Tijuana Bradley is a contestant from Survivor: Pearl Islands.
Although she stayed off everyone's radars for the majority of the game, Tijuana's plan to overthrow Burton Roberts and Jonny Fairplay at the final seven was turned against her, causing her to be blindsided instead.
Profile[]
Retrieved from CBS.com
Age: 27
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Pharmaceutical Sales
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Born and raised in St. Louis, Tijuana Bradley is currently single and employed as a waitress; she recently resigned from a position as a pharmaceutical sales representative. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communications with an emphasis in broadcast journalism from St. Louis University. In her hometown of Webster Groves, she was Miss Webster 1993. In college she was a SLU Cheerleader, interned at a network-affiliated television station and later worked as a high school cheerleading coach. Her favorite hobbies include fishing, skydiving and taking her nieces to different entertainment and education events. She is most proud of her mother's ability as a single parent to raise her and her brother, as well as the love and lessons her late mother taught her. She belongs to Big Brother/Big Sister and volunteers at homeless and women's shelters. Her favorite sports are stunt-cheerleading, basketball and football. Her mother is her hero. She describes herself as perky, emotional and genuine. She believes her sense of logic, attention to detail, athleticism, expression, motivation, ability to be realistic and nurturing nature make her a perfect candidate for Survivor: Pearl Islands. Her birth date is July 23, 1976.[1]
Survivor[]
Tijuana was initially placed on the Morgan tribe and was shocked when it was revealed that the castaways would only be taking the clothes on their backs. The tribes were given 100 Panamanian Balboas to purchase supplies at a local market. At the market, Morgan was disorganized and had problems with the language barrier. Nicole Delma grew annoyed with Tijuana's overzealous demeanor. Tijuana was annoyed when she saw the rival Drake tribe with so many supplies. At camp, Morgan had difficulty building shelter. The tribe lost the first challenge of the season, sending them to Tribal Council. Lillian Morris claimed that Nicole told her that she wanted Tijuana out. Tijuana confronted Nicole about the accusation, which the latter denied. However, Nicole was deemed to cause too much drama and was unanimously voted out.
Unfortunately, things did not improve for Morgan as they lost the following Reward Challenge and had their tarp looted by Drake's Sandra Diaz-Twine, who dismantled the tribe shelter in the process. Meanwhile, Tijuana's ally Osten Taylor started having thoughts of quitting, much to her disappointment. The tribe lost the next Immunity Challenge. The tribe's leader, Andrew Savage, felt that the tribe would benefit with Osten's strength. He swerved the vote towards the perceived weakest member, Ryan Shoulders. Still, this did not improve Morgan's fortunes, and the tribe was devastated when they lost the next Reward Challenge for sleeping comfort items and the following Immunity Challenge as well. Morgan's third vote came down to Lillian and Darrah Johnson. Darrah's athleticism outweighed Lillian's work ethic and the latter was voted out.
Because Lillian was Morgan's hardest worker, the tribe felt the impacts of not having her around. However, Morgan finally won an Immunity Challenge after the Drake tribe threw the Immunity Challenge. In a twist, Morgan was allowed to kidnapped one of the Drake tribe's members. The tribe picked Rupert. Under his guidance, the Morgan camp improve significantly, as did their morale. This allowed the tribe to pull a turnaround and embark on a winning streak, preventing Tijuana's alliance from turning on each other.
On Day 19, the tribes converged at challenge. Everyone was shocked when The Outcasts, the first six eliminated castaways returned for one last shot to get back in the game. The Outcasts won the crucial Immunity Challenge, sending both Drake and Morgan to Tribal Council. Tijuana agreed with Osten leaving the game due to his health problems. Later that night, Lillian returned to Morgan as part of The Outcasts twist. Everyone welcomed her with open arms, but Lillian was still cautious of her tribe. The tribes merged at the Immunity Challenge. The tribes moved to the Drake camp for the rest of the game. After enjoying the feast, the former Morgan members decided to vote against Jon for his arrogance and selfishness. Tijuana suspected that Lillian was the swing vote. Unfortunately, this was confirmed as Lillian flipped to Drake to vote out Andrew.
In the minority, Ryan tried to get Burton and Lillian to flip to blindside Rupert. Tijuana lost in the first round of the Reward Challenge. At camp, Tijuana noted that Drake always had a large supply of food. She also believed that the former Drake was overworking and that impeded on her self-expression. Christa viewed Ryan, Darrah, and Tijuana as unmotivated and lazy. At the Immunity Challenge, Tijuana and Darrah helped eliminate Ryan from the challenge. After that, Tijuana targeted Burton. However, she was the third person knocked out of the game. Rupert won immunity. Darrah and Tijuana help vote out Ryan.
Both women felt they were sunk. However, they were given a saving grace by Jonny Fairplay, who wanted to blindside Rupert. At the Reward Challenge, the castaways had to pair up with each other. Tijuana was paired with Sandra, but they lost to Jon and Rupert. At the Immunity Challenge, Tijuana was quickly knocked out of the challenge. Jonny Fairplay's plan came to fruition and Rupert was blindsided in a 5-2-1 vote. At the following Reward Challenge, Tijuana was excited to see her high school sweetheart and still great friend, William. The next night, Sandra grabbed Tijuana to spy on Burton and Jonny Fairplay. She heard something along the lines of the men intending to bring Lillian to the final three. Tijuana relayed this information to Darrah. After Tijuana lost the next challenge, she and Darrah considered voting against the strong Burton or the antagonizing Christa and Sandra. The women decided on Burton. Jonny Fairplay, however, wised up to the mutiny and convinced Christa and Sandra to vote against Tijuana. The Drake women begrudgingly agreed and Tijuana was blindsided in a 5-2 vote.
At Final Tribal Council, Tijuana first congratulated the finalists. She asked the finalists why the other don't deserve to win the million dollars and the other does deserve to win. Before she answered the question, Lillian asked for forgiveness from Sandra. Sandra said that Lillian had to say something bad about her. Lillian said that Sandra was undeserving because she was disrespectful and rode coattails. Sandra said that Lillian voted against everyone on the jury. She reminded Christa and Rupert that she did not vote against them. Tijuana voted for Lillian because she felt that Lillian played the game to the best to her abilities.
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
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| 1 | Morgan | Cannon Carry | Immunity | No | Lost |
| 2 | Bountiful Chest | Reward | No | Lost | |
| All Tied Up | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 3 | Sprung A Leak | Reward | No | Lost | |
| Pull Your Weight | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 4 | Float-It Notes | Reward | No | Lost | |
| Boarding Party | Immunity | No | Won | ||
| 5 | Paddle For Paddles | Reward | No | Won | |
| Survivor Smoothie | Immunity | No | Won | ||
| 6 | Ready, Aim, Fire | Reward | No | Lost | |
| Shoulder the Load | Immunity | No | Won | ||
| 7 | Pirate Prison Break | Immunity | No | Lost | |
| Tribes Merged, Day 20 | |||||
| 8 | Balboa | Keel Hauling | Immunity | Lost | |
| 9 | Signal Fire | Reward | Lost | ||
| Mixed Nuts | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 10 | Rats In The Rigging | Reward | Lost | ||
| Killer | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 11 | Loved Ones Overboard | Reward | Lost | ||
| What Do You Make Of This? | Immunity | Lost | |||
| Voted Out, Day 30 | |||||
| 14 | Jury1 | Tribal Draft | Immunity | Won | |
| Notes: ^1 Tijuana competed as part of the jury against the final four.
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Post-Survivor[]
- In 2005, Tijuana appeared as a contestant in a special "Castaway Special" episode of Family Feud, where she competed with Christa Hastie, Jenna Morasca, Shii Ann Huang, and Susan Hawk. The five competed against Ethan Zohn, Jon Dalton, Richard Hatch, Rudy Boesch, and Rupert Boneham.[2]
Tijuana with Bob Barker on The Price Is Right.
- On December 20, 2006, Tijuana appeared as a contestant on The Price Is Right. She was the first contestant to get up on stage, winning a $2,507 trip to Las Vegas. However, Tijuana did not win her pricing game and failed to make it to the Showcase.[3]
- On January 9, 2010, Tijuana attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.
- Tijuana has since married and had a daughter with her husband.[4]
Trivia[]
- Tijuana was voted out one day short of her 27th birthday.
- Tijuana is the first woman to be voted out by someone they had previously voted out.
- Tijuana is the only jury member to vote for Lillian Morris to win Pearl Islands, preventing Sandra Diaz-Twine from having the first "perfect game" in Pearl Islands (i.e. never receiving votes against and receiving all jury votes in a season). This also made her the first woman to be the only person to vote for a single finalist.
- Along with being the first jury member to vote for someone to win after successfully voting them out earlier in the season, she is also the first jury member to vote for a finalist who was voted out and re-entered the game.
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