Amanda Kimmel/China

Amanda Lee Kimmel is a contestant from .
Amanda was part of the dominant Fei Long Alliance, forming particularly close bonds with Courtney Yates and Todd Herzog. She orchestrated the first ever "flushing" of a Hidden Immunity Idol in history, blindsiding ally James Clement with two idols in his pocket. She eventually made it to the end along with Courtney and Todd, but her lackluster performance during the Final Tribal Council resulted in her losing to Todd in a 4-2-1 vote, only receiving one vote to win and becoming the second runner-up.
==Profile==
Retrieved from CBS.com
Amanda Kimmel has lived all over the state of Montana. She most recently worked as a hiking tour guide and continues to hone her skills as an artist while learning about the fashion industry. At the age of 16, she began modeling in Chicago, where she lived on her own for one year. She has also worked as a make-up artist, retail sales representative and waitress. Her goal is to develop a business within the fashion industry.
Kimmel has competed in many beauty pageants and was crowned Miss Montana USA in 2005 and placed in the Top 8 for Miss Earth in 2006. She's been on the cover of Montana Living Magazine and Pageantry Magazine. Kimmel has been to China twice before to compete in the Miss Kite of the World Pageant in Weifang, where she placed as a semifinalist, was given a key to the city and was heavily promoted on billboards and news articles. While promoting tourism via these pageants, she did volunteer work at orphanages and other organizations and was permitted to fly kites off the Great Wall in five-inch heels.
Kimmel's hobbies include hiking, running, drawing and painting. She enjoys rock climbing, snowshoeing, kickboxing and volleyball. Kimmel describes herself as motivated, competitive and determined. She has camped every weekend in Montana since she was three years old. She tries never to leave home without her cowboy boots.
Kimmel just moved from Kalispell, Montana to Los Angeles and is living with her sister, Katrina. Her family has one dog, Sassy, one cat, Cleo and one horse, Frisco. Her birth date is August 3, 1984.https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/20261/
==Survivor==
Amanda was initially placed on the Fei Long tribe, where she formed an early alliance with Aaron Reisberger, Courtney Yates, and Todd Herzog. During the early days of the game Amanda, like most of the women on the tribe, grew to dislike Jean-Robert Bellande due to his perceived creepiness. After losing their first Immunity Challenge on Day 9, Amanda originally planned on voting for Jean-Robert. However, due to Leslie Nease being kidnapped by Zhan Hu and admitting that she was closer to them than she was to her original tribe, Amanda decided she was too much of a threat to keep, and Leslie was eliminated in a 6-2 vote.
After the tribe switch on Day 13, Fei Long lost its two strongest members, Aaron and James Clement, and Amanda lost one of her closest allies. Despite this, they gained original Zhan Hu members Frosti Zernow and Sherea Lloyd. When the new Zhan Hu tribe threw the next Immunity Challenge to vote out a former Fei Long member, Aaron was voted out. Amanda and Todd, who had grown closer since the switch, planned to kidnap James and give him the Hidden Immunity Idol so that he could throw the challenge and vote out a member of the Zhan Hu Alliance. Despite this, Denise Martin was unable to win the challenge for Fei Long, sending them to Tribal Council once again. Despite Courtney's pleas to vote out Jean-Robert, Amanda voted out Sherea as she felt it would be the smartest move going into the merge.
After the tribes merged into the Hae Da Fung tribe on Day 20, James rejoined the Fei Long Alliance, and together they voted out Zhan Hu member Jaime Dugan. Amanda considered James to be one of the biggest threats remaining as he had both of the Hidden Immunity Idols and was the biggest physical threat. At the following Reward Challenge, Amanda's team won a trip to a Chinese village and a meal. At the previous Tribal Council, Jean-Robert became aware of the existence of the Hidden Immunity Idol and Amanda had to act surprised in order to not let him know she already knew where both the idols were. Amanda planned on voting out Peih-Gee Law next in order to keep her alliance strong, and became suspicious of Todd when he suggested voting out James and then quickly switching the plan to voting out Jean-Robert. Despite her suspicions, Amanda stuck with her alliance and voted out Jean-Robert next.
On Day 26, Amanda's team won the Reward Challenge and won an overnight cruise. During the reward, Amanda grew closer to Erik Huffman, stating that she would like to see him stick around as long as possible. At the following Immunity Challenge, the castaways were given the choice to sit out of the challenge and enjoy a feast of burgers and fries or compete in the challenge. Amanda decided that immunity was more important than food so she competed in the challenge, being the only member of her alliance to do so; she, however, lost the challenge to Peih-Gee. At Tribal Council, the vote came down to Erik and Frosti. Amanda eventually decided to vote for Frosti as he was a bigger threat and had grown close to Courtney.
Amanda once again noticed how much of a threat James was becoming as he still possessed both Hidden Immunity Idols. She convinced her alliance that the final seven was the time to vote him out because if they did not do so, then he would be guaranteed a spot in the final four (being able to use his idols at the final six and five) and could easily win from there. She also told Peih-Gee to act as if she was going home, without telling her who the target was, in order to lessen James' suspicion about being blindsided. At Tribal Council, Amanda's plan came to fruition and James was blindsided with both idols in his pocket. The next Reward Challenge was the Loved Ones Challenge and Amanda was extremely excited to see her sister, Katrina. Denise won the challenge and picked Amanda to join her on the reward, so she got to spend a night with her sister. Amanda also came close to winning the following Immunity Challenge, but she lost it to Peih-Gee. Since Peih-Gee had immunity, Amanda and her alliance were forced to vote out the only outsider left, Erik.
Amanda won the next Immunity Challenge and continued growing suspicious of Todd, worried that he would flip on anyone to get ahead and noted how good of a game he was playing. Due to this, she considered Peih-Gee's plan to vote him out. However, at Tribal Council, she deemed Peih-Gee to be the bigger threat and voted her out over Todd. Now having reached the final four, the Fei Long Alliance was forced to turn on itself. On Day 37, Amanda won a very important Reward Challenge and chose to share it with Todd. During the reward, Amanda confessed her suspicions to Todd and told him that she did not trust him. Todd reaffirmed his loyalty to her and promised that they would go to the end together. Despite this, she was still wary of Todd and promised Denise that she would have her back. At the Final Immunity Challenge the following day, Amanda took a unique approach to the challenge, stacking her dishes upside down. This strategy paid off as the challenge eventually came down to Amanda and Denise. Denise attempted to strike a deal with Amanda, though Amanda bluntly turned her down. Amanda's strategy in the challenge and the previous reward paid off as she outlasted Denise and won her second immunity in a row. Amanda was conflicted as she had promised both Denise and Todd that she would not vote for them. At Tribal Council, Denise called Amanda out on her promise, which she quickly denied. Todd smirked at this and stated that it was sly of Amanda to do that, which angered Amanda. Amanda eventually decided to vote out Denise as she believed that Denise could easily win over the jury.
After Tribal Council, Amanda was still angry at Todd for his actions at Tribal Council. Todd apologized, yet Amanda did not believe him. At the Final Tribal Council, Amanda admitted how hard it was for her to stay honest with everyone. She answered the jurors' questions poorly and apologized numerous times for the moves she had made. This disastrous performance ended up losing her the game as she finished in third place behind Todd and Courtney, receiving only Erik's vote.
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Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out?	Result
1 	rowspan=10 	Dragon Dance	Reward/Immunity	No 	
2 	Chinese Checkers 	Reward 	No 	 	
2 	Gatecrasher 	Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Clear the Deck 	Reward 	No 	 	
3 	Blade Runner 	Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Great Balls of Fire 	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Warrior's Duel 	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	Plunge, Pull, Pop 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
6 	Search and Decode 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
6 	Survivor Smorgasbord 	Immunity 	No 	 	
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7 	rowspan=13 	Memory Feast	Immunity 	 	
8 	The Bucket Stops Here 	Reward 	 	 	
8 	Dragon Rider 	Immunity 	 	 	
9 	Drum Roll 	Reward 	 	 	
9 	Chinese Zodiac Symbols	Immunity 	 	 	
11 	Confucius Said 	Reward 	 	 	
11 	Star Struck 	Immunity 	 	 	
12 	Marco Polo 	Reward 	 	 	
12 	Swamp Donkey 	Immunity 	 	 	
13 	Zen Archery 	Reward 	 	 	
13 	Chinese Leftovers 	Immunity 	 	 	
14 	Great Wall of Zhelin 	Reward 	 	 	
14 	Broken China 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
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Episode 	Amanda'sVotes	Voted AgainstAmanda
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==References==
Category:Contestants
Category:Female Contestants
Category:Youngest Contestants
Category:China Contestants
Category:Finalists
Category:Fei Long Tribe
Category:Hae Da Fung Tribe
Category:3rd Place
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Contestants
Category:Survivor: China