Kelley Wentworth/Cambodia

Kelley Wentworth is a contestant from Survivor: Cambodia.

Voted by the public to return in Cambodia, Kelley assumed a more aggressive approach in what proved to be a strategically demanding season. With her Witches' Coven alliance down in numbers following the merge, she successfully used a Hidden Immunity Idol to pull off a blindside of Andrew Savage. She then demonstrated aplomb at playing from a minority position, encouraging factious behavior and unpredictable blindsides within the majority Bayon Alliance. After finding her second idol, she managed for a second time to nullify what could have been decisive votes against her. She was finally voted out by the surviving members of the Bayon Alliance just one day before the Final Tribal Council.

Profile[]

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Name: Kelley Wentworth
Season 29
Survivor: San Juan del Sur
Current Age: 28
Hometown: Seattle, WA^[2]

Survivor[]

Kelley was one of twenty castaways chosen by the public to return to compete on the second chance season, Survivor: Cambodia.

Originally assigned to the weaker of the two starting tribes, Ta Keo, Kelley began the game with the resolve to make it further in the game than in her original season. This showed when she went on an idol hunt in the first episode, eventually finding the clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol. She mustered the courage to grab the idol from the Immunity Challenge before her tribe lost and went to Tribal Council, where she joined the "new-school" half of her tribe in blindsiding Vytas Baskauskas. Her tribe went on to lose the next Immunity Challenge. Dissension within the tribe allowed Jeff Varner to take control of the tribe, causing two members of the "new-school" group, Spencer Bledsoe and Shirin Oskooi, to be placed on the chopping block. Kelley joined her tribe in splitting the votes between the two, and Shirin was voted out.

The next day brought a new twist, as the two tribes split into three. Kelley remained on the Ta Keo tribe, which would go on to excel in the three-tribe challenges. Kelley had formed a tight bond with ex-Bayon members on her tribe, while consistently trying to push Terry Deitz, an outsider, under the bus. Terry was ultimately evacuated from the game to accompany his son before the second tribe switch, where Kelley moved to Bayon. Once again, her tribe managed to win the Immunity Challenge. The merge came on the following day with thirteen castaways remaining. Kelley along with Abi-Maria Gomes, Kelly Wiglesworth, and Spencer were the only original Ta Keo members to make it to the merge. Kelley formed a bond with three women from the third revision of Ta Keo, namely Abi-Maria, Ciera Eastin, and Kass McQuillen. While Ciera and Kass wreaked havoc within Orkun, accusing Tasha Fox of duplicity, Kelley sat back and calculated her next moves. Fearing that she may find herself at the bottom, she joined the majority alliance in splitting votes between troublemakers Ciera and Kass, with Kass being voted out.

Though she stuck with the majority, Kelley was far from safe. The Bayon Alliance had already put her name up in the air as a strategic threat. At the next Tribal Council, the entire tribe was surprised when Kelley played her Hidden Immunity Idol, negating a record nine votes and blindsiding Andrew Savage.

Despite still being on the bottom, she kept on surviving due to the majority alliance turning on each other several times, such as when Stephen Fishbach plotted against Kelly. She was also able to find her second Hidden Immunity Idol. However, her alliance members Ciera and Abi-Maria were blindsided at the final ten and final seven, respectively. After Spencer won immunity at the final six, Kimmi Kappenberg plotted with Kelley and Keith Nale to blindside Jeremy Collins. At Tribal Council, Spencer said that he, Jeremy and Tasha were voting together. Spencer then told Kelley that she was safe. Not wanting to take a chance, Kelley played her idol and then Jeremy played his. Their idols negated the three votes cast against them, causing a revote. The revote ended in a deadlock between Kimmi and Tasha. Jeff Probst asked Keith, Kelley, Spencer, and Jeremy if they wanted to change their voted and they all said no. Jeff then told them that would have two minutes to decide if they were sending Kimmi or Tasha home, or else Kimmi and Tasha would become immune and Keith would be eliminated by default. Keith volunteered to go home, but Kelley was able to talk him out of it, forcing Kimmi to be eliminated. Kelley won the final five Immunity Challenge. After the challenge, Kelley made a fake idol and gave it to Keith to try and trick the others into keeping them. However, their plan did not work and Keith was voted out in a 3-2 vote. At the Final Immunity Challenge, Kelley was out first and this frustrated her. Jeremy ended up winning. At Tribal Council, Kelley campaigned against Spencer. Spencer then warned Jeremy that if he voted him out, he would vote for Kelley to win and sway the jury to vote for her, so she was voted out unanimously, becoming the tenth and final juror.

At Final Tribal Council, Kelley asked the finalists what their second chance was about and if they had achieved it. Tasha said that hers was about building better relationships with her allies, Spencer said that his was maturing from Cagayan, and Jeremy said that he was doing it for his family, including his unborn son, and that he struggled with keeping his wife's pregnancy a secret for the entire game. Ultimately, Kelley joined the rest of the jury in voting for Jeremy, who won in a unanimous 10-0-0 vote.

Episode	Tribe Affiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1	Ta Keo	The Marooning	Reward	No	Won
1		Quest for Fire	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
2		Yank Yer Hank	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
3		Draggin' the Dragon	Immunity	No	1st
4		Stomp-ede	Reward	Yes	2nd
4		Blind Leading the Blind	Immunity	No	2nd
5		In the Barrel	Reward	No	1st
5		Air Raid	Immunity	Yes	2nd
Switched Tribes, Day 14
6	Bayon	Slip n' Slide	Reward	No	Lost
6	Bayon	Cambodian Catering	Immunity	No	Won
Tribes Merged, Day 17
7	Orkun	Hard to Handle	Immunity		Lost
8		Boats, Brains, and Brawn	Reward		Won
8		Take the Reins	Immunity		Lost
9		Styx	Reward	No	Lost
9		Bermuda Triangles	Immunity		Lost
10		Basket Brawl	Reward		Lost
10		Ballin' A Jack	Immunity	Yes¹	Lost
11		Folklore	Reward		Lost
11		The Game is Afoot	Immunity		Lost
12		Jungle Love	Reward		Won
12		Over-Extended	Immunity		Won
13		Pole Dancing	Reward		Invited
13		Floatsam & Jetsam	Immunity		Lost
14		Step on Up	Immunity		Lost
		Giant Tick	Immunity		Won
		Simmotion	Immunity		Lost
Voted Out, Day 38
Notes: ^1 Kelley elected to sit out of the challenge to help her tribe win a new shelter.

Episode	Kelley's Votes	Voted Against Kelley
1	Vytas	-
2	Spencer	-
3	Ta Keo Tribe Immune
4	Ta Keo Tribe Immune
5	Ta Keo Tribe Immune
6	Bayon Tribe Immune
7	Kass	-
8	Andrew	Andrew, Jeremy, Joe, Keith, Kelly, Kimmi, Spencer, Stephen, Tasha¹
9	Kelly	Joe, Keith
10	Kimmi	-
11	Stephen	-
12	Joe	Individual Immunity
13	Tasha	-
14	~~Jeremy;~~ Tasha; Kimmi²	~~Jeremy, Spencer, Tasha;~~ -²
	Spencer	Individual Immunity
	Spencer	Jeremy, Spencer, Tasha
Voted Out, Day 38
Voted for Sole Survivor	Jeremy

^1 In "You Call, We'll Haul", Kelley used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating 9 votes against her.
^2 In "Lie, Cheat and Steal", Kelley used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating 3 votes against her. Also, Jeremy used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Kelley's vote against him. Because Kelley and Jeremy both used Hidden Immunity Idols and negated all the votes cast at Tribal Council, a vote restart was held between all the non-immune players. This vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Kimmi and Tasha, forcing a consensus tiebreaker. Kelley changed her vote to Kimmi on the tiebreaker.

Trivia[]

Kelley's 29th birthday occurred on Day 8 of Cambodia.
Kelley has the fewest previous days played of any contestant competing on Cambodia, with 13.
- Kelley is also the lowest-ranking castaway competing on Cambodia, originally placing 14th, and was the first person on the season to outlast their original performance.
Kelley joins fellow Cambodia castaways Keith Nale, Vytas Baskauskas, Jeremy Collins and Ciera Eastin, as well as South Pacific and Caramoan castaway Brandon Hantz, as the only blood relatives of previous castaways to play multiple times.
Kelley is the youngest woman on the original Ta Keo tribe.
Kelley is the first contestant to find a Hidden Immunity Idol at a challenge.
Kelley currently holds the record for the highest number of votes voided by a Hidden Immunity Idol, with 9.
- She and Christian Hubicki currently hold the record for most votes nullified against a castaway in a single season, with 12.
Kelley is the first woman to find multiple Hidden Immunity Idols in a single season.
Kelley is the only woman to win individual immunity in Cambodia.
Kelley is the highest-placing woman from the original Ta Keo tribe.
Kelley is the first person to play multiple Hidden Immunity Idols on themselves successfully.
Kelley and Keith Nale are the only players to vote for three different people at the same Tribal Council.
Kelley received the most votes in Cambodia, with 17 votes against her.
Kelley is currently tied with Monica Culpepper for the greatest day count improvement of any returning castaway in their second season, surviving 25 more days from San Juan del Sur to Cambodia.
- Tina Wesson holds the record for the greatest day improvement for a returning castaway by surviving 35 more days from All-Stars to Blood vs. Water, but she was already a returnee in All-Stars.
Kelley lost 31 lbs. (14 kg) during her time in Cambodia.^[3]