Val Collins

Val Collins is a contestant from.

Profile
Name: Val Collins

Age: 35

Relationship to Significant Castaway: Jeremy’s wife

Current Residence: Foxboro, MA

Occupation: Police Officer

Personal Claim to Fame: My family.

Pet Peeves: Liars.

Three Words to Describe You: Competitive, loving, and loyal.

“Survivor” Contestant You Are Most Like: Monica Culpepper and Taj Johnson-George.

Reason for Being on “Survivor”: Winning!

Why You Think You’ll Survive “Survivor”: I have mental toughness, I’m strong and I’m patient.

Why You Think You Will Be the Sole “Survivor”: I have the mental toughness. I respect the game. You need to respect the game to play it. I know how to play the social game and will pay attention to opponents’ advantages before they realize them and use them as options.

What Does It Mean to You to Play “Survivor” with Your Loved One? I am excited to play the game with Jeremy but our game will probably be different and that will be hard because I may have to change my game and go against my gut based on his instinct. Playing with a loved one brings emotions to the game right from the beginning. You have to watch their back just as much.

Survivor: San Juan del Sur
Val started out as a member of the orange Coyopa tribe, confident in her ability to survive without her husband, Jeremy.

However, Jeff announced there would be a duel immediately. Hunahpu won the rock-paper-scissors and elected to have Jeremy compete in the duel. Jeff then revealed that he would be competing against Val, his loved one; the winner would receive flint and beans and the loser would be sent to Exile Island. In the duel, Val fell behind as it took her longer to get up and over her wooden structure. Although she made up a little ground, she ended up losing to her husband.

After the duel, Jeremy tearfully accepted the fact that he had just banished his wife to Exile. However, Jeff announced another twist in that he would also nominate one person from his own tribe to accompany her. He said that he immediately knew he would pick Keith, based on his appearance, claiming that he looked like he would take good care of Val.

When Val and Keith arrived at Exile Island, they were greeted by the assignment of each choosing one of two urns. Luckily for Val, her urn had a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol on it; Keith's had nothing. However, the clue revealed that the idol was in fact hidden back at the Coyopa camp.

After her tribe lost the immunity challenge after her return, she helped to found a 4-way women's alliance, including Baylor, Jaclyn, and Nadiya, ingratiating herself into the tribe she had been away from for two days. They also tried to swing Josh into their foursome and vote out perceived outsider Dale. Despite this, Baylor flipped to the men's alliance and Josh threw his vote away onto Baylor, sending Nadiya home, 5-3-1.

At the next reward challenge, Jeremy and John Rocker were sent to Exile Island, with both men promising to look out and protect their loved ones in order for Jeremy to ensure Val's safety. Val, however, lied to John and claimed that she had a Hidden Immunity Idol. John plotted for a 4-4 vote split between Val and Baylor so that Val could play her idol and send Baylor home. After losing a second immunity challenge and heading to Tribal Council, Val's lie caught up to her as she was revealed not to have the Idol when the votes tied 4-4. John, irritated that Val didn't play her Idol, broke his promise to Jeremy by voting Val out in a 5-1 revote.

Voting History
In Method to This Madness, the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Val and Baylor, forcing a revote. Dale and John changed their votes to Val at the revote, eliminating her from the game.

Trivia

 * Val is the third Survivor contestant to have their name start with V.
 * The first was Vecepia of Marquesas and the second was Vytas of.
 * She was the only one of the three to be a member of a yellow tribe.
 * She is also the only person to have their name start with V and not make the merge.
 * Val is the oldest female member of the Coyopa tribe.
 * Val and Keith are the first people to be sent to Exile Island since Coach in.
 * Val continues the trend of a woman being the second person voted out of Blood vs. Water-themed tribes, following Laura Morrett and Marissa Peterson.
 * Val is the sixth person to be disqualified from a challenge.
 * The first five were Ken Stafford, Robb Zbacnik, Stephanie Dill, Jed Hildebrand and Ben Browning.
 * She is the second woman to be disqualified from a challenge, after Stephanie.