Candice Leigh Cody[1] (née Woodcock) is a contestant from Survivor: Cook Islands, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, and Survivor: Blood vs. Water.
In Cook Islands, Candice attracted the attention of several men in her original season, most notably Adam Gentry. She was mainly known for her mutiny to go with the Raro Alliance, resulting in the creation of the Aitu Four. This move proved fatal for Candice, who was then frequently sent to Exile Island by the Aitu Four out of revenge. After Jonathan Penner flipped on the Raro Alliance, Candice found herself in the minority and was voted out.
In Heroes vs. Villains, Candice was initially a part of the Heroes Alliance. However, her awareness of her status on the outside of the alliance prompted her to flip to Russell Hantz and his Villains' alliance once the Heroes were down in numbers. After her flip, Candice was betrayed, and sent to the jury.
In Blood vs. Water, Candice was known for her fierce hatred towards Brad Culpepper, and going on a short Redemption Island duel streak, only to lose to her husband, John Cody, and Brad.
Profile[]
Retrieved from CBS.com
Candice Woodcock was born and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She graduated from Terry Sanford High School where she was president of her class and captain of the soccer and cross country teams. She received a perfect score on the math portion of her SATs. Woodcock won full merit scholarships to both the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University. She accepted the Morehead Scholarship to attend UNC-Chapel Hill and eventually received her Bachelor of Science Degree in biology and psychology with a minor in chemistry. Survivor: Africa inspired Woodcock to do service work in Africa. Following her freshman year of college, she spent 10 and a half weeks living in a mud hut with a tribal family in the western highlands of Kenya. She taught primary and secondary school in the village and designed her own service project where she ran a clinic that distributed over 700 pairs of eyeglasses that had been donated by parties in the United States. Inspired by her work in Kenya, Woodcock became the fundraising director and then executive director of Students for Students International, a completely student-run, non-profit organization at UNC-Chapel Hill that gives scholarships to students in Zimbabwe and Tanzania. Woodcock also spent a summer studying health care in Chile and Peru and another summer splitting her time between work at the Cancer Clinic at George Washington University Hospital and La Clinica del Pueblo, a free Latino clinic in Washington, D.C. After graduation, Woodcock decided to take a year off before continuing her studies. She worked full-time for six months as an Assistant Director of Clinical Trials and as a Director of External Practice Development for an ophthalmology practice, and then part-time for the following six months. She has just begun graduate school at Georgetown University to attain a Master's Degree in physiology and biophysics. She then plans to attend medical school. She hopes to use her medical degree to do service work in developing countries and also in underserved areas of the U.S. Woodcock enjoys spending time with her family and friends, working out, playing sports, being in the water and playing with her dog, Louis James. Woodcock currently resides in Washington, D.C. Her birth date is November 12, 1982.[2]
Candice Woodcock (27) Tribe: Heroes
Name (Age): Candice (30) |
Survivor[]
Cook Islands[]
Candice started the game on the Caucasian Rarotonga tribe, where she became quick friends with all of her tribemates, notably Parvati Shallow, love interest Adam Gentry, and Jonathan Penner. Though Raro would win every Immunity Challenge during the four-tribe phase of the game, Candice did attract controversy at the end of the Immunity Challenge on Day 6. Realizing he would be next to go from the Aitutaki tribe, Billy Garcia whispered his predicament to Candice. Candice told him "we love you" ("we" as in Rarotonga), which Billy misinterpreted as "I love you", and so Billy told Candice he loved her in response. At Tribal Council that night, Billy told both his tribe and Jeff Probst that his prize from the game was falling in love with Candice, although no one took him seriously.
On Day 7, Candice was switched to the Aitu tribe, alongside Jonathan and Jessica Smith (nicknamed Flicka). Though she was sent to Exile Island ahead of the group's first Tribal Council, Jonathan was able to secure Candice's position within the group, creating a four-way alliance with original Puka Puka members Yul Kwon and Becky Lee. Following her return, Candice remained loyal to her new allies, eliminating both Cao Boi Bui and Flicka at subsequent Tribal Councils.
On Day 19, Jeff Probst offered the castaways the opportunity to mutiny from one tribe to another. Wanting to reconnect with her allies Adam and Parvati, Candice quickly mutinied from Aitu and was followed by Jonathan, much to the fury of her remaining Aitu tribemates. Though Candice was able to reestablish her friendships with Adam and Parvati and survive several votes, Aitu's winning streak would result in Candice being sent to Exile Island multiple times as punishment for her betrayal.
On Day 25, Candice joined the newly merged Aitutonga tribe. Though Candice's Raro Alliance held a 5-4 majority over the Aitu Four, Jonathan was convinced to flip on Raro by Yul after he showed him his Hidden Immunity Idol, eliminating Candice's ally Nate Gonzalez at Tribal Council. Now in the minority, Candice and her remaining allies attempted to turn the Aitu Four against Jonathan for his dishonesty. In the end though, Candice's pleas fell on deaf ears and she was eliminated in a 5-3 vote on Day 30. After kissing Adam on her way out of Tribal Council, Candice became the fifth member of the jury.
At the Final Tribal Council, Candice pointed out that Yul was dancing around the jurors questions and said she only wanted a yes or no answer or he would lose her vote. Candice asked Yul if he felt any shame in how he worked the jury. After some hesitation, Yul said yes. Yul almost explained himself but Candice stopped him, pointing out he broke her rule. Despite that mistake, Candice voted for Yul to win the title of Sole Survivor, crucial in allowing him to defeat Ozzy Lusth in a close 5-4-0 vote.
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rarotonga | Lock, Load and Light | Reward/Immunity | No | 3rd |
| 2 | Tow the Line | Reward/Immunity | No | 1st | |
| Switched Tribes, Day 7 | |||||
| 3 | Aitutaki | Steeple Chase | Immunity | No | Lost1 |
| 4 | Sacrificial Lamb | Reward | No | Won | |
| Mayday | Immunity | No | Won | ||
| 5 | Never Tear Us Apart | Reward | No | Lost | |
| United We Stand | Immunity | No | Won | ||
| 6 | Kicking and Screaming | Reward | No | Won | |
| 8 | Smash and Grab | Reward | No | Won | |
| Stairway to Heaven | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| Mutinied, Day 20 | |||||
| 9 | Rarotonga | Barrel of Monkeys | Reward | No | Lost |
| Depth Charge | Immunity | Yes | Lost | ||
| 10 | Make Your Point | Reward | No | Lost | |
| South Pacific | Immunity | Yes | Lost | ||
| Tribes Merged, Day 25 | |||||
| 11 | Aitutonga | Get a Grip | Immunity | Lost | |
| 12 | Survivor Auction | ||||
| Recollection | Immunity | Lost | |||
| Voted Out, Day 30 | |||||
| Notes: ^1 After winning the Immunity Challenge, Rarotonga was given the opportunity to send one player to Exile Island, allowing them to abstain from Tribal Council. Rarotonga exiled Candice.
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| Episode | Candice's Votes |
Voted Against Candice |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rarotonga Tribe Immune | |
| 2 | Rarotonga Tribe Immune | |
| 3 | On Exile Island1 | |
| 4 | Aitutaki Tribe Immune | |
| 5 | Aitutaki Tribe Immune | |
| 6 | Cao Boi | Cao Boi |
| 8 | Jessica | - |
| 9 | Brad | - |
| 10 | Rebecca | - |
| Jenny | - | |
| 11 | Yul | - |
| 12 | Jonathan | Becky, Jonathan, Ozzy, Sundra, Yul |
| Voted Out, Day 30 | ||
| Voted for Sole Survivor |
Yul | |
^1 In "Flirting and Frustration", Rarotonga sent Candice to Exile Island, granting her immunity from Aitutaki's Tribal Council.
Heroes vs. Villains[]
A controversial inclusion on the cast, Candice entered the season on the Heroes tribe due to her having chosen to nobly mutiny from Aitutaki to join her former Rarotonga allies. Though Candice did not form many social connections in the early days of the game, she was eventually recruited as a number into the majority Heroes Alliance which opposed a minority group led by Tom Westman, who tried multiple times to pull Candice to his side.
By the time the majority of Tom's alliance had been eliminated, several of Candice's tribemates (most notably Amanda Kimmel) had begun to view her as unreliable for entertaining Tom's pleas, and planned to vote her out at the Double Tribal Council on Day 15. Luckily for Candice, she managed to win an individual Immunity Necklace, saving herself from elimination. The Heroes went on to win the remaining tribal Immunity Challenges, keeping Candice safe until the merge.
When the Heroes and Villains merged into Yin Yang, Candice initially remained committed to her original Heroes Alliance. However, they were soon put into a 5-4 minority following a double Hidden Immunity Idol play from Parvati Shallow on Day 27. In the aftermath of this vote, Russell Hantz approached Candice about defecting to the Villains, which she agreed to consider. Ahead of the next Tribal Council, Candice consulted with Sandra Diaz-Twine on which group to side with; initially, Sandra wanted to join with the remaining Heroes to vote out Russell, but with Candice reluctant to do so, both women ultimately voted with the Villains, helping to eliminate Amanda in a 6-3 vote.
Upon returning to camp, both Rupert Boneham and Colby Donaldson lambasted Candice for her betrayal, though she was largely unbothered, feeling secure in her position amongst the Villains. After Russell misplayed a Hidden Immunity Idol at the previous Tribal Council, Candice helped the Villains in their search for the re-hidden idol. Though the idol was found by Sandra, Rupert managed to convince the tribe that he had found it instead. After the Immunity Challenge, the original Villains planned to split the votes between Rupert and Colby, but Jerri Manthey pushed to have the vote split between Rupert and Candice instead, viewing the latter as a larger threat.
At Tribal Council, Candice joined the Villains in splitting the vote 3-3, unaware that she was the secondary target instead of Colby. In a surprising turn of events, both Rupert and Colby voted for Candice as revenge for her betrayal of Amanda. This combined with the three other votes from the split vote was enough to blindside and eliminate Candice 5-3. She became the fifth member of the jury.
At Final Tribal Council, Candice criticized Russell for his duplicitous gameplay and likened Parvati's alliance with him to that of an abusive relationship. Candice eventually voted for Sandra to win, alongside all the other Hero jury members and Courtney Yates.
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heroes | Battle Dig | Reward | No | Won |
| Lock, Load and Light | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 2 | A Crate Idea | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost | |
| 3 | Sumo in Mud | Reward/Immunity | No | Won | |
| 4 | Slip, Slide & Score | Reward | No | Lost | |
| Roll With It | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 5 | Schmergen Brawl | Reward | No | Lost | |
| Blind Cube Crisis | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 6 | Rope-a-Dope1 | Immunity | Won | ||
| Reward | No | Lost | |||
| 7 | Basket Brawl | Reward | No | Won | |
| Caught in the Web | Immunity | No | Won | ||
| 8 | Fauxconut Bowling | Reward | No | Won | |
| Mud Slide | Immunity | No | Won | ||
| 9 | Chimney Sweep | Reward | No | Lost | |
| Strung Out | Immunity | No | Won | ||
| Tribes Merged, Day 25 | |||||
| 10 | Yin Yang | Get a Grip | Immunity | Lost | |
| 11 | Pacific Shuffle | Reward | Lost | ||
| House of Cards | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 12 | When It Rains, It Pours | Immunity | Lost | ||
| Voted Out, Day 31 | |||||
| Notes: ^1 The tribes competed in separate individual Immunity Challenges where the winners from both tribes competed against each other for tribal reward.
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| Episode | Candice's Votes |
Voted Against Candice |
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| 1 | Sugar | - |
| 2 | Stephenie | - |
| 3 | Heroes Tribe Immune | |
| 4 | - | |
| 5 | Tom | - |
| 6 | James | Individual Immunity |
| 7 | Heroes Tribe Immune | |
| 8 | Heroes Tribe Immune | |
| 9 | Heroes Tribe Immune | |
| 10 | - | |
| 11 | Amanda | - |
| 12 | Rupert | Colby, Jerri, Rupert, Russell, Sandra |
| Voted Out, Day 31 | ||
| Voted for Sole Survivor |
Sandra | |
^1 In "Tonight, We Make Our Move", Tom used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Candice's vote against him.
^2 In "Going Down in Flames", Jerri used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Candice's vote against her.
Blood vs. Water[]
Candice went on to play for a third time in Survivor: Blood vs. Water with her loved one and husband, John Cody. As she was a returning player, she joined the Galang tribe. At the First Impressions vote, she voted for Laura Morett because she did not know anything about her; however, the majority of the tribe voted out Candice for the same reason, sending her to Redemption Island. John, her loved one, was offered a chance to take her place, but Candice wanted John to experience the game as she had already played twice before and chose to stay on Redemption Island.
At the first Redemption Island duel, Candice and Rupert Boneham (who had taken his wife's place on Redemption Island) competed against Marissa Peterson. Candice won, and gave a clue to the whereabouts of the Tadhana Hidden Immunity Idol to John, while Marissa came in second place, eliminating Rupert. Candice and Marissa next competed against Rachel Foulger, and, while Rachel was eliminated, Candice won and chose to give a second idol clue to John.
On Night 8, John was voted out of Tadhana, joining Candice and Marissa on Redemption Island. At the arena the following day, Candice made several negative comments towards Brad Culpepper, who she deemed responsible for John's elimination. After both she and John survived the duel, Candice instructed John to give the clue to Brad's wife, Monica Culpepper, in an attempt to paint a target on her. However, Monica chose to publicly burn the clue at the arena instead. On Night 10, Brad was voted out and joined Candice and John on Redemption Island, much to her delight. At her fourth duel on Day 11, Candice competed against John and Brad, but narrowly lost to the latter, permanently eliminating her.
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
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| Voted Out, Day 1 | |||||
| 2 | Galang | Operation Balance Build | Duel | 1st | |
| 3 | Domino Effect | 1st | |||
| 4 | Odd Shaped Bottoms | 2nd | |||
| 5 | A Game of Bridge | Lost | |||
| Eliminated, Day 11 | |||||
Post-Survivor[]
Candice and John on their wedding.
- During the Live Reunion Show for Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, Candice announced that she was engaged to John Cody. They got married on May 1, 2010 in Frederick, Maryland. Three years later, Candice returned to Survivor with her husband as part of Survivor: Blood vs. Water.
- On January 9, 2010, Candice attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party along with all of her Heroes vs. Villains cast mates.
- Candice and John welcomed their first daughter, Beatrix Leigh Cody, born on September 12, 2015.[5]
- Candice and John had their second child, a son named Forrest Henry, on June 7, 2017.[6]
- Candice and John had their third child, a second son named Hunter Maxwell, on January 19, 2021.[7]
Trivia[]
- Candice is the youngest contestant to compete on Cook Islands.
- Candice went the longest without going to Tribal Council in Cook Islands, where she first attended only in the sixth episode.
- Candice is the first person to accept the offer to mutiny.
- Candice was offered a spot on Micronesia, but declined as she had just started medical school.[8]
- Candice stated that she was originally supposed to be a member of the Villains tribe, but was switched with Parvati Shallow at the last second.[9]
- Candice is the only Hero to win individual immunity during Heroes vs. Villains.
- Having finished 8th in two different seasons, Candice is one of five contestants to finish in the same position twice. The others are James Clement, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Jonathan Penner, Erik Reichenbach, and Tony Vlachos.
- However, Candice is the first person to finish in the same position with the same number of castaways twice. She would later be followed by Erik.
- Coincidentally, both were the youngest person on their original season.
- In both Cook Islands and Heroes vs. Villains, she was the 13th person voted out and the 5th Jury Member.
- However, Candice is the first person to finish in the same position with the same number of castaways twice. She would later be followed by Erik.
- Candice lost 10-12 lbs. in Heroes vs. Villains.[10]
- Candice and her husband John were a replacement pair on Blood vs. Water for RC Saint-Amour and her father, Craig. Craig suffered hypertension one day before filming, forcing the pair to be replaced.[11]
- Candice is the first returning player to compete under two different last names. She would be followed by Amber Mariano and Kim Spradlin-Wolfe.
- Candice is one of three castaways to have lived on Exile Island and Redemption Island, the others being fellow Blood vs. Water castaway Aras Baskauskas and fellow Cook Islands castaway Ozzy Lusth.
References[]
- ↑ http://www.hipaaspace.com/Medical_Billing/Coding/National_Provider_Identifier/Codes/NPI_1962793075.txt
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20230407203045/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/20389/
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20230206204639/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/39395/
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20220523045143/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/214735/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/JPCodyMD/status/643826307072139265
- ↑ http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/news/sme/564/castaways-john-and-candice-cody-welcome-a-son-to-their-survivor-tribe/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/candicecodymd/status/1362839085585432581?s=21
- ↑ https://robhasawebsite.com/survivor-cagayan-episode-2-recap-john-candice-cody-interview-cops-r-us-2014/
- ↑ https://robhasawebsite.com/survivor-cagayan-episode-2-recap-john-candice-cody-interview-cops-r-us-2014/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeHF8nHgn0s
- ↑ http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/08/29/survivor-blood-vs-water-jeff-probst-pair-replaed/
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