Jeremy Collins
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BamboozledBorn: April 16, 1978
Hometown: Foxboro, Massachusetts Occupation: Firefighter Seasons: San Juan del Sur; Cambodia; Winners at War Placing: Tenth (San Juan del Sur); Winner (Cambodia); Eighth (Winners at War) Tribes: Hunahpu; Huyopa; Bayon; Orkun; Sele; Dakal; Koru Total Challenge Wins: 23
Days Lasted: 98 Votes Against: 9 (3 Cancelled out with Hidden Immunity Idol) Awards: Strategy With A Smile (Cambodia); Bamboozled (Winners at War) |
Survivor: San Juan del Sur
Jeremy started the game on Day Zero with his wife, Val. The next day they were split: Jeremy was designated to Hunahpu, and Val was assigned to Coyopa. When Jeff then announced there would be a Hero Duel, Jeremy eagerly volunteered for the opportunity, not knowing his opponent. When Jeff explained he would compete against his wife - the loser going to Exile Island - Jeremy was ready for the challenge. He got out to a fast start in the challenge and never let up, winning soundly and sending Val to Exile; he then chose Keith from his own tribe to join her based on his profession.
Hunahpu was dysfunctional for much of the pre- Merge, but were buoyed by their challenge dominance. He did, however, visit Exile Island with John Rocker during the second episode, as he was chosen by Julie. There, John promised he would do what he could to protect Val back at Coyopa. However, Val bluffed too hard, claiming she had two idols. John's plan to save her revolved around her playing an idol - an idol she didn't have. Val was voted out on a revote at that Tribal Council.
On Day 7, Jeremy saw his wife had been voted out, and forced John to confess to his tribe that he had tried to save Val, leading to John's ouster the next day. Hunahpu then visited Tribal for the first time on Day 10 after Drew threw the Immunity Challenge. Jeremy voted with the women of his tribe, blindsiding Drew 5-2-1-1.
After the Tribal Swap, Jeremy remained on Hunahpu with his allies Natalie and Julie, but they were outnumbered by the alliance of Josh, Reed, Alec and Wes. Luckily, they didn't lose any Immunity Challenges after the swap. They did, however, have to trade most of their belongings for a new supply of rice, as they had overeaten and were entirely out of food.
After the merge, two factions arose: Jeremy's alliance, including Julie, Natalie, Baylor and Missy; and Josh's, including Reed, Alec, Wes, and Keith. This left Jaclyn and Jon as the swing votes. On Day 18, it seemed as if Josh had successfully roped in Jon and Jaclyn, and they were targeting Jeremy. However, he was spared by the fact that his ally, Julie, quit.
In the next episode, Jeremy won his only individual Immunity Challenge, narrowly defeating Josh. Some chauvinistic comments and actions by a member of Josh's alliance - namely, Alec - offended Jaclyn, causing her and Jon to flip over to Jeremy's alliance. They successfully voted Josh out on Day 21, 6-5.
The next day, Jeremy won the Reward Challenge, but along with Natalie opted to give their respective rewards to Jon and Jaclyn as repayment for their votes the night before. Jon returned the favor by sending Jeremy to his second stint on Exile Island. There, he realized that Jon, the previous inhabitant, had found the Hidden Immunity Idol.
Baylor won immunity on Day 24, and Reed, sensing he was in trouble, scrambled to shake up the vote. He found Keith's Hidden Immunity Idol clue in his bag and brought it to the attention of some of his tribemates. However, what ultimately changed the tribe dynamic was Jeremy's confronting Jon about his possession of an idol, which Jon denied. Jon then rallied together Jaclyn, Baylor, Missy, and Reed to vote Jeremy out. They did so successfully, eliminating the Foxborough firefighter, 5-3-2, to become the second member of the jury.
At Final Tribal Council, Jeremy made a speech advocating for Natalie, praising her as the best player of the season. Jeremy voted for his former ally Natalie to win, which she did, 5-2-1.
Hunahpu was dysfunctional for much of the pre- Merge, but were buoyed by their challenge dominance. He did, however, visit Exile Island with John Rocker during the second episode, as he was chosen by Julie. There, John promised he would do what he could to protect Val back at Coyopa. However, Val bluffed too hard, claiming she had two idols. John's plan to save her revolved around her playing an idol - an idol she didn't have. Val was voted out on a revote at that Tribal Council.
On Day 7, Jeremy saw his wife had been voted out, and forced John to confess to his tribe that he had tried to save Val, leading to John's ouster the next day. Hunahpu then visited Tribal for the first time on Day 10 after Drew threw the Immunity Challenge. Jeremy voted with the women of his tribe, blindsiding Drew 5-2-1-1.
After the Tribal Swap, Jeremy remained on Hunahpu with his allies Natalie and Julie, but they were outnumbered by the alliance of Josh, Reed, Alec and Wes. Luckily, they didn't lose any Immunity Challenges after the swap. They did, however, have to trade most of their belongings for a new supply of rice, as they had overeaten and were entirely out of food.
After the merge, two factions arose: Jeremy's alliance, including Julie, Natalie, Baylor and Missy; and Josh's, including Reed, Alec, Wes, and Keith. This left Jaclyn and Jon as the swing votes. On Day 18, it seemed as if Josh had successfully roped in Jon and Jaclyn, and they were targeting Jeremy. However, he was spared by the fact that his ally, Julie, quit.
In the next episode, Jeremy won his only individual Immunity Challenge, narrowly defeating Josh. Some chauvinistic comments and actions by a member of Josh's alliance - namely, Alec - offended Jaclyn, causing her and Jon to flip over to Jeremy's alliance. They successfully voted Josh out on Day 21, 6-5.
The next day, Jeremy won the Reward Challenge, but along with Natalie opted to give their respective rewards to Jon and Jaclyn as repayment for their votes the night before. Jon returned the favor by sending Jeremy to his second stint on Exile Island. There, he realized that Jon, the previous inhabitant, had found the Hidden Immunity Idol.
Baylor won immunity on Day 24, and Reed, sensing he was in trouble, scrambled to shake up the vote. He found Keith's Hidden Immunity Idol clue in his bag and brought it to the attention of some of his tribemates. However, what ultimately changed the tribe dynamic was Jeremy's confronting Jon about his possession of an idol, which Jon denied. Jon then rallied together Jaclyn, Baylor, Missy, and Reed to vote Jeremy out. They did so successfully, eliminating the Foxborough firefighter, 5-3-2, to become the second member of the jury.
At Final Tribal Council, Jeremy made a speech advocating for Natalie, praising her as the best player of the season. Jeremy voted for his former ally Natalie to win, which she did, 5-2-1.
Voting History
Episode |
Jeremy Voted For |
Voted For Jeremy |
4 |
Drew Christy |
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8 |
Josh Canfield |
Individual Immunity |
9 |
Baylor Wilson; Jaclyn Schultz; Jon Misch; Missy Payne; Reed Kelly |
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14 |
For Sole Survivor: Natalie Anderson |
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Survivor: Cambodia
Jeremy was chosen by public vote from thirty two candidates to compete on the "Second Chance" season, Survivor: Cambodia.
Jeremy was a part of the Bayon tribe. After hitting the beach, he immediately formed alliances with Andrew Savage, Keith Nale, Joe Anglim, and Tasha Fox. His intention is to surround himself with shields in the form of more vocal players such Savage and physical threats such as Joe. On Day 5, Andrew told the tribe a heartfelt story about how he met his wife and this made everybody cry. After the story, Jeremy left the shelter so that he could be alone. He then stated in a confessional that his wife was pregnant with their third child, so he was playing for them. Bayon won nearly all the Immunity Challenges even after two Tribal Swaps. Even though there were two tribe swaps, Jeremy always remained on Bayon.
After the first tribe switch, he formed a bond with original Ta Keo member Spencer Bledsoe. On Day 9, he found a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol and found the idol during the Immunity Challenge. After Bayon lost their first, and only, Immunity Challenge, Jeremy and his allies Stephen Fishbach and Monica Padilla agreed to vote out Kelly Wiglesworth, an original Ta Keo member who joined the Bayon tribe at the first tribe switch. However, Kimmi Kappenberg told him that Monica tried to start an all girls alliance, which infuriated him. As a result, at Tribal Council, Jeremy, along with Kimmi and Stephen, voted together to blindside Monica.
The tribes officially merged with 13 players remaining. His alliance was the majority alliance over Kass McQuillen and Ciera Eastin's minority alliance. Despite being in the majority alliance with most of the original Bayons, plus Spencer and Kelly, the multitude of intertwining relationships as a result of the tribe swaps resulted in everybody creating temporary voting blocs to take out common threats. Jeremy was able to find his second Hidden Immunity Idol and played it on Stephen during the final ten Tribal Council, thus sparing Stephen from elimination and blindsiding Ciera. However, Stephen was voted out at the next Tribal Council. With 8 players remaining, they got to meet their loved ones. Jeremy met his wife Val Collins (whom he competed with as her loved one previously in San Juan del Sur), and she told him that they were going to have a boy. However, Jeremy stated in a confessional that he was not going to tell anyone, believing that it could jeopardize his game.
With six players remaining, Jeremy was in the majority alliance that consisted of himself, Spencer, Tasha, and Kimmi. However, Kimmi jumped ship to Keith and Kelley Wentworth's side. Spencer and Tasha warned him about Kimmi possibly flipping, but Jeremy did not believe them. At Tribal Council, both Jeremy and Kelley played their idols, each negating the three votes against them. This was the first time in Survivor history that no votes did count for anybody at Tribal Council. Jeremy, angry that Kimmi voted against him, decided to vote against her at the revote. He skipped to the voting booth and happily voted against her, which the jury did not like. However, both Tasha and Kimmi were tied with three votes each. Then Jeff asked them if anyone was willing to change their votes and all of them said no. Afterwards, Jeff gave Jeremy, Spencer, Kelley, and Keith Nale two minutes to decide whether they were going to send either Kimmi or Tasha home. Otherwise, both would become immune, and Keith would be eliminated by default. Jeremy and Spencer still wanted to eliminate Kimmi. Consequently, both Kelley and Keith then decided to eliminate Kimmi, sending her to the jury so that Keith wouldn't get voted out.
After the Tribal Council, Kelley won the final five Immunity Challenge. Back at camp, Jeremy whispered to Keith to vote out Spencer. At Tribal Council, Keith did not put out the fake idol Kelley gave him, and Jeremy stayed loyal to Spencer and voted against Keith, sending him to the jury. Later, Jeremy won the Final Immunity Challenge. Despite having an alliance with Spencer and Tasha, he very briefly considered taking Kelley to the end. However, Jeremy decided almost right away that he was going to vote out Kelley. At Tribal Council, Jeremy pretended that his vote was up in the air. In response, Spencer threatened to vote for Kelley to win and sway the jury to vote for her as well, if Jeremy were to vote him out. As planned, he honored his alliance with Spencer and voted out Kelley, making her the final member of the Jury.
At the Final Tribal Council, Jeremy was praised by Stephen for his loyalty and playing with honor and integrity. However, Andrew criticized him for skipping and being arrogant during Kimmi's elimination, and Kimmi chastised him for replacing her with Spencer in their alliance. When Kelley asked the finalists what their second chance was about, Jeremy said that he was doing it for his family, including his unborn son, and that he struggled with keeping his wife's pregnancy a secret for the entire game. Ultimately, the ten jurors voted for Jeremy, making him the Sole Survivor of Survivor: Cambodia, and the fourth person to win by a unanimous jury vote.
Jeremy was a part of the Bayon tribe. After hitting the beach, he immediately formed alliances with Andrew Savage, Keith Nale, Joe Anglim, and Tasha Fox. His intention is to surround himself with shields in the form of more vocal players such Savage and physical threats such as Joe. On Day 5, Andrew told the tribe a heartfelt story about how he met his wife and this made everybody cry. After the story, Jeremy left the shelter so that he could be alone. He then stated in a confessional that his wife was pregnant with their third child, so he was playing for them. Bayon won nearly all the Immunity Challenges even after two Tribal Swaps. Even though there were two tribe swaps, Jeremy always remained on Bayon.
After the first tribe switch, he formed a bond with original Ta Keo member Spencer Bledsoe. On Day 9, he found a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol and found the idol during the Immunity Challenge. After Bayon lost their first, and only, Immunity Challenge, Jeremy and his allies Stephen Fishbach and Monica Padilla agreed to vote out Kelly Wiglesworth, an original Ta Keo member who joined the Bayon tribe at the first tribe switch. However, Kimmi Kappenberg told him that Monica tried to start an all girls alliance, which infuriated him. As a result, at Tribal Council, Jeremy, along with Kimmi and Stephen, voted together to blindside Monica.
The tribes officially merged with 13 players remaining. His alliance was the majority alliance over Kass McQuillen and Ciera Eastin's minority alliance. Despite being in the majority alliance with most of the original Bayons, plus Spencer and Kelly, the multitude of intertwining relationships as a result of the tribe swaps resulted in everybody creating temporary voting blocs to take out common threats. Jeremy was able to find his second Hidden Immunity Idol and played it on Stephen during the final ten Tribal Council, thus sparing Stephen from elimination and blindsiding Ciera. However, Stephen was voted out at the next Tribal Council. With 8 players remaining, they got to meet their loved ones. Jeremy met his wife Val Collins (whom he competed with as her loved one previously in San Juan del Sur), and she told him that they were going to have a boy. However, Jeremy stated in a confessional that he was not going to tell anyone, believing that it could jeopardize his game.
With six players remaining, Jeremy was in the majority alliance that consisted of himself, Spencer, Tasha, and Kimmi. However, Kimmi jumped ship to Keith and Kelley Wentworth's side. Spencer and Tasha warned him about Kimmi possibly flipping, but Jeremy did not believe them. At Tribal Council, both Jeremy and Kelley played their idols, each negating the three votes against them. This was the first time in Survivor history that no votes did count for anybody at Tribal Council. Jeremy, angry that Kimmi voted against him, decided to vote against her at the revote. He skipped to the voting booth and happily voted against her, which the jury did not like. However, both Tasha and Kimmi were tied with three votes each. Then Jeff asked them if anyone was willing to change their votes and all of them said no. Afterwards, Jeff gave Jeremy, Spencer, Kelley, and Keith Nale two minutes to decide whether they were going to send either Kimmi or Tasha home. Otherwise, both would become immune, and Keith would be eliminated by default. Jeremy and Spencer still wanted to eliminate Kimmi. Consequently, both Kelley and Keith then decided to eliminate Kimmi, sending her to the jury so that Keith wouldn't get voted out.
After the Tribal Council, Kelley won the final five Immunity Challenge. Back at camp, Jeremy whispered to Keith to vote out Spencer. At Tribal Council, Keith did not put out the fake idol Kelley gave him, and Jeremy stayed loyal to Spencer and voted against Keith, sending him to the jury. Later, Jeremy won the Final Immunity Challenge. Despite having an alliance with Spencer and Tasha, he very briefly considered taking Kelley to the end. However, Jeremy decided almost right away that he was going to vote out Kelley. At Tribal Council, Jeremy pretended that his vote was up in the air. In response, Spencer threatened to vote for Kelley to win and sway the jury to vote for her as well, if Jeremy were to vote him out. As planned, he honored his alliance with Spencer and voted out Kelley, making her the final member of the Jury.
At the Final Tribal Council, Jeremy was praised by Stephen for his loyalty and playing with honor and integrity. However, Andrew criticized him for skipping and being arrogant during Kimmi's elimination, and Kimmi chastised him for replacing her with Spencer in their alliance. When Kelley asked the finalists what their second chance was about, Jeremy said that he was doing it for his family, including his unborn son, and that he struggled with keeping his wife's pregnancy a secret for the entire game. Ultimately, the ten jurors voted for Jeremy, making him the Sole Survivor of Survivor: Cambodia, and the fourth person to win by a unanimous jury vote.
Voting History
Episode |
Jeremy Voted For |
Voted For Jeremy |
5 |
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7 |
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8 |
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9 |
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10 |
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11 |
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12 |
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13 |
Abi-Maria Gomes |
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14 |
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14 |
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14 |
Individual Immunity |
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14 |
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Jury Vote: Abi-Maria Gomes, Andrew Savage, Ciera Eastin, Joe Anglim, Kass McQuillen, Keith Nale, Kelley Wentworth, Kelly Wiglesworth, Kimmi Kappenberg, Stephen Fishbach |
Survivor: Winners at War
Jeremy was originally on the Sele Tribe, where he was reunited with his old alliancemember, Natalie Anderson. On the Tribe, Adam Klein and Denise Stapley became early targets by going off on their own for a long time. After losing Immunity, it appeared that Adam was all set to go home. Hower, Rob Mariano and his Old School Alliance lead the charge of a new attack, blindsiding Natalie to split her and Jeremy up.
They lost Immunity again soon after and the plan going around was to blindside Parvati Shallow to weaken Rob's alliance. However, it was Danni Boagtweight, another of Rob's alliance, that brought up the plan. Because of this, Rob spearheaded another charge and convinced everybody to vote out Danni instead.
They lost Immunity again shortly after and the target was Parvati once again. However, Adam told this plan to Rob. Rob confronted Jeremy and Michele Fitzgerald about it, telling them that Adam told him. This caused them to consider voting out Adam instead, because he's trying to play both sides. They also discussed voting out Ethan Zohn, another of Rob's alliance, who they'd least expect. In the end. they decided to vote out Ethan.
There was then a Tribal Switch that put Jeremy and Denise on the bottom on Dakal, along with Sandra Diaz-Twine, Tony Vlachos and Kim Spradlin-Wolfe. After losing Immunity, Jeremy knew that it was between him and Denise, so he resigned himself to voting for Denise. However, at Tribal Council, Denise played her Hidden Immunity Idol for herself and then played one for Jeremy, using her one vote to blindside Sandra.
The Tribes would then Merge and Jeremy formed a close friendship with Wendell Holland, and he also joined an alliance with other big threats like Tyson Apostol, Tony and Ben Driebergen. Jeremy suggested the idea that they vote out Nick Wilson at the next Tribal, as he wanted to be Wendell's right-hand man instead. However, Ben and Tyson told him that they wanted Wendell out instead because he is a bigger threat. Reluctantly, Jeremy went along with the plan and Wendell was voted out.
Next, Adam went up to Tony and Ben with the plan to vote out Sarah to split up her and Sophie. Because of this and his overall untrustoworthiness, the majority alliance decided to split the votes between Adam and Nick, voting out Adam in the process.
The battle lines were then drawn as the Tribe was split into two alliances. On one hand, Jeremy, Tyson, Kim, Denise and Michele. On the other, Tony, Ben, Sarah, Nick and Sophie. Jeremy was extremely worried about being voted out and told Tyson about his Safety Without Power advantage that let's him leave Tribal Council without voting or getting vcotes. Jeremy was conflicted because it wasn't in his nature to abandon people, especialy his own alliance. However, Jeremy felt like they were coming for him, so he used his Safety Without Power advantage and left Tribal Council, which resulted in Tyson being voted out.
After getting back from Tribal, Jeremy received a lot of hostility from Ben. Jeremy knew that he was the next target, but Tony told him that he was still on his side. Thinking they had the numbers, Jeremy and Michele decided to target Ben. However, Tony later came up to Jeremy and told him that Kim and Denise were turning on him and that they were splitting the votes between Jeremy and Michele. Tony then told him that he and Nick were going with Jeremy and Michele to vote out Sophie. Jeremy was reluctant to do this, having trouble believing that Kim and Denise were turning on him and really wanting Ben out of the game. However, Jeremy went along with it and Sophie was voted out.
However, Jeremy was still a major target going forward, so Michele gave Jeremy her 50/50 Coin Flip Advantage, which would make Jeremy immune if he played it and it landed on "Safe". However, Tony and Nick said that they were still with him and wantred to vote out Kim, who was considered a massive threat. Tony and Nick got Sarah and Jeremy and Ben put their differences aside to ban together and blindside Kim.
It was then time for Jeremy and Ben to go head to head once again. Jeremy wanted Ben out and Ben wanted Jeremy out. Tony was in the middle and wasn't sure what to do. However, at Tribal, Michele played her 50/50 Coin Flip Advantage to make herself immune aas the votes were split between Jeremy and herself and Jeremy was voted out and sent to Edge of Extinction.
Jeremy didn't spend long on the Edge but couldn't win his way back into the game and was eliminated as a member of the Jury.
They lost Immunity again soon after and the plan going around was to blindside Parvati Shallow to weaken Rob's alliance. However, it was Danni Boagtweight, another of Rob's alliance, that brought up the plan. Because of this, Rob spearheaded another charge and convinced everybody to vote out Danni instead.
They lost Immunity again shortly after and the target was Parvati once again. However, Adam told this plan to Rob. Rob confronted Jeremy and Michele Fitzgerald about it, telling them that Adam told him. This caused them to consider voting out Adam instead, because he's trying to play both sides. They also discussed voting out Ethan Zohn, another of Rob's alliance, who they'd least expect. In the end. they decided to vote out Ethan.
There was then a Tribal Switch that put Jeremy and Denise on the bottom on Dakal, along with Sandra Diaz-Twine, Tony Vlachos and Kim Spradlin-Wolfe. After losing Immunity, Jeremy knew that it was between him and Denise, so he resigned himself to voting for Denise. However, at Tribal Council, Denise played her Hidden Immunity Idol for herself and then played one for Jeremy, using her one vote to blindside Sandra.
The Tribes would then Merge and Jeremy formed a close friendship with Wendell Holland, and he also joined an alliance with other big threats like Tyson Apostol, Tony and Ben Driebergen. Jeremy suggested the idea that they vote out Nick Wilson at the next Tribal, as he wanted to be Wendell's right-hand man instead. However, Ben and Tyson told him that they wanted Wendell out instead because he is a bigger threat. Reluctantly, Jeremy went along with the plan and Wendell was voted out.
Next, Adam went up to Tony and Ben with the plan to vote out Sarah to split up her and Sophie. Because of this and his overall untrustoworthiness, the majority alliance decided to split the votes between Adam and Nick, voting out Adam in the process.
The battle lines were then drawn as the Tribe was split into two alliances. On one hand, Jeremy, Tyson, Kim, Denise and Michele. On the other, Tony, Ben, Sarah, Nick and Sophie. Jeremy was extremely worried about being voted out and told Tyson about his Safety Without Power advantage that let's him leave Tribal Council without voting or getting vcotes. Jeremy was conflicted because it wasn't in his nature to abandon people, especialy his own alliance. However, Jeremy felt like they were coming for him, so he used his Safety Without Power advantage and left Tribal Council, which resulted in Tyson being voted out.
After getting back from Tribal, Jeremy received a lot of hostility from Ben. Jeremy knew that he was the next target, but Tony told him that he was still on his side. Thinking they had the numbers, Jeremy and Michele decided to target Ben. However, Tony later came up to Jeremy and told him that Kim and Denise were turning on him and that they were splitting the votes between Jeremy and Michele. Tony then told him that he and Nick were going with Jeremy and Michele to vote out Sophie. Jeremy was reluctant to do this, having trouble believing that Kim and Denise were turning on him and really wanting Ben out of the game. However, Jeremy went along with it and Sophie was voted out.
However, Jeremy was still a major target going forward, so Michele gave Jeremy her 50/50 Coin Flip Advantage, which would make Jeremy immune if he played it and it landed on "Safe". However, Tony and Nick said that they were still with him and wantred to vote out Kim, who was considered a massive threat. Tony and Nick got Sarah and Jeremy and Ben put their differences aside to ban together and blindside Kim.
It was then time for Jeremy and Ben to go head to head once again. Jeremy wanted Ben out and Ben wanted Jeremy out. Tony was in the middle and wasn't sure what to do. However, at Tribal, Michele played her 50/50 Coin Flip Advantage to make herself immune aas the votes were split between Jeremy and herself and Jeremy was voted out and sent to Edge of Extinction.
Jeremy didn't spend long on the Edge but couldn't win his way back into the game and was eliminated as a member of the Jury.
Voting History
Episode |
Jeremy Voted For |
Voted For Jeremy |
1 |
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2 |
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3 |
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6 |
Hidden Immunity Idol |
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8 |
Individual Immunity |
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9 |
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10 |
Safety Without Power |
Safety Without Power |
11 |
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12 |
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13 |
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14 |
For Sole Survivor: Natalie Anderson |
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Trivia
- Jeremy was one of three firefighters competing inSan Juan del Sur. The others were tribemate Keith Nale and his son Wes.
- Jeremy and Val are the only couple in San Juan del Sur to be married during the time of filming.
- Jeremy was the lowest placing Huyopa member to win individual immunity.
- Jeremy lost 19 lbs. during San Juan del Sur.
- Jeremy is the only person to compete in a Hero Challenge twice. He competed in his first Hero Duel against his wife, Val, on his first season. He also competed in a Hero Challenge against Andrew Savage and Terry Deitz in Cambodia.
- Jeremy and Kelley Wentworth are the second and third castaways in Survivor history to have both votes cast by and cast for them negated by Hidden Immunity Idols in a single Tribal Council.
- The first was their fellow San Juan del Sur and Cambodia castaway Keith Nale, who achieved the feat in San Juan del Sur.
- The first was their fellow San Juan del Sur and Cambodia castaway Keith Nale, who achieved the feat in San Juan del Sur.
- Jeremy is the third African-American winner of Survivor, following Vecepia Towery and Earl Cole. They would be followed by Wendell Holland.
- Both Earl and Jeremy won their seasons in a unanimous Jury vote.
- Both Earl and Jeremy won their seasons in a unanimous Jury vote.
- Jeremy is the fourth winner to win in a unanimous jury vote, following Earl Cole, J.T. Thomas and John Cochran. They were followed by Adam Klein.
- Jeremy is the first Sole Survivor to have only won the Final Immunity Challenge and no other individual Immunity Challenge on the season they won.
- However, he did win an individual Immunity Challenge in San Juan del Sur.
- Jeremy is the first man to win a season featuring only returning players. He would be followed by Tony Vlachos in Winners at War.
- Jeremy is the second firefighter to win Survivor, following Tom Westman in Palau.
- Jeremy lost 30 lbs. during his time on Cambodia.[
- Jeremy is the third Survivor contestant to win individual immunity in three different seasons, following Rob Mariano and Andrew Boehlke.
- Jeremy lost 24 lbs. during his time on Winners at War.
- Jeremy and Sarah Lacina are the second and third players, following Rupert Boneham, to vote for the same person to win Survivor in two different seasons.