Survivor contestant Dan Foley

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Seasons: 1 | Days: 35 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 1

Survivor: Worlds Apart (2015) - 6th place, 13th out - 5th juror.

Idoled out in Episode 13, "My Word Is My Bond" (Day 35).

Dan Foley - Career statistics
	Challenge stats	Tribal council stats	Jury stats
Season	ChW	ChA	ChW%	VFB	VAP	TCA	TC%	wTCR	JVF	TotJ	JV%	SurvSc	SurvAv
S30: Worlds Apart	1.12	10.80	0.10	5	9	10	0.49	1.08	-	-	-	0.59	2.20
Career	1.12	10.80	0.10	5	9	10	0.49	1.08	-	-	-	0.59	2.20

Worlds Apart challenges
Tribal/team challenge record (6*-for-13; 2 sit-outs):
- Worlds Apart Ep. 1 RC/IC: "Ladder Daze" - Performs no solo tasks, but Escameca recovers from an early deficit, doesn't lose (2nd*/3).
- Worlds Apart Ep. 2 RC/IC: "Basket Case" - First swimmer, later rebounds, as Escameca doesn't lose again (2nd*/3).
- Worlds Apart Ep. 3 RC/IC: "Dear Liza" - Helps carry and pour, occasionally runs ahead, and Escameca wins (1st/3).
- Worlds Apart Ep. 4 RC: "Collar Blind" - Drops the platform on Kelly and Lindsey, and eventually, Blue Collar loses (3rd/3).
- Worlds Apart Ep. 4 IC: "Houses of the Holey" - Dan sits out, Blue Collar loses again (3rd/3).
- Worlds Apart Ep. 5 RC: "Beach Balls" - Now with NuEscameca, launches one to Joaquin; Escameca wins (5-2).
- Worlds Apart Ep. 5 IC: "Swing Break" - Smashes all of Escameca's pots before Nagarote even arrives to take a shot; Escameca wins big again.
- Worlds Apart Ep. 6 RC: "Air Raid" - Sits out for Escameca, and they lose, barely (6-5).
- Worlds Apart Ep. 6 IC: "Shut Your Trap" - Wins vs. Shirin, but Escameca loses, as Mike throws the challenge.
- Worlds Apart Ep. 9 RC: "O-Black Water"- Part of the winning team, with Mike, Shirin, Tyler, and Sierra.
- Worlds Apart Ep. 11 RC: "Barrel Bridge" - Part of the winning team, with Tyler, Carolyn, and Will.
- Worlds Apart Ep. 12 RC: "Dulcimer Stomp" - Part of the losing team, with Tyler and Rodney.
- Worlds Apart Ep. 13 RC: "For-Word Progress" - Part of the losing team, with Sierra and Rodney.
*Note: Second-place finishes in the 3-tribe phase of Worlds Apart count as half a win.

Individual challenge record (0-for-8): (Mean % finish: 45%)
- Worlds Apart Ep.7 IC: "Get A Grip" - First to drop out, almost immediately (12th/12).
- Worlds Apart Ep.8 RC: "Anchorman" - Collected two bags, does not reach finals (tie-5th/11).
- Worlds Apart Ep.8 IC: "Hip to be Square" - Seventh to reach the final puzzle, does not win - twice (7th/11).
- Worlds Apart Ep. 9 IC: "Keep on your Toes" - Fifth person to drop out (6th/10).
- Worlds Apart Ep. 10 IC: "Soul to Squeeze" - Places two out of six balls (tie-3rd/9).
- Worlds Apart Ep. 11 IC: "Water Weight" - Outlasts Tyler and Will, but third man to drop out (3rd/3).
- Worlds Apart Ep. 12 IC: "Back Splash" - Second person to drop out (6th/7).
- Worlds Apart Ep. 13 IC: "Puppet Master" - Second to reach the maze, but behind Mike & Sierra (tie-3rd/6).
Redemption/Exile Island duel record (0-for-0):
- None.

Career challenge totals

Team/tribal challenges
Wins:	6*
Played:	13
Win%:	0.46
Sat out:	2

Individual challenges
Wins:	0
Played:	8
Win%:	0.00
Mean% Finish:	45%

Duels
Wins:	0
Played:	0
Win%:	--
Mean% Finish:	--

Worlds Apart Tribal
Idols held/played: (0/0) | Advantages held/played: (1/1)
- Worlds Apart, Ep. 10: Paid $480 at the auction to enter (and win) the rock draw for the extra vote advantage.
- Worlds Apart, Ep. 13: Cast two votes for Carolyn, both of which were voided by her idol play.
VFB - Votes for the person booted (5/9):
- Worlds Apart, Ep. 4: Lindsey Cascaddan (voted out, 2-2-2 [3-0]).
- Worlds Apart, Ep. 6: Joaquin Souberbielle (voted out, 4-3).
- Worlds Apart, Ep. 8: Hali Ford (voted out, 7-4).
- Worlds Apart, Ep. 9: Joe Anglim (voted out, 5-4-1).
- Worlds Apart, Ep. 11: Shirin Oskooi (voted out, 4-2-2).
VAP - Votes against (9):
- Worlds Apart, Ep. 8: Four votes, from Hali, Jenn, Joe, and Shirin.
- Worlds Apart, Ep. 9: One vote, from Jenn.
- Worlds Apart, Ep. 11: Two votes, from Tyler and Will.
- Worlds Apart, Ep. 13: Two votes, from Mike and Carolyn (idoled out, [0]-2).
Jury votes made (1/1):
- Worlds Apart, Ep. 14: Voted for Mike Holloway (who won, 6-1-1).

Career Tribal Council totals

Hidden idols/advantages
Advantages Obtained:	1
Played:	1
Targets booted:	0

Voting record
VFB:	5
Tribals:	9
VAP:	9

Jury votes
Made:	1
For winners:	1
Received:	--

Worlds Apart image gallery

Worlds Apart intro shot

Worlds Apart intro shot

CBS pre-game interview

Pre-game posing

More pre-game posing

Even more pre-game posing

Pre-game cast posing with Parvati

Tribe photo, Day 1

Blue collar truck, Day 1

Blue collar truck, slightly closer up

Riding on the truck

Opening sequence confessional, about planning on being remembered

Escameca arrives, Day 1

Greeting Probst

Escameca, the Blue Collar tribe

Choosing a representative (Dan, wisdom)

Mike volunteers to join Dan in the decision-making

More Escameca walking (to camp?)

In camp with Mike, debating the opening dilemma

Choosing honesty... for now

It's way too early to throw deceit

Getting disbelief from the tribe that they were actually honest

Yelling at Sierra and Lindsey for wanting to use bamboo

Taking a break from camp. And pants.

Getting a pep talk from Mike, and agreeing: 'Still the best day ever'

In camp, hauling wood

Escameca arrival, Ep1 RC/IC

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 RC/IC

Starting line, Ep1 RC/IC

Hitting the hay

Watching Lindsey fiddle with the locks

Watching Mike swap in, do the knots instead

Mike is STILL doing the knots

Watching everyone else move the ladder

Watching Sierra dump out the puzzle pieces

No Collar has already won, Sierra still struggling

Mike now working the puzzle, using the No Collars' answer key

Almost there...

Blue Collar doesn't lose!

Returning to camp, sans 'manties,' early Ep2

Laughing at (thanks to editing) Lindsey's threat to vote him out

Listening to Mike telling everyone to get to work

Watching Sierra shoot coconuts instead of working

Questioning Mike's priorities

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 RC/IC

Listening to Probst

More listening to Probst

Starting line

Moving his buoy along

First to the platform

Ready to rebound for Sierra

Blue Collar doesn't lose!

Realizing that sometimes his mouth causes him problems, early Ep3

Telling Rodney 'your mom is a whore'

Listening to Rodney gripe about Mike

Seeing No Collars arrive without Vince, pre-Ep3 RC/IC

Liking the looks of the comfort reward

Listening to Probst

Starting line, Ep3 RC/IC

Ready to collect some water

Pouring, more or less

Coming back with another barrel load

Almost there...

Blue Collar wins!

Pointing out a serpentine meal, Ep4

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 RC

Listening to Probst

Starting line

Dropping the platform on Kelly and Lindsey

Not seeing White Collar about to finish second

Kelly returns to camp, freshly bandaged

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 IC

Sitting out as Blue Collar loses

Talking about how to apologize to women

Getting on Lindsey's good side

Listening to Rodney complain about Lindsey

Escameca heads to Tribal for the first time, Ep4

Listening to Sierra, Ep4 Tribal Council

Listening to Mike talk about being Blue Collar

Criticizing Sierra, early Ep5

Keeping it up after taking a seat

Pre-swap lineup, Ep5

Yay, still on the blue tribe!

The new blue (mostly) man group

Ep5 RC, ready to go

Preparing to shoot

Escameca heads to camp, reward in hand

Hearing Rodney's tattoo stories again

Listening to Mike insist they need to pull Sierra back in

Please! *I* know how to talk to women!

Talking to Sierra

I'm sorry that everything was really your fault, Sierra

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 IC

Starting line

Ready to smash some pots

Swinging and breaking

Escameca wins!

Happily accepting the idol

Entertaining Joaquin with the manties story again

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep6 RC

Liking the sound of the reward he won't be winning

Sitting out, as the tribes cross the obstacles

Hit those targets, guys

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep6 IC

Joaquin opts to sit out

Facing off vs. Shirin

Forgot he was supposed to be throwing this

Mike is wrong again?

Pre-Tribal discussion with Mike and Sierra

Heading to Tribal

New Escameca, Ep6 Tribal Council

Talking to Probst

Escameca arrives, Ep7 merge

Listening to the merge treemail

Yay, black buffs

Merge feasting

Hooray, food!

Talking and eating

Returning to camp, where someone stole the shelter

Ignoring Jenn's stingray first aid advice

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep7 IC

Ep7 IC, now in progress

Still going...

...and done, along with Will

Yay, Joe won

Plotting with Mike

Merica, Ep7 Tribal Council

With some of the other former Blue Collars

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep8 RC

Liking the sound of the zipline reward

Ep8 RC, now underway

Watching the Ep8 RC final puzzle

Hoping Joe picks him for reward

Hey, I'm a superfan, too.

Lecturing Shirin about how she's a terrible player

Somebody slap that woman.

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep8 IC

Starting line

So far, so good

Jeff! I've got it!

Uh, nope.

Okay, this time, Jeff! Come check!

Dan. Is. Wrong!

Joe wins again

Deciding which No Collar to target

Merica, Ep8 Tribal Council

Three words, Jeff: Flippers Never Win.

Lecturing Shirin on what a bad player she is, again

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep9 RC

Everyone wants candy

Inhaling an M&M

Blue team, ready to go

Making a graceful descent

About to stick the landing

Watching Mike retrieve rings

Blue team wins!

Ready to eat some candy

Opting for popcorn

Betoweled, eating

Reading the Ep9 IC treemail

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep9 IC

Starting line

Everyone still in it...

Fifth to drop out

Cheering for Tyler's win

Turning down Joe's request for a reprieve

Sucks to be you, Joe

Merica, Ep9 Tribal Council

Watching Mike play Joe's fake idol

Ready to go, Ep10 auction

Listening to Shirin explain that everyone gets to buy letters for the high bid price

Happily purchasing his letter

Paying no attention to the man behind him

The three bidders for the $480 advantage, drawing rocks

Dan wins! (the rock draw)

Reading what the advantage is

This is so great!

Things are going to start happening to me now!

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep10 IC

Shirin raises her hand

Starting line, Ep10 IC

Everyone trying to catch up to Mike

Watching Mike get his necklace

Still not buying that Rodney has flipped

Stop telling me what to do with my advantage, you guys!

Merica, Ep10 Tribal Council

Listening to Rodney yell

So long, Jenn

Taking another moment to talk about how much he dislikes Shirin

Apologizing to Shirin for the stuff that made her upset, whatever that was

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep11 RC

Listening to Probst

Making progress

Indeed

Almost there...

Red team wins!

Cheeseburgers ahoy!

I feel bad for Rodney, but he's not getting my cheeseburger

Whew! That was close.

Time for the reward

Mike is public enemy number one. If he doesn't win immunity, *poof* bye-bye.

Cheese. Burgers.

Everyone agrees: Mike is a bad, bad man

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep11 IC

Two immunity necklaces? Gasp.

Starting line

Still going...

...and done. Now cheering on Rodney.

Not really listening to Shirin's proposal

Spit take

Still not ready to forgive Mike

Merica, Ep11 Tribal Council

People wrote *my* name down after Mike flashed his idol?

Mike seems pleased

Listening to Tyler make excuses, early Ep12

Still not sure why his name had to be the one written down

Reassuring Will

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep12 RC

Listening to Probst

Blue team, ready to go

Going through the net

Launching the catapult

That's game, Jeff! (It's not)

The team that didn't win

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep12 RC

Starting line

Still going...

...and done

Or Dan, obviously

Merica, Ep12 Tribal Council

Talking to Probst

You betrayed me, Mike. Even though you haven't voted against me.

Mike playing his idol makes him even more of a threat, early Ep13

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep13 RC

Listening to Probst

Starting line

Crossing the obstacles

Yay, knots

Working the puzzle

Come on, Sierra. Nobody ever says 'fixin'

*Jeopardy theme*

By Jove, I think he's got it

Nope

Blue team loses.

Rodney's complaining about food. Time for me to save the day.

I have a lovely pair of melons

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep13 IC

Starting line

Trying to catch Mike on the table maze

Yay, Mike won

Grrrrr, Mike won

That's fine, we'll just vote out Carolyn, instead

Listening to Mike's specious claims that Dan's alliance is gunning for Dan, himself

Ah, pre-Tribal nap time

Merica, Ep13 Tribal Council

Listening to Rodney

Listening to Sierra

Just a minute, Jeff. Time to play my advantage.

Preparing to vote a second time (for Carolyn)

Carolyn has an idol? Uh oh.

Ouch

Snuffed, Ep13

Jury debut, final five Tribal. Groaning at Mike's continuing immunity.

Rooting on Rodney, final four Tribal Council fire-making tiebreaker

With the jury, final Tribal Council

Listening to Jenn call the jury bitter

Reminding Mike he doesn't have a necklace to save his ass tonight

At the finale/reunion, waiting for the vote reveal

Full cast, reunion show

Worlds Apart interviews
Pre-game interviews
- Gordon Holmes at XfinityTV.com (2/3/15): "Dan - 'I'm Going to Be at the Bottom of the Cuddle Puddle'"
Post-game interviews
- Gordon Holmes at XfinityTV.com (5/14/15): "Dan - 'I Really Felt Like I Was Not Properly Portrayed'"
- Rob Cesternino at RHAP (5/14/15): "Exit Interview With the Latest Player Voted Off Worlds Apart - 5/1415"
- Josh Wigler at Parade.com (5/14/15): "I Went Out On My Own Terms"
- Steve Helling at People.com (5/14/15): "Dan Foley: My Survivor Portrayal Was Unfair"

Worlds Apart bio

From his official CBS Survivor: Worlds Apart cast bio page:

"Personal Claim to Fame: I had a terrible fear of heights so I faced it head on. I went on my first airplane ride…and jumped out at 13,000 feet. Heights don’t really bother me anymore.
Inspiration in Life: My Dad, Phil Foley. Now that I am an adult, I look back on the things my Dad did for my family (my siblings, my mom and myself) and I realize what kind of sacrifices he made for us. Having been one of the four kids that my parents adopted, I acknowledge even more the love that he gave all of us growing up and continues to give every day.
Hobbies: Anything with my wife, Erin, disc golf and working on my properties.
What is your favorite sport? If I’m watching, Football, and if I’m playing, disc golf.
Pet Peeves: People who drive too slow in the fast lane and won’t get out of the way.
3 Words to Describe You: Opinionated, adventurous and gregarious.
If You Could Have 3 Things on The Island What Would They Be and Why? 1. A deck of cards to help pass the time 2. A picture of my family to remind me of what’s waiting for me 3. Some disc golf discs to help bond with my tribe mates and to possibly use to hunt
Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like: I think I have Stephenie’s competitive spirit, Tony’s cunning and scheming gameplay, and Rupert’s strength, love of family and stunning good looks.
Reason for Being on Survivor: To claim my rightful place amongst the elite winners of Survivor! Second, to challenge myself in the greatest psychological and sociological challenge ever!
Why You’ll “Survive” Survivor: Obviously, any challenge that involves a lot of running will not be in my “wheelhouse,” but anything involving gross food eating, strength, swimming, puzzles or balance, I’ll be in it to the end. As for the social game, I am a world class “schmooze” artist. I can charm my way out of almost anything.
Why Will You Be the Sole Survivor: As a landlord, I am excellent at reading people and controlling some pretty out of control situations. As an Irishman, I have a glorious stubborn streak and I hate to lose. As a technician, I have a very analytical mind so I’ll be great at puzzles. I’m also very good with my hands so I’ll be a big help around camp. I am the entire package. Also, I am not above taking the rules of fair play in a spirited competition and grinding them to dust beneath my heel."