Survivor 50 Bombshell: Colby Donaldson’s Pre-Season Stats Prove He’s Still a Massive Threat

Today, we are looking at Survivor: Australian Outback, Survivor: All-Stars, and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains castaway, Colby Donaldson.

Colby Donaldson

• Original season: The Australian Outback (Runner-Up)
• Returning seasons: All-Stars (12th Place) & Heroes vs. Villains (5th Place)
• Age on original season: 26
• Age on In the Hands of the Fans: 51
• This is the first time Colby is competing in a season without Jerri.
  • They started on the same tribe and merged together in The Australian Outback, swapped together after the absorption on All-Stars, and started on separate tribes but merged together on Heroes vs. Villains.
• Colby was the only player on All-Stars that was a runner-up in his previous season.
• Colby is the first male to win the final immunity challenge, and be the first male runner-up.
  • He was also the first player to be a victim of the “car curse”
  • He was the only man from The Australian Outback to be on All-Stars.
• Colby is tied with Sandra, Rob, & Cirie for having been on the most all-returning player seasons of any Survivor contestant with 3.
  • Sandra was on Heroes vs. Villains, Game Changers, & Winners at War
  • Rob was on All-Stars, Heroes vs. Villains, & Winners at War
  • Colby was on All-Stars, Heroes vs. Villains, & In the Hands of the Fans
  • Cirie was on Heroes vs. Villains, Game Changers & In the Hands of the Fans
• Colby is the only player who was on the original Mogo Mogo tribe in All-Stars and has returned for subsequent seasons.
  • Multiple players from Chapera and Saboga have returned.
• Colby is tied with Tom, Terry, Ozzy, Mike H, & Brad for most individual immunity wins with 5.
  • He’s also tied with Terry for most individual immunity challenges won in a row with 5, and the most individual challenge wins in a season with 7.
• Colby, Rob, Jerri, & Rupert competed on both All-Stars & Heroes vs. Villains
• Colby, Russell, & Coach all competed in three seasons and never took part in a tribe swap.
• Colby and Stephenie have started on the same starting tribe twice, Heroes & Vatu.
• Colby is the only player in Survivor history that will have competed in 42 day, 39 day, and 26 day seasons.
• Colby & Coach have played in seasons that started with 16, 18, 20, & 24 players
• Colby & Coach have the same placements in each of their 3 seasons.
  • Runner-up: Colby was runner-up on The Australian Outback & Coach was runner-up on South Pacific
  • 5th Place: Colby was 5th place on Heroes vs. Villains & Coach was 5th place on Tocantins
  • 12th Place: Colby was 12th place on All-Stars & Coach was 12th place on Heroes vs. Villains