Jadon Selsmeyer

### Alliances

Bri England, Devin Ulrich (Battle for Cambridge)Dacota Weiegert, Steph Klug, Ness Mulyk, Collin Hinz (Winter War)

### Challenge Wins

1 (Individual)5 (Tribe)

1 (Comeback Challenge)

### Votes Against

9 (Battle for Cambridge)13 (Winter War)

**Jadon Selsmeyer** was a contestant on Survivor: Battle for Cambridge and Survivor: Winter War.

Although he was brought into the game as a replacement for someone who quit the game very early on in *Survivor: Battle for Cambridge*, Jadon brought a lot to the table and proved to his worth to his opponents. He played very well until his eventual blindside when he went against Devin Ulrich at the Final 7. Jadon would return to *Survivor: Winter War*, and would overcome many odds in his attempt to win before his eventual elimination from the game at the Final 9.

## Survivor: Battle for Cambridge

Originally casted into the game after the first tribal council, Jadon would take a spot on Team 2 after an unprecedented quit from Natalie's behalf. He would be a big help to Team 2, as he would not only help Team 2 win the next two immunity challenges, but he would also help secure an all guys' alliance led by his friend Devin. Jadon would finally have to visit tribal council though once Team 2 lost the fourth immunity challenge. Although the target was originally set to be Breanne, Jadon got approached by Breanne and Devin with a new idea to cast JP out of the game, as all three of them agreed that he was too big of a threat to remain in the game for his likable personality and great communication skills. At tribal council, their plan would come to fruition, and Jadon would help vote out JP from the game, and Jadon would get to see the light of the merge follow.

Merge: After making the merge, the lines were drawn very quickly, and knowing that no one was truly safe, Jadon secured his safety for the time being by winning the first individual immunity challenge of the season.

FTC:

## Survivor: Winter War

Jadon would return to the game alongside his fellow *Survivor: Battle for Cambridge* competitor Tom, and *Survivor: Twist Manor* players Jack and Richie. Jadon would be placed alongside his familiar friend, Tom, on the Stark Tribe. Jadon would immediately look for the hidden immunity idol after Tom started to search for it. Jadon would look alongside Dacota and Steph and the three of them would form an alliance together on their tribe. At the first immunity challenge, Jadon would be selected by Tom to compete, and even though he would not win against Griffin from the Lannister Tribe, he would not have to worry, as Arthur's efforts proved to be just enough to keep their tribe safe for the time being.

Jadon would once again be safe, as Steph's efforts in the immunity challenge would help them to win. Back at camp, their tribe would see Jack as a target, nicknaming him the "Jack of all trades" for his speedy performance in the immunity challenge. Jadon and his tribe would bond more together as they felt comfort over taking second place once again. Jadon would once again gain safety when his tribe would win yet another second place immunity win. Jadon and his tribe would take their third celebration back to their camp, where they would enjoy each other's company yet again.

Jadon would be on what would seem like the good end of a tribe swap, as the Stark Tribe gained Adam and Sam, but he lost an easy target when Arthur was swapped to the Lannister Tribe. This would come back to bite him, as the new Stark Tribe would lose the next immunity challenge due to Arthur's efforts. Back at camp, Jadon talked to his fellow *Battle for Cambridge* contestant Tom to try to take out Dacota, who he did not see as valuable in the game for them after her challenge performance being considered as poor by Jadon and a couple of others on their tribe. However, what he did not know was that Tom was conspiring against him, and Tom would succeed. With the help of Adam, Sam, and Dacota, Tom would get his way and would send Jadon out of the game in a 4-1-1 vote.

After Arthur's elimination from the Lannister Tribe, Jadon would get a chance to get back into the game alongside Alex, Richie, Casey, and Arthur. Unlike his opponents, Jadon would choose to not run at the start, knowing that he would need to save his breath for later. This smart decision would ultimately help him, as he would win the Comeback Challenge very narrowly to Richie, and he would return to the game.

At the merge, he would realign with Dacota and Steph and would pull in Collin and Ness, and he immediately made it clear that he wanted revenge on Tom for causing his demise earlier in the game. After Ness won the first individual immunity challenge, he got wind that Dacota was the next target of their opposing alliance, and he felt safe knowing that Collin was grabbing this information from the other alliance with ease. However, things would not be this easy for long, as Dacota would accidentally reveal Collin's actions to Griffin, who in turn would use this to turn his whole alliance off of the Dacota plan and onto a new plan to get Collin out. At tribal council, Jadon was shocked to learn that Griffin got his way, and Collin was taken out of the game in a close 6-5 vote.

Before the next tribal, Jadon would attempt to reel in Tom in an attempt to get him to stay off of his name for that vote, and they would discuss Griffin being another target for both of their groups to target. Although Adam and Sam were already on the same page, Jadon would be able to help convince the girls to go along with the plan. At tribal council, Jadon would be pleased as he would watch Griffin get taken out in a 5-4-1 vote, gaining 4 of the other votes. However, Jadon's demise had begun, as a second vote was announced. Although Jadon fought hard, he could not stop the onslaught coming his way. At the next vote, Jadon would become the 8th person voted out of the game, with a final placement of 9th out of 15th. Jadon would become the third member of the jury.

At the jury roundtable, Jadon would sit back and watch the others discuss the finalists as he thought about who he would want to win the game.

Not having anything to say to any of the finalists at the Final Tribal Council, Jadon declined to speak with them and chose to listen to their responses to the other jury members' questions and discussions. Respecting Tom's game, Jadon would cast his vote for Tom to win the season, this would help to lead to the game's second tie at the Final Tribal Council.

Reunion:

## Trivia

* Jadon is the first contestant to come in as a replacement for another contestant after the game had already started, as Jadon replaced Natalie Konieczek on Team 2 after she quit on *Survivor: Battle for Cambridge*.
* Jadon is the first returning player to win a comeback challenge, doing this in *Survivor: Winter War*.
* Jadon is the second player to be voted off twice in one season, following Jarred Cass from *Survivor: Twist Manor*.
* Both times Jadon played, he was voted out at the seventh tribal council of the season.
* Both times Jadon played the game, his last vote would be against the final jury member of the season.