Colby Donaldson

Colby Donaldson

Colby Donaldson
Age: 36
Seasons: ‘The Australian Outback’ (2nd place); ‘All-Stars’ (12th place)
Memorable moment: Colby made a costly (to the tune of $900,000) decision when, after winning the final five immunity challenges, he selected the well-liked Tina Wesson to sit beside him in the final tribal council, instead of Keith Famie. Third time’s the charm?

Donaldson was born in Christoval, Texas, and took a degree in business marketing at Texas Tech University, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, the same fraternity chapter as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation actor George Eads.
[edit] Survivor

He entered the reality television series Survivor: The Australian Outback, in which he was the runner-up. He controversially, on a reward challenge, removed coral from the Great Barrier Reef. At the end of the competition, the dominant Colby made a move which most people considered to be a mistake in judgment, and which was widely believed to have cost him the competition. Donaldson won the final immunity challenge, giving him the choice of who he would rather face in the final vote, and passed up an opportunity to vote off Tina Wesson, who ultimately defeated him. Colby instead cast his vote for Keith Famie who was generally disliked and seen as less deserving to win the title of Sole Survivor.

Colby was chosen to participate in Survivor: All Stars. He was on the Mogo Mogo tribe, was the fifth person voted out, and the seventh overall to leave the game. At the Survivor: All Stars televised reunion Survivor: America’s Tribal Council, Donaldson was voted by an online poll as the sexiest male castaway of all first 8 seasons. Donaldson is also known for his friendship with Survivor host Jeff Probst and their regular poker games.