Natalie Tenerelli

Natalie Tenerelli
Contestant Profile
Born	May 6, 1991 (1991-05-06)
Hometown	Acton, California
Occupation	Professional Dancer
Survivor Career
Version	United States
Tribe(s)	Ometepe Murlonio
Finish	Second Runner-Up (3/18)
Alliance(s)	Stealth R Us
Challenge Wins	5
Votes Against	1
Days Lasted	39/39

Natalie Tenerelli is a contestant from Survivor: Redemption Island.

A member of the commanding Stealth R Us alliance, Natalie made it far into the game despite disagreements with its members, especially Phillip Sheppard. However, her unconditional deference to alliance leader Rob Mariano cost her the jury's respect, as she received no votes to win at Final Tribal Council, finishing as the second runner-up.

Profile

Retrieved from CBS.com

Name (Age): Natalie Tenerelli (19)
Tribe: Ometepe
Current Residence: Acton, Calif.
Occupation: Professional Dancer
Personal Claim to Fame: Being the youngest female to play the game.
Inspiration in Life: Lady Gaga. Haha, just kidding. My parents have worked extremely hard to give me a good life. They have made it possible for me to follow my dreams and never give up in life. I would hope that in the future I could be half as good of a parent myself.
Hobbies: Dancing, spending time with friends and family, and trying to cook...sometimes this ends badly.
Pet Peeves: When people chomp their food.
3 Words to Describe You: Determined, spontaneous and positive.
Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like: Natalie White from Samoa.
Reason for being on Survivor: To have an experience of a lifetime and prove to myself that I can do anything that I put my mind to.
Why you think you'll "survive" Survivor: I have never quit anything that I have ever done and hopefully my ability to form good relationships with people will help me to "survive" 39 days in this game!
Reason why you think you will be the Sole Survivor: I have the charm to win people over and a good intuition about people and their intentions. People may suspect me to be young and naive, but they will be fooled!

Survivor

Natalie was a member of the Ometepe tribe. She became a member of the Stealth R Us alliance led by 4-time player Rob Mariano on Day 1. She was the initial target of the minority alliance of Francesca Hogi, Kristina Kell, and Phillip Shepherd, but remained safe after Phillip turned on the women at Ometepe's first Tribal Council. While her tribe had a weak start by losing three of the first four Immunity Challenges, after the rival Zapatera tribe intentionally threw a challenge to eliminate three-time player Russell Hantz; Natalie's tribe gained momentum and managed to win three of the next four Immunity Challenges, and entered the merge with a 7 to 5 majority.

Natalie won the first individual Immunity Challenge, narrowly edging out prime Zapatera target Mike Chiesl. At the merged Tribal Council, Natalie aided her alliance blindsiding former Ometepe Matt Elrod for telling Rob he decided against voting for him. She then aided her alliance in eliminating the members of the rival Zapatera Six. Throughout the Zapatera's pagonging, Natalie informed Rob about members of her alliance interacting with the Zapateras, including Andrea and her best friend Ashley. Once her alliance were the only ones left, they were forced to turn on each other. Once the alliance decided to unanimously blindside Andrea, she was targeted by Grant after Ashley won immunity as he hoped to split the pair up. However, Rob kept true to his promise to keep Natalie safe, and the alliance unanimously voted out Grant right before the final Redemption Island duel.

Although Andrea would return after winning the final duel, Ashley still remained Rob's main target. When Ashley won immunity again, the four agreed almost instantly to vote out Andrea again. However, Andrea approached Natalie and Ashley about starting an all-girls alliance and voting out Rob. The two were on the fence about the idea, but ultimately remained loyal to Rob and officially sent Andrea to the jury. At the Final Immunity Challenge, Natalie fell far behind early on while Ashley and Rob were neck-and-neck at the end. Rob won immunity, and worked hard to convince Natalie to vote off Ashley for being the biggest threat. Ashley continually asked her to stay true to their friendship and vote off Phillip, to which she agreed. However, both options weighed on her mind until tribal, where her allegiance to Rob didn't waver and she helped vote out her best friend Ashley for being the largest jury threat. Due to her strong alliance with Rob, Natalie reached the Final Three with him and Phillip Sheppard.

At the Final Tribal Council, Natalie was criticized for being Rob's follower throughout the game, Andrea Boehlke called her relationship with Rob creepy, and Julie Wolfe accused her of being Rob's servant, saying she would be ashamed if her daughter played the way Natalie did. However, Steve commended her for surviving 39 days in the game as a teenager, telling her she should be proud. Due to her blind loyalty to Rob and little socializing with the Zapateras, Natalie became the second runner-up receiving zero jury votes. She lost to Phillip, who was the runner-up with one vote, and Rob, who won the game with eight votes.

• Challenge History
• Voting History

Episode	Tribe Affiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1	Ometepe	Push It Uphill	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
2		Smash, Grab, Smash	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
3		Spin Cycle	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
4		Toolin' Around	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
5		Smoko	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
6		Beach Balls	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
7		Crash Course	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
Tribes Merged, Day 19
8	Murlonio	Roller Ball	Immunity		Won
9		Meso Soup	Immunity		Lost
		Gang Hang	Immunity	No	Lost
10		Mayan Pizza	Immunity		Lost
11		Log Jam	Reward/Immunity		Lost
		Flashback	Immunity		Lost
12		Step on Up	Immunity		Lost
13		Bone to Pick	Reward/Immunity		Invited1
14		A Numbers Game	Immunity		Lost
		Meso Maze	Immunity		Lost
Second Runner-Up, Day 39
Notes: ^1 Ashley shared her reward with Natalie.

Episode	Natalie's Votes	Voted Against Natalie
1	Kristina	-
2	Matt	-
3	Ometepe Tribe Immune
4	Kristina	-
5	Ometepe Tribe Immune
6	Ometepe Tribe Immune
7	Ometepe Tribe Immune
8	Matt	Individual Immunity
9	Mike	-
	David	-
10	Julie	-
11	Ralph	-
	Steve	-
12	Andrea	-
13	Grant	Grant
14	Andrea	-
	Ashley	-
Jury Votes for Natalie	-
Second Runner-Up, Day 39

Post-Survivor

• Natalie became the guest of Survivor After Show, hosted by Parvati Shallow. Parvati compared her to Caramoan contestant Julia Landauer, the Skype guest of the episode, and said that Natalie and Julia would make a great alliance.
• Natalie is currently a dancer for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers.
• According to a December 2015 interview with Worlds Apart castaway Max Dawson, Natalie is still friends with Ashley Underwood, Andrea Boehlke, and Rob Mariano, but also talks with Matt Elrod, Phillip Sheppard, and Grant Mattos from time to time.
• Natalie, along with the Los Angeles Clippers, attended the March 14, 2016 taping for The Late Late Show with James Corden.
• Natalie attended the primetime Survivor edition of The Price Is Right on May 23, 2016. However, Natalie herself did not compete.
• Natalie, along with Caleb Reynolds, appeared on the second episode of Beyond the Buff, a Facebook live series which discusses the episode of Survivor which aired the previous day.
• Natalie married Dan Cox of The Bachelorette in September 22, 2023. They are currently expecting their first child, due in January 2025.

Trivia

Natalie's publicity photo for the voting of the Cambodia cast.

• Natalie is the youngest contestant to compete on Redemption Island.
  • Being 19 at the time of filming of Redemption Island, Natalie is the youngest contestant to make it to the Final Tribal Council when their season was filmed.
• Natalie is the first teenage woman to compete on Survivor.
• In rewards where host Jeff Probst stressed that there would be alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in the reward, he was referring to Natalie being underage at the time. It should be noted that the legal drinking age in Nicaragua is actually 18, but castaways have to abide by both U.S. and local laws.
• Natalie is the only castaway on Redemption Island to be on a tribe with Phillip Sheppard and not vote against him during the season.
• Natalie lost 12 lbs. during her time on Redemption Island.
• Natalie was one of 32 contestants eligible to be selected to compete on Cambodia, but was not chosen to be on the final cast.