Survivor: Borneo
Contestant Original tribe Merged tribe Finish
Sonja Christopher 63 , Walnut Creek , California Tagi 1st voted out Day 3
B.B . Andersen † 64 , Mission Hills , Kansas Pagong 2nd voted out Day 6
Stacey Stillman 27 , San Francisco , California Tagi 3rd voted out Day 9
Ramona Gray 29 , Edison , New Jersey Pagong 4th voted out Day 12
Dirk Been 23 , Spring Green , Wisconsin Tagi 5th voted out Day 15
Joel Klug 27 , Sherwood , Arkansas Pagong 6th voted out Day 18
Gretchen Cordy 38 , Clarksville , Tennessee Pagong Rattana 7th voted out Day 21
Greg Buis 24 , Gold Hill , Colorado Pagong Rattana 8th voted out 1st jury member Day 24
Jenna Lewis 22 , Franklin , New Hampshire Pagong Rattana 9th voted out 2nd jury member Day 27
Gervase Peterson 30 , Willingboro , New Jersey Pagong Rattana 10th voted out 3rd jury member Day 30
Colleen Haskell 23 , Miami Beach , Florida Pagong Rattana 11th voted out 4th jury member Day 33
Sean Kenniff 30 , Carle Place , New York Tagi Rattana 12th voted out 5th jury member Day 36
Susan Hawk 38 , Palmyra , Wisconsin Tagi Rattana 13th voted out 6th jury member Day 37
Rudy Boesch † 72 , Virginia Beach , Virginia Tagi Rattana 14th voted out 7th jury member Day 38
Kelly Wiglesworth 22 , Kernville , California Tagi Rattana Runner-up
Richard Hatch 39 , Newport , Rhode Island Tagi Rattana Sole Survivor
Contestants
There were 16 contestants , divided into two tribes , Pagong and Tagi . After six contestants were eliminated , the tribes were merged to form one tribe , Rattana . The final seven eliminated contestants made up the jury that decided who would win the game and the $ 1 million grand prize . Rudy Boesch
Survivor: Borneo is the first season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. It was originally broadcast without a season title, but was later officially given the title of Survivor: Borneo to distinguish it from other seasons. The show filmed from March 13 through April 20, 2000, and premiered on May 31, 2000. Hosted by Jeff Probst, it consisted of 39 days of gameplay with 16 competitors. It was set in the South China Sea on the remote Malaysian island of Pulau Tiga in the state of Sabah, about off the north coast of Borneo, Malaysia. The 16 contestants were initially separated into two tribes, Tagi and Pagong, which represented the names of their beaches. When 10 players remained, the contestants merged into one tribe, Rattana. While Tagi and Pagong's names and makeups were picked by the producers, Rattana was named by contestants Sean Kenniff and Jenna Lewis, because of a large amount of Rattan wood on the island. After 39 days of competition, corporate trainer Richard Hatch was named the Sole Survivor, defeating whitewater rafting guide Kelly Wiglesworth in a 4-3 jury vote. On August 23, 2000, the Survivor: Borneo finale received the highest ratings of any Survivor episode to date with an average of 51.7 million viewers. Nielsen reported that 125 million people watched at least some part of the finale. The season was released on DVD on May 11, 2004.