Tanya Vance says ‘malaria medicine became my downfall’ in Thailand

With season 41 of Survivor delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, EW is reaching back into the reality show’s past. We sent a Survivor Quarantine Questionnaire to a batch of former players to fill out with their thoughts about their time on the show as well as updates on what they’ve been up to since. Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player.

She got voted out for being sick. That’s what we know about Tanya Vance, who had her torch snuffed on day 6 of Survivor: Thailand after “puking neon green bile” and being unable to compete to the best of her ability due to illness. But why was she sick? Well, as Vance reveals in her Quarantine Questionnaire, it was not mere dehydration that did her in, but something far more frustrating.

“Taking my malaria medicine became my downfall,” she says. “I was allergic to it, and at the time didn’t realize it was making me so sick. I…