Francesca Hogi

Francesca Hogi is a contestant from and.

She earned the distinction of being the first ever player to be sent to Redemption Island after being voted out from her tribe and later becoming the first person ever to be eliminated from Redemption Island. In Caramoan, she became the first person in Survivor history to be voted out first in two seasons.

Redemption Island
Name (Age): Francesca Hogi (36) Tribe Designation: Ometepe Current Residence: Washington, DC Occupation: Attorney Personal Claim to Fame: Assembling the most amazing set of friends. Inspiration in Life: My mom. She's been through so much in her life, starting with picking cotton while growing up in segregated Alabama. She is brilliant, beautiful and an all-around incredible person. Hobbies: Writing, yoga and watching movies. Pet Peeves: Self-delusion. 3 Words to Describe You: Determined, opinionated and stubborn. SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: I would most likely be a Cirie/Boston Rob combo. Reason for being on SURVIVOR: I'm normally competitive for no good reason - $1 million is a great excuse. Why you think you'll "survive" SURVIVOR: I'm book-smart, street-smart and can be pretty persuasive when necessary. Why you think you will be the sole SURVIVOR: I might be the perfect combination of salty and sweet.

Caramoan
Name (Age): Francesca Hogi (38)

Tribe Designation: Bikal

Previous Season: Survivor: Redemption Island – 1st castaway voted out

Current Residence: Brooklyn, N.Y.

Occupation: Attorney

Personal Claim to Fame: I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Inspiration in Life: My Mom. She is smart, strong, caring and fearless.

Hobbies: Traveling, yoga and watching movies.

Pet Peeves: Liars, delusional people who only think about themselves and all around inconsiderate people make me crazy!

3 Words to Describe You: Determined, outgoing and honest.

If You Could Have 3 Things on The Island What Would They Be and Why? 1)   iPod - Nothing tunes out the chatter like music! 2)    Floss - Food stuck in my teeth makes me crazy. 3)   Air mattress - No one should have to sleep on bug infested bamboo.

SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: The most awesome contestant you can think of who went out early.

Reason for Being on SURVIVOR: Two reasons - money and redemption.

Why You Think You’ll “Survive” SURVIVOR: I'm strong. Also, not afraid of snakes or spiders.

Why You Think You Will Be the Sole SURVIVOR: I’m tenacious.

Survivor: Redemption Island
Francesca was initially placed on the Ometepe tribe. Upon revealing Survivor super-villains Rob Mariano and Russell Hantz as players on Day 1, Francesca immediately expressed her distaste, outright stating that they are "troublemakers."

Francesca initially made an alliance with Phillip Sheppard and Kristina Kell, the latter who later found the Hidden Immunity Idol. However, early cracks in the alliance began to form when Francesca grew annoyed with Phillip's talkative personality.

After Ometepe's loss at the inaugural Immunity Challenge, Natalie Tenerelli became Francesca's alliance first target for elimination. However at Tribal Council, Phillip went double-agent by telling Rob about Kristina's idol, putting Kristina and Francesca in particular trouble. Despite Kristina being deemed as untrustworthy, it was Francesca who got eliminated from Ometepe in a 4-3-2 vote.

Upon her elimination, she was sent to Redemption Island where she received meager supplies and food, while waiting for her opponent in the upcoming Redemption Island Duel. The opponent turned out to be fellow Ometepe tribemate Matt Elrod. At the first duel, Francesca initially gained an early lead, but Matt managed to catch up, winning the duel. With this, Francesca was permanently eliminated from the game.

Trivia

 * Francesca is the first person to be voted out and sent to Redemption Island. That also means that she is the first person to be voted out with the knowledge that they could return to the game (the first person to be voted out, but not eliminated is Nicole Delma on, however, nobody knew at the time about the Outcasts twist).
 * Francesca is the first person to lose a duel on Redemption Island.
 * Francesca is one of 8 contestants to be voted out by a plurality (less than 50% of the votes, excluding votes negated by the Hidden Immunity Idol). The others are: Gretchen Cordy, Bobby Mason, Brendan Synnott, Jill Behm, Christine Shields Markoski, Elyse Umemoto and Leif Manson.
 * Francesca is one of 6 castaways (the others being Rob Mariano, Shii Ann Huang, Bobby Jon Drinkard, Russell Swan and Michael Skupin) that returned for a second season despite not being a member of the Jury on their original season.
 * She is the only person to be the first eliminated on their original season and return for another season.
 * She is the only castaway on the Bikal tribe to not make the merge on her original season.
 * On both of her seasons, the starting tribes' colors were orange and purple.
 * She beat Russell Swan's record of the least collective days lasted by a returning contestant, only lasting nine days in her two seasons.
 * She also beat his record of the combined amount of days of a returning player with only 9 days.
 * She is the second returning player to never reach the merge/jury following Russell.
 * She is the only contestant to be the first one voted out and the first one eliminated twice.
 * Francesca is the only returning player, who never won immunity challenge.