Survivor contestant Monica Padilla

Monica Padilla - Survivor: Samoa, Survivor: Cambodia-Second Chance

Monica Padilla on social media: twitter | Instagram

Seasons: 2 | Days: 46 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 1

Survivor: Samoa (2009) - 7th place, 14th out - 6th juror.

Voted out in Episode 12, "Damage Control" (Day 33).

Survivor: Cambodia - Second Chance (2015) - 16th place, 5th out.

Voted out in Episode 5, "A Snake in the Grass" (Day 13).

Monica Padilla - Career statistics
	Challenge stats	Tribal council stats	Jury stats	Overall scores
Season	ChW	ChA	ChW%	VFB	VAP	TCA	TC%	wTCR	JVF	TotJ	JV%	SurvSc	SurvAv
S19: Samoa	1.00	7.68	0.13	4	7	7	0.56	1.45	-	-	-	0.77	2.45
S31: Cambodia	0.29	1.08	0.27	0	3	1	-0.50	0.00	-	-	-	-0.23	0.29
Career	1.29	8.76	0.15	4	10	8	0.48	1.27	-	-	-	0.63	1.92

Samoa challenges (click to expand/collapse)
Tribal/team challenge record (6-for-10, 3 sit-outs):
- Samoa Ep. 1 IC: "Yank Your Hank" - Helps work the puzzle, and Galu wins.
- Samoa Ep. 2 RC/IC: "Schmergen Brawl" - Sits out, as Galu wins.
- Samoa Ep. 3 RC/IC: "Sea Crates" - Collects crates, helps work the puzzle; Galu wins.
- Samoa Ep. 4 IC: "Well Stacked" - Slow on the rope bridge; Galu finally loses.
- Samoa Ep. 5 RC: "Samoa Smoothies" - Downs her sea urchin shake, Galu wins.
- Samoa Ep. 5 IC: "Sack Attack" - Shoots coconuts into Foa Foa's net, Galu wins.
- [Samoa Ep. 6 RC: "Roll With It" - Sits out, as Russell Swan is medically evacuated (not counted).]
- Samoa Ep. 7 RC: "Brain Food" - Makes the winning match, and Galu wins the yacht reward (except Laura).
- Samoa Ep. 7 IC: "Canoe Dueling" - Sits out, Galu wins yet again.
- Samoa Ep. 9 RC: "Coconut Code" - Blindfolded, works combo lock for the winning team.
- Samoa Ep. 10 RC: "Get Hooked" - Pulls ropes for the losing yellow team.
Individual challenge record (0-for-6): (Mean % finish: 40.3%)
- Samoa Ep. 8 IC: "Nut Cracker" - Hits her ball to the 2-point area (3rd/5).
- Samoa Ep. 9 IC: "Square Peg Round Hole" - Snags no bags in the 1st round (tie-8th/11).
- Samoa Ep. 10 IC: "Spear Me the Details" - Misses on her throw, but Dave breaks a tile for her. Hits outer ring on the second round of spear crossbowing (3rd/10).
- Samoa Ep. 11 IC: "Drop A Log" - Third person out at 24 minutes, no knots left (7th/9).
- Samoa Ep. 12 F8 IC: "Fauxconut Bowling" - Eliminated by Jaison (6-1) in the first round (tie-5th/8).
- Samoa Ep. 12 F7 IC: "Walk on Water" - Lands zero bags, dead last (7th/7).
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- [Samoa Ep. 1 RC: "Chief's Choice" - Does not participate, as Galu loses.]
- [Samoa Ep. 4 RC: "Bocce In A Box" - Does not participate, nor does Probst. Galu wins.]
Cambodia challenges (click to expand/collapse)
Tribal/team challenge record (2-for-6; 1 2nd; 2 sit-outs):
- Cambodia Ep. 1 RC/IC: "Quest for Fire" - Carries the raft, watches Joe get the key; Bayon wins!
- Cambodia Ep. 2 RC/IC: "Yank Yer Hank" - Crosses barriers, and Bayon wins again.
- Cambodia Ep. 3 RC/IC: "Draggin' the Dragon" - Now with New Bayon, initially on the puzzle, doesn't lose (2nd*/3).
- Cambodia Ep. 4 IC: "Blind Leading the Blind" - Sits out of a full Bayon win (1st/3).
- Cambodia Ep. 5 RC: "In the Barrel" - Rides in the barrel, collects bags, but Bayon loses (3rd/3).
- Cambodia Ep. 5 IC: "Air Raid" - Sits out of another Bayon loss (3rd/3).
*Note: Second-place finishes during the three-tribe phase of Cambodia count as half a win.

Individual challenge record (0-for-0):
- Cambodia: None.
Redemption/Exile Island duel record: (0-for-0)
- None.

Career challenge totals

Team/tribal challenges
Wins:	8
2nd place:	1
Played:	16
Win%:	0.53
Sat out:	5

Individual challenges
Wins:	0
Played:	6
Win%:	0.00
Mean% Finish:	40.3%

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

Samoa Tribal (click to expand/collapse)
Idols held/played (0/0):
- Samoa: None.
VFB - Votes for the person booted (4/7):
- Samoa, Ep. 4: Yasmin Giles (voted out, 8-2).
- Samoa, Ep. 8: Erik Cardona (voted out, 10-2).
- Samoa, Ep. 11: John Fincher (voted out, 7-1-1).
- Samoa, Ep. 12 (F8 vote): Dave Ball (voted out, 7-1).
VAP - Votes against (7):
- Samoa, Ep. 4: Two votes, from Shambo and Yasmin.
- Samoa, Ep. 12 (F7 vote): Five votes, from Natalie, Russell, Mick, Jaison, and Shambo (voted out, 5-2).
Jury votes made (1/1):
- Samoa, Ep. 14: Voted for Natalie White, who won, 7-2-0.
Cambodia Tribal (click to expand/collapse)
Idols held/played: (0/0)
- None.
VFB - Votes for the person booted (0/1):
- Cambodia: None.
VAP - Votes against (3):
- Cambodia, Ep. 5: Three votes, from Jeremy, Kimmi, and Stephen (voted out, 3-2-1).
Jury votes made (0):
- None.

Career Tribal Council totals

Hidden idols
Found:	0
Played:	0
Votes voided:	--

Voting record
VFB:	4
Tribals:	8
VAP:	10

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

Samoa image gallery (click to expand/collapse)

Samoa intro shot

Samoa intro shot

Galu arrival, Day 1

Excited to play

Starting line, Ep1 hero RC

Watching the balance beam stage

The losing Galus

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 IC

Working the puzzle

Galu wins!

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 RC/IC

Watching from the sit-out bench

Galu wins!

Excited to get a swimsuit, Ep3

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 RC/IC

Starting line

Getting started on the puzzle

Galu wins!

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 IC

Building the final tower

The losing Galus

Thinking she might be in trouble tonight

Galu, Ep4 Tribal Council

Listening to Probst

Happy to have survived Tribal, Ep5

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 RC

Downing a delicious smoothie

Watching Dave vs. Ashley

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 IC

Shooting coconuts

Galu wins. Yay.

Huddling for warmth, Ep6

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep6 RC

Probst halts the challenge as Russ faints

My name's coming up again

Galu AND Foa Foa, Ep6 Tribal Council

There will be no vote (phew!)

Galu elects a new chief, Ep7

That snap vote was stupid

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep7 RC

Interim chief Brett elects to keep the tarp/fire kit

Making the winning match

All aboard the reward sailing ship

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep7 IC

Watching the puzzle stage

Galu wins!

Merge feasting, Ep8

Going on and on about the food

Occasionally regrettable

Getting a peek at Russell's idol

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep8 IC

The women, waiting to bat

Aiga, Ep8 Tribal Council

Listening to Probst

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep9 RC

Entering the code, blindfolded

Purple team wins!

Jumping in, sliding rocks reward

Reward feasting

Appreciating the reward

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep9 IC

Trying to snag a bag

Discussing options

Aiga, Ep9 Tribal Council

Listening to Probst

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep10 RC

Hauling John

Warning Laura about Shambo and John

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep10 IC

Hooray, throwing one rock for immunity

Made it to the final round, thanks to Dave

Trying to save Laura in a tie situation

I just have to trick the Foa Foas into voting John

Telling Mick

Aiga, Ep10 Tribal Council

Disappointed that Laura's gone, Ep11

Auction time!

Pre-auction sit-down

Enjoying her chicken, while Jaison ponders his advantage

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep11 IC

Still going, 20 minutes in

Aiga, Ep11 Tribal Council

Listening to Probst

Telling Jaison that Mick and Russell will get all the jury votes, Ep12

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep12 F8 IC

Bowling ... with a coconut

Telling Russell that Shambo will get all Galu's jury votes

It's called a Monica seed

Aiga, Ep12 F8 Tribal Council

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep12 F7 IC

Trying to catch up to Brett

I'm probably done, but I'll keep trying

You know, Mick, Russell is planning to take Natalie and Shambo

I'm not voting for some millionaire, Russell

Aiga, Ep12 F7 Tribal Council

Talking to Probst

The 12th person voted out, and our sixth juror...

Snuffed, Day 33 (Episode 12)
Cambodia image gallery (click to expand/collapse)

Cambodia intro shot

Cambodia intro shot

Cambodia pre-season video

Second Chance campaign video

With Mikayla, Kelley, and Natalie T, waiting to see who made the Second Chance cut

Monica is in! Heading to the stage.

But first, giving T-Bird a hug

Second Chance cast, first picture together

Slightly brighter cast picture

Pre-game interview

Pre-game cast posing with Parvati

Listening to Probst, Day 1

Plundering the boat

The race for rice begins

Paddling the raft

Weaving palm fronds, Day 1

In camp, talking to Joe

Ready to listen to the first treemail

Talking about wanting to blend in during challenges

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 RC/IC

Listening to Probst

More listening to Probst

Bayon starting line

Hauling the raft

Watching Joe get the key

Nobody breathe...

Bayon wins immunity!

Celebrating

Enjoying the immunity idol

Fishing with Joe, Ep2

Listening to Savage's story about meeting his wife

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 RC/IC

Listening to Probst

Starting line

Crossing barriers

Joe just completed the puzzle

Bayon wins immunity again!

Pre-swap lineup, Ep3

Picking a new buff...

...same as the old buff

The new Bayon tribe

Talking about her new tribe

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 IC

Listening to Probst

Watching Spencer retrieve a key

Initially working the puzzle with Spencer

Spencer and Jeremy finish up

Yay, second-place immunity

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 RC

Listening to Probst

Bayon cheers on Jeremy

Listening to Spencer

Ready to sit out, Ep4 IC

Talking about the Bayon women's early-morning food-gathering, early Ep5

Catching stuff

Arguing about clams

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 RC

Listening to Probst

Starting line

Collecting a ball bag

Watching Spencer roll

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 IC

Ready to sit out again

Eh, it's okay if we go to Tribal

Everyone's on board to vote Kelly

We good? Good.

HEading to Tribal

Bayon Ep5 Tribal Council

Listening to Stephen

First person, ever, to vote against Wiglesworth

Uh oh

What? Me?!

Snuffed, Day 13 (Ep.5)

Full cast (minus Vytas), reunion show

Samoa interviews (click to expand/collapse)
Pre-game interviews
- Andy Dehnart at RealityBlurred (9/9/09): "Monica Padilla: 'I love people, but if you piss me off, I will tend to have an attitude'"
Post-game interviews
- Dalton Ross at EW.com (12/14/09): "Monica calls Russell 'the biggest rat of Survivor history'"
- Andy Dehnart at RealityBlurred (12/14/09): "Monica says 'it's people like Brett who will get a lot of votes, and not people like Russell'"
- Kate Stanhope at TVGuide.com (12/14/09): "Monica: Russell's 'Burned a Lot of Bridges'"
- Carrie Bell at People.com (12/17/09): "Monica Padilla Talks Strategy & Losing Weight"
Cambodia interviews (click to expand/collapse)
Pre-game interviews
- Rob Cesternino at RHAP (5/11/15): "Survivor: Second Chances | Monica Padilla Interview"
- Erin Cebula at ET Canada (8/24/15): Pre-game video interview
- Josh Wigler at Parade.com (9/3/15): "Step Inside the Mind of Survivor's Monica Padilla"
- Dalton Ross at EW.com (9/6/15): "Survivor: Second Chance player Monica Padilla relives her complete tribe meltdown in Samoa"
- Pre-departure, in-studio CBS video interview (released 9/14/15)
- Gordon Holmes at XfinityTV.com (9/15/15): "Monica: 'Vytas, Stephen, Spencer Are Easy People to Flirt With'"
Post-game interviews
- Gordon Holmes at XfinityTV.com (10/22/15): "Monica: 'I Thought Kimmi Was My One Friend'"
- Josh Wigler at Parade.com (10/22/15): "Monica Padilla Tells Her Side of the Second Chance Story"
- Rob Cesternino at RHAP (10/22/15): "Exit Interview with the 5th Player Voted out of Cambodia"
- Dalton Ross & Jessica Shaw at EW.com (10/22/15): "Monica calls backstabbing Kimmi a 'rat' and a 'snitch'"
- Steve Helling at People (10/24/15): "Monica Padilla: The 'Survivor Gods' Didn't Want Me to Win"

Samoa bio (click to expand/collapse)

From her official CBS Survivor: Samoa bio page:

"Monica Padilla is the first in her family to not only complete her undergraduate degree but also obtain a Juris Doctor. Recently, she graduated from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, where she perfected, what she describes as, her power of persuasion. She fully intends to use her beauty and the fact that she “can sell ice cubes to an Eskimo” to her advantage in the game.

Exotic looks, in addition to intellect, have landed her a wide range of jobs, such as a clerk position at a well-known investment firm, as well as a position playing a theme park Pocahontas. With the keen ability to change from bookworm to party girl in a matter of moments, she is sure she will be able to adapt to anything she comes across on the island. She says that while in the Samoan wilderness, she will miss partying, clubbing and lunch with friends the most, which was exactly what she did in her free time even as she was in the home-stretch of obtaining her degree.

Much like Parvati and Amanda (from Survivor: Micronesia), she plans to be as “sweet as pie,” while subtly using the “flirt card,” in order to come off as endearing rather than overbearing. In addition to killing her fellow castaways with kindness, she has every intention of pulling her own weight around camp while studying their words and actions meticulously to “learn about her enemies before she chooses her weapon.” Confident that she can win the title of Sole Survivor, Monica plans to buy a designer purse as her first selfish purchase.

Monica resides in San Diego, Calif. and her birthday is July 14th."
Cambodia bio (click to expand/collapse)

From her CBS Survivor: Cambodia bio page (nothing to see there):

Official CBS pre-game interview: