Jenn Lyon

Jennifer Jane "Jenn" Lyon was a contestant from .
A member of the dominant Koror tribe, Jenn was known for her unwavering positivity, and for her budding showmance with Gregg Carey. She was also the first contestant to be eliminated by a fire-making tiebreaker at the final four.
==Profile==
Retrieved from CBS.com
Born in Nevada, Jennifer Lyon grew up in Washington and Oregon. She spent one year in Spain as a foreign exchange student and two years in London working as a nanny. While in Oregon, she attended Portland State University for approximately one year. She then attended Western Oregon State College before transferring to Oregon State University, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition and food management. She is currently pursuing her master's degree in the school of family consumer sciences at California State University, Northridge.
Lyon continues to work as a nanny in the Los Angeles area and is a photographer part time. She has previously worked as a nutrition counselor, preschool teacher and photographer's assistant. She describes herself as good-natured, easy-going and opinionated. She enjoys hiking, soccer and photography. She is very proud of learning Spanish while participating in the foreign exchange program when she was 18 years old.
Lyon, currently single, resides in Encino, California. Her birth date is February 27, 1972.http://web.archive.org/web/20211025204351/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/20672/
==Survivor==
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out? 	Result
1 	None 	Race to Shore 	Immunity 	 	
1 	rowspan=24 	Supply Dump 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	
2 	The Gauntlet 	Reward 	No 	 	
2 	Heads Up 	Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	By Any Means Necessary 	Reward 	No 	 	
3 	Hot Pursuit 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
4 	Build a Better Bathroom 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
4 	 	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	Sea Salvage 	Reward 	No 	 	
6 	Shooting Gallery 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
6 	Build It Up, Break It Down	Immunity 	No 	 	
7 	S.O.S. 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
7 	Floating Puzzle 	Immunity 	No 	 	
8 	Cool Hand Balut 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
8 	Under Current 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
9 	Perch 	Immunity 	 	 	
10 	Water Tower 	Reward 	 	 	
10 	Last Gasp 	Immunity 	 	 	
11 	Missing in Auction 	Missing in Auction	Missing in Auction	Missing in Auction	
11 	Kamikaze 	Immunity 	 	 	
12 	First Quencher Q&A 	Reward 	 	 	
12 	Second Chance 	Immunity 	 	 	
13 	Raft Rally 	Reward 	 	 	
13 	R.A.M. 	Immunity 	 	 	
14 	Tower of Domination 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
|-|Voting History=
Episode 	Jenn'sVotes	Voted AgainstJenn
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Voted forSole Survivor	colspan="2"	
 In , the vote ended with a 2-2 tie between Jenn and Ian, forcing a revote. Nobody changed their vote on the revote, forcing a firemaking tiebreaker. Jenn was eliminated at the tiebreaker.</tabber>
==Post-Survivor==
* In 2005, Jenn was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer.
* Jenn appeared in the 2007 movie, , as Mrs. Simmons.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462244/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
* On January 9, 2010, despite her health, Jenn was able to attend Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.
===Death===
On January 19, 2010, 10 days after attending the anniversary party, Jenn passed away from breast cancer, which had come back from remission and metastasized to the bone. She was thus the first cast member of Survivor to pass away.http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jennifer-lyon-2010201 The special Surviving Survivor, which aired Thursday, February 4, 2010, just over two weeks after her passing, was dedicated to her memory. At the live Reunion Show, Jenn was further remembered, showing a montage of her Survivor experience.
==Trivia==
* Jenn and Janu Tornell hold the record for most tribal challenges sat out of in a single season, with seven each.
* Jenn and Ian Rosenberger are the first contestants to partake in a final four fire-making challenge due to a deadlocked vote.
* Because was the first season with 20 contestants, Jenn was the first castaway to be the 17th person eliminated from a season.
* In their profiles for , both Stephenie LaGrossa and Tom Westman have stated that Jenn is the past castaway that they respected the most.web.archive.org/web/20230326030011/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/39411/web.archive.org/web/20230326030011/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/39411/
* Jenn was good friends with host Jeff Probst, and he would sometimes drive her to the hospital.
==References==
Category:Contestants
Category:Female Contestants
Category:Deceased Contestants
Category:Palau Contestants
Category:Palau Jury Members
Category:Koror Tribe
Category:4th Place
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Contestants
Category:Survivor: Palau
Category:1972 births
Category:2010 deaths