St. Paul native Reed Kelly’s time on “Survivor: San Juan del Sur — Blood vs. Water” came to an end Wednesday night when he became the show’s 10th contestant to be eliminated.

Kelly and his boyfriend, Josh Canfield, were chosen to be on the CBS reality competition together because of the “Blood vs. Water” theme, which has “castaways” competing against loved ones.

After Kelly was voted off the show by his fellow competitors, he said: “This experience has been the most amazing/terrifying experience I think I’ve ever had in my life. This has brought Josh and I even closer, with both being such super nerds about this show. But being able to share this together has been so incredible.”

Kelly lasted longer on the game than Canfield, who was the season’s seventh person to be voted out.

Fans called them the “Broadway Boyfriends,” which is fitting since they’ve both performed in Broadway productions in New York City where they live.

Kelly’s Broadway credits include parts in “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark,” “Wicked” and “The Addams Family.”

The actor/dancer/aerialist, who is the son of former St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly, left Minnesota for New York after graduating from Hill-Murray in 2001.

What’s next for Kelly and Canfield? The couple will be starring in a two-night cabaret — “Josh Canfield and Reed Kelly: From Broadway to Survivor” — on Jan. 27 and 28 at 54 Below in New York City.

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