Kevin Jacobson

**Kevin Jacobson** is the Sole Survivor of *Survivor: Honshu*.

Kevin managed to play a pretty dominant game, only being in trouble a few times during the game. He managed to have a strong duo alliance with Grace Kim and both of them made it to the Final 2. His strong strategic gameplay made some of the jury believe he was a better player than Grace. He ended up beating Grace in a close 4-3 vote, becoming the first Sole Survivor ever in the Scrambled version of the show.

## Profile

Kevin is a 21 year-old college student from Texas and he has always been extremely smart for his age. Graduating with a 4.5 GPA in High School, Kevin decided to stay in Texas and go to community college instead of a University right away. He plans on starting his own computer company in a few years. He believes he will crush the game on all aspects and the only part of the game he won’t do so good at is sleeping outside since he has a fear of bugs.

**If You Could Bring 3 Things With You To The Island What Would They Be:** A computer, Xbox or PS4, and a skateboard.

**What Past Player Will You Be Most Like:** I will probably play a game like Adam Klein because I think we both have similar personalities and are both super-fans of the show. I believe I can have a strong strategic game like him.

**Why Will You Be Sole Survivor:** I am smart enough to manipulate these people without them even knowing. I won't act cocky near any of them, but I secretly believe I got this win in the bag already.

## Survivor

Kevin began on the Takeda tribe. He quickly made sure to form relationships with his other tribe members so he would be on good terms with all of them. Kevin quickly bonded with fellow tribe mate Grace Kim. On Day 3, Takeda won immunity. Kevin performed well during the challenge so most of his tribe members wanted to keep him. On Day 6, Takeda ended up losing immunity. Kevin quickly made a voting pact with Grace, Tyler James, and Cassie Minerolis. They decided to target Monique Waters for being a social threat. The tribe went into a 4-4 split. Kevin had no idea who the other 4 members of his tribe were targeting. At tribal, it was Kevin who ended up being targeted by half of his tribe. The vote tied 4-4 between Kevin and Monique. Luckily in between votes, Grace managed to convince Margarita Chen-Chavez to flip on Monique since she was a likable player which made her a threat. Monique was voted out at the revote in a 4-2 vote, keeping Kevin safe from elimination. Takeda managed to win the next 3 immunity challenges in a row. On Day 17, Takeda's immunity streak ended when they lost immunity. Kevin decided to take a shot at another social threat: Cassie. He let Grace know that Cassie needed to go. Grace didn't feel like Cassie was the right choice and let Kevin know that she was planning on voting for Ryan Williams since Cassie and Tyler told Grace that they were targeting Ryan. Kevin still wanted Cassie out. At tribal, Grace did end up voting for Ryan, but Cassie and Tyler didn't and targeted Chris Hopkins. Kevin ended up voting for Cassie, who received the majority of votes and was sent home in a 4-2-1 vote. Back at camp, Kevin and Grace explained why they didn't vote together and made a Final 2 deal together.

On Day 18, both starting tribes merged. Kevin quickly formed conversations with many former Shimazu members. On Day 19, Shimazu started to self-destruct when Jennifer Gonzalez and Crystal Underwood started targeting each other. Jennifer told Kevin that Crystal was the mastermind back at Shimazu. Later, Crystal told Kevin that everything Jennifer said wasn't true and told him that Jennifer was a loudmouth and messy player who couldn't keep her mouth shut. Kevin told Grace that they should vote for Crystal. Even though they both believed Crystal over Jennifer, they thought Crystal was more of a smart player and needed to go over Jennifer. At tribal, Crystal was blindsided in a 6-4 vote. On Day 21, Kevin and Grace both threw the immunity challenge after feeling like they didn't need to win. After the challenge, tribal was canceled because Tyler injured his leg during the immunity challenge and was evacuated from the game. This gave Kevin and Grace more time to think of future plans for their games. On Day 22, Kevin won reward. He shared his reward with Grace and the two of them bonded even more. They talked about who they could trust in the game and who they couldn't. On Day 24, Paul McAllister started blowing up Jennifer's game. Kevin became relieved that everyone started to focus on Paul and Jennifer and not himself. Paul rubbed everyone the wrong way with his strong personality and Kevin was ok with Paul leaving. At tribal, everyone voted for Paul and Paul was sent to the jury in a unanimous 7-1 vote. On Day 27, Ryan and Jennifer got into an altercation over the tribe food. This left them going after each other. Kevin knew that the majority would be voting for Ryan, but he wanted to vote alongside Ryan to try to get Ryan's jury vote. Grace also had the same idea. At tribal, Kevin voted for Jennifer alongside Ryan and Grace, but Ryan was still voted out in a close 4-3 vote. On Day 28, Grace won reward and took Kevin along with her. It became obvious that the two were tight. Back at camp, Kevin did damage control to lower his threat status with Grace. On Day 30, Kevin decided to target Chris. He was threatened by Chris' physical strength and solid social gameplay. Kevin let Grace know that he was planning on voting out Chris out. Grace let Kevin know that she could not vote for Chris as she had a crush on him the whole game and the two built a personal relationship with each other. Kevin didn't mind too much if Grace didn't vote for Chris because he knew he could get the majority of votes anyways by telling the plan to Jennifer, Margarita, and Roy DeVega. At tribal, Chris was voted out in a 4-2 vote. On Day 33, Kevin decided that Jennifer finally needed to go since he believed she would target him soon and wouldn't let him get to the end. The tribe automatically split into 2 sides with Takeda Kevin and Grace on one side against Shimazu Jennifer and Roy. That left Margarita in the middle. Even though Margarita was an OG Takeda member, she built a close relationship with Roy. Kevin did everything in his power to convince Margarita to vote with him and Grace. At tribal, Kevin's pleading worked. He received 2 votes from Jennifer and Roy, but Margarita voted with him and Grace and Jennifer was sent home in a close 3-2 vote. Back at camp, Kevin thanked Margarita for saving him. On Day 36, Kevin lost immunity to Roy. After the challenge, it became obvious that the vote at tribal would tie 2-2. Kevin and Grace were sticking together and so were Margarita and Roy. Kevin felt bad voting for Margarita after she saved him, but he knew it was best for his game. At tribal, the vote did indeed tie 2-2 between Grace and Margarita. Kevin was relieved that he didn't receive any votes. A revote occurred, but it also tied in a 1-1 vote after neither Kevin or Roy changed their vote. Grace and Margarita then went head to head in a fire-making tiebreaker challenge. Grace pulled through and got the victory, staying in the game and sending Margarita to the jury. Kevin became ecstatic that he made the Final 3. On Day 38, Kevin participated in the Rites of Passage with Grace and Roy. This led them to the Final Immunity Challenge. During the challenge, Kevin started to struggle and ended up falling first. He immediately became depressed when he realized that his fate would lie in Grace or Roy's hands. Grace ended up defeating Roy and won final immunity. Back at camp, Kevin pleaded his case with Grace. He reminded her that they made a Final 2 deal right before the merge. He explained that if Grace wanted to be the best, she needed to take a risk and keep him in to "beat the best." He was worried that comment would come off as cocky, but Grace thought it was a true statement. At tribal, Kevin's long, hard hours of pleading to Grace came in handy when she voted out Roy. Kevin couldn't believe he was spared. The next morning, Kevin and Grace celebrated becoming the Final 2.

At Final Tribal Council, most of the jury applauded Kevin's almost flawless strategic game. He was deemed as the best strategic player of the season. Kevin still ended up receiving some criticism, though. Some of the jury believed Kevin's social game was lacking a little bit. He was told that he mostly only socialized with his alliance members and didn't talk a lot with other players. Kevin explained that he should have done a better job at that, but still managed to socialize and build connections with everyone. He admitted that he talked more with certain players over others because he would need to talk to his allies more to advance further in the game. Kevin ended up just barely defeating Grace in a close 4-3 final vote. He became the first Sole Survivor of Scrambled Survivor.

## Trivia

* Kevin is the youngest contestant to compete on *Honshu*.