Challenges: MPF percentile
31%
Seasons: 1 | Days played: 21 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 1
- Survivor 46 (2024) - 7th place, 12th out - 5th juror.
- Voted out in Episode 11, "My Messy, Sweet Little Friend" (Day 21).
| Challenge stats | Tribal council stats | Jury stats | Overall stats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ChW | ChA | ChW% | VFB | VAP | TCA | TC% | wTCR | JVF | TotJ | JV% | SurvSc | SurvAv |
| Survivor 46 | 1.37 | 7.12 | 0.19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0.47 | 1.00 | - | - | - | 0.66 | 2.37 |
| Career | 1.37 | 7.12 | 0.19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0.47 | 1.00 | - | - | - | 0.66 | 2.37 |
Venus Vafa - Performance ranks
Tribal: VFB% percentile
47%
Tribal: rVAP percentile
19%
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.
Venus Vafa - Challenge record
Survivor
46 challenges 
Tribal/team challenge record (6-for-9; 1 sit-out):
- Survivor 46 Ep. 1 RC: "Tiers of Heaven" - Hauls pieces, works puzzle, and Nami wins (1st/3).
- Survivor 46 Ep. 1 IC: "Lizard King" - Hauls gecko, works puzzle with Soda; Nami wins (1st/3).
- Survivor 46 Ep. 2 IC: "Arch Madness" - Digs, hauls, holds up pieces, and Nami wins (1st/3).
- Survivor 46 Ep. 3 RC/IC: "Blue Lagoon Bustle" - Crosses obstacles; Nami wins (1st/3).
- Survivor 46 Ep. 4 RC: "Wear My Ring" - Sits out, as Nami takes second.
- Survivor 46 Ep. 4 IC: "The Deep" - Crosses obstacles, Nami wins (1st/3).
- Survivor 46 Ep. 5 RC/IC: "Knock One Back" - Hits Nami's second target, Nami wins (1st/3).
- Survivor 46 Ep. 6 RC/IC: "Super Ramp" - Part of the losing orange team.
- Survivor 46 Ep. 9 team RC: "Stage Fright" - With Q and Liz, one of two losing teams, out in the 2nd stage.
Individual challenge record (0-for-5): (Mean % finish: 48.9%)
- Survivor 46 Ep. 7 RC/IC: "Bermuda Triangle" - Third out on the winning purple team, on one-foot stage (4th/6).
- Survivor 46 Ep. 8 IC: "Get a Grip" - Eighth person to drop out, over 15 minutes in (3rd/10).
- Survivor 46 Ep. 10 RC: "Running on Empty" - Tosses several times, does not win (tie-2nd/8).
- Survivor 46 Ep. 10 IC: "Wrist Assured" - First out, fairly quickly (7th/7).
- Survivor 46 Ep. 11 RC/IC: "Scramble On" - Places one ball, drops winning one at the last possible second (tie-2nd/7).
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- Survivor 46: None.
Career totals - challenges
| Wins: | 6 |
| Played: | 9 |
| Win%: | 0.67 |
| Sat out: | 1 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 5 |
| Win%: | 0.00 |
| Mean % Finish: | 48.9% |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean % Finish: | - |
Venus Vafa - Tribal Council record
Survivor
46 Tribal 
Idols held/played (1/0):
- Survivor 46, Ep. 2: Told by Randen about the Beware advantage box/clue (Night 4). Unclear if she was given the exact location before his medevac (Day 7). (It's re-hidden in Ep5, and Hunter finds it, so this is moot.)
- Survivor 46, Ep. 11: Finds the Nuinui idol during a group hunt, tells nobody (Day 20).
- Survivor 46, Ep. 11: Voted out after merely hinting she had one, without playing it (Day 21).
VFB - Votes for the person booted (3/6):
| Tribal | Voted | Boot (totals) | VFB? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep6 | Moriah | Moriah Gaynor (voted out, 10-1) | Yes |
| Ep7 | Soda | Soda Thompson (voted out, 4-2) | Yes |
| Ep8 | Tevin | Tevin Davis (voted out, 8-2) | Yes |
| Ep9 | Q | Hunter McKnight (voted out, 4-4-1 [6-1]) | - |
| Ep10 | Q | Tiffany Ervin (voted out, 5-3) | - |
| Ep11 | Q | Venus Vafa (voted out, 5-1-1) | - |
| 6 | TOTALS | 3 | |
VAP - Votes against (10):
- Survivor 46, Ep. 6: One vote, from Charlie.
- Survivor 46, Ep. 7: Two votes, from Soda and Tevin.
- Survivor 46, Ep. 8: Two votes, from Hunter and Tevin.
- Survivor 46, Ep. 11: Five votes, Charlie, Kenzie, Liz, Maria, and Q (voted out, 5-1-1).
Jury votes made (1/1):
- Survivor 46, Ep. 13: Voted for Kenzie Petty, who won, 5-3-0.
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Found: | 1 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Votes voided: | - |
| VFB: | 3 |
| Tribals: | 6 |
| VAP: | 10 |
| Made: | 1 |
| For winners: | 1 |
| Received: | - |
Venus Vafa - Pictures
Survivor 46 image gallery -
Survivor 46 intro shot -
Survivor 46 intro shot -
CBS pre-game interview shot -
Application video shot -
On the boat, Day 1 -
Opening sequence confessional -
Greeting Probst -
Starting line, Ep1 RC -
Nami wins! -
Nami tribe meet-and-greet -
Just got caught looking for idols by Randen -
Hauling gecko, Ep1 IC -
Working the puzzle with Soda -
Learning about Randen's beware idol, Ep2 -
Not quite right, Ep2 IC -
Nami wins again -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 RC/IC -
Nami wins again -
Another Nami victory, Ep4 IC -
Watching Hunter look for idols, Ep5 -
Retrieving keys, Ep5 RC/IC -
Nami wins! -
Retrieving keys, Ep5 RC/IC -
Three tribes, one beach, Ep6 -
Excited to have someone other than Nami to talk to and/or play with -
Approaching Moriah and Tim -
Teams drawn, Ep6 RC/IC -
Trying to catch the purple team -
The losing orange team -
Not-merge tribe, Ep6 Tribal -
Talking to Probst -
Lamenting getting votes, Ep7 -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep7 RC/IC -
Starting line -
Still going... -
Reward feasting -
Purple team, second Ep7 Tribal -
Listening to Charlie -
Talking about the Soda blindside, Ep8 -
Hide n' Seek-ing -
Talking about how people hide reveals their game -
Getting a Grip, Ep8 IC -
Final three! -
Nuinui, Ep8 Tribal -
Q wants to be voted out?! -
Ep9 RC/IC (first stage), now in progress -
Nuinui, Ep9 Tribal -
Seems legit -
Tossing sandbags, Ep10 RC -
Not picked for the Applebee's reward -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep10 IC -
Still in it, barely -
Nuinui, Ep10 Tribal -
Just found the idol during a group hunt, Ep11 -
Pretending to keep looking for it -
Yep, it's an idol -
Nuinui colored, even -
Grim foreshadowing -
Everyone on the final stage, Ep11 RC/IC -
*thisclose* to the win, but no -
Out of the running for food reward again -
Listening to Q, Ep11 Tribal -
Fifth member of our jury... -
Snuffed with an idol, Day 21 (Episode 11) -
With the jury, Final Tribal Council -
Finalists plus jury, Aftershow
Venus Vafa - Interviews
Survivor 46 interviews Pre-game interviews
- Mike Bloom at Parade.com (2/8/24): "Venus Vafa Has a High Threshold to Trust"
- Mike Bloom at RHAP (2/16/24): "Venus Vafa | Survivor 46 Pre-Season Interview" (YouTube)
Post-game interviews
- Sydney Bucksbaum at EW.com (5/9/22): "Venus Vafa reveals why she wasn't the biggest villain on Survivor 46"
- Mike Bloom at Parade.com (5/9/22): "Venus Vafa Responds to the 'Character Assassination' from Her Cast"
- Rob Cesternino at RHAP (5/9/22): "Survivor 46 | Exit Interview with the Fifth Juror - Ep11"
Venus Vafa - Bio
Survivor 46 bio Official CBS Survivor 46 bio excerpts, as published by Dalton Ross at EW.com (February 5, 2024):
"Name three of your favorite hobbies: Playing poker, creative writing, and making short films. This is going to sound weird as hell… but cleaning is one of my favorite hobbies. I don’t care if it’s not considered one, it brings me so much peace and clarity. Yes, I am a clean freak.
List three adjectives that best describe yourself: Passionate, persistent, sassy
How would your friends describe you? They would describe me as a someone with a really tough exterior (think Regina George from Mean Girls), but a secret softy. I am actually a crybaby under my tough girl façade and am very emotional and empathetic to the tiniest of things.
What risks have you taken in your life, to make a change for the better, even if the outcome wasn’t planned? I come from a very conservative household. When it came time to choose universities, I was faced with two options: 1) The easy option: A school 30 minutes away from home, meaning I would live with my parents and not have to worry about rent or meals, or 2) The hard option: A school eight hours away that I would have to fund myself and be on my own for the first time in my life. I chose the second option, and to this day it has been the best decision I have ever made in my life.
What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? My biggest accomplishment is also my biggest lesson in never giving up: graduating from university.
What is something we would never know from looking at you? I am very observant and can see right through people’s facades. The threshold to earn my trust is quite high BUT I become fast friends with the few people who meet it. I can tell when someone is authentic and on the same wavelength as me and quickly become as thick as thieves with them. This should come in extra handy on Survivor!
What past Survivor would you play the game most like? Parvati, Cirie"