Player file
Yul Kwon
Los Altos, California · Management Consultant;Product Management
SurvivorWinner
RHAP winner page Spoiler-safe. This is hidden until you've watched it.
2seasons played
1season won
1stbest finish
57days in the game, all seasons
Career
Seasons played
What this shows: Each season Yul played, oldest first. The bar runs from the first person out (left) to the winner (right); the tall block is Yul. The tiles are that season's numbers.
Spoiler-safe. This is hidden until you've watched it.Finished 1st of 20Spoiler-safe. This is hidden until you've watched it.View Survivor 13 →- 39days lasted
- 5votes against
- 100%vote accuracy9 of 9 with the majority
- 0individual wins
- 1/0 found / played
- 5 votes to win
- 45confessionalstimes they talked to camera
Spoiler-safe. This is hidden until you've watched it.Finished 14th of 20Spoiler-safe. This is hidden until you've watched it.View Survivor 40 →- 18days lasted
- 3votes against
- 75%vote accuracy3 of 4 with the majority
- 0individual wins
- 0/0 found / played
- 18confessionalstimes they talked to camera
Spoiler-safe. Yul's game details (votes, moments, totals and takes) is hidden until you've watched it.
Game style
How they played
What this shows: Each bar is a percentile: the share of all 917 Survivor appearances that scored lower (50 is the typical player). Survivor bars use survivoR's scores. The label is our rule of thumb, not an official rating.
Survivor 13 · our labelJury favouriteMade the end and won most of the jury over.Also fits: Numbers player, All-rounder
Why this label
Players like this
The Survivor players whose bars sit closest to Yul's in Survivor 13. Match is 100 minus the typical gap between the two sets of bars, in percentile points.
Parvati ShallowSurvivor 16 · Jury favourite96matchCompare
Twila TannerSurvivor 9 · Numbers player95matchCompare
Neleh DennisSurvivor 4 · Jury favourite95matchCompare
Mike WhiteSurvivor 37 · Numbers player94matchCompare
Vecepia TowerySurvivor 4 · Jury favourite93matchCompare
How the labels work
Returnee tracker
How their game changed
What this shows: The same game-style bars as above, one column per season, with where they finished and how long they lasted. The changes list the biggest rises and drops from one appearance to the next, in percentile points. Their seasons span eras, so “vs their era” compares each season with its own era.
- StrategyS13: 95S40: 44
- ChallengesS13: 23S40: 39
- InfluenceS13: 60S40: 42
- VotingS13: 91S40: 58
- AdvantagesS13: 0S40: 0
- Jury supportS13: 94S40: 0
- LastedS13: 85S40: 32
Percentiles, 0–99; 50 is the typical player.
What changed
- Challenges up 16 points S13 23rd → S40 39th
- Jury support down 94 points S13 94th → S40 0th
- Lasted down 53 points S13 85th → S40 32nd
Key moments
How their games played out
What this shows: Built from the vote and competition records, in order. Survivor: , individual wins, (we count one when a player is voted out by someone who voted with them at the previous tribal) and how they left.
Survivor 13: Cook Islands5 moments
- Day5Found a super idolidol
- Day15Turned on Cao Boi, who had voted with them at the last tribal, in a 6–1–1 blindsideblindside
- Day33Turned on Jonathan, who had voted with them at the last tribal, in a 6–1 blindsideblindside
- Day36Turned on Parvati, who had voted with them at the last tribal, in a 4–2 blindsideblindside
- Day39Won the season with 5 of 9 jury voteswinner
Survivor 40: Winners at War2 moments
- Day11Turned on Tyson, who had voted with them at the last tribal, in a 7–1–1 blindsideblindside
- Day18Blindsided 3–1 on Day 18: Nick and Wendell had voted with them at the previous tribalblindside
Voting record
Who they voted for
What this shows: Each vote Yul cast at . A filled dot means they voted with the majority; a hollow dot means they were on the losing side. The last column is who went home.
Survivor 13: Cook Islands9/9 with majority
| When | Voted for | With the majority? | Went home |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 8 | Cecilia | Cecilia | |
| Day 15 | Cao Boi | Cao Boi | |
| Day 18 | Jessica | Jessica | |
| Day 27 | Nate | Nate | |
| Day 30 | Candice | Candice | |
| Day 33 | Jonathan | Jonathan | |
| Day 36 | Parvati | Parvati | |
| Day 37 | Adam | Adam | |
| Day 38 | Sundra | ||
| Day 38 | Fire challenge: Vote not required revote | Sundra |
Survivor 40: Winners at War3/4 with majority
| When | Voted for | With the majority? | Went home |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 3 | Amber | Amber | |
| Day 11 | Tyson | Tyson | |
| Day 16 | Parvati | Parvati | |
| Day 18 | Wendell | Yul |
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As a , voted for Tony to win.
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Career
Career totals
What this shows: Every season added together, per show. Vote accuracy is the share of Yul's votes that went with the majority.
Survivor2 seasons · 1 win
- 57days played
- 8votes against
- 92%vote accuracy12 of 13 with the majority
- 0individual wins
- 1/0 found / played
- 5 votes to win
- 63confessionalstimes they talked to camera
The edit
Winners' edits →How much the show featured them
What this shows: Yul's share of all in each Survivor season (the bar), against the average cast member's share (the tick). Counts from survivoR.
- S1312.1%45 confessionals · 3rd most of 20 · average 5% · a big edit
- S403.2%18 confessionals · 17th most of 20 · average 5%
Competitions
All comps →Competition wins by format
What this shows: Individual wins only (each competition counted once), sorted into the formats they used: endurance, puzzles, OTEV and so on. A competition can have several formats.
1 individual winReward 1
Spoiler-safe. Yul's alliances and analyst takes (they cover the rest of the season) is hidden until you've watched it.
Alliances
Who they worked with
What this shows: Named alliances from the Survivor Wiki and other cited sources, with when each formed and ended (episode and day) where the source says. Tap a face to open that player.
Analysts
What the analysts said
What this shows: Podcasts, videos and articles about Yul, matched by name or episode title, then how much analyst coverage each of their seasons got. Strongest matches first. Links open the original.
- Survivor 40 Deep Dive ENCORE: Yul KwonRob Has a Podcast · Deep Dive · Podcast · Survivor 13 · Jun 7, 2021
- Survivor: Cook Islands | Why Yul Won | David Bloomberg & Jessica LewisRob Has a Podcast · rhap-ups · Podcast · Survivor 13 · Jun 5, 2021
- Survivor All-Time Top 40 Rankings | #19: Cook IslandsRob Has a Podcast · All-Time Top 40 Rankings · Podcast · Survivor 13 · Jun 3, 2021Taran Armstrong
- Survivor 40 DEEP DIVE | Yul KwonRob Has a Podcast · Deep Dive · Podcast · Survivor 40 · Jul 3, 2020
- Survivor 40 Roundtable #2: Previewing Ethan, Danni, Yul, and SophieRob Has a Podcast · Roundtable · Podcast · Survivor 40 · Jan 8, 2020Taran ArmstrongRob Cesternino
Season coverage on RHAP
- Survivor 1312 items · 1 with Taran Armstrong · 4 with Rob CesterninoSeason hub
- Survivor 40143 items · 17 with Taran Armstrong · 105 with Rob CesterninoSeason hub