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Cindy Hall is a contestant from Survivor: Guatemala.

Cindy is the first castaway to win a car in a Reward Challenge and be granted the opportunity to give away her car so that all the other castaways would receive a car, thereby lifting the Car Curse from her shoulders. She refused and, true to the curse, was eliminated in 5th place.

Profile[]

Retrieved from CBS.com

Cindy Hall was born and raised in Maysville, Kentucky, with her identical twin sister, Mindy. She spent three years studying at Ohio State University in Columbus before relocating to Florida. She is currently a zookeeper/animal trainer and has previously worked as a primate expedition cruise captain, a pet counselor and a coffee house manager.

A huge Survivor fan since Survivor: The Australian Outback, Hall has applied to be on the show a total of four times. She describes herself as passionate, tenacious and naturalistic. As someone who has no trouble voicing her opinion about anything, Hall admits her fuse is easily ignited. She feels that her athletic ability, resourcefulness and competitive edge will carry her all the way to the end. In her spare time she likes to fish, camp, canoe and play co-ed softball.

Hall's primary motivation for being on the show is committing herself to an extraordinary challenge and proving wrong anyone who has ever doubted her strength and spirit. The idea of fighting for your beliefs resonates deeply with Hall.

An avid animal lover, Hall currently resides in Naples, Florida, with her four cats, one dog, an African tortoise and an Indonesian blue-tongued skink. Her birth date is June 28, 1974.[1]

Survivor[]

Upon learning that Bobby Jon Drinkard was going to be on her tribe, Cindy was pleased because of his reputation. Cindy began the game on the Nakúm tribe, where she was one of the stronger women of the tribe who helped to tend to the men after the 11 mile hike through the jungle. Cindy was very strong in challenges, and skated to the tribal swap, where she remained on Nakúm with Brooke Struck, Judd Sergeant, and Margaret Bobonich, while four original Yaxhá members came over as well. Cindy voted with her former tribe at the new Nakúm tribe's first Tribal Council, but Judd flipped and eliminated Brooke.

Cindy was now at the bottom of her tribe, but managed to lay low and let Margaret take the heat for arguing with Judd nonstop. Nakúm came into the merge with numbers over Yaxhá, and it looked like it would be a smooth ride to the final six. Cindy remained unnoticed and un-targeted by the merged Xhakúm tribe. The first hiccup in her ride occurred when her alliance wanted to vote out Jamie Newton instead of Gary Hogeboom, a rival tribe member. Judd was not told of the plan, and felt uneasy towards his alliance.

Later, Cindy was shocked when Judd was blindsided by her alliance, but she did not know about it. Seeing a pattern with Jamie's and Judd's blindsides, Cindy feared she was next. At the final five Reward Challenge, Cindy won a Pontiac Torrent, but was given the option to relinquish her own car to allow the other four remaining competitors, Danni Boatwright, Stephenie LaGrossa, Rafe Judkins, and Lydia Morales to each have one. After a tough decision, Cindy decided to keep the car for herself. She did not believe in the Car Curse and also thought that giving the four people a car would not make them give her one million dollars.

Rafe and Danni believed that she should have given up the car, but Stephenie and Lydia thought she made the right decision. Despite this and her close relationship with Rafe, Cindy's prediction came true and she was voted out of the tribe in fifth place.

At Final Tribal Council, Cindy asked both finalists which juror they would remove. Danni said Rafe because he surely would vote for Stephenie. Stephenie faltered, struggling to answer. Eventually she said Bobby Jon because he was the first member of the jury. Because Danni answered confidently and justified her answer, Cindy gave her jury vote to Danni.

Episode Tribe
Affiliation
Challenge Challenge Type Sit-Out? Result
1 Nakúm 11-Mile Hike Reward No Won
Paddle Battle Immunity No Lost
2 Web Over Water Reward No Won
Dragged Through Mud Immunity No Won
3 Blind Build Reward No Won
Holding Court Immunity No Won
4 Rows and Throws Immunity No Lost
5 Slave to the Grind Reward No Lost
What's for Launch? Immunity No Won
6 Boulder Smash Reward1 No Won
Sudden Death Immunity No Lost
7 Spooling Around Reward No Lost
Tomb Raider Immunity No Won
Tribes Merged, Night 18
8 Xhakúm Pot Head Immunity No Lost
9 Atlatl Reward 2nd2
Bridge It Immunity Lost
10 Mud Slide Reward Lost
Around the Bend Immunity Lost
11 Shattered Dreams Reward Won
Maya Folklore Immunity Lost
12 Survivor Auction
Watch Your Step Immunity Lost
13 Second Chance Reward Won
Pole Dancing Immunity Lost
Voted Out, Day 36
Notes:
^1 Both tribes were sent to Tribal Council. The tribe that won the Reward Challenge earned the right to compete in an individual Immunity Challenge.
^2 The reward was dependent on each castaway's finish in the challenge.

Episode Cindy's
Votes
Voted Against
Cindy
1 Jim -
2 Nakúm Tribe Immune
3 Nakúm Tribe Immune
4 Lydia -
5 Nakúm Tribe Immune
6 Margaret -
7 Nakúm Tribe Immune
8 Brandon -
9 Bobby Jon Gary
10 Jamie -
11 Gary Gary
12 Lydia -
13 Rafe Danni, Lydia,
Rafe, Stephenie
Voted Out, Day 36
Voted for
Sole Survivor
Danni

Post-Survivor[]

  • On January 9, 2010, Cindy attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.

Trivia[]

  • Cindy is the first, and currently only, contestant to have the option of giving up a car reward and allowing the remaining competitors to each receive one instead.
  • Cindy is one of three Guatemala castaways to have a twin. The others are Jamie Newton and Judd Sergeant.
  • Cindy's 31st birthday was on Day 2 of Guatemala.
  • Cindy is the highest-placing Guatemala castaway to not switch tribes at the tribe switch.
  • Despite being the sixth person voted out of Xhakúm, Cindy is the lowest-placing woman of the tribe.
  • Cindy is the only woman from the original Nakúm tribe to be on the jury.

References[]

Survivor: Guatemala Castaways
 Amy
Yaxhá
S11 amy t
 Blake
Nakúm
S11 blake t
 Bobby Jon
Nakúm
S11 bobbyjon t
 Brandon
Nakúm
S11 brandon t
 Brian
Yaxhá
S11 brian t
 Brianna
Yaxhá
S11 brianna t
 Brooke
Nakúm
S11 brooke t
 Cindy
Nakúm
S11 cindy t
 Danni
Nakúm
S11 danni t
 Gary
Yaxhá
S11 gary t
 Jamie
Yaxhá
S11 jamie t
 Jim
Nakúm
S11 jim t
 Judd
Nakúm
S11 judd t
 Lydia
Yaxhá
S11 lydia t
 Margaret
Nakúm
S11 margaret t
 Morgan
Yaxhá
S11 morgan t
 Rafe
Yaxhá
S11 rafe t
 Stephenie
Yaxhá
S11 stephenie t
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