Kelley Wentworth
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Born: June 7, 1966
Hometown: Seattle, Washington Occupation: Marketing Manager Seasons: San Juan del Sur; Cambodia; Edge of Extinction Placing: Fourteenth (San Juan del Sur); Fourth (Cambodia); Tenth (Edge of Extinction) Tribes: Hunahpu; Coyopa (v2); Ta Keo; Bayon (v2); Orkun; Manu; Lesu; Vata Total Challenge Wins: 19
Days Lasted: 86 Votes Against: 23 (12 Cancelled out with Hidden Immunity Idols) Awards: Social Butterfly (Cambodia); Best Strategic Move (Cambodia); Worst Strategic Move (Cambodia); Bamboozled (Cambodia); Super Hero (Cambodia) |
Survivor: San Juan del Sur
Kelley entered the game with her father Dale Wentworth, and was placed on the Hunahpu tribe. Due to Hunahpu winning most of the Immunity Challenges, Kelley remained safe for the first nine days. However, on Day 10, Drew Christy threw the Immunity Challenge for Hunahpu with the goal of voting Kelley out, considering her a threat. At camp, Drew openly plotted against Kelley, even campaigning to vote her out while she stood a few feet away. Shocked by this, Kelley joined with the rest of the women to vote Drew out, blindsiding him in a 5-2-1-1 vote.
The next day, a Tribal Switch occurred, sending Kelley to Coyopa where she was reunited with her father, Dale. Conflicts quickly emerged between Dale and Missy Payne over her liberal cooking of the tribe's carefully conserved rice supply, forcing Kelley to play "peacemaker" to try and prevent Dale from being voted out. When Coyopa lost the following Immunity Challenge, Kelley and her father attempted to persuade Jaclyn Schultz and Jon Misch to align with them and vote out Missy's daughter, Baylor Wilson. Unfortunately for her, Jaclyn and Jon sided with Missy and Baylor, helping them split the vote between Kelley and Dale. In the end, Kelley was voted out by a vote of 3-2-2.
The next day, a Tribal Switch occurred, sending Kelley to Coyopa where she was reunited with her father, Dale. Conflicts quickly emerged between Dale and Missy Payne over her liberal cooking of the tribe's carefully conserved rice supply, forcing Kelley to play "peacemaker" to try and prevent Dale from being voted out. When Coyopa lost the following Immunity Challenge, Kelley and her father attempted to persuade Jaclyn Schultz and Jon Misch to align with them and vote out Missy's daughter, Baylor Wilson. Unfortunately for her, Jaclyn and Jon sided with Missy and Baylor, helping them split the vote between Kelley and Dale. In the end, Kelley was voted out by a vote of 3-2-2.
Voting History
Episode |
Kelley Voted For |
Voted For Kelley |
4 |
Drew Christy |
Drew Christy |
5 |
Baylor Wilson |
Baylor Wilson, Jaclyn Schultz, Missy Payne |
Survivor: Cambodia
Kelley was one of twenty castaways chosen by the public to return to compete on the second chance season, Survivor: Cambodia.
Originally assigned to the weaker of the two starting tribes, Ta Keo, Kelley began the game with the resolve to make it further in the game than in her original season. This showed when she went on an idol hunt in the first episode, eventually finding the clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol. She mustered the courage to grab the idol from the Immunity Challenge before her tribe lost and went to Tribal Council, where she joined the "new-school" half of her tribe in blindsiding Vytas Baskauskas (who she was not fond of).
Her tribe went on to lose the next Immunity Challenge. Dissension within the tribe allowed Jeff Varner to take control of the tribe, causing two members, Spencer Bledsoe and Shirin Oskooi, of the "New-School" group, to be placed on the chopping block. Kelley joined her tribe in splitting its votes between the two, and Shirin was voted out.
The next day brought a new twist, as two tribes split into three. Kelley remained on the Ta Keo tribe, which would go on to excel in the three-tribe challenges. Kelley had formed a tight bond with ex-Bayon members on her tribe, while consistently trying to push Terry Deitz, an outsider, under the bus. Terry ultimately pulled himself from the game to accompany his son before the second tribe switch (where three dissolved to two), where Kelley moved to Bayon. Once again, her tribe managed to win the Immunity Challenge. The merge came on the following day with thirteen castaways remaining. Kelley along with Abi-Maria Gomes, Kelly Wiglesworth and Spencer Bledsoe were the only original Ta Keo's to make it to the merge. Kelley formed a bond with three women from the third revision of Ta Keo, namely Abi, Ciera Eastin and Kass McQuillen. While Ciera and Kass wreaked havoc within Orkun, accusing Tasha Fox of duplicity, Kelley sat back and calculated her next moves. Fearing that she may find herself at the bottom, she joined the majority alliance in splitting votes between troublemakers Ciera and Kass, with Kass being voted out.
Though she stuck with the majority, Kelley was far from safe. The Bayon Alliance had already put her name up in the air as a strategic threat. At the next Tribal Council, the entire tribe was surprised when Kelley played her Hidden Immunity Idol, negating a record nine votes and blindsiding Andrew Savage.
Despite still being on the bottom, she kept on surviving due to the majority alliance turning on each other several times, such as when Stephen plotted against Kelly Wiglesworth. She was also able to find her second Hidden Immunity Idol. However, her alliance members Ciera and Abi were blindsided during the Final 10, and Final 7. After Spencer won immunity at the Final 6, Kimmi Kappenberg plotted with her and Keith to blindside Jeremy Collins. At Tribal Council, Spencer said that he, Jeremy and Tasha were voting together. Spencer then told Kelley that she was safe. Not wanting to take a chance, Kelley played her idol and then Jeremy played his. Their idols negated the three votes cast against them, causing a revote. The revote ended in a deadlock between Kimmi and Tasha. Jeff asked Keith, Kelley, Spencer, and Jeremy if they want to change their voted and they all said no. Jeff then told them that would have two minutes to decide if they are sending Kimmi or Tasha home, or else Kimmi and Tasha would become immune and Keith would be eliminated by default. Keith volunteered to go home, but Kelley was able to talk him out of it, forcing Kimmi to be eliminated. Kelley won the final five Immunity Challenge. After the challenge, Kelley made a fake idol and gave it to Keith to try and trick the others into keeping them. However, their plan did not work and Keith was voted out in a 3-2 vote. At the Final Immunity Challenge, Kelley was out first and this frustrated her. Jeremy ended up winning. At Tribal Council, Kelley campaigned against Spencer. Spencer then warned Jeremy that if he voted him out, he would vote for Kelley to win and sway the jury to vote for her, so she was voted out unanimously, becoming 10th and final juror.
At the Final Tribal Council, Kelley asked the finalists what their second chance was about and if they had achieved it. Tasha said that hers was about building better relationships with her allies, Spencer said that his was maturing from Cagayan, and 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, Kelley joined the rest of the jury in voting for Jeremy, who won in a unanimous 10-0-0 vote.
Originally assigned to the weaker of the two starting tribes, Ta Keo, Kelley began the game with the resolve to make it further in the game than in her original season. This showed when she went on an idol hunt in the first episode, eventually finding the clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol. She mustered the courage to grab the idol from the Immunity Challenge before her tribe lost and went to Tribal Council, where she joined the "new-school" half of her tribe in blindsiding Vytas Baskauskas (who she was not fond of).
Her tribe went on to lose the next Immunity Challenge. Dissension within the tribe allowed Jeff Varner to take control of the tribe, causing two members, Spencer Bledsoe and Shirin Oskooi, of the "New-School" group, to be placed on the chopping block. Kelley joined her tribe in splitting its votes between the two, and Shirin was voted out.
The next day brought a new twist, as two tribes split into three. Kelley remained on the Ta Keo tribe, which would go on to excel in the three-tribe challenges. Kelley had formed a tight bond with ex-Bayon members on her tribe, while consistently trying to push Terry Deitz, an outsider, under the bus. Terry ultimately pulled himself from the game to accompany his son before the second tribe switch (where three dissolved to two), where Kelley moved to Bayon. Once again, her tribe managed to win the Immunity Challenge. The merge came on the following day with thirteen castaways remaining. Kelley along with Abi-Maria Gomes, Kelly Wiglesworth and Spencer Bledsoe were the only original Ta Keo's to make it to the merge. Kelley formed a bond with three women from the third revision of Ta Keo, namely Abi, Ciera Eastin and Kass McQuillen. While Ciera and Kass wreaked havoc within Orkun, accusing Tasha Fox of duplicity, Kelley sat back and calculated her next moves. Fearing that she may find herself at the bottom, she joined the majority alliance in splitting votes between troublemakers Ciera and Kass, with Kass being voted out.
Though she stuck with the majority, Kelley was far from safe. The Bayon Alliance had already put her name up in the air as a strategic threat. At the next Tribal Council, the entire tribe was surprised when Kelley played her Hidden Immunity Idol, negating a record nine votes and blindsiding Andrew Savage.
Despite still being on the bottom, she kept on surviving due to the majority alliance turning on each other several times, such as when Stephen plotted against Kelly Wiglesworth. She was also able to find her second Hidden Immunity Idol. However, her alliance members Ciera and Abi were blindsided during the Final 10, and Final 7. After Spencer won immunity at the Final 6, Kimmi Kappenberg plotted with her and Keith to blindside Jeremy Collins. At Tribal Council, Spencer said that he, Jeremy and Tasha were voting together. Spencer then told Kelley that she was safe. Not wanting to take a chance, Kelley played her idol and then Jeremy played his. Their idols negated the three votes cast against them, causing a revote. The revote ended in a deadlock between Kimmi and Tasha. Jeff asked Keith, Kelley, Spencer, and Jeremy if they want to change their voted and they all said no. Jeff then told them that would have two minutes to decide if they are sending Kimmi or Tasha home, or else Kimmi and Tasha would become immune and Keith would be eliminated by default. Keith volunteered to go home, but Kelley was able to talk him out of it, forcing Kimmi to be eliminated. Kelley won the final five Immunity Challenge. After the challenge, Kelley made a fake idol and gave it to Keith to try and trick the others into keeping them. However, their plan did not work and Keith was voted out in a 3-2 vote. At the Final Immunity Challenge, Kelley was out first and this frustrated her. Jeremy ended up winning. At Tribal Council, Kelley campaigned against Spencer. Spencer then warned Jeremy that if he voted him out, he would vote for Kelley to win and sway the jury to vote for her, so she was voted out unanimously, becoming 10th and final juror.
At the Final Tribal Council, Kelley asked the finalists what their second chance was about and if they had achieved it. Tasha said that hers was about building better relationships with her allies, Spencer said that his was maturing from Cagayan, and 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, Kelley joined the rest of the jury in voting for Jeremy, who won in a unanimous 10-0-0 vote.
Voting History
Episode |
Kelley Voted For |
Voted For Kelley |
1 |
Vytas Baskauskas |
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2 |
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7 |
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8 |
Andrew Savage |
Hidden Immunity Idol (Andrew Savage, Jeremy Collins, Joe Anglim, Keith Nale, Kelly Wiglesworth, Kimmi Kappenberg, Spencer Bledsoe, Stephen Fishbach, Tasha Fox) |
9 |
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10 |
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11 |
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12 |
Individual Immunity |
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13 |
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14 |
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14 |
Individual Immunity |
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14 |
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14 |
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Survivor: Edge of Extinction
Kelley was originally placed on the Manu Tribe, where she formed a tight alliance with Lauren O'Connell, and the pair were directly apposed to David Wright and Rick Devens. However, at the beginning, the two pairs worked together, along with Wardog DaSilva and Chris Underwood. At first, Reem Daly and Wendy Diaz tried to throw the vote at Kelley, thinking she is a huge threat, but the majority voted out Reem, who was bossy and too motherly. At the next vote, Kelly and Wendy were targets from different sources, but the majority once again sided together and voted out Keith Sowell, who was seen to be the weakest link. Next, Wendy was still pushing to get Kelley out and even managed to pull in Chris, who believed he had David, Rick and Wardog. However, Wardog trusted Kelley more than Chris, so he told Kelley the plan and they even managed to pull David and Rick back to their side and instead voted out Chris. In the meantime, Kelley found herself a Hidden Immunity Idol.
The Tribes then swapped, which saw all of Manu stick together on a new Tribe, Lesu, only missing Wendy. With the numbers set, it was Kelley and Lauren vs. David and Rick, with Wardog in the middle, and Lauren also found herself a Hidden Immunity Idol. In the end, Wardog sided with Kelley and Lauren, and Rick was voted out. At the next Tribal, a twist saw Lesu and Manu both go to Tribal Council to vote out one person. Initially, the votes were tied between Lauren and Wendy, but eventually Manu turned on one of their own and Wendy was voted out, not wanting to go to rocks for her.
The Tribes then Merged and they discovered the Edge of Extinction twist, which saw all of the voted out contestants battling for a spot back in the game, which was won by Rick. Kelley, Lauren and Wardog stuck together and targeted David this time, while Rick and David tried to target Kelley and Aurora McCreary and Joe Anglim tried to target Rick. However, the rest of the original Kama instead turned on one of their own and the biggest physical threat, Joe, was blindsided. Next, Kelley, Lauren and Wardog knew that they needed David and Rick to continue on, but Rick wasn't willing to work with them after what they had did, but David was willing to bury the hatchet. Because of this, Rick joined up with the Kama alliance, and joined Julie Rosenberg, Ron Clark and Eric Hafemann in a plan to split the votes between Lauren and Kelley. However, this didn't stop the Lesu Alliance from convincing all of the Kama alliance that Eric and Ron were running the show, allowing them to blindside Eric.
A lot of names were thrown around next, and it seemed like the Kama Alliance wanted out David and Kelley, the returnees. However, the Lesu Alliance managed to once again squirm their way through and convince the Kama Alliance to vote out another one of their own, Julia Carter. The Lesu Alliance then imploded, as David and Rick targeted Wardog, while Kelley, Wardog and Lauren targeted David. The two groups fought for the side of the Kama Alliance, who sided with Kelley, so David was voted out. However, Wardog then turned on her and began plotting with some of the Kama Alliance about getting Kelley out finally, while Kelley and Lauren got Gavin and Julie to help with voting out a physical threat, Aurora. However, most of the Kama Alliance sided with Wardog and Kelley was blindsided, being sent to Edge of Extinction.
At the final Edge of Extinction challenge, Kelley lost to Chris. In the end, Kelley voted for Gavin to win over Chris and Julie, but it was Chris who won the game.
The Tribes then swapped, which saw all of Manu stick together on a new Tribe, Lesu, only missing Wendy. With the numbers set, it was Kelley and Lauren vs. David and Rick, with Wardog in the middle, and Lauren also found herself a Hidden Immunity Idol. In the end, Wardog sided with Kelley and Lauren, and Rick was voted out. At the next Tribal, a twist saw Lesu and Manu both go to Tribal Council to vote out one person. Initially, the votes were tied between Lauren and Wendy, but eventually Manu turned on one of their own and Wendy was voted out, not wanting to go to rocks for her.
The Tribes then Merged and they discovered the Edge of Extinction twist, which saw all of the voted out contestants battling for a spot back in the game, which was won by Rick. Kelley, Lauren and Wardog stuck together and targeted David this time, while Rick and David tried to target Kelley and Aurora McCreary and Joe Anglim tried to target Rick. However, the rest of the original Kama instead turned on one of their own and the biggest physical threat, Joe, was blindsided. Next, Kelley, Lauren and Wardog knew that they needed David and Rick to continue on, but Rick wasn't willing to work with them after what they had did, but David was willing to bury the hatchet. Because of this, Rick joined up with the Kama alliance, and joined Julie Rosenberg, Ron Clark and Eric Hafemann in a plan to split the votes between Lauren and Kelley. However, this didn't stop the Lesu Alliance from convincing all of the Kama alliance that Eric and Ron were running the show, allowing them to blindside Eric.
A lot of names were thrown around next, and it seemed like the Kama Alliance wanted out David and Kelley, the returnees. However, the Lesu Alliance managed to once again squirm their way through and convince the Kama Alliance to vote out another one of their own, Julia Carter. The Lesu Alliance then imploded, as David and Rick targeted Wardog, while Kelley, Wardog and Lauren targeted David. The two groups fought for the side of the Kama Alliance, who sided with Kelley, so David was voted out. However, Wardog then turned on her and began plotting with some of the Kama Alliance about getting Kelley out finally, while Kelley and Lauren got Gavin and Julie to help with voting out a physical threat, Aurora. However, most of the Kama Alliance sided with Wardog and Kelley was blindsided, being sent to Edge of Extinction.
At the final Edge of Extinction challenge, Kelley lost to Chris. In the end, Kelley voted for Gavin to win over Chris and Julie, but it was Chris who won the game.
Voting History
Episode |
Kelley Voted For |
Voted For Kelley |
1 |
Wendy Diaz |
Reem Daly |
2 |
Keith Sowell |
Wendy Diaz |
3 |
Chris Underwood, Wendy Diaz |
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4 |
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5 |
Wendy Diaz Wendy Diaz (Re-Vote) |
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6 |
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7 |
Eric Hafemann |
Eric Hafemann, Ron Clark |
8 |
Julia Carter |
Julia Carter |
9 |
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9 |
Aurora McCreary, Rick Devens, Ron Clark, Victoria Baamonde, Wardog DaSilva |
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13 |
For Sole Survivor: Gavin Whitson |
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Trivia
- Kelley's 28th birthday was on Day 6 of San Juan del Sur, her 29th birthday was on Day 8 of Cambodia, and her 32nd was on Day 8 of Edge of Extinction.
- Kelley is the first returning player whose birthday occurred during every season in which she has competed.
- Kelley and Dale were the first pair to both be voted out of San Juan del Sur.
- According to Dale on his Survivor Live interview, he and Kelley initially signed up for The Amazing Race, but were asked to join Survivor instead. Kelley confirmed this and revealed she initially applied with a roommate.
- Kelley has the fewest previous days played of any contestant competing on Cambodia, with 13.
- Kelley is also the lowest ranking castaway competing on Cambodia, originally placing 14th, and was the first person on the season to outlast their original performance.
- Kelley joins fellow Cambodia castaways Keith Nale, Vytas Baskauskas, Jeremy Collins and Ciera Eastin, as well as Survivor: South Pacific and Survivor Caramoan castaway Brandon Hantz, as the only blood relatives of previous castaways to play multiple times.
- Kelley is the youngest woman on the original Ta Keo tribe.
- Kelley is the first contestant to find a Hidden Immunity Idol at a challenge.
- Kelley currently holds the record for the most number of votes voided by a Hidden Immunity Idol, with 9.
- She and Christian Hubicki currently hold the record for most votes nullified against a castaway in a single season, with 12.
- Kelley is the first woman to find multiple Hidden Immunity Idols in a single season.
- Kelley is the only woman to win individual immunity in Cambodia.
- Kelley is the highest-placing woman from the original Ta Keo tribe.
- Kelley is the first person to play multiple Hidden Immunity Idols on themselves successfully.
- Kelley and Keith Nale are the only players to vote for three different people at the same Tribal Council.
- Both times, in San Juan del Sur, and Cambodia, that Kelley was voted out, she received three votes.
- Kelley is the first castaway to become the tenth member of the jury.
- Kelley received the most votes in Cambodia, with 17 votes against her.
- Kelley is currently tied with Monica Culpepper for the greatest day count improvement of any returning castaway in their second season, surviving 25 more days from San Juan del Sur to Cambodia.
- Tina Wesson holds the record for the greatest day improvement for a returning castaway by surviving 35 more days from All Stars to Blood vs. Water, but she was already a returnee in All-Stars.
- Kelley lost 31 lbs. (14 kg) during her time in Cambodia.
- Kelley lost 20 lbs. (9 kg) during her time in Edge of Extinction.