Survivor Cast Breakdown – Jerri Manthey (38)

Tribe: Villains
Previous Finishes: Australia: 8th out, 2nd jury member; All-Stars: 7th out
Favorite Past Moment: “Fishing with Mitchell and Amber.”
Previous Survivor She Respects Most: Ethan Zohn (Africa, All-Stars)
Previous Survivor She Respects Least: Shi-Ann Huang (Thailand, All-Stars)
Why Did She Come Back? : “The money of course!”

Rigelseven:

I don’t think Jerri really knows how to play the game as evidenced by her two previous seasons.  Jerri is the iconic “Bitch” of Survivor and that is the only reason she is back.  I don’t remember Jerri being overly useful around camp or in challenges either so it could be a short visit for her.  And that’s really all the effort I want to expend on Jerri.

Projected Finish: Shark Bait

Chindi:

What can I say about Jerri. On her season she was the ‘bombshell’ who thought she had Colby wrapped around her finger… an impression that lasted pretty much right up until they voted her off the island of Australia. To be honest I’m not sure why she’s here. In the past we’ve seen players added because we didn’t really get to see their story, we’ve also seen players who had a weird or bad break invited back or who were just so popular and/or hated we had to see them again. I don’t really feel there was a huge clamoring to see Jerri again, and I don’t think we’ve really missed a lot of her story thus far. But I’m not Mark Burnett and I don’t read CBS’s email so here we are and here she is.

I’m not sure if I’m dismissive of Jerri because we’ve never really seen her perform that well, or because she seems much more impressed with herself than I’ve ever been. But as unimpressed as I am with her the fact is some of these villains are going to make the merge. Jerri’s a good candidate in that she’s learned to keep her head down and should be able to avoid an early ouster.

Projected Finish: Early Jury