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Linda Spencer is a contestant from Survivor: Africa.

Due to her eccentric personality and poor social standing with the younger members of Samburu, Linda was voted out after the Younger Samburu Alliance gained majority of the tribe.

Profile[]

Retrieved from CBS.com

Linda Spencer is currently an Assistant Director of Career Services at Harvard University, as well as a married mother of two children. Spencer was born and raised on welfare in Boston's inner city. She received a BA degree from Dartmouth College, an MEd from Tufts University and an MSW from Boston College. Previous occupations include corporate account executive, director of African Adventures at an overseas adventure travel company and clinical social worker.

In December 1999, Spencer was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and underwent a thyroidectomy the following January. She received radioactive iodine treatments in May 2000, and is now completely cancer free. In September 2000, a mere eight months after being diagnosed with cancer, she successfully reached the summit of Mt. Rainier.

The three adjectives Spencer uses to describe herself include adventurous, competitive and determined. She is a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Sierra Club, American Alpine Club, Career Counselors Consortium, Blackpack and is a former member of the Coalition of 100 Black Women.

Spencer's hobbies include mountain climbing, ice climbing, winter camping, international travel, spinning and yoga. She also enjoys in-line skating, and has completed a race from Athens to Atlanta, Georgia, covering 85 miles. She has traveled to over 28 countries on 4 continents, including two summers spent in rural African villages with no electricity or running water.

Linda Spencer currently lives in Boston with her husband Jim and two children, Jared, 11 and Jenna, 9. Her birth date is January 1.[1]

Survivor[]

Linda began the game on Samburu, which was fractured by two conflicting alliances defined by age. With the younger members Silas, Kim P., Brandon, and Lindsey banding together, Carl and his fellow older members Frank, Teresa, and Linda formed their own alliance out of necessity. These alliances would go untested as Samburu won both of the first two immunity challenges. When Samburu finally went to Tribal Council for the first time, the expected deadlocked 4-4 vote occured, forcing a quiz challenge tiebreaker between Carl and Lindsey. However, Carl lost the challenge, putting Linda and her alliance in the minority.

After losing yet another Immunity Challenge, Silas made a plea to the older alliance to continue to vote for Lindsey to keep their alliance strong as possible, stipulating that Lindsey would be the only one vulnerable in future Tribal Councils should a recount take place because of another deadlocked tie. Linda, along with the remaining elders knew that the plan would not benefit them whatsoever and decided to switch their votes to Silas. Despite making Silas in danger in future votes, Linda was next to go in a 4-3 vote.

Episode Tribe
Affiliation
Challenge Challenge Type Sit-Out? Result
1 Samburu Trail Blazer Reward/Immunity No Won
2 Stairway to the Stars Reward Yes Won
Safari Supper Immunity No Won
3 Rock n' Roll Reward No Lost
Distress Signal Immunity No Lost
4 Caught in the Web Reward Yes Won
Movin' On Up Immunity No Lost
Voted Out, Day 12

Episode Linda's
Votes
Voted Against
Linda
1 Samburu Tribe Immune
2 Samburu Tribe Immune
3 Lindsey;
Lindsey1
-
4 Silas Brandon, Kim P.,
Lindsey, Silas
Voted Out, Day 12

^1 In "The Gods Are Angry", the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Carl and Lindsey, forcing a revote. Linda did not change her vote on the revote.

Post-Survivor[]

Trivia[]

  • Linda's luxury item was a string necklace.
  • Linda was the oldest female member of the original Samburu tribe.

References[]

Survivor: Africa Castaways
 Brandon
Samburu
S3 brandon t
 Carl
Samburu
S3 carl t
 Clarence
Boran
S3 clarence t
 Diane
Boran
S3 diane t
 Ethan
Boran
S3 ethan t
 Frank
Samburu
S3 frank t
 Jessie
Boran
S3 jessie t
 Kelly
Boran
S3 kelly t
 Kim J.
Boran
S3 kimj t
 Kim P.
Samburu
S3 kimp t
 Lex
Boran
S3 lex t
 Linda
Samburu
S3 linda t
 Lindsey
Samburu
S3 lindsey t
 Silas
Samburu
S3 silas t
 Teresa
Samburu
S3 teresa t
 Tom
Boran
S3 tom t
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