Shannon Gustin

== Summary ==
Shannon Gustin is a contestant from Cameo Island. She placed runner-up after losing to Maddie Lorgeree by a unanimous jury vote. Shannon orchestrated the blindsides of almost every eligible player on that season and since then she has become one of the most iconic and memorable players due to how well she plays.
== Gameplay ==
=== Cameo Island ===
Shannon started off on the Kalawao Tribe. Quickly after the first day, she was regarded as a leader and was eventually given the option to bring either Jessica or Maheen into the game. She eventually chose Jessica. From the beginning, Shannon formed an alliance with every member of the game and secured their trust. Since then, she sought to eliminate and backstab every returnee that season. She started with Emilee, and after Jeremy was already taken care of before the merge, she took out Jessica and Maheen respectively. With six players remaining, she backstabbed Emily and Llewellyn to grant her a clear path to final two with Maddie. Despite her strategic outbreak, the jurors resented Shannon for her gameplay and Maddie ended up winning by a unanimous jury vote.
=== All Stars ===
Shannon returned as a Villain on All Stars. She easily aligned with Megan at the start of the game and going into their first tribal council, they were put into a swing vote position. Everyone approached the two, but they ultimately voted off Simon to avoid rocks. From this point forward, Shannon was put in a great position facing the rest of the game. At the next Villain tribal, she stuck with her new group of five to split between Colin and Emilee, ultimately eliminating Emilee in a 3-2-1-1 vote. After this, she took the game into her own hands. She gathered her allies and planned to blindside Maddy next. Through her influence, she was able to get the whole tribe to follow through. However, Maddy played her Kahoot idol that tribal. The goal was to get Colin to flush his (success) but in the end her sole vote went to Shannon, and she was sent home in a 5*-1 vote. She later voted for Maddy to win.
=== World Tour ===
Shannon returned on the Favorites Tribe in World Tour. Through past connections, she easily slipped into an alliance with Colin, Kat, and Melia. Their tribe won the first challenge but lost the second. Colin accidentally revealed Corri as the target. Shannon reluctantly kept her vote on Corri, but it made no difference as Lilly went home in a 4-3-1 vote. She later swapped onto Laeken and got along with the majority of the tribe. At tribal council, she found out Shea was gunning for her, so she did what she had to and rallied her allies up to vote her out 5-2, leaving Delaney alone. Delaney took Greed, and that meant that an (almost) perfect group had to be broken up. Shannon stuck with Anthony and Michaela and voted for Giada, and she later convinced the rest of the tribe to flip for the revote. After Melia went home next, the merge occurred. Shannon bought the Gamble Ticket for $500, which gave her the Super Idol. She teamed up with Colin and Kat as well as her allies from Laeken to form an alliance of five. From here, they took out Allyson, Corri, Maheen, and Wes respectively. Through all of this, Shannon intended on bringing Anthony and Michaela with her to the finale.
At this point, Delaney was the only outsider left, but she won immunity in Norway. At tribal, she and her allies voted for Colin. However, Michaela's true alignment was revealed to not be with her nor Anthony. Anthony received four votes, and Shannon used her Super Idol to send Colin to the Ponderosa. Shannon knew she was on the chopping block and used the pressure to win the next immunity. Anthony went home 3-2 as a result. Shannon went on to win the final immunity challenge. She initially intended to vote off Delaney, but the target switched to Kat, and she went home instead. Shannon soon realized her mistake after her departure. Shannon placed runner-up overall with one vote to win, cast by Wes. She received the MVP Award at the end of the season.
=== Second Chance ===
Shannon began her journey on the McKenna Tribe, and her only "ally" was Kat. Miraculously, though, she managed to survive every tribal she was in up to the merge. Maheen was an easy vote for the tribe, and she voted for Michaela next to avoid a tie. While she lost control by Day 7, the others targeted Kat instead of her, and she went home. At the merge, Shannon found refuge in an alliance with Megan, Jessica, Simon, and Emilee.
Shannon spent all her money in the auction on an Advantage View, which she saved as long as possible. Shannon won the first immunity challenge, and their alliance was able to successfully take out Corri by getting Llewellyn to flip. Shannon then won the next challenge, and Llewellyn attempted to strike a deal with her to run the game as a duo flipping sides. Shannon was not too interested and instead leaked Llewellyn's message to the alliance, and she went home next by a 6-3 vote. Their alliance voted off Erika next, but after Shannon's immunity win on Day 13, she had an idea. Both she and Megan flipped sides and blindsided Jessica by a 4-3 vote. It was shocking and Emilee was their next target. However, after Simon's immunity win, Shannon got worried and used her advantage from the auction on Emilee, revealing her idol. She publicly exposed Emilee and by the end of the day, Lilly ended up consensually being the victim of the vote. After Jessica's return, Shannon's closest ally, Megan, was blindsided after Allyson flipped. Shannon won the next immunity challenge and even though she was pissed at Allyson, she still tried to get Simon out. It was in vain as Allyson went home 3-2 instead. On Day 18, Shannon was in a four-hour standoff with Jessica in Hands On An Idol. Jessica ended up winning and Shannon was voted off 3-1. She later voted for Jessica to win.
== Personality Assessment ==
==== Cameo Island ====
* Favorite Element: Challenges
* Self-View: Brain
* Favorite Color: Green
==== All Stars ====
* Self-View: Neutral
* Favorite Moment: Probably winning all but two individual immunities or blindsiding both Emilys who were my strongest allies in the game at the time
* Feelings Toward All Stars: I am slightly nervous but not too nervous because I have played with big threats and returnee’s and have voted them out with no problem I am just nervous that since I was a “strong player” last season that the others players will see me as a threat from the get go,
==== World Tour ====
* Favorite Element: Challenges
* Self-View: Brain
== Trivia ==
* Shannin's favorite challenge is the Silky Jigsaw.
*Shannon sucks at Wordle (self-proclaimed)
* She was happy to at least receive a vote at the end of World Tour.
* She knew she wasn't going to win World Tour as soon as the finale began.
*She most likely would have won Second Chance if she won the final immunity challenge.
*She is vegetarian but only in Canada
**This does not apply to her diet in the United States
*Shannon sleeps on the library couch during her study period
*Her favorite academic subject is science
*She is an excellent ice skater and enjoys doing it with Megan
*She is a GOD at 8 Ball
Category:Runners-up
Category:MVP
Category:Villain (Award)