Benjamin Russell Driebergen was born on January 1,1983 and is an American Marine Corps veteran and reality television personality, best known for competing on and winning Survivor: Heroes vs Healers vs Hustlers.
24 Facts About Ben Driebergen
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In 2017, Driebergen participated in Survivor: Heroes vs Healers vs Hustlers, the 35th season of the reality TV show Survivor.
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Ben Driebergen was initially placed on the Levu tribe, known as the Heroes tribe.
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When Levu lost the first immunity challenge, Ben Driebergen joined the rest of the Heroes in voting out Trina Radke.
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The next day, Ben Driebergen stumbled on a clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol and managed to find the idol.
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On Day 33, Ben Driebergen suspected his alliance was plotting against him.
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On Day 38, Ben Driebergen lost the final immunity challenge to Hofbeck.
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Ben Driebergen chose to save Ulrich, forcing Driebergen and Pinto to compete in the fire challenge.
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Ben Driebergen easily won the challenge, joining Hofbeck and Ulrich in the Final Three.
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Ben Driebergen was applauded for finding multiple idols, and his strong strategic play, but was condemned particularly by Joe Mena for his weak social game.
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When Zahalsky and Mena encouraged Ben Driebergen to explain why he believed he should win, he opened up to the jury about his post-traumatic stress disorder and how he has learned to live with it, stating that he hoped to show fellow veterans that while life after the military is difficult, there is more to look forward to in the future.
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Ben Driebergen was ultimately awarded the title of sole Survivor with five of the eight jury votes.
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Ben Driebergen earned everyone's vote except Nolan, Zahalsky, and Pinto; the former two voted for Hofbeck while the latter voted for Ulrich.
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Ben Driebergen returned to compete on the show's 40th season, Survivor: Winners at War.
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Along the way, Ben Driebergen was immediately pegged as a potential leaker of information when he unintentionally brought up a plan by Danni Boatwright to blindside Rob Mariano in Mariano's presence.
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Ben Driebergen had developed strong bonds with Vlachos, Lacina, Clarke and Denise Stapley during this time.
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Furthermore, Ben Driebergen quickly developed a rivalry with Jeremy Collins, who had found himself on the wrong side of the numbers at the merge.
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Collins's attempts to align with Ben Driebergen fell on deaf ears, as Ben Driebergen's faith in his alliance was strengthening with each passing day.
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Ben Driebergen became the eighteenth person voted out from the game and joined the jury having come to terms with his fate and accepting it.
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At the Final Tribal Council, Ben Driebergen specifically credited Fitzgerald's win in Survivor: Kaoh Rong and praised her gameplay, stating that as a "fellow controversial winner", she should be proud of her achievement.
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Ben Driebergen appears on the series The Challenge: USA on CBS.
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Ben Driebergen made it to the finals of the season to be medically evacuated from the game because of an injury.
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Ben Driebergen reconnected with his father and was working at a bar where he met his current wife, Kelly Russell.
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Ben Driebergen proposed to Russell after the birth of his son, Wyatt.