Ethan Zohn
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Born: November 12, 1973
Hometown: Lexington, Massachusetts; New York, New York Occupation: Professional Soccer Player Seasons: Africa; All Stars; Winners at War Placing: Winner (Africa); Eleventh (All Stars); Seventeenth (Winners at War) Tribes: Boran; Moto Maji; Saboga; Mogo Mogo (v2); Sele Total Challenge Wins: 12
Days Lasted: 95 Votes Against: 10 Awards: Social Butterfly (Africa); Best Strategic Move (Africa); Bamboozled! (Africa); Super Hero (Africa) |
Survivor: Africa
As part of the Boran tribe, Zohn was seen as a strong player who could potentially win challenges, and was not targeted early because of his congenial personality. During Boran's two back-to-back Immunity Challenges losses, he joined the majority to vote off Diane Ogden and Jessie Camacho. Over the next few days, Ethan would cement a long-term alliance with Lex van den Berghe and Tom Buchanan from his Boran tribe. But during a twist on Day 13 saw both of Zohn's alliance members switch from Boran to the Samburu tribe, leaving Ethan alone with old Boran members Kim Johnson and Clarence Black. Two of the new Boran members from the Samburu Tribe, Teresa Cooper and Frank Garrison, had an old misunderstanding with younger old Samburu member Silas Gaither. So, on Day 15, a secret consensus was reached between Teresa and Frank and the original Borans (in which the two ex-Samburus would swear loyalty to Boran) by purposefully throwing the next Immunity Challenge in order to vote out the unpopular Silas. Both of Ethan's alliance members, Tom and Lex, remained safe on the Samburu tribe, carrying all three into the merge. Ethan's alliance soon began to take control of the game, along with other members Kim Johnson and Kelly Goldsmith, all from the original Boran. They immediately targeted old Boran member Clarence Black due to his physical strength and he was voted out. But unbeknownst to Lex, he had received another vote at Tribal Council, who he believed had come from Kelly, but Teresa was the real culprit. This led Lex on a witch-hunt against Kelly which almost led to the demise of Ethan's alliance when Kelly possessed the power with the other four ex-Samburu members, Teresa, Frank, Kim Powers, and Brandon Quinton. But at the last minute, Brandon switched his vote, saving Lex and eliminating Kelly. But this move came back to haunt Brandon, when Ethan's alliance saw him as untrustworthy and voted him out at the next Tribal Council. Ethan, Lex, Tom and Kim Johnson regained control of the game, ousting previous Samburu members Frank, Kim Powers, and Teresa in the next three votes, carrying them into the Final Four. Kim Johnson surprised everyone by winning the remaining Immunity Challenges, putting the men (who already planned to be the final three) in trouble. Tom and Lex were eliminated respectively, thus bringing Ethan to Day 39. In the end, Ethan beat out Kim in a 5-2 vote to become the Sole Survivor, receiving votes from Kelly, Frank, Teresa, Tom, and Lex.
Voting History
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Ethan Voted For |
Voted For Ethan |
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Diane Ogden |
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Jessie Camacho |
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5 |
Silas Gaither |
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7 |
Clarence Black |
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8 |
Kelly Goldsmith |
Individual Immunity |
9 |
Brandon Quinton |
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10 |
Frank Garrison |
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12 |
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14 |
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Survivor: All Stars
Originally part of the Saboga tribe, Ethan was immediately targeted as a previous winner, along with Survivor: The Australian Outback winner Tina Wesson. When Saboga lost immunity, the rest of the tribe decided to vote out Tina first, needing Ethan's strength to win future challenges. When Saboga lost immunity once again, Ethan was spared once more over physical liability Rudy Boesch, who had hurt his ankle at the Reward Challenge.
On Day 13, Ethan and the rest of the Saboga tribe were disbanded after losing a challenge. Ethan and Jerri Manthey joined the Mogo Mogo tribe, while Jenna Lewis and Rupert Boneham joined Chapera . Later in that episode, Ethan joined the rest of his new tribe to vote out Survivor: Borneo winner Richard Hatch. With Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien kidnapped by Chapera, Ethan joined forces with Colby Donaldson to oust Jerri. Unfortunately for Ethan, Shii Ann Huang voted against Colby, causing his demise. On the outs, Ethan begged Lex to honor their friendship by keeping him over the unpopular Jerri. Despite this, he was the last of the former winners to take the fall, though he was the most successful of the four previous winners who competed on All-Stars, lasting longer than Tina Wesson, Richard Hatch, and Jenna Morasca did.
Ethan was nominated in Survivor: America's Tribal Council as Sexiest Male, but lost to Colby Donaldson.
On Day 13, Ethan and the rest of the Saboga tribe were disbanded after losing a challenge. Ethan and Jerri Manthey joined the Mogo Mogo tribe, while Jenna Lewis and Rupert Boneham joined Chapera . Later in that episode, Ethan joined the rest of his new tribe to vote out Survivor: Borneo winner Richard Hatch. With Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien kidnapped by Chapera, Ethan joined forces with Colby Donaldson to oust Jerri. Unfortunately for Ethan, Shii Ann Huang voted against Colby, causing his demise. On the outs, Ethan begged Lex to honor their friendship by keeping him over the unpopular Jerri. Despite this, he was the last of the former winners to take the fall, though he was the most successful of the four previous winners who competed on All-Stars, lasting longer than Tina Wesson, Richard Hatch, and Jenna Morasca did.
Ethan was nominated in Survivor: America's Tribal Council as Sexiest Male, but lost to Colby Donaldson.
Voting History
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Survivor: Winners at War
Ethan was on the Sele Tribe, where he formed an early "Old School Alliance" with Rob Mariano and Parvati Shallow. Originally, Danni Boatwright told some people to vote out Rob, but when Rob confronted her about it, she was honest, so Rob pulled her into their alliance. Rob wanted to target Natalie Anderson to break up the pair of her and Jeremy Collins. Rob managed to manipulate the other players into going along with his plan and Natalie was voted out.
After losing Immunity, Danni felt ostacized by her alliance, so she tried to get Rob and Ethan to blindside Parvati. However, even though Rob agreed to her face, they had no interest in voting out their closest ally. Because of this, they went to vote her out. The others were happy to decrease the Old School Alliance's numbers and went along with voting Danni out.
Later on, Adam Klein came up to Rob and told him that the rest of the Tribe were planning to vote out Parvati. However, Rob told Jeremy and Michelle Fitzgerald that Adam had told them and suggested voting out Adam, who had proved to be "flip-floppy". However, the Tribe decided to give Adam a second chance and blindsided Ethan, sending him to Edge of Extinction.
Ethan spent a lot of time on the Edge, but failed to win his way back into the game at either of the challenges and eventually found himself on the Jury.
After losing Immunity, Danni felt ostacized by her alliance, so she tried to get Rob and Ethan to blindside Parvati. However, even though Rob agreed to her face, they had no interest in voting out their closest ally. Because of this, they went to vote her out. The others were happy to decrease the Old School Alliance's numbers and went along with voting Danni out.
Later on, Adam Klein came up to Rob and told him that the rest of the Tribe were planning to vote out Parvati. However, Rob told Jeremy and Michelle Fitzgerald that Adam had told them and suggested voting out Adam, who had proved to be "flip-floppy". However, the Tribe decided to give Adam a second chance and blindsided Ethan, sending him to Edge of Extinction.
Ethan spent a lot of time on the Edge, but failed to win his way back into the game at either of the challenges and eventually found himself on the Jury.
Voting History
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Voted For Ethan |
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For Sole Survivor: Natalie Anderson |
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Trivia
- Ethan's luxury item on Survivor: Africa was a hacky sack. He gave it away on a trip to a local African village.
- Ethan is the only castaway from Africa to never receive an elimination vote.
- Ethan is the first male to reach the Final Tribal Council without receiving a single vote against him.
- Ethan was the first male winner to have every person they vote against at Tribal Council leave the game.
- Ethan is the first Jewish player to win the title of Sole Survivor.
- Ethan was the first person to earn the title of Sole Survivor and not win in a 4-3 vote.
- Ethan is the first Sole Survivor to win with more than four Jury votes.
- Ethan was the first castaway in their twenties to become the Sole Survivor.
- At the Africa Reunion Show, Bryant Gumbel mispronounced Ethan's name as Ethan Zorn.
- In Survivor: All-Stars, Ethan lasted in the game longer than the other past Sole Survivors (Tina Wesson, Richard Hatch, and Jenna Morasca)
- Ethan once held the record for the longest days lasted without getting voted off with 60 days. His streak was broken by Amanda Kimmel.
- Ethan was the only returning player from Survivor: Africa to be eliminated before the Merge in All-Stars.
- Ethan is one of seven Sole Survivors (along with Jenna, Richard, Rob, Tom Westman, Tony Vlachos and Sandra Diaz-Twine) to play more than once and not be a member of the jury in any season.
- In her Heroes vs. Villains profile, Jerri Manthey listed Ethan as the past Survivor contestant she respects the most.
- Ethan and Jenna are the second Survivor couple to compete in The Amazing Race, following Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich. The pairs were followed by Keith Tollefson and Whitney Duncan.
- In an interview on Rob Has a Podcast, it was revealed that Ethan and Jenna were considered to return in Survivor: South Pacific, after applying for The Amazing Race. The couple declined the offer, saying they were not interested in competing against each other.
- In a Survivor Oz interview, it was revealed by Corinne Kaplan that she and Ethan dated after he won Africa.
- Ethan is one of fifteen castaways, along with Rob Mariano, John Palyok, Keith Tollefson, Amber Brkich, Richard Hatch, Hayden Moss, Whitney Duncan, Twila Tanner, Jenna Morasca, Jon Dalton, Natalie Anderson, Nadiya Anderson, Michael Jefferson, and Caleb Reynolds to compete on another reality show besides Survivor.
- By returning in Winners at War 16 years and 32 seasons after their appearance in All-Stars, Ethan and Amber Mariano broke Kelly Wiglesworth's record for the longest period in between appearances on the show.
- Ethan is the oldest man on the original Sele tribe.