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Brandon Hantz

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Brandon Hantz

Brandon Hantz

Russell Hantz's nephew — a volatile, conflicted player whose Caramoan meltdown ended in one of the strangest exits the game has staged.

Seasons
2
Occupation
Oil tanker crewman
Hometown
Katy, TX
The story

Brandon Hantz arrived in South Pacific as Russell Hantz's nephew, desperate to outrun the family name while wrestling with the same impulses — a deeply conflicted player who swung between sincerity and outburst. He gave away an immunity necklace, played a fraught social game, and reached sixth.

Caramoan went sideways. After days of friction with Phillip Sheppard, Brandon emptied the tribe's rice and beans in a meltdown, and the cast voted him out on the spot in an impromptu, unprecedented Tribal — one of the strangest exits the show has aired.

By the torchlight

Career record

6th
best finish
1
immunity necklace
49
days on the island

Where they finished

the bigger the blaze, the deeper the run

  1. 6thS23
  2. 15thS26
  1. 23

    South Pacific

    6th

    2011 · Samoa · Upolu

    36 days1 immunity

  2. 26

    Caramoan

    15th

    2013 · Caramoan, Philippines · Bikal

    13 days

Read the votes

At Tribal Council

Pulled from the urn — every vote ever cast against Brandon, and how often Brandon read the night right.

12
votes against
13
Tribals sat at
10 / 13
read right
77% of the time
The tribe weighs in

Rate Brandon's game

Tribe rating

Rate Brandon

Your scores

7
7
7
The wider tribe

Played alongside Brandon

Castaways Brandon shared the island with — tap any face to cross over to their game.

23South Pacific2011+5 more from South Pacific
26Caramoan2013+7 more from Caramoan
Around the fire

Common questions

Did Brandon Hantz win Survivor?
No. Brandon Hantz competed on Survivor but did not win. Russell Hantz's nephew — a volatile, conflicted player whose Caramoan meltdown ended in one of the strangest exits the game has staged.
How many times has Brandon Hantz played Survivor?
Brandon Hantz has played 2 seasons of Survivor: Season 23 (South Pacific), Season 26 (Caramoan).
What is Brandon Hantz's best finish on Survivor?
Brandon Hantz's best finish is 6th on Survivor: South Pacific (Season 23).
How many days has Brandon Hantz played Survivor?
Brandon Hantz has spent 49 days on the island across 2 seasons.
How many immunity challenges has Brandon Hantz won?
Brandon Hantz has won 1 individual immunity challenge across 2 seasons.
How many times was Brandon Hantz voted against at Tribal Council?
Across 13 Tribal Councils, 12 votes were cast against Brandon Hantz.
How good was Brandon Hantz at reading the vote?
Brandon Hantz voted for the eliminated castaway at 10 of 13 vote-decided Tribal Councils — 77% of the time.
What is Brandon Hantz known for?
Russell Hantz's nephew — a volatile, conflicted player whose Caramoan meltdown ended in one of the strangest exits the game has staged.

Around the fire

The tribe's debating Brandon's game right now

“Cirie never needed an idol. She WAS the idol — read every vote a round early and bent the whole jungle to her will without a single immunity win. That's the cei…”
— MergeBeast · 64 🔥 and climbing

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