Lauren Rimmer
Born: March 6, 1982
Hometown: Beaufort, North Carolina Occupation: Fisherman Seasons: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers Placing: Seventh (Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers) Tribes: Yawa; Solewa Total Challenge Wins: 9
Days Lasted: 33 Votes Against: 3 Awards: Best Strategic Move (Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers); Worst Strategic Move (Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers) |
Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers
Starting on the Yawa tribe, Lauren took a disliking to Patrick Bolton for his unpredictability and felt that she was not in the group. When Yawa lost the Immunity Challenge on Day 6, Lauren wanted to target Patrick, but at Tribal Council, she joined the majority in voting out the weakest link, Simone Nguyen. Yawa lost immunity again on Day 8, and at Tribal Council, after some verbal jousting, Lauren's plan of voting out Patrick was accomplished.
During the Tribal Switch on Day 9, Lauren was the original Yawa member to remain with her tribe. While she appeared to be in the minority along with Ben Driebergen, against the original Soko majority, Cole Medders, Jessica Johnston, and Mike Zahalsky, Cole's antics rubbed people the wrong way, though Yawa won the next three Immunity Challenges, avoiding Tribal Council.
After the tribes Merged into the Solewa tribe on Day 17, Lauren and Ben found themselves the swing votes between the alliance of the original Soko members and the alliance of the original Yawa and Levu members. While Lauren wanted to side with the Soko alliance, she and Ben sided with the latter group and blindsided Soko member Jessica at the first post-merge Tribal Council. The following day, she found a secret advantage at camp, which was turned out to be an Extra Vote, though in order for her to use it, she would have to abstain from voting at the next Tribal Council. She told Ben about the advantage, and abstained from voting at the next Tribal Council, partially causing a tie between Desi Williams and Joe Mena, with Desi being eliminated on the revote. On Day 24, Lauren defeated Cole to win immunity, contributing to his elimination at the subsequent Tribal Council.
On Day 25, Lauren won the Reward Challenge and chose to share the reward with Ben, Devon Pinto, and Ashley Nolan. On the reward trip, she formed a final four alliance with them and proposed that they turn against the majority alliance and target the trio of Chrissy Hofbeck, JP Hilsabeck, and Ryan Ulrich, using minority members Mike and Joe in doing so. At Tribal Council, Lauren's alliance blindsided JP. After Chrissy won the following Immunity Challenge, Lauren told her alliance about her Extra Vote. The alliance told Mike and Joe that the Extra Vote would be used to split the votes between Ben and Ryan, though the alliance was really targeting Joe. In private, Ashley told Lauren she was having second thoughts about staying loyal to Ben. However, at Tribal Council, Ryan played his Hidden Immunity Idol and the alliance stayed loyal to Ben, blindsiding Joe.
On Day 31, Lauren met her sister Sunny at the Loved Ones Challenge. However, she failed to win the challenge and missed out on love. At camp, she, along with Ben and Devon, searched for the Hidden Immunity Idol, which she found, although it turned out to be only half of one, with the other half located at the next Immunity Challenge. At the challenge, Lauren dropped out but managed to find the second half of the idol. At camp, after Ben overheard a discussion between Lauren, Ashley, and Devon about blindsiding him, Ben felt betrayed and told Mike about Lauren's Extra Vote and Hidden Immunity Idol and proposed that they target her. After Lauren caught wind of the plan, she gave Mike half of her idol in order to gain his trust. At Tribal Council, Lauren called out Ben for exposing her advantage. Mike threw his half of the idol into the fire, leaving Lauren vulnerable. While half the tribe contemplated voting against Lauren, everyone voted against Ben for being untrustworthy. However, Ben played his own idol, which negated the six votes cast against him, and his sole vote sent Lauren out of the game with the unused Extra Vote still in her possession.
At the Final Tribal Council, she criticized and expressed her confusion to Ryan for not doing work around camp, and praised Chrissy for her challenge performances. She voted for Ben, contributing to his 5-2-1 victory.
During the Tribal Switch on Day 9, Lauren was the original Yawa member to remain with her tribe. While she appeared to be in the minority along with Ben Driebergen, against the original Soko majority, Cole Medders, Jessica Johnston, and Mike Zahalsky, Cole's antics rubbed people the wrong way, though Yawa won the next three Immunity Challenges, avoiding Tribal Council.
After the tribes Merged into the Solewa tribe on Day 17, Lauren and Ben found themselves the swing votes between the alliance of the original Soko members and the alliance of the original Yawa and Levu members. While Lauren wanted to side with the Soko alliance, she and Ben sided with the latter group and blindsided Soko member Jessica at the first post-merge Tribal Council. The following day, she found a secret advantage at camp, which was turned out to be an Extra Vote, though in order for her to use it, she would have to abstain from voting at the next Tribal Council. She told Ben about the advantage, and abstained from voting at the next Tribal Council, partially causing a tie between Desi Williams and Joe Mena, with Desi being eliminated on the revote. On Day 24, Lauren defeated Cole to win immunity, contributing to his elimination at the subsequent Tribal Council.
On Day 25, Lauren won the Reward Challenge and chose to share the reward with Ben, Devon Pinto, and Ashley Nolan. On the reward trip, she formed a final four alliance with them and proposed that they turn against the majority alliance and target the trio of Chrissy Hofbeck, JP Hilsabeck, and Ryan Ulrich, using minority members Mike and Joe in doing so. At Tribal Council, Lauren's alliance blindsided JP. After Chrissy won the following Immunity Challenge, Lauren told her alliance about her Extra Vote. The alliance told Mike and Joe that the Extra Vote would be used to split the votes between Ben and Ryan, though the alliance was really targeting Joe. In private, Ashley told Lauren she was having second thoughts about staying loyal to Ben. However, at Tribal Council, Ryan played his Hidden Immunity Idol and the alliance stayed loyal to Ben, blindsiding Joe.
On Day 31, Lauren met her sister Sunny at the Loved Ones Challenge. However, she failed to win the challenge and missed out on love. At camp, she, along with Ben and Devon, searched for the Hidden Immunity Idol, which she found, although it turned out to be only half of one, with the other half located at the next Immunity Challenge. At the challenge, Lauren dropped out but managed to find the second half of the idol. At camp, after Ben overheard a discussion between Lauren, Ashley, and Devon about blindsiding him, Ben felt betrayed and told Mike about Lauren's Extra Vote and Hidden Immunity Idol and proposed that they target her. After Lauren caught wind of the plan, she gave Mike half of her idol in order to gain his trust. At Tribal Council, Lauren called out Ben for exposing her advantage. Mike threw his half of the idol into the fire, leaving Lauren vulnerable. While half the tribe contemplated voting against Lauren, everyone voted against Ben for being untrustworthy. However, Ben played his own idol, which negated the six votes cast against him, and his sole vote sent Lauren out of the game with the unused Extra Vote still in her possession.
At the Final Tribal Council, she criticized and expressed her confusion to Ryan for not doing work around camp, and praised Chrissy for her challenge performances. She voted for Ben, contributing to his 5-2-1 victory.
Voting History
Episode |
Lauren Voted For |
Voted For Lauren |
2 |
Simone Nguyen |
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3 |
Patrick Bolton |
Patrick Bolton |
7 |
Jessica Johnston |
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8 |
Abstained to gain Extra Vote Advantage |
Desi Williams |
9 |
Cole Medders |
Individual Immunity |
10 |
JP Hilsabeck |
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10 |
Joe Mena |
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11 |
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13 |
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Trivia
- Lauren is the oldest member of the original Yawa tribe.
- Lauren is the highest placing female member of the original Yawa tribe.
- Lauren is the first castaway to be eliminated by a single vote, excluding 1-0 votes at a three-person Day 38 Tribal Council.
- Receiving only 1 out of 7 votes, Lauren was voted out by the smallest ratio of votes in Survivor history.
- Lauren is the first castaway to possess the Extra Vote and be eliminated without using it.
- Lauren is one of three contestants to possess both a Hidden Immunity Idol and an advantage at the same time, along with Tai Trang and Adam Klein.
- Lauren lost 19 lbs. during her time on Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers.