{"id":278934,"date":"2026-02-03T18:31:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/278934\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:31:06","slug":"survivor-50-pre-season-stats-colby-donaldson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/278934\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivor 50 Pre-Season Stats – Colby Donaldson"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the countdown to the Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans<\/a> premiere on Wednesday, February 25, Inside Survivor\u2019s Rob Brodeur will be posting a history of stats for each of the 24 returning castaways.<\/p>\n

Today, we are looking at Survivor: Australian Outback<\/a>, Survivor: All-Stars<\/a>, and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains<\/a> castaway, Colby Donaldson.<\/p>\n

Colby Donaldson<\/p>\n

Original season: The Australian Outback (Runner-Up)
\nReturning seasons: All-Stars (12th Place) & Heroes vs. Villains (5th Place)
\nAge on original season: 26
\nAge on In the Hands of the Fans: 51
\nThis is the first time Colby is competing in a season without Jerri.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Colby was the only player on All-Stars that was a runner-up in his previous season.
\nColby is the first male to win the final immunity challenge, and be the first male runner-up.<\/p>\n

He was also the first player to be a victim of the \u201ccar curse\u201d
\nHe was the only man from The Australian Outback to be on All-Stars.<\/p>\n

Colby is tied with Sandra, Rob, & Cirie for having been on the most all-returning player seasons of any Survivor contestant with 3.<\/p>\n

Sandra was on Heroes vs. Villains, Game Changers, & Winners at War
\nRob was on All-Stars, Heroes vs. Villains, & Winners at War
\nColby was on All-Stars, Heroes vs. Villains, & In the Hands of the Fans
\nCirie was on Heroes vs. Villains, Game Changers & In the Hands of the Fans<\/p>\n

Colby is the only player who was on the original Mogo Mogo tribe in All-Stars and has returned for subsequent seasons.<\/p>\n

Multiple players from Chapera and Saboga have returned.<\/p>\n

Colby is tied with Tom, Terry, Ozzy, Mike H, & Brad for most individual immunity wins with 5.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Colby, Rob, Jerri, & Rupert competed on both All-Stars & Heroes vs. Villains
\nColby, Russell, & Coach all competed in three seasons and never took part in a tribe swap.
\nColby and Stephenie have started on the same starting tribe twice, Heroes & Vatu.
\nColby is the only player in Survivor history that will have competed in 42 day, 39 day, and 26 day seasons.
\nColby & Coach have played in seasons that started with 16, 18, 20, & 24 players
\nColby & Coach have the same placements in each of their 3 seasons.<\/p>\n

Runner-up: Colby was runner-up on The Australian Outback & Coach was runner-up on South Pacific
\n5th Place: Colby was 5th place on Heroes vs. Villains & Coach was 5th place on Tocantins
\n12th Place: Colby was 12th place on All-Stars & Coach was 12th place on Heroes vs. Villains<\/p>\n

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