Jerri Manthey
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Born: September 5, 1970
Hometown: Los Angeles, California Occupation: Aspiring Actress Seasons: The Australian Outback; All Stars; Heroes vs. Villains Placing: Eighth (The Australian Outback); Tenth (All Stars); Fourth (Heroes vs. Villains) Tribes: Ogakor; Barramundi; Saboga; Mogo Mogo (v2); Chapera (v3); Villains; Yin Yang Total Challenge Wins: 20
Days Lasted: 51 Votes Against: 14 (5 Cancelled with Hidden Immunity Idol) Awards: Chillin' Like A Villain (The Australian Outback); Bamboozled (Heroes vs. Villains) |
Survivor: The Australian Outback
Jerri proved to be a strategic player from Day 1, where she revealed in a confessional she was viewing everything that her tribemates did as a 'strategic' move as they started building their shelter. Early on she got into conflict with Keith Famie Keith Famie over disagreements of how to build their shelter and over cooking duties. She continued to butt heads with Keith on the second day, when she insisted they move their fire pit to where they wanted to keep it before they actually started the fire. On Day 5, Jerri took over cooking after the tribe complained about Keith's undercooked rice (with Jerri even sarcastically commenting that he is "a chef doesn't know how to cook rice"). As a solution, Jerri made use of the flour they had to make tortillas, with the tribe ending up satisfied. Despite Keith complimenting her cooking, the tension between the two was as strong as ever. In an infamous Survivor moment, Jerri accused Kel of eating beef jerky without the consent of the tribe. This angered his tribemates who were starving. Jerri, Amber and Tina looked through his bag to see if there was any beef jerky, but there was none. Kel overheard the conversation and confronted the tribe, most who believed he had been eating beef jerky. Maralyn, who believed Kel didn't have any beef jerky, told Jerri to apologize to Kel, but Jerri refused. After Ogakor lost the second Immunity Challenge, Jerri came up as a target because of her rough personality and her general unpleasantness. She herself was seeking to vote off Kel because she considered him a liar and a cheater. Her arguments won over her tribemates, and the tribe eliminated Kel unanimously. She confessed that she was attracted to tribemate Colby Donaldson, and tried ways to lure him to potentially make an alliance. Much to her efforts, Colby seemed unaffected. After the merge, she and the rest of the remaining Ogakor's stayed strong during the first two Tribal Councils, eliminating two of their former Kucha opponents. But Tina Wesson, Keith Famie, and Colby felt that they can now afford losing one of their won since they still have the majority, and with the help of the three remaining Kucha members, Jerri was their first victim. At Final Tribal Council, as a juror, she cast her vote for eventual winner Tina Wesson.
Voting History
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Jerri Voted For |
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Kel Gleason |
Kel Gleason |
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Maralyn Hershey |
Maralyn Hershey |
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Jeff Varner Jeff Varner (Re-Vote) |
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Alicia Calaway; Elisabeth Filarski; Nick Brown; Rodger Bingham |
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Colby Donaldson; Elisabeth Filarski; Keith Famie; Nick Brown; Rodger Bingham; Tina Wesson |
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Survivor: All Stars
Jerri's iconic showing in The Australian Outback earned her a spot in Survivor: All Stars Survivor: All-Stars, where she was placed on the Saboga tribe.
Despite her resolve to not be overly-opinionated, she and Rupert Boneham argued over conflicting plans for a Reward Challenge, where were requested to create the best tribe shelter. After the argument, the tribe decided to follow Rupert's plan, digging an underground log cabin. Not only did they lose the challenge, but they found their shelter ineffective during a storm, with the log cabin completely filled with water, leaving Saboga unprotected from the harsh weather, making Jerri very emotional. Despite her tribe's misfortunes, Jerri rallied Saboga to win their first Immunity Challenge on Day 11. The victory was short-lived, when Saboga lost the following special challenge, where Saboga would be dissolved, while its remaining members will be distributed to the other two tribes. Jerri, along with Ethan Zohn, went to Mogo Mogo, where she was reunited with Colby Donaldson.
After helping the tribe voting out Richard Hatch, Jerri decided to seek revenge for Colby's perceived mistreatment of her back in The Australian Outback. With Colby gone, Jerri helped the tribe eliminate his closest ally Ethan (the last former winner and Jerri's tribemate from Saboga), making him the next to go.
On Day 22, the tribes anticipated a Merge, only to reveal a Tribal Switch. Remarkably, the random shuffle resulted in every member of Mogo Mogo trading places with a member of Chapera, leaving Amber Brkich as the only remaining Chapera member on a tribe with Jerri, Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien, Lex van den Berghe, and Shii Ann Huang, Jerri was delighted to be with her "Outback Sister".
After Chapera lost the next Immunity Challenge, Amber's closest ally Rob Mariano felt distraught at the prospect of Amber being sent home - and immediately made a hasty protection deal with Lex after the challenge. Lex was forced to weigh his options: either throwing a wrench in Rob and the former Chapera members' plans in the event of a merge, or cutting loose his loyal ally Jerri. Eventually, with Kathy's help, Lex decided to boot Jerri, who was voted out unanimously.
Despite her resolve to not be overly-opinionated, she and Rupert Boneham argued over conflicting plans for a Reward Challenge, where were requested to create the best tribe shelter. After the argument, the tribe decided to follow Rupert's plan, digging an underground log cabin. Not only did they lose the challenge, but they found their shelter ineffective during a storm, with the log cabin completely filled with water, leaving Saboga unprotected from the harsh weather, making Jerri very emotional. Despite her tribe's misfortunes, Jerri rallied Saboga to win their first Immunity Challenge on Day 11. The victory was short-lived, when Saboga lost the following special challenge, where Saboga would be dissolved, while its remaining members will be distributed to the other two tribes. Jerri, along with Ethan Zohn, went to Mogo Mogo, where she was reunited with Colby Donaldson.
After helping the tribe voting out Richard Hatch, Jerri decided to seek revenge for Colby's perceived mistreatment of her back in The Australian Outback. With Colby gone, Jerri helped the tribe eliminate his closest ally Ethan (the last former winner and Jerri's tribemate from Saboga), making him the next to go.
On Day 22, the tribes anticipated a Merge, only to reveal a Tribal Switch. Remarkably, the random shuffle resulted in every member of Mogo Mogo trading places with a member of Chapera, leaving Amber Brkich as the only remaining Chapera member on a tribe with Jerri, Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien, Lex van den Berghe, and Shii Ann Huang, Jerri was delighted to be with her "Outback Sister".
After Chapera lost the next Immunity Challenge, Amber's closest ally Rob Mariano felt distraught at the prospect of Amber being sent home - and immediately made a hasty protection deal with Lex after the challenge. Lex was forced to weigh his options: either throwing a wrench in Rob and the former Chapera members' plans in the event of a merge, or cutting loose his loyal ally Jerri. Eventually, with Kathy's help, Lex decided to boot Jerri, who was voted out unanimously.
Voting History
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Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
Jerri's notoriety earned her a spot on the Villains tribe. Jerri initially had a special friendship with fellow Villain Coach Wade, with their tribemates often teasing them about the "Dragon Slayer" and the "Black Widow" being lovers. At first, Jerri was aligned with Coach, Courtney Yates, Rob Mariano, Sandra Diaz-Rwine, and Tyson Apostol, and played a part in the split vote during the Double Tribal Council on Day 15, but eventually she became, a focal point to Russell Hantz' rise to power over the Villains tribe by helping his alliance, comprising of outsiders Parvati Shallow, whom Jerri heavily disliked, and Danielle DiLorenzo, to vote out Russell's archenemy Rob.
At the first post-Merge vote, the Heroes and Villains were tied at 5-5. Parvati, who had two Hidden Immunity Idols (she found one and was given another one from Russell, who got it from J.T. Thomas, Jr. following the last tribal Immunity Challenge), used an idol on Sandra, and in order to "sweeten their odds", gave one to Jerri as well. All the Heroes voted for Jerri, but because of the Hidden Immunity Idol, all votes cast against her were negated. This eventually became the subsequent downfall of the Heroes. She eventually won one Reward Challenge and one Immunity Challenge (much to her delight, as it was her first immunity win). When Russell wanted to get rid of Danielle for being too close to Parvati on Day 33, Jerri once again became a pivotal swing vote and played a part in Danielle's elimination after Danielle unintentionally revealed that Jerri was never part of their alliance. Russell feared that Jerri might win because of her popularity (and stipulated that the final four was also comprised of Parvati and Sandra, both of whom are former winners). Russell also deemed that even if he voted her out, she would still vote for him at the Final Tribal Council. This theory seemed to be correct during Jerri's post elimination confessional, but soon turned turned out to be wrong when Parvati revealed Russell's true reason for voting out Jerri, who was appalled by this thought and his behavior towards the jurors at the Final Tribal Council. She cast her vote for Parvati, who lost to Sandra, who became the only two-time winner in Survivor history.
At the first post-Merge vote, the Heroes and Villains were tied at 5-5. Parvati, who had two Hidden Immunity Idols (she found one and was given another one from Russell, who got it from J.T. Thomas, Jr. following the last tribal Immunity Challenge), used an idol on Sandra, and in order to "sweeten their odds", gave one to Jerri as well. All the Heroes voted for Jerri, but because of the Hidden Immunity Idol, all votes cast against her were negated. This eventually became the subsequent downfall of the Heroes. She eventually won one Reward Challenge and one Immunity Challenge (much to her delight, as it was her first immunity win). When Russell wanted to get rid of Danielle for being too close to Parvati on Day 33, Jerri once again became a pivotal swing vote and played a part in Danielle's elimination after Danielle unintentionally revealed that Jerri was never part of their alliance. Russell feared that Jerri might win because of her popularity (and stipulated that the final four was also comprised of Parvati and Sandra, both of whom are former winners). Russell also deemed that even if he voted her out, she would still vote for him at the Final Tribal Council. This theory seemed to be correct during Jerri's post elimination confessional, but soon turned turned out to be wrong when Parvati revealed Russell's true reason for voting out Jerri, who was appalled by this thought and his behavior towards the jurors at the Final Tribal Council. She cast her vote for Parvati, who lost to Sandra, who became the only two-time winner in Survivor history.
Voting History
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Hidden Immunity Idol (Amanda Kimmel, Candice Woodcock, Colby Donaldson, J.T. Thomas, Jr., Rupert Boneham) |
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Individual Immunity |
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Trivia
- Jerri's luxury item in The Australian Outback was a Bongo.
- Jerri broke Jenna Lewis's record of having the most votes against a castaway in a season during The Australian Outback with 12. This record was later broken by Rory Freeman, who had 14 against him in Survivor: Vanuatu. The record is now currently held by Laura Morett, who received 19 votes in Survivor: Blood vs. Water.
- Jerri was the first female who was voted out more than once.
- In All-Stars, Jerri was the first person who was not in their original season's finale to be voted out of the game.
- Jerri is the only person to be a member of three separate Tribes in the same season and not make the Merge.
- In All-Stars, Jerri is the only person to play 23 or more days in a season and be eliminated pre-Jury, and the only person to play 22 or more days in a season and not make it to either the merge or jury stage.
- Jerri was nominated in Survivor: America's Tribal Council in the "Hottest Female" category, but lost to Amber Brkich. She was also nominated for "Best Villain", but lost to Jonny Fairplay.
- Every time Jerri participated in the Blind Leading the Blind challenge, she was the caller. She was one of two castaways to be the caller every time they participated, Cirie Fields being the other one.
- Jerri has played all three seasons with Colby Donaldson.
- In the final episode of Life at Ponderosa of Heroes vs. Villains, Jerri was revealed to be a highly-capable fire dancer.
- Jerri lost 14.2 lbs. during her time in Heroes vs. Villains.
- In all three seasons in which she participated, Jerri received the most votes (or tied for the most votes) among her original tribe.
- Jerri is one of six to play in seasons with 16, 18, and 20 castaways. The others are Colby, Tina Wesson, Rob Mariano, Rupert Boneham and Coach Wade.