Kenny Hoang
The underestimated schemer who ran Gabon's middle game, then outsmarted himself at the worst moment.
Known for
Kenny was picked for Fang in the Schoolyard Pick, the tribe that could not stop losing, and he turned the losing into leverage. He and Crystal Cox built a partnership that survived every swap, and when Fang needed to cut its strongest man, Kenny sold Sugar Kiper a story that Ace Gordon was only using her for her idol. She bought it, and Ace was blindsided.
At the merge Kenny named the new tribe Nobag, pinned Charlie Herschel as the brains of the rival Onion Alliance, and won an individual immunity of his own. Then it unraveled. He swallowed Corinne Kaplan's bluff about an idol and pushed a split vote that rattled his own allies. His pitch for Bob Crowley to hand over the necklace didn't fool Bob, Sugar flipped to take out Crystal, and Kenny followed her out the door. On the jury he voted for Susie Smith.
Background: Survivor Wiki
The season they played
- 5Survivor 17: Gabonage 22, Westminster, California5th of 18 · 37 days · jury
Source
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.