Lex van den Berghe

Alexis "Lex" van den Berghe was a contestant in Survivor: Africa and in Survivor: All-Stars. He placed 3rd and 9th respectively.

Profile
Born on June 18, 1963 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Lex van den Berghe is a punk rock band drummer from Santa Cruz, California. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Santa Clara University, and, due to his adventurous side, took on a job as a back country trip guide for various adventure travel businesses. His list of previous work experience includes being a carpenter, radio DJ, musician, motivational speaker and corporate marketing manager. When not with his wife, Kelly, and their two children, Corbin and River, van den Berghe can be seen either surfing at the beach or riding his motorcycle.

Survivor: Africa
Lex was one of the contestants who felt aggravated after the beans fiasco in Day 3, saying that he could not fully trust tribemate Clarence Black. He formed a solid alliance with Tom Buchanan and Ethan Zohn. Even with a Day 13 tribe switch, Lex remained loyal to their alliance.

At their first post-merge Tribal Council, Lex received two votes, one of which came from Clarence. Disturbed, Lex tried to unearth the caster of the second vote. Trusting his gut feeling, he mistakenly accused Kelly Goldsmith of the "mystery vote." Lex persuaded the Boran alliance to turn on Kelly. Not backing down, Kelly switched to the Samburu alliance consisting of Frank Garrison, Kim Powers, Brandon Quinton and Teresa Cooper. Though Kelly felt safe after joining a new alliance, the Boran alliance managed to convince Quinton to join them, effectively eliminating Goldsmith.

Day have passed, Lex's peculiar demeanor started his grate his tribemates, especially when boredom sets in, leaving them conspiring several plots to oust him. Despite having an alliance to rely on, Lex received the ire of his alliance partners when he tried to save the lazy yet outspoken Brandon over the lonesome and unpopular Frank. With this, Lex's only solution was to win individual immunity. And with three immunity wins, Lex became indispensable. He, and the rest of the Boran alliance managed to systematically eliminate the ex-Samburus, leaving Teresa as the last former Samburu in Day 34. Not wanting to leave without a fight, Teresa finally revealed that she was the owner of the "mystery vote" as well as turning Lex on Tom because of the latter's previous attempts to save Brandon, to possible to break their trust. Despite this, Teresa still left the game, leaving the remaining Borans to turn on each other. Teresa's last-minute moves sent the final four castaways into an uproar, with Lex and Tom debating about trust issues. Adding insult to injury, the intended plan of a all-male final three was ruined when Kim Johnson won the Day 37 Immunity Challenge. In Day 38, a stomach upset caused Lex to ultimately forfeit the final Immunity Challenge. Kim J., perceiving that she cannot beat either Ethan or Lex at the final Tribal Council, she decided to eliminate Lex, for she deemed that Ethan was more deserving.

Trivia

 * In Survivor: Africa, Lex receives votes whenever he does not win immunity.
 * In Survivor: Redemption Island, Jeff referenced Lex' decision of keeping Amber in doing Rob a favor. Steve Wright also brought up Rob's betrayal of Lex after this same favor in an attempt to turn Ometepe against Rob.
 * Both times when Lex tribe switched, his new tribe was red.
 * Lex is the only person to serve as both the first juror and the last juror.
 * Lex is one of three contestants (along with Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien and Tom Buchanan) to make the merge in Survivor: All-Stars and not improve over their previous finish.