Rendered a non-entity due to the target on her back in Survivor: All-Stars, all of Tina’s glory lies in the Australian Outback, though that could easily change in the coming months. Tina’s win in Australia is often attributed more to Colby’s failure in choosing his opponent than her own prowess, which is a wild misconception as Tina had more strategic game play in one season than Colby has had in three. Tina’s first big move came when, on the way to Tribal Council, she swapped the votes to Mitchell, one of her own alliance members. This was only the fourth vote off of the season, and at that point in Survivor, no one had come close to making such a move so early in the game. It was a groundbreaking move by someone who was playing the game hard and fast from the very start. Tina was also able to gain information from the opposing Kucha tribe during a challenge, where she discovered from Kimmi that Jeff Varner had previous votes against him and that, were it to come to a tie after the Merge, Jeff’s past votes would be enough to send him home. Sure enough, the information paid off, Jeff was voted out, and Ogakor had the lead, which they would never lose for the rest of the game. However, Tina’s masterstroke was her alliance with Colby. It’s clear from the season that Colby has a very strong relationship with his mother, something Tina sniffed out early and exploited to the fullest of her ability, acting as a mother figure for Colby the entire game. When the time came for Colby to make his decision as to who to take to the finals, he couldn’t bring himself to write down the name of his Survivor mother. Tina Wesson’s strategy might have been a quiet one, but it was incredibly effective and is one of the best games the show has ever seen.