S7: Pearl Islands
S16: MicronesiaChallenges: MPF percentile
64%
Seasons: 2 | Days played: 41 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 1
- Survivor 7: Pearl Islands (2003) - 3rd place, 14th out - 7th juror.
- Voted out in Episode 14, "Flames and Endurance" (Day 38).
- Survivor 16: Micronesia-FvF (2008) - 20th place, 1st out.
- Voted out in Episode 1, "You Guys are Dumber Than You Look" (Day 3).
| Challenge stats | Tribal council stats | Jury stats | Overall scores | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ChW | ChA | ChW% | VFB | VAP | TCA | TC% | wTCR | JVF | TotJ | JV% | SurvSc | SurvAv |
| S7: Pearl Islands | 2.11 | 13.89 | 0.15 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 0.81 | 2.08 | - | - | - | 0.96 | 4.19 |
| S16: Micronesia | 0.00 | 1.10 | 0.00 | 0 | 9 | 1 | -0.90 | 0.00 | - | - | - | -0.90 | 0.00 |
| Career | 2.11 | 14.89 | 0.14 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 0.73 | 1.91 | - | - | - | 0.88 | 2.96 |
Jonny Fairplay - Performance ranks
Tribal: VFB% percentile
77%
Tribal: rVAP percentile
83%
Challenges: MPF percentile
NA
Tribal: VFB% percentile
4
Tribal: rVAP percentile
5
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.
Jonny Fairplay - Challenge record
Tribal/team challenge record (6-for-14; 2 sit-outs):
- Pearl Islands Ep. 1 IC: "Cannon Carry" - Helps push the cannon, strew debris, and Drake wins.
- Pearl Islands Ep. 2 RC: "Bountiful Chest" - Helps bring in the chest, Drake wins.
- Pearl Islands Ep. 2 IC: "All Tied Up" - Pulls the rope, Drake wins.
- Pearl Islands Ep. 3 RC: "Sprung A Leak" - Sits out of another Drake win.
- Pearl Islands Ep. 3 IC: "Pull Your Weight" - First Drake to drop out, at the 5-minute mark, Drake wins.
- Pearl Islands Ep. 4 RC: "Float-It Notes" - Digs up puzzle pieces; Drake wins again.
- Pearl Islands Ep. 4 IC: "Boarding Party" - Drake finally "loses" one, Rupert gets kidnapped by Morgan.
- Pearl Islands Ep. 5 RC: "Paddle for Paddles" - Uses the rudder as a paddle, steering Drake off course; Drake loses big.
- Pearl Islands Ep. 5 IC: "Survivor Smoothies" - Finishes his smoothie, but Drake loses.
- Pearl Islands Ep. 6 RC: "Ready, Aim, Fire" - Sits out of a Drake win again.
- Pearl Islands Ep. 6 IC: "Carry That Weight" - Loader for Drake, but Drake loses.
- Pearl Islands Ep. 7 RC: "Pirate Prison Break" - Drake and Morgan both lose to the Outcasts.
- Pearl Islands Ep. 10 RC: "Rats in the Rigging" - Paired with Rupert, loses to Burton/Lill in the finals.
- Pearl Islands Ep. 12 RC: "Water Obstacle Course" - With Darrah and Lill, part of the winning team.
Individual challenge record (1-for-11): (Mean % finish: 62.9%)
- Pearl Islands Ep. 8 IC: "Keelhauling" - Last place in the final heat (4th/10).
- Pearl Islands Ep. 9 RC: "Signal Fire" - Eliminated in first round for hitting a target out of order (tie-4th/9).
- Pearl Islands Ep. 9 IC: "Mixed Nuts" - Gets 5 questions right, but fifth out (5th/9).
- Pearl Islands Ep. 10 IC: "Killer" - Activates killer status, eliminates Christa, taken out by Burton (3rd/8).
- Pearl Islands Ep. 11 RC: "Loved Ones Overboard" - Thanks in part to his allegedly dead grandma, Fairplay wins with Thunder D (1st/7).
- Pearl Islands Ep. 11 IC: "What Do You Make of This?" - Nearly wins, but misspells it as "SANDLE" (5th/7).
- Pearl Islands Ep. 12 IC: "Musket Love" - Hits no sails, only fires twice (6th/6).
- Pearl Islands Ep. 13 RC: "Second Chances" - One of four people nowhere close to Burton's win (tie-2nd/5).
- Pearl Islands Ep. 13 IC: "Corks and Keys" - Finishes just behind Darrah (2nd/5).
- Pearl Islands Ep. 14 F4 IC: "Tribal Draft" - Answers four questions right, one fewer than the jury (2nd/5).
- Pearl Islands Ep. 14 F3 IC: "Set Adrift" - Lasts 2 hrs, 45 minutes, but not long enough to beat Lill (2nd/3).
Duel/ Hero challenge record (0-for-0):
- Pearl Islands: None.
Tribal/team challenge record (0-for-1):
- Micronesia Ep.1 RC/IC: "Re-inventing the Wheel" - Works the puzzle, and Malakal loses.
Individual challenge record (0-for-1): (Mean % finish: 90%)
- Micronesia Ep. 1 individual IC: Finds the idol, but Yau-Man wrestles it away from him (2nd/10).
Hero challenge/ duel record: (0-for-0)
- Micronesia: None.
Career totals - challenges
| Wins: | 6 |
| Played: | 15 |
| Win%: | 0.40 |
| Sat out: | 2 |
| Wins: | 1 |
| Played: | 12 |
| Win%: | 0.08 |
| Mean % Finish: | 65.2% |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean % Finish: | - |
Jonny Fairplay - Tribal Council record
Idols held/played: (0/0)
- Pearl Islands: None.
VFB - Votes for the person booted (9/11):
| Tribal | Voted | Boot (totals) | VFB? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep4 | Burton | Burton Roberts (voted out, 5-2) | Yes |
| Ep5 | Michelle | Michelle Tesauro (voted out, 6-1) | Yes |
| Ep6 | Rupert | Trish Dunn (voted out, 4-2) | - |
| Ep7 | Shawn | Shawn Cohen (voted out, 4-1) | Yes |
| Ep8 | Savage | Andrew Savage (voted out, 6-4) | Yes |
| Ep9 | Ryan O | Ryan Opray (voted out, 8-1) | Yes |
| Ep10 | Rupert | Rupert Boneham (voted out, 5-2-1) | Yes |
| Ep11 | Tijuana | Tijuana Bradley (voted out, 5-2) | Yes |
| Ep12 | Christa | Christa Hastie (voted out, 4-2) | Yes |
| Ep13 | Lill | Burton Roberts (voted out again, 3-2) | - |
| Ep14 (F4) | Darrah | Darrah Johnson (voted out, 3-1) | Yes |
| Ep14 (F3) | -* | Jonny Fairplay (voted out, 1-0) | - |
| 11* | TOTALS | 9 | |
*Fairplay was present (and voted against) at the Final 3 Tribal, but could not vote himself; no TCA charged
VAP - Votes against (7):
- Pearl Islands, Ep. 7: One vote, from Shawn.
- Pearl Islands, Ep. 8: Four votes, from Darrah, Osten, Ryan O., and Savage.
- Pearl Islands, Ep. 10: One vote, from Sandra.
- Pearl Islands, Ep. 14 (F3 vote): One vote, from Lill (voted out, 1-0).
Jury votes made (1/1):
- Pearl Islands, Ep. 14: Voted for Sandra Diaz-Twine, who won, 6-1.
Idols held/played: (0/0)
- Micronesia: None.
VFB - Votes for the person booted (0/1):
| Tribal | Voted | Boot (totals) | VFB? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep1 | Ozzy | Jonny Fairplay (voted out, 9-1) | - |
| 1 | TOTALS | 0 | |
VAP - Votes against (9):
- Micronesia, Ep. 1: Nine votes, from Amanda, Ami, Cirie, Eliza, James, Ozzy, Parvati, Penner, and Yau-Man (voted out, 9-1).
Jury votes made (0/0):
- Micronesia: None.
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Found: | 0 |
| Played: | - |
| Votes voided: | - |
| VFB: | 9 |
| Tribals: | 12 |
| VAP: | 16 |
| Made: | 1 |
| For winners: | 1 |
| Received: | - |
Jonny Fairplay - Pictures
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Pearl Islands intro shot -
Pearl Islands intro shot -
On the sailing ship, Day 1 -
The freshly sorted Drake tribe -
Impressed with Sandra's haul from the village -
Delighting everyone with late-night drunken antics -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 IC -
Drake, leading -
Drake wins! -
Drake about to win, Ep2 RC -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 IC -
Drake wins again! -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 IC -
Watching the anchor showdown (Drake wins) -
Starting line, Ep4 RC -
Drake wins -
Directing Drake's IC-throwing, Ep4 IC -
Getting Christa and Trish on board with blindsiding Burton -
Looking forward to Tribal -
Drake, Ep4 Tribal Council -
Listening to Probst -
Tribal Council went great! Ep5 -
Still steering Drake wrong, Ep5 RC -
Pre-challenge sitdown, Ep5 IC -
Watching the tiebreaker -
Drake, Ep5 Tribal -
Talking to Probst -
Drake wins! Ep6 RC -
Heading back to camp with surf & turf -
Raiding Morgan, taking their pot -
Loading up Rupert, Ep6 IC -
Excited to take out old Rupert tonight -
Good times at Tribal -
Getting yelled at, Ep7 -
Getting yelled at again, this time by Shawn -
Oh great, the Outcasts are back, Ep7 RC -
Drake, briefly leading -
Drake, Ep7 Tribal -
Pre-merge lineup, Ep8 -
Somehow in the finals, Ep8 IC -
Time for the merge feast -
Thrilled to learn Lill is not tight with Morgan -
Balboa tribe, Ep8 Tribal -
Listening to Ryno -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep9 RC -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep9 IC -
Still in it, somehow -
Balboa, Ep9 Tribal -
Getting the Morgan women on board with voting Rupert, Ep10 -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep10 RC -
With Rupert, losing to Lill and Burton -
Burton swapped out for Fairplay, who now gets a trip with Lill -
"Fishing" -
Drake strong tonight, right? -
Balboa, Ep10 Tribal -
Getting yelled at by Sandra -
Pleased with Rupert's blindside, Ep11 -
Pre-challenge sitdown, Ep11 (loved ones) RC -
Oh dear -
Challenge underway, more or less -
Lill's husband Lonnie takes the plunge, so Fairplay wins! -
The happy duo -
Things pick up back at Balboa camp, sans the Balboa tribe -
My grandma's at home right now watching Jerry Springer -
Pre-challenge sitdown, Ep11 IC -
Recruiting Christa and Sandra to vote out Tijuana -
Balboa, Ep11 Tribal -
Listening to Probst -
Starting line, Ep12 RC -
Fairplay's team wins! -
Reward flight -
Reward feasting in silk pajamas -
Comparing notes with Burton -
About to lose, Ep12 IC -
Balboa, Ep12 Tribal -
Feeling pretty confident, Ep13 -
Starting line, Ep13 RC -
Reward feasting in Panama Viejo, thanks to Burton -
Burton and I are running this game -
Celebrating their unbeatable alliance -
not quite fast enough to beat Darrah, Ep13 IC -
Suspicious of Lill's behavior -
Balboa, Ep13 Tribal -
Talking to Probst -
Probst is here to toast the final four -
Immunity will be at Tribal? -
Leading, except for the jury, F4 IC -
Balboa, F4 Tribal, nobody immune -
Rites of Passage pyro time -
Inspiration for the disaster girl meme? -
Starting line, F3 IC -
Trying to negotiate with Lill after Sandra drops -
Done, after 2 hrs, 45 minutes -
Not particularly hopeful, but you never know with Lill -
F3 Tribal, watching the reveal of Lill's vote -
The final member of our jury... -
Snuffed, Day 38 (Episode 14) -
With the jury, Final Tribal Council -
Full cast, reunion show
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Micronesia intro shot -
Micronesia intro shot -
On the boat, Day 1 -
Arriving to cheers, probably -
The favorites tribe (Malakal) -
Finding the idol, Ep1 individual IC -
Losing it to Yau-Man -
Chatting with the non-showmance group -
Starting line, Ep1 IC -
Sort of working the puzzle -
The losing Favorites, post-IC chat -
Favorites, Ep1 Tribal -
Talking to Probst -
Snuffed, Day 3 (Episode 1) -
Getting a hug from Probst -
Full cast, reunion show
Jonny Fairplay - Interviews
Pre-game interviews
- None found?
Post-game interviews
- Survivor NSFW podcast (2020): "176: Survivor NSFW Pearl Islands Reunion with Sandra, Savage, Burton, Trish, and Fairplay"
- Dalton Ross at EW.com (11/11/20): "Survivor Quarantine Questionnaire: Jonny Fairplay on his infamous dead grandma lie"
Pre-game interviews
- None found
Post-game interviews
- Eric Goldman at IGN.com (2/12/08): "Survivor: Micronesia Interview - Jonny Fairplay"
- Martin Holmes at InsideSurvivor (10/4/17): "Jonny Fairplay Interview"
Jonny Fairplay - Bios
From his official CBS Pearl Islands bio page (now deleted):
"Originally from Danville, Virginia, Jon Dalton attended George Washington High School followed by college at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg. After college, he moved to Washington, D.C. and Portland, Oregon before settling in Los Angeles.
He is currently single and most recently worked as a senior art consultant for the Tamara Bane Gallery. He previously worked as a production assistant for a pro wrestler; he also worked in radio ad sales and phone sales.
His three favorite hobbies are girls, music and television. He describes himself as sharp, quick and amazing. He is most proud of being the first person in his family to go to college and leave his hometown. His favorite sport is college football. His hero is Hugh Hefner.
He believes he's a perfect candidate for Survivor: Pearl Islands because he claims he is "smarter than the average bear" with great organizational skills, leadership ability, has a strong work ethic and doesn't leave things unfinished.
His birth date is March 11, 1974."
From his CBS Survivor: Micronesia bio page:
"Originally from Danville, Virginia, Jon Dalton attended George Washington High School followed by college at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg. After college, he moved to Washington, D.C. and Portland, Oregon before settling in Los Angeles.
Dalton burst onto the reality TV scene with the help of his best friend, Thunder D, and the infamous "Dead Grandma" deception on Survivor: Pearl Islands, on which he was the breakout star (and rated as the #2 television moment in E!'s "101 Most Outrageous TV Moments"). He has continued to excel as one of the more memorable faces of reality TV and professional wrestling and signed a contract with TNA Wrestling, combining for the first time the reality television and wrestling genres. He went on to win an ESPY Award for best non-sports sports moment by being body slammed over the top rope by Chicago Bears All-Pro player Brian Urlacher. From Howard Stern to "Tyra Banks," Jack & Ron & Fez to "Living It Up with Allie," Dalton has made numerous memorable radio and TV appearances.
In the reality genre, Dalton has continued to deliver some of the most memorable moments on television. His MTV "True Life" is the highest-rated episode in the history of the series. On "Celebrity Poker Showdown," he "Fairplayed" his longtime friend Trishelle Canatella by eliminating her from the game. On A&E's "Inked" he was kicked out of the tattoo Parlor. On "Reality Stars Fear Factor" he ousted Jonathan Baker and Victoria Fuller and went on to become the first contestant in the history of the show to return after his eviction to serve as co-host. Dalton again shocked the world when he was on the Summer 2005 "Kill Reality," in which he supplied this show with an endless string of memorable moments. He also delivered an inspired performance as DQ in the 2005 motion picture, "The Scorned," which was spawned from "Kill Reality." All these memorable appearances have resulted in Dalton receiving The Most Memorable Reality Star in the History of Reality Television honor at the Really Awards on Fox Reality.
Dalton's birth date is March 11, 1974.[2]"