Jessica "Sugar" Kiper
Gabon's accidental power broker, an Exile Island regular who held the idol and the swing vote at the same time.
Known for
Sugar found Gabon's Hidden Immunity Idol on her very first trip to Exile Island, and she kept getting sent back, turning the hut she nicknamed the Sugar Shack into a second home. Being away so often, and bouncing through two tribe switches, left her unattached, which made her the vote everyone wanted once the tribes merged. She chose the Fang Alliance and helped take out the Onions, even suggesting Bob Crowley pass his fake idol to Randy Bailey. Then she flipped on Fang's leaders, Ken and Crystal, after watching Crystal berate Matty. When Susie won the final immunity, Sugar forced a tiebreaker that Bob won, sending Matty home.
The jury was brutal. Corinne Kaplan in particular unloaded on her, and Sugar left the Final Tribal Council without a single vote. Heroes vs. Villains began with a gritty challenge moment, finishing a point for the Heroes after Sandra undid her bra, but the tribe saw her as a camp liability and blamed her for a puzzle loss, and voted her out first.
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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.
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- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
- “Sugar Kiper,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Sugar_Kiper.