Keith Famie
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Born: February 11, 1960
Hometown: West Bloomfield, Michigan Occupation: Chef Seasons: The Australian Outback Placing: Third (The Australian Outback) Tribes: Ogakor; Barramundi Total Challenge Wins: 6
Days Lasted: 41 Votes Against: 10 Awards: Bamboozled! (The Australian Outback) |
Survivor: The Australian Outback
Keith was able to prove himself to the Ogakor tribe on their hike to their camp on the first day by scouting ahead and leading his tribe to it. He and Jerri sparred over the building of their shelter, and on the second day they had disagreements over how and where to start their fire. Keith attempted to start their fire for hours, while attempting to ease the tension with Jerri by having her play her luxury item, a drum, to help him and Amber stay in rhythm as they tried to spark a fire. On Day 5, his other tribemates started to complain about his cooking of the rice, which was making it sticky and not eatable. His pride was hurt when Jerri decided to make a dough out of the mushy rice in order to serve tortillas. After she was successful in making it taste good, the tribe wanted Jerri to take over cooking. When Ogakor lost the second Immunity Challenge, Keith's name was floated around as a possible target for elimination because he had rubbed some people the wrong way. However, in the end, Keith voted for Kel who was eliminated unanimously. After his tribe won fishing gear in the third Reward Challenge, Keith was once again allowed the chance to prove himself to his tribe when he was able to prepare their catches for them, though maybe it was for naught. After losing the third Immunity Challenge, Keith tried to campaign for the elimination of Mitchell, one of Jerri's allies, but failed, and instead Maralyn was voted out. Losing another Immunity Challenge sent Ogakor back to Tribal Council, where Jerri singled out Amber, Mitchell and Colby as her friends, leaving out Keith and Tina as outsiders. Out of necessity, Keith aligned himself to Tina. Unknown to Jerri, Colby also despised her, thus having a deadlock tie between Keith and Mitchell. But it was Keith that sent Mitchell home because of the former voted him at the previous Tribal Council. Keith eventually became one of the ten castaways who would comprise the Barramundi tribe. At the merge with the numbers at 5 all between the tribes the next vote was pivotal. In the Immunity Challenge Keith lasted more than ten hours before Tina decided to give Keith the victory to assist Ogakor in gaining the numbers. They were successful as Jeff was eliminated after a tiebreaker. Keith won the first two Individual Immunity Challenges. But with the strong Ogakor alliance, he became virtually indispensable, despite his unpopularity. During a vicious storm, Keith was responsible for finding their remaining rice supply, though his bad reputation continued. Colby, Tina, and Keith were in total control of the alliance, who successfully eliminated three of the five ex-Kuchas, though they also sent Jerri and Amber packing when they afforded to. After the last remaining Kucha's downfall, Keith, Colby, and Tina remained as the final three. Colby thought that Tina was more deserving than Keith, causing the latter's demise in a 1-0 vote. At the Final Tribal Council, Keith honored his friendship with Tina, and voted for her.
Voting History
Episode |
Keith Voted For |
Voted For Keith |
2 |
Kel Gleason |
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3 |
Mitchell Olson |
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4 |
Mitchell Olson |
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7 |
Jeff Varner Jeff Varner (Re-Vote) |
Individual Immunity |
8 |
Individual Immunity |
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9 |
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10 |
Nick Brown |
Nick Brown |
11 |
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12 |
Rodger Bingham |
Elisabeth Filarski; Rodger Bingham |
13 |
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14 |
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14 |
For Sole Survivor: Tina Wesson |
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Trivia
- Keith's luxury item was a pan he used to cook paella.
- Keith and Michael Skupin are the first contestants from Michigan.
- Keith is the oldest male on Ogakor.
- Keith is the first chef to compete on Survivor.
- Keith is the first male contestant to win two consecutive individual Immunity Challenges.
- Keith holds the record for playing the most days among those who played only once - 41 days, since his season was the longest, lasting 42 days.
- Keith is the only contestant to be voted off on Day 41.
- Keith is one of two contestants (the other being Elisabeth Filarski) to reach Day 39 and not be one of the finalists.
- Keith is the only male contestant to vote for Tina Wesson to become the Sole Survivor.
- Of the five Ogakor members who made the Merge, only Keith did not return for a future season.
- During the Survivor: The Australian Outback Reunion Show, it was mentioned that Keith was originally slated for Survivor: Borneo.
- Keith was originally slated for Borneo, but because all the spots were filled he got to compete on The Australian Outback.
- Keith was adopted at a young age. His biological father was the legendary former Key West mayor, Captain Tony Tarracino.
- Keith's recipe for his Paella was included on the Survivor: The Australian Outback DVD as a special feature, and included a step-by-step demonstration video done by Keith himself.