Jerri Manthey

Jerri Lynn Manthey was a contestant in Australia, All-Stars and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. She placed 8th, 10th and 4th respectively.

Profile
Manthey was born in Stuttgart, Germany and attended both high school and college in Germany. Manthey's father, Cyril, was a career member of the United States Army and served several years in Germany. Manthey worked as a bartender in Los Angeles while attempting to build an acting career.

Manthey's acting debut was in the movie That Championship Season (1999) using the name Jerri Lynn London.

Survivor: The Australian Outback
Jerri proved to be a strategic player from Day 1, where she revealed in a confessional she was viewing everything that her tribe mates did as a 'strategic' move as they started building their shelter. Early on she got into conflict with Keith over disagreements of how to build their shelter.

Jerri: "Keith and I didn't start off on a very good foot because of some of the condescending remarks he made to me. He might not very well be aware that he does it, but I'm not the kind of person that lets it slide off my back."

She continued to butt heads with Keith on the second day, when she insisted they move their fire pit to where they wanted to keep it before they actually started the fire. On Day 5, Jerri took over cooking after the tribe complained about Keith's undercooked rice (with Jerri even gloating that 'a chef doesn't know how to cook rice'). As a solution, Jerri made use of the flour they had to make a tortilla with the tribe ended up satisfied. Despite Keith complimenting her cooking, the tension between the two was as strong as ever.

In an infamous survivor moment, Jerri accused Kel of eating beef jerky, prohibited by the rules of the game. This angered his tribe mates who were starving. Jerri, Amber and  Tina looked through his bag to see if there was any beef jerky, but there was none. Kel overheard the conversation and confronted the tribe, who all believed he had been eating beef jerky.

After Ogakor lost the second immunity challenge, Jerri came up as a target because of her rough personality and her general unpleasantness. She herself was seeking to vote off Kel because she considered him a liar and a cheater. Her arguments won over her tribemates, and the tribe eliminated Kel unanimously. She confessed that she was attracted to Colby, and tried ways to lure him to potentially make an alliance. Much to her efforts, Colby seemed unaffected.

Keith: "Oh, I think Jerri is legitimately attracted to Colby, but I'm sure that strategic play is involved. There's no question."

After the merge, she, and the rest of the five remaining Ogakors stayed strong during the first two Tribal Councils, eliminating two of their former Kucha opponents. But Tina Wesson, Keith Famie and Colby Donaldson felt that they can now afford losing one of their won since they still have the majority, and with the help of the three remaining Kucha members, Manthey was their first victim.

Survivor: All-Stars
Manthey's iconic showing in Australia earned her a spot in Survivor: All-Stars, where she was placed in the Saboga tribe.

Despite her resolve to not be overly-opinionated, she and Rupert Boneham argued over conflicting plans for a Reward Challenge, where they are to create the best tribe shelter. After the argument, the tribe decided to follow Rupert's plan, digging an underground log cabin. Not only they lost the challenge, they found their shelter ineffective during a storm, with the log cabin completely filled with water, leaving Saboga unprotected from the harsh weather, making Jerri very emotional. Despite her tribe's misfortunes, Jerri rallied Saboga to win their first immunity. The victory was short-lived, when Saboga lost the following [special] challenge, where Saboga will be dissolved, while its remaining members will be distributed to the other two tribes. Jerri, along with Ethan went to Mogo Mogo, reuniting with Colby.

After helping the tribe voting out Richard Hatch, Jerri decided to seek revenge for Colby's perceived mistreatment of her back in Australia. With Colby gone, Jerri helped the tribe eliminate his closest ally Ethan (the last former winner and Jerri's tribemate from Saboga) was next to go.

Day 22, the tribes anticipated a merge, only to reveal a tribe shuffle. Remarkably, the random shuffle resulted in every member of Mogo Mogo trading with a member of Chapera, leaving Amber as the only remaining Chapera member on a tribe with Kathy, Manthey, Lex van den Berghe, and Shii Ann Huang. Jerri was delighted to be with her "Outback Sister."

After Chapera lost the next Immunity Challenge, Boston Rob (Amber's closest ally) felt distraught at the prospect of Amber being sent home - and immediately made a hasty protection deal with Lex after the challenge. Lex was forced to weigh his options: either throwing a wrench at Rob and the former Chapera members in the event of a merge, or cutting loose his loyal ally Jerri. Eventually, with Kathy's help, Lex decided to boot out Jerri, who was voted out unanimously.

Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
Jerri's notorious past Survivor stints earned her a spot on the Villains tribe. Jerri initially had a special friendship with fellow Villain Coach Wade, with their tribemates often teasing them about the "Dragon Slayer" and the "Black Widow" being lovers. She became a focal point to Russell Hantz's rise to power over the Villains tribe by helping his alliance (comprising of outsiders Parvati Shallow and Danielle DiLorenzo) to vote off Russell's archenemy Rob Mariano, despite having conflicts with Shallow in the beginning.

At the first post-merge vote, Parvati gave her a Hidden Immunity Idol, thus negating all votes against her. This eventually became the subsequent downfall of the Heroes. She eventually won one Reward Challenge and one Immunity Challenge (much to her delight, for it was her first). Russell feared that Jerri might win because of her popularity (and stipulated that the final four was also comprised of Shallow and Sandra Diaz-Twine, both of whom are former winners). Russell also deemed that even if he voted her out, she would still vote her him at the Final Tribal Council. This theory turned out to be incorrect, when Jerri felt appalled by his prediction. She then found herself voting her "frenemy" Parvati, though she lost over Sandra.

Post-Survivor
Following her appearance on Survivor, Manthey appeared on The Young and the Restless. Manthey posed nude in the September 2001 issue of Playboy. She also appeared in the movies Destiny (2002) and Komodo vs. Cobra (2005). She worked as a sideline reporter on the TV series Extreme Dodgeball during its first season, but did not return for the second or third season. She also appeared in the music video for "Faith Hill"'s version of Piece Of My Heart.

On March 3, 2010, while Heroes vs. Villains was still being aired, Manthey was purged from a US Airways flight in Charlotte, North Carolina after a disagreement with the flight crew. She posted an open letter to US Airways management on her Facebook page sharing the details of her experience.