Dolly Neely

Dolly Neely is a contestant from.

Profile
Dolly Neely was born in Clarion, Pennsylvania. She spent approximately four years living on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia, while attending classes and hanging out at the National Press Club (her mother works for the World Bank) where, along the way, she met former Presidents Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton, as well as President George W. Bush. Her overseas journeys have taken her to Germany, England, Uruguay and Argentina.

Neely currently lives at Lake Latonka located in Mercer, Pennsylvania. She is a shepherdess to approximately 40 sheep on her 90-acre farm, having taken over after her grandfather's death in November 2003. Along with taking care of her sheep, she likes to spend her time snow and loves water skiing, mountain biking, gardening, rifle hunting, trapping for muskrats and beavers and reading the magazine National Rifleman. She is a member of the NRA, loves romance music from the 40s and 50s and says "Seven-Year Itch" is her favorite movie.

Neely is extremely proud that she is true close friends with her mom and both her grandparents and describes herself as smart, worldly, self confident, bossy and sensitive. Neely says that Jesus Christ is her ultimate hero because he is the savior for all. While she would give up her sheep for six months in order to get a $1 million, she wouldn't do anything that would jeopardize her spot in heaven. She believes that she will bring her communication, creativity and practical skills to SURVIVOR:VANUATU and says her motivation for being on the show is to meet new people and experience new things. She says that she could be the Sole Survivor because she has lots of determination and resolve. Her birth date is November 18, 1978.

Survivor: Vanuatu
Dolly was placed on the all female Yasur tribe at the beginning of the season. At camp, two major alliances quickly emerged in the group. One consisted of the younger women, and the other consisting of the older women. Ultimately, Dolly became the only person on the tribe not to join either faction. Thus, when Yasur lost the second Immunity Challenge, both groups vied for Dolly's vote. After much deliberation, Dolly decided to ally with the younger women and voted for Leann Slaby. However, Dolly's reluctance to commit worried Eliza Orlins and she decided to vote for Dolly, convincing the older women to do the same. As a result, Dolly was voted out 5-4 at Yasur's first Tribal Council.

Post-Survivor

 * On January 9, 2010, Dolly attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party along with all of her Vanuatu cast mates.

Trivia

 * Dolly is the first female to finish in 17th place.
 * She is also the first new player to finish in 17th place, as the 17th place finisher in was a returnee.
 * Dolly shares her birthday with Janet Koth.
 * Ironically, They were both the first ones voted on a All Female tribe.