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Dawn Meehan
2 seasons · 66 days

Dawn Meehan

The emotional engine of Cochran's run, who made the moves and absorbed the blame.

2
seasons played
66 days
on the island
2nd
best finish
1
final tribal council

Known for

In South Pacific, Dawn was a Savaii outsider who stayed alive on challenge grit and a friendship with John Cochran. At the merge he flipped to Upolu and she did not, and The Family eventually sent her to Redemption Island as a likable jury threat. Ozzy Lusth beat her in the duel, and she voted for Sophie Clarke to win.

Caramoan was a sharper, sneakier Dawn. She and Cochran swung the first vote to Phillip Sheppard's Stealth R Us, and at the merge she tipped off her side to Corinne Kaplan's plot, sinking Corinne. She looked wobbly while quietly sticking with Cochran, and the pair cut down Brenda Lowe even after Brenda had rescued Dawn's lost retainer from the lagoon. That blindside, plus a string of on-camera breakdowns, left Cochran with the strategic credit and Dawn with the jury's anger. She made Final Tribal and did not get a single vote.

Background: Survivor Wiki

Season by season

  1. Dawn Meehan, Survivor 23: South Pacific
    10Survivor 23: South Pacificage 41, South Jordan, Utah10th of 18 · 27 days
  2. Dawn Meehan, Survivor 26: Caramoan
    2Survivor 26: Caramoanage 42, South Jordan, Utah2nd of 20 · 39 days

Photos and logos: CBS

Seasons played, finishing positions, day counts, jury status, ages and hometowns come from the contestant table in each season's Wikipedia article, cross-checked against the series overview before publication.

Sources (4)

  1. “Survivor: South Pacific,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_South_Pacific.
  2. “Survivor: Caramoan,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Caramoan.
  3. “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
  4. “Dawn Meehan,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Dawn_Meehan.

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