In the countdown to the Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans premiere on Wednesday, February 25, Inside Survivor’s Rob Brodeur will be posting a history of stats for each of the 24 returning castaways.
Today, we are looking at Survivor: Tocantins, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, and Survivor: South Pacific castaway, Coach Wade.
- Original season: Tocantins (5th Place)
- Returning seasons: Heroes vs Villains (12th Place) & South Pacific (Runner-up)
- Age on original season: 37
- Age on In the Hands of the Fans: 53
- Coach’s starting tribe won exactly 4 immunity challenges in all 3 of his seasons.
- Coach, Colby & Russell all competed in three seasons and never took part in a tribe swap.
- Coach & Colby have played in seasons that started with 16, 18, 20, & 24 players
- Coach was the only player on South Pacific to not receive any votes against him.
- Coach & Colby have the same placements in each of their 3 seasons.
- Runner-up: Coach was runner-up on South Pacific & Colby was runner-up on The Australian Outback
- 5th Place: Coach was 5th place on Tocantins & Colby was 5th place on Heroes vs. Villains
- 12th Place: Coach was 12th place on Heroes vs. Villains & Colby was 12th place on All-Stars
- Coach is one of 3 players to compete in the same location more than once.
- He and Russell Hantz competed in Samoa twice. Both competed in Samoa on Heroes vs. Villains, while Russell also competed there on Samoa, and Coach competed there on South Pacific.
- Rupert competed in Panama twice (Pearl Islands & All-Stars)
- All 3 times Coach competed, his starting tribe won the first immunity challenge. The only other players to do so are Amber Mariano, Joe Anglim, & Sarah Lacina.
- Tyson has achieved this feat as well, but he’s competed 4 times and every time his tribe won the first immunity challenge.
- Coach is the only player on the Kalo tribe to never play on a season in Fiji.
- He’s also the only player on Kalo to have played Survivor more than once.
- Coach was the first returning player to make it to the final tribal council without any votes cast against him.
- Amanda similarly did this in Micronesia, however she received 4 votes against her that she negated with a hidden immunity idol.
- Coach, Ozzy, & Cirie were all inducted to the Xfinity Survivor Hall of Fame.
- Ozzy & Cirie in 2011, and Coach in 2015.
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