Survivor contestant L.J. McKanas

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Seasons: 1 | Days: 25 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 1

Survivor 28: Cagayan (2014) - 9th place, 10th out - 3rd juror.

Voted out in Episode 9, "Bag of Tricks" (Day 25).

L.J. McKanas - Career statistics
	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

Cagayan challenges
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.

Career challenge totals

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:	--

Cagayan Tribal
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).

Career Tribal Council totals

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 image gallery

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)

Cagayan interviews
Pre-game interviews
- 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"

Cagayan bio

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."