Zoe Zanidakis

Zoe Ann Zanidakishttps://www-ancestryinstitution-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/discoveryui-content/view/201610238:1788?tid=&pid=&queryId=af01134b2aaf9625009032aa2d89272c#?_phcmd=u('https://www-ancestryinstitution-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/search/?name%3DZoe_Zanidakis%26event%3D_monhegan-lincoln-maine-usa_3822%26birth%3D1966%26successSource%3DSearch%26queryId%3Daf01134b2aaf9625009032aa2d89272c','successSource') is a contestant from .
In a comfortable position throughout the pre-merge after becoming a member of the Rotu Four alliance, Zoe's position was soon compromised after the merge when the Outsiders Alliance overthrew the Rotu Four at the final nine. After being relegated to the minority, she was voted out at the next Tribal Council for being a physical threat. 
==Profile==
Retrieved from CBS.com
Zoe Zanidakis is a native and resident of Monhegan Island, Maine, and a descendent of nine generations that have lived and fished there since the late 1700s. Up until high school, she attended the one-room school on the island. Once high school began, she moved to the mainland to attend Maine Central Institute and Toms River High School. She returned to the island each summer to help run the family business.
Nicknamed "Lobster Lady," Zanidakis is currently a commercial fisherman and a charter boat captain. She owns and operates her own 40-foot vessel, the "Equinox." She spends the winter months fishing for lobster off Monhegan Island and the summer months fishing and running charters. In addition, she holds a 100gt U.S. Coast Guard Captains License, is an open-water certified scuba diver and is presently logging hours for her private helicopter license. She has previously owned and managed a hotel and restaurant that had been in her family for four generations. In addition, she ran a seasonal gift shop on the island. In her spare time, Zanidakis enjoys horseback riding, motorcycles, ice hockey, dancing, traveling and fishing.
Zoe Zanidakis has one son, Ron. Her birthdate is March 17.http://web.archive.org/web/20221002155359/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/20697/
==Survivor==
Zoe was initially placed on the Rotu tribe, which, despite some discontent due to Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien irritating her tribemates, eventually became the more successful tribe due to their work ethic resulting in a well-coordinated camp life and winning the first five challenges in the game. This included winning the first three Immunity Challenges over their rival Maraamu tribe depleting them to five members, while Rotu stayed strong with a full roster of eight.
After reducing Maraamu to five members, Rotu headed to what was thought to be a Reward Challenge on Day 10. Instead, it was revealed to be a Tribe Switch, with Zoe staying on Rotu along with Gabriel Cade, John Carroll, Robert DeCanio, and Tammy Leitner and were joined by original Maraamu members Rob Mariano, Sean Rector, and Vecepia Towery. Although Rotu continued their dominance by winning the next Immunity Challenge, Maraamu finally scored their first victory at the next Reward Challenge was for the right to raid the other tribe's camp. Maraamu made a big dent to Rotu's spirits when they used the raid to take a number of Rotu's essential camp items, which contributed to their loss at the next Immunity Challenge on Day 14. John then asked Zoe to join his Rotu Four alliance along with Robert and Zoe. At their first Tribal Council, the alliance sent the flaky and apathetic Gabriel packing. Although Maraamu continued their winning streak at the following Reward Challenge, Rotu rebounded by winning the sixth Immunity Challenge on Day 17.
On Day 19, the tribe received Tree Mail instructing them to pick a representative to send to a summit; Rob was chosen as the representative for Rotu. The next day, Rob returned with the remaining members of Maraamu and revealed that the tribes were now merged into the Soliantu tribe. Unbeknownst to Zoe, Rob informed Kathy at the summit that Rotu was aiming for her. This led to Kathy confronting Zoe about whether or not they were targeting her. Zoe denied the accusation, but Kathy knew that she was lying. Feeling that she was in danger Kathy won the first individual Immunity Challenge and voted against Zoe at Tribal Council. However, the majority voted out Rob for his scheming.
At the next Immunity Challenge, the Rotu Four knocked the other tribe members out of the running for immunity, indirectly revealing their intended boot order of the outsiders, with Tammy eventually winning. Upon the revelation, Neleh Dennis rallied Paschal English to join Kathy, Sean, and Vecepia in forming a counter-alliance against the Rotu Four. For reasons unknown to anyone but her, Zoe secretly betrayed her alliance by voting against John, who was blindsided. With their alliance overthrown, Zoe tried to distance herself from Robert and Tammy, going as far to say that she was never aligned with either of them. This further told Tammy that Zoe never liked her, leaving them both angered. After Tammy won immunity again, The Outsiders Alliance deemed Zoe a bigger threat to win immunity over Robert, and with the help of Robert and Tammy who were angry with her, Zoe was unanimously voted out, becoming the second member of the jury.
At the Final Tribal Council, Zoe told the final two that she felt that she should be sitting in one of their seats. She congratulated Neleh and Vecepia for making it to the end. She ultimately deemed Neleh more worthy of the title of Sole Survivor and voted for her, though Neleh lost to Vecepia in a 4-3 vote.
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Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1 	rowspan=10 	Outrigger Fire Quest	Immunity 	No 	
2 	Float Your Boat 	Reward 	No 	 	
2 	Marquesan Menu 	Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Raft Rescue 	Reward 	No 	 	
3 	Coconut Maze Race	Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Life's a Tapestry	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	Tiki Towers 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
5 	Distress Signal 	Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	Jungle Relay 	Reward 	No 	 	
6 	The Maze 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
colspan="7"	 	 	 	 	
7 	rowspan=5 	Sea Legs 	Immunity 	 	
8 	Go Fly A Kite 	Reward 	 	 	
8 	Parang Swing 	Immunity 	 	 	
10 	Coconut Juice 	Reward 	 	 	
10 	High Stepping 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
|-|Voting History=
Episode 	Zoe'sVotes 	Voted AgainstZoe
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Voted forSole Survivor	colspan="2"	
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==Post-Survivor==
* On January 9, 2010, Zoe attended 's 10-year anniversary party.
==Trivia==
* Zoe's luxury item was a necklace.
* Zoe is the first contestant to reside in Maine during filming.
* Zoe is the only female member of Soliantu to not win individual immunity.
* Zoe is the only member of the Rotu Four to vote for Neleh Dennis to win at the Final Tribal Council.
==References==
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Category:Marquesas Contestants
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Category:Soliantu Tribe
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Category:1966 births
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