Penny

* S3-4
 Survivor: San Juan Del Sur
Tribe(s): Hunahpu
Finish: 13/20
 Survivor: Gabon
Tribe(s): Fang, Nobag
Finish: 7/18
 Survivor: Island of the Idols
Tribe(s): Vokai, Lumuwaku
Finish: 5/20
Days Lasted: 37

Penny is a contestant from *Survivor: San Juan Del Sur*, *Survivor: Gabon* and *Survivor: Island of the Idols*.

## Survivor: San Juan Del Sur

Penny began *Survivor: San Juan Del Sur* on the blue Hunahpu tribe. At their first loss, David was voted out unanimously for his poor work ethic, poor challenge ability and poor social skills. At this point, Penny was put on the minority of the tribe as Skye, Leo, Priya, Ryan, Aisha and Travis formed a larger alliance. This minority alliance, named the Outsider Alliance, consisted of herself, Lina and Richard. Penny was lucky enough that Hunahpu only had to go to one more tribal council, where Richard was voted out.

At this point, a tribe switch occurred and Penny stayed on Hunahpu with original members Travis, Aisha and Lina. Hoping to not be outdone by the original Coyopa tribe, Penny, Travis, Aisha and Lina formed their alliance in the hopes of bringing in an outsider. Domenic joined their group and blindsided his friend Erinn when Hunahpu lost. After winning an immunity challenge, Hunahpu had to go to tribal council. Domenic turned on Penny's alliance and proceeded to vote her out. She lasted 19 days.

### Voting History

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## Survivor: Gabon

Penny competed again in *Survivor: Gabon* originally on the red Fang tribe. She continued her outsider alliance with Lina and Richard from the previous season. Though they were in the minority in the beginning, the trio gained power when Cody and Montana flipped to eliminate Cat. The alliance then intended on targeting Skye, but Penny was concerned when Cody considered flipping on them. At their second loss, Penny and her alliance still had the numbers to blindside Cody. A miscommunication with the majority of four meant that Montana was voted out when the votes were split between Ryan and Skye. Despite their allies falling like flies, Penny's alliance was able to bring in Skye to eliminate Lawson.

At the tribe switch, Penny remained on Fang along with her allies Lina and Richard. Their games were in the hands of the original Kota members who held the majority, though Priya felt uncomfortable in that alliance and flipped to Penny's group to eliminate Tison. This was only temporary however, as the tribe was divided along original tribal lines at their sixth consecutive loss. After a tie occurred between her and Travis, Lina and Penny flipped to avoid going to rocks and Richard was voted out. Lina, Penny and Priya remained in power and voted out Travis at their next loss.

In a shocking twist, a second tribe switch occurred where Penny remained on Fang with Lina whilst being joined by Domenic, Erinn and Thomas from Kota. To ensure they would make the merge, Lina and Penny tried to expose a crack within the Kota originals. This was difficult and it appeared the girls would be voted out, but Fang luckily won the two immunity challenges they held together. At the Final Eight, Penny made the merge where she was approached by Vanessa. Penny and Lina readily agreed because of Domenic's leadership on the Fang tribe, and he was finally voted out. Penny and Lina's next target was Skye and they voted for her at tribal council, but Vanessa's new alliance split and Penny was their first target. At the Final Tribal Council, she voted for Skye to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Survivor: Island of the Idols

39 seasons after her previous appearance, Penny then returned for *Survivor: Island of the Idols* originally on the purple Vokai tribe. As players who competed on the earliest seasons, Penny formed a tight trio with Bethany and Leo before bringing in charming physical asset and New School player, Ellis. On Day 5, the rival Lairo tribe selected Penny to visit the Island of the Idols where she was met with the inaugural *Survivor* winner and her *Survivor: San Juan Del Sur* cast mate Marina. Despite never working together in the past, the girls immediately bonded but were unsuccessful in finding an advantage for Penny. After two immunity challenges wins, Vokai lost on Day 9. The Old Schoolers eliminated Kameron at tribal council due to his previous reputation as an untrustworthy flipper. At Vokai's second tribal council, Penny voted with the Old Schoolers and Henry to eliminate villainess, Flick.

At the tribe switch, Penny remained on Vokai along with Bethany, Dre and Ellis. Penny's alliance extended when *Micronesia* Old Schoolers Emma and Jaclyn joined forces with them. After losing the immunity challenge, the Old Schoolers wanted to get rid of Tatianna but felt that she was more likely than Fabian to have an idol. At tribal, Fabian played his own idol for Tatianna who he felt was the primary target but Penny and her allies eliminated Fabian. With the idol now flushed, Vokai lost immunity again and Tatianna was voted out. The Old School Woman were a super tight group and considered Ellis their fifth number. They readily agreed however, when he suggested that they throw the next immunity challenge to eliminate Dre because of her connection to Ika, Sasha and William on the rival Lairo tribe.

After losing three consecutive immunity challenges, Vokai only contained the five members of the Old School Alliance but lost again and was forced to turn on each other. Ellis was under the impression that the Vokai Old Schoolers were in the majority and would vote for Jaclyn. However, Bethany and Penny agreed they were closest to Emma and Jaclyn, and the group united to eliminate Ellis. The tribes merged on Day 23, where Penny's alliance of women was joined by her earlier ally Leo and his new friends Luke and Natalie. The power within the Old School Alliance only grew when Emma played a vote blocker to prevent Sasha's vote, leading to Henry's elimination. Now in the majority, Penny voted with the Old Schoolers to get rid of Jose and then blindside Luke.

Back at camp, the Old School Alliance assured Natalie they wanted to work with her but secretly felt she was an unnecessary number. Penny voted with Bethany and Leo for her at tribal council whilst the rest of the Old Schoolers voted for Ika and the minority trio voted for Bethany. At the revote, the votes were deadlocked when no one switched their vote. This rendered the three women immune and the remaining five castaways were forced to draw rocks, with Jaclyn being eliminated. After losing one of her own, Penny was wary that another deadlocked vote could occur at the Final Eight. She spoke with Bethany and Leo, where they agreed to offer to vote for an unconnected Emma with the rest of the tribe, which led to her unanimous elimination.

Following Emma's elimination, Bethany, Leo and Penny were hoping that Natalie would remain loyal to them, but she was considering working with Ika, Sasha and William. Ika spoke with the Old Schoolers and was concerned that Natalie was in control of the tribe and suggested they vote for her. Seeing this as an opportunity to have the majority, Penny voted with Ika and the Old Schoolers to blindside Natalie. William was then hurt by Ika's move and convinced the Old Schoolers to blindside her or risk a deadlocked vote between Ika and Penny. At the Final Five, Bethany, Leo and Penny considered William the heavier strategist than Sasha and were planning on voting him out. At tribal council however, Leo switched his vote and Penny was blindsided in order to ensure his spot at the Final Three. Penny voted for Bethany to win the title of Sole Survivor at the Final Tribal Council.

## Trivia

* Penny was one of two castaways to stay on the Fang tribe through all three tribes switches of *Survivor: Gabon*, along with Lina.
	+ Her elimination during *Gabon* also made her the first castaway to be eliminated on Day 31.
* Penny is the first fourth jury member in the history of the show to be female.
	+ Interestingly enough, she achieved this feat during the fourth season.
* She holds the record for the largest gap between appearances in two different seasons, with 39 seasons.
* She was the first castaway to be exiled on Island of the Idols and not find an advantage.
	+ Penny is also the first castaway to previously play with the castaway she was exiled with. Her and Marina previously played together on *SJDS*.
* Penny won three immunity challenges (both pre-merge and post-merge) in every season she competed in.