Fern Costa

* Belize
* Marshall Islands

**Fernando Antonio Teixeira Costa** was a castaway from *Canadian Survivor: Marshall Islands* and *Canadian Survivor: Belize*.

## Profile

**NAME:** Fern Costa (40)

**CURRENT RESIDENCE:** Brampton, Ontario

**OCCUPATION:** Astronomer

**HOBBIES:** Fantasy sports, running and capoeira

**PET PEEVES:** Repeating yourself and drunks

**4 WORDS TO DESCRIBE YOU:** Smart, brave, sadistic and unfriendly

**FAMILY/FRIENDS:**

* **CHILDREN:** Three daughters. Gloria Nia Costa, 15; Larissa Sofia Costa, 16 and Raquel Fernanda Costa, 17
* **PARTNER:** Pearl June Costa (née Chapman), 40 (married since 1982)
* **PARENTS:** Lucinda Camila Teixeira Costa (passed at 37 in 1967) and Agostinho Danilo Ferreira Costa, 61

## Survivor

### *Marshall Islands*

On *Canadian Survivor: Marshall Islands*, Fern was the last man remaining in the schoolyard pick, thus was eliminated before being assigned a tribe.

### *Belize*

On *Canadian Survivor: Belize*, Fern was a member of the Caracol tribe. Day 2, has a minor disagreement with Scott. Day 11, Fern goes to his first ever Tribal Council and casts a vote on Scott. Day 14, Fern targets Mark, but when Andre is willing to vote out Fern, the original Lamanai jump on it to take the numbers back.

#### Voting History

 5 | Andre

## Redemption Island

### Days spent on Redemption Island:

N/A

* Fern is the first Brazilian-Canadian castaway on *Canadian Survivor*.
* Fern is currently the oldest South American-Canadian male to compete on *Canadian Survivor*, at 40-years-old in *Marshall Islands*.
* Since he was left unpicked before Sun O'Gallagher, Fern is the first contestant to finish in 20th place.
* Fern and Sun are the only contestants to never be assigned to a tribe in a season.
* Fern is one of two contestants to never go to Tribal Council, along with Sun O'Gallagher.
* Fern is the first contestant to finish in last place despite not formally being the first person voted out.
* Fern is the first castaway to place last in a season while never have a single vote cast against them.
* Fern holds the record for the earliest gameplay-based elimination in the history of *Canadian Survivor*.
* Fern is the first castaway to be eliminated not through medical evacuation or quitting, without receiving any votes cast against him during a season. They would be followed by Sun O'Gallagher, Rose House-Rain in *Marshall Islands* and Naomi Collinson in *Belize*.
* Fern is the first South American-Canadian castaway to return to play a second time.
* Fern and Sun O'Gallagher are the first returning players to be placed on a tribe of new players on their subsequent attempt at Survivor.
* Fern is the lowest ranking contestant from *Marshall Islands* to return.
* Fern and Juan Caceres are the first Latin and South American-Canadian males to swap tribes in *Belize*.
* Fern is the first Latin and South American-Canadian castaway to place 14th on *Canadian Survivor*.
* Fern is the first Latin and South American-Canadian castaway to be voted out by his switched tribe before the merge.
* Fern is the third returning player who failed to accumulate a total of 39 days between multiple seasons, following Nafi Shah and Sun O'Gallagher.