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Candice Leigh Cody[1] (née Woodcock) is a contestant from Survivor: Cook Islands, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, and Survivor: Blood vs. Water.

In Cook Islands, Candice attracted the attention of several men in her original season, most notably Adam Gentry. She was mainly known for her mutiny to go with the Raro Alliance, resulting in the creation of the Aitu Four. This move proved fatal for Candice, who was then frequently sent to Exile Island by the Aitu Four out of revenge. After Jonathan Penner flipped on the Raro Alliance, Candice found herself in the minority and was voted out.

In Heroes vs. Villains, Candice was initially a part of the Heroes Alliance. However, her awareness of her status on the outside of the alliance prompted her to flip to Russell Hantz and his Villains' alliance once the Heroes were down in numbers. After her flip, Candice was betrayed, and sent to the jury.

In Blood vs. Water, Candice was known for her fierce hatred towards Brad Culpepper, and going on a short Redemption Island duel streak, only to lose to her husband, John Cody, and Brad.

Profile[]

Retrieved from CBS.com

Candice Woodcock was born and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She graduated from Terry Sanford High School where she was president of her class and captain of the soccer and cross country teams. She received a perfect score on the math portion of her SATs.

Woodcock won full merit scholarships to both the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University. She accepted the Morehead Scholarship to attend UNC-Chapel Hill and eventually received her Bachelor of Science Degree in biology and psychology with a minor in chemistry.

Survivor: Africa inspired Woodcock to do service work in Africa. Following her freshman year of college, she spent 10 and a half weeks living in a mud hut with a tribal family in the western highlands of Kenya. She taught primary and secondary school in the village and designed her own service project where she ran a clinic that distributed over 700 pairs of eyeglasses that had been donated by parties in the United States. Inspired by her work in Kenya, Woodcock became the fundraising director and then executive director of Students for Students International, a completely student-run, non-profit organization at UNC-Chapel Hill that gives scholarships to students in Zimbabwe and Tanzania. Woodcock also spent a summer studying health care in Chile and Peru and another summer splitting her time between work at the Cancer Clinic at George Washington University Hospital and La Clinica del Pueblo, a free Latino clinic in Washington, D.C.

After graduation, Woodcock decided to take a year off before continuing her studies. She worked full-time for six months as an Assistant Director of Clinical Trials and as a Director of External Practice Development for an ophthalmology practice, and then part-time for the following six months. She has just begun graduate school at Georgetown University to attain a Master's Degree in physiology and biophysics. She then plans to attend medical school. She hopes to use her medical degree to do service work in developing countries and also in underserved areas of the U.S.

Woodcock enjoys spending time with her family and friends, working out, playing sports, being in the water and playing with her dog, Louis James.

Woodcock currently resides in Washington, D.C. Her birth date is November 12, 1982.[2]

Candice Woodcock (27)

Tribe: Heroes
Hometown: Fayetteville, N.C.
Current Residence: Washington, D.C.
Personal Claim To Fame: "Being the former Executive Director of Students for Students International."
Inspiration in Life: "My parents."
Previous Finishes: Cook Islands: 13th out, 5th Jury Member
Favorite Past Moment: "Winning the sand wrestling challenge in Cook Islands."
Previous Survivor She Respects Most: Tom Westman (Palau)
Previous Survivor She Respects Least: Corinne Kaplan (Gabon)

Why Did She Come Back? : "I'm always up for a challenge, and I love the game. I want a chance to play against the best!"[3]

Name (Age): Candice (30)
Tribe Designation: Returning Player
Relationship to Significant Castaway: John's Wife
Previous Season: Survivor: Cook Islands-13th out, 5th jury member; Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains-13th out, 5th jury member
Current Residence: Washington, D.C.
Occupation: Physician, Anesthesiology Resident

Why Did You Want to Return to Survivor and Play with Your Loved One? We are both successful in our individual lives, but we never get a chance to be competitive and play together on a team. I can't think of anybody I would trust more to be on my side as a teammate. I'm very proud of my husband and I want to show him off![4]

Survivor[]

Cook Islands[]

Candice started the game on the Caucasian Rarotonga tribe, where she became quick friends with all of her tribemates, notably Parvati Shallow, love interest Adam Gentry, and Jonathan Penner. Though Raro would win every Immunity Challenge during the four-tribe phase of the game, Candice did attract controversy at the end of the Immunity Challenge on Day 6. Realizing he would be next to go from the Aitutaki tribe, Billy Garcia whispered his predicament to Candice. Candice told him "we love you" ("we" as in Rarotonga), which Billy misinterpreted as "I love you", and so Billy told Candice he loved her in response. At Tribal Council that night, Billy told both his tribe and Jeff Probst that his prize from the game was falling in love with Candice, although no one took him seriously.

On Day 7, Candice was switched to the Aitu tribe, alongside Jonathan and Jessica Smith (nicknamed Flicka). Though she was sent to Exile Island ahead of the group's first Tribal Council, Jonathan was able to secure Candice's position within the group, creating a four-way alliance with original Manihiki memners Yul Kwon and Becky Lee. Following her return, Candice remained loyal to her new allies, eliminating both Cao Boi Bui and Flicka.

On Day 19, Jeff Probst offered the castaways the opportunity to mutiny from one tribe to another. Wanting to reconnect with her allies Adam and Parvati, Candice quickly mutinied from Aitu and was followed by Jonathan, much to the fury of her remaining Aitu tribemates. Though Candice was able to reestablish her friendships with Adam and Parvati and survive several votes, Aitu's winning streak would result in Candice being sent to Exile Island multiple times as punishment for her betrayal.

On Day 25, Candice joined the newly merged Aitutonga tribe. Though Candice's Raro Alliance held a 5-4 majority over the Aitu Four, Jonathan was convinced to flip on Raro by Yul after he showed him his Hidden Immunity Idol, eliminating Candice's ally Nate Gonzalez at Tribal Council. Now in the minority, Candice and her remaining allies attempted to turn the Aitu Four against Jonathan for his dishonesty. In the end though, Candice's pleas fell on deaf ears and she was eliminated in a 5-3 vote on Day 30. After kissing Adam on her way out of Tribal Council, Candice became the fifth member of the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, Candice pointed out that Yul was dancing around the jurors questions and said she only wanted a yes or no answer or he would lose her vote. Candice asked Yul if he felt any shame in how he worked the jury. After some hesitation, Yul said yes. Yul almost explained himself but Candice stopped him, pointing out he broke her rule. Despite that mistake, Candice voted for Yul to win the title of Sole Survivor, crucial in allowing him to defeat Ozzy Lusth in a close 5-4-0 vote.

Episode Tribe
Affiliation
Challenge Challenge Type Sit-Out? Result
1 Rarotonga Lock, Load and Light Reward/Immunity No 3rd
2 Tow the Line Reward/Immunity No 1st
Switched Tribes, Day 7
3 Aitutaki Steeple Chase Immunity No Lost1
4 Sacrificial Lamb Reward No Won
Mayday Immunity No Won
5 Never Tear Us Apart Reward No Lost
United We Stand Immunity No Won
6 Kicking and Screaming Reward No Won
8 Smash and Grab Reward No Won
Stairway to Heaven Immunity No Lost
Mutinied, Day 20
9 Rarotonga Barrel of Monkeys Reward No Lost
Depth Charge Immunity Yes Lost
10 Make Your Point Reward No Lost
South Pacific Immunity Yes Lost
Tribes Merged, Day 25
11 Aitutonga Get a Grip Immunity Lost
12 Survivor Auction
Recollection Immunity Lost
Voted Out, Day 30
Notes:
^1 After winning the Immunity Challenge, Rarotonga was given the opportunity to send one player to Exile Island, allowing them to abstain from Tribal Council. Rarotonga exiled Candice.

Episode Candice's
Votes
Voted Against
Candice
1 Rarotonga Tribe Immune
2 Rarotonga Tribe Immune
3 On Exile Island1
4 Aitutaki Tribe Immune
5 Aitutaki Tribe Immune
6 Cao Boi Cao Boi
8 Jessica -
9 Brad -
10 Rebecca -
Jenny -
11 Yul -
12 Jonathan Becky, Jonathan,
Ozzy, Sundra, Yul
Voted Out, Day 30
Voted for
Sole Survivor
Yul

^1 In "Flirting and Frustration", Rarotonga sent Candice to Exile Island, granting her immunity from Aitutaki's Tribal Council.

Heroes vs. Villains[]

A controversial inclusion on the cast, Candice entered the season on the Heroes tribe, due to her having chosen to nobly Mutiny from her tribe to join her former allies. Though Candice did not form many social connections in the early days of the game, she was eventually recruited as a number into the majority Heroes Alliance, which opposed a minority group led by Tom Westman; who tried multiple times to pull Candice to his side.

By the time the majority of Tom's alliance had been eliminated, several of Candice's tribemates (most notably Amanda Kimmel) had begun to view her as unreliable for entertaining Tom's pleas, and planned to vote her out ahead of the Day 15 Double Tribal Council. Luckily for Candice, she managed to win the Heroes' Individual Immunity, saving herself from elimination. The Heroes went on to win the remaining tribal Immunity Challenges, keeping Candice safe until the merge.

When the Heroes and Villains merged into Yin Yang, Candice initially remained committed to her original Heroes Alliance. However, they were soon put into a 5-4 minority following a double Hidden Immunity Idol play from Parvati Shallow on Day 27. In the aftermath of this vote, Russell Hantz approached Candice about defecting to the Villains, which she agreed to consider. Ahead of the next vote, Candice consulted with Sandra Diaz-Twine; who was considering joining the remaining Heroes to vote out Russell. In the end though, both women voted with the Villains, helping to eliminate Amanda in a 6-3 vote.

Upon returning to camp, both Rupert Boneham and Colby Donaldson lambasted Candice for her betrayal, though she was largely unbothered, feeling secure in her position amongst the Villains. After Russell misplayed a Hidden Immunity Idol at the previous Tribal Council, Candice helped the Villains in their search for the re-hidden idol. Though the idol was found by Sandra, Rupert managed to convince the tribe that he had found it instead. After the Immunity Challenge, the original Villains planned to split the votes between Rupert and Colby, but Jerri Manthey pushed to have the vote split between Rupert and Candice instead, viewing the latter as a larger threat.

At Tribal Council, Candice joined the Villains in splitting the vote 3-3, unaware that she was the recipient of the three other votes instead of Colby. In a surprising turn of events, both Rupert and Colby voted for Candice as revenge for her betrayal of Amanda. This, combined with the three other votes from the split vote was enough to blindside and eliminate Candice 5-3. She became the fifth member of the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, Candice criticized Russell for his duplicitous gameplay and likened Parvati's alliance with him to that of an abusive relationship. Candice would eventually vote for Sandra to win, alongside all the other Hero jury members and Courtney Yates.

Episode Tribe
Affiliation
Challenge Challenge Type Sit-Out? Result
1 Heroes Battle Dig Reward No Won
Lock, Load and Light Immunity No Lost
2 A Crate Idea Reward/Immunity No Lost
3 Sumo in Mud Reward/Immunity No Won
4 Slip, Slide & Score Reward No Lost
Roll With It Immunity No Lost
5 Schmergen Brawl Reward No Lost
Blind Cube Crisis Immunity No Lost
6 Rope-a-Dope1 Immunity Won
Reward No Lost
7 Basket Brawl Reward No Won
Caught in the Web Immunity No Won
8 Fauxconut Bowling Reward No Won
Mud Slide Immunity No Won
9 Chimney Sweep Reward No Lost
Strung Out Immunity No Won
Tribes Merged, Day 25
10 Yin Yang Get a Grip Immunity Lost
11 Pacific Shuffle Reward Lost
House of Cards Immunity Lost
12 When It Rains, It Pours Immunity Lost
Voted Out, Day 31
Notes:
^1 The tribes competed in separate individual Immunity Challenges where the winners from both tribes competed against each other for tribal reward.

Episode Candice's
Votes
Voted Against
Candice
1 Sugar -
2 Stephenie -
3 Heroes Tribe Immune
4 Tom1 -
5 Tom -
6 James Individual Immunity
7 Heroes Tribe Immune
8 Heroes Tribe Immune
9 Heroes Tribe Immune
10 Jerri2 -
11 Amanda -
12 Rupert Colby, Jerri, Rupert,
Russell, Sandra
Voted Out, Day 31
Voted for
Sole Survivor
Sandra

^1 In "Tonight, We Make Our Move", Tom used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Candice's vote against him.
^2 In "Going Down in Flames", Jerri used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Candice's vote against her.

Blood vs. Water[]

Candice went on to play for a third time in Survivor: Blood vs. Water with her loved one and husband, John Cody. As she was a returning player, she joined the Galang tribe. At the First Impressions vote, she voted for Laura Morett because she did not know anything about her; however, the majority of the tribe voted out Candice for the same reason, sending her to Redemption Island. John, her loved one, was offered a chance to take her place, but Candice wanted John to experience the game as she had already played twice before and chose to stay on Redemption Island.

At the first Redemption Island duel, Candice and Rupert Boneham (who had taken his wife's place on Redemption Island) competed against Marissa Peterson. Candice won, and gave a clue to the whereabouts of the Tadhana Hidden Immunity Idol to John, while Marissa came in second place, eliminating Rupert. Candice and Marissa next competed against Rachel Foulger, and, while Rachel was eliminated, Candice won and chose to give a second idol clue to John.

On Night 8, John was voted out of Tadhana, joining Candice and Marissa on Redemption Island. At the arena the following day, Candice made several negative comments towards Brad Culpepper, who she deemed responsible for John's elimination. After both she and John survived the duel, Candice instructed John to give the clue to Brad's wife, Monica Culpepper, in an attempt to paint a target on her. However, Monica chose to publicly burn the clue at the arena instead. On Night 10, Brad was voted out and joined Candice and John on Redemption Island, much to her delight. At her fourth duel on Day 11, Candice competed against John and Brad, but narrowly lost to the latter, permanently eliminating her.

Episode Tribe
Affiliation
Challenge Challenge Type Sit-Out? Result
Voted Out, Day 1
2 Galang Operation Balance Build Duel 1st
3 Domino Effect 1st
4 Odd Shaped Bottoms 2nd
5 A Game of Bridge Lost
Eliminated, Day 11

Episode Candice's
Votes
Voted Against
Candice
1 Laura M. Colton, Gervase, Kat,
Laura M., Monica, Tina
Voted Out, Day 1
1 On Redemption Island
2
3
4
5
Eliminated, Day 11

Post-Survivor[]

CandiceandJohnMarriage

Candice and John on their wedding.

  • During the Live Reunion Show for Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, Candice announced that she was engaged to John Cody. They got married on May 1, 2010 in Frederick, Maryland. Three years later, Candice returned to Survivor with her husband as part of Survivor: Blood vs. Water.
  • On January 9, 2010, Candice attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party along with all of her Heroes vs. Villains cast mates.
  • Candice and John welcomed their first daughter, Beatrix Leigh Cody, born on September 12, 2015.[5]
  • Candice and John had their second child, a son named Forrest Henry, on June 7, 2017.[6]
  • Candice and John had their third child, a second son named Hunter Maxwell, on January 19, 2021.[7]

Trivia[]

  • Candice is the youngest contestant to compete on Cook Islands.
  • Candice went the longest without going to Tribal Council in Cook Islands, where she first attended only in the sixth episode.
  • Candice is the first person to accept the offer to mutiny.
  • Candice was offered a spot on Micronesia, but declined as she had just started medical school.[8]
  • Candice stated that she was originally supposed to be a member of the Villains tribe, but was switched with Parvati Shallow at the last second.[9]
  • Candice is the only Hero to win individual immunity during Heroes vs. Villains.
  • Having finished 8th in two different seasons, Candice is one of five contestants to finish in the same position twice. The others are James Clement, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Jonathan PennerErik Reichenbach, and Tony Vlachos.
    • However, Candice is the first person to finish in the same position with the same number of castaways twice. She would later be followed by Erik.
      • Coincidentally, both were the youngest person on their original season.
    • In both Cook Islands and Heroes vs. Villains, she was the 13th person voted out and the 5th Jury Member.
  • Candice lost 10-12 lbs. in Heroes vs. Villains.[10]
  • Candice and her husband John were a replacement pair on Blood vs. Water for RC Saint-Amour and her father, Craig. Craig suffered hypertension one day before filming, forcing the pair to be replaced.[11]
  • Candice is the first returning player to compete under two different last names. She would be followed by Amber Mariano and Kim Spradlin-Wolfe.
  • Candice is one of three castaways to have lived on Exile Island and Redemption Island, the others being fellow Blood vs. Water castaway Aras Baskauskas and fellow Cook Islands castaway Ozzy Lusth.

References[]

Survivor: Cook Islands Castaways
 Adam
Rarotonga
S13 adam t
 Becky
Puka Puka
S13 becky t
 Billy
Aitutaki
S13 billy t
 Brad
Puka Puka
S13 brad t
 Candice
Rarotonga
S13 candice t
 Cao Boi
Puka Puka
S13 caoboi t
 Cecilia
Aitutaki
S13 cecilia t
 Cristina
Aitutaki
S13 cristina t
 J.P.
Aitutaki
S13 jp t
 Jenny
Puka Puka
S13 jenny t
 Jessica
Rarotonga
S13 jessica t
 Jonathan
Rarotonga
S13 jonathan t
 Nate
Manihiki
S13 nate t
 Ozzy
Aitutaki
S13 ozzy t
 Parvati
Rarotonga
S13 parvati t
 Rebecca
Manihiki
S13 rebecca t
 Sekou
Manihiki
S13 sekou t
 Stephannie
Manihiki
S13 stephannie t
 Sundra
Manihiki
S13 sundra t
 Yul
Puka Puka
S13 yul t
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains Castaways
 Amanda
Heroes
S20 amanda t
 Candice
Heroes
S20 candice t
 Cirie
Heroes
S20 cirie t
 Coach
Villains
S20 coach t
 Colby
Heroes
S20 colby t
 Courtney
Villains
S20 courtney t
 Danielle
Villains
S20 danielle t
 J.T.
Heroes
S20 jt t
 James
Heroes
S20 james t
 Jerri
Villains
S20 jerri t
 Parvati
Villains
S20 parvati t
 Randy
Villains
S20 randy t
 Rob
Villains
S20 rob t
 Rupert
Heroes
S20 rupert t
 Russell
Villains
S20 russell t
 Sandra
Villains
S20 sandra t
 Stephenie
Heroes
S20 stephenie t
 Sugar
Heroes
S20 sugar t
 Tom
Heroes
S20 tom t
 Tyson
Villains
S20 tyson t
Survivor: Blood vs. Water Castaways
 Aras
Galang
S27 aras t
 Brad
Tadhana
S27 brad t
 Caleb
Tadhana
S27 caleb t
 Candice
Galang
S27 candice t
 Ciera
Tadhana
S27 ciera t
 Colton
Galang
S27 colton t
 Gervase
Galang
S27 gervase t
 Hayden
Tadhana
S27 hayden t
 John
Tadhana
S27 john t
 Kat
Galang
S27 kat t
 Katie
Tadhana
S27 katie t
 Laura B.
Tadhana
S27 laurab t
 Laura M.
Galang
S27 lauram t
 Marissa
Tadhana
S27 marissa t
 Monica
Galang
S27 monica t
 Rachel
Tadhana
S27 rachel t
 Rupert
Galang
S27 rupert t
 Tina
Galang
S27 tina t
 Tyson
Galang
S27 tyson t
 Vytas
Tadhana
S27 vytas t
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