
Zeke Smith
The big-swinging strategist who never sat still, for better and for worse.
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
Photos and logos: CBS
Where they rank
- 41stMost times on the jury2 juries
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)
- “Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Millennials_vs._Gen_X.
- “Survivor: Game Changers,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Game_Changers.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
- “Zeke Smith,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Zeke_Smith.

