Portrait of Ami Cusack

Ami Cusack

I was like, "Well, okay, well, when do we get kava?" But it never came around. Survivor 9, E1

Played on

54 days played

Game record

Vote alignment73%of 15 ballots

60th percentile of 423 castaways

Immunity record2career immunity wins

88th percentile of 751 castaways

Days played69%of 78 possible days

Share of days available, not a rank

Occupation at casting Coffee Barista, Nanny Hometown Golden, Colorado

Connected Survivor castaway portraitConnected Survivor castaway portraitConnected Survivor castaway portrait Played with 35 castaways across 2 seasons See every connection ↓

Cusack has shared a beach with thirty-five castaways, inside the most-connected tenth of everyone who has played.

Biography

Ami Cusack was the charismatic leader of the women's alliance on Survivor: Vanuatu (Season 9), a season built around a men-versus-women divide. Her strong, confident play and command of the dominant female bloc made her one of the central figures of that season before a late shift in the numbers sent her out in fifth place.

A barista from Colorado, Ami returned four seasons later for Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs. Favorites (Season 16), earning her place among the show's "favorites" and reaffirming her status as one of the more memorable competitors of the mid-2000s.

Poised, athletic and quietly influential, Ami Cusack is remembered as a standout personality of Survivor's Vanuatu era, a two-time player whose leadership of the women's alliance left a lasting impression on one of the show's early gender-divided seasons.

Alliances fans have named

Survivor never names an alliance on screen. These names, and who counts as a member, are how the fan community records the game rather than an official record of it.

Birthplace, pre-game profile and alliance facts adapted from Survivor Fandom and Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-07-21. Licensed CC BY-SA.

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Seasons

Season Result Days Tribes Votes against Confessionals
Survivor 9 logo Vanuatu Season 9, 2004 13th voted out Yasur Alinta 8 38
Survivor 16 logo Micronesia Season 16, 2008 8th voted out Malakal 4 13

The vote that ended Ami Cusack's best run

Four of the six ballots named Ami Cusack on day 33 of Survivor 9: Vanuatu, a 4-2 vote.

Chris Daugherty, Twila Tanner, Scout Cloud Lee and Eliza Orlins

Ami Cusack voted for Scout Cloud Lee.

Castaway network

Ami Cusack’s connections

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castaway connections
22
tribemates
1
repeat castmate
2
winners

Connections worth exploring

Repeat pairings, other-show overlaps, tribe overlap, winners and Survivor veterans rise to the top.

Eliza Orlins portrait

Survivor 9 & 16

Eliza Orlins

2 Survivor seasons

2 seasons together Shared a tribe

Every castaway, by season

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Vanuatu Season 9, 2004 17 castaways 1 winner 1 returning player View cast

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Micronesia Season 16, 2008 19 castaways 1 winner 10 returning players View cast

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Play with the numbers

Ami Cusack vs the field Who outlasted who. Round one is theirs: pick the castaway who ranks higher and keep the streak alive. Guess today's castawayName the hidden castaway in six guesses as the photo sharpens.