Tammy Leitner
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Born: July 3, 1972
Hometown: Mesa, Arizona Occupation: Crime Reporter Seasons: Marquesas Placing: Seventh (Marquesas) Tribes: Rotu; Soliantu Total Challenge Wins: 9
Days Lasted: 30 Votes Against: 5 Awards: Worst Strategic Move (Marquesas) |
Survivor: Marquesas
Tammy Leitner was placed on the Rotu tribe. Everyone was shocked when they received no food or water. Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien annoyed everyone when she wanted to build a fire desperately. The next day, the tribe was amazed when they discovered their water source was a pair of beautiful waterfalls. They got happier when they discovered Taro was growing at the falls. Things got better when John Carroll made fire. At the first challenge, Rotu won when Maraamu got their torch in the water. This would be the start of Rotu's winning streak. Despite constantly winning, Rotu had very little food and Kathy still rubbed everyone the wrong way. Rotu reduced Maraamu to five members. Everyone was dumbfounded when a tribe switch took place. Tammy stayed on Rotu with John, Robert DeCanio, Zoe Zanidaki and Gabriel Cade. Kathy, Neleh Dennis and Paschal English moved to Maraamu and Rob Mariano, Sean Rector and Vecepia Towery moved to Rotu. As usual, Rotu won the challenge. Things changed for the worse when Maraamu won the Reward Challenge, granting them the right to loot Rotu's camp. This would cripple Rotu at the next Immunity Challenge, where the tribes had to build an S.O.S. Signsl. The lack of materials cost Rotu the win, sending Tammy to her first Tribal Council. Tammy had joined John's Alliance when he swore on his mother. The quartet made Gabriel their first victim, because he was apathetic about the game. The downhill spiral continued when Rotu lost a challenge for a picnic lunch which Jeff said Rotu won at first, but Maraamu protested about an error they noticed. At the waterfall, John discussed with Tammy and Robert about throwing the challenge to eliminate Boston Rob, but Tammy put her foot down and refused to throw the challenge. Fortunately for Boston Rob, he lead Rotu to victory at the Immunity Challenge. The tribe got Tree Mail, saying that they had to pick a representative. They chose Rob, while Maraamu chose Kathy. When Rob returned, he brought back the Maraamus with him. They confirmed that the tribes had merged. At the first Tribal Council, The Rotu Four disposed of the scheming Rob. Neleh and Paschal supported the alliance. However, at the Immunity Challenge, the alliance knocked out the alliance outsiders in the intended order they were supposed to go; this included Paschal and Neleh. Tammy eventually beat out Robert for immunity. The challenge caused the duo to turn on The Rotu Four, blindsiding John with Zoe also voting out John for reasons best known to herself. Tammy was viewed by the new alliance as John's second-in-command and slated next to go. To add insult to injury, Zoe distanced herself from her alliance to the point of saying that she wasn't aligned with Tammy or Robert and told Tammy she never liked her. At the Reward Challenge, Tammy was paired with Vecepia, but they lost to Paschal and Sean. Tammy won immunity, which included knocking Zoe out of the challenge. At tribal, Zoe was voted out unanimously 7-1 with Tammy and Robert voting against her. In spite of the numbers, Tammy refused to back down until her name was called at Tribal Council. Robert was planning to ensnare a pig, while she won immunity, keeping them both in the game. However, things didn't go as planned because Robert won immunity. In a last ditch effort to save herself, Tammy and Robert tried to persuade Sean and Vecepia to join them to expel Neleh from the game. Though tempted by the offer, they feared that the duo would throw them under the bus. Tammy was voted out of the game in a 5-2 vote, becoming the third member of the jury. At Final Tribal Council, Tammy started by saying she was going to do anything to win but the finalists made her feel guilty. She viewed both women as hypocrites for their use of religion as guilt-free deception, adding they were the biggest liars. Tammy scolded Vecepia for constantly flipping alliances and backstabbing Kathy, who she felt was the most deserving person to win. She scolded Neleh for getting greedy and sending the Rotu Four to the jury. Tammy finished her speech by congratulating the finalists for lying, manipulating, and deceiving better than she did. In the end, she gave her jury vote to Vecepia who won in a 4-3 vote.
Voting History
Episode |
Tammy Voted For |
Voted For Tammy |
5 |
Gabriel Cade |
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7 |
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8 |
Individual Immunity |
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9 |
Zoe Zanidakis |
Individual Immunity |
10 |
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13 |
For Sole Survivor: Vecepia Towery |
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Trivia
- Tammy's luxury item was a picture of her fiancé and her pet dog.
- Tammy is the first contestant from Arizona.