Jeremy Collins

* Survivor
 Survivor: Borneo
Tribe(s): Tagi
Finish: 14/20
 Survivor: Cambodia
Tribe(s): Ta Keo
Finish: 17/22
 Survivor: Argentina
Tribe(s): Rawson, Viedma, Vilewson
Finish: 5/20
Days Lasted 36

Jeremy is a contestant from *Survivor: Borneo*, *Survivor: Cambodia* and *Survivor: Argentina*.

He later returned as one of the sixteen veteran *Survivor* castaways as a housemate on Big Brother 1. After 80 days of competing, Jeremy finished as the seasons Runner-Up against his ally Tiffany.

## Survivor: Borneo

Jeremy originally competed in *Survivor: Borneo*, originally on the orange Tagi tribe. He was in the majority at the first tribal council, where the tribe unanimously voted out challenge liability Danny. When the tribe had to go to a Double Tribal Council on Day 6, Jeremy and the majority of the tribe wanted to be rid of the bond between Alec and Kristin. Jeremy voted with the majority in sending home Alec before voting out Kristin moments later. When the tribe lost another immunity challenge, Jeremy voted for Neha but the majority sent home Avery.

When Tagi had to go to a second Double Tribal Council, Jeremy wanted to keep his original alliance strong. Parvati, Logan and Pierre with a solid trio thought that Jeremy was too naive to the changing alliances to vote with them. At tribal council, Jeremy voted with what he thought was with the women for Logan. However, Jeremy was voted out after only lasting 11 days.

### Voting History

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 Kristin
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## Survivor: Cambodia

Hoping to be more aware the second time, Jeremy was given a second chance during *Survivor: Cambodia* originally on the teal Ta Keo tribe. Jeremy formed a group with the men early on, before they joined forces with the women in order to create the Ta Keo Alliance. At Ta Keo's only loss, this large alliance split the vote between outsiders Ellody and Rick. The women voted for Ellody, but the men had the majority and Rick was voted out.

At the tribe formation, Jeremy remained on Ta Keo along with original tribe members, Blake, Carrie and Kelley. The original Ta Keo tribe, although in a majority did not feel the need to stick with each other. Derrick and Parvati as the only original Bayon members, feeling that they were in the minority, brought along Kelley, Carrie and Blake to vote with them. Jeremy convinced Parvati to vote with him for Blake. At tribal council, Derrick's new alliance sent home Jeremy and he was voted out.

### Voting History

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## Survivor: Argentina

In his third season, Jeremy competed in *Survivor: Argentina* originally on the blue Rawson tribe. As with the racial divide, Rawson was comprised of castaways with an 'African' descent. The tribe was lucky enough to win all five immunity challenges they had together, mainly due to the strength and unity of the tribe. The tribe planned on sticking together throughout the game. At the tribe dissolve, Jeremy was placed on the purple Viedma tribe along with his original tribe mate Lateysha. The pair brought along strong alpha-female Cami into their alliance to form a majority. At the only tribal council they attended, the trio voted out Carlos. As a repayment for their loyalty, Cami promised Lateysha and Jeremy a spot on her original alliance of five with her Trelew castaways.

At this point, Jeremy made the merge with three different alliances. One was with his original Rawson alliance, one with his Viedma trio and another promised one with Cami's Trelew alliance. Jeremy made the decision to join his Rawson alliance and turn on Lateysha. At the first tribal, Jeremy voted with Godfrey, Scoop, Sarge and Ellody for Lateysha but the votes were tied between Lateysha and Ellody. At the revote, Ellody had the most votes and was voted out. The next three votes involved Jeremy's allies Sarge, Scoop and Godfrey being sent home.

By the Final Eight, Jeremy was in the minority and assumed he would be picked off soon. However, Destiny had a voting advantage and prevented Cara from voting. At tribal, the votes were tied between Lateysha and Cara. At the revote, Jeremy's alliance convinced Tiarn, Cami and Rick to switch their votes and send home Cara. Feeling they held power, the Rawson alliance planned on sending home Cami. However, through miscommunications, the votes changed to Tiarn without Jeremy's knowledge and Lateysha was vted out. When six castaways remained, Destiny and Jeremy were in them minority and found it difficult to change their position. Since Jeremy won immunity on Day 35, the Trelew alliance sent home Destiny. Ally-less and without immunity to save him, Jeremy was voted out and became the penultimate member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, he voted for Symon to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Big Brother 1

In November 2020, Jeremy competed on Big Brother 1. As part of the Backwards Week Twist, Jeremy nominated Lina and Richard for the first eviction when in fact Gabriel and Lina were nominated. Richard then won the first HOH competition and decided to evict Gabriel in order to protect his Outsider Alliance ally Lina. Jeremy knew that his reputation as a firefighter would paint him as a huge physical threat, so he decided to focus on his social game. In Week 2, he decided to evict Bella and keep former Sole Survivor Cherry around as a shield. The following week, he voted to evict Lina in an attempt to weaken the Outsider Alliance. Over the first few weeks of the game, he built a close relationship with Tiffany to the point where they formed a Final Two deal. By Week 4, the pair voted to evict Spencer in order to keep Alana around as a physical shield but the majority of the house evicted her for winning the last two POV competitions. Jeremy also voted in the unanimous decision to evict Lea in Week 5.

Jeremy first received power in the game when his ally Tiffany became the next HOH. Tiffany nominated Priya and Richard, who were the most dangerous pair in the house for winning the last two HOH's. When Belle used the veto on Priya, Jeremy and Tiffany agreed that Peighton would be a suitable replacement nominee. Jeremy voted to evict Richard, but the majority of the house decided to evict Peighton instead. The housemates were then told they would participate in a Double Eviction over the course of an hour, where HOH Cherry nominated *Survivor: Guatemala* alum Kurtis and Tim. After Tim saved himself with the veto, Cherry made a big move by naming Richard as the replacement nominee. Jeremy spoke with the house, where it was decided they would evict Richard because he was more socially, strategically and physically threatening than Kurtis.

The rivalry between Cherry, Priya, Kurtis and Tim continued in Week 7 when Tim nominated Cherry and Priya. Jeremy managed to secretly win the Black Hole Veto after competing in a Time Warp Immunity Competition, but decided to keep it from Tiffany so he wouldn't be pressured to use it over the next two weeks. He eventually used it to save Tiffany from the block in Week 8, which left Tim on the block against Spencer the pawn. Jeremy and Tiffany evicted Spencer as they agreed it was in their best interest to keep Tim around for at least another week. Tiffany became the next HOH in Week 9 and nominated Cherry and Ricardo. Jeremy preferred keeping Cherry because he was both a useful shield and a clear adversary to Tim, which led to Ricardo's eviction. His choice to keep Cherry around proved useful when he nominated Tiffany and Tim at the start of Week 10. Even though Tim saved himself with the veto, Cherry named Tim's ally Kurtis as the replacement nominee. Jeremy used his relationship with Belle and their shared animosity for Tim to ensure that Kurtis was evicted over Tiffany.

Tiffany nominated Belle and Tim on Day 76, and Jeremy had still not been nominated all season. When Tiffany won the POV, the pair agreed to keep the nominations the same and evict Tim once and for all. In Week 11, Belle became the next HOH and finally nominated Jeremy beside his closest ally Tiffany. The pair were worried they would have to campaign against each other to Cherry, but Tiffany saved herself with the veto. Cherry was named as the replacement nominee and Tiffany evicted him over Jeremy. At the Final HOH competition, Jeremy won and decided to honour his Final Two deal by bringing Tiffany to the end. On Day 80, Jeremy explained to the jury how he changed his game plan at the beginning of the game by never winning a challenge until the Black Hole Veto and never landing on the block until the Final Four. Ultimately however, the jury respected Tiffany's more aggressive gameplay and Jeremy became the Runner-Up after only receiving two jury votes from Cherry and Richard.

## Trivia

* Jeremy is one of nine castaways to improve on their original placement during *Argentina* along with Cami, Destiny, Lateysha, Rick, Sarge, Scoop, Symon and Tiarn.
* He is the highest ranking castaway of the Rawson tribe.
* Jeremy, Kurtis, Richard, Tiffany and Tim were the only housemates on Big Brother 1 to place higher than any of their previous *Survivor* appearances.
* Jeremy went the longest in Big Brother 1 without ever being nominated, being 78 days.
	+ He was the first, and only housemate from his season, to never receive an eviction vote against him. *Big Brother 2* finalists Clarence and Lacey would later share in this achievement.