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TINA WINS!

Tina Wesson, the 40-year-old working mother of two, hit the jackpot and walked away with $1 million on the finale of Survivor: The Australian Outback. In a close 4-3 vote, she beat out Colby Donaldson, the hunky 26-year-old Texan, who had to settle for the $100,000 runner-up prize. "Tina had a strategy coming into this, and she played it until the end," said juror Alicia Calaway, who picked Wesson to win. During the one-hour reunion special, it was revealed that Wesson was actually not one of the initial 16 finalists. "I was an alternate," she said. Meanwhile, host Bryant Gumbel confirmed that Survivor 3 would take place in Africa.

TV GuideNews May 4, 2001 at 1:00 a.m. PT

Tina Wesson, the 40-year-old working mother of two, hit the jackpot and walked away with $1 million on the finale of Survivor: The Australian Outback. In a close 4-3 vote, she beat out Colby Donaldson, the hunky 26-year-old Texan, who had to settle for the $100,000 runner-up prize. "Tina had a strategy coming into this, and she played it until the end," said juror Alicia Calaway, who picked Wesson to win. During the one-hour reunion special, it was revealed that Wesson was actually not one of the initial 16 finalists. "I was an alternate," she said. Meanwhile, host Bryant Gumbel confirmed that Survivor 3 would take place in Africa.