Reynold Toepfer

Reynold Toepfer is a contestant from.

He is known for working alongside close friend and ally Eddie Fox, creating the Cool Kids Alliance and soon aligning with Malcolm Freberg after the Tribe Switch, leading to being seen as a strategical and physical threat, ultimately leading to his elimination after Malcolm.

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Name (Age): Reynold Toepfer (30)

Tribe Designation: Gota, Enil Edam

Current Residence: San Francisco, Calif.

Occupation: Real Estate Sales

Personal Claim to Fame: Living abroad in Australia. I fully immersed myself in the culture, made beautiful friendships that will last a lifetime and gained a truer understanding of who I am.

Inspiration in Life: Tom Brady, because he is the ultimate competitor and always brings out the absolute best of anyone who plays with him. He displays such a calm poise in the most intense, stressful situations, and will never take credit for the victories he has led.

Hobbies: Swimming, rugby and crossword puzzles.

Pet Peeves: Negative people who feel sorry for themselves and winter.

3 Words to Describe You: Adventurous, resourceful and likable.

If You Could Have 3 Things on The Island What Would They Be and Why? Music and books are both passions of mine and are things that could alleviate some of the stress during the very trying times on Survivor. I’d also bring a volleyball. Sand volleyball is super fun and I think some games on the beach could be good for the tribe.

SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: Physically, I think I can perform in challenges like Colby Donaldson. Socially, I flirt like Parvati Shallow and can handle intense confrontational situations with a smile on my face. And, I’m a bit like Todd Herzog where I can play into people’s egos to keep them blind to my agenda.

Reason for Being on SURVIVOR: The challenge! My life has been defined by putting myself in new and challenging situations and succeeding. Survivor would be such an appropriate culmination as to what my life has been up to this point and I don’t think I could ever replicate anything as great as Survivor on my own.

Why You Think You’ll “Survive” SURVIVOR: I’m a charmer. I dazzle people. They adore me and open up to me. I’m an excellent motivator, excellent physical competitor and have experience spear fishing.

Why You Think You Will Be the Sole SURVIVOR: With my charming personality and a long history of thriving in and adapting to new social situations, I am the best equipped to manipulate the actions of my fellow competitors to play my agenda. I’m in excellent physical shape and my strong competitive drive makes me almost unstoppable.

Survivor: Caramoan
Reynold came to Survivor: Caramoan as a Fan on the Gota tribe. After losing in the first reward challenge, he quickly aligned with Allie Pohevitz. He also aligned with Hope Driskill and Eddie Fox. Reynold won the fans the first immunity challenge. Laura Alexander targeted Allie and Reynold because she saw the two sleeping close to one another. The quartet was getting annoyed with Shamar Thomas' personality and lack of work ethic. The Favorites won the next challenge. After losing, Reynold found the  Hidden Immunity Idol which he informed Allie. At tribal council, Reynold was pressured into revealing his Idol. The Cool Kids Alliance gave their votes to Shamar, but the others aligned themselves and voted out Allie. Bikal continued their winning streak, send Gota to another tribal council. Laura proposed to split vote between Reynold's allies to avoid his idol. He still did not play it and Hope was sent home.

After losing the reward challenge, Shamar complained about something in his eye. The medical team checked Shamar eye and it was revealed that his cornea was scratched. Reynold was glad that Shamar was leaving, but still felt sorry for how he left. Gota lost because of Laura's lack of athleticism. Reynold and Eddie successfully campaigned for Laura's expulsion from the game, under the argument that she was the weakest person the tribe. Before the reward challenge, Reynold found another idol. Despite Gota cutting loose its weakest link, the fans still lost the next challenge. Sherri Biethman was very angered that she voted out her closest ally to keep the tribe strong and still lost, but she was never vocal about it. The Favorites wanted to forfeit the immunity challenge to vote out the increasing volatile Brandon Hantz. Brandon launched a tirade against his tribe and was verbally voted out unanimously.

On day 14, a Tribe Switch occurred. The new Gota was Reynold, Eddie, Sherri, Erik Reichenbach, Brenda Lowe, Andrea Boehlke and Malcolm Freberg. Reynold and Eddie lobbied for Sherri's ouster because she lead the Gota and sent Allie and Hope home. This did not happen as the new Gota won all of the challenges. Also, Eddie and Reynold befriended and aligned themselves with Malcolm because he said the three would all be a "hunted species."

On Day 20, The tribes merged and moved to Bikal beach. Malcolm got his friend, Corinne Kaplan into the alliance. They also got the former Gota Alliance member, Michael Snow on their side. John Cochran won immunity, which surprised everyone. Unfortunately, the other favorites and Sherri joined Phillip Sheppard's Stealth R Us 2.0 alliance to blindside Corinne. Reynold's team won the reward challenge and enjoyed a picnic lunch. Reynold failed to win immunity and was concerned for his safety in the game. Reynold planned to used his idol on himself, but Malcolm said that he was going home. Reynold used the idol on Malcolm (unbeknownst to him, Malcolm threw a vote at Reynold as a throwaway) but it wasted as Andrea convinced the alliance to vote out Michael instead. Reynold once again enjoyed reward as her, Cochran, Dawn Meehan, Erik and Phillip won. However, he was disgusted by Phillip when he got into the pool immediately without showering. Reynold won immunity. Stealth R us planned to split the vote between Malcolm and Eddie. Malcolm had two idols and used them to blindside Phillip.

At the survivor Auction, Reynold brought a slice of pizza and a letter from home. Cochran won immunity again because he bought an advantage at the auction. The three amigos as they was called, tried to get Erik, Sherri and Andrea on their side. The trio failed to sway anybody and Malcolm was eliminated after a three way tie. The next challenge was for immunity. Reynold had many close calls but ultimately fell in the water. Andrea wanted to blindside Brenda because she was the biggest Jury threat. In the end, Reynold was voted out in a 4-2-1-1 vote.

At Final Tribal Council, Reynold ignored Sherri for his deep dislike of her. Reynold wanted Dawn to insult him after a brief argument, Dawn told him she thought of him as a Chauvinist. Ultimately, Reynold gave his jury vote to Cochran.

Voting History
In There's Gonna Be Hell to Pay, the vote ended with a 3-3-3 tie between Eddie, Hope and Shamar, forcing a revote. Reynold did not change his vote at the revote. In Come Over to the Dark Side, the vote ended with a 3-3-3 tie between Reynold, Andrea and Malcolm, forcing a revote. At the revote, Reynold did not receive enough votes to be eliminated.

Post-Survivor

 * On the 5-2-13/12th episode of the Survivor After Show, hosted by Parvati Shallow and featuring guest Rob Cesternino, Reynold announced that he married a woman named Olivia after he came back from filming. They reside in Austin, Texas and have one son from Olivia's previous marriage.


 * Reynold's and Olivia's first daughter, Lochlynn Elyse, was born on April 26, 2014.

Trivia

 * Reynold is the sixth castaway to find the idol without any clues.
 * Reynold is the second castaway to find an idol twice in one season, after Russell Hantz.
 * The day after playing his first idol, he found another one.
 * Erik compared Reynold to a "used car salesman".
 * In Caramoan, he lasted the most days out of any male Fan without having a vote count against him with 25. (Laura's vote was negated by the Hidden Immunity Idol and thus not counted).
 * Reynold is the only fan to win an individual challenge in.
 * Also, Reynold is the only fan who was allowed to speak at the Reunion Show.
 * Malcolm Freberg is the only male contestant in Caramoan to vote for Reynold.
 * Reynold is the third player to only negate one vote against him through the use of a Hidden Immunity Idol, the first being Sash Lenahan and the second being Rob Mariano.
 * Reynold is the lowest placing Enil Edam member to win individual immunity.
 * Reynold was asked to return for, but he declined.