Survivor: All-Stars Donaldson competed in Survivor: All-Stars (2004) as part of the original Mogo Mogo tribe. Mogo Mogo and Chapera absorbed the remaining members of the Saboga tribe, which dissolved after finishing last in a rowing challenge. Then Donaldson secretly arranged to oust the Borneo winner and another Mogo Mogo tribe member Richard Hatch, whom Donaldson perceived as a threat, making Hatch the fifth player eliminated. After asserting leadership for Mogo Mogo, Donaldson was eliminated by the 3–2 vote due to his potential threat status, despite his efforts to oust The Australian Outback returnee Jerri Manthey. At the reunion show, Donaldson was most voted the sexiest Survivor male player. Post-All-Stars appearances Donaldson portrayed himself in "The Survivor" (2004), an episode of American sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm. In the episode, he is mistaken for a Holocaust survivor, and he and an actual Holocaust survivor argue at a dinner table over whose survival experience was tougher to endure than the other. He portrayed also a high school sweetheart of one of leading characters in the Good Girls Don't episode that aired on Oxygen on July 9, 2004, He portrayed a cop, unbeknownst to a main character Bridget (Kaley Cuoco) who entered a club with a fake ID card and became attracted to him there, in the 8 Simple Rules episode that aired on ABC on November 12, 2004. That same year, he portrayed a love interest of Brittany Hodges (Lauren Woodland) in The Young and the Restless and a dim actor and rival of Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc) in three episodes of Joey. Donaldson was among People magazine's "50 Hottest Bachelors" of 2004. He was one of celebrity judges for Animal Planet's Nuts for Mutts, a contest for mixed-breed dogs, that same year. Donaldson and Survivor host Jeff Probst made guest appearances on Mad TV in 2005. He and singer Gloria Gaynor hosted an episode of fourteen-part Animal Planet series The A-List (2007) covering survival of strong animals. Donaldson frequently appeared in talk show Rachael Ray. He hosted Speed's American Thunder in 2009 and appeared at a Make-A-Wish Foundation motorcycle-based fundraiser "Rumble to the Summit" on June 12–13, 2009. Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains Donaldson competed for the third time in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains (2010) as part of the Heroes tribe, which early in the season lost its four members as result of losing four of five tribal immunity challenges. After one