Kurtis

* Survivor
 Survivor: Guatemala
Tribe(s): Yaxhá
Finish: 13/16
 Survivor: Marquesas
Tribe(s): Rotu, Maraamu, Soliantu
Finish: 9/18
Days Lasted: 23

Kurtis is a contestant from *Survivor: Guatemala* and *Survivor: Marquesas*.

He later returned as one of the sixteen veteran *Survivor* castaways as a housemate on Big Brother 1. Kurtis was evicted eleventh on Day 72, finishing in 6th place.

## Survivor: Guatemala

Kurtis began *Survivor: Guatemala* on the blue Yaxhá tribe. Xavier and Jay were put in the minority early on, with Xavier being voted out when the tribe lost the first immunity challenge. His larger alliance then split up, with Kurtis flipping to Jay. When the tribe lost the next immunity challenge, the pair voted for Tully, but Tim was voted out.

At the tribe switch, Kurtis remained on Yaxhá with original members Harry and Karina. Despite having three members of each original tribe on the new Yaxhá, Harry decided to flip with the original Nakúm members. When the tribe lost the first immunity challenge, Kurtis was voted out after 11 days.

### Voting History

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## Survivor: Marquesas

For having an unlucky alliance in his first season, Kurtis was apart of *Survivor: Marquesas*, originally on the blue Rotu tribe. After two immunity wins, the tribe had to send someone home. Kurtis voted with Quentin and Oliver for Jade, but the majority of the tribe voted Oliver out. At the next vote, the majority of the tribe flipped on their original alliance member Amalia.

At the tribe switch, Kurtis was switched to the yellow Maraamu along with original members Brooklyn and Jade. When they lost the first immunity challenge, Kurtis, the original Rotu members and later, Eileen voted out Dalton. At the Double Tribal Council, Kurtis voted with Eileen and Shawna to vote out Brooklyn.

At this point, Kurtis made the merge. His original alliance told him that they were voting out Shawna. However, because he flipped to vote out Brooklyn, the alliance believed they could not trust him and he was voted out, making him the first member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, he voted for Harry to win the title of Sole Survivor.

### Voting History

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## Big Brother 1

In November 2020, Kurtis competed on Big Brother 1. As part of the Backwards Week Twist, Kurtis nominated Gabriel and Spencer for the first eviction where Gabriel and Lina were nominated. Richard won the first HOH competition and decided to evict Gabriel in order to protect his Outsider Alliance ally Lina. In Week 2, Peighton nominated *Survivor: The Australian Outback* alum Bella and Cherry, with the intention of targeting Cherry as a former Sole Survivor. However, Kurtis and majority of the house evicted Bella in order to keep Cherry around as a shield. In Week 3, Ricardo nominated Kurtis but assured him that he was a pawn against the replacement nominee. This proved true, as Lina was put on the block and evicted because of her connections within the house. In Week 4, Kurtis won the Time Warp Immunity competition and decided to share it with his *Guatemala* alumni Tim. The pair then voted in the majority in order to evict Alana, who had won the previous two POV competitions.

Kurtis was nominated once again in Week 5 by Richard, but was used as a pawn again when Lea was unanimously evicted on eviction night. Kurtis was frustrated he was constantly being nominated, but was glad he was never in serious danger. His luck appeared to turn when his ally Tiffany became the next HOH and nominated Priya and Richard. Kurtis voted to evict Richard because he was a challenge threat, but the majority evicted Peighton the replacement nominee. Moments later, the housemates competed in a weeks worth of competitions in an hour as part of a Double Eviction. Cherry nominated Kurtis and his ally Tim, but Richard was named as the replacement nominee after Tim won the veto. Richard was evicted over Kurtis because he had already won two HOH competitions and a firm Outsider Alliance. Kurtis was thankful when his closest ally Tim became the next HOH. Tim nominated Priya and Ricardo, where Kurtis eventually evicted Priya in order to remove the Outsider Alliance from the house for good.

Kurtis was worried in Weeks 8 and 9 because Tim was now seen as the biggest threat now that the Outsider Alliance was gone. Despite this, he was spared because Spencer and Ricardo were evicted instead. In Week 10, Cherry originally nominated Tiffany and Tim for eviction before replacing Tim with Kurtis after Tim won the veto. Kurtis felt like Tiffany would be evicted because she had already won two HOH competitions, but Kurtis was evicted and became the sixth member of the jury in order to disarm Tim. He would vote for Tiffany to win the season.

## Trivia

* Kurtis is one of 10 castaways to improve on their original placement during Survivor: Marquesas. The others being Harry, Eileen, Emma, Belle, Aaron, Shawna, Quentin, Scott and Clara.
* Kurtis, Jeremy, Richard, Tiffany and Tim were the only housemates on Big Brother 1 to place higher than any of their previous *Survivor* appearances.