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Danni Boatwright

You always say we're a bunch of squirrels trying to get a nut. Survivor 11, E12
Winner

Played on

45 days played

Game record

Vote alignment79%of 14 ballots

70th percentile of 423 castaways

Immunity record2career immunity wins

88th percentile of 751 castaways

Jury vote share86%of 7 jury votes

90th percentile of 125 finalists

Occupation at casting Sports Radio Host, Entrepreneur Hometown Shawnee, Kansas

Played with 36 castaways across 2 seasons See every connection ↓

Boatwright has shared a beach with thirty-six castaways, inside the most-connected tenth of everyone who has played.

Biography

Danni Boatwright, a former sports radio host and beauty queen from Kansas, won Survivor: Guatemala (Season 11) with a smart, adaptable game. Facing an early numbers disadvantage, she won a pivotal immunity challenge late in the season and navigated the shifting alliances to reach the end, then convinced the jury of her deserving path to a decisive victory.

Her calm strategic sense and strong endgame made her one of the more underrated winners of Survivor's mid-2000s run. She later returned for the all-winners Survivor: Winners at War (Season 40).

Danni Boatwright's Guatemala title stands as a quietly excellent winning game, proof that patience, timing and a well-earned immunity can carry an underdog all the way to Sole Survivor.

Get to know Danni Boatwright

Born in Tonganoxie, Kansas The hometown on their cast bio, Shawnee, Kansas, is where they were living when they were picked for the show.

Danni Boatwright's own answers from the pre-game cast profile CBS published before the season aired.

Hobbies
Coaching youth sports, hosting benefit auctions in KC, running races, and participating in any outdoor activities.
Pet peeves
Parents of young kids who think their kids are going pro, negative people, takers, and slow drivers.
Inspiration
One of my grandmother's best friends, Elizabeth Pascuzzi. From the time I was a young girl until the day she passed she would tell me, "You're a winner." I even brought with me a letter she had written me many years ago as inspiration before entering this round of Survivor.

Alliances fans have named

Survivor never names an alliance on screen. These names, and who counts as a member, are how the fan community records the game rather than an official record of it.

Birthplace, pre-game profile and alliance facts adapted from Survivor Fandom and Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-07-21. Licensed CC BY-SA.

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Seasons

Season Result Days Tribes Votes against Confessionals
Guatemala Season 11, 2005 Nakum Yaxha Xhakum 1 41
Winners at War Season 40, 2020 3rd voted out Sele 8 15

Castaway network

Danni Boatwright’s connections

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36
castaway connections
20
tribemates
19
winners
21
returning players

Connections worth exploring

Repeat pairings, other-show overlaps, tribe overlap, winners and Survivor veterans rise to the top.

Survivor 40

Rob Mariano

5 Survivor seasons

Shared a tribe Winner

Survivor 40

Ethan Zohn

3 Survivor seasons

Shared a tribe Winner

Survivor 40

Adam Klein

2 Survivor seasons

Shared a tribe Winner

Every castaway, by season

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Guatemala Season 11, 2005 17 castaways 2 returning players View cast

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Winners at War Season 40, 2020 19 castaways 19 winners 19 returning players View cast

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