Andrea Boehlke is a contestant from Survivor: Redemption Island.
Andrea was part of the dominant Stealth R Us alliance, but was voted out once the alliance was forced to turn on themselves. She would then become the first female contestant to win a Redemption Island duel and return to the game as a result. Despite returning, she was voted out at the next Tribal Council for being the biggest threat to win, placing 5th overall. Andrea is the only one in her alliance who tried to vote out Rob Mariano and realized his threat status.
Profile[]
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Name (Age): Andrea Boehlke (21)
Tribe Designation: Ometepe
Current Residence: Random Lake, Wis.
Occupation: Student (University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point)
Personal Claim to Fame: Paying for my own college education and making the Dean's list every semester.
Inspiration in Life: My parents are my inspiration because they are hard-working, down-to-earth and both have a great sense of humor.
Hobbies: Sports, theater, horseback riding, hunting and outdoor activities.
Pet Peeves: "Girly-girls" and electric staplers.
3 Words to Describe You: Hard-working, competitive and outgoing.
Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like: Perhaps a mixture of J.T. because he is hard-working and has a farm background and Parvati because she's competitive and knows how to have fun, but I'm also very unique.
Reason for being on Survivor: I crave adventures. I also want to prove how tough I am.
Why you think you'll "survive" Survivor: Growing up on a farm and being a member of the 4-H club has made me both outdoorsy and resourceful. I'm also mentally tough and a bit of a social butterfly. I love being challenged and can handle the pressure.
Why you think you will be the Sole Survivor: People will underestimate me based on my looks, but I am tremendously competitive and driven. I'm feisty, brave and can manipulate people while remaining likeable.[1]
Survivor[]
Andrea started the game on the Ometepe tribe, which received Rob Mariano as a member on Day 1 to complete the tribe. Andrea found herself as a part of his alliance, along with Natalie Tenerelli, Grant Mattos, Ashley Underwood, and Matt Elrod, outnumbering the rival alliance of Kristina Kell, Francesca Hogi, and Phillip Sheppard. Her three closest allies and friends throughout the game would be Matt (who she had a heavily flirtatious relationship with), Grant, and Rob. Ometepe got off to a bad start, losing three out of the first four Immunity Challenges (and in that stretch, the only victory came as a result of Zapatera throwing the challenge so they could go to Tribal Council to eliminate Russell Hantz). Andrea's role in the alliance was as a vote against Kristina for splitting the votes since Kristina found the Hidden Immunity Idol early on in the game. However, Rob started to lose trust in Andrea when noticing she and Matt were becoming closer to each other than with himself, even comparing them to himself and Amber Brkich from All-Stars. So on Day 5, Rob went behind Andrea's back to blindside Matt, when Andrea thought the plan was to split the votes between Kristina and Phillip. Andrea was upset when Matt was sent to Redemption Island but she remained in Rob's alliance, which now included Phillip.
On Day 21, Matt returned to the game and the tribes merged, which meant Andrea was in the majority 7-5. However, Mike Chiesl became friends with Matt and Andrea and asked them to side with the Zapatera tribe, even offered to take them to the end instead of his former tribemates. Andrea considered it but once Matt told Rob about considering voting him off, Andrea felt that aligning with Matt could get her in trouble so she voted him off along with the rest of former Ometepe, sending Matt back to Redemption Island on Day 21.
Andrea would be in a good spot for the next several votes, in which she won an individual Immunity Challenge on Day 24. However, she was slowly finding her way down to the bottom of the Ometepe alliance, with her being the hardest working of the Ometepe girls, her relationship with possible Redemption Island returnee Matt, alliance leader Rob having a much closer personal bond with both Grant and Natalie, with Natalie and Ashley's stronger friendship, and all others (particularly Rob) hoping to take the game's two most obvious jury goats Natalie and Phillip to the Final Tribal Council with them. Once all the Zapatera members were voted off, Andrea thought the next to go would be Phillip since he originally belonged to Kristina's alliance. However, on Day 32, Andrea would be unanimously voted off since she was seen as a threat, her two closest remaining allies Grant and Rob being the main ones to determine she should be eliminated over Phillip. When she arrived at Redemption Island, she got the cold shoulder from everyone, with Matt being angry with her resulting in an argument and Ralph Kiser refusing to let her in the shelter.
On Redemption Island Arena, despite facing tough opposition with the three biggest physical and jury threats Grant (who would be Rob's next blindside victim), Matt, and Mike, Andrea shocked most and won both of the duels she participated in, including the "winner takes all" final four-person duel, and re-entered the game on Day 36. Andrea was glad to be back in the game, but she felt nervous because she was voted off once already, and obviously being on the bottom rung of the Ometepe alliance and a threat it could easily happen again. Andrea started off pushing for an all-girls Final Three alliance, and began her campaigning to get either Phillip or Rob voted off, by making up a complete lie that Matt, Mike, and Ralph had all said they would vote for Phillip should he reach the Final Tribal Council. Unbeknownst to her though, both Natalie and Ashley knew about Rob having a Hidden Immunity Idol that he was almost certain to play at his final opportunity at the upcoming Tribal Council, making an effort to sway them against Rob almost futile. Since Ashley had recently won an individual Immunity Challenge and was growing very close to Natalie, Rob planned on sparing Andrea should Ashley lose the Immunity Challenge on Day 37. However, Ashley won immunity, with Andrea a close second, putting Andrea in the hot seat. Andrea did everything she could to convince the girls and Phillip that they needed to make a big move and vote Rob off since he's a major threat to win if he makes it to the end, and informing Ashley, Natalie, and Phillip that they were seen as mere pawns of Rob's who at that point had little respect from the jury members she had encountered while on Redemption Island. However, at Tribal Council, the girls and Phillip maintained their loyalty to Rob, and even if they had flipped, Rob did play his Hidden Immunity Idol just in case so Andrea would be voted out of the game for good with a 4-0 vote, finishing in 5th place.
At Final Tribal Council, Andrea was unimpressed by Natalie's game, deeming her betrayal of best friend Ashley in favor of Rob at the final four Tribal Council as weak coattail riding, and calling her relationship with Rob creepy. Andrea told Phillip that she never knew the real one at all, which he noted was because of not being in the original alliance. Although Andrea did not like Rob's gameplay on a personal level, she recognized that Rob played a very strong game overall and voted for Rob to win the title of Sole Survivor.
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
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| 1 | Ometepe | Push It Uphill | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost |
| 2 | Smash, Grab, Smash | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost | |
| 3 | Spin Cycle | Reward/Immunity | No | Won | |
| 4 | Toolin' Around | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost | |
| 5 | Smoko | Reward/Immunity | No | Won | |
| 6 | Beach Balls | Reward/Immunity | No | Won | |
| 7 | Crash Course | Reward/Immunity | No | Won | |
| Tribes Merged, Day 19 | |||||
| 8 | Murlonio | Roller Ball | Immunity | Lost | |
| 9 | Meso Soup | Immunity | Lost | ||
| Gang Hang | Immunity | No | Won | ||
| 10 | Mayan Pizza | Immunity | Lost | ||
| 11 | Log Jam | Reward/Immunity | Invited1 | ||
| Flashback | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 12 | Step on Up | Immunity | Lost | ||
| Voted Out, Day 32 | |||||
| 13 | Murlonio | A Maze N' Jig | Duel | 3rd | |
| 14 | A Leg Up | Duel | Won | ||
| Returned, Day 36 | |||||
| 14 | Murlonio | A Numbers Game | Immunity | Lost | |
| Voted Out, Day 37 | |||||
| Notes: ^1 Grant shared his reward with Andrea.
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| Episode | Andrea's Votes |
Voted Against Andrea |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristina | - |
| 2 | - | |
| 3 | Ometepe Tribe Immune | |
| 4 | Kristina | - |
| 5 | Ometepe Tribe Immune | |
| 6 | Ometepe Tribe Immune | |
| 7 | Ometepe Tribe Immune | |
| 8 | Matt | - |
| 9 | Mike | - |
| David | Individual Immunity | |
| 10 | Julie | - |
| 11 | Ralph | - |
| Steve | - | |
| 12 | Phillip | Ashley, Grant, Natalie, Phillip, Rob |
| Voted Out, Day 32 | ||
| 13 | On Redemption Island | |
| 14 | ||
| Returned, Day 36 | ||
| 14 | Ashley, Natalie, Phillip, Rob | |
| Voted Out, Day 37 | ||
| Voted for Sole Survivor |
Rob | |
^1 In "You Own My Vote", Kristina used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Andrea's vote against her.
^2 In "Seems Like a No Brainer", Rob used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Andrea's vote against him.
Trivia[]
- In every pre-merge Tribal Council that Andrea attended, she voted for Kristina Kell.
- Andrea is the first woman to win a duel on Redemption Island.
- Andrea is the first woman to compete in more than one Redemption Island duel.
- Andrea is the first woman to return from Redemption Island. She would be followed by Laura Morett and Tina Wesson.
- Andrea is tied with Rick Devens for the most in-game days in a single season of all contestants who have returned to the game at 32.
- Andrea lost 13 lbs. during her time on Redemption Island.[2]
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