Cindy Hall

Cindy Hall is a contestant from Survivor: Guatemala.

Cindy is the first castaway to win a car in a Reward Challenge and be granted the opportunity to give away her car so that all the other castaways would receive a car, thereby lifting the Car Curse from her shoulders. She refused and, true to the curse, was eliminated in 5th place.

Profile[]

Retrieved from CBS.com

Cindy Hall was born and raised in Maysville, Kentucky, with her identical twin sister, Mindy. She spent three years studying at Ohio State University in Columbus before relocating to Florida. She is currently a zookeeper/animal trainer and has previously worked as a primate expedition cruise captain, a pet counselor and a coffee house manager.

A huge Survivor fan since Survivor: The Australian Outback, Hall has applied to be on the show a total of four times. She describes herself as passionate, tenacious and naturalistic. As someone who has no trouble voicing her opinion about anything, Hall admits her fuse is easily ignited. She feels that her athletic ability, resourcefulness and competitive edge will carry her all the way to the end. In her spare time she likes to fish, camp, canoe and play co-ed softball.

Hall's primary motivation for being on the show is committing herself to an extraordinary challenge and proving wrong anyone who has ever doubted her strength and spirit. The idea of fighting for your beliefs resonates deeply with Hall.

An avid animal lover, Hall currently resides in Naples, Florida, with her four cats, one dog, an African tortoise and an Indonesian blue-tongued skink. Her birth date is June 28, 1974.^[1]

Survivor[]

Upon learning that Bobby Jon Drinkard was going to be on her tribe, Cindy was pleased because of his reputation. Cindy began the game on the Nakúm tribe, where she was one of the stronger women of the tribe who helped to tend to the men after the 11 mile hike through the jungle. Cindy was very strong in challenges, and skated to the tribal swap, where she remained on Nakúm with Brooke Struck, Judd Sergeant, and Margaret Bobonich, while four original Yaxhá members came over as well. Cindy voted with her former tribe at the new Nakúm tribe's first Tribal Council, but Judd flipped and eliminated Brooke.

Cindy was now at the bottom of her tribe, but managed to lay low and let Margaret take the heat for arguing with Judd nonstop. Nakúm came into the merge with numbers over Yaxhá, and it looked like it would be a smooth ride to the final six. Cindy remained unnoticed and un-targeted by the merged Xhakúm tribe. The first hiccup in her ride occurred when her alliance wanted to vote out Jamie Newton instead of Gary Hogeboom, a rival tribe member. Judd was not told of the plan, and felt uneasy towards his alliance.

Later, Cindy was shocked when Judd was blindsided by her alliance, but she did not know about it. Seeing a pattern with Jamie's and Judd's blindsides, Cindy feared she was next. At the final five Reward Challenge, Cindy won a Pontiac Torrent, but was given the option to relinquish her own car to allow the other four remaining competitors, Danni Boatwright, Stephenie LaGrossa, Rafe Judkins, and Lydia Morales to each have one. After a tough decision, Cindy decided to keep the car for herself. She did not believe in the Car Curse and also thought that giving the four people a car would not make them give her one million dollars.

Rafe and Danni believed that she should have given up the car, but Stephenie and Lydia thought she made the right decision. Despite this and her close relationship with Rafe, Cindy's prediction came true and she was voted out of the tribe in fifth place.

At Final Tribal Council, Cindy asked both finalists which juror they would remove. Danni said Rafe because he surely would vote for Stephenie. Stephenie faltered, struggling to answer. Eventually she said Bobby Jon because he was the first member of the jury. Because Danni answered confidently and justified her answer, Cindy gave her jury vote to Danni.

Episode	Tribe Affiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1	Nakúm	11-Mile Hike	Reward	No	Won
1		Paddle Battle	Immunity	No	Lost
2		Web Over Water	Reward	No	Won
2		Dragged Through Mud	Immunity	No	Won
3		Blind Build	Reward	No	Won
3		Holding Court	Immunity	No	Won
4		Rows and Throws	Immunity	No	Lost
5		Slave to the Grind	Reward	No	Lost
5		What's for Launch?	Immunity	No	Won
6		Boulder Smash	Reward¹	No	Won
6		Sudden Death	Immunity	No	Lost
7		Spooling Around	Reward	No	Lost
7		Tomb Raider	Immunity	No	Won
Tribes Merged, Night 18
8	Xhakúm	Pot Head	Immunity	No	Lost
9		Atlatl	Reward		2nd²
9		Bridge It	Immunity		Lost
10		Mud Slide	Reward		Lost
10		Around the Bend	Immunity		Lost
11		Shattered Dreams	Reward		Won
11		Maya Folklore	Immunity		Lost
12		Survivor Auction
12		Watch Your Step	Immunity		Lost
13		Second Chance	Reward		Won
13		Pole Dancing	Immunity		Lost
Voted Out, Day 36
Notes: ^1 Both tribes were sent to Tribal Council. The tribe that won the Reward Challenge earned the right to compete in an individual Immunity Challenge. ^2 The reward was dependent on each castaway's finish in the challenge.

Episode	Cindy's Votes	Voted Against Cindy
1	Jim	-
2	Nakúm Tribe Immune
3	Nakúm Tribe Immune
4	Lydia	-
5	Nakúm Tribe Immune
6	Margaret	-
7	Nakúm Tribe Immune
8	Brandon	-
9	Bobby Jon	Gary
10	Jamie	-
11	Gary	Gary
12	Lydia	-
13	Rafe	Danni, Lydia, Rafe, Stephenie
Voted Out, Day 36
Voted for Sole Survivor	Danni

Post-Survivor[]

On January 9, 2010, Cindy attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.

Trivia[]

Cindy is the first, and currently only, contestant to have the option of giving up a car reward and allowing the remaining competitors to each receive one instead.
Cindy is one of three Guatemala castaways to have a twin. The others are Jamie Newton and Judd Sergeant.
Cindy's 31st birthday was on Day 2 of Guatemala.
Cindy is the highest-placing Guatemala castaway to not switch tribes at the tribe switch.
Despite being the sixth person voted out of Xhakúm, Cindy is the lowest-placing woman of the tribe.
Cindy is the only woman from the original Nakúm tribe to be on the jury.