Adam Klein
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Born: January 15, 1991
Hometown: San Francisco, California Occupation: Homeless Shelter Manager Seasons: Millennials vs. Gen X; Winners at War Placing: Winner (Millennials vs. Gen X); Twelfth (Winners at War) Tribes: Vanua; Takali (v2); Vanaka; Sele; Yara; Koru Total Challenge Wins: 12
Days Lasted: 74 Votes Against: 21 Awards: Strategy With A Smile (Millennials vs. Gen X); Best Strategic Move (Millennials vs. Gen X); Bamboozled (Millennials vs. Gen X) |
Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X
Adam began the game on the Millennials tribe, Vanua. He seemed to be in a good position as the Triforce alliance prompted the formation of a counter alliance that he was a part of. Despite being in a 6-4 advantage, Michelle Schubert lead the charge to cause three members to flip and join the Triforce in blindsiding Mari Takahashi, leaving Adam and Zeke Smith on the outs. Both of them were upset with Hannah Shapiro after Tribal Council despite her wishing to work with them in the future. Now in a vulnerable position, Adam tried to regroup the remnants of his alliance and found Vanua's Hidden Immunity Idol.
After the Tribal Switch, he was put on Takali with Millennials Figgy Figueroa and Taylor Stocker and Gen-Xers Ken McNickle and Jessica Lewis. At their only Tribal Council visit, knowing how powerful Figgy and Taylor were, Adam took the opportunity to blindside Figgy. This would cause Taylor to target him for the rest of the game. Unaware of Taylor's grudge against him, Adam confided with Taylor an interest in forming an alliance with him and to target Will Wahl. Taylor used this information to turn the Merged tribe against Adam. Despite Adam's paranoia after Will won immunity, his alliance protected him and voted out Michelle and Taylor at the beginning of the merge. After that, the decisions got tougher as sub alliances began jockeying for position. Adam joined David Wright's alliance in blindsiding Chris Hammons at the next Tribal Council. At the final ten Tribal Council, Adam told David to play his Hidden Immunity Idol on Ken after Sunday Burquest lied to him about Ken being the target, so this resulted in a tie between Hannah and Zeke. Then a rock drawing tiebreaker occurred, where Jessica picked the black rock and was sent to the Jury.
At the Loved Ones Challenge, Adam met his brother Evan. He then announced that he has an advantage to steal a reward, but will not use it. Jay Starrett won the challenge and chose to share the reward with Will, Sunday, and Adam. Evan shared information about their mother's battle with cancer. To show his gratitude to Jay for sharing the reward with him, Adam gave Jay the Reward Stealer. Adam won the next Immunity Challenge. At Tribal Council, he played his idol on Hannah, which negated the four votes at against her, but it was unneeded as Will had flipped and Zeke was blindsided. On Day 34, Adam decided to get rid of Will because he was trying to play both sides. Adam's plan worked as Will was blindsided. After Ken won immunity at the final seven, Adam wanted to split the votes between David and Jay to eliminate both Jay's idol and a major threat to win. However, Hannah wanted to vote out Sunday, leaving Adam conflicted. He told Jay to play his idol, and confided in him about his mother's cancer battle. At Tribal Council, Adam sided with Hannah and Sunday was blindsided. On Day 36, Adam, David, Hannah, Bret LaBelle, and Ken blindsided Jay. On Day 37, Ken won immunity. Adam and Bret decided to target David; Adam then searched for a Hidden Immunity Idol, which he found. He then told Hannah about his new idol and plan to eliminate David. At Tribal Council, Adam played the idol on himself but received no votes and Hannah and Ken sided with David, blindsiding Bret. On Day 38, Ken won the Final Immunity Challenge. Knowing he and David were the targets, Adam practiced for a possible fire making tiebreaker, but at Tribal Council, Ken sided with Adam and Hannah and David was blindsided.
At the Final Tribal Council, Adam and Hannah argued about strategic decisions, and Adam finally admitted to the entire jury about his mother having cancer. Ultimately, the jury of 10 unanimously voted for Adam to win the title of Sole Survivor, believing he played the best strategic and social game amongst the finalists.
After the Tribal Switch, he was put on Takali with Millennials Figgy Figueroa and Taylor Stocker and Gen-Xers Ken McNickle and Jessica Lewis. At their only Tribal Council visit, knowing how powerful Figgy and Taylor were, Adam took the opportunity to blindside Figgy. This would cause Taylor to target him for the rest of the game. Unaware of Taylor's grudge against him, Adam confided with Taylor an interest in forming an alliance with him and to target Will Wahl. Taylor used this information to turn the Merged tribe against Adam. Despite Adam's paranoia after Will won immunity, his alliance protected him and voted out Michelle and Taylor at the beginning of the merge. After that, the decisions got tougher as sub alliances began jockeying for position. Adam joined David Wright's alliance in blindsiding Chris Hammons at the next Tribal Council. At the final ten Tribal Council, Adam told David to play his Hidden Immunity Idol on Ken after Sunday Burquest lied to him about Ken being the target, so this resulted in a tie between Hannah and Zeke. Then a rock drawing tiebreaker occurred, where Jessica picked the black rock and was sent to the Jury.
At the Loved Ones Challenge, Adam met his brother Evan. He then announced that he has an advantage to steal a reward, but will not use it. Jay Starrett won the challenge and chose to share the reward with Will, Sunday, and Adam. Evan shared information about their mother's battle with cancer. To show his gratitude to Jay for sharing the reward with him, Adam gave Jay the Reward Stealer. Adam won the next Immunity Challenge. At Tribal Council, he played his idol on Hannah, which negated the four votes at against her, but it was unneeded as Will had flipped and Zeke was blindsided. On Day 34, Adam decided to get rid of Will because he was trying to play both sides. Adam's plan worked as Will was blindsided. After Ken won immunity at the final seven, Adam wanted to split the votes between David and Jay to eliminate both Jay's idol and a major threat to win. However, Hannah wanted to vote out Sunday, leaving Adam conflicted. He told Jay to play his idol, and confided in him about his mother's cancer battle. At Tribal Council, Adam sided with Hannah and Sunday was blindsided. On Day 36, Adam, David, Hannah, Bret LaBelle, and Ken blindsided Jay. On Day 37, Ken won immunity. Adam and Bret decided to target David; Adam then searched for a Hidden Immunity Idol, which he found. He then told Hannah about his new idol and plan to eliminate David. At Tribal Council, Adam played the idol on himself but received no votes and Hannah and Ken sided with David, blindsiding Bret. On Day 38, Ken won the Final Immunity Challenge. Knowing he and David were the targets, Adam practiced for a possible fire making tiebreaker, but at Tribal Council, Ken sided with Adam and Hannah and David was blindsided.
At the Final Tribal Council, Adam and Hannah argued about strategic decisions, and Adam finally admitted to the entire jury about his mother having cancer. Ultimately, the jury of 10 unanimously voted for Adam to win the title of Sole Survivor, believing he played the best strategic and social game amongst the finalists.
Voting History
Episode |
Adam Voted For |
Voted For Adam |
2 |
Figgy Figueroa |
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6 |
Figgy Figueora |
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8 |
Michelle Schubert |
Jay Starrett, Michelle Schubert, Taylor Lee Stocker, Will Wahl |
9 |
Taylor Lee Stocker |
Taylor Lee Stocker |
10 |
Chris Hammons |
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10 |
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11 |
Individual Immunity |
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12 |
Will Wahl |
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12 |
Sunday Burquest |
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13 |
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13 |
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13 |
David Wright |
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13 |
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Jury Vote: Bret LaBelle, Chris Hammons, David Wright, Jay Starrett, Jessica Lewis, Michelle Schubert, Sunday Burquest, Taylor Lee Stocker, Will Wahl, Zeke Smith |
Survivor: Winners at War
Nick was originally on the Sele Tribe, where he formed a bond with Denise Stapley. However, the two soon found themselves in hot water after going off alone together for a long time. Adam and Denise found themselves the target of the first Tribal Council. However, Rob Mariano decided that they needed to vote out Natalie Anderson, in order to split up her team with Jeremy Collins. This plan proved to save Adam, as Natalie was voted out.
After losing the next Immunity, Danni Boatwright went around with a plan to blindside Parvati, but Boston Rob wasn't having any of it, as he went around with a plan to vote out Danni instead. The rest of the Tribe were more than willing to comply, as Danni was voted out.
After losing the next Immunity, the Tribe were planning to vote out Parvati to split her up with Boston Rob. However, Adam told the plan to Rob in order to garner trust with him and not wanting to cross "the Godfather". Rob took this information to Jeremy and Michele Fitzgerald and they, along with Ben Driebergen planned on voting out Adam for playing both sides. However, in the end, the rest of the Tribe decided to leave Adam out of the vote, but vote out Ethan Zohn instead to weaken Rob's alliance.
There was then a Tribal Switch that saw Adam, Boston Rob and Ben end up on a Tribe with Sophie Clarke and Sarah Lacina. This posed a problem as none of the three guys trusted each other, so they struggled with if they wanted to stick together or not. Rob eventually implemented his classic "Buddy System", making the three guys stick together so that they wouldn't be swayed by the girls. However, Adam and Ben were sick of Rob's dictatorship and sided with the girls, voting Boston Rob out.
The Tribes then Merged and Adam found himself once again the target of the vote, with Wendell Holland, Nick Wilson and Michele Fitzgerald targeting him, because he was being known for being untrustworthy. However, the main alliance of Jeremy, Ben, Tyson Apostol and the others were planning on voting out Nick, as he was annoyingly walking up on everybodies conversations. However, Wendell was considered a bigger threat, so they targetted him instead and Wendell was voted out.
In the next days, Adam proposed to Tony and a few others that they vote out Sarah in order to split her and Sophie up, who were viewed as a pair. However, this information quickly got around and Sarah's allies quickly worked to protect her and decided to vote out Adam instead, sending him to Edge of Extinction.
Adam was unable to win his way back in the game at the Edge of Extinction challenge and was eliminated from the game as a member of the Jury.
After losing the next Immunity, Danni Boatwright went around with a plan to blindside Parvati, but Boston Rob wasn't having any of it, as he went around with a plan to vote out Danni instead. The rest of the Tribe were more than willing to comply, as Danni was voted out.
After losing the next Immunity, the Tribe were planning to vote out Parvati to split her up with Boston Rob. However, Adam told the plan to Rob in order to garner trust with him and not wanting to cross "the Godfather". Rob took this information to Jeremy and Michele Fitzgerald and they, along with Ben Driebergen planned on voting out Adam for playing both sides. However, in the end, the rest of the Tribe decided to leave Adam out of the vote, but vote out Ethan Zohn instead to weaken Rob's alliance.
There was then a Tribal Switch that saw Adam, Boston Rob and Ben end up on a Tribe with Sophie Clarke and Sarah Lacina. This posed a problem as none of the three guys trusted each other, so they struggled with if they wanted to stick together or not. Rob eventually implemented his classic "Buddy System", making the three guys stick together so that they wouldn't be swayed by the girls. However, Adam and Ben were sick of Rob's dictatorship and sided with the girls, voting Boston Rob out.
The Tribes then Merged and Adam found himself once again the target of the vote, with Wendell Holland, Nick Wilson and Michele Fitzgerald targeting him, because he was being known for being untrustworthy. However, the main alliance of Jeremy, Ben, Tyson Apostol and the others were planning on voting out Nick, as he was annoyingly walking up on everybodies conversations. However, Wendell was considered a bigger threat, so they targetted him instead and Wendell was voted out.
In the next days, Adam proposed to Tony and a few others that they vote out Sarah in order to split her and Sophie up, who were viewed as a pair. However, this information quickly got around and Sarah's allies quickly worked to protect her and decided to vote out Adam instead, sending him to Edge of Extinction.
Adam was unable to win his way back in the game at the Edge of Extinction challenge and was eliminated from the game as a member of the Jury.
Voting History
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Adam Voted For |
Voted For Adam |
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5 |
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9 |
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14 |
For Sole Survivor: Tony Vlachos |
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Trivia
- Adam was the one who suggested the name Vinaka for the merged tribe.
- Adam is the first castaway to find and possess the Reward Steal advantage.
- Adam is the second person to possess both a Hidden Immunity Idol and an advantage at the same time, preceded by Tai Trang. He was followed by Lauren Rimmer and Aubry Bracco.
- Adam set the record for the latest discovery of a Hidden Immunity Idol, finding his second one on Day 37. This was later tied by Ben Driebergen in Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers and Dean Kowalski in Island of the Idols.
- Adam is the second Sole Survivor to take part in a rock draw tiebreaker, after Tyson Apostol.
- Adam is the fifth person to win Survivor in a unanimous vote, following Earl Cole, J.T. Thomas, John Cochran, and Jeremy Collins.
- Adam has the most elimination votes against a unanimous winner, with six.
- Adam is the youngest castaway to compete on Winners at War.
- Being 28 at the time of filming, Adam is the oldest castaway to be the youngest castaway of a season.
- Adam is the second castaway to try to play a prop as a Hidden Immunity Idol, after Jaime Dugan.
- Adam lost 118 lbs. during his time on Winners at War. Upon learning his weight, Adam noted that he weighed 118 lbs. after the conclusion of Millennials vs. Gen X.