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And rounding out the string of Ghost Island eliminations (while simultaneously putting me up to the point in my list where I no longer have any write-ups already posted because I've passed the highest ranking that darkx ranked low)...


30. Kellyn Bechtold (Survivor: Ghost Island, 7th Place)

Kellyn is like one of those jokes where you tell it once and kinda laugh, tell it again and nothing, tell it a third time, and you get annoyed. But then after a certain point, the joke keeps getting repeated over and over so much that it loops back around to being hilarious. Thats Kellyns story in a nutshell. So this season was pretty much Dom/Wendell in their bromance, Laurel/Donathan in their alliance, Michael representing Malolo, and Kellyn representing the non-Dom/Wendell faction of Naviti. Seriously, those six were pretty much the only relevant characters of the season, plus Chris, who was off in his own world.

The problem with Kellyn at first was that her storyling episode after episode was Im sticking Naviti strong! And while yes, thats smart gameplay and you WANT to stick true to your alliance (especially if youre comfortably in the majority), its boring to watchat least when the personalities are bland. So at the start of the season, Kellyn was kinda quirky (she was Ghost Islands equivalent of an Aubry or a Hannah), but she quickly wore on me, especially as Naviti dominated the tribe swaps and picked off all the interesting Malolos in favor of Michael, Jenna and Libby. But at a certain point, my hatred for Kellyn shifted and did a complete 180.

In a lot of ways, Kellyn is like Donathan, in that the season was SO MUCH a boring slog towards the inevitable Dom/Wendell/Laurel end game that just having someone oppose them made me feel happier. But unlike Donathan, who had hints of BIG MOVEZ style gameplay in his opposition, Kellyn felt far more realistic. From the Libby boot onward, Kellyn became this paranoid force, constantly shrieking and trying to get her way strategically, because she saw that train coming, but just couldnt get her car started and off the tracks. The tears, the emotions, and the meltdowns were hilarious at a point in the season where you had bland Laurel, bland Sebastian, and bland Angela marching in lock step behind the dominant alpha males.

Ultimately, Kellyn was a light of personality during a dingy part of the season, and she went on to lead the jury in fighting back against Domenicks I played the hardest, therefore I was the best narrative. She wasnt a great character the whole season, but she was good enough to warrant a DECENT placement on this list.
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