Colton Cumbie
Handed an idol and a tribe on day three, he left One World on a stretcher and quit Blood vs. Water.
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Colton spent the start of One World hanging out at the women's camp instead of his own, and it paid off: Sabrina Thompson gave him Manono's Hidden Immunity Idol. With that leverage he built a Misfit Alliance with Troyzan Robertson, Tarzan Smith, Jonas Otsuji and Leif Manson and took out members of the Muscle Alliance. In power he made derogatory remarks to fellow competitors, his feud with Bill Posley came to a head at Tribal Council, and after the switch he double-crossed Monica Culpepper in a blindside. Then acute appendicitis ended his game, and he was carried out on a stretcher with the idol kept as a souvenir.
Blood vs. Water was meant to show his growth, playing alongside his fiancé Caleb Bankston, but Galang was too peaceful for him. He started spinning fake alliances, got caught, and watched the tribe close ranks. At Redemption Island, moments before a duel and before anyone could vote him out, he quit.
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- “Colton Cumbie,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Colton_Cumbie.