Bethany

* S2-13
 Survivor: Redemption Island
Tribe(s): Zapatera, Murlonio
Finish: 4/20
 Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
Tribe(s): Heroes, Yin-Yang
Finish: 14/28
 Survivor: Blood vs. Water
Tribe(s): Galang
Finish: 17/20
 Survivor: Island of the Idols
Tribe(s): Vokai, Lumuwaku
Finish: Sole Survivor/20
Days Lasted: 39

Bethany is a contestant from *Survivor: Redemption Island*, *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*, *Survivor: Blood vs. Water* and *Survivor: Island of the Idols*.

## Survivor: Redemption Island

Bethany began *Survivor: Redemption Island* originally on the purple Zapatera tribe. She originally worked with Jett and Ryder through the Redemption Island Duo because they all had relatives who competed in the previous season. However, the trio were originally put in the minority when Ryder was voted out. Bethany and Jett then aligned with Mandy and her alliance to keep alive, voting out Scott and John at their first immunity challenge losses. At this point, Mandy started to dislike the fact that someone might try and overthrow her as the leader of the alliance. This resulted in Bethany's blindside, sending her to Redemption Island.

In her first Redemption Island duel, Bethany competed against Ryder and John for two spots in the game. Ryder and Bethany won the duel, continuing in the game. This also happened with a win against Danny, securing the pairs spot. By the third duel, it was announced that either Ryder, Bethany or Dave would return to the game. Knowing that Mandy was still in the game and hoping to form an alliance against her, Bethany won the duel and returned to Zapatera. With immunity wins, Bethany was spared. Her Redemption Island ally Ryder also returned before the merge.

At this point, Bethany made the merge. It was clear as soon as the tribes merged that the original Zapatera tribe had untrustworthy alliances. Mandy, sensing she could be eliminated soon, proposed a super alliance with Katniss' Ometepe tribe. This resulted in the eliminations of Isobel, Jett and Cindy. By this point, the super alliance were the only castaways left in the game and had to turn on each other. Bethany was another one of these threats and Mandy order her alliance to vote her out, sending Bethany to Redemption Island again.

At the next Redemption Island duel, Bethany competed Katniss and Peeta for two spots in the game. Peeta was eliminated, bringing Bethany one step closer into the game. In the final duel of the season, Bethany competed against Katniss and William for one spot back in the competition. In the end, Bethany won and returned to the game for the second time.

At the Final 5, Bethany was competing with Mandy, Summer, Ryder and Ometepe outsider Virgil. Although some of Mandy's alliance wanted to eliminate Bethany for her strong challenge ability, Virgil was sent home for being an outsider. However, she lost the final immunity challenge and was officially sent to the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, Bethany voted for her ally Ryder to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains

For her never say die attitude, Bethany was originally placed on the Heroes tribe during *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*. She was on the outs of the tribe originally as the strong alpha-males formed a tight alliance. However, main alliance member, Skye was voted out as a result of a Hidden Immunity Idol. The alliance began to crumble, leading to the eliminations of Erinn, Thomas and Ryan. At this point, Bethany made the merge. However, she was once again placed on the outs of the tribe after the Villains formed a large alliance and voted together. With Mandy in that alliance, Bethany became her first target and she was sent home, just missing out on the jury.

## Survivor: Blood vs. Water

In her third attempt, Bethany returned to *Survivor: Blood vs. Water*, with her twin sister Lana. She, along with the returning castaways were put on the yellow Galang tribe. Bethany quickly rekindled her relationships with Mandy and Ryder to create the second iteration of the Redemption Island Duo, but this was short-lived because Ryder flipped to send Mandy to Redemption Island. This move seemed to benefit the duo, who became apart of the majority alliance on Galang that would then vote out Kayla. When Galang lost the second time, Bethany was blindsided because the tribe was threatened by her history on Redemption Island. In her first duel against Alistair and Mandy to return to the game, Bethany lost and was officially eliminated on Day 12.

### Voting History

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## Survivor: Island of the Idols

Bethany then returned for *Survivor: Island of the Idols* originally on the purple Vokai tribe. As players who competed on the earliest seasons, Bethany formed a tight trio with Leo and Penny before bringing in charming physical asset and New School player, Ellis. 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, Bethany voted with the Old Schoolers and Henry to eliminate villainess, Flick.

At the tribe switch, Bethany remained on Vokai along with Dre, Ellis and Penny. Bethany's alliance extended when *Micronesia* Old Schoolers Emma and Jaclyn joined forces with them. After losing their first 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 Bethany 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 Bethany'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, Bethany 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. Bethany voted with Leo and Penny 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. To ensure her own safety moving forward, Bethany, Leo and Penny joined forces with the Pairs Alliance with the intention of eliminating a now unconnected Emma. After he won individual immunity on Day 32, William chose to send Bethany to the Island of the Idols as a sign that his alliance would work with them to get rid of Emma. She was joined by *Survivor: Redemption Island* winner and her arch nemesis Mandy. The pair had since made amends following their season and worked together in order to find an Idol Nullifier for Bethany. Upon her return, it was agreed that the two alliances would come together and Emma was unanimously eliminated.

Natalie was seen as the crucial swing vote of this seven person tribe and Ika was concerned that she had too much power. Ika approached Bethany, Leo and Penny and they voted with her to blindside Natalie. William was hurt by this betrayal from his ally and told the Old Schoolers that he would be voting for Ika. Bethany was wary at how quickly William was to turn on one of his closest allies and realised he was playing them. The four votes against Ika at tribal were almost cancelled when William played an idol for her, but Bethany used her Idol Nullifier to counteract this move and Ika was still voted out. At the Final Five, Bethany, Leo and Penny considered William a 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 as a finalist. Bethany was annoyed with Leo for abandoning her, but didn't express this because she still had hope he would work with her. After winning the final individual immunity challenge, Bethany once again threw William under the bus and the remaining three castaways voted him out.

At the Final Tribal Council, the Old Schoolers respected Bethany's leadership and loyalty to them. They also praised her play of the Idol Nullifier and recovery after Penny was voted out at the Final Five. However, half of the jury also consisted of the Pairs Alliance and they heavily criticised her game in favour of their former ally Sasha. This divide amongst the jury led to a 5-5-0 vote, with Bethany receiving jury votes from Ellis, Emma, Jaclyn, Luke and Penny. Second Runner-Up Leo became the eleventh member of the jury and he decided to demonstrate his loyalty to Bethany and she was awarded the title of Sole Survivor.

## Trivia

* Bethany holds the record for the most votes cast against them during *Redemption Island*, with seventeen.
* Bethany is currently the only castaway to be eliminated three times in one season.
	+ Additionally, she is the only castaway to return twice to the game after winning duels on Redemption Island.
	+ Bethany, Joe, Lana and Mandy are currently the only players to return from Redemption Island and reach the Final Tribal Council in separate seasons.
		- Of these four castaways, she was the only player to return from Redemption Island first and then reach the Final Tribal Council in a subsequent season.
* She is one of ten castaways to compete in multiple seasons involving Redemption Island, the others being Virgil, Mandy, Ryder, Jett, Dave, Charlie, Lana, Fawn and Alistair.
* She was the highest ranking member of the original Vokai tribe.
* Bethany is the first castaway to win after a tie vote at the Final Tribal Council.