Sami Layadi

Sami Layadi is a contestant from .
Throughout the game, Sami maintained good relationships with everyone, allowing him to flip between his old Baka alliance and the post-merge majority alliance as it best suit his game. However, as the numbers dwindled, so did Sami's standing with his tribemates, who began to see his duplicity. Despite a last-ditch effort to eliminate Cassidy Clark in his place, Sami was voted out on Day 21.
==Profile==
Retrieved from Parade.com
Age: 19
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.
Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nev.
Occupation: Pet Cremator
Favorite Hobbies: Sports, fitness, journaling
3 Words to Describe You: Unpredictable, tenacious, indecisive
Pet Peeve(s): Excuses, laziness, being woken up before noon on weekends
What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Probably getting my Eagle Scout, because I struggled mightily with completing merit badges and often took 3-4 classes just to get them. To finally receive it made me very proud of myself.
What is something we would never know from looking at you? My background is very culturally diverse with my father being an immigrant from Morocco.
Who is your hero and why? My grandpa, Dale Donald Mann, because he is the hardest working man I have ever known, and he always made sure I knew what was most important: family. He was an amazing husband to my grandmother; seeing him build their relationship upon love and trust taught me so much about how to love somebody. And he understood me more than anybody else ever has. When I would tell him about my insecurities and self-doubt, he would help me understand how those things are actually strengths. I knew I could always count on my grandpa, and I want to make him smile from up there.
Which past Survivor will you play the game most like? Kelley Wentworth. What I admire and take away from Wentworth's game is that she never gave up until her torch was snuffed, and even when she was clearly in the bottom, she not only found ways to climb up, but she made everybody think that she was oblivious and not smart enough to foil the foolproof plan they had.
Why do you believe you can be the Sole Survivor? Because I do not allow myself to not know what is going on with those around me. I am too conversationally and emotionally experienced with people to be unaware of my standing in the game at all times, and I am too determined and hungry to get comfortable. Everybody that I meet grows a heart on their sleeve after I speak with them for 20 minutes, and my competitors on the island will be no different.https://parade.com/tv/survivor-43-cast#gid=ci02aa2327800025c7&pid=118723_0642bc
==Survivor==
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out? 	Result
1 	rowspan=7 	Crate Wide Open 	Reward 	No 	
1 	Freedom of Choice 	Immunity 	No 	 	
2 	Serpent Turf 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Turtle Head 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Walk Around 	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Brain Stew 	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	EOC 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
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6 	None 	No Quarter 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	
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7 	rowspan=6 	Eve 6 	Immunity 	 	
8 	Over-Extended 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
9 	Crocodile Rock 	Reward/Immunity 	 	 	
10 	Put a Ring on It 	Reward 	 	 	
10 	Teeter Tower 	Immunity 	 	 	
11 	Last Gasp 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
Notes: Sami elected to sit out of the challenge to help his tribe win a supply of rice.	Notes: Sami elected to sit out of the challenge to help his tribe win a supply of rice.	Notes: Sami elected to sit out of the challenge to help his tribe win a supply of rice.	Notes: Sami elected to sit out of the challenge to help his tribe win a supply of rice.	Notes: Sami elected to sit out of the challenge to help his tribe win a supply of rice.	Notes: Sami elected to sit out of the challenge to help his tribe win a supply of rice.
|-|Voting History=
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Voted forSole Survivor	colspan="2"	
 In , Sami used his Shot in the Dark die, making him ineligible to vote at Tribal Council.</tabber>
==Post-Survivor==
* On July 7, 2023, Sami attended the wedding of fellow castmate Morriah Young.https://www.instagram.com/p/CufuZ4DLtxa/
==Trivia==
* Sami is the youngest contestant to compete on .
** Sami is currently the youngest contestant by date of birth.
* Sami is the only castaway on Survivor 43 to play the Shot in the Dark.
==References==
Category:Contestants
Category:Male Contestants
Category:African-American Contestants
Category:Youngest Contestants
Category:Survivor 43 Contestants
Category:Survivor 43 Jury Members
Category:Baka Tribe
Category:Gaia Tribe
Category:7th Place
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Contestants
Category:Survivor 43
Category:7th Place
Category:Survivor 43 Jury Members