Linda Spencer - Africa

Seasons: 1 | Days played: 12 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 0

  • Survivor 3: Africa (2001) - 13th place, 4th out.
  • Voted out in Episode 4, "The Young and Untrusted" (Day 12).

Linda Spencer on social media: None found

Linda Spencer - Career statistics

Challenge stats Tribal council stats Jury stats Overall stats
Season ChW ChA ChW% VFB VAP TCA TC% wTCR JVF TotJ JV% SurvSc SurvAv
S3: Africa 0.25 1.06 0.24 0 4 2 -0.13 0.00 - - - 0.10 0.25
Career 0.25 1.06 0.24 0 4 2 -0.13 0.00 - - - 0.10 0.25

 

Linda Spencer - Performance ranks

Challenges: MPF percentile

NA

Tribal: VFB% percentile

4

Tribal: rVAP percentile

32%

Performance ranks are a quick visual measure of the contestant's season vs. historical data from all prior contestants, in three basic (scorable) categories:

1. Performance in individual challenges (MPF), as a measure of "physical game";

2. Ability to vote people out consistently (VFB%, or VFB/TCA), or "strategic game"; and

3. Ability to avoid being voted against (rVAP, or TCA-VAP) - which scales better than a percentage would - for "social/strategic game."

See also: Full glossary for all these abbreviations.

 

Linda Spencer - Challenge record
S3 logo  S3: Africa challenges

Safari Supper - Ep2 IC

Tribal/team challenge record (2-for-7; 2 sit-outs):

  • Africa Ep. 1 RC/IC: "Trail Blazer" - Helps push the cart, as does the rest of Samburu. With a surge at the end, Samburu wins.
  • Africa Ep. 2 RC: "Stairway to the Stars" - Sits out as Samburu wins again.
  • Africa Ep. 2 IC: "Safari Supper" - Drinks her first-round shot at the Damu Bar, then wins the tie-breaker. Samburu wins!
  • Africa Ep. 3 RC: "Rock 'n Roll" - Helps roll the boulder, but Samburu rolls off course repeatedly, loses.
  • Africa Ep. 3 IC: "Distress Signal" - Participates as Samburu makes extremely poor decisions, loses.
  • Africa Ep. 4 RC: "Caught in the Web" - Sits out (unshown, for some reason) of a Samburu win.
  • Africa Ep. 4 IC: "Movin' on Up" - Samburu loses.

 

Individual challenge record (0-for-0):

  • Africa: None.

 

Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):

  • Africa: None.
Career totals - challenges
Team/tribal challenges
Wins: 2
Played: 7
Win%: 0.29
Sat out: 2
Individual challenges
Wins: 0
Played: 0
Win%: -
Mean% Finish: -
Hero challenges
Wins: 0
Played: 0
Win%: -
Mean% Finish: -
Linda Spencer - Tribal Council record
S3 logo  S3: Africa Tribal

Ep3 Tribal Council

Idols held/played (0/0):

  • Africa : None.

 

VFB - Votes for the person booted (0/2):

Tribal Voted Boot (totals) VFB?
Ep3 Lindsey Carl Bilancione (voted out, 4-4; 3-3; trivia) -
Ep4 Silas Linda Spencer (voted out, 4-3) -
2 TOTALS 0

 

VAP - Votes against (4):

  • Africa, Ep. 4: Four votes, from Kim P., Brandon, Lindsey, and Silas (voted out, 4-3).

 

Jury votes made (0/0):

  • Africa: None.
Career totals - Tribal Council
Hidden idols
Found: 0
Played: -
Votes voided: -
Voting record
VFB: 0
Tribals: 2
VAP: 4
Jury votes
Made: 0
For winners: -
Received: -
Linda Spencer - Pictures
S3 logo  S3: Africa image gallery
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    Africa intro shot
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    Africa intro shot
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    On the truck with Probst, Day 1
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    On the truck, head shot
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    Hometown intro shot
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    Freshly dumped off the truck. Have a nice day!
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    Trying to read the hike instructions, as Silas distracts with buffs
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    Reading the hike instructions
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    Lindsey announces her cramps
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    Made it, now listening to the camp set-up instructions
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    Africa is a very spiritual place
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    Samburu has fire! (Day 2)
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 RC/IC
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    Starting line
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    Samburu, ready to go
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    Pushing the cart
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    Samburu wins!
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    Charity clap for the injury-prone Borans
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 RC, which Linda will sit out
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 IC
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    Watching the blood-letting
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    Samburu, ready to drink some blood
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    Watching T-Bird vs. Kelly, first round
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    Ready to face Kelly, tie-breaker round
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    Almost there...
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    Linda wins!
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    Kelly and Probst don't seem to share Linda's excitement
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    Samburu wins immunity!
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    Cheering, etc.
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    With the older Samburus, preparing to fetch some water, early Day 7
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 RC
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    Listening to Probst
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    Follow the rolling ball
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    Samburu tries to get back on course. Again.
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    Listening to the Ep3 IC treemail
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    Lindsey always likes to talk about how *strong* she is. Guess she's not so strong.
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    Our immunity idol spirit does not want to live in conflict, and left us. I believe that.
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    Conferring with the older group before Tribal
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    Samburu, Ep3 Tribal Council
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    Listening to Probst
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    Listening to Probst explain how the tie-breaker works (trivia)
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    Uh oh, Carl got it wrong. So long, Carl.
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    Talking about the tribe's power shift, Ep4
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    Talking with Frank
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    Bowing to Lindsey
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 RC
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 IC
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    The losing Samburus
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    Samburu, Ep4 Tribal
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    This is definitely gonna work
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    Snuffed, Episode 4 (Day 12)
Linda Spencer - Interviews
S3 logo  S3: Africa interviews

Pre-game interviews

  • None found.

 

Post-game interviews

  • Liane Bonin at EW.com (11/8/01): "Linda, the latest castoff, talks to EW.com"
  • Beth Potier at the Harvard Gazette (1/24/02): "Meet Linda Spencer: Career counselor, mountain climber, Survivor survivor"
Linda Spencer - Bio
S3 logo  S3: Africa bio

From her official CBS Survivor: Africa cast bio page:

"Linda Spencer is currently an Assistant Director of Career Services at Harvard University, as well as a married mother of two children. Spencer was born and raised on welfare in Boston's inner city. She received a BA degree from Dartmouth College, an MEd from Tufts University and an MSW from Boston College. Previous occupations include corporate account executive, director of African Adventures at an overseas adventure travel company and clinical social worker

In December 1999, Spencer was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and underwent a thyroidectomy the following January. She received radioactive iodine treatments in May 2000, and is now completely cancer free. In September 2000, a mere eight months after being diagnosed with cancer, she successfully reached the summit of Mt. Rainier.

The three adjectives Spencer uses to describe herself include adventurous, competitive and determined. She is a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Sierra Club, American Alpine Club, Career Counselors Consortium, Blackpack and is a former member of the Coalition of 100 Black Women.

Spencer's hobbies include mountain climbing, ice climbing, winter camping, international travel, spinning and yoga. She also enjoys in-line skating, and has completed a race from Athens to Atlanta, Georgia, covering 85 miles. She has traveled to over 28 countries on 4 continents, including two summers spent in rural African villages with no electricity or running water.

Linda Spencer currently lives in Boston with her husband Jim and two children, Jared, 11 and Jenna, 9. Her birth date is January 1."