Jake O'Kane
The dogged grinder whose plans kept blowing up in his face, and who kept showing up for the next one anyway.
Known for
Jake's Survivor 45 went sideways early when his bid to force a deadlock at the Split Tribal Council blew up, and from then on he was playing defense, latching onto any alliance that would have him. He burned his Shot in the Dark along the way and repeatedly tried to rally the numbers against the Reba Four, only to be undercut by allies who would not commit and counterplans that beat his.
That rough record made him an attractive candidate for others to string along to the end. The jury admired his grit, but his thin strategic resume left him without a single vote to win.
Background: Survivor Wiki
The season they played
- 3Survivor 45age 26, Boston, Massachusetts3rd of 18 · 26 days
Source
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