Survivor 28: Cagayan (2014) - 9th place, 10th out - 3rd juror.
- Voted out in Episode 9, "Bag of Tricks" (Day 25).
| Challenge stats | Tribal council stats | Jury stats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ChW | ChA | ChW% | VFB | VAP | TCA | TC% | wTCR | JVF | TotJ | JV% | SurvSc | SurvAv |
| S28: Cagayan | 1.51 | 5.36 | 0.28 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0.56 | 1.40 | - | - | - | 0.84 | 2.91 |
| Career | 1.51 | 5.36 | 0.28 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0.56 | 1.40 | - | - | - | 0.84 | 2.91 |
Tribal/team challenge record (7.5*-for-11):
- Cagayan Ep. 1 RC/IC: "Draggin' the Dragon" - Does the puzzle, and Solana wins (1st/3).
- Cagayan Ep. 2 RC/IC: "Phish Farm" - Does the puzzle again, overcoming a huge deficit, allowing Beauty to finish second (2nd*/3).
- Cagayan Ep. 3 RC/IC: "Mazed and Confused" - Tosses water and pulls ropes, as he & Jeremiah lose on the maze (3rd/3).
- Cagayan Ep. 4 RC: "Haulin' Oats" - Tethered to Jefra and blindfolded as he collects items for Solana, and Solana wins chickens (1st/3).
- Cagayan Ep. 4 IC: "Octopus' Garden" - Swims and rebounds, as Solana wins again, blowing past the hapless Luzon and a trying-to-fail Aparri (1st/3).
- Cagayan Ep. 5 RC: "Kicking and Screaming" - Now with New Solana, successfully removes Alexis from her pole. Eventually, Solana wins, 2-1.
- Cagayan Ep. 5 IC: "Gate Crasher" - Works the maze again, as Solana barely loses.
- Cagayan Ep. 6 RC: "Idol Hands" - Beats Jeremiah in his bout, and Solana wins, 4-2.
- Cagayan Ep. 6 IC: "Styx" - With Woo, works the final puzzle, and Solana wins.
- Cagayan Ep. 8 RC: "Rise and Shine" - Does the puzzle for the winning team, gets to enjoy Outback.
- Cagayan Ep. 9 RC: "Supertramp" - With Jefra & Trish on one of the two losing teams.
*Note: Second-place finishes during the three-tribe phase of Cagayan count as half a win.
Individual challenge record (0-for-3): (Mean % finish: 64%)
- Cagayan Ep. 7 IC: "Bermuda Triangles" - Third to drop out, part of the mass fall-off at the Rd.3 transition (9th/11).
- Cagayan Ep. 8 IC: "Keep On Your Toes" - Eighth to drop out, at the 1-hour mark (3rd/10).
- Cagayan Ep. 9 IC: "Living Color" - With Tony, tied for last person eliminated, on the 7th tile (tie-2nd/9).
Redemption/Exile Island duel record (0-for-0):
- Cagayan: None.
Team/tribal challenges Wins: 7.5* Played: 11 Win%: 0.68 Sat out: -- Individual challenges Wins: 0 Played: 3 Win%: 0.00 Mean% Finish: 64% Duels Wins: 0 Played: 0 Win%: -- Mean% Finish: --
Idols held/played: (1/1; 0 votes voided)
- Cagayan, Ep. 3: Finds the Solana without benefit of a clue while his tribe is distracted by moping about the storm.
- Cagayan, Ep. 7: Fruitlessly plays his idol at the merge, for Tony. Neither he nor Tony receive any votes.
VFB - Votes for the person booted (3/5):
- Cagayan, Ep. 5: Cliff Robinson (voted out, 4-3).
- Cagayan, Ep. 7: Sarah Lacina (voted out, 6-5).
- Cagayan, Ep. 8: Morgan McLeod (voted out, 6-4).
VAP - Votes against (8):
- Cagayan, Ep. 5: Three votes, from Cliff, Lindsey, and Woo.
- Cagayan, Ep. 9: Five votes, from Tony, Woo, Spencer, Jeremiah, and Tasha (voted out, 5-3-1).
Jury votes made (1/1):
- Cagayan, Ep. 14: Voted for Tony Vlachos (who won, 8-1).
Hidden idols Found: 1 Played: 1 Votes voided: 0 Voting record VFB: 3 Tribals: 5 VAP: 8 Jury votes Made: 1 For winners: 1 Received: --
Cagayan intro shot
Cagayan intro shot
CBS pre-game interview
Solana tribe picture
Another tribe picture
Pre-game posing
Beauty tribe arrival boat ride, Day 1
More boat ride
Greeting Probst, Day 1
Solana tribe, Day 1 arrival
Reluctantly getting picked as leader, Day 1
I accept, whatevs
Talking about selecting Morgan as the weakest (hot)
The non-Morgan Solanas arrive in camp, Day 1
Guessing Morgan was probably looking for an idol
Of course not, LJ
Making fire with the boys
Random shelter construction shot from opening sequence
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 RC/IC
Early stages
Brawn takes the lead
Pushing the chest through the barrier
Working the puzzle (with Alexis)
More puzzle
Beauty wins! Ep1 RC/IC
Party time at Beauty camp, early Ep2
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 RC/IC
Listening to Probst
Beauty! Is dead in the water!
Whoops, looks like they made it to the puzzle stage
Working Solana's puzzle
Starting to pull ahead of a panicking J'Tia
Finishing touches
Beauty doesn't lose, after all!
Post-Ep2 RC/IC hugs
Taking the second-place trophy, post-Ep2 RC/IC
Complaining about not being able to complain about the girls' complaining, Ep3 storm
Fixing the shelter with Jeremiah
Starting his hunt for the idol, Ep3
That was quick
What could he be holding? If only a hashtag could inform us.
Same shot, more submerged
The formerly hidden immunity idol
Solana arrives, Ep3 RC/IC
Checking out the newly arrived Brains tribe
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 RC/IC
Starting line
Working the maze with Jeremiah
Uh oh, Brawn has caught up
All three tribes now on the final stage
How did we lose that?
Probst has got nothin' for ya, post-Ep3 RC/IC
Fun times at Beauty camp, Ep3 edition
Pointing out that Brice is a bigger long-term threat than Morgan
Solana heads to their first Tribal
Solana tribe, Ep3 Tribal Council
Time to vote again
Listening to Morgan talk about Jeremiah's double-dealing, early Ep4
More listening
Arriving, sans Brice, at the Ep4 RC
Listening to Probst, pre-Ep4 RC
Liking the sound of the chicken reward
Starting line
Taking a shot to the groin
...and another
Running into the flag
Enjoying his tribe's discussion about egg laying
Beauty reads the idol clue included in the Ep4 reward
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 IC
Solana chooses their sit-outs
Starting line, Ep4 IC
Back with the buoys
Beauty wins! Ep4 IC
About to get swapped, early Ep5
Yeah, you should be
Yay, still purple
The new Solana tribe
Looking over his new tribemates
Ready to start round 2, Ep5 RC
Dragging Alexis for the point
Watching round 3
Coming back to camp with new tribemates. Also donuts.
Noticing his new tribe is mostly old Aparri
Watching the new tribe interact
Bonding with Trish over Boston
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 IC
Listening to Probst
Preparing to ram the first barrier
To the maze stage with a slight lead
Working the maze
Almost done...
The losing new Solanas
Not pleased with the outcome, post-Ep5 IC
Not liking being in the 5-2 minority on his new tribe
Making his case to Lindsey and Cliff
Not yet!
Saved by Trish?
Fun times for old Solana on new Solana
Heading off to Tribal Council
New Solana, Ep5 Tribal
Feel to kick us out of our house whenever
That's not very nice, Lindsey
Saved by the Cliff boot
Learning about Lindsey's quit, early Ep6
Post-quit conference with Probst
Showing up at the Ep6 RC down two people
Clapping for Trish, Ep6 RC
Watching Jefra-vs-Sarah
Ready to face off against Jeremiah, Ep6 RC
Battling Jeremiah
Watching Jeremiah's juggling display
Woo!
The winning new Solanas, post-Ep6 RC
Enjoying the post-raid idol clue
An idol clue, eh?
Getting punched in the head by Tony and Jefra
Things are looking up at new Solana?
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep6 IC
Listening to Probst
Starting line, Ep6 IC
Making Solana's staircase
Waiting for Tony to retrieve the key
Working the puzzle, Ep6 IC
Almost done!
Raising the flag for the win, Ep6 IC
Solana wins!
If only
Celebrating the win by gouging his eye out
Reading the pre-merge treemail with Tony, early Ep7
Excited about the merge, but first, he needs to get his idol
Ah, there it is
Sailing to Aparri camp
Arriving at the merge, blocked out by Trish
Listening to the official merge treemail, Ep7
Merge feasting
More feasting
Hanging out with Tony, Solarrion camp
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep7 IC
Still in it
Getting some good news from Trish
Solarrion tribe attends the merge Tribal Council
Listening to Tony talk about idols
Idols?
Sticking with the Sarah plan
Oh yes, I have an idol as well
Playing his idol... for Tony
More idol play
It worked! Ep7 Tribal
Watching the Kass flip fallout, early Ep8
Enjoying the Kass-Morgan argument
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep8 RC
Liking the sound of the Outback Reward
Listening to Probst
Starting line, Ep8 RC
Crossing the floating balance beams
Yay, untying knots!
Hauling the chest
Not feeling the need for the rope
Getting a good look at Morgan chest... -hauling technique
Working the puzzle
Orange team wins!
Ready for the Outback reward
Eating
Not seeing Spencer find his clue
Avoiding the rain, while Spencer reads his clue
Reading the clue that Woo purloined, Ep8
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep8 IC
Ep8 IC, already underway
Still in it, seconds in
Still going...
Final three... in this challenge
One last update
Heading out to the Ep8 Tribal Council
Listening to Kass
About to see a collapse, early Ep9
Thanks, Tony
Laughing at Tony's reaction to receiving votes during the Morgan boot
Telling Trish they just need to calm Tony down
Pretty sure Tony has his back
Listening to the Ep9 RC treemail
Sitting silently in camp
Heading out to the RC
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep9 RC
Listening to Probst
Starting line, Ep9 RC
Using the grappling ball
Yay, tossing sandbags
Yay, more tossing sandbags
Heading back to camp after the loss
Hanging out with Jefra and Trish, talking F3
If we just get Tony to calm down, we're set
Getting a date proposal from Tasha
I'm not gonna do that
Reading the Ep9 IC treemail
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep9 IC
Listening to Probst
Watching Jeff Probst display tiles, Ep9 IC
Still in it
Down to LJ vs Tasha
I can't believe I didn't win... Ep9 IC
Not suspecting anything
Solarrion tribe, Ep9 Tribal
More Ep9 Tribal
Listening to Woo
Huh
Oh well...
Snuffed, Day 25 (Episode 9)
Pre-game interviews
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None, apart from the CBS one, embedded below.
Post-game interviews
- Dalton Ross & Jessica Shaw at EW (4/17/14): "LJ from Survivor says 'I cannot explain anything that Tony does'"
- Rob Cesternino at RHAP (4/17/14): "Interview with the Latest Player Voted Off Cagayan - 4/17/14"
- Daniel Fienberg at HitFix.com (4/19/14): "L.J. McKanas talks Survivor: Cagayan"
From his CBS Survivor: Cagayan bio page (1/22/14):
"Personal Claim to Fame: Making the Hall of Fame at Northeastern University and my high school.
Inspiration in Life: My mom because she beat cancer.
Hobbies: Horse racing, fishing and designing.
Pet Peeves: Incompetent people, liars and thieves.
3 Words to Describe You: Competitive, creative and witty.
If You Could Have 3 Things on The Island What Would They Be and Why? Starburst and an iPad.
Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like: Boston Rob, because he has just the right amount of charm, charisma and looks to persuade anyone to do what he wants.
Reason for Being on Survivor: The challenging adventure and the money.
Why You Think You’ll “Survive” Survivor: My puzzle skills, athletic ability, my wittiness and logical thinking.
Why You Think You Will Be the Sole Survivor: My athleticism will carry me through the early stages, my charm through the middle, and smarts to play through to the end.
Do You Consider Yourself a Brain, a Beauty or a Brawn? I’d consider myself a Brawn. I'm a down-to-earth, rugged guy who is not afraid to get his hands dirty. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and brains seem to be smarts lacking the physical abilities. You can be brawny and good-looking and we have a brain.
Who Do You Think Has the Best Chance in the Game of Survivor: Brains, Beauty or Brawn? Brawn have the best chance. Perception is they are big, competitive athletes lacking the mental fortitude to go on. After dominating early physical challenges they present little mental risk for further advance in the game. Egos left aside, they have the best chance to win the game."
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