
Dawn Meehan
The emotional engine of Cochran's run, who made the moves and absorbed the blame.
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
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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)
- “Survivor: South Pacific,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_South_Pacific.
- “Survivor: Caramoan,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Caramoan.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
- “Dawn Meehan,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Dawn_Meehan.

