Kenzie Petty
The bow-in-her-hair social threat who lost her closest ally, found a new four, and talked her way to the title.
Sole Survivor
- Won Survivor 46 (2024) after 26 days.
Known for
Kenzie was pegged as a social threat from the jump, which is a tough label to carry on a tribe that keeps losing. She weathered Yanu's rough pre-merge and eased into a comfy spot once the tribes combined. Then the final eight hit: her main ally Tiffany Nicole Ervin got blindsided, and Kenzie suddenly looked exposed.
She adapted fast, sliding into a sturdy four-person alliance that ran the end of the season. She survived the fire-making challenge, and at Final Tribal Council she owned her weak spots out loud and leaned on the relationships she had built. The jury bought the humility and the charm, and she won Survivor 46 in a 5-3-0 vote, the lone original Yanu standing in the finale.
Background: Survivor Wiki
The season they played
Photo 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 (3)
- “Survivor 46,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_46.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
- “Kenzie Petty,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Kenzie_Petty.