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Yes, he was the first player on US Survivor to explicitly vote himself
out. And famously, Tyson had effectively voted himself out on Heroes v Villains when he changed his vote on what should have been a 3-3-3 tie
between himself, Russell and Parvati. Russell inexplicably played an
idol on Parvati which should have then forced a re-vote between Russell
and Tyson, which would have sent Russell home on the re-vote. But
instead Tyson changed his vote from Russell to Parvati which made the
vote 4 on Parvati, 3 on Tyson and 2 on Russell, so Tyson went home instead.

But long before these two events, on the first episode of the very first season of Australian Survivor back in 2002, a player named Lucinda was
so ineffective that she voted for herself along with all her tribemates,
and she went home on an 8-0 vote. As far as I know, she is the first
and only player on any English language of the show to voluntarily vote themself out.
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On 4/24/2026 8:37 AM, Rick wrote:

Yes, he was the first player on US Survivor to explicitly vote himself
out. And famously, Tyson had effectively voted himself out on Heroes v Villains when he changed his vote on what should have been a 3-3-3 tie between himself, Russell and Parvati.-a Russell inexplicably played an
idol on Parvati which should have then forced a re-vote between Russell
and Tyson, which would have sent Russell home on the re-vote.-a-a But instead Tyson changed his vote from Russell to Parvati which made the
vote 4 on Parvati, 3 on Tyson and 2 on Russell, so Tyson went home instead.

But long before these two events, on the first episode of the very first season of Australian Survivor back in 2002, a player named Lucinda was
so ineffective that she voted for herself along with all her tribemates,
and she went home on an 8-0 vote.-a As far as I know, she is the first
and only player on any English language of the show to voluntarily vote themself out.

I thought you weren't allowed to vote for yourself? Or is that just a
U.S. Survivor thing? I would consider quitting to be the equivalent of
voting for yourself. Who was the first quitter on US Survivor? Players
on BB have wanted to vote for themselves but were told by the producers
that's not allowed.
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Brian
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On 4/24/2026 4:24 PM, Brian Smith wrote:

On 4/24/2026 8:37 AM, Rick wrote:

Yes, he was the first player on US Survivor to explicitly vote himself
out. And famously, Tyson had effectively voted himself out on Heroes v
Villains when he changed his vote on what should have been a 3-3-3 tie
between himself, Russell and Parvati.-a Russell inexplicably played an
idol on Parvati which should have then forced a re-vote between
Russell and Tyson, which would have sent Russell home on the
re-vote.-a-a But instead Tyson changed his vote from Russell to Parvati
which made the vote 4 on Parvati, 3 on Tyson and 2 on Russell, so
Tyson went home instead.

But long before these two events, on the first episode of the very
first season of Australian Survivor back in 2002, a player named
Lucinda was so ineffective that she voted for herself along with all
her tribemates, and she went home on an 8-0 vote.-a As far as I know,
she is the first and only player on any English language of the show
to voluntarily vote themself out.

I thought you weren't allowed to vote for yourself? Or is that just a
U.S. Survivor thing? I would consider quitting to be the equivalent of voting for yourself. Who was the first quitter on US Survivor? Players
on BB have wanted to vote for themselves but were told by the producers that's not allowed.

It's definitely against the rules to vote for yourself. That first
season of Aussie Survivor they were still feeling their way on things,
and my impression at the time was that they just sort of winked at it
and let her do it for a kind of TV moment.

I've always figured Osten on S7 was the first player to actually quit
for a non-medical reason. Remember how disgusted and angry Jeff was
when he snuffed the torch, threw it down to the ground and instead of
saying "the tribe has spoken", he just said "go home".

But way back on US S1, BB pretty much asked his Pagong team to vote him
out and they complied. He actually had asked them to throw the
challenge, which led by Gretchen they indignantly refused to do, but
they lost anyway so he got a normal vote-out. So that wasn't really a
quit but it came close.
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On 4/24/2026 4:51 PM, Rick wrote:

On 4/24/2026 4:24 PM, Brian Smith wrote:

On 4/24/2026 8:37 AM, Rick wrote:

Yes, he was the first player on US Survivor to explicitly vote
himself out. And famously, Tyson had effectively voted himself out on
Heroes v Villains when he changed his vote on what should have been a
3-3-3 tie between himself, Russell and Parvati.-a Russell inexplicably
played an idol on Parvati which should have then forced a re-vote
between Russell and Tyson, which would have sent Russell home on the
re-vote.-a-a But instead Tyson changed his vote from Russell to Parvati >>> which made the vote 4 on Parvati, 3 on Tyson and 2 on Russell, so
Tyson went home instead.

But long before these two events, on the first episode of the very
first season of Australian Survivor back in 2002, a player named
Lucinda was so ineffective that she voted for herself along with all
her tribemates, and she went home on an 8-0 vote.-a As far as I know,
she is the first and only player on any English language of the show
to voluntarily vote themself out.

I thought you weren't allowed to vote for yourself? Or is that just a
U.S. Survivor thing? I would consider quitting to be the equivalent of
voting for yourself. Who was the first quitter on US Survivor? Players
on BB have wanted to vote for themselves but were told by the
producers that's not allowed.

It's definitely against the rules to vote for yourself.-a That first
season of Aussie Survivor they were still feeling their way on things,
and my impression at the time was that they just sort of winked at it
and let her do it for a kind of TV moment.

Kind of a risky move as far as I'm concerned. Makes it look like casting
and the producers didn't do a very good job selecting the players.

I've always figured Osten on S7 was the first player to actually quit
for a non-medical reason.-a Remember how disgusted and angry Jeff was
when he snuffed the torch, threw it down to the ground and instead of
saying "the tribe has spoken", he just said "go home".

I do remember that but would have to go back and watch at least the
episode to recall the full context of what happened.

But way back on US S1, BB pretty much asked his Pagong team to vote him
out and they complied.-a He actually had asked them to throw the
challenge, which led by Gretchen they indignantly refused to do, but
they lost anyway so he got a normal vote-out.-a So that wasn't really a
quit but it came close.

I agree.
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Brian
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