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Article: WILL BIG TOM TRIUMPH? SURVIVOR AFRICA

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January 10, 2002
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CBS brought 16 people together and dropped them in Kenya last summer for the third season of "Survivor," its popular "reality television" show.

The "Survivor Africa" cast members learned to live on little more than variations of corn and boiled water. They competed at tasks ranging from carrying goats to arranging puzzle pieces. Winners won prizes like a truck, an elaborate dinner or a guarantee that they would not be kicked off of the show for a little longer.

Beginning in October, one cast member was voted off the show each week by the other contestants in a section called the "tribal council." One of the final two people left on the show will win $1 million; the other will win $100,000.

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