James Clement

Casting
James was originally cast after Kenward "Boo" Bernis from Survivor Fiji suggested him to one of the Survivor Casting Directors. James and Bernis both live in Lafayette Louisiana, and played football together at UL. They had known each other for about 10 years. Bernis shared little advice with Clement on how to outwit and outlast the other castaways. "Just try to find somebody you can trust and stick with that person."

China
James was originally on the Fei Long (Flying Dragon in Chinese) Tribe. He lead his tribe to victory in the first Immunity Challenge. But when Zhan Hu and Fei Long got to capture someone from the other tribe, James and Aaron joined Jaime, Erik and Peih-Gee. Whe Zhan Hu lost the Immunity Challenge, the former Zhan Hu Tribe voted out Aaron. In the next episode, Fei Long captured James and he gave Todd a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol, which Todd then told James. James found the Hidden Immunity Idol at Zhan Hu and planned on throwing the challenge so a former Zhan Hu would go home. His plan didn't work and Sherea from Fei Long went home. In the next episode, the tribes merged. Frosti won Immunity and Jaime played a fake Idol that she stole from James' bag. She went home. In the next episode, Courtney won Immunity and Jean-Robert went home. In the next episode, the contestants could eat or play. James ate and had the most burgers of everyone. In the end, Frosti went home. In the next episode, Erik won Immunity. As a result, James went home with two Idols in his pocket.

Heroes Vs. Villains
James was put on the Heroes Tribe, along with fellow Micronesia contestants Cirie and Amanda. James gave the Heroes the first challenge win of the season, but the celebration was short lived due to the Heroes' failure in most of the early challenge. Due to James' strength, he wasn't a target for elimination at first, causing Sugar, Stephenie, and Cirie to go home instead. In the reward challenge of Episode 5, James got injured, but was not removed from the game. He returned to the Heroes' camp, much to Amanda's pleasure, but with his knee braced. Candice knew James would be next to go if the Heroes lose the next challenge, referring to him as "dead weight". Despite his injury, James led his tribe on an early lead in the immunity challenge, the Villains won yet again. Despite James being injured, Tom was voted off, merely for being on the wrong side of the numbers, which caused controversy between Survivor fans and the Villains' tribe. In Episode 6, both tribes competed for individual immunity within their tribes due to a surprise double elimination. James was able to perform well despite his injured knee, but in the end lost to Candice for immunity. The two Heroes on the chopping block on the heroes tribal council were James (for his injury) and Colby (for not doing well in the challenges despite not being injured and having a reputation for winning challenges from Survivor Australia). Amanda told James about the "banana ettiquette" and said if he wants to stay, he has to prove that he's still alright. James and J.T. had a race to see if James was fit for challenges, in which J.T. anhialated him. At tribal council, James referred to Colby as "One of the baddest Survivors ever growing up" and "Superman in a fat suit". Despite James proving a good point to fellow tribemates J.T., Candice, Rupert, and Amanda, in the end James was voted off 5-1 because his injury was too obvious to ignore. Post elimination, James said he loved this game, but merely had a bad luck with getting injured. In the reunion show, James proved to be fully healed from his injury and Jeff reminded James for being infamous for being very demanding to his tribe during challenges and tribal councils. Jeff also pointed out that James' being voted off in Survivor China with two immunity idols in hand was voted as one of the top 5 dumbest moves in Survivor history.

Trivia

-James' rankings in all his Survivor appearances were a multiple of 7; James got 7th in China and Micronesia, and 14th in Heroes vs. Villains

-Despite being known for his strength, 2 of James' three eliminations were based on him being injured

--Also despite being known for his strength, the Heroes tribe lost most of the challenges

---That could be because of the puzzle elements in many of those challenges

-As a running gag, the Villains (primarily Jerri Manthey) constantly teased James for being on the wrong tribe.

-Had James not been injured, Colby would've been voted off Episode 6 of Heroes vs. Villains

-Despite Parvati's all girls' alliance dominated Micronesia, James was not voted off by them.

--Again, it was probably due to him being evacuated due to injury

-James is 1 of only 2 castaways to, at one point, have 2 immunity idols in their posession. The other being Parvati.

- It is suspected that James began taking steriods sometime before Heros vs. Villians, due to his sudden, firey temper, higher pitched voice, and getting hurt more easily in challenges.

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