Kimberly Brooke "Kim" Spradlin-Wolfe[2] is the Sole Survivor of Survivor: One World. She later competed on Survivor: Winners at War.
In One World, Kim deliberately kept a low profile in the early stages of the game, under-performing in challenges and fostering very strong relationships with her tribemates. However, by the merge, she was thoroughly established in a leadership position in two overlapping alliances which held potential majorities. She committed to the all-female Salani Alliance and masterminded the blindsides of Jonas Otsuji and Michael Jefferson, and afterward, the Salani Alliance was able to cleanly eliminate all of the remaining men in the game. Kim also emerged as a late-game challenge force, winning four out of the last five Immunity Challenges, and kept her competitors guessing as to her true loyalties until it was far too late for them to retaliate. Her 7-2-0 victory over Sabrina Thompson and Chelsea Meissner in the jury vote capped what is considered one of the most dominant single-season performances by any Survivor player.
Due to pre-game relationships and her dominance in One World, Kim started Winners at War with a sizeable target on her back. She slowly integrated herself with her tribemates and, at the merge, was able to evade elimination by minimizing her threat level. However, she gradually lost her allies and, after being caught plotting against Tony Vlachos and losing a crucial Immunity Challenge, she was quickly voted out at the final eight. After failing to win the second re-entry duel, she was permanently eliminated in 9th place.
Profile
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Name (Age): Kim Spradlin (29)
Hometown: San Antonio |
Survivor
One World
Kim caught the attention of Alicia Rosa during the trek to the girl's camp because she posed as a strong player, which forged her into Alicia's alliance, along with Chelsea Meissner, Kat Edorsson, and Sabrina Thompson. Kim's levelheadedness was proven when she shunned Manono member Colton Cumbie with poise and composure, despite Cumbie's constant visits to their side of camp as it started to annoy her tribe and viewed his affinity for them as a camouflaged act of sabotage. After the evacuation of tribemate Kourtney Moon, despite Chelsea and Kim discussing the possibility of booting Kat for her challenge ineptitude, the alliance stood strong and eliminated Salani's oldest member, Nina Acosta. Kim and the rest of the Salani tribe then prospered, winning three consecutive challenges, and received free immunity when the Manono tribe decided to go to Tribal Council after winning the Day 11 Immunity Challenge.
Kim remained a Salani member after the Day 12 tribe switch, where she formed a secondary alliance with newcomers Jay Byars, Michael Jefferson, and Troyzan Robertson, where she found herself in the leadership position. Kim increased her power by obtaining a Hidden Immunity Idol, which she disclosed to her closest ally, Chelsea. The forged alliance, however, did not need to take action, as the new Salani demolished the new Manono in subsequent challenges, merging with them with a 7-5 discrepancy, but the original members (men and women) remained 6-6.
The two revisions of the tribes found Kim working with two pacts, the all-girl original Salani alliance (Alicia's regrouped alliance with former outsider Christina Cha being adopted to the group) and the new Salani alliance. After Kim manipulated Jay and Troyzan to oust Jonas Otsuji and cannibalize new Salani alliance member Michael, she eventually revealed her master plan—blindside Jay and Troyzan to pave the way for an all-girl endgame. The plan worked, and the men took the fall in subsequent Tribal Councils, though one of her longtime allies, Kat, was disposed of by Kim after the latter's controversial choice of who to bring with her after winning a Reward Challenge and Kat giving Kim a bad attitude after Kim won Immunity.
Throughout the merge, Kim collectively won four of the last five Immunity Challenges, and, with a Hidden Immunity Idol in her possession, Kim was essentially invincible. After Kat's elimination, Kim convinced Alicia that Tarzan was the mastermind of the tribe, pledging her loyalty to her and driving the vote against Tarzan. Following her victory at the final two Immunity Challenges, and the eliminations of Alicia and Christina, Kim found herself in the final three with her closest friends, Chelsea and Sabrina. Kim's quiet yet destructive strategy, and avoiding the target despite how strong she appeared in the merge, earned the respect and votes of seven of nine jury members, crowning her as the 24th Sole Survivor.
At the live Reunion Show, Kim won an additional $100,000 for winning the Fan Favorite Award.
Voting History
| Episode | Kim's Votes |
Voted Against Kim |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Vote | |
| 2 | Nina | - |
| 3 | Salani Tribe Immune | |
| 4 | Salani Tribe Immune | |
| 5 | Salani Tribe Immune | |
| 6 | No Vote | |
| 7 | Jonas | - |
| 8 | Michael | - |
| 9 | Jay | Troyzan |
| 10 | Tarzan | Leif, Troyzan |
| 11 | Troyzan | Individual Immunity |
| 12 | Kat | Individual Immunity |
| 13 | Tarzan | - |
| 14 | Alicia | Individual Immunity |
| Christina | Individual Immunity | |
| Jury Votes for Kim |
Alicia, Christina, Jay, Jonas, Kat, Michael, Tarzan | |
| Sole Survivor, Day 39 | ||
Winners at War
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Voting History
| Episode | Kim's Votes |
Voted Against Kim |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dakal Tribe Immune | |
| Amber | Sarah, Sophie, Tony | |
| 2 | Dakal Tribe Immune | |
| 3 | Dakal Tribe Immune | |
| 4 | Tyson | Nick |
| 5 | Dakal Tribe Immune | |
| 6 | - | |
| 7 | Dakal Tribe Immune | |
| 8 | Wendell | - |
| 9 | Adam | Individual Immunity |
| 10 | Sophie | - |
| 11 | Michele | - |
| 12 | Jeremy | Ben, Jeremy, Nick, Sarah, Tony |
| Voted Out, Day 29 | ||
| 13 | On Edge of Extinction | |
| 14 | ||
| Eliminated, Day 35 | ||
| Voted for Sole Survivor |
Tony | |
Post-Survivor
- Kim was a finalist for the Miss Survivor 2013 contest in Rob Has A Podcast, but ultimately lost to RC Saint-Amour, placing third.
- On March 16, 2013, Kim married her fiance, Bryan Wolfe, in Cabo, Mexico. Alicia Rosa and Kat Edorsson attended the wedding.[5]
- Kim was wrongfully arrested due to a case of mistaken identity in April 2013. She spent 8 hours in jail, after going to change her name at the DMV, in San Antonio, when a staff member saw there was a warrant out for her arrest for check bouncing. However, after bailing herself out for $1,500, it turned out that there was another person named Kimberly with the same birthday.[9]
- In 2013, Kim was inducted into the Survivor Hall of Fame.
- In 2013, Kim co-hosted the morning show "Great Day San Antonio".[10]
- Kim is currently hosting the HGTV series Why the Heck Did I Buy This House?[11]
Trivia
- Kim is the first winner to find a Hidden Immunity Idol without a clue.
- Kim is the first woman and fourth contestant overall to possess a Hidden Immunity Idol, not use it, and make it to Day 39, following Yul Kwon, Russell Hantz, and Coach Wade. They would be followed by Tony Vlachos, Tai Trang, and Dean Kowalski.
- Kim is the second winner to never use their idol, following Yul in Cook Islands.
- In an interview, Kim revealed she gave her unused Hidden Immunity Idol to Troyzan Robertson.[12] Troyzan would later sell the idol on eBay and the buyer returned the idol to Kim.
- Kim is the third woman to win four individual Immunity Challenges, the most of any woman in a single season of Survivor. The first two were Kelly Wiglesworth and Jenna Morasca. They would be followed by Chrissy Hofbeck.
- Kim has won the most individual Immunity Challenges of any woman over her Survivor career, with five over the course of her two seasons.
- Kim is tied with Natalie White, Sarah Lacina, Erika Casupanan, and Maryanne Oketch for the most votes for a woman to win a season, with seven.
- Kim is the fourth Sole Survivor to also win the Fan Favorite Award, following Bob Crowley in Gabon, J.T. Thomas in Tocantins, and Rob Mariano in Redemption Island. She is also the only female winner to win the award.
- Kat Edorsson's luxury item in Blood vs. Water was a picture of herself and Kim. Kim also had written a letter to Kat.[13]
- From all the players from the first 29 seasons, Survivor Oz ranked Kim as the second best player, behind Sandra Diaz-Twine.
References
| Preceded by South Pacific  Sophie Clarke |
Sole Survivor Titleholder One World  Kim Spradlin |
Succeeded by Philippines  Denise Stapley |
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