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Zeke Smith
2 seasons · 62 days

Zeke Smith

The big-swinging strategist who never sat still, for better and for worse.

2
seasons played
62 days
on the island
9th
best finish
0
final tribal councils

Known for

Zeke opened Millennials vs. Gen X on the outs at Vanua, then rebuilt his game after the swap alongside Gen X-ers Chris Hammons and David Wright. By the merge he was assembling his own coalition, and a power struggle with David's side ended in a rock draw that eliminated Jessica Lewis. His alliance briefly held the numbers, until Will Wahl flipped and Adam Klein's idol play on Hannah Shapiro sent Zeke to the jury.

In Game Changers he engineered Sandra Diaz-Twine's exit. Days later, a desperate Jeff Varner outed Zeke as transgender at Tribal Council. The rest of the tribe and Jeff Probst quickly and emphatically rebuked him, and Varner was sent home by open roll call. Zeke pressed on into the merge, helped Cirie Fields steer the vote onto Hali Ford, then turned on Cirie and Andrea Boehlke and flipped with Sarah Lacina to blindside Debbie Wanner. His constant motion made him look untrustworthy, and Sarah and Michaela Bradshaw blindsided him soon after.

Background: Survivor Wiki

Season by season

  1. Zeke Smith, Survivor 33: Millennials vs. Gen X
    9Survivor 33: Millennials vs. Gen Xage 28, Brooklyn, New York9th of 20 · 33 days · jury
  2. Zeke Smith, Survivor 34: Game Changers
    10Survivor 34: Game Changersage 28, Brooklyn, New York10th of 20 · 29 days · jury

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Where they rank

  • 41stMost 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: Millennials vs. Gen X,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Millennials_vs._Gen_X.
  2. “Survivor: Game Changers,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Game_Changers.
  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. “Zeke Smith,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Zeke_Smith.

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