Giselle Mendez

**Giselle Mendez** was a contestant on Survivor: Battle Royale.

A powerful player, Giselle was the ultimate underdog of *Survivor: Battle Royale*, fighting tooth and nail after being targeted at many tribal councils throughout the season. Her immunity streak and her strategy helped to shake up the game in her favor until her elimination.

## Survivor: Battle Royale

Giselle would start the game on the Scorpions Tribe, where big names would come up early for first eliminations as her tribemate, Evan, found a hidden immunity idol in front of everybody. Giselle's name would stay safe for the time being though, as her tribe would win the first immunity challenge of the season and would be granted safety from tribal council. Giselle would use this time to bond with her tribemates and would attempt to form alliances with some of the others on her tribe. When her tribe would lose their first immunity challenge, Giselle would find a hidden immunity idol and would confide this with Maggie in order to gain an ally. However, what Maggie did not confide with her is that Devin would be aware of Giselle's new tool in the game due to Maggie telling him moments later. Giselle would now become a possibility for elimination, as she was used as a pawn at the next tribal council to guarantee the safety of the returnee players alliance in the game. In the end, Giselle would be spared, as the tie would grant the her tribemates a better opportunity to target Evan and eliminate him from their tribe.

A tribe swap would seem promising for her, but these hopes and promises would soon be crushed, as she would be put onto the new Snakes Tribe with her old tribemates that had helped to paint a target on her the previous tribal council; more specifically, Casey, Devin, and Hunter. As her new tribe would lose the next immunity challenge, they learned that they would be going to tribal council with the new Sharks Tribe. Back at camp, Giselle would talk with Devin and would attempt to get him thinking about turning his back on Casey and Hunter and voting one of them with her. While Devin did consider this, he was very hesitant to do so. It was not until they arrived at tribal council that both tribes learned that they could vote for whoever they wanted from either tribe. Giselle would immediately ditch the men of her tribe and would vote for Kyle alongside Maggie, Ryley, and Sam. However, due to Devin's *Extra Vote* Advantage, Giselle's vote would not matter, as the men of her tribe would once again get their way and take out Ryley in a narrow 5-4 vote to save their friend and ally, Kyle. The Snakes Tribe would then discuss their most recent moves when they arrived back at camp, with everyone filling everyone else in on what had just occurred. Despite the fact Giselle was the bottom rung on her tribe's ladder, it would not deter her from giving it her all in the next immunity challenge. The Snakes Tribe would win the immunity challenge, not only keeping Giselle safe but also guaranteeing herself to see the merge.

Once at the merge, Giselle would immediately unite with many people in the game, and would attempt to solidify herself in any alliances she could in order to get by. After losing the first individual immunity challenge, Giselle knew she was not at risk, as she was included in many discussions all revolving around getting rid of either former winner Bailey, or former finalist Jack. At tribal council, Giselle would cast her vote for Bailey, but her vote would be negated soon after when Bailey would use a hidden immunity idol for herself, and Jack would be the next one sent out of the game. After losing the next individual immunity challenge, Giselle's name would be up in the air, as Casey would be trying to grasp at any straws he could to avoid being the next one out of the game. However, Giselle, along with everyone else, knew Casey's time was up/ At tribal council, Giselle would help to seal Casey's fate in the game with a unanimous 8-1 vote, earning one vote from Casey. However, Giselle's woes would not be over yet, as another vote was announced to be occurring then and there. Wanting to throw his name out there to remind people of his threat status, Giselle would cast her vote against Hunter. However, it would not stop most of the others from throwing their votes onto her. Her game would not end here though, as she would choose to use her hidden immunity idol at that tribal council to save herself and help to eliminate Devin from the game.

Giselle's luck would continue, as she would win the next individual immunity challenge and she would know that this would keep herself safe from being the next one voted out of the game. However, what she was unaware of was who the next target was, as almost everyone's names were being thrown out. At tribal council, Dacota's decision to use her *Steal-A-Vote* Advantage against Bailey was a huge red flag to Giselle, and she would cast her vote for Dacota in order to call her out on for becoming more of an under-the-radar threat with this move. However, her vote would not matter, as Bailey would get sent home in a 4-~~1~~-1-1 vote. With her hopes still high, Giselle would win the next individual immunity challenge, winning her second in a row. Back at camp, Giselle would discuss ideas for the upcoming with many of the others in the game, and she would decide that Bri was the next biggest threat who needed to go. At tribal council, Giselle would hold true to her word throughout both the first vote and the revote. However, this would not be enough, and a rock drawing would commence after none of the others would break the tie. Seeing as how she was immune, she knew she would not be at risk or would even have to draw, and the odds would be in her favor, as one of Bri's closest allies, Hunter, would draw the ill-fated object that would send him home. One more target that Giselle would be able to say she outlasted.

After Giselle would finally lose her individual immunity challenge streak, she knew she was the next biggest target in the game. Out of options, she would talk to the others and would quickly agree to target Maggie, as some of the others did not see her as deserving enough to make it to the end. Giselle's campaigns against Maggie would not be enough to save her from Bri's campaigns against her. At tribal council, Giselle would get voted out in a close 3-2 vote and would become the sixth member of the jury after everyone, minus Sam, would vote against her. Giselle would place 5th out of 14th.

At the Final Tribal Council, Giselle would admire Sam's loyalty to her and would value her game the most out of the three finalists. As a reward to her, Giselle would cast her jury vote for Sam to win the season.

At the *Survivor: Battle Royale Reunion Episode*, Giselle would give feedback on questions regarding her game, specifically with her moves to play her hidden immunity idol and how her status in the game helped to let her know when to play it. Other players would tell her that they saw her as predictable and knew when she would play it. Giselle would then leave halfway through the *Survivor: Battle Royale Reunion Episode*.

## Trivia

* Giselle is the ex-girlfriend of *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains* contestant Kaleb Ward.
* Giselle won the most consecutive individual immunity challenges for a new female contestant since Breanne Nevers in *Survivor: Battle for Cambridge*.
* Giselle is the first female contestant to win multiple individual immunity challenges consecutively since Bailey McDonald in *Survivor: One World*.