Joe Dowdle

Joe Dowdle is a contestant from.

Profile
This 26-year-old southern gentleman and savvy businessman was raised in a single parent household along with his sister. Joe is eternally grateful to his mother for all the sacrifices she made while he was growing up. He currently works in real estate investment sales and enjoys spending his free time strumming his guitar, tossing around a football and hanging out with friends. He is definitely a man who takes pride in hard work and being a Texan.

Joe truly is a genuine Texas Cowboy. After a rigorous selection process in combination with a high GPA from the University of Texas at Austin, he was selected to join the Texas Cowboys, which is a service organization where members act as ambassadors for, according to Joe, "the greatest university in the world," the University of Texas. When he is not working or volunteering his time, Joe enjoys playing basketball and golf in addition to spending time working out and running.

He feels that he will be the next person to win SURVIVOR because he is dedicated, goal oriented and plans to use a strategy he calls "persuade and evade." He intends to constantly look for alliances and win challenges, all while staying just below the radar. He doesn't like overly dramatic people and hates to lose. Unfortunately he may be faced with both in his attempt to become the next sole SURVIVOR.

Joe Dowdle is single and resides in Austin, Texas. His birthday is June 29.

Survivor: Tocantins
Joe Dowdle was placed on the Jalapao tribe. The tribe did not get much supplies from the raid of the truck. When asked who was the weakest on the tribe, Joe said "Grammy"(referring to Sandy Burgin). The tribe agreed, almost unanimously. However, instead of sending Sandy home, they gave her a helicopter ride to the camp. Joe was the one who guided the tribe in the direction of the camp site. After a long walk in the hot sun, They arrived at the camp before sun down. Everyone was annoyed that Sandy seemingly didn't do anything. Shelter was built very quickly. Joe noticed that Sandy was going off by herself, to look for a special Hidden Immunity Idol that could be used at the tribe's first Tribal Council only. At the First challenge of the season, Jalapao came close but Timbira won out. After the loss, Carolina Eastwood started bossing people to improve the camp. Everyone was Irked by this and impressed by Sandy's performance at the same time. Joe agreed with Carolina going out before Sandy. The tribe gotten flint after Carolina's ouster.

The tribe made fire very quickly. Joe lead the tribe to find protein by getting termites. Joe knocked down a termite mound. Almost everyone eat the termites and grubs, which surprised them, except Sydney Wheeler. At camp, Taj Johnson revealed she was married to Eddie George, leaving almost everyone in awe. At the challenge, Jalapao made a comeback and won immutiny and fishing gear. This was the start of a winning streak. Joe himself, lead Jalapao to victory in a Reward Challenge for comfort items. Jalapao bonded over time. Joe and J.T. Thomas was the ones selected to raid the Timbira when they won the last Reward Challenge. Unfortunately, Timbira broke the streak by winning immunity. Joe, Sydney, and Spencer Duhm was ready to vote out Sandy. J.T., Taj and Stephen Fishbach discussed whether to vote out Sandy or Sydney. In the end, Sandy was voted out in a 5-1-1 vote. Taj voted against Joe because she didn't want to write Sandy's name down.

At the Reward Challenge, Jalapao won a trip to the Charmin Cafe. Brendan Synnott chose Stephen to be exiled with him. The tribe also received letters from home. At the Reward Challenge, J.T. almost lead the tribe single-handedly to victory. However, both Taj and Spencer both did badly at the challenge. During the challenge, Joe nicked his knee. Jalapao ultimately lost the challenge. Taj started yelling at Joe when he said that he knew her. Everyone agreed that Spencer was weaker and he was voted out. After the Spencer's elimination, Sydney was getting nervous. Having become attracted to her, Joe promised her that Taj would go. At the Reward Challenge, It was Jalapao managed to come from behind but Timbira won. Timbira chose Joe to be exiled. He strategically selected Erinn Lobdell to join. Joe hoped to charm in to revealing Timbira's secrets and have her flip to Jalapao when the tribes merge. Although Erinn kept quiet about her tribe, She did gave him the clue about the idol. When Joe returned, he found the  idol at tree mail. This was actually a fake made by Taj because she been found the idol. Timbira won immunity, meaning Jalapao was down in numbers at the merge. After the challenge, everyone noticed that Joe's leg was infected. Joe assured Sydney that Taj is going home. J.T. and Stephen talked to Joe about voting out Sydney, something Joe said that could not do. Sydney was voted out in a 3-2 vote.

Everyone was concerned about Joe's leg. Joe said it was getting better, but Taj disagreed. The tribe gotten tree mail that implied a Reward Challenge for a feast. Instead, the tribes merged. Everyone moved to the Timbira camp for the remainder of the game. J.T. named the tribe Forza. Joe and J.T. was targets for their strength. At the immunity, J.T. tried to encouraged Joe to hang on. Joe was unable to do so and was the second person out. Jeff noticed Joe's leg and how bad it looked. After Tyson Apostol won the challenge, the medical team checked out Joe's leg. The medics deemed the infection could cause his leg to be amputated or even kill him. Joe was Medically Evacuated from the game, leaving everyone astonished.

Post-Survivor

 * On January 9, 2010, Joe attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.

Trivia

 * Joe became the first contestant to be evacuated for medical reasons right after the merge.
 * Joe became the first contestant to make the merge, but never went to Tribal Council with merged tribe.
 * He would later be followed by Julie McGee.
 * Joe is the first contestant since Nick Stanbury in to make to the merge but not be a member of the jury.
 * Joe is the third of four contestants to be evacuated during the merge, succeeding Bruce Kanegai and James Clement and preceding Erik Reichenbach.
 * Joe is also the first, and so far only person to be evacuated during the merge, but not serve on the jury.