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Lex van den Berghe
2 seasons · 65 days

Lex van den Berghe

The intense, gut-driven Boran loyalist whose paranoia shaped Africa and whose one deal unraveled his All-Stars run.

2
seasons played
65 days
on the island
3rd
best finish
0
final tribal councils

Known for

Lex locked in with Tom Buchanan and Ethan Zohn on Boran in Africa and stayed loyal to them even after a swap sent him to Samburu. Then came the mystery vote. Two votes landed on him at the first merged Tribal Council, and he wrongly pinned the unexplained one on Kelly Goldsmith, turning the Boran alliance on her. When his camp demeanor wore thin and his push to save Brandon Quinton angered his own side, he answered with three immunity wins. Teresa Cooper finally owned up to the mystery vote on her way out and poisoned his trust in Tom for good measure. Kim Johnson's late immunity wrecked the all-guys endgame, and a stomach bug knocked Lex out of the final challenge before she cut him.

All-Stars was a string of hard choices on Mogo Mogo: he blindsided Colby Donaldson, then told his friend Ethan to his face that he was next. The fateful one was Rob Mariano's pitch to save Amber in exchange for protection. Lex sent loyal Jerri Manthey home, and Rob voted him out at the merge anyway.

Background: Survivor Wiki

Season by season

  1. Lex van den Berghe, Survivor 3: Africa
    3Survivor 3: Africaage 38, Santa Cruz, California3rd of 16 · 38 days · jury
  2. Lex van den Berghe, Survivor 8: All-Stars
    9Survivor 8: All-Starsage 40, Santa Cruz, California9th of 18 · 27 days · jury

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Where they rank

  • 30thMost times on the jury2 juries
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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)

  1. “Survivor: Africa,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Africa.
  2. “Survivor: All-Stars,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_All-Stars.
  3. “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
  4. “Lex van den Berghe,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Lex_van_den_Berghe.

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