Jade

Survivor: China
Tribe(s): Zhan Hu, Fei Long, Hae Da Fung
Finish: Second Runner-Up/18
Days Lasted: 39

Jade is a contestant from *Survivor: China*.

## Survivor: China

Jade began *Survivor: China* originally on the gold Zhan Hu tribe. As the only new castaways on a tribe of returning players, she formed a tight alliance with Caroline. At the tribes first loss on Day 3, the girls voted for Dion for his reputation with finding idols. However, the returning players divided into two factions based on previous histories and Virgil was voted out. Luckily for Jade and Caroline, their luck changed when Aida and Jase proposed a new alliance of four. At their second loss, they voted for Miles and he was eliminated when Isobel flipped.

After an immunity challenge win, a tribe switch occurred and Jade was switched to the red Fei Long tribe along with Isobel and Jase. They joined Bailey, Bella, Chord, Trey and Winston. The original Zhan Hu castaways noticed that Chord was the only member of his tribe to not return from *The Australian Outback*. Jade took advantage of this opportunity, and the pair bonded over their shared experience. When Fei Long lost on Day 14, Chord agreed to vote with the Zhan Hu trio for Bailey but a tie occurred between her and Jase. At the revote, Jade kept her vote for Bailey but Isobel flipped and Jase was eliminated. Isobel then flipped back to her alliance with Chord and Jade, but cautiously agreed to work with her because they were low in the numbers. Luckily for them, the majority eliminated Isobel at their second loss for being so flaky.

On Day 18, the two tribes merged into the black Hae Da Fung tribe. All the *Australian Outback* veterans and Caroline united to create a larger majority, which left Jade and Chord on the outs in addition to Cherry, who was the only veteran ostracised from the group. At the first tribal council, Jade voted with Cherry's Secret Trio for Winston and Chord played his Hidden Immunity Idol out of fear that he was the veterans' target. With the second highest number of votes that counted, Caroline was blindsided by the Fei Long Four. With a fracture now in the majority, Cherry told Chord and Jade that he would try and infiltrate the veterans and protect all three of them to get to the end. Jade at the following three tribal councils voted for Dion, Bailey and Bailey again to keep up the ruse that she was in the minority. However, Cherry was able to manipulate the veterans in turning on Winston, Trey and Bella, making them the next members of the jury.

By the Final Eight, the dwindling veterans wanted to target Jade next. This information was relayed by Chord, and he came up with a plan to bring in the numbers in their favour. They approached Bailey and Dion, who were on the outs, and this group of five voted for Aida. With their trio now exposed, Cherry surprised the tribe when he played his idol at the next tribal council. With their votes united, Cherry, Chord and Jade eliminated Bailey. An even split on the tribe then threatened Jade's allies. However, Ashleigh and Karleigh sacrificed Dion in order to protect themselves and he was voted out. With the numbers now very much in their favour, Jade's allies made a clean sweep to the end and sent Ashleigh and then Karleigh to the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, Jade was commended for playing her part in taking down the veterans alliance. However, she was heavily criticised for not making any moves throughout the post merge, instead relying on plans concocted by Cherry and Chord. When asked, she was also unable to show that she had a social game built on substantial connections to outweigh the strategic power of her male allies. In the end, Jade did not receive any votes at the Final Tribal Council and became the Second Runner-Up of *Survivor: China*.

## Trivia

* Every time Jade received a vote against her during *China*, one of them was from Karleigh.
* Jade is the first finalist to receive zero jury votes at the Final Tribal Council.