Lita Jo Noordyk

### Tribe(s)

Tribe Natalie, Tribe Tyson, Merge Tribe (Blood vs. Water: Redemption Island)Tribe Potowatomi, Tribe Parvati, Merged Tribe (Last Chance)

### Finish

4/14 (Blood vs. Water: Redemption Island)11/17 (Last Chance)

### Alliances

Black Widow Alliance, Cody Conroy, Breanne Nevers (Blood vs. Water: Redemption Island)Parvati Women's Alliance, The Fab 4 (Last Chance)

### Votes Against

3 (Blood vs Water: Redemption Island)7 (Last Chance)

**Lita Jo Noordyk** was the Fan Favorite and a contestant on Survivor: Blood vs. Water: Redemption Island and was a contestant on Survivor: Last Chance.

While quiet at first, Lita proved herself to be a strong social player, getting involved in many conversations that helped her change the course of the game and becoming a very important vote at every Tribal Council she went to in her first attempt. However, this ultimately led to her downfall, as her game and likable personality became too threatening towards the endgame. Lita's return to *Survivor: Last Chance* be very hyped, but she encountered a bigger threat status that sent her out of the game much earlier than she expected after the merge.

## Survivor: Blood vs. Water: Redemption Island

Lita entered the game with her boyfriend, JP Hogdson, and was placed onto Tribe Natalie, very excited to start the game her boyfriend had become accustomed to. In the first immunity challenge, Lita beat her lover to the punch in her round, guaranteeing her tribe another point towards their eventual win, keeping her away from the dreaded Tribal Council. At camp, Lita did not have much luck finding the hidden immunity idols, but had some early success in her social game, being invited to join an all-girls alliance with Breanne and Em right off the bat, and Lita privately expressed a close bond with Cody that she hoped to utilize in the game.

At the next challenge, Lita was taken aback at JP being the first one voted out of the game, but was able to overcome her shock with her speed to help her tribe get a faster total time and win immunity once more. After the challenge, Lita speculated on the reasons for JP's voteoff, with Breanne and Corey seeming to take over the conversation long enough for her to get information about how close Christian, Kathy, and Vin were within the game on Tribe Tyson, leading her to speculate that Jack or Grant will be the next to go at Tribe Tyson's second Tribal Council. At the first redemption island duel, Lita saw that her expectations were true, as Grant was blindsided at the previous Tribal Council. Unfortunately for her, JP was eliminated in the duel, leaving her as the first contestant to lose their loved one within the season, opening a target on her for her loss in the game. However, Lita got a stroke of luck as Tribe Natalie won the next immunity challenge, keeping her safe for the rest of Night 1.

At the beginning of Day 2, Lita was involved in the traditional tribe swap that sent her to Tribe Tyson alongside Christian, Cody, Corey, and Em. This was another stroke of luck for her game, as Tribe Tyson won the next immunity challenge, with Lita giving a notable dive at the challenge in an attempt to help her tribe score a point. At her new camp, Lita attempted another unsuccessful search for the hidden immunity idol and formed an alliance with Christian, who claimed that Cody has the hidden immunity idol and was targeting her. Albeit weary of Christian, Lita decided to agree to an alliance with him with the belief that she could potentially use him within the game and privately stated her hopes to meet up with Kathy later in the game so they could work together. However, Lita's hopes were soon at risk as Kathy not only injured herself at the next immunity challenge, but Lita's tribe once again won tribal immunity, with the plus-side being that Lita was once again safe and was guaranteed to see the merge.

Lita's game picked up at the merge, as even though she lost Kathy after Breanne won her way back into the game from Redemption Island, she was pulled into multiple conversations by Breanne about a plan to take a jab against the New Jersey Alliance; Christian, Corey, Em, and Vin. However, Corey attempted to pull her in to target Breanne and Cody, both of whom were growing targets due to their gameplay and potential advantages. Em and Lea then gave Lita news about the *Slip-Up Disadvantage* that Lea got in the Solo Room, saying that she had to use it before the next challenge, prompting Em and Lita to convince her to play the advantage against Nathan. While Lita did not win the first individual immunity challenge of the season, she was on the right side of the numbers at her first Tribal Council, as despite her self-alleged "wildcard" status she voted for Christian due to a lack of trust. However, she recognized that this put a target on her back and hoped that some of her future moves will put her back in the good graces of the New Jersey Alliance. Even though she was the first out of the next individual immunity challenge, she was also one of the first people to be involved in the conversations about the vote, which was heading towards Breanne for her challenge prowess, and Cody for his strategic gameplay. Despite being pulled back and forth, Lita helped to send Breanne out of the game for good.

Despite Lita not winning individual immunity at the next challenge, she still found herself in a position of power, being approached by both alliances to help assist them in voting off either John or Corey. However, this came at the cost of her threat status increasing, as more people became aware that Lita was playing the game in a way that left very little people upset with her. At Tribal Council, Lita ended up having her vote against Corey negated when he used a hidden immunity idol on himself, forcing a tiebreaker between Lea and John where she helped to vote the latter out of the game. Lita went on to win her first individual immunity challenge in a tight race against Em, and was approached by Corey to vote against Cody, emphasizing Cody's winner potential to her, despite her concern about the lack of numbers for this plan to work. Lita privately discussed her concerns about the vote, being well aware that she was the swing vote and even revealed that she found the merged tribe's hidden immunity idol. At Tribal Council, Lita ended up supporting Cody and voted against Corey. However, Corey played a second hidden immunity idol that had been in his possession, leading to her ally being taken out of the game by the New Jersey Alliance.

Lita was immediately be tossed into the next individual immunity challenge, of which she lost to Vin in a tight race. This started to concern her allies, specifically Em, who noted that it made her a bigger endgame threat. Per usual, Lita was pulled by both sides for the vote, this time having to decide between voting against Nathan for his improved strategic game, or going against Em to ensure that Em and Vin could not control the endgame. Lita then reaffirmed an all-women's alliance between her, Em, and Lea that had been discussed prior, and although she privately stated that she did not trust Em, she still voted with her against Nathan, seeing him as an endgame threat, sending him home in a 4-1-1 vote. Back at camp, Corey tried to make a plan with Lita to vote for Em, and she was well aware that Corey was only telling her of this idea to save himself from being the next one eliminated. Lita then won the next individual immunity challenge and spoke to Em to tell her of her plans to use her hidden immunity idol on her, making her a bigger target in Em's eyes due to how much power she currently had. In short, due to her charisma, her ability to decide who went home at multiple Tribal Councils, and her challenge prowess, Lita was now the next big target. However, she still planned to go to the Final 3 with Em, and told her that she believed they had a better chance going against Lea rather than Vin. At Tribal Council, Lita voted for Corey but also decided to go against what she previously told Em as she played her hidden immunity idol for Lea, negating Lea's one vote from Vin. After Tribal Council, Lita and the women fully embraced their alliance's title as the "Black Widow Alliance" as they celebrated their success in reaching the Final 4 together. However, Lea's clutch win at the final individual immunity challenge of the season threw a wrench in her plans as Lita's threat status was be too much for Em to want to go up against and she and Vin secretly came up with a plan to get rid of her. Lita clung onto the hopes that the Black Widow Alliance will stick together to vote against Vin and emphasized her happiness with the Final 4 and how the game had gone up to that point. At Tribal Council, Lita correctly assumed that she was the next to go, as she was voted out in a 3-1 vote. Lita would place 4th out of 14th and became the seventh and final member of the jury.

During the Jury Roundtable, Lita supported Vin due to his strategic and social moves within the game and mentioned that Em told her off-camera to play her hidden immunity idol on Lea at the Final 5 Tribal Council and emphasized that the two other women backstabbed her and did not win challenges throughout the game. At the Final Tribal Council, Lita expressed a feeling of betrayal from Lea due to her voting against her after Lita played her hidden immunity idol on her. Additionally, Lita vocalized how she perceived Lea to play a "middle-of-the-pact" game and emphasized Em's social gameplay. She went on to congratulate the finalists and compliment their games further. In the end, Lita casted her vote for Vin, valuing how he was able to navigate through the game despite the target on his back, helping Vin to win the game in a 4-2-1 vote.

At the *Survivor: Blood vs. Water: Redemption Island Reunion Episode*, Lita would receive the *Fan Favorite Award* due to her positive attitude and strong gameplay that she showcased throughout the season.

**Lita's Voting History**
 **7** | Breanne
 **8** | ~~Corey~~
John
 **11** | Corey
 **Voted**
**To Win**

## Survivor: Last Chance

Lita, a major fan favorite, returned for another run in *Survivor: Last Chance* and was placed immediately into the first challenge with the Potowatomi Tribe alongside Alex, Ashley, Collin, Conner, Michael, Sam C., and Sam R., which resulted in a tribal challenge win for Lita, something she was very happy to have. At camp, Lita bonded with her tribe, and encouraged them to keep winning challenges, highlighting the importance it can hold for their games. She then went on to jokingly predicting JP will be the first one voted out of the game again due to his track record, making everyone in her tribe laugh. In private, Lita expressed her struggles with wanting to either play aggressively or under the radar, and planned to win out to the merge as she did previously, despite her concerns of her unknown tribemates scheming against her. Lita also privately stated her desire to work with her boyfriend, JP, and mentioned how despite his charisma and good social game, everyone who is aligned with him gets voted out early, citing their previous season together. Of course, Lita was the focus of a few people, with Collin stating how he feels like he could potentially trust Lita while in a confessional. Once again Lita was in a good spot at the beginning, but can she keep herself in this good spot during the entire game as she did before?

At the next immunity challenge, Lita was put on the puzzle portion of the challenge, which ultimately was a good choice for her as she, alongside Ashley and Michael, solved their puzzle the fastest and helped them to once again win immunity. Back at camp, Lita openly celebrated with her tribe, but in private was very concerned with not knowing what was going on with the other tribe, stating she was correctly calling the other tribe's moves the previous season but was very confused this time around, especially with her not knowing Elizabeth, the first voteoff, very well, and she predicted a men's alliance may be up and running. Despite her concerns, Lita still showcased her happiness for them winning again by privately mentioning how nice it was for them to win another challenge with the mindset that some of her tribemates had never won an immunity challenge in their past seasons, showcasing she had been taking time to get to know her tribemates as she did last season as she hoped for JP to make it to the merge unlike last season. Lita was even well-respected on the other tribe as they all speculated her to be the best at many challenges, especially involving pong. A tribe swap shook things up as Lita was swapped onto the new Tribe Parvati alongside Ashley, John, Kyle, and Maggie. At the next immunity challenge, Lita was the caller for her tribe, of which this time she was unfortunately unable to deliver upon as John and Kyle's mishap with a fallen bucket costed their tribe the win, sending Lita to her first ever premerge Tribal Council. At camp, Lita immediately aligned with Ashley and Maggie, with the two women filling in Lita on a plan to vote out John, of whom the two women did not trust. In private, Lita spoke on her now playing the game "fast and loose" and was already planning on voting off John with the women, despite her feelings of guilt for voting him off two seasons in a row. Later on, Lita reaffirmed the plan with Maggie, and when Maggie turned a corner, Lita quickly found something wrapped up, potentially giving her more power in the game. At Tribal Council, Lita privately revealed that she had found a hidden immunity idol when she went to cast her vote against John, helping to vote him out in a 4-1 vote as she continued to cruise through the game in style with her hidden immunity idol and her all-women's alliance.

At the next immunity challenge, Lita did her best to help her tribe win, but her efforts were not enough as Tribe Parvati once again lost immunity, sending them right back to Tribal Council. Back at camp, despite the writing on the wall, Lita privately revealed that Kyle, the single man left against an all-women's allliance, had a small chance of getting by another round as she revealed that he was "on the edge" of her alliance, assumably referring to her alliance with JP, who had worked with Kyle prior to the tribe swap. Lita privately hoped that it was not her as she started to debate whether or not it was worth it to save Kyle that round. Later on, Lita and the other women conversed about hidden immunity idols and their hidden locations, with her saying about how she knew the nooks and crannies they could have been hidden in at the other camps, but not at theirs, and they shared a good laugh when Maggie revealed she did find a hidden immunity idol, only to reveal that it was one that was from the previous season, *Survivor: Blood vs. Water: Redemption Island*, i.e. one that did not work on *Survivor: Last Chance*. At Tribal Council, Lita helped her tribe to eliminate Kyle in a 3-1 vote, keeping her women's alliance alive with the hope that they will not have to vote out anyone else from the female trio. At the next immunity challenge, Lita finally caught a break in the game when the all-female tribe won their first immunity challenge since the swap, keeping the three of them together and guaranteeing Lita safety once again as her boyfriend, JP, was now at risk of going home with her presence presenting a concern to someone on his tribe.

The next round, Lita got two good surprises in seeing that JP survived the last vote and that the merge announcement, and she even won individual immunity. At camp, Lita stumbled into a chat with Collin, Jack D., Jake, Sam C., and Tom, all wanting to vote Michael. Great minds think alike, as Lita said she wanted to vote him as well, and the six discussed splitting the votes out of fear of Michael's hidden immunity idol, one that Lita confirmed he had due to her witnessing him finding at the start of the game. However, she believed Michael did not see her see him get the hidden immunity idol, meaning Michael had no idea she knew about it, and she suggested they put five votes on a "throwaway" name and put three votes on Michael to flush his idol, and she said they needed to convince Michael they are voting him so he will waste it. Once Sam R., now nicknamed Dolphin Sam, walked into their chat, they started thinking about splitting the votes 4-4 to combat Michael's alliance, settling on having Conner as the "throwaway" name as Lita told them she will get JP to vote with them. In private, despite her excitement at winning individual immunity and her amazement at the necklace, Lita was concerned she put a target on her back by winning, but also stated she was too competitive to throw a challenge. Lita also privately mentioned that she believed it is coming down to a "Civil War" between "Tribe Michael and Tribe Everyone Else" and pondered whether or not it was a better idea to blindside Michael or let him think it is him to flush out his idol, saying it will be open season if Michael used his idol. The Core 8 decided the original Tribe Potowatomi members will vote Conner, and the original Tribe Targaryen members will vote Michael. Despite a foolproof plan, Jack D. and Lita grew concerned about Dolphin Sam conversing with Michael and his allies and Sam C. telling Ashley, one of Michael's allies, their plan to vote Michael out. However, the two decided to keep the plan the same but to be aware that if someone flipped the vote, they will know who it was. At Tribal Council, while feeling fantastic about winning individual immunity, Lita voted for Conner, causing a 4-4-3-1 tied vote between Conner and Michael, who surprisingly did not play his idol. Lita voted Michael on the revote, sending a bitter Michael to the jury.

The next round gave way to more game for Lita to play, despite losing individual immunity to Sam C.. At camp, Lita spoke to the Core 8 about voting Conner to try to destroy Michael's alliance. The Core 8 began to dismantle though as JP, Lita, and Tom saw Jake as a strategic threat who will take over the game with Sam C., his cousin, and they talked to Jack D. to vote him out. Lita privately said “he’s (Jake's) too good and we can’t have that sh\*t in here” and planned to blindside him as she worried about a hidden immunity idol. Jake and Sam C. also put the spotlight on her and JP, claiming them as a "power couple" who will run the game. Lita interrupted one of these conversations about her, causing them to scatter. Sam C., one of the few who stayed, said they did not come up with a plan for the vote as Lita assuaged Conner's anxiety by telling him why he got votes the last round. When Sam C. left, Lita filled in Ashley, Conner, Maggie, and Dolphin Sam on the plan to vote Jake, and the two women told Lita that Jake and Sam C. were targeting her, of which she knew of as he tried to get her to vote Maggie. However, Lita was unaware the four planned to gain her trust so they can blindside her and JP later on. Lita's trust in them grew as Dolphin Sam told her the cousins were still targeting her, and she told him that no one wanted him out. At Tribal Council, Lita voted Jake, sending him to the jury as she got his and Sam C.'s votes. After losing individual immunity to Jack D., Lita was ecstatic to target Sam C. as she talked to JP and Tom first about this, with her and Tom revealing their idols and only planned to use them if their names or Collin's is brought up as they also planned to "push" for Conner to the outsiders. In private, Lita stated her confidence in the challenges as well as outlining her alliance, the "Fab 4", to be running the game as they planned to take out "Cousin Sam" next. Despite a clear target in mind, Lita was still at risk, as Sam C. once again was campaigning for her elimination. Luckily for her, people seemingly were on her side and also wanted to take out Sam C. with her as she campaigned with her allies to vote him out. At Tribal Council, Lita was very happy to vote Sam C., who voted Lita in return. However, Sam C. did what they feared most in playing a hidden immunity idol for himself. Luckily enough, Lita decided to play her's as well, negating Sam C.'s vote, resulting in Dolphin Sam's elimination via. Tom's vote.

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**Lita's Voting History**
 **4** | Kyle
Michael
Conner
 **Voted To**
**Win**

## Trivia

* Lita is the first contestant in Survivor: Blood vs. Water: Redemption Island to lose their loved one in the game.
* Lita is the first female contestant to win multiple individual immunity challenges in one season since *Survivor: Battle Royale*.