Lex van den Berghe

Survivor contestant
name = Lex van den Berghe


birthdate = birth date and age|1963|6|18
location = Santa Cruz, California
season =
finish = 3rd place (Africa)
9th place (All Stars)
tribe = colorbox|gold Boran
colorbox|red Samburu
colorbox|#00A693 Moto Maji
colorbox|green Mogo Mogo
colorbox|red Chapera
colorbox|blue Chaboga Mogo

Lex van den Berghe (born June 18, 1963 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and later based in Santa Cruz, California) was the third-place finisher on ' and the ninth-place finisher on '. Lex is of Dutch descent.

On "", Lex formed a dominant alliance with Tom Buchanan and Ethan Zohn on the Boran tribe that carried him to the Final 4 of the show. At the seventh Tribal Council, Lex tried to figure out who had cast a second vote against him. Initially he believed Kelly Goldsmith was the offender and convinced his allies to vote her out of the game. After Kelly's elimination, Teresa Cooper admitted that she had voted for him.

On "", Lex was on the Mogo Mogo tribe. In Episode 9, Lex agreed not to vote out Amber Brkich, trying to earn favor with and protection from Rob Mariano. Mariano and his allies nonetheless voted out van den Berghe at the next Tribal Council. At the jury vote, Lex expressed anger towards Rob and was one of the four jurors who voted for Amber to win the million dollars.

Van den Berghe is a father of two boys and is the drummer for two indie punk bands, LuckyDog and the Frontier Wives. He is also the drummer for Maids of Honor, a "supergroup" featuring Greg Camp and Paul De Lisle of Smash Mouth.

External links

* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor8/survivors/bio/lex.shtml Survivor: All Stars Bio]
* [http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/02.06.02/lex-0206.html Metro Santa Cruz article]
* [http://www.metrosantacruz.com/metro-santa-cruz/11.07.07/Campermusic-0745.html Article about Maids of Honor]