Kyle Scheel

Twist Manor

Battle Royale

### Tribe(s)

Team 1, Merge Tribe (Battle for Cambridge)Rojo Tribe, Heroes Tribe, Merge Tribe (Heroes vs Villains)

Ho-Chunk Tribe, Potawatomi Tribe, Merge Tribe (Twist Manor)

Snakes Tribe, Sharks Tribe (Battle Royale)

### Finish

5/15 (Battle for Cambridge)1st Runner-Up (Heroes vs. Villains)

5/13 (Twist Manor)

11/14 (Battle Royale)

### Alliances

Devin Ulrich (Battle for Cambridge)Cody Conroy, Darius White, Christian Davis, Jake Harris (Heroes vs Villains)

Dudewipes Alliance (Twist Manor)

Bailey MacDonald, Dacota Weiegert (Battle Royale)

### Votes Against

9 (Battle for Cambridge)6 (Heroes vs. Villains)

6 (Twist Manor)

8 (Battle Royale)

**Kyle Scheel** was the first runner-up of Survivor: Heroes vs Villains, and a contestant on Survivor: Battle for Cambridge, Survivor: Twist Manor, and Survivor: Battle Royale, and Survivor: Legends. Kyle is regarded as one of the most beloved fan favorites and one of the best players of Survivor Whitewater, as he played three times in a row, making the Final 5 the first three times he played. All times he played he was beloved by all of his competitors and had one of the best social games in Survivor Whitewater. Kyle is also notable for his numerous references to the *Harry* *Potter* franchise in *Survivor:* *Heroes vs.* *Villains*, most notably at the Final Tribal Council within that season.

## Survivor: Battle for Cambridge

Put into Team 1 at the beginning of the game, Kyle was able to stay safe early on in the game when he and his tribe won the first immunity challenge. After Natalie quit the game and was replaced by his friend from outside of the game, Jadon, Kyle would not be phased in any way and he would help his tribe in anyway he could before they lost the next immunity challenge. Although Kyle's name was thrown out there by Mike, his other tribemates were unable to get along with him as well as they did with Kyle, who was beloved by everyone there. At tribal council, Kyle's presence with the tribe was enough for his tribe to consider him as the better option to keep around for the future, and Mike would be eliminated over him. After his tribe lost their second immunity challenge in a row, Kyle and the others in his tribe would be approached by Colton, who wanted to be eliminated from the game. Without any other options at tribal council, Kyle and the others on his tribe would vote Colton, with Kyle being the recipient of his last vote in the game. Kyle would finally catch a break, as his tribe won the next immunity challenge, this guaranteeing him to see the merge.

Although Kyle would not win the first individual immunity challenge of the season, he would still be in everyone's good graces, and this would help him find many opportunities in the game for alliances. Kyle would end up aligning with Devin, and would stick by him as he voted against Seth at the merged tribe's first tribal council together. After losing the next individual immunity challenge, Kyle would both see how big of a threat Sam was, and he would attempt to help take her out. However, at tribal council things would go very differently than he expected, as his best ally would play a hidden immunity idol for Sam and would take out Tom in the process. It was at this point that Kyle would find out that he would have to endure another tribal council vote right then and there. Not hearing any other options other than what Devin had told him, Kyle threw his vote onto Brian, which was very helpful in securing his elimination from the game. After Kyle would finally catch another break in the game when he won the next individual immunity challenge, Kyle would see an opportunity to help get rid of Jadon, who he was seeing as a potential to win the game. Kyle would help Devin and Ben by voting him at tribal council, this leading to a tied vote situation where he would vote for Jadon again before he finally was eliminated.

After losing the next individual immunity challenge, Bri and Devin would start to see how big of a threat his social game would be at the end of the game, and would start campaigns to take him out. However, Breanne and Sam would also see the benefit of keeping Kyle around, as they knew they had bigger fish to fry with Bri still in the game. At tribal council, Kyle's vote would be stolen by Devin, and Kyle would find himself in a 3-3 tied vote against Bri, and would find himself in another tied vote with her after the revote. Per the rules of the game, he and Bri were now immune, and a rock drawing would take place between the contestants who were not immune due to the tie, hidden immunity idols, or possessing individual immunity, which would lead to Ben picking the wrong end of the draw and getting eliminated from the game. After losing the next individual immunity challenge to Breanne, Kyle would take a stab at Devin in an attempt to save him, and would immediately get the support of Bri and Sam. However, Devin would have different plans at tribal council, this plan involving a hidden immunity idol specified to save him once again from getting eliminated. This would lead to only Kyle's voted counting, leading to his elimination. Kyle would place 5th out of 15th, and would become the seventh member of the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, Kyle would see the value of Breanne's game the most, and for it, he would award Breanne his jury vote, which would be essential to her becoming the first winner of the game.

## Survivor: Heroes vs Villains

Like many others, Kyle was thrown off at the start of the game when it was revealed that the Heroes and Villains would be mixed within each of the two tribes. Kyle was then placed on the Rojo Tribe, where he would immediately make great bonds with his other tribemates. After the Rojo Tribe lost the next immunity challenge, Kyle's name was on the chopping block, as he found himself to be Seth and Bailey's primary target. It did not matter though, as he had enough people backing him up to send Seth home instead in a 6-2 vote.

When the swap occurred, Kyle would swap into the Heroes Tribe alongside Bailey, Kaleb, Cody, Darius, Jake, and Bri. Together, they would win the third immunity challenge, keeping Kyle safe once again. However, they would lose the fourth immunity challenge, but luckily for Kyle, he was not a target on anyone's radars. Kyle then helped to vote off Kaleb in a close 4-3 vote. Kyle would then help the Heroes Tribe to go on to win the final tribal immunity challenge of the season, guaranteeing Kyle the merge with no blood on his hands.

Once Kyle made the merge, he expressed his pride and gratitude for getting to this stage of the game once again. Although Kyle would not win the first individual immunity challenge, he would still be safe as Conner would become the main target, and Kyle would help secure Conner's demise in the game by sending him off in a 10-1 vote. After he lost the next individual immunity challenge to Darius, he decided he was going to vote Bri due to how powerful she was on *Survivor: Battle for Cambridge* and as well as her advantage in the game. Kyle did not have to go around to do much convincing, as the others were on the same mindset he was, and Bri would find herself being sent out of the game with Kyle's vote. When it was revealed that the next tribal council would take place in mere minutes after Bri's voteoff, he knew he had to act fast to know what was occurring around him. After talking with the others, mainly Christian, Darius, Kathy, and Jake, he decided to cast his vote for Bailey to stay with the majority. For the first time in a long time in the game, Kyle would find himself in the hotseat after loosing the next individual immunity challenge, as his name was thrown under the bus to Kathy and Nathan in a last ditch effort by Darius, Jake, Christian, and Cody to get Kathy to play her hidden immunity idol. However, the four still wanted Kyle to stay and would do anything at all costs to keep him in the game, and they would get their way when Kathy would not use her hidden immunity idol and her boyfriend Nathan would get sent home with Kyle's vote helping to separate the 5-3 vote. After loosing the next immunity challenge to Christian once again, he was immediately approached by JP about the potential to vote off Cody, who was becoming more and more of a threat to win the game. Kyle would immediately agree as he saw the threat in Cody growing by the minute. As he was not approached about a different plan before tribal council, he went through with this plan. However, he would find himself on the wrong side of the numbers, and he would see JP get blindsided in a 4-3 vote.

Right after the preceding tribal council, Kyle witnessed an argument between Kathy and Christian unfold before him, of which he just watched and was not excused from watching. Immediately after losing the next individual immunity challenge to Christian, Kyle was approached by Christian, Kathy, and Cody about telling Darius and Jake that Kathy was the vote, all while voting Jake. However, at the same time, Kyle's name was getting thrown out once again, this time by Jake, who had suggested splitting the votes between Kyle and Kathy in a last-ditch effort to save himself. Kyle would attempt to feign like he wanted out of the game to get Kathy's targets on him. At tribal council, Kyle would still vote for Kathy, as he felt threatened by her hidden immunity idol propelling her to the Final 4 if she did not use it at that upcoming tribal. However, he would be shocked to see Kathy finally play her hidden immunity idol, and he would see Jake get blindsided with only three votes. Kyle would not win the next individual immunity challenge, but he would not be at risk. Even though he originally wanted to go for Kathy, he would be persuaded to help blindside Christian, and the biggest threat in the season would finally be taken out of the game with Kyle's help. After losing the Final Individual Immunity challenge to Cody once again, Kyle's name would be thrown out there by Kathy in her last-ditch effort to keep her flame alive in the game. Luckily for Kyle, he was able to convince Cody and Darius of what they already had said before about Kathy being the bigger threat, he would then vote with the other men to take out Kathy, and with that he would guarantee himself the Final Tribal Council of the season.

At the Final Tribal Council, Kyle would campaign to win with saying that getting to the end was an unexpected surprise to him, and that his humility and determination should be factored into why he deserved to win the game. Although Kyle would be praised for his great attitude throughout the game and was asked about the Marauder's Map from the Harry Potter series by Connor, he would be criticized heavily by many for not making enough of his own strategic moves and for taking orders throughout the game and not strategically aligning with certain people. In the end, Kyle would only receive the jury votes of Kathy, JP, and Connor. Kyle would then become the first runner-up of the season, placing 2nd out of 16th.

## Survivor: Twist Manor

At the tribe selection at the start of the game, Kyle was selected by Darius to be a part of the Ho-Chunk Tribe. Like the others on his tribe, Kyle bonded immediately with everyone and agreed to stick together with the *Dudewipes Alliance*. In the first two challenges, Kyle would prove himself to be a very useful member of his tribe by helping Ho-Chunk to secure the first two immunity challenge wins.

Once a swap came in, he was swapped to the Potawatomi Tribe alongside Nathan and Juice. He would end up winning the next challenge and he would not have to worry about Tribal Council. When Hailey and Michael lost the next immunity challenge for the Potawatomi Tribe, Kyle originally wanted to stick with his alliance to keep up their numbers for the merge and wanted to stick to Michael. At his first Tribal Council of the season, Kyle would vote Michael and would be shocked when Nathan decided to vote Juice after Michael blocked Juice's vote.

Kyle made the merge, but did not strike luck in the first individual immunity challenge. He was approached immediately by Richie about a potential blindside against Nathan and Jack. When he attempted to ask others about blindsiding Jack, he found no luck and he went alongside his alliance to blindside Michael. Kyle would want to stick with his alliance for the next tribal council and vote Richie. Before the next tribal council, Kyle would have a few conversations that would result to him casting the sole vote for Rob. Kyle would then not only receive two votes but then also watch Jack get blindsided. Kyle would then win the next immunity challenge and then talk with Nathan about pulling in others to vote Juice. Darius would then talk to Kyle and Hailey, where he would obtain information of Nathan's fake idol. Although Kyle wanted to stick with the guys alliance and vote Hailey out, he would ultimately go with the majority again and vote out Nathan. Kyle would then go on to shock everyone by winning the next immunity challenge as well, and would vote out Juice. After losing the next immunity challenge, Kyle would accuse Hunter of finding the immunity idol and he sensed he was in danger. Kyle would then talk to Hunter and although he wanted to vote Darius, Hunter advised Kyle to vote Hailey due to Darius having three immunity idols in his possession. Unfortunately, Kyle would see himself on the bad side of a 4-1 vote and he placed 5th out of 13th and became the 6th Member of the Jury. On his way out, he was congratulated for being the only contestant to make the Final 5 in every season he was in, despite how big of a threat he was in all of his seasons.

At the final tribal council, Kyle would get much recognition by Hunter and Hailey for having a good game. When it was his turn to speak, Kyle mentioned his respect for both of the finalists having an under the radar gameplay that he had his previous season. He then mentioned his respect for Hunter's big moves within the game. Kyle would then go on to vote Hunter in what would become a 4-4 tie at the Final Tribal Council.

At the *Survivor: Twist Manor Reunion Episode*, Kyle was given much credit for being able to make the final five in every season he was in, and Kyle responded back saying he was grateful for the fans he had. Kyle then mentioned about how he attempted to be more strategic during his third run and how he wanted to be more of a snake in the grass during this game. He said he felt he played a better game than he did on his previous attempt, and he said that he would definitely play again without any questions asked. Kyle would receive 3rd Place in the Fan Favorite Award Poll, placing under Michael and Richie, who would go on to win the Fan Favorite Award.

## Survivor: Battle Royale

Kyle started out the game on the Snakes Tribe, immediately forming bonds with Bailey, Dacota, Ryley, and Sam, right off the bat. He would align with them as well to ensure his safety going forward, as he knew he had a bigger target on his back than he did the last few times he played the game. After the Snakes Tribe lost the first immunity challenge, the group of five immediately decided they wanted to target Jack and Erica due to their status as a couple outside of the game appearing as a threat to the others. After talking much to Dacota and the others, he would eventually vote for Erica, seeing her as the weaker link on their tribe between their two targets. However, he would not escape the first tribal council unscathed, as he would receive two votes from Jack and Erica.

Back at camp, Kyle would continue to bond with Bailey and the others. While talking with Bailey, they both agreed that Jack would be their new target should they have to return to tribal council. However, his concerns would become null, as the Snakes Tribe would win the next immunity challenge.

After the tribe swap sent Kyle over to the new Sharks Tribe alongside Maggie, Ryley, and Sam, Kyle attempted to bond with Maggie and maintain his relationships with Ryley and Sam. However, what he was unaware of was that the other three had already set their sights onto him as their next target. After losing the next immunity challenge, Kyle's calm attitude would scare the others into thinking he had a hidden immunity idol. Even though he did not possess one, it was enough to get Sam to consider other options for the vote to keep herself safe. Alongside the new Snakes Tribe at tribal council, Kyle would be saved when Devin would play his *Extra Vote* advantage to vote Ryley twice, saving Kyle from what would have been a 4-4 tie.

After the Sharks Tribe lost their second challenge in a row, they were immediately sent to tribal council without an opportunity to strategize. Out of options and out of time, he attempted to throw a vote onto Maggie, hoping that Sam would do the same. However, this would unfortunately be the end of the line for Kyle, as he would get voted out in a 2-1 vote. Kyle was the fourth person voted out of the season, placing 11th out of 14th.

At the *Survivor: Battle Royale Reunion Episode*, Kyle would mention his gratitude for once again being involved in another season, and would mention how he knew he was a big target within the game and mentioned his gratitude for Devin and Hunter for pulling off the move that helped save him from being eliminated at the Joint-Tribal Council of the season. Kyle would also agree on many of Devin's points regarding his own perceptions in the game at the Final 9 Individual Immunity Challenge, stating that he knew Devin was at risk as well when the questions were being answered publicly.

Kyle's Voting History
 **4** | Maggie

## Trivia

* Kyle is the first contestant in Survivor Whitewater to play three times, doing so in *Survivor: Twist Manor*.
* Kyle is the first contestant to play four times, doing so in *Survivor: Battle Royale*.
* Kyle is the first returning player to reach the Final Tribal Council on their second try, doing this in *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*. He would be followed by Bailey McDonald and Hunter Heschke of *Survivor: One World*.
	+ Kyle is also the first male contestant to make this record in the game.
* Kyle is tied with Devin Ulrich for the most votes cast against a player in *Survivor: Battle for Cambridge*, with 9 votes cast against him across the season.
* Kyle is the only contestant in *Survivor: Twist Manor* to win multiple individual immunity challenges.
* Kyle is tied with Juice Cass for the most challenges won during *Survivor: Twist Manor*, both having won 5 challenges across the season.
* Kyle is the only returning player from *Survivor: Battle for Cambridge* to make the merge in *Survivor Twist Manor*.
* Both times Kyle was on the jury, he voted alongside the majority or eventual majority at the Final Tribal Council.