Who Is Jose Martinez Amoedo from Alone Season 2? What Happened

Spoiler note: this covers where Jose Martinez Amoedo finished in season 2.

Jose Martinez Amoedo is a 45-year-old from Santa Pola, Valencia, Spain, who was living in Canada's Yukon Territory (he holds dual Spain and Canada citizenship) when he joined season 2, filmed at Quatsino near Port Hardy on northern Vancouver Island. His full record is on his contestant page: 3rd place, 59 days, his run ending when he fell off a kayak he had built himself and into the river.

Who he is

Our data flags him as former Spanish Foreign Legion special forces, a military background that showed up in how deliberately he approached the season. Rather than relying only on foot travel and static traps, he spent weeks constructing a kayak from bent timber, essentially building his own boat from scratch out of camp materials. That kind of ambitious build is rare on this show, where most contestants stick to gear that is quick to make and easy to abandon if it does not pan out.

The kayak's maiden voyage was also its last. It capsized, and Amoedo was pulled from waist-deep water near hypothermia after being submerged. Fifty-nine days is a strong result on its own, third place in a season that took a full 66 days to crown a winner, but the way his run ended, on a self-made vessel rather than from starvation or injury, is one of the more distinctive exits in the show's early seasons.

Season 2's broader story

David McIntyre won season 2 by outlasting the field for 66 days, building a raised sleeping platform and using a gill net and seafood box trap to turn around an early food shortage. McIntyre passed away in November 2024. Runner-up Larry Roberts lasted 64 days, meaning the top three finishers, McIntyre, Roberts, and Amoedo, were separated by only seven days in a season generally remembered for its emphasis on fishing gear and coastal foraging in a wet, temperate location.

Our data does not have a recorded gear list for Amoedo specifically, which is common for several contestants from the show's earlier seasons where full ten-item breakdowns were not always documented. What is documented, and what the show built an entire episode around, is the kayak itself.

What he has been up to since

Public information on Amoedo since the show is thin. As of mid-2026, he keeps a light social media presence, with accounts that are largely private or inactive, and he does not appear to have built the kind of public survival-instructor or media career that some former contestants pursue. Some viewers have long debated online whether the kayak capsize was accidental or intentional, a theory tied to his slow, deliberate movements in the water before rescue, but that remains fan speculation rather than anything confirmed by Amoedo or the show.

Where he fits in the show's history

A third-place finish built around a genuinely novel piece of self-made gear, rather than a standard-issue tool, makes Amoedo one of the more inventive contestants from the show's first two seasons. For how his run compares to the fellow season 2 contestants around him, Justin Vititoe's profile covers a fifth-place finisher from the same cast, and the season 2 page has the full field. Our rules page covers how the show scores tap-outs, medical pulls, and other exits like his, and the winners page rounds up every season champion for comparison.