Jonathan Libby is a contestant from Survivor: Palau.
Jonathan is best known for being one of the first people to be eliminated from the game via Schoolyard Pick after not getting along with multiple other castaways.
Profile
Retrieved from CBS.com
Jonathan Libby was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, having attended Lake Highlands High School. He attended Richland College before transferring to Texas Tech University. Libby currently works in sales and marketing for a software company. He has previously worked as a martial arts instructor, a ski instructor and a club promoter.
A true survivor, Libby was diagnosed with and cured of testicular cancer earlier this year.
Libby describes himself as straightforward, blunt and intense. He enjoys skiing, fishing, wakeboarding and playing guitar. He teaches women's self-defense courses and competes in full contact fighting. He has also spent time over the last two years learning how to skillfully master the art of sushi-making. His grandmother is his hero, as he believes she is the backbone of their family and the best person he's ever met. He is most proud of being able to say, at 23 years old, he beat cancer.
Currently single, Libby resides in Dallas. His birth date is September 5, 1981.[1]
Survivor
The contestants of Palau started the game by rowing to the island and were surprised to encounter host Jeff Probst, who announced that the first of each gender to reach the Immunity Necklaces waiting on the beach would win an Immunity Necklace. Jonathan and Stephenie LaGrossa made the fatal error of jumping off the boat early because they thought that that would help them get there quicker, but they ended up being the last ones to get to the beach and Ian Rosenberger ended up getting the men's Immunity Necklace. When everyone arrived, there was no one on the beach and no instructions, so the initial group of twenty went ahead and built a shelter. The next day, Jeff Probst announced that the tribes would be chosen in a Schoolyard Pick, with the last two castaways (one of each gender) being eliminated immediately. For the men, the last two options were Jonathan, who did not get along with a few castaways, and Willard Smith, arguably the weakest of the male players. Willard was ultimately chosen by Caryn Groedel to be on Koror. Jonathan, along with Wanda Shirk, were the last two unpicked and were eliminated. Since Willard was picked before the last woman, Angie Jakusz, Jonathan became the first person eliminated from Survivor: Palau.
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | Race to Shore | Immunity | Lost | |
| Eliminated, Day 2 | |||||
Because he was eliminated before the first Tribal Council, Jonathan did not have a voting history.
| Episode | Jonathan's Votes |
Voted Against Jonathan |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not Picked | |
| Eliminated, Day 2 | ||
Post-Survivor
- Jonathan has since married and has two children.[2]
Trivia
- Since he was left unpicked before Wanda Shirk, Jonathan is the first contestant to finish in 20th place. The first player to be voted out and come in 20th place was Sekou Bunch.
- Jonathan is the first contestant to finish in last place despite not formally being the first person voted out. He would be followed by Kourtney Moon in One World, Rupert Boneham in Blood vs. Water, Pat Cusack in David vs. Goliath, Amber Mariano in Winners at War, Jackson Fox in Survivor 42, Bruce Perreault in Survivor 44, and Hannah Rose in Survivor 45.
- Jonathan is tied with Wanda Shirk for the fewest career days played of any Survivor contestant, lasting only 2 days.
- Jonathan and Wanda are the only contestants to never be assigned to a tribe.
- Jonathan is included as a member of Ulong in the opening credits, since if the Schoolyard Pick continued, he would have been placed on Ulong by default.
- Jonathan and Wanda are the first two contestants to never go to Tribal Council. They would be followed by Kourtney Moon, Gary Stritesky, Dana Lambert, Pat Cusack, Jackson Fox, and Randen Montalvo.
- Jonathan holds the record for the earliest gameplay-based elimination in the history of Survivor.
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