 4

Episode guide

All 13 episodes of Survivor 6: when each aired, who won reward and immunity, who left, and how many people watched.

US viewers per episode

US viewers, episode by episode: 16.4M at the low point to 23.3M at the high. The dashed line is the season average of 19.9M. Episode 4 drew the biggest audience.
# Episode Aired Reward Immunity Voted out Viewers
1 Boys vs. Girls Feb 13 23.3M viewers Feb 13 – Jaburu Survivor castaway portrait Ryan Aiken 23.3M
2 Storms Feb 20 Reward Jaburu 20.3M viewers Feb 20 Jaburu Tambaqui Survivor castaway portrait Janet Koth 20.3M
3 Girl Power Feb 27 Reward Jaburu 22.4M viewers Feb 27 Jaburu Jaburu Survivor castaway portrait Daniel Lue 22.4M
4 Trapped Mar 6 Reward Tambaqui 23.3M viewers Mar 6 Tambaqui Tambaqui Survivor castaway portrait JoAnna Ward 23.3M
5 Pick-Up Sticks Mar 13 21.1M viewers Mar 13 – Jaburu Survivor castaway portrait Jeanne Hebert 21.1M
6 More than Meats the Eye Mar 19 Reward Tambaqui 16.4M viewers Mar 19 Tambaqui Tambaqui Survivor castaway portrait Shawna Mitchell 16.4M
7 Girls Gone Wilder Mar 26 16.7M viewers Mar 26 – Deena Bennett Survivor castaway portrait Roger Sexton 16.7M
8 Sleeping with the Enemy Apr 3 Reward Dave Johnson 19.8M viewers Apr 3 Dave Johnson Jenna Morasca Survivor castaway portrait Dave Johnson 19.8M
9 The Chain Apr 10 Reward Alex Bell 19.1M viewers Apr 10 Alex Bell Matthew von Ertfelda Survivor castaway portrait Deena Bennett 19.1M
10 Q & A Apr 24 18.1M viewers Apr 24 – Rob Cesternino Survivor castaway portrait Alex Bell 18.1M
11 Sour Grapes May 1 Reward Matthew von Ertfelda 17.6M viewers May 1 Matthew von Ertfelda Jenna Morasca Survivor castaway portrait Christy Smith 17.6M
12 The Amazon Heats Up May 8 Reward Matthew von Ertfelda 19.0M viewers May 8 Matthew von Ertfelda Matthew von Ertfelda Survivor castaway portrait Heidi Strobel 19.0M
13 ...And Then There Were Four May 11 22.3M viewers May 11 – Jenna Morasca Survivor castaway portrait Butch Lockley Survivor castaway portrait Rob Cesternino 22.3M

Survivor 6 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 6. A rough proxy for who the season was built around.

  1. 1 Rob Cesternino 101
  2. 2 Jenna Morasca 61
  3. 3 Matthew von Ertfelda 52
  4. 4 Deena Bennett 43
  5. 5 Heidi Strobel 39
  6. 6 Dave Johnson 33
  7. 7 Alex Bell 30
  8. 8 Christy Smith 28
  9. 9 Jeanne Hebert 22
  10. 10 Shawna Mitchell 19

482 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 Ryan 4-3-1 Ep 2 Janet 5-1-1-1 Ep 3 Daniel 6-1 Ep 4 JoAnna 4-2-1 Ep 5 Jeanne 4-2 Ep 6 Shawna 4-2 Ep 7 Roger 7-3 Ep 8 Dave 8-1 Ep 9 Deena 6-2 Ep 11 Alex 4-3 Ep 12 Christy 4-2 Ep 13 Heidi 3-2 Ep 14 Butch 3-1 Ep 14 Rob 1
Survivor castaway portrait Jenna Morasca Janet JoAnna Shawna Roger Dave Deena Matthew Christy Rob Butch Rob
Survivor castaway portrait Matthew von Ertfelda Roger Daniel Shawna Roger Dave Deena Alex Christy Heidi Butch
Survivor castaway portrait Rob Cesternino Ryan Daniel Shawna Roger Dave Deena Alex Christy Heidi Butch
Survivor castaway portrait Butch Lockley Ryan Daniel Jeanne Christy Dave Deena Alex Jenna Heidi Rob
Survivor castaway portrait Heidi Strobel Janet JoAnna Jeanne Roger Dave Deena Matthew Christy Rob
Survivor castaway portrait Christy Smith Jenna JoAnna Butch Roger Dave Alex Alex Jenna
Survivor castaway portrait Alex Bell Ryan Daniel Matthew Roger Dave Deena Matthew
Survivor castaway portrait Deena Bennett Janet JoAnna Shawna Roger Dave Alex
Survivor castaway portrait Dave Johnson Daniel Daniel Jeanne Christy Matthew
Survivor castaway portrait Roger Sexton Ryan Daniel Jeanne Christy
Survivor castaway portrait Shawna Mitchell Janet Christy Matthew
Survivor castaway portrait Jeanne Hebert Janet Shawna Butch
Survivor castaway portrait JoAnna Ward Christy Shawna
Survivor castaway portrait Daniel Lue Roger Roger
Survivor castaway portrait Janet Koth Jeanne
Survivor castaway portrait Ryan Aiken Roger

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