Chet Welch

Chet Welch is a contestant from .
Chet performed poorly in several challenges and was on the outs of the original Airai tribe along with Tracy Hughes-Wolf and Kathy Sleckman due to their age. However, a chain of events kept him in the game and Chet managed to make it to the Tribe Switch, and even participated in several early game blindsides. However, he was seen as too big of a liability, and combined with the threat of being medically evacuated from the game due to a piece of coral lodged in his foot and asking to be voted out, Chet was eliminated on Day 17.
==Profile==
Retrieved from CBS.com
Chet Welch currently works in customer service for a pharmacy that supplies nursing homes and hospitals with resident-specific medications. He has been in the pharmacy business for 20 years. After finishing high school, he attended college classes in business and music.
Welch has lived in Ford City, Pennsylvania, in the same house his entire life, but has traveled throughout the United States. He enjoys swimming, hiking, kayaking, dancing and yoga. Welch describes himself as magical, determined and unknowing. He is most proud of having coached 11 Miss Pennsylvania pageant contenders to win the title (he is a pageant coach for Miss America in his spare time). He believes the fact that he is fit, intelligent, crafty and street/country smart will help him go far on Survivor.
Welch continues to live in Ford City, Pennsylvania, with his significant other, Bob. Having rescued animals for 40 years, he currently houses his three dogs (Forrester, Chance and Savanna), along with 15 sheep, 75 ducks and three cats. His birth date is October 22, 1959.http://web.archive.org/web/20230322102036/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/108/
==Survivor==
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out? 	Result
1 	rowspan=7 	First to Shore 	Immunity 	 	
1 	Reinventing the Wheel 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
2 	Smash and Grab 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Beach Bash 	Reward 	No 	 	
3 	Nut Bucket 	Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Diver Down 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
4 	Crosswalk 	Immunity 	No 	 	
colspan=6 	 	 	 	 	
5 	rowspan=4 	Cat and Mouse 	Reward 	No 	
5 	A Stone's Throw 	Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	Build It Up, Break It Down 	Reward 	No 	 	
6 	United We Stand 	Immunity 	No 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
Notes: This challenge was played for individual immunity at each tribe's first Tribal Council.	Notes: This challenge was played for individual immunity at each tribe's first Tribal Council.	Notes: This challenge was played for individual immunity at each tribe's first Tribal Council.	Notes: This challenge was played for individual immunity at each tribe's first Tribal Council.	Notes: This challenge was played for individual immunity at each tribe's first Tribal Council.	Notes: This challenge was played for individual immunity at each tribe's first Tribal Council.
|-|Voting History=
Episode	Chet'sVotes	Voted AgainstChet
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6 	 	
 	 	
 In , the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Chet and Mikey B., forcing a revote. On the revote, Chet did not receive enough votes to be eliminated.
</tabber>
==Post-Survivor==
* On January 9, 2010, Chet attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ5_o4vGO6g
==Trivia==
* Chet is the oldest member of the original Airai tribe.
* Chet received votes against him at every Tribal Council he attended.
* Chet asked his tribemates to vote him out. It is speculated that this was because he was soon going to be medically evacuated due to having a piece of coral lodged in his foot, which Chet claimed happened during the Day 7 Reward Challenge,http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/exclusive-chet-welch-dishes-on-survivor-micronesia-injury-ouster-6732.php and that if he had not been voted out, Malakal would have lost two members.
* Chet received the most votes against him out of any contestant in , with 12.
* Kathy Sleckman stated that Chet was recruited to compete on Survivor.https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/272hlz/i_am_kathy_sleckman_from_survivor_16_micronesia/
* Chet is the first person to be voted out on Day 17.
==References==
Category:Contestants
Category:Male Contestants
Category:LGBT Contestants
Category:Micronesia Contestants
Category:Airai Tribe
Category:14th Place
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Contestants
Category:Survivor: Micronesia
Category:1959 births
Category:Living people