Jeremy Collins
| Jeremy Collins | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 20, 1978 |
| Residence | Foxborough, Massachusetts |
| Television |
Survivor: San Juan del Sur Survivor: Cambodia (Winner) |
| Spouse(s) | Val Collins |
| Children | 3 |
Jeremy Collins (born April 20, 1978) is a firefighter from Foxborough, Massachusetts. He is the winner of Survivor: Cambodia, and had previously competed on Survivor: San Juan del Sur, alongside his wife Val, where he placed 10th.
Survivor
San Juan del Sur
For Survivor's 29th season, Collins arrived to play the game with his wife Val. However, the next day they were split into different tribes. He was designated to Hunahpu; she was assigned to Coyopa. When he volunteered to participate in the first hero duel, he did not know who his opponent was going to be. To his surprise, his opponent ended up being Val. He won the duel, sending Val to Exile Island. She ended up becoming the second person voted out, much to his chagrin. Despite being in a dysfunctional tribe, Hunahpu dominated in challenges. After the tribe swap Collins remained on Hunahpu with his allies Natalie Anderson and Julie McGee. Despite his alliance being outnumbered by the alliance of Josh Canfield, Reed Kelly, Alec Christy, and Wes Nale, the new Hunahpu tribe avoided going to tribal council by winning the remaining immunity challenges.
After the tribes merged, Collins was targeted by the rival alliance for being a physical threat. However, McGee ended up quitting, which saved him from elimination, and afterwards he won the second individual immunity challenge. However, after Reed Kelly found Keith Nale's hidden immunity idol in his bag, Collins confronted Jon Misch about his possession of an idol, which Misch denied. This resulted in Misch convincing Baylor Wilson, Missy Payne, Jaclyn Schultz and Reed Kelly to blindside Collins, which they successfully did. He placed tenth overall and became the second jury member. At the Final Tribal Council, Collins made a speech advocating for Anderson, praising her as the best player of the season. Collins voted for his former ally Anderson to win, which she did, 5-2-1.
Cambodia
Collins was one of 20 past players selected by voters to be part of the show's 31st season and its Second Chance theme (no past winners were cast). Initially, he was part of the Bayon tribe. His wife was pregnant with their third child at the time, and he stated in confessional that he wanted to win for his wife, two daughters, and yet-to-be-born child. In Episode Three, he found a clue to the hidden immunity idol, which he found hidden at the next immunity challenge, becoming the second person in the game to find an idol.
Despite two tribe swaps, Collins always remained on Bayon, and the tribes officially merged with 13 players remaining. In Episode Nine, he was able to find another hidden immunity idol and played it on his closest ally Stephen Fishbach in Episode Ten, thus sparing Fishbach from elimination that night. With eight players left in the game, the remaining players got to meet their loved ones. Collins reunited with a visibly pregnant Val, who told him that she was going to have a baby boy this time.[1] But Collins vowed not to tell anyone else the news, since he felt that it might put a target on his back. At the Final Six tribal council, he played the other hidden immunity idol on himself, which saved him from elimination that night. At the Final Four, Collins won the final immunity challenge, and at the next tribal council, Spencer Bledsoe threatened to support Kelley Wentworth and sway the jury to vote for her if Collins voted him out. Collins honored his alliance with Bledsoe and made Wentworth the final member of the jury.
At the Final Tribal Council, Collins was praised by Fishbach for his loyalty and playing with honor and integrity. However, Andrew Savage criticized him for skipping arrogantly to the voting booth when he voted out Kimmi Kappenberg, who later chastised him for replacing her with Bledsoe in their alliance. In his final words to the jury, Collins finally revealed to everyone his joy over the knowledge that he was going to be having a son. On December 16, 2015, it was announced that Collins won the game with all ten jury votes.[2]
Personal life
Collins' wife Val is a police officer. Together they have two daughters, Jordyn and Camryn,[1] and one son, Remy, who was born in December 21, 2015.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 Peterson, Stephen (December 3, 2015). "Big surprise for Foxboro ‘Survivor’ — wife having a boy". The Sun Chronicle. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ↑ Helling, Steve (December 18, 2015). "How Will Survivor Winner Jeremy Collins Spend His $1 Million Prize?". People.
- ↑ Collins, Jeremy. "My son is here!! Remy Bodhi Collins and @ValCollins_ are both doing great. #lovethatlildude". Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
| Preceded by Mike Holloway |
Winner of Survivor Survivor: Cambodia |
Succeeded by Current |