Jean-Robert Bellande - Survivor: China

Seasons: 1 | Days played: 24 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 1

  • Survivor 15: China (2007) - 9th place, 8th out - 2nd juror.
  • Voted out in Episode 8, "High School Friend Contest" (Day 24).

Jean-Robert Bellande on social media: twitter | Instagram

Jean-Robert Bellande - Career statistics

Challenge stats Tribal council stats Jury stats Overall stats
Season ChW ChA ChW% VFB VAP TCA TC% wTCR JVF TotJ JV% SurvSc SurvAv
S15: China 1.30 4.05 0.32 3 12 4 0.66 1.31 - - - 0.98 2.61
Career 1.30 4.05 0.32 3 12 4 0.66 1.31 - - - 0.98 2.61

 

Jean-Robert Bellande - Performance ranks

Challenges: MPF percentile

9%

Tribal: VFB% percentile

77%

Tribal: rVAP percentile

5

Performance ranks are a quick visual measure of the contestant's season vs. historical data from all prior contestants, in three basic (scorable) categories:

1. Performance in individual challenges (MPF), as a measure of "physical game";

2. Ability to vote people out consistently (VFB%, or VFB/TCA), or "strategic game"; and

3. Ability to avoid being voted against (rVAP, or TCA-VAP) - which scales better than a percentage would - for "social/strategic game."

See also: Full glossary for all these abbreviations.

 

Jean-Robert Bellande - Challenge record
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Great Balls of Fire - Ep4 RC

Tribal/team challenge record (7-for-12; 2 sit-outs):

  • China Ep. 1 IC: "Dragon Dance" - Carries a pole, and Fei Long wins.
  • China Ep. 2 RC: "Chinese Checkers" - Balls roll, Fei Long wins again.
  • China Ep. 2 IC: "Gate Crasher" - Hauls the log, Fei Long wins against an underfed Zhan Hu once again.
  • China Ep. 3 RC: "Clear the Deck" - Fei Long men win both their bouts, but Fei Long loses, 3-2.
  • China Ep. 3 IC: "Blade Runner" - Works the puzzle with Todd, but Fei Long loses a second straight time.
  • China Ep. 4 RC: "Great Balls of Fire" - Moves fireballs with James, and Fei Long wins.
  • China Ep. 4 IC: "Warrior's Duel" - Sits out, as Fei Long wins again.
  • China Ep. 5 IC: "Plunge, Pull & Pop" - With Frosti, dives to remove poles/release discs, and (new) Fei Long wins.
  • China Ep. 6 RC: "Search and Decode" - Retrieves planks, helps with puzzle; Fei Long wins again.
  • China Ep. 6 IC: "Name That Spoon" (gross food) - Sits out; Fei Long loses.
  • China Ep. 8 RC: "Bucket Stops Here" - Part of the winning team, with Amanda, James, and Todd.

 

Dragon Rider - Ep8 IC

Individual challenge record (0-for-2): (Mean % Finish: 38.1%)

  • China Ep. 7 IC: "Retention to Detail" - One of four people eliminated on the third question (tie-3rd/10).
  • China Ep. 8 IC: "Dragon Rider" - Very first person to drop out, 10 minutes in (9th/9).

 

Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):

  • China: None.
Career totals - challenges
Team/tribal challenges
Wins: 7
Played: 12
Win%: 0.58
Sat out: 2
Individual challenges
Wins: 0
Played: 2
Win%: 0.00
Mean% Finish: 38.1%
Hero challenges
Wins: 0
Played: 0
Win%: -
Mean% Finish: -
Jean-Robert Bellande - Tribal Council record
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Ep3 Tribal Council

Idols held/played (0/0):

  • China: None, although shared the Ep.8 reward clue with James, long after James had removed both idols.

 

VFB - Votes for the person booted (3/4):

Tribal Voted Boot (totals) VFB?
Ep3 Leslie Leslie Nease (voted out, 6-2) Yes
Ep6 Sherea Sherea Lloyd (voted out, 5-2) Yes
Ep7 Jaime Jaime Dugan (voted out, 7-3) Yes
Ep8 James Jean-Robert Bellande (voted out, 5-3-1) -
4 TOTALS 3

 

VAP - Votes against (12):

  • China, Ep. 3: Two votes, from Courtney and Leslie.
  • China, Ep. 6: Two votes, from Courtney and Sherea.
  • China, Ep. 7: Three votes, from Peih-Gee, Erik, and Jaime.
  • China, Ep. 8: Five votes, from Todd, Courtney, Amanda, James, and Frosti (voted out, 5-3-1).

 

Jury votes made (1/1):

  • China, Ep. 13: Voted for Todd Herzog, who won (4-2-1).
Career totals - Tribal Council
Hidden idols/ advantages
Advantages held/played: 0/0
Idols found: 0
Idols played: -
Votes voided: -
Voting record
VFB: 3
Tribals: 4
VAP: 12
Jury votes
Made: 1
For winners: 1
Received: -
Jean-Robert Bellande - Pictures
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    China intro shot
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    China intro shot
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    Bonus China intro shot
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    CBS pre-game interview
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    Day 1, hiking to the train
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    On the train
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    Post-temple chat with Probst
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    The game has begun, Day 1
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    Fei Long heads to camp
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    Yay, we have rice
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    Fei Long!
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    Talking about telling Todd he's on to him
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    You seem kind of schemy, Todd
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 IC
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    Starting line
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    Fei Long leading
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    Fei Long wins!
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    Being lazy early on is totally my strategy, Ep2
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    Fei Long doesn't seem pleased with this approach
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 RC
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    Listening to Probst
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    Starting line, second round
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    Fei Long wins, kidnaps Jaime
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 IC
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    Listening to Probst
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    Starting line
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    Smashing through
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    Taking the lead
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    Fei Long wins!
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    Not making friends, Ep3
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 RC
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    Starting line
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    Everybody loathes Jean-Robert
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 IC
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    Still working the puzzle as Zhan Hu wins
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    Hearing about Leslie's time at Zhan Hu
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    Fei Long, Ep3 Tribal Council
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    Not listening to Leslie
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    We need to win challenges
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    Talking about working harder in camp, Ep4
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 RC
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    With James, placing the winning fireball
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    Fei Long greets the fishing family
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    Maybe Jean-Robert is here to make friends
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    Talking about being a kid in Taiwan, speaking Mandarin
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 IC
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    Listening to Probst
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    Watching Fei Long's win from the sidelines
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    Fei Long picks two people from Zhan Hu, Ep5
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    Nobody can pick Jean-Robert if he's not listed, right?
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    Watching Aaron and James head to Zhan Hu
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    Swap feasting
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    Doing a little more work around camp
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 IC
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    Picking sit-outs
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    Starting line
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    Heading back with puzzle pieces
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    Almost there...
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    Fei Long wins!
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep6 RC
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    Starting line
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    Getting board
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    Working the puzzle
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    Fei Long wins!
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    Watching James take his clue tube
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    Initially skeptical of a teahouse, but it turned out great
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    Yay, tea
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep6 IC
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    Watching from the sidelines
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    A little worried his name might come up tonight
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    Fei Long, Ep6 Tribal Council
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    Talking to Probst
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    Arguing with Courtney, Ep7
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    Time to merge
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    Wondering what Probst meant about the game not stopping... nah, whatever, let's eat
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    Merge feasting
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    That looks painful, James
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    Pre-challenge sit-down, Ep7 IC
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    So far, so good
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    Watching Frosti and Jaime face off for the win
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    Don't screw me over, Todd
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    Hae Da Fung tribe, Ep7 Tribal Council
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    Listening to Probst
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    Wow, if that idol had been real, I coulda gone home! Ep8
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep8 RC
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    Soaking Courtney
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    Yellow team wins!
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    Ooh, an idol clue!
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    Walking through the 1000-year-old village
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    Pondering the idol clue
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    I've gotta look for that thing!
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    That could be an idol...
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep8 IC
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    Starting line
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    Whoa...
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    Jean-Robert is out
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    Not fooling Erik with his idol claim
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    Denial
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    Seems like James is against me
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    Big news, Todd: James has two idols
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    Hae Da Fung, Ep8 Tribal Council
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    Listening to Courtney
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    Seeing his name come up a fourth time
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    Snuffed, Day 24 (Episode 8)
Jean-Robert Bellande - Interviews
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Pre-game interviews

  • CBS pre-game interview: "I'm used to comfortable hotels and casinos with air conditioning, you know, not really the outdoors type. 16 players and a chance for a million dollars, that's as good of any odds you can expect."
  • Probst pre-game assessment from TV Guide online (8/20/07): "He's a big guy with a big, big personality, exactly what you want a poker player on Survivor to be. Jean-Robert will tell you what he's going to do and you don't know if he'll do it or not, because he's a card player."

 

Post-game interviews

  • Christopher Rocchio at RealityTVWorld (11/9/07): "Jean-Robert Bellande talks about Survivor: China ouster"
  • Eric Goldman at IGN.com (11/12/07): "Survivor: China Interview - Jean-Robert"
  • Nina Hämmerling Smith at TVGuide.com (11/13/07): "The Dealing's Done for Survivor: China's Jean-Robert"
Jean-Robert Bellande - Bio
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From his official CBS Survivor: China bio page:

"Born in Long Island, N.Y., Jean-Robert Bellande considers himself international as he is the son of French-speaking Haitian immigrants that raised him in Asia. Bellande is a professional poker player (his televised tournaments include the 2005 Rio Circuit Event, 2005 U.S. Poker Championship, Ballbreakers 2005 and the 2005 World Poker Tournament's "Bad Boys of Poker"). In 2005, he was ranked as high as the Number 6 Card Player in the world.

Bellande first made a name for himself promoting some of Los Angeles' hottest nightclubs including the Roxbury, Tatou of Beverly Hills and the Gate. He then opened up his own Hollywood night spot, Sky Sushi, which he ran for five years. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Azusa Pacific University. He describes himself as charismatic, fun and loud. He is most proud of making it to the final table at the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Event where he pocketed a whopping $210,000, and has now pocketed over $700,000 in tournament winnings. Bellande's hobbies are playing poker, playing pool and hitting the nightclubs. His favorite sport is soccer. He enjoys playing tennis and basketball. If he could take three non-survival items with him to location, he'd bring a deck of cards, poker chips and a dealer!

Bellande currently resides in Las Vegas. His birth date is Sept. 17, 1970."