Daniel Jimenez

**Daniel Jimenez** is a contestant from *Survivor: South Africa*.

Daniel was known for his powerful bromance with Cody Singalay throughout the season. Although Daniel wasn't seen as a huge threat once Cody was voted out, he was voted out in a 3-2 vote on Day 37 after being looked at as a jury threat.

## Profile

Daniel started watching Survivor with his family when he was just 10 years old. He usually annoys his co-workers by talking about the show too much. He believes he will do well socially and strategically and says that if he wins the money, he will retire from his job as a dentist and live a luxurious life.

**If You Could Bring 3 Things With You To The Island What Would They Be:** A golden tooth, a guitar, and a pull-up bar.

**What Past Player Will You Be Most Like:** I want to be everyone's funny friend who isn't targeted at all. I'll kind of be like Tyler James. Running into that tree must have hurt! Ouch!

**Why Will You Be Sole Survivor:** Dentists are meant to win Survivor! It's a known fact buddy.

## Survivor

Daniel started the game on the Zulu tribe. He quickly became part of a 7 person majority alliance which consisted of himself, Natalie Steinbeck, Julio Rodriguez, Antonio Hernandez, Lisa Mathieson, Cody Singalay, and Josh Sinclair. Early on, Daniel formed a close friendship with Cody. They both decided to form a Final 2 before the first immunity challenge. On Day 3, Zulu won immunity. After the challenge, Daniel decided to search for the Zulu hidden immunity idol. After searching for a little while, he ended up finding the idol. On Day 6, Zulu won immunity again. Daniel felt secure with his alliance and had the idol to protect him in case something changed. On Day 9, Zulu lost their first immunity challenge. Back at camp, Daniel's alliance decided to target someone from the minority who was the weakest. They felt like Lori Christopher didn't perform the best in the immunity challenges and needed to go. At tribal, Daniel's paranoia started to become extreme. He felt like the alliance wasn't going to stay true to their word and could flip on him. He decided to use his idol before the votes were read. Lori was voted out in a 7-3 vote, wasting Daniel's idol. After tribal, Cody questioned Daniel's decision to use his idol. He apologized for his paranoia to both Cody and his whole alliance. On Day 12, Zulu won immunity again.

On Day 13, a tribe swap occurred. Daniel wasn't happy since he felt like he was doing well on his tribe. He ended up staying on Zulu with Cody and Antonio. They were joined by former Tsonga tribe members Leon Petchers and Didi Conley. Daniel, Cody, and Antonio knew they needed to stick together. Daniel was happy that he was still with Cody, but still wanted to form connections with Leon and Didi for the future. Zulu then went on a winning streak, winning every single reward and immunity challenge to come until the merge.

On Day 20, the merge occurred. Daniel felt blessed to only attend tribal council 1 time before the merge. He wasn't sure what to do alliance wise since the merge consisted of 13 people. On Day 21, Daniel lost the first individual immunity to Antonio. At camp after the challenge, Daniel and Cody decided to lay low and listen for the general consensus on who to vote for. Daniel kept hearing that Julio was being targeted for his bossy, abrasive personality and close relationship to Marco Singh. Daniel felt like he didn't need Julio in the game and was fine with voting for him. At tribal, Julio used an idol on Marco, but was voted out in a large 11-2 vote. On Day 24, Daniel overheard Antonio speaking to other tribe members about his close relationship to Cody. Daniel felt like Antonio was catching on to their close partnership. He let Cody know that Antonio needed to go. At tribal, it became obvious that Daniel and Antonio were after each other. Daniel stated how Antonio was a physical threat and loose cannon. Daniel got his wish, as Antonio was sent to the jury in an 8-4 vote. On Day 25, Daniel won reward along with Celeste Go, Irene Chen, Marco Singh, and Mason Jefferson. He asked many questions to each of them so he could figure out where their heads were at. On Day 27, each of the OG tribes decided to stick with each other. There were 5 OG Zulu members and 6 OG Tsonga members. After the immunity challenge, Celeste and Lisa overheard the OG Tsonga members saying that they wanted to get rid of Irene who was also an OG Tsonga member. They told Daniel and the rest of the alliance what they heard. Daniel mentioned that the alliance should let Irene know what they heard so that she would flip onto their side. When they told Irene what they heard, she told them that she would vote alongside them and that she felt extremely betrayed by Lindsay Richards who she had a close relationship with. Irene then approached Lindsay and the two had a huge argument. At tribal, Daniel's OG Zulu alliance decided to target Leon since he was the mastermind over at the other side. Before the votes were read, Leon used an idol on himself. Irene was then voted out in a 5-0 vote. After tribal, Daniel was shocked at the idol play but was happy that Irene left over himself and Cody. On Day 30 following the immunity challenge, Lisa collapsed at camp. When the medics showed up, they concluded that Lisa was severely exhausted and dehydrated and needed to leave the game. Lisa said her goodbyes to everyone and Daniel was disappointed that another OG Zulu member was leaving the game. On Day 31, Daniel won reward. He decided to take Celeste, Cody, and Didi on the reward with him. He felt like he could create a 4 person alliance. After Celeste and Didi seemed wishy washy about everything, Daniel realized that the OG Zulu and OG Tsonga sides were not going to last much longer. On Day 32, Daniel and Cody decided to target Leon. They felt like he was the biggest threat in the game up to that point. They let Josh know about the plan. He agreed to vote with them. Josh mentioned that Celeste, Didi, and Mason were targeted Marco who was also a big threat. Daniel mentioned to Josh and Cody that he overheard Lindsay, Marco, and Leon talking about targeting him. At tribal, Marco played an idol on himself which negated Celeste, Didi, and Mason's votes. The vote ended in a 3-3-0 tie between Daniel and Leon. Daniel feared that his life in the game was over. It seemed like he wouldn't get the majority to vote for Leon on the revote. After Didi ended up flipping on Leon during the revote, Leon was blindsided in a 4-3 revote which saved Daniel. After tribal, Daniel thanked Didi for saving his life in the game. On Day 34, Cody let Daniel know that although they owed Didi for what she did at the previous tribal council, she needed to go. At tribal, Cody persuaded the majority to vote for Didi. Although he felt bad, Daniel voted for Didi and she was voted out in a 5-2-1 vote. On Day 35, Daniel and Cody both knew that they got lucky many times. They could both feel that their time in the game together was almost up. They both decided to search for a hidden immunity idol. After searching for a while, Daniel ended up finding his second immunity idol. He couldn't believe that he found another idol. Before tribal, Daniel and Cody decided to target Mason since he was a jury threat and received no votes up to that point in the game. At tribal, Daniel used the idol on himself. It was extremely successful as he negated 5 out of the 7 votes. Mason was voted out in a 2-0 vote. After tribal, Daniel was applauded for his successful idol play. Daniel and Cody knew they had the biggest targets on their backs. They also knew that Lindsay, Josh, and Marco formed a Final 3 with each other. On Day 36, Josh won reward and brought Daniel and Marco along to join him. Daniel asked Josh and Marco if they were dead set on sending either him or Cody to the jury. Josh mentioned that that was most likely the case, unless he could convince them to send Celeste home. Daniel didn't want to vote out Celeste as he felt like he and Cody needed Celeste to tie the vote against the other 3. Back at camp, both Daniel and Cody approached Celeste and mentioned targeting Marco. Celeste let them know that she was stressed out and didn't have a decision yet. At tribal, Daniel was unable to convince Celeste to vote for Marco. Cody was then voted out in a 4-2 vote. After tribal, Daniel was sad that Cody was voted out but felt like it lowered his target. He felt like he had a better chance at winning the game without Cody being there. On Day 37, Daniel almost won immunity but lost to Josh. After the challenge, Daniel quickly approached Celeste and asked her why she voted Cody out. He explained that she gave the threesome alliance all of the power. She told Daniel that she messed up and didn't want to risk a deadlock vote. Daniel decided to throw out Lindsay's name to Celeste. He felt like Lindsay wasn't seen as a big threat, but was actually the frontrunner to win the game out of everybody remaining. Celeste told Daniel that she agreed but that they needed to convince Josh or Marco to flip on Lindsay. They both went over to Josh and let him know that Lindsay needed to go. Daniel threatened Josh that if he didn't flip on Lindsay and voted either himself or Celeste out, he would not vote for Josh to win. Josh told Daniel that the threat didn't help with his argument. At tribal, Daniel's pleading did not end up being able to save him and he was voted out in a 3-2 vote, finishing in 5th place and becoming the 9th member of the jury.

At Final Tribal Council, Daniel told Marco that he acted smart but played a horrific game. He said that Marco annoyed him and was not worthy of winning the game. He then reminded Josh about what he said during the Final 5. He said that Josh would not receive his vote. He then applauded Lindsay for dominating the social and strategic aspects of the game. He said that she didn't even need an individual immunity win to save herself. In the end, Daniel voted for Lindsay to become the Sole Survivor and she did end up winning in a 5-3-2 vote over Josh and Marco.