Kenward 'Boo' Bernis was Survivor: Fiji's resident good-time goofball — a Louisiana construction worker and bar owner whose eternally optimistic, 'play both sides' approach made him one of the season's comic highlights. He talked openly about keeping a foot in every camp, cozying up to the dominant Four Horsemen and the upstart Syndicate alike, never quite committing until he had to.
The bigger running gag was that Boo could not stop hurting himself. No matter the activity, he found a way to bang up a knee, tweak something, or limp out of a challenge — a klutz who, paradoxically, was also one of the strongest physical players out there. It finally caught up with him in the slosh-pit challenge, where a dive in the mud blew out his knee; he tore his ACL and you could hear the joint pop as the medics got to him. He kept going anyway.
For all the bumbling, Boo outlasted nearly everyone, reaching fifth before the Syndicate finally cut their last outsider loose. At the end he voted for eventual unanimous winner Earl Cole. A genuine, lovable character from one of the most chaotic seasons the show ever ran.
