Portrait of Kelley Wentworth

Kelley Wentworth

You know what, Jeff, I may be on the bottom, but I'm not ready to go home yet. Survivor 31, E8

Played on

78 days played

Game record

Vote alignment59%of 27 ballots

27th percentile of 423 castaways

Immunity record2career immunity wins

88th percentile of 751 castaways

Idol impact2of 2 idol plays canceled a vote

93rd percentile of 45 idol players

Occupation at casting Marketing Manager Hometown Seattle, Washington

Played with 50 castaways across 3 seasons See every connection ↓

Wentworth has shared a beach with fifty castaways, inside the most-connected tenth of everyone who has played.

Biography

Kelley Wentworth became a Survivor idol-play legend on Survivor: Cambodia - Second Chance (Season 31). Facing elimination, she played a hidden immunity idol to negate a landslide of votes against her in one of the best-remembered Tribal Councils ever, sending home a rival while the whole plan collapsed around him.

After a quiet debut on Survivor: San Juan del Sur (Season 29), that clutch idol play reinvented her as a fearless big-move competitor, and she returned once more for Survivor: Edge of Extinction (Season 38).

Though the win eluded her, Kelley Wentworth is remembered as one of the great idol players of the modern era, the underdog whose stunning Second Chance necklace-drop is replayed as an all-time Survivor moment.

Get to know Kelley Wentworth

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

Claim to fame
Moving out of a small town with very little opportunity of "making it" on my own. I've never asked for money or help and moved my way up to the position I'm in now. I'll never stop trying!
Hobbies
Soccer, jigsaw puzzles and kicking everyone's butt at Scrabble (or any other board game for that matter).
Pet peeves
Lazy people, overconfidence, not sticking to your word, bad drivers and angry people (get over it already!)
Castaway they say they are most like
Parvati – she's a strong, intelligent woman who did what she had to do to get to the top.
Why they wanted to play
To win of course!! I'd also like to prove to myself and my dad that I can do it. To push myself and never give up in the toughest situations.

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.

Fan poll Players

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Seasons

Season Result Days Tribes Votes against Confessionals
San Juan del Sur Season 29, 2014 5th voted out Hunahpu Coyopa 4 6
Cambodia Season 31, 2015 16th voted out Ta Keo Bayon Orkun 5 44
Edge of Extinction Season 38, 2019 11th voted out Manu Lesu Vata 14 30

The vote that ended Kelley Wentworth's best run

Three of the four ballots named Kelley Wentworth on day 38 of Survivor 31: Cambodia, a 3-1 vote.

Jeremy Collins, Latasha Fox and Spencer Bledsoe

Kelley Wentworth voted for Spencer Bledsoe.

Castaway network

Kelley Wentworth’s connections

The strongest overlaps are surfaced first; every castmate is organized by season below.

50
castaway connections
34
tribemates
3
repeat castmates
4
winners

Connections worth exploring

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

Survivor 29 & 31

Jeremy Collins

3 Survivor seasons

2 seasons together Shared a tribe Winner

Survivor 31 & 38

Joe Anglim

3 Survivor seasons

2 seasons together Shared a tribe

Survivor 29 & 31

Keith Nale

2 Survivor seasons

2 seasons together Shared a tribe

Every castaway, by season

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San Juan del Sur Season 29, 2014 17 castaways 2 winners 3 returning players View cast

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Cambodia Season 31, 2015 19 castaways 1 winner 19 returning players View cast

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Edge of Extinction Season 38, 2019 17 castaways 2 winners 4 returning players View cast

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