Ga-Ram Chong

* Solomon Islands
* Peru

**Ga-Ram Mi-Kyung Chong** was a castaway from *Canadian Survivor: Peru* and *Canadian Survivor: Solomon Islands*.

## Profile

**NAME:** Ga-Ram Chong (née Pak, 41)

**CURRENT RESIDENCE:** Saint John, New Brunswick

**OCCUPATION:** Mathematician

**HOBBIES:** Gardening, experimenting and creative writing

**PET PEEVES:** Spam calls and smudged lenses

**4 WORDS TO DESCRIBE YOU:** Bright, considerate, unstable and stingy

**FAMILY/FRIENDS:**

* **CHILDREN:** One daughter. Olive Lorraine Chong, 13 (with late husband)
* **PARTNER:** Hyeon Ji-Hun Chong, passed at 23 in 1991 (married 7 years, 1984-1991)
* **PARENTS:** Chae-Won Chae-Young Pak (née Rhee), 61 and Joon Sung-Soo Pak, 79
* **FRIENDS:** Lester Luis Hunt, 41; Rachael Bella Reed, 37 and Shirley Audrey Edwards, 40

## Survivor

### *Peru*

On *Canadian Survivor: Peru*, Ga-Ram was a member of the Piro tribe. Day 3, Ga-Ram is impressing the tribe and she bonds strongly with Robina Khan. Sofia Gonzalez rallies Amanda Phiri, Ga-Ram and Robina to form Piro Alliance 1. Day 6, Sofia leaves Piro Alliance 1. Day 9, Ga-Ram defects from Piro Alliance 1 to join rival, Piro Alliance 2 with Brig Gruber, Cristina Papadopoulos and Liisa Korhonen. Day 12, has a small fight with Amanda Phiri, but the two are the only two women of Piro that aren't targeted at Tribal Council. Ga-Ram joins the Piro Alliance 2 ladies in voting out Tantoo Cardinal. At Tribal Council, the vote is tied between Tantoo and Liisa, in the revote, Robina Khan flips and sends Tantoo home.

Day 14, swaps to Yora with Liisa Korhonen and Sofia Gonzalez. Day 15, finds something in common with Viktor Petrov and forms New Yora Alliance with Viktor and Liisa. Ga-Ram works hard at camp and becomes tired. Day 18, Ga-Ram targets Luke Smith and along with her new alliance, they force a 3-3 tie, which makes it easy for Sofia Gonzalez to flip and Luke goes home. Day 21, Viktor leaves New Yora Alliance and becomes target #1 in the camp, but Ga-Ram can't vote for him and throws a stray vote for Jordin Tootoo. Day 24, bonds slightly with Robina Khan. Before Tribal Council, Ga-Ram doesn't like Amanda and convinces both her alliances to make the move against the challenge threat.

Day 30, sets aside differences with Robina Khan and forms Amahuaca Alliance 2. With Robina's influences, Ga-Ram agrees to her plan and brings Liisa Korhonen into the fold and they send home Alfred van Dop. Day 30, Liisa and Ryan are going head-to-head and she disagrees with Robina on this vote and Ga-Ram pushes hard to save her alliance, they agree to target Jordin instead. But at the vote, Ga-Ram sticks with Liisa, but Robina votes her out, thinking this would free up Ga-Ram's loyalty to her. Day 36, has a major fight with Sofia Gonzalez and although became her target, she thought with Robina by her side, they could pull in Jordin to send Ryan home, finally. Ga-Ram was mistaken and betrayed by her closest ally, Robina Khan, and sent to jury.

#### Voting History

**^1**  In Episode 04, the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Liisa and Tantoo, forcing a revote. Ga-Ram didn't change her vote on the revote.

**^2**  In Episode 06, the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Luke and Viktor, forcing a revote. Ga-Ram didn't change her vote on the revote.
### *Solomon Islands*

On *Canadian Survivor: Solomon Islands*, Ga-Ram was a member of the Niupani tribe. Day 8, joins **Niupani Alliance** with Dan Nagy, Jess Perreault and Malik Hussain. At Tribal Council, Malik influences the vote against the only tribemate not in the alliance, Adam. Day 11, bonds slightly with Malik and leaves **Niupani Alliance**. Day 13, Niupani is absorbed and Ga-Ram is selected by Kagaba, along with Dan and joins her Peru pal, Robina Khan. Day 15, Dan throws Ga-Ram under the bus and the remaining Kagaba agree with the move and eliminate the only pre-season connection.

#### Voting History

 1 | Nafi

## Redemption Island

### Days spent on Redemption Island:

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* Ga-Ram was the first South Korean-Canadian female on *Canadian Survivor*.
* Ga-Ram was the oldest woman of the Amahuaca tribe.
* Ga-Ram was the first Asian-Canadian castaway to place 5th on *Canadian Survivor*.
	+ Ga-Ram is currently the oldest female to place 6th, at 41-years-old in *Peru*.
* Ga-Ram was the first Asian-Canadian castaway to be voted out unanimously post-merge.
* Ga-Ram, Robina Khan and Jordin Tootoo are the first castaways to compete in back-to-back seasons.
* Ga-Ram was the oldest woman on *Solomon Islands* and the oldest woman of the Niupani tribe.
* Ga-Ram is the lowest ranking contestant from *Peru* to return.
* Ga-Ram was involved in two tribe switches and always changed tribes.
* Ga-Ram is the first Asian-Canadian castaway to be voted out by their switched tribe before the merge.
* Ga-Ram is the first Asian-Canadian woman to place 14th on *Canadian Survivor*.
* Ga-Ram was the only returning player from *Peru* to be eliminated before the merge in *Solomon Islands*.
* Ga-Ram wore five buff colours during her two seasons and never the same colour twice.